Chapter 12 Ugh... I didn't want to see this either!

"Meow!!!!"

"Oh my god, there's a ghost!!!"

The system's mechanical announcement and the pitiful meows sounded one after the other.

Zhong Wan's heart tightened, and she subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound.

Upon seeing Pei Xingyu standing at the top of the stairs with a somewhat dazed expression, he frowned and asked curiously, "Xingyu?"

"What’s wrong with you?"

Upon hearing her voice, Pei Xingyu instantly snapped back to reality, jolted awake, gripped his phone tightly, and rushed over.

"Phew... Auntie... Help! There's a ghost there!"

Where? Where?

Zhong Wan was taken aback upon hearing this, then her eyes lit up immediately. She quickly walked over and asked, "Where did you see that?"

Pei Xingyu quickly hid behind her, looking towards the stairwell with lingering fear. His hand holding the phone trembled as he pointed there and said, "It's right there!"

Pei Xingyu took a deep breath and continued to explain, "When I came downstairs, I was looking down at my phone when I suddenly caught a glimpse of a dark shadow out of the corner of my eye, but I didn't see it clearly."

"It felt like it was heading straight for my leg."

"Then my phone suddenly got hot, and the next second I vaguely saw something running over there."

Pei Xingyu pointed with lingering fear in the direction the thing had run off in.

Holding the phone tightly in my hand, I opened the case with trembling hands. Looking at the ashes inside, I felt a mix of fear and relief.

"Waaah, thank you, Auntie, for saving my life!"

Pei Xingyu handed over his phone as he spoke: "Do you still have this talisman? How much do you charge? I need to stock up!"

Zhong Wan looked down at the ashes on his phone, tentatively reaching out to pick up a bit, and asked curiously in her mind, "System, this is what just went into effect? ​​What's the completion rate? Can it still be detected?"

Yes, the completion rate is 65% according to the test.

Zhong Wan was somewhat shocked. Her fingers, which were holding the ashes, paused slightly, and then her brows furrowed slightly.

She didn't feel any difference between what she wrote today and what she wrote yesterday.

How can the difference be so big?

I never expected that a completion rate of 65% would be enough to withstand one attack of Yin energy.

but……

"System, will these ghosts attack people?"

No, the moment the soul harbors malice, it will be forcibly dissipated.

"What was that just now? It... its soul was completely destroyed?!"

[...]

[Unsure.]

"Aren't there special circumstances where malicious intent towards someone can still exist?"

[Resentment can only be forcibly dissipated instantly if it exists within a spirit and is aggressive towards a person. However, resentment only arises when one experiences extreme pain and anger in the moments before death, and still unconditionally believes in love, but the probability of this happening is extremely small.]

Listening to its dry, mechanical sound, Zhong Wan rolled her eyes speechlessly.

"Auntie, Auntie? What are you thinking about? Why aren't you talking to me?"

Zhong Wan snapped out of her daze, looked at the large hand waving in front of her, and casually slapped it down.

He glanced one last time at the spot where the black mist had just appeared, his eyes filled with regret.

Waaah ┭┮﹏┭┮ Her little bit of money has flown away again.

A ghost with its own consciousness definitely won't be cheap.

When Zhong Wan caught a glimpse of Pei Xingyu's eyes, which were filled with curiosity yet also a hint of fear, she shook her head and said, "It's nothing. What did you just say?"

"oh."

Upon receiving a response, Pei Xingyu quickly pointed to the words he had just discovered and asked, "Auntie, can I have some of those?"

"Don't worry, I'll buy it no matter the price!"

Zhong Wan's eyes lit up upon hearing this, but thinking about the results of the system's recent test, she said somewhat dejectedly, "Forget it, we're all family, and those things aren't very useful anyway. Take them all if you want."

"Hehe, that's too kind of you."

Pei Xingyu spoke politely, but his actions told a completely different story.

He quickly gathered up the words.

Seeing this, Zhong Wan said with amusement, "These words have no effect."

She sat leisurely in the chair, took out her phone, and continued, "It's not as effective as the one I gave you before, but it's better than nothing, right?"

Zhong Wan sounded somewhat insecure herself.

She suddenly caught sight of something out of the corner of her eye, and her body froze.

Reaching out to pull Pei Xingyu closer, she looked at his pure white pants, then at the small wisp of black mist that hadn't yet dissipated from his calf, and her brows furrowed instantly: "System, what's going on?"

"Could that ghost still be there?"

Its resentment probably still lingers.

Zhong Wan's eyes gradually brightened.

You have a grudge? That sounds impressive, it must be worth a lot of money, right?

"Auntie? Why are you pulling me?"

Pei Xingyu held the papers in one hand, scratched his head in confusion with the other, and looked down at his pants, puzzled: "My pants are very clean?"

As he spoke, he kicked his legs.

When he saw the black mist on his right leg, he froze instantly.

"Waaaaaah ┭┮﹏┭┮, Auntie, save me!"

"What the hell is this thing?!"

Pei Xingyu stubbornly swung that leg a few times, but the wisp of mist remained firmly stuck in place.

Seeing this, Zhong Wan looked at his legs and then at his somewhat frightened eyes, and couldn't help but tentatively ask, "You... can see that too?!"

"Ugh... I don't want to see this either."

Pei Xingyu quickly put down what he was holding, and just as he was about to bend down and reach into the box, he became puzzled.

"Huh? Where did it go?"

"What's gone?"

Lin Yan'an had a good night's sleep after a long time, and felt much more relaxed.

He casually straightened his shirt sleeves as he leisurely walked downstairs.

As soon as I got to the first floor, I heard his eldest nephew's loud and boisterous voice.

Upon hearing this, Lin Yan'an's lips curled slightly, and he asked in a low voice with a smile, "..."

Upon hearing his voice, Pei Xingyu and Zhong Wan instinctively turned to look.

Looking at his leisurely demeanor, and Zhong Yang behind him,

"Oh, don't even mention it! I was attacked by some unknown thing as soon as I went downstairs!"

Pei Xingyu quickly put the words away, then turned to look at Lin Yan'an, about to continue his吐槽 (tu cao, a Chinese internet slang term for sarcastic or critical comments).

As he passed by, a cloud of black mist slowly gathered in front of the shelf not far behind him...

Pei Xingyu's eyes widened instantly, and he hurriedly shouted, "Uncle, Zhong Yang, get out of the way!"

Zhong Wan also spotted the thing with her sharp eyes and instinctively stood up.

Looking at that tabby cat covered in red threads...?

Zhong Wan was also somewhat uncertain; its body was covered in dense red threads, obscuring its appearance.

However, looking at its slightly narrowed eyes and its poised and ready movements,

Zhong Wan's expression also turned serious.

"System, what's going on? It's clearly trying to attack someone!"

Before Zhong Wan could receive a reply from the system, she saw it flash black and red, its movements swift and agile as it passed Lin Yan'an and the other person, heading straight for them.

Zhong Wan's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly pulled Pei Xingyu onto her.

Then its figure came into view.

"Meow!!!"

The angry and ferocious meows rang out again.

Its small body shimmered between the black and red colors.