Chapter 86 The next day, He Zhao went to the market on his way back from his stall in the morning and bought one...
The next day, He Zhao stopped by the market on her way home after closing up her stall in the morning. She bought a fresh chicken and went home. She hadn't slept that morning; she made chicken soup and took it to Qiao Yanyu. After drinking it, she went to a nearby shop, ate something, but didn't go home. Instead, she went back to the hospital.
He Zhao said with a wronged expression that he hadn't slept well, and then stayed on Qiao Yanyu's bed for a nap.
Hehe, nowhere is more comfortable than sleeping next to Sister Qiao. He Zhao achieved his wish, had a good night's sleep, and woke up feeling refreshed. He waved goodbye to Qiao Yanyu, arranged to pick her up that evening, and then left for the Countermeasures Bureau.
When she arrived at the countermeasures bureau, the old woman guarding the door seemed to have known she was coming and opened the door for her immediately. He Zhao greeted the old woman very warmly, but she just raised her eyelids slightly and didn't react at all.
—The investigators are indeed a strange bunch.
He Zhao mentally complained and parked his electric scooter in the parking space.
She entered the gate and saw that there was still someone at the front desk. The person greeted He Zhao and said, "Hello, hello, I'm Li Xia. The director told me in advance to take care of you. I have to thank you for what happened before. If it weren't for you, there would probably have been many civilian casualties."
Li Xia is a very cheerful and lively girl, but she's not the same type as Wang Yu. She seems more reliable and gentle. He Zhao found it a bit strange; why didn't Qiao Yanyu send Li Xia to replace her when she went on a business trip, instead of sending that unreliable Wang Yu?
Li Xia led He Zhao inside, chatting and laughing as they went: "Actually, I took a statement from that girl in room 501 a couple of days ago. It was quite funny. She actually told me about sneaking into the Countermeasures Bureau, hahaha."
"Hahaha……"
He Zhao chuckled dryly. So this investigator was the one who took the statement from the sutured water ghost. She must also know that he was involved. It's all the sutured water ghost's fault; now he's a little embarrassed himself.
Li Xia led He Zhao down several floors in the elevator. This time, the place they went to was about five floors lower than the floor where Lin Gao had stayed before. Knowing that this wasn't He Zhao's first time here, Li Xia explained, "The lower the floor, the more powerful the ghosts imprisoned. The place you went to last time was for ordinary people. There are also some powerful but wicked cultivators imprisoned down there."
"Of course, most of them are to be executed, but it must be reported to the higher-ups. There will be a time lag between the reporting and the reporting, during which time they can still live."
Upon reaching the floor, Li Xia stepped out first. As she landed, she took out a bracelet and offered it to He Zhao, saying, "Miss He, please wear this. You are an ordinary person, but the ghostly energy on this floor is very heavy. So many ghosts together can have an unspeakable effect on ordinary people. Even though they are all locked up, the pervasive yin energy is still terrifying."
He Zhao nodded and put it on. He didn't say anything about how he wouldn't be affected by the yin energy, after all, his own life was the most important thing.
After putting it on, He Zhao was indeed not affected by the Yin energy. Even though ghostly wails and howls occasionally came from the surrounding cells, He Zhao only found them noisy and did not experience any obvious weakness or coldness due to the invasion of Yin energy, such as sneezing or coughing.
Of course, it's also possible that the system is really powerful.
After following Li Xia for a while, they arrived at Hua Hua's cell. Li Xia had He Zhao step back a little, and then began the process of entering the password on the electronic lock. That was quite modern.
When the door opened, surprisingly, instead of a chilly breeze, a wave of warmth rushed in. Looking closer, the entire room was exceptionally bright, so bright that He Zhao was almost blinded. However, in stark contrast to the bright room was Hua Hua's current state.
Hua Hua was tightly bound by golden ropes, her feet off the ground, dangling in mid-air. Several ropes were fixed at the other ends to the four sides of the house, and Hua Hua was like a rice dumpling hanging in the middle. She was truly bound like a rice dumpling, unable to move an inch.
In addition, a talisman was pasted on her forehead. The yellow talisman with red characters landed on her forehead, and Hua Hua lost consciousness, her eyes tightly closed, as if she had fallen into a coma.
There wasn't just one talisman in the room; many more were pasted on the ceiling, floor, and walls. The treatment of the ghost was far worse than that given to the human.
Li Xia asked He Zhao to wait a moment, then got her a stool to sit on for a while. She then took a ladder from a side room. She placed the ladder in front of Hua Hua and prepared to climb up.
He Zhao was stunned: "Are you planning to remove the talisman from its forehead?"
"Yes, otherwise you wouldn't be able to talk to it."
At this moment, many scenes from horror movies flashed through He Zhao's mind, such as the protagonist accidentally removing a talisman from a zombie's head while doing something bad, thus bringing the zombie back to life. This kind of plot was too common, and the person who removed the talisman would usually be called a fool by He Zhao.
So at this moment, He Zhao's voice trembled slightly: "Are you sure it's okay? It won't suddenly attack and eat us up, will it?"
“No problem. Look at this rope, it’s a binding rope, specially used to catch ghosts. And all these talismans around here are used to suppress this ghost. Its strength is very weak now, most of them have been sealed, otherwise I wouldn’t have dared to bring you here. To be honest, I’m quite weak.”
Hearing Li Xia's explanation, He Zhao understood why he hadn't sent Li Xia before, but instead sent Wang Yu. Although Wang Yu wasn't very reliable, she was quite capable. She could even hold her own against the main villain while wielding boxing gloves. With the help of Qiao Yanyu and the other guests, she could even hold off the main villain without getting hurt.
That intensity is truly astonishing.
Her minor mental lapses were easily overlooked. He Zhao made sure there were no problems, and even asked the system before finally saying to Li Xia, "Then I'll climb up and peel off the talisman. My relationship with it... should be pretty good."
"……Really?"
This time, it was Li Xia who was worried.
"real."
After speaking, He Zhao climbed up the ladder, then sat down sideways on top. From this position, she could easily reach out and peel off the talisman in front of Hua Hua. He Zhao hesitated for a moment, then reached out. Her fingertips touched the talisman, and she felt a slight shock from the static electricity. With a little force, she peeled the talisman off and it landed in her hand.
After the talisman was peeled off, Hua Hua's eyes suddenly opened.
To be honest, this ghost was quite terrifying. It opened its eyes without any warning, unlike a living person whose eyelashes flutter before slowly opening their eyes. But Hua Hua opened them directly, without any warning. And its eyes, unlike those of a living person, were cold and emotionless.
After a short while, its pupils seemed to focus, and it could see clearly that the person in front of it was He Zhao.
"A sister who has white rice!"
Hua Hua seemed quite happy and immediately called He Zhao "sister." He Zhao felt a mix of emotions, but she still nodded: "It's me."
He Zhao didn't know how to start the conversation, but Hua Hua was very direct: "Am I going to die? Sister, are you here to send me on my way? Can you be a little gentler? I'm so afraid of pain. When my dad hit me before, it hurt so much. I don't like being hit."
His words stirred up He Zhao's tender feelings. He Zhao really wanted to say, "You won't die," but that wasn't something she could control. Besides, He Zhao knew that although Hua Hua looked pitiful, she had countless lives on her hands.
It's pitiful, but aren't those who died at its hands pitiful too? Even if it didn't want to do it, it's still a fact. He Zhao pities it, but He Zhao isn't a saint; he can't disregard those lives.
However, He Zhao still wanted it to have a good meal before it left.
He Zhao shook his head: "I'm not with the Countermeasures Bureau, I don't have the ability to kill you. I wanted to ask, what was that you ate when you ate the rice I gave you?"
Hua Hua paused, a slightly confused expression on its face, and thought hard for a moment. It wasn't that it had forgotten the taste, but describing it was a bit difficult for Hua Hua. After a while, Hua Hua finally answered, "I don't remember, but that taste... I think I ate it when I was very, very little, in my mother's arms. I liked that taste, and I liked my mother."
He Zhao was stunned; she hadn't expected this answer.
According to Hua Hua's description, the most delicious food in her heart is breast milk.
But how pathetic can a human be? It can't even remember what delicious food there is; the most delicious food is actually breast milk. No, perhaps it's not the most delicious food, but rather the time it spent in its mother's arms, the most beautiful time for Hua Hua.
He Zhao forced a smile: "Do you still want to eat?"
"I want to!" Hua Hua answered excitedly, even swaying her whole body, causing the binding rope that held her to shake as well. As it swayed, it moved even closer to He Zhao. Li Xia, below the ladder, was a little worried and steadied the ladder.
He Zhao subconsciously leaned back a little. After all, Hua Hua was a ghost, and a very strong one at that. Its behavior made He Zhao feel a little scared.
"I'm hosting a feast for ghosts tonight, do you want to come?"
Hua Hua nodded: "I want it!"
"That night, you should obediently follow your sister who comes to pick you up. She will then bring you to me."
"good!"
Hua Hua was overjoyed to hear this. In its heart, it had given up resisting the moment it was caught, and it was prepared to die. After all, even before it was caught, its own father had been brainwashing it day and night: it must not be caught by the countermeasures bureau, because if it was caught, it would definitely die.
Hua Hua thought that being caught wasn't so scary, at least... they didn't hit her, they were just tied up.
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