Ebony Ghost Beads
In the evening, Ye Jingning treated everyone to a midnight snack. Without saying a word, he ordered a case of beer and a lot of barbecue to celebrate the end of this annoying thing.
Ye Jingan told her that they were going to play the elevator game in the evening. Drinking would delay things, so he returned all the drinks and ordered less food, fearing that he would be too full and unable to fight ghosts.
"Everyone's back, why are you still going out to play?" Ye Jingning looked at him speechlessly, "Are you really addicted to playing?!"
Liu Muze said calmly: "It's not Yuan Kexin who came back."
He never considered how much impact his words would have on this staunch atheist. Ye Jingning was stunned for a moment, but did not ask any more questions. After eating supper, he dragged a few people to the company without saying a word.
Because of this incident, the company has now canceled all overtime. Everyone left work early and went home, so no one would disturb them. Just like last time, two people entered the elevator and two people guarded the surveillance camera.
Ye Jing'an pressed the buttons one by one, and the elevator doors opened on the fifth floor. This time, a woman actually appeared, but not the woman in red as described online. She wore a loose-fitting sky-blue top, with several knife punctures across her abdomen. The blood soaked through the blue fabric, making it particularly eye-catching. She wore a black bucket hat, which pulled her hair down to slightly obscure her face. She was thin, with pale skin.
The woman walked slowly into the elevator, her movements stiff and uncoordinated, her limbs as if glued together, very inflexible. She lowered her head and stood behind Liu Muze.
Ye Jing'an glanced sideways at the ghost woman behind him, fearing she would suddenly raise her hand and poke a hole through him, pulling out his heart and intestines. Ye Jing'an tightened the leather on the back of his neck. How painful would it be if she suddenly peeled off a layer of skin? He was so engrossed in his thoughts that he forgot to press the elevator floor.
"Which floor are we going to now?" Liu Muzhe asked.
"Oh, first floor." Ye Jingan pressed the button for the first floor. The elevator didn't go to the first floor, nor did it go to the tenth floor as the rules said. Instead, it went down to the basement. This should have been an underground garage, but now it was pitch black and nothing could be seen.
"Brother Liu, where is this place?" Ye Jing'an stretched his head and looked around. It was pitch black outside and he could not see anything.
"Let's go." Liu Muzhe took a step forward, and the person disappeared.
"Fuck! Brother Liu, where have you been?" Ye Jing'an felt a chill run down his spine. He had been so focused on the elevator that he had forgotten there was a female ghost standing behind it. Now that Brother Liu had disappeared, wouldn't it be just him and the female ghost left in the elevator?!
Ye Jing'an quietly turned his head and glanced diagonally behind him. The ghost was not behind him. He breathed a sigh of relief, walked to the elevator door, and took a step out like Brother Liu.
"Ahhh!" Ye Jing'an's front foot didn't touch the ground at all, and he lost his balance and fell down. Ye Jing'an felt very disappointed. He was doomed again. If he didn't die from the fall, he would at least break some bones, right?
He had just closed his eyes, waiting to die, when two hands grabbed his armpits on both sides and his feet touched the solid ground.
Ye Jing'an opened his eyes and saw that it was Liu Muzhe who caught him steadily. The place was not deep, just the height of a person, but it was too dark and he couldn't see even at an arm's length.
"Brother Liu, the female ghost is gone." Ye Jing'an said.
"Well, don't worry about her." Liu Muzhe said.
Ye Jingan looked around: "Where is this...?!"
The elevator above them was falling at a very high speed. At this rate, it would soon fall on top of them and crush them into pieces. Ye Jing'an suddenly pulled Liu Muze into his arms and threw him to the ground, protecting his head with his hands.
After waiting for a long time, Ye Jing'an didn't hear the crash of the elevator falling. He reached behind him and felt that his back was intact and nothing was pressing on it. He hummed in confusion and looked up. The elevator that had just fallen was gone, and the sky above was still dark. Ye Jing'an breathed a sigh of relief and slumped on Liu Muze.
"Do you want to crush me to death?" Liu Muzhe asked.
Ye Jing'an was stunned. Seeing Liu Muze's speechless expression, he immediately jumped up and said, "Brother Liu, this isn't...wait, let me explain. There was an elevator falling down just now. Hahahaha, didn't you see it?"
Liu Muzhe looked up, smiled and nodded.
"I didn't lie to you. I pushed it down because I was afraid you would get hit. I didn't mean to mess with you!" Ye Jing'an explained.
"Be careful about what's real and what's fake here." Liu Muzhe said, "Let's go."
"Where are we going? It's completely dark here and there's no way out." Ye Jing'an said.
"Where is it dark? This is the elevator shaft, just climb up." Liu Muzhe said.
"What? I don't think it's in the elevator shaft." Ye Jing'an said.
Liu Muze paused: "Oh, I forgot you don't have Yin-Yang eyes, maybe your eyes are covered."
Ye Jingan asked: "Do you have it?"
Liu Muze nodded: "Yes, I do."
Ye Jingan: “…”
Liu Muzhe pulled Ye Jing'an out of the elevator shaft. Ye Jing'an didn't know where he was going, so he followed him obediently.
Liu Muze's eyes were stinging from a gust of wind and sand, and he instinctively looked over his shoulder. The sound of breaking wind reached his hand, and Liu Muze waved his hand, the crisp sound of glass beads bouncing and echoing on the ground. Seeing that his pants were leaking, Liu Muze said angrily, "You tore my pants!"
Feeling a gust of cold wind at his feet, Liu Muze kicked at the air surrounding the ebony ghost bead. Ye Jing'an saw a blue-black shadow being kicked away, falling into the darkness five meters away. It was the female ghost who had been watching from the elevator.
When the female ghost saw Liu Muzhe pick up the ghost bead and put it into his shirt pocket, she slowly got up, stared at him viciously, and rushed over with her claws.
Ye Jingan was pushed back a few steps by Liu Muze, and nodded to the female ghost with an affirmative look. This ghost didn't pick on the weak, and dared to confront Brother Liu directly. She was very courageous.
The ghost girl had a clear goal and grabbed Liu Muze's pocket. Liu Muze kept dodging and didn't make a move. Seeing that she couldn't touch Liu Muze at all, she decided to change her approach and started to attack Liu Muze's feet, provoking him to kick her, and then deliberately flew towards the direction where Ye Jingan was standing.
Ye Jing'an's pupils dilated instantly, but before he could react, he felt a chill on his neck. His whole body stiffened and he dared not move.
Liu Muze took out the ghost bead and sneered, "Want this?"
The ghost girl's eyes lit up when she saw the bead, and she said excitedly, "Give it to me, or I'll kill him!"
When Liu Muze heard that this ghost dared to say that he wanted to kill Ye Jingan, his eyes flashed and he said coldly: "You, are threatening me?"
Ye Jingan stared at him blankly.
"You...don't come over here." The female ghost took two steps back and increased the strength of pinching Ye Jingan.
Ye Jingan frowned and hissed as he was pinched.
"Take it." Liu Muzhe didn't move forward and threw the beads to her.
She knew that she couldn't beat Liu Muzhe, but the female ghost found that the man she was holding was his weak spot. She pinched Ye Jing'an and retreated to a place where she could escape. Just as she was about to knock Ye Jing'an unconscious to buy herself time to escape, she was knocked away by Liu Muzhe with a talisman.
"Are you okay?" Liu Muzhe walked to Ye Jing'an.
Ye Jingan shook his head.
It was rather dim here, and Liu Muze couldn't quite see if Ye Jing'an had any injuries on his neck. He lifted his chin and took a closer look. It wasn't a serious injury, but there was a faint black handprint on his neck from the resentful female ghost, and a little blood was drawn there. Liu Muze frowned.
Ye Jingan couldn't stand having his chin picked, and he couldn't suppress the smile at the corner of his mouth, and laughed in a useless way. He tried very hard to hold it back, but he couldn't help it!
"What are you laughing at?" Liu Muzhe was confused, wondering if his brain was damaged by being pinched, and felt a little guilty.
Ye Jingan's mind was spinning rapidly, trying to come up with a suitable excuse for this situation. He stammered, "I... uh, well... I'm glad you lost your beads."
Liu Muze: "..."
The ghost girl tried to run away when they weren't paying attention, but before she could stand up, she was knocked to the ground by Liu Muze. Seeing that she had no chance to escape, she swallowed the ghost bead and stared at Liu Muze fiercely.
"Hey, she swallowed your baby." Ye Jing'an nudged Liu Muzhe with his elbow.
"Yes, I saw it."
"She still glared at you."
"Um."
"You dug it out from the mouth of a thousand-year-old zombie, and now you're digging it out from the belly of a female ghost." Ye Jing'an began to gloat again, "Tsk tsk, how miserable!"
Liu Muze finally understood why Ye Jingan was always beaten by his father. He deserved it! He had just blamed himself for not protecting him well, but now it seemed completely unnecessary. Liu Muze looked at him with a fake smile and said, "I wasn't the one who picked the beads out of the zombie's mouth. Now the beads were swallowed because I saved you. Go pick them out for me!"
"I'm not going!"
"It's not up to you!"
The female ghost who had swallowed the ghost bead was becoming increasingly gloomy. She stood up and fiercely shouted at the two men, "You forced me to do this. I'm going to kill you!"
"He hit you, kill him, not me." Ye Jing'an hid behind Liu Muzhe and poked his head out to look at the female ghost.
Liu Muze sneered and said, "Just let her swallow you. Once I get the beads, I'll rescue you."
Ye Jingan: “???”
The female ghost rushed over. Liu Muzhe chuckled, pushed Ye Jingan away, and started fighting with the female ghost.
The female ghost who swallowed the bead was indeed much more powerful than before, but Liu Muze didn't use his full strength, and the female ghost was obviously still no match for him. After a few rounds, he picked her up. Liu Muze pointed at Ye Jingan and said, "Since you swallowed that unlucky child, I will give you a chance."
The female ghost slowly turned her head and looked at him.
Ye Jingan: "!!!"
Liu Muzhe really let go.
Ye Jingan didn't even take the talisman and sword with him, and ran away, shouting as he ran: "Liu, are you serious?! Damn it, Grandmaster, help me! Ah..."
Liu Muzhe laughed out loud and thought to himself: Stop shouting, I am your ancestor.
After running a few laps and seeing that he was about to be caught up, Liu Muzhe picked up the female ghost.
Ye Jing'an squatted on the ground and gasped for breath.
"Do you know you are wrong?" Liu Muzhe walked and brought the female ghost in front of him.
Ye Jingan sat down on the ground, away from the ghost. She glared at him with squinted eyes and whispered, "I know, I know, I was wrong."
Liu Muze didn't know that Ye Jing'an was cursing him in his heart and secretly plotting revenge. He ignored the child and put the female ghost down. He asked her how she died and why she harmed people.
The female ghost thought about what happened to her before her death and tears couldn't stop flowing down.
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