Crossing the line

Being stopped by the harsh shout, Yi Ning stopped walking but still did not let go and kept pulling her sleeve.

Wu Siqi frowned tightly, and she used her other hand to pull at her sleeve, "What are you doing? Please let go, let me go."

The man turned his back to her and didn't turn back, and was unwilling to let go of her hand. She shouted again: "You're pulling my hand so hard that it hurts!" Almost immediately, Wu Siqi's sleeve was loosened.

Yi Ning was too strong, and the sleeves were pulling at her wrists, making them red. She gently rubbed the red skin. She was angry and spoke harshly to Yi Ning: "I'm sorry, you are so rude. Although I appreciate your help in this event, I think we should stop here tonight."

"I'm sorry, I was too impulsive. I'm sorry, Xiaowu, don't be angry." Yi Ning reached out and grabbed the corner of her clothes again. His voice was muffled and low, without the vitality before.

Wu Siqi took the hem of his shirt back from her, crossed his arms, and snorted, "I think Teacher Yi Ning has some misunderstandings about our relationship. We are just partners working together, and at best, just casual friends."

"Don't you think you've crossed the line? I'm sorry. I don't like what you did just now, but I accept your apology."

Her face was as cold as frost, and she lowered her head fiercely, not daring to look at her. They stopped in front of the railing of the escalator in the mall, and occasionally a customer would pass by them on the escalator.

Wu Siqi ignored all this, crossed his arms in front of him, and looked so fierce that passers-by slowed down their pace and turned their heads to gossip curiously.

Yi Ning mumbled again, "I'm sorry, but, but Xiao Wu, aren't you also thinking about how to refuse? I'm just... I'm sorry."

Yi Ning: "And how can we say we are just partners? Xiaowu, you are being too unkind now."

The situation gradually became outrageous, and Wu Siqi laughed angrily, "It's my business if you want to refuse."

Yi Ning pouted and lowered his head, his voice filled with tears: "I'm sorry."

She put on this pitiful look, forget it, why get angry with the child, Wu Siqi was even angry but lightly, "Forget it, you helped me refuse it, whatever, I'm leaving, goodbye."

"Okay." Yi Ning's fingernail had left a deep mark on the tip of her index finger. Her voice trembled slightly. "Goodbye, Xiaowu."

Wu Siqi hummed, turned and walked towards the escalator. Yi Nian's eyes were fixed on her departing back, and she was about to take a step forward to catch up with her.

A hand with a cold aura grabbed her and said, "Don't chase it. Xiaobai's spirit-calling flag has sensed that vengeful ghost. It's in the east of the city. Xiaobai went there first, so let's hurry over too."

Yi Ning bit her lip. She knew the priorities of the matter. Reluctantly, she looked at Wu Siqi again. Seeing that she had already turned and walked towards the escalator on the next floor, she turned around and followed Fan Yu, "Let's go."

The two men walked to the corner, and Yi Ning used his index finger to open a mark on his forehead. His aura changed drastically, and his clothes changed. His casual clothes turned into a full black Chinese training suit, and he held a black iron chain in his hand.

When Fan Yu came, she was already in the state of a ghost fairy. She floated out of the mall.

Yi Ning followed Xiao Fan towards the east of the city. Her face was gloomy and she didn't say a word. Unlike the usual chattering atmosphere, Fan Yu turned around and teased her: "Hey, what's wrong? You're so listless now. That's not like you."

Yi Ning clenched his hands tightly around the chains and retorted through gritted teeth, "Stop teasing me. Tsk, I'm so annoyed. Shut up."

Fan Yu: "Okay, okay, but you've been carrying a karmic debt for someone for four hundred years, and you forgot it all the moment you were reborn. Now you've helped her so much and you're still being so mean to her. It's funny."

The two of them crossed a large bridge, their clothes swaying in the wind. Yi Ning frowned and refuted her sternly, "This is not her karmic debt to begin with. It's the will of heaven that's unreasonable. You can't say that. Besides, if she forgets, then she forgets. This is my choice that I willingly made."

Fan Yu curled her lips and said "huh" very loudly, rolling her eyes. Whenever she talked about the past, Yi Nian's mindless defense of Lai Siyuan would make her extremely unhappy.

When they arrived at a place in the east of the city, Xie Ling was standing on the roof of a building holding a soul-guiding banner. They then floated to her side, and Yi Ning discovered that this was near the residential area where Wu Siqi lived.

Fan Yu: "Isn't this the place where Neng Neng fought with that resentful demon and was struck by the thunder?"

Yi Ning clicked his tongue at her and said, "Why are you bringing up something else?"

Xie Ling waved the banner in his hand. "The summoning banner has stopped here. This resentful ghost is too cunning. It knows how to hide in people and use its evil thoughts to conceal itself. Unless that person has evil thoughts or does evil, we can't sense it. I came here and before I could investigate, the detection line was cut off again."

Fan Yu complained, "It's broken again! Damn it."

Fan Yu: "I've been stuck in the police station for over a week. I'm exhausted. Smelling the evil thoughts of those criminals, you have no idea how hard it is for me not to hook them all up and fry them. I need to dig out these scoundrels as soon as possible. I can't stand this any longer."

The evening breeze carried the moisture from the air. Not minding the rain on the eaves, Yi Ning sat directly on it, swinging his legs without any anxiety. "At least we know where it's hiding. We thought it would flee far away, but it took advantage of the thunderbolt to return me to my original form and hide here. It will surely take advantage of this opportunity to do evil and eat souls. We can always catch it if we wait nearby."

Fan Yu followed her and sat on the ground, sighing, "In today's world, there will probably be more and more resentful people. In a world without hope, even ghosts don't want to be reincarnated."

"This is the law of the passage of time. This is not the first time you have experienced it. Wasn't it the same when Heining broke into the underworld?" Xie Ling disliked the dirt on the ground, so he still stood there, searching with his mind for the good thoughts of everyone in this area.

Human beings have seven emotions and six desires, and good and evil coexist in one body. The stronger the good thoughts, the purer the soul, and the stronger the evil thoughts, the more mottled the soul. When people die, they become ghosts, and when ghosts die, they become ghosts. Resentful ghosts are transformed from evil ghosts. They feed on souls, and they like pure souls the most. The purer the soul, the stronger the attraction to it.

Fan Yu said nothing, but was just worried. Four hundred years ago, the dynasty changed and the world was in chaos. All kinds of monsters took the opportunity to cause trouble. He was very busy catching monsters and exterminating them. Who would not be afraid of working overtime, right?

At this time, Xie Yu, with his left eye closed, patted Yi Ning's shoulder and said, "Hey, your little mistress is coming home. Wow, what a pure soul! She shines so brightly at night that she can serve as a street lamp."

"Where? Where?" Yi Ning leaned over and looked down. Wu Siqi was walking towards home in the alley with very fast steps, as if he was being chased by something. Something was not right.

"Since we can't catch the resentful ghost tonight, I'm leaving." Yi Ning stood up and floated down, landing next to Wu Siqi and standing shoulder to shoulder with her.

Walking out of the subway and passing by the path where she found Black Cat Sheriff, Wu Siqi felt the feeling of being watched again. The sound of her shoes dripping on the concrete ground after the rain added a creepy feeling to the night. She swallowed her saliva and walked quickly with her head down.

Raindrops were dripping from the awning, and the dripping sound came from behind.

As I was about to walk out of the alley, the gaze suddenly disappeared and the sound of dripping water stopped abruptly.

This made her stop. This was the road she had to walk every day and every year. Doing it every day was not the right way. She stood under the street light and looked back.

Her sudden stop startled Yi Ning, and she turned back to look at herself. If her gaze hadn't penetrated her, she would really suspect that Xiao Wu had the ability to see through ghosts.

In Wu Siqi's eyes, the road still looked the same, with dim street lights and no one around. But this time she noticed a room on the second floor with an open window, and the light was turned off the moment she turned around.

Feeling uneasy, Wu Siqi turned around and walked quickly towards home.

Yi Ning followed her closely, like Wu Siqi's little tail, all the way back home. After closing the security door, Wu Siqi breathed a sigh of relief, hung her bag on the clothes hanger in the entrance, casually kicked off her low-heeled leather shoes, and walked into the house barefoot.

The little black cat Sheriff was sleeping soundly on the carpet, with his two little white paws resting on both sides of his chin. He was lying there obediently, which made Wu Siqi feel relieved.

Wu Siqi knelt beside it. She was going to rest tomorrow and was not in a hurry to take a shower or go to bed, so she became lazy.

She stretched out her claws to the cat's ears. The springy texture felt particularly good to her touch, and the long, smart hairs rubbed against her fingertips, completing the sinful thoughts she had not been able to complete during dinner that night, and she felt very satisfied.

Wu Siqi leaned over and rubbed his face against the kitten's head, mumbling to himself, "Kitten, what's wrong with me? This is so weird."

Yi Ning was about to get into the clone, but she stopped. She had a hunch that if she got in and moved, Wu Siqi would stop talking.

Wu Siqi closed his eyes and said, "Did I say something too harsh? I thought she would send a message to continue talking about something, but there's still no news. I accidentally offended an amazing band, haha."

She slumped down on the carpet. "Never mind. I know a lot of famous bands, right? I don't often collaborate with bands, right? I wouldn't get to take on an event like this for years."

Wu Siqi: "I didn't expect that she wouldn't get angry even when I yelled at her like that. She stood there pitifully and listened to the lecture obediently. She felt wronged and thought I was wrong. For a moment, I really wanted to touch her head and say sorry."

"It's funny. It's so weird."

Wu Siqi curled up and hugged herself, muttering to herself with her eyes closed. Fatigue began to rise and her voice became sleepy: "It's so weird now. What's wrong with me...? Forget it, we won't have any contact again anyway." Her breathing gradually became smooth and she fell asleep on the ground.

Yi Ning, who was in the ghost fairy state, knelt aside and listened to the whole thing. She didn't know what expression to make for a moment, and felt both happy and sad.

She picked up the bangs that fell on Wu Siqi's face and whispered her name: "Xiao Wu."