Despite Ji Qian's confident demeanor, she had no idea that the old man would recognize the old woman at the door.

Ji Qian just wanted to change the subject away from Han Mengyao as soon as possible. Heaven knows how terrified she was when she saw Han Mengyao facing the old ghost directly.

Given Han Mengyao's constitution, which freezes instantly upon encountering a ghost, Ji Qian was worried that Han Mengyao would turn into an ice pop before she even finished speaking.

She might as well do it herself; even if she guesses wrong, she can still violently suppress the old ghost.

Judging from the old man's reaction, she must have made the right bet!

Ji Qian couldn't see because she had her head down. After listening to her description, the old man's face showed pain, and two lines of clear tears streamed down his wide, angry eyes.

"Where...where is she?" The old man's voice trembled with sobs.

Ji Qian sensed the old man's emotional fluctuations and didn't dare to speak too directly, only vaguely replying, "She's right at the gate of the courtyard."

She only mentioned the location, not daring to mention at all that the old lady was also hanging.

Even if she didn't say it, the old man could imagine the old woman's true situation. After all... when the old man recalled that nightmarish night, he knew in his heart that those people would not let anyone go.

Recalling those unpleasant memories, the old man struggled to calm himself for a long time before speaking again:

"Could you go and say something to her for me?"

Because she dared not look up, Ji Qian was getting drowsy and was about to fall to the ground when she was suddenly awakened by the old man's voice.

Ji Qian instinctively wanted to grab the kitchen knife, and her hand even touched the handle before her previous memories finally returned.

"Please tell her for me that Qian Erniu has wronged her, causing her to not enjoy happiness in life and not be able to rest in peace after death, and even seeing him has become a luxury."

The old man didn't care that Ji Qian didn't answer and continued talking to himself. Anyway, there were four people inside and outside the house, and surely one of them could pass on his message. He thought highly of that clear-eyed girl.

The old man was right. As soon as Ji Qian and the others left the house, Han Mengyao volunteered to deliver the message, but Ji Qian stopped her.

Ji Qian, dragging Xu Qi with one hand and holding Han Mengyao and Mi Yesi's hands with the other, arrived at the exchange counter with her arms around both of them. She kicked open the door and shouted ostentatiously into the room:

"We want to exchange for two megaphones!"

The assistant director in charge of the exchange counter was sleeping in the inner room when he heard the door being kicked. He thought it was a demon attacking the door and was so frightened that he quickly crawled under the table and covered his ears tightly with his hands.

Ji Qian looked around but couldn't find any staff members, so she simply went to the shelf and grabbed two megaphones herself.

Han Mengyao originally wanted to save some points, but Ji Qian stopped her: "Give the production team a lesson. This is called 'always be wary of others.'"

Han Mengyao agreed wholeheartedly and, together with two others, took all the instant noodles and sausages from the shelf.

The old lady at the entrance hangs on the plaque, and you can just see her pink embroidered shoes from the courtyard.

These pink silk embroidered shoes with white soles are adorned with two large pearls, making the shoes look exceptionally delicate and pretty.

If Ji Qian hadn't mentioned that the shoes belonged to an elderly woman, Han Mengyao would probably have assumed they belonged to a wealthy young lady.

As the saying goes, the pinker you dress, the harsher your insults. This old lady is dressed in pink, but her insults are truly filthy.

As Ji Qian and the others approached the door, they heard the old lady's loud and forceful cursing:

"You bunch of thieves who trespassed into the Qian residence, you'll be damned sooner or later! Your whole family will be damned! You'll all die a horrible death! You'll all be eaten alive!!!"

Good heavens, this looks like a telegraph machine!

All I heard was "bibibi".

Based on the number of words Bibi used, we can roughly deduce what she was cursing about.

I could tell, that old woman was using really foul language.

Indeed, traditional Chinese culture will never be lost!

Am I the only one curious about the relationship between Qian Erniu and the old man?

[Blind guess: they're a married couple]

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Mi Yesi couldn't stand the insult and immediately looked up to argue with the old lady, but she was immediately met with that distorted face and was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground.

This time, Xu Qi was smarter. He held onto Ji Qian's clothes the whole time and didn't look up at all, thus escaping unscathed.

Although Ji Qian had seen it several times, she was not completely immune to it. Only Han Mengyao accepted it well and even took the initiative to chat with the old lady.

"Madam, we've come to deliver a message to you."

Judging from how fluently this old lady cursed, she knew she wasn't the kind of irrational demon, so Ji Qian didn't stop Han Mengyao from striking up a conversation.

Sure enough, the old lady immediately looked down when she heard Han Mengyao's words.

Although her face was so distorted that her eyes were no longer visible, Ji Qian could still feel that she was staring at him.

Han Mengyao actually sensed it too, but she was not affected at all. She still looked at the old lady with gentle eyes, as if the other party was really a kind and benevolent old lady.

Seeing that the old lady's attention was drawn to her, Han Mengyao quickly told her what she wanted to convey. However, contrary to her expectations of being touched, the old lady looked confused after hearing what she said:

"What do 'before life' and 'after death' mean? I... am dead?" The old woman's clothes began to sway without wind, and the strands of hair that had fallen across her cheeks began to flutter.

Seeing this, Ji Qian knew something was wrong and immediately drew her knife and stood in front of Han Mengyao.

Ji Qian initially thought the old lady was just an ordinary ghost with lingering obsessions, since she had been hanging there for so long and was quite clear-headed when she cursed. Who knew she was actually a confused ghost who didn't even know she was dead!

Ji Qian had encountered many of these muddle-headed ghosts before. Once they realized they were going to die, they would usually start attacking indiscriminately.

Sure enough, right after the old lady finished speaking, Han Mengyao felt a sudden chill all over her body, a reaction she would only have when encountering an evil spirit.

Han Mengyao reached out and tentatively touched her hair, and sure enough, she felt many tiny ice particles.

Ji Qian gestured for Han Mengyao to step back, but before she could reach a safe place, the ice on her head melted into water.

Han Mengyao and Ji Qian looked up and saw that the old lady's clothes, which had been fluttering without wind, had fallen down, and the murderous aura around her had gradually disappeared.

"So... I was already dead."

The old lady's once strong voice now sounded particularly desolate.

Ji Qian had never encountered this situation before and didn't know whether she should put down her twin swords.

The old lady didn't seem to notice Ji Qian's wary expression. She simply looked down and asked Han Mengyao, "Young lady, was the person who asked you to deliver this message a thin old man?"

Seeing Han Mengyao admit it, the old lady was visibly happier: "Could you pass on a few words to him for me?"

Han Mengyao was about to agree when Ji Qian shook her head: "It's best for the person in question to say it."

After Ji Qian finished speaking, she took out the two megaphones she had just exchanged. She tied the megaphones with a rope that appeared out of nowhere, and then hung the megaphones in front of the old lady.

“I’ll get one for Grandpa Qian too, then the two of you can communicate directly.”

Ghosts can actually communicate using this simple amplification tool, but ordinary people can't understand what they say and just think it's electrical noise.