"Sigh~ I was thinking that as long as we were careful this year, nothing bad would happen, but I never expected something like this to still happen~"

Yue Jiu sighed, recalling how Mu Xiaoyi had used the clothes of the homeless to track people but couldn't find their location. She said, "That monster must have made preparations in advance. I just don't know if we can find the person in the next two days."

"Hmm, it's hard to say, but if colleagues from other departments come to help, there should be a chance."

Yue Jiuling and Ya Zi discussed this matter all the way back to Nanxiang Street. There were actually not many ghosts left on Nanxiang Street, but the Ghost Gate was still open.

When Yue Jiuling returned to the Ghost Gate, she saw two male ghosts with large heads and very thin bodies, who had to support their heads with their hands to walk.

"Huh? Isn't that Big Head Ghost? Why are they here?"

That's right, those two big-headed ghosts are the legendary Big-Headed Ghosts. They have big heads and thin bodies, and they look quite strange.

Upon seeing the big-headed ghost, Ya Zi said, "I've seen them before. I saw them come out when the gates of hell opened. Are they planning to go back now?"

As the two were talking, they had already reached the gate of hell. Then they heard a big-headed ghost talking to the gatekeeper: "Brother ghost guards, please have mercy and let us go back. We've been wandering around outside for so long and haven't gotten anything good. We've also encountered a lot of cultivators. We might as well go back to the underworld."

The ghost messenger said, "No, you can't go back so soon. The ghost market hasn't been closed yet. What if you go and cause trouble again?"

"No, we just want to go back. Look, it's almost dawn, let us go back first."

"No, you'll have to stay outside. The Ghost Market hasn't taken over, so we won't let you in."

Listening to their conversation, Yue Jiuling roughly understood that the two big-headed ghosts wanted to return to the Ghost Realm, but the ghost officials wouldn't let them go back.

"Hello, by the way, why can't they go back to the ghost realm? Didn't some ghosts not like staying in the human realm before and went back early?"

When Yue Jiuling saw this, she went up to greet them and asked about their situation.

The ghost messenger was originally standing at the entrance blocking the big-headed ghosts, but after seeing Yue Jiuling return, he went back into the ghost gate. He pointed at the two big-headed ghosts with a bit of helplessness and said, "The two comrades are back. Oh dear, you don't know their situation. If they were like the other ghosts, we would have let them in long ago. The problem is that if they go in now, they will definitely go back to the ghost market to cause trouble, so we dare not let them in."

Upon hearing this explanation, Ya Zi asked curiously, "Why? Why would they cause trouble at the ghost market?"

Yue Jiuling also said, "That's right, does Big Head Ghost have a grudge against Ghost Market?"

"Sigh~ You guys don't know, these two big-headed ghosts are the most troublesome ghosts in our area. No one in the human world worships them anymore, so whenever they see other ghosts receiving gifts from their families, they try to snatch them. And it's the same at the ghost market; they cause trouble as soon as the shops open. Those merchants have complained and reported us countless times. We're always arresting them, locking them up for a while, then releasing them, only to arrest them again. It's such a pain in the neck!"

The punishments in the ghost realm are now similar to those in the human realm. Rogues and scoundrels like Big Head Ghost who aren't serious offenders are usually locked up for a while and then released. So the local ghost officers basically all know Big Head Ghost and are fed up with him.

After learning the reason, Yue Jiuling and Ya Zi understood.

Yue Jiuling looked at the two big-headed ghosts struggling to support their heads and said, "Tsk tsk~ I didn't expect you to have so much trouble supporting your heads. You're actually scoundrels and rascals~"

When Yue Jiuling and Ya Zi arrived, the two big-headed ghosts stood aside without saying a word, because they sensed a stronger demonic aura from Yue Jiuling and Ya Zi than from themselves, so they dared not utter a sound.

Ya Zi originally wanted to drive the two big-headed ghosts away, since they couldn't be allowed to enter now, so he thought it best to drive them away to avoid them blocking the way.

Yue Jiuling walked to the entrance of the Ghost Gate, took out a notebook from her backpack, put it on the ground, sat down on it, and waved to the two big-headed ghosts, saying, "Hey~ you guys go, don't block the way here. Go back and come back when it's light."

She glanced at the time on her phone and said, "It's only a little past four. Let's wait a bit longer. We can go in when it's light."

When Ya Zi saw that Yue Jiuling had already sat down on the ground, he followed suit and sat down on the ground as well. The only difference was that Yue Jiuling had a notebook under her bottom, but he didn't.

Big-Headed Ghost dared to make demands of the ghost messengers, but he didn't dare to utter a sound when he came to Yue Jiuling. After being chased away by Yue Jiuling, he obediently left.

"Ugh, so boring. It's still so early, there's still a long time before dawn."

Ya Zi sat next to Yue Jiuling, scrolling through his phone. He thought of Xiao Baicai in the office and said, "I wonder what Xiao Baicai is doing now. I wonder if she's fallen asleep since she has nothing to do?"

"Hehe~ Probably not, Xiaobaicai even replied to us when we sent him a message in the group just now."

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