Chapter 78 From beginning to end, only you
In the damp alleys, the fallen leaves made a grinding sound on the soles of shoes,
Xiao Qihao stumbled forward dragging the little ghost, and the dark shadows behind him flooded across the concrete floor like a tide. The pursuers who came out of the cracks in the walls and the gutters swung out ropes with hooks, drawing hideous arcs in the air.
"careful!"
The kid suddenly grabbed his trouser leg and turned him sideways. The iron hook brushed past his shoulder and was nailed into the brick wall. Sparks splashed on the side of his neck, burning him so much that he gasped.
"These people will never give up!"
"Who on earth is chasing you? I can sense a strong ghost aura and the breath of living people!"
The little ghost's hoarse voice was tinged with tears, and he was panting anxiously.
A faint green light suddenly lit up at the entrance of the alley, and a dozen people covered in black gauze emerged from the shadows. The copper bells around their waists swayed with their footsteps, creating a creepy rhythm in the dead silence.
Xiao Qihao's back was pressed against the mottled wall, cold sweat trickling down his spine.
Ye Xiang was really cruel. He sent a large army to catch him alone.
The little ghost took out the copper bell engraved with thunder patterns at some point. The bells made a crisp sound when they collided, but it was completely drowned out by the footsteps of the pursuers.
Xiao Qihao looked at his face, which was as pale as paper, and suddenly found that the other's fingertips were trembling slightly - this was the first time that the little ghost showed an expression of fear.
"Madam...Madam, why don't you reply..."
The kid's voice sounded like it had been rubbed with sandpaper, and no one responded when he rang the bell for the seventh time.
We are in trouble... Has Teacher Shen been caught by them?
Xiao Qihao's temples were throbbing, he had no idea of Ye Xiang's methods, but now that the pursuit had reached a stalemate, he would definitely turn his spearhead and attack Ye Xiang's weak spot.
He was able to follow me for so long without me noticing, so he must have found out where Shen Qingze and he were hiding.
"quick!"
He suddenly dragged the kid into a narrower alley, and the stinky smell of mold hit him in the face.
The water seeping from the cracks in the wall was emitting an eerie light, and the shouts of the pursuers behind him were getting closer and closer.
Xiao Qihao leaned against the wall and panted heavily, his chest felt like it was stuffed with a ball of burning cotton wool.
"Ye Xiang must be going to Teacher Shen's house, we must go back quickly!"
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The leaves of the locust tree at the entrance of the alley trembled in the wind. Xiao Qihao and the little ghost moved close to the wall. The sunlight stretched their shadows into long and thin ones.
The noise of the chase just now had been left behind three streets away, but the dead silence of the alley was even more frightening. Every slight sound seemed to be the echo of the footsteps of the pursuers.
The downstairs of Shen Qingze's house looked exactly the same as before, without any abnormality.
Could it be that... Ye Xiang hasn't caught up with him yet?
The voice-activated lights in the stairwell flickered, and every time you took a step up, the old light bulbs made a frightening sound of electricity.
Xiao Qihao's fingers were tightly gripping the phone. The three messages he had sent to Shen Qingze on the screen were still marked "sent". The cold white light made his face look even paler.
Teacher Shen, please reply quickly! !
When he turned the corner of the corridor, the little ghost suddenly grabbed the corner of his clothes.
The security door of Shen Qingze's house was half-closed, and the light seeping out from the crack of the door was not the warm orange light of the past, but a strange darkness.
Xiao Qihao felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up. From what he remembered, Shen Qingze should have closed the door when he left.
My master always said that "a door wide open is prone to evil spirits." At this moment, this gap is like the slightly open fangs of a giant beast.
At this moment, he really hoped that Shen Qingze had returned, but just forgot to reply to the message like before.
He held his breath and moved closer. Through the crack in the door, he could only see the outline of the edge of the living room. The curtains were tightly closed, and the entire living room was extremely dark.
On the empty coffee table, Shen Qingze and his remaining Coke can could be vaguely seen standing quietly beside the unfinished magic circle.
Seems like no one is there?
The moment I pushed the door open, a groan that made my scalp tingle came from the side of the door.
The slippers neatly arranged at the entrance were missing Shen Qingze's dark blue pair, and were replaced by a few strange footprints covered in mud.
"Teacher Shen, is that you?"
Xiao Qihao's fingers had just touched the switch on the living room wall when the sofa suddenly made a rustling sound.
The kid suddenly tugged at his trouser legs, making a babbling sound.
But the warm yellow light suddenly came on, and Ye Xiang leaned on the seat where Shen Qingze usually sat, playing with a copper bell engraved with thunder patterns on her fingernails - it was the copper bell that Shen Qingze gave to the little ghost.
That one should have belonged to Shen Qingze, but now it fell into Ye Xiang's hands!
The corners of his mouth curved up, and in the shadows behind him, a dozen pairs of eyes glowing dimly appeared in the darkness.
He looked briskly at Xiao Qihao who was standing at the entrance, and said in a gentle voice,
"Qihao, long time no see, did you miss me?"
The small sensor light at the entrance flickered beside Xiao Qihao, distorting his shadow.
The little ghost huddled in the shadows, anxiously pulling at his trouser legs, suppressed sobs emitting from his throat.
Ye Xiang lazily sank into the sofa, her eyes fixed on Xiao Qihao, as if she was sizing him up.
The silver bracelet on his wrist made a tiny clinking sound as he turned the copper bell.
"Where is Mr. Shen? What did you do to him?"
Xiao Qihao's voice was like ice. He caught a glimpse of the broken amulet on the coffee table. It was the peace knot that Shen Qingze always hung at the entrance.
Ye Xiang suddenly chuckled, and the cinnabar mole at the corner of her eye trembled with the smile, but her gaze on him became hotter and hotter, as if she wanted to swallow him whole into her eyes.
"We haven't seen each other for so long, don't you care about me first?"
The hair on the back of his neck suddenly stood up, and Xiao Qihao instinctively dodged to the side. A poisoned dagger brushed past his ear and hit the wall.
Something sharp scratched his face, and Xiao Qihao felt a dull pain on the side of his face.
"Or, you should take care of yourself first."
A dark shadow stood up from behind the door, revealing only a pair of dark blue eyes under his black robe, and the chains in his hands rattled.
The little ghost screamed and pounced forward, but was forced back by the talisman thrown by Ye Xiang, and hit the corner of the wall, whimpering in pain.
“Little guy!”
"What are you in such a hurry for?"
Ye Xiang carelessly smoothed the folds of her clothes, her fingertips running over the patterns on the copper bell.
Xiao Qihao stroked the scratch on his face and looked at Ye Xiang with anger in his eyes.
"Ye Xiang, you bastard! What on earth do you want to do?!"
Ye Xiang's voice became lower and lower, with a bewitching tremor at the end.
"Qihao, I've had such a hard time looking for you."
Xiao Qihao's back was pressed against the cold wall, his T-shirt soaked with cold sweat.
The man in black slowly approached from the right. The sound of chains dragging on the ground mixed with Ye Xiang's words, weaving a suffocating web in the confined space.
"Shen Qingze is just a bait"
Ye Xiang finally stood up, sweeping the mess on the ground with the hem of his coat.
Xiao Qihao saw that Shen Qingze's unfinished talisman array had been completely destroyed by Ye Xiang. The yellow talisman was torn into pieces and scattered around.
Ye Xiang walked slowly to Xiao Qihao, his voice full of chillness.
"All I want is you from beginning to end."
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