Infant Spirit
"How dare you come here at night?" Qiu Zimu shuddered coldly.
Liu Muze walked to a corner and asked in a deep voice, "He died here, right?"
Wu Yuling nodded in confusion. The scene was handled cleanly and she really couldn't imagine how he could have figured it out at a glance.
Ye Jing'an raised his eyebrows, not surprised that Brother Liu could see it at a glance, and walked over to ask him what he found.
Liu Muzhe shook his head.
"Then how do you know he died here?"
"I can smell it. The smell of blood is the strongest."
Ye Jing'an was stunned. His experience in the haunted house made him particularly sensitive to the smell of blood, but now he couldn't smell it at all.
"Are you a blood-sucking mosquito?"
“…”
Liu Muze ignored him and went to look around the school. He found that there was no Yin energy at all during the day. He probably thought it was because there were so many students and the Yang energy was too strong, so it was all covered up. He planned to come back to check at night. Of course, another reason was that he didn't want to see those ignorant little brats anymore, and he didn't want to hear the dirty words that made him lose his heart.
He would never come to the campus during the day, especially when students were leaving school, with Ye Jingan again. Liu Muze explained the situation to Wu Yuling and gave her some instructions. Then, while the students were still in class, they quickly left this dangerous place.
At midnight, the campus was no longer full of youthful and energetic students. It looked lifeless and shrouded in a thin layer of black air, making it look particularly gloomy.
As soon as Ye Jing'an entered the school, he felt a sting in his eyes. He thought it was sand that had gotten into his eyes. He blew it out several times, but it was no use. The further he walked into the school, the stronger the feeling became, and it even felt familiar.
He closed his eyes and thought for a long time before remembering. This feeling was very similar to the first time he went to Qiu Zimu's house and was cursed and his head was submerged in water. This time it was even more intense, he even had the illusion that he was walking into the sea. His eyes seemed to be filled with seawater, with an unbearable soreness. His chest was also compressed and uncomfortable, and he was a little breathless.
"Still feeling uncomfortable?" Liu Muze pried open his eyelids and frowned when he saw the red bloodshot in his eyes. "Can you see the black fog?"
Ye Jingan blinked, looked around, and shook his head.
Liu Muze lowered his head and remained silent. After a while, he shook his head and said, "Wait for us outside."
"My eyes don't hurt anymore!" said Ye Jing'an.
Liu Muze: "..."
Ye Jingan was absolutely unwilling to let him and Qiu Zimu go, and insisted on following them. Liu Muze said helplessly: "Then tell me if you feel uncomfortable, don't force yourself."
After looking around, he walked towards a teaching building, climbed to the fourth floor, and stood at the bathroom door, not knowing what to look at. The bathroom on the fourth floor was very different from the first floor. The bathroom door was still the old-fashioned green-painted wooden door from decades ago. Most of the green paint had peeled off, and the door panel was covered with graffiti written by students, some of which were threatening, mostly saying that there were evil spirits inside.
The door lock was an ordinary padlock that looked new, probably having been replaced recently. The gap in the lower left corner was sealed with cement, making it difficult to open the door.
Liu Muze raised an eyebrow. Considering Ye Jingan's ability to demolish houses when he was a child, this little bit of cement was no problem at all. At this moment, Ye Jingan was still rubbing his eyes. When he looked up and saw Liu Muze's malicious eyes, he took two steps back and asked, "Why are you looking at me?"
"Distract yourself, maybe the pain in your eyes won't go away." Liu Muzhe grabbed his clothes and pushed him to the bathroom door, "Open the door, don't break it."
"Wait, I'm good at this!" Ye Jing'an grinned and started to work.
Ye Zhuoran used this kind of padlock to hide his treasures at home. Ye Jingan had already figured out the structure of this lock and unlocked it in one minute. The cement underneath was even easier to deal with, but it would take some time.
In less than ten minutes, the cement was completely smashed. The moment the door opened, a chilling gust of wind blew out, sending chills down Ye Jing'an's spines. Then, from the bathroom, a series of shrill, "hehehe" laughs emanated. His eyes hurt even more, and he immediately closed them and covered his ears. At the same time, a number of legless babies rushed toward him.
Liu Muze had not expected so many infant spirits to appear. He pulled Ye Jingan and Qiu Zimu back two steps and shouted at the babies, "Go back!"
After being yelled at, the giggling babies started crying incessantly. Their cries were sharper and more piercing than their laughter, and they kept throwing themselves at the three people.
"Brother Liu, you seem to have scared them." Qiu Zimu's ears could no longer bear it, and the insects in the jar began to stir.
"Shut up, everyone, or I'll..." Annoyed by their crying, Liu Muze held a talisman in his hand and pointed it at them. The moment he spoke, the baby's cries instantly intensified. They seemed terrified of Liu Muze; whenever he spoke, their cries intensified. Despite their fear, they seemed to be controlled by some force, forcing them to pounce and entangle Liu Muze and the other two.
"Ahhhhhhh!" Ye Jing'an couldn't stand the sound, "Liu! Do you know how to comfort a child?!"
"You know how to coax, go ahead!" Liu Muzhe shouted.
"Baby, don't cry. Come here, let brother hold you. Brother will take you to eat candy." It's amazing that these little babies really stopped crying gradually and looked at Ye Jingan with bulging eyes.
Liu Muze was a little surprised, patted him on the shoulder and said, "You are very good, they will leave it to you."
Ye Jingan: “…”
"Brother Liu, are these infant spirits?" Qiu Zimu asked, "Why are there so many?"
"They should be trapped here." Liu Muzhe frowned deeply as he looked at the black mark on each infant spirit's forehead. "It seems this matter is not simple."
"What should I do now?" Ye Jing'an said with a bitter face, "They are watching me!"
Liu Muzhe said, "This is the first time I've seen an infant spirit with a mark. You can coax it back first. Once you've investigated thoroughly, you can deal with them later."
Ye Jingan rolled his eyes for a while after hearing him say so casually to coax her back. Then he forced a gentle smile at the baby spirit and whispered softly, "Good baby, come here. Let me hold you."
The baby spirit giggled and hung on Ye Jingan, quickly wrapping him tightly. At this moment, Ye Jingan felt like he was being put on a boyo ball, and he struggled to move towards the toilet.
"Which disobedient child tickled me?" Ye Jingan shook his arms and kicked his legs, "Hey, don't bite me!"
Liu Muzhe and Qiu Zimu laughed out loud.
"What's so funny about you two? How are you going to get rid of them now?" Ye Jing'an said.
"They listen to you, you figure it out yourself." Liu Muzhe said with a smile.
Ye Jingan narrowed his eyes and glared at Liu Muze, wanting to punch him to death. He had no choice but to endure it. He was still covered with translucent children hanging on his body. These children were not obedient at all, so he had to deal with them first.
It was no use trying to coax them down with gentle words. Yelling at them would only make them cry again. He had no other choice but to resort to violence. He dragged these naughty children down one by one. The ones being dragged to the ground began to thrash and cry like an alarm.
"Don't cry!" Ye Jing'an pointed at Liu Muze and said, "He loves to eat children. He'll eat whoever cries!"
The babies were so scared that they hid in the toilet cubicle, leaving a row of little heads exposed, staring at Liu Muzhe vigilantly.
"So cute!" He curled his lips, patted Liu Muze on the shoulder and said, "You are very good, they will leave it to you."
Liu Muze said helplessly: "Lock the door and go look somewhere else."
The three of them arrived at the girls' dormitory they had visited during the day. The biting cold made Ye Jing'an and Qiu Zimu shiver, and the whistling sound of the wind from the deep darkness made their scalps tighten. Ye Jing'an tightened his sword, feeling that there was something disgusting and terrifying in the darkness of the dormitory, watching their every move.
"Where have you been hiding?" Liu Muzhe frowned.
"What?" Ye Jing'an asked.
"He's definitely not a good person. He hasn't revealed anything." Liu Muzhe sighed, "Let's go back. Go check on the dead girl tomorrow."
Wu Yuling knew that they needed to contact the family of the deceased girl to find out the situation, so she contacted them immediately.
The girl's family members said they would not agree to see it at all. Their family has always been very traditional. They taught her since she was a child that girls should have self-respect and self-love. They are very strict with her, do not allow her to fall in love too early, and will not let her go out to play with her classmates as usual, for fear that something bad will happen.
But who knew they would dare to do such a thing in school and even lose their lives. The girl's mother dared not think about her precious daughter's bloody belly at that time, let alone recall how she felt when she touched her cold face.
All she remembered was the cold, the icy sensation that penetrated the skin of her palms, spread along her finger bones, and spread throughout her body. The once well-behaved child, always smiling, would no longer smile at her. She didn't dare open the coffin to look at her pitiful child again, and she didn't want others to see her daughter's humiliation and tragic death.
Wu Yuling understood her feelings and, after comforting her for a while, she went to the hotel to tell them about the situation at the girl's home and suggested that they ask her boyfriend. The boy was deeply traumatized and was receiving psychological treatment in the hospital, but he was still somewhat dazed, curled up in his bed with his legs hugged, dazed.
"Xiao Yu, how are you?" Wu Yuling handed over a cup of hot milk.
The boy nodded blankly.
"Can you tell us what happened to you that night?" Ye Jing'an asked.
His originally dull expression turned into fear, and he shrank back, covering his head.
"Don't be afraid, they are here to help you." Wu Yuling comforted her softly, "Tell them everything you saw."
The boy was silent for a while, then slowly recalled what happened that night.
Liu Muze's brows furrowed as he listened, and he interrupted him, "There's no need to go into too much detail about that matter."
"But something was wrong with her during this process..." the boy said weakly.
"Tell me the important information after you listen." Liu Muzhe patted Ye Jingan and walked out of the ward.
"Look at what you have accomplished!" Ye Jing'an sneered.
"It's all my fault. Nothing would have happened if I hadn't taken her with me." The boy regretted it more and more, and finally burst into tears.
"What are you feeling wronged about?! If you really liked her, would you take her to a place like that? And you ran away after something happened?" Ye Jing'an sneered and walked out of the ward to look for Liu Muze. After searching for a long time, he saw him sitting in the lobby on the first floor. "It's over. He was scared and ran away. When he turned around, he thought he saw a child eating a girl's internal organs."
"Child?" Liu Muzhe frowned.
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