Chapter 25

"Ah? It's done?" I didn't know what happened.

Zheng Yunyun is still in shock and hiding behind Erma.

"Yes, my soul-catching bracelet can not only attract ghosts, but also capture them." Erma said proudly.

"Yes, yes, yes. Just now, Ayu was about to pounce on me and said that he wanted me to be buried with him, but as soon as he got close to me, he was sucked in by the bracelet." Zheng Yunyun nodded hurriedly.

"So powerful." I exclaimed, "Why don't you lend it to me for a few days and suck in the ghost that's following me?"

"No, sister. If it's an evil ghost, getting rid of it would be considered justice. But if it's any other ordinary ghost, killing them at will would be against the harmony of nature." Erma said.

"What happened just now?" I asked Zheng Yunyun curiously.

She paused for a moment and said, "I was sleeping at the time, and I dreamed that Ah Yu was covered with moths, chasing me. I hid in the tent, and he scratched open the tent with his long nails outside, and then threw me to the ground."

When she said this, tears welled up in her eyes, as if that incident had become a nightmare that she could not get rid of.

"Then I was scared awake, and when I woke up, I saw Ayu standing there." Zheng Yunyun pointed to the bedroom door.

"He was standing at the door, grinning at me. I was so scared that I hid under the quilt, but he rushed over to me, saying something to ask me to go down and accompany him. Who knew that when he jumped in mid-air, he was sucked in by the bracelet. I was stunned for a long time, and finally I realized that it was Erma's bracelet that worked. But I was still a little scared, so I called you."

Erma then said, "Do you still want to see him? If not, he will disappear forever after forty-nine days from this bracelet of mine."

Zheng Yunyun was stunned by Erma's words. We both looked at her. There was a long silence. Zheng Yunyun's eyes were filled with tears. Finally, she shook her head and burst into tears, holding her head.

I walked up to Zheng Yunyun, hugged her, and patted her back gently. As an outsider, I have no right to judge who is right or wrong. What exactly happened between them, maybe only Zheng Yunyun knows now.

After this episode, Zheng Yunyun couldn't fall asleep. Erma was also full of energy, but I was the only one who was extremely sleepy.

We chatted for half the night at Zheng Yunyun's place, eventually turning to me. Now that her situation was resolved, she began offering me advice. After returning from Eshan, I did research online and gained a general understanding of the situation, but much of the information online was false. This was when Zheng Yunyun's talent came to the fore. Erma and I lay on either side of her, watching her fingers clacking away at the keyboard as she rapidly collected information from the computer screen.

After integrating her information, the whole incident appeared clearly before us.

Twelve years ago, construction began on Xinyuefu. Shortly after its completion, before many units had been sold, an incident occurred. A newlywed couple purchased a new apartment as their wedding home, but the woman later committed suicide by jumping from a building. This incident caused a huge uproar, and everyone in the area knew about a death in Xinyuefu. Since such incidents are taboo, the newly built complex remained unsold. But the situation wasn't over yet. Not long after, another woman died in the underground garage.

The two women were wearing identical red clothing when they died. They were close friends, and since they died one after the other in the same neighborhood, no one believed they had no connection. Initially, people suspected the murders were committed by the woman's husband, but he was at work that day and couldn't possibly have been at the scene. With two people dead, everyone in Xinyuefu moved out. Later, the developer, forced to turn the area into a rental apartment, renting it out to outsiders like me who had no idea what was going on.

"Sister, you are so unlucky." Erma teased me.

I twisted her arm and said, "How dare you laugh?"

In response to Erma's repeated pleas for mercy, I let her go.

At the same time, a cloud of doubt shrouded my heart. What exactly did she want me to help her with?

After dealing with Zheng Yunyun's matter, Erma didn't go back. In her words, she wanted to play for a few more days, but in fact she was worried that something might happen to me.

The next day we were supposed to go to the shooting range with Zhang Song, but something unexpected happened there, so we had to cancel the plan.

Erma has been staying near my house these past few days, worried that the ghost would show up and she wouldn't be able to help me. But she also said that in the end, I have to rely on myself.

But after a month of waiting, the female ghost still hadn't appeared. I thought it had given up on me, so I let Erma go back to the Tianshi Mansion. She'd been out for so long, it was time for her to go back. She couldn't just sit here with me and waste time.

I sent Erma back home, and before leaving, I bought her a lot of her favorite bread at the bakery. When I returned home alone from Tianshi Mansion, I felt drowsy and had no energy at all.

How could I have imagined that this female ghost was so cunning. As soon as Erma went back, she came looking for me again.

I had just returned from the bakery that day, and since my car wasn't repaired yet, I didn't go into the basement garage. I pressed the elevator button for the fifth floor, and after the doors closed, it actually started moving downwards. I was a bit confused, initially thinking there was a malfunction, but when the doors opened, I realized something was wrong. The elevator was now on the second floor below ground, and the entire parking lot, illuminated by the emergency exit, glowed a faint green light, a creepy sight.

My eyes unconsciously glanced to the right, and I saw a female ghost in red standing in the corner. Her head was lowered, her long hair obscuring her face, and her arms hung stiffly. Her red outfit, combined with the green light from the emergency exit, was terrifying.

It flashed for a moment and then disappeared.

I remembered what Erma said, that she needed my help, so I bravely walked out of the elevator and looked directly at the place where she had just appeared. But it didn't appear after a while. When I looked around for it, it suddenly appeared in front of me!

I was frightened by it and staggered.

Long nails grew from its rotting fingers and clawed at me.

When I saw it, I realized that this was not an attempt to help me, but an attempt to kill me, so I turned around and ran towards the elevator.

I pressed the elevator button quickly, hoping it would open quickly.

The strange thing is that the female ghost did not catch up.

When the elevator door opened, I ran in panic and closed the door. At the moment it closed, I saw the female ghost smiling through the increasingly narrow gap in the door.

The elevator completely closed, and before I could breathe a sigh of relief, I felt a faint breath from behind me, right on the back of my neck. In this small space, the feeling was particularly noticeable.

But when I rushed into the elevator just now, there was no one inside.

My eyes slowly turned back and saw the pair of hands with long nails slowly placing themselves on my neck.