Xie Huaiye immediately understood and tightly protected Yan Ning.

At the same time, he signaled to Xu Yinyin to follow.

The three quickly left the villa.

The space was left to the vengeful female ghost and her enemy.

The heavy apartment door closed behind them.

Faintly, one could still hear Liu Dehai's shrill screams, like a pig being slaughtered, coming from inside.

And Xi Nan's chilling scream.

Xu Yinyin leaned against the cold wall.

My legs felt weak and trembled uncontrollably.

Yan Ning and Xie Huaiye stood by the window in the corridor a little further away, waiting silently.

The sound inside lasted for nearly half an hour.

From the initial devastation, it gradually weakened.

Finally, it fell into utter silence.

Yan Ning sensed that the resentment within had reached its peak.

Then it began to slowly dissipate.

She knew that was about right.

She nodded to Xie Huaiye, and the three of them pushed open the apartment door again.

The scene inside was shocking.

Liu Dehai huddled in a corner of the living room.

His eyes were wide open, his pupils dilated, filled with unspeakable fear.

His clothes were torn to shreds by himself.

His body was covered in bloody scratches from his own claws.

He kept muttering to himself, repeating the same words over and over:

“I didn’t do it… Xi Nan jumped herself… I brought her there… photos, videos…”

"Money, so much money...the house...the haunted house...sold...ghosts! There are ghosts! Don't come any closer!"

"Don't come any closer! I'm sorry! I won't do it again! Xi Nan, I'm sorry! Please forgive me..."

He has clearly suffered a complete mental breakdown and gone mad.

Under extreme fear, those deepest, most sordid crimes buried in the heart are revealed.

Everything was shaken out.

Xu Yinyin looked at his miserable state and listened to his confession of crimes.

The last bit of sympathy vanished, leaving only disgust and lingering fear.

She took out her phone, her fingers still trembling, but her tone was unusually calm:

"Hello? Is this a mental hospital? I have a patient here who is extremely emotionally unstable."

"He has severe violent tendencies and self-harming behavior, requiring urgent intervention... Yes, the address is..."

After hanging up the phone, she let out a long sigh of relief.

It felt as if a heavy burden had been lifted.

Yan Ning walked to the center of the living room, where Xi Nan's last trace of resentment still lingered.

She took out three specially made incense sticks from the wooden box and lit them.

The cigarette smoke rose gently but did not spread.

Instead, it drifted strangely in a certain direction, as if being pulled by something.

Yan Ning clasped his hands together in prayer.

He softly chanted the peaceful mantra for rebirth in the Pure Land.

The voice was soft and ethereal, carrying the power to cleanse all filth and sorrow.

The sound echoed slowly in the empty apartment.

The resentment gradually subsided amidst the chanting.

In the dim light, one could seem to see a young figure wearing a clean white dress.

She bowed slightly in the direction of Yan Ning.

The blood, tears, and resentment on his face were no longer there, but a sense of relief and liberation.

Finally, that figure vanished with the last wisp of smoke.

It slowly dissipated into the air.

The lingering chill and oppressive atmosphere in the apartment also completely disappeared.

Sunlight streamed in through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows.

It surprisingly brought a sense of long-lost warmth.

It's all finally over.

Xu Yinyin looked at the brightened living room.

She couldn't help but cover her face and sob softly.

Xie Huaiye walked to Yan Ning's side, took her slightly cold hand, and asked in a low voice:

"it's over?"

"Um."

Yan Ning leaned into his arms and nodded slightly, "She's gone, gone to where she belongs."

Not long after.

The vehicle from the mental hospital arrived, and the medical staff forcibly took Liu Dehai away, who was talking incoherently and crying and laughing at the same time.

He will face legal judgment.

The endless torment in the mental hospital.

Yan Ning handed a calming talisman to Xu Yinyin and whispered, "Put it under your pillow, it will help you sleep better."

Xu Yinyin took it and nodded.

With the matter settled, Yan Ning and Xie Huaiye walked outside together.

The night breeze was cool, and the streetlights cast long shadows of the two people.

Xie Huaiye turned to look at her: "Tired?"

Yan Ning gave a soft "hmm".

He opened the car door, and Yan Ning got into the passenger seat.

The car was filled with a faint woody scent, a familiar smell to her.

Xie Huaiye bent down to help her fasten her seatbelt, his movements natural.

Yan Ning didn't speak, but quietly pursed the corners of her lips.

The journey was quiet until the car stopped in front of the Xie family's house.

Just as Yan Ning was about to get out of the car, Xie Huaiye suddenly reached out and gently grabbed her wrist:

"They're up there already?"

She turned around, a hint of weariness in her eyes, yet still a smile: "Otherwise what?"

She went back to her room, grabbed her pajamas, and went into the bathroom.

Xie Huaiye leaned against the door, hearing the sound of rushing water inside, and couldn't help but speak:

Why do you suddenly want to take a shower?

Yan Ning's voice came through the sound of water: "I feel a bit dirty, I want to take a shower."

He smiled and said, "Then I'll wait for you."

Not long after, the sound of water stopped.

Yan Ning walked out, drying her hair.

She was wearing light-colored pajamas, and her cheeks were slightly flushed from the steam.

Xie Huaiye stepped forward and gently wrapped his arms around her from behind.

His chin rested on the top of her still-wet hair.

Yan Ning stiffened slightly, then relaxed and muttered softly, "...What's wrong?"

He turned her around, looked down into her eyes, and said, "I want to kiss you."

Yan Ning's ears burned, and she turned her face away with a smile: "No..."

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