Chapter 60. He Zhao was startled awake by the dream. She yawned and was temporarily unable to fall back asleep...
He Zhao was startled awake by the dream. She yawned, no longer sleepy, got dressed, and went to the living room after washing up. When she checked her phone, she realized it was still early, quite a while before her usual wake-up time.
He Zhao originally planned to order takeout and wait for Qiao Yanyu to wake up before calling her to eat together. However, he didn't expect that Qiao Yanyu would wake up so early that she was already there when he arrived at the living room.
Qiao Yanyu even felt that she had disturbed He Zhao's rest. She was stunned for a moment before asking He Zhao, "Did I disturb your rest? Why are you up so early?"
It would have been better if she hadn't brought it up, because once it was, He Zhao was incredibly angry. She vividly recounted her dream, then slapped her thigh and began to berate the suture-ghost: "We spent so much time working on it last night, and it was secretly cursing me behind my back! Just because I forgot to tell it! It's so awful!"
If she told the system about this, the system would think she was overthinking things and making trouble out of nothing. But if Qiao Yanyu listened, she would give her a serious analysis and even think that what she said made a lot of sense.
Qiao Yanyu frowned and nodded: "What you think makes sense. Those ghosts have many tricks up their sleeves, and entering dreams is one of their basic skills. Maybe it really is it behind this. Tonight we'll go find it and tell it not to do this again."
Although Qiao Yanyu suspected it was the work of the suture-thread water ghost, she didn't believe it had any malicious intent. The day before, while setting up her stall, although she had only spent a short time with the suture-thread water ghost, she could tell it wasn't a malevolent spirit.
It might even feel guilty for hurting He Zhao and wouldn't want innocent people to be affected by its revenge. Such a ghost certainly wouldn't intentionally scare He Zhao half to death.
After the takeout arrived, He Zhao invited Qiao Yanyu to eat together. Qiao Yanyu initially wanted to transfer the money to He Zhao, but He Zhao said, "Sister Qiao, you're not treating me like a friend at all. Yesterday, when we ate barbecue on the street, you didn't let me pay a single penny, and now you want to split the bill for a takeout meal? You don't treat me like a friend at all!"
Her last sentence was too harsh, and Qiao Yanyu didn't want He Zhao to think that way, so in the end, she still accepted the free takeout.
During the meal, He Zhao casually asked, "How's the Lin Gao case going?" Even though only a few hours had passed since they returned, He Zhao still believed that the official speed was impressive. And just as He Zhao had expected, Qiao Yanyu replied, "The body he provided has basically been found, and we've ruled out the possibility of him having accomplices. Next, we just need to wait for the approval process from higher authorities, and then wait for the execution."
He Zhao nodded and ate her meal in silence for a long time, which was quite different from her usual talkative and chatty self. Qiao Yanyu guessed that she had something on her mind, so she didn't speak either, waiting for He Zhao to think things over before talking to her.
Just as Qiao Yanyu had thought, after a long silence, He Zhao finally spoke up: "Sister Qiao, could you give the sutured water ghost a chance?"
"Um?"
Qiao Yanyu didn't quite understand because she was eating, so she could only utter single-word questions. He Zhao poked at the rice in front of her with her chopsticks and continued, "Exactly, even if we don't want the sutured water ghost to take revenge on us directly, at least let the sutured water ghost show itself in front of Lin Gao, scare him, or make the sutured water ghost happy."
He Zhao understood that things had come to this point, and the sutured water ghost was not far from being released from its slump. It would be too much to simply tell the sutured water ghost the outcome and let it accept everything and go its way. He Zhao still hoped to let it vent its anger.
Hearing He Zhao's words, Qiao Yanyu stopped eating and began to think seriously. After thinking for a while, she said, "I'll figure out a way to handle this."
He Zhao couldn't hold back his smile any longer, and it immediately spread across his face. Qiao Yanyu was such a kind person; instead of saying things like "I can't make any promises to you" or "I need to discuss this with my superiors," she simply said, "I'll figure something out."
He Zhao thought to himself, "Sister Qiao gives me such a strong sense of security. With a woman like her around, all I have to do is act cute."
She immediately said sweetly to Qiao Yanyu, "Thank you, Sister Qiao."
Qiao Yanyu wanted to laugh, but she pursed her lips and managed to hold it in before saying, "Let's eat."
He Zhao and Qiao Yanyu both enjoyed the meal, even though it was just an ordinary, not particularly tasty takeout. But perhaps because they were with different people, the experience of eating it was different. When it was time to set up their stall in the evening, He Zhao was even more excited and pulled Qiao Yanyu along as they left.
Unfortunately, even before they arrived at their destination, from a great distance, Qiao Yanyu could feel the deep, heavy yin energy. She was originally riding her motorcycle behind He Zhao, but the yin energy was so strong that Qiao Yanyu twisted the throttle and moved ahead of He Zhao.
She said, "He Zhao, slow down, the yin energy is quite strong up ahead."
They slowed down, and when they arrived, they saw the sutured water ghost standing under the second street lamp with a gloomy face. A large puddle of water had been secreted beneath its feet, and the street lamp next to it flickered as if it had short-circuited due to the heavy gloom emanating from it.
Believe it or not, just standing there, it naturally resembles a thrilling scene from a horror movie.
When it saw He Zhao coming, it twisted its neck toward him. However, when it twisted its neck, it seemed a little stiff, rattling like a wind-up toy. Coupled with the streetlights that kept going out, if He Zhao were alone, he would definitely run away without looking back.
But upon discovering it was a suture-stitched water ghost, He Zhao wasn't so scared anymore. Instead, she felt a little guilty, and she thought of the dream she had. Watching Qiao Yanyu walk ahead, He Zhao swallowed hard, pretending nothing had happened, and strode forward aggressively.
Faced with the sutured water ghost, she had to take the initiative, otherwise if the fact that she had abandoned it and disappeared last night were brought up, He Zhao would indeed be in the wrong.
Qiao Yanyu took the lead, with He Zhao behind her. Qiao Yanyu was even more ruthless than He Zhao when facing the ghost. She drove her motorcycle over the curb and onto the road, saying to the stitched-up water ghost, "You move aside first. If you keep blocking the spot like this, she won't be able to set up her stall."
As everyone knows, the sutured water ghost is the kind of ghost that becomes significantly weaker once someone gains the upper hand. Faced with Qiao Yanyu's impoliteness and her self-righteous words, and considering that it wasn't Qiao Yanyu who did it, the sutured water ghost could only reluctantly move aside a little.
"Oh... I'm sorry."
What a polite little ghost! It even took the initiative to apologize.
He Zhao pushed her food cart onto the counter and began setting up her stall. During this process, the stitched-up water ghost wanted to speak, but it simply stood obediently to the side, looking hesitant. Once He Zhao had everything set up, she and Qiao Yanyu took out plastic stools and sat down behind the stall before the stitched-up water ghost stepped forward.
"Boss...boss...what about what you promised me yesterday? What about the carbonated drinks you promised?"
He Zhao couldn't help but pick at her ear. She now seriously suspected that what she was dreaming about was a curse from the seamstitch water ghost. Otherwise, how could they all say the exact same things?
Seeing He Zhao's nonchalant attitude, the stitched-up water ghost became even angrier. It was very unhappy and said, "I'm talking to you! Why aren't you ignoring me!"
At this moment, Qiao Yanyu was displeased. She frowned slightly and lowered her voice: "You have no idea what she did last night..."
"Hey!" He Zhao reached out and stopped Qiao Yanyu. This "Hey" was full of nuances, conveying both "you don't need to say these things" and "you don't need to say them." He Zhao was certainly not the kind of person who didn't seek fame or fortune; she believed that she had to let others know how much she had done.
When she first encountered the Gossian incident, she honestly stated the exact price of the meal. She even had to boast to Qiao Yanyu, let alone face the "stitched water ghost." She stopped Qiao Yanyu only to speak for herself.
Qiao Yanyu is too upright, and she must speak very formally. It's better to let me do it myself, since I can embellish the story!
He Zhaoxian composed himself for a moment before speaking: "I know you're upset because I left without saying a word last night, and I didn't even give you the special instant noodles and carbonated drinks I promised. That's why you resent me. I know all of that, and I don't blame you."
"It's not that he harbors such deep resentment..."
The sutured water ghost said something, but He Zhao ignored it completely; she wasn't about to disrupt her own rhythm. The sutured water ghost wanted to say something more, such as, "I didn't even say I was blaming you, how dare you say 'I'm not blaming you'?"
Fortunately, it didn't say such a thing, because He Zhao's next words made the sutured water ghost feel utterly ashamed.
"This story goes back a long time. At that time, I probably didn't know you, but coincidentally, we both lived in the same community. Yes, I was also a tenant in Qingyang Community. I was also targeted by the person who killed you."
Upon hearing this, the stitched-up water ghost's first reaction was anger. It never expected that the bastard who killed it would, after killing it, set his sights on another girl! And what's more, this girl was someone it knew!
Damn it!
Thinking of this, the sutured water ghost felt its yin energy intensify. It truly had no idea that He Zhao had also encountered these things. Especially what she said next, which unknowingly awakened some of the sutured water ghost's memories.
In its memory, that man had also approached it step by step in the same way.
"I discovered him because he was secretly observing me from the balcony of room 501, and I caught him. Later, he even went to observe my food cart, and I caught him red-handed."
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