Chapter 26 The Paper Doll with Eyes Dolled

With a thud.

Huge splashes of water erupted in the pool, the loud noise scaring away anything underwater and soaking the people nearby.

All the executives stared in disbelief at Yun Shu, who had fallen from the sky and pulled the big boss into the water, thinking to themselves, "This girl is really brave."

Meanwhile, from underwater, Yun Shu's panicked voice could be heard as she clung tightly to Lu Shijing like a seaweed.

"Lu Shijing, I...I can't swim! Glug glug..."

Lu Shijing's face was extremely gloomy, and he said through gritted teeth, "You can't swim and you still jumped in!"

Even so, he felt Yun Shu sinking little by little, so he grabbed her waist and reminded her, "Don't hold me so tightly."

"I...I...gurgle gurgle..."

While underwater, Yun Shu couldn't help but recall her experiences before she died in her previous life.

After the death of the Seventh Prince, who had always trusted her, she went from being the Imperial Advisor, second only to the Emperor, to being framed as a demon in a chaotic world, and was eventually tricked into drowning in a water dungeon.

This gave her a psychological aversion to water, and she didn't want to go near the pool when she arrived at the villa.

Memories of the water dungeon kept resurfacing in Yun Shu's mind, and fear welled up in her heart. She clung to Lu Shijing even tighter, almost pressing her whole body against him.

"..."

Lu Shijing remained silent for a while.

Fortunately, he was a good swimmer and managed to get Yun Shu up into the pool with him.

After the two climbed up, an executive hurriedly and attentively handed Lu Shijing a bath towel.

Lu Shijing wiped the water off his face and saw that Yun Shu's white shirt was soaked and clung to her body, showing off her beautiful figure. His eyes darkened, and he threw the bath towel in his hand onto her.

But Lu Shijing still looked somewhat displeased. "Are you crazy? Why did you jump down?"

"Cough...cough cough...there's a ghost."

The situation was urgent. Yun Shu wanted to jump down to save Lu Shijing, but she forgot that after her reincarnation, her cultivation had not yet recovered, and she could not use her lightness skill.

Where is it?

Lu Shijing looked around and asked someone to turn off the music, but he didn't see anything suspicious, and he felt no discomfort.

Yun Shu did not answer Lu Shijing's question. Her mind was filled with memories of her previous life before her death, and she was in a state of confusion.

Lu Shijing looked down at her and saw that she was wrapped in a bath towel, curled up on the ground, and showed no sign of getting up for a long time.

"Yun Shu?"

Lu Shijing called her several times, but Yun Shu did not respond; her eyes remained tightly closed.

He frowned slightly, but in the end, he reached out and picked her up from the ground, carrying her into the house.

Mu Qing noticed and ran out of the house to ask, "Ah Jing, Ah Jing, what's wrong with Yun Shu?"

Lu Shijing didn't explain, and quickly carried Yun Shu upstairs, asking, "Where is her room?"

"The room with the balcony on the second floor!"

Seeing that their clothes were wet, Mu Qing knew they had fallen into the water. He asked in surprise, "Yun Shu can't swim?"

Lu Shijing ignored him.

Mu Qing asked around and learned what had happened at the pool, which made him even more surprised.

Yun Shu threw A Jing into the water, but A Jing wasn't angry at all; in fact, he seemed quite worried about Yun Shu!

Upstairs in the room, Yun Shu woke up after Lu Shijing carried her in.

She realized she was in Lu Shijing's arms and immediately felt a little embarrassed. "Put me down."

"..."

Lu Shijing tossed her onto the sofa expressionlessly, a surge of anger welling up inside him, but seeing her sickly appearance, the anger inexplicably vanished.

"Cough cough."

Yun Shu coughed for a while and then noticed that Lu Shijing's clothes were all wet. He was also wearing a white shirt, and when the shirt was wet, it was almost transparent, and you could see his abs clinging to his body.

She quickly looked away, then took a lucky charm from her bag and gave it to him, saying, "Here you go."

Lu Shijing took her amulet and stared at her coldly for a while. "I thought you could not only catch ghosts, but also fly over walls."

She honestly said, "I used to know how, but I'm still a bit clumsy now."

Lu Shijing: "..."

Lu Shijing felt speechless every time he chatted with her, so he turned around and prepared to leave.

Yun Shu suddenly called out to him, "Wait a moment, help me give this gift to Mu Qing. I need to rest for a while, so I won't go down."

Yun Shu gave him a gift box, then took her clothes and went to the bathroom to take a shower.

Lu Shijing stared at the gift box in his hand for a moment, then left her room.

Downstairs in the living room, because of what happened with Yun Shu and Lu Shijing falling into the water, everyone stopped playing by the pool and came in to play board games, while some people were watching TV.

Lu Shijing handed the gift box to Mu Qing as soon as he came down. Mu Qing opened it on the spot and found that there was a paper doll inside.

Mu Qing scratched his head in confusion, "Uh, why did Yun Shu give me a doll? What do I, a grown man, do with a doll, especially a paper one!"

At this time.

Yu Xiaojun happened to walk by and saw the paper doll, saying, "Young Master Mu, which scoundrel made you a paper doll for your birthday? That's so unlucky!"

Chen Yuan, standing next to him, chimed in, "Young Master Mu, you should throw this doll away quickly. This paper doll even has eyes drawn on it; it's so lifelike! I saw someone online say that you shouldn't paint eyes on paper dolls, otherwise ghosts will be attracted to them!"

Mu Qing was even more puzzled. "Yun Shu also said in the live stream that paper dolls shouldn't have eyes, so why did she send me a doll with eyes?"

Lu Shijing glanced at Yu Xiaojun and Chen Yuan. He had noticed earlier that Yun Shu had been looking at them, so it was very likely that they were the ones who removed the Bagua mirror and exorcism talisman from the door.

He said to Mu Qing, "Keep it. Yun Shu sent it for a reason."

"We can't accept this!"

Chen Yuan stepped forward, eager to make a good impression, and said to Lu Shijing earnestly, "Young Master Lu, do you know the news about the funeral home being struck by lightning? The owner of that funeral home made a paper effigy with eyes, which caused a ghost to possess the paper effigy and beat him up!"

Not long after, the funeral home was struck by lightning, killing two people! "If you don't want to die, you'd better throw this paper doll away!"

"I know about that news!"

Yu Xiaojun also said, "I've seen videos of paper dolls hitting people; it's too creepy. For everyone's safety, I think we should..."

Before he could finish speaking, Lu Shijing interrupted him, "If you're scared, leave now."

Mu Qing also chose to believe Yun Shu, saying, "This was given to me by Yun Shu. It's different from other paper dolls. I can't possibly throw it away. If you're scared, you should leave first."

Yu Xiaojun and Chen Yuan's expressions froze instantly. They exchanged a glance, unsure whether to stay or leave.

"Mu Qing, your TV is broken!"

Suddenly, someone called out Mu Qing's name.

The man pointed at the television, only to see the screen turn white and unable to display any picture, while emitting a strange hissing sound.

"It was working fine just now, but it suddenly malfunctioned halfway through the movie I was watching."

Mu Qing walked over. "Let me see."

He picked up the remote control to operate it, but the living room lights kept flickering and then suddenly went out, leaving the room dim except for the television's light.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle.

The sound from the television kept coming.

Soon after, an image appeared on the screen, an image that made everyone's eyes widen, their breath catch in their throats, and no one dared to utter a sound. The dark living room fell into an eerie silence.