4-7: Don't play the victim

In a sudden, dizzying moment.

The other person pinned him to the seat, giving him no chance to resist.

"Waaah..."

"Little liar."

The man grabbed the boy's chin fiercely and said in a low voice, "Don't play the victim."

Huaiyan shook her head helplessly.

His eyes were red-rimmed, and he parted his moist lips, as if to say something to plead with the man.

"explain."

The man suddenly grabbed the boy's delicate chin, his voice icy cold, "What are you going to the Taoist temple for?"

Upon hearing this, Huai Yan's fingertips stiffened, remaining motionless in their original position.

What else can you do at a Taoist temple?!

Of course, we'll get rid of you, the big villain!

Thinking back to Fu Tingyu in the first scene, although he was a villain, he was quite easy to deal with.

The same goes for the Father God of the second plane. In the original story, he was the god who destroyed the entire continent, but in the end, he was still hooked up with Huai Yan.

In the previous world, Bai Wenzhou, strictly speaking, was also a major culprit in the male protagonist's suicide in the original storyline.

When the male lead got into trouble, Bai Wenzhou chose to stand by and do nothing, so from the very beginning, Bai Wenzhou was positioned as the villain.

The ghost king before them was far more terrifying than all the villains from the three planes combined.

Sometimes, what we can't see is the most terrifying thing.

Huai Yan's greatest skill is reading people's expressions and demeanor.

The appearance of the Ghost King has now obscured this advantage, rendering him as if he were blind.

Huaiyan gasped as the man gripped her chin tightly.

The boy, his eyes blurry with tears, was forced to raise his head and said in a soft voice, "I... I just wanted to go and see..."

"Shall we go take a look?"

The man's smile was sinister, his tone suddenly turning cold as he asked, "Are you going to see how to deal with me?"

Huai Yan's breath hitched, and he fell silent.

He couldn't very well admit that he went to the Taoist temple to exorcise ghosts, could he?

"Ugh...no..." Huaiyan explained with difficulty, "I just wanted to ask for a peace charm..."

The man then snorted coldly, removed some of his grip, and gently patted the boy's cheek.

He said calmly, "That would be best."

Huai Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that the Ghost King won't kill him right now.

"I was wrong, I was wrong... There won't be a next time..."

The boy's delicate face was streaked with tears, looking pitiful and especially endearing.

He sobbed as he assured them, "I shouldn't have... I shouldn't have gone to the Taoist temple..."

"Now you know you shouldn't have done it?" The man exuded a chilling aura.

The chilling aura nearly engulfed the boy, surrounded by an inescapable black mist.

It was as if he had become one with the ghost.

"I was wrong, I was wrong..."

Don't waste your energy.

The man's mood improved slightly when he saw the boy beg for mercy and give in.

"And don't even think about running away," the man warned casually.

"No matter where you run to," the man whispered, his tone intimate, his voice filled with madness and malice, "I will find you."

Even at the edge of the underworld, or the Bridge of Helplessness.

The boy readily agreed.