Jiang Beishu pointed incoherently behind him: "It was right behind me just now! I saw it in the underground parking lot! I even heard it walking with a clattering sound!"
"Really, I'm not lying, and I'm not deceiving anyone!"
Zheng Feiyu felt a chill run down his spine after hearing what he said. He lifted his buttocks and then lowered them again, desperately wanting to jump up and sit next to Nan Yuanman: "Damn it! Old Jiang, you're so mean! There was something following me, and you didn't even warn me!"
Jiang Bei looked embarrassed: "I was just... afraid you'd be scared."
Nan Yuanman scratched his head: "That's probably because I'm here, so he's scared and doesn't dare to come in."
Jiang Beishu nodded excitedly and said, "Little Master, what I said is true, you have to believe me! Half a month ago, when I was leaving get off work, I felt something following me..."
At first, Jiang Beishu thought that the woman who had taken a liking to him in the bar wanted to have a one-night stand with him but was chased after by him after he rejected her. But when he looked back, there was no one behind him.
He didn't take it to heart and went home to wash up as usual. But while he was taking a shower, he heard footsteps outside the bathroom.
Jiang Beishu's already unpleasant face turned slightly pale: "I thought it was the housekeeper asking if I wanted something to eat, so I called out, 'Who is it?' But no one answered me outside the bathroom; she was just loitering at the bathroom door."
His bathroom door was made of frosted glass, so when he was showering inside, he could only see a dark shadow moving around outside. Most importantly, he noticed that the shadow was very thin! Unnaturally thin! It was as if it was just a skeleton!
Jiang Beishu was a little scared. He quickly rinsed off the soap and wanted to go out and scold the nanny for loitering around the bathroom door, but... there was no one outside the bathroom! Only a trail of muddy footprints remained, making his room filthy.
Jiang Beishu, who was already a bit of a germaphobe, instantly exploded and went downstairs to confront the nanny. Only after going downstairs did he discover the note his parents had left on the coffee table.
His parents are going abroad for a week, and his nanny's daughter-in-law is about to give birth, so they've given her a week off to go back and be with her during the delivery. Jiang Beishu has to take care of his own food and drink during this week.
When Jiang Beishu received the message, he froze on the spot, a chill running down his spine. His parents were on vacation, and the nanny was on holiday, so... who was the person who had been loitering outside his bathroom just now?!
Jiang Beishu immediately checked the surveillance footage to see if anyone had sneaked into his house, but the footage showed that he was the only person in the house from beginning to end.
This discovery terrified Jiang Beishu so much that he didn't dare stay at home and immediately packed his things to go to his friend's house.
"Nothing happened during the few days I stayed at my friend's house. I thought the matter was over and I packed up and went home. Nothing happened during the first three days at home, except that I was a little tired from sleeping."
As Jiang Beishu spoke, he seemed to remember something and suddenly began to take off his t-shirt.
Zheng Feiyu: "???"
He rushed forward and grabbed Jiang Beishu's hand, saying, "What are you doing? Old Jiang, this isn't the place for lewd behavior! And it's not the place for using your looks to seduce her! Yuanman is only five years old!"
Jiang Beishu was both amused and exasperated: "What are you thinking? I look terrible right now, how could I possibly use my good looks to seduce you..."
Besides, he wouldn't be so heartless as to seduce a five-year-old girl!
"Then why are you taking off your clothes for no reason?" Zheng Feiyu asked warily.
"I wanted to show the little master the strange things that have appeared on me." Jiang Beishu slapped Zheng Feiyu's hand away, looked into Nan Yuanman's clear and bright eyes, paused in taking off his clothes, and pulled down his short sleeves to reveal his shoulders.
There was a dark blue five-finger mark on his shoulder!
Zheng Feiyu felt a chill run down his spine and subconsciously released his grip on Jiang Beishu's clothes. He turned to look at Nan Yuanman: "Yuanman, come and take a look."
Nan Yuanman came over when Jiang Beishu was pulling at his clothes. She stood on tiptoe to take a look, and when she saw the bluish-black five-finger mark, she felt that it looked familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere before.
Nan Yuanman frowned slightly, trying hard to recall.
Jiang Beishu continued, "I originally thought that matter was over, but when I was sleeping, I always felt that someone was still walking around in my room, and a bluish-black five-finger mark inexplicably appeared on my left shoulder."
“My body is getting weaker and weaker, and I’m losing weight faster and faster. I feel like I’m immersed in ice water every day. I was afraid that I was sick, so I went to the hospital for a full checkup. The results showed that I was perfectly healthy!” Jiang Beishu smiled bitterly: “If I were really healthy, I wouldn’t be losing weight so quickly.”
"The hospital couldn't solve it, so I had to resort to some metaphysics. But every time I consulted a master, he took my money and performed the rituals, but it was all for naught."
"After the second master finished the ritual, something even more terrifying happened. I saw a skeleton following me the whole time! It even followed me when I slept!"
As Jiang Beishu spoke, he was on the verge of collapse: "Little Master, you are now my only hope!"
He really doesn't want to sleep with a skeleton anymore!
"Ah!" Before he could finish speaking, Nan Yuanman, who was deep in thought, suddenly spoke up, his chubby face full of realization: "I remember seeing this mark on you somewhere before. When Grandpa took me to deal with a client who was borrowing lifespan, he also had this mark on his back!"
Jiang Beishu was dumbfounded: "Borrowing lifespan?"
Zheng Feiyu looked at him, then at Nan Yuanman: "Yuanman, do you mean that Lao Jiang borrowed someone's lifespan?"
"No, no, no, he's not borrowing lifespan from a person, he's borrowing lifespan from a ghost!" Nan Yuanman shook his head: "Grandpa told me that there are some evil spells that are specifically designed to help people borrow lifespan from ghosts."
The natural lifespan of a person is called Yang lifespan. If a person dies unexpectedly, the remaining lifespan will be converted into Yin lifespan in the underworld.
Then, some evil sects will use evil methods to borrow the 'lifespan' that ghosts have not yet used up in the mortal world. The borrowed lifespan will be repaid after the borrower dies, deducting his/her yin lifespan and merits.
This evil method is quite complicated. Her grandfather didn't teach her, but he did tell her that people who use this method are not good people, and it's best not to save them but let them die.
They should have died long ago anyway. Saving them wouldn't contribute much to society, so why bother saving them?
Nan Yuanman thought his grandfather made a lot of sense, so before Zheng Feiyu and Jiang Beishu could react, he said, "I'm not taking this job. Please go back."
After saying that, Nan Yuanman turned around and walked away. Before she had taken two steps, Jiang Beishu, who had come to his senses, grabbed her by the collar: "Why, why didn't you answer? I, I didn't do anything that harmed anyone!"
Nan Yuanman paused for a moment, and Zheng Feiyu realized what was happening and slapped his hand away: "You dead hand, where are you grabbing?"
"You scared me to death! I thought I was going to be strangled." Nan Yuanman touched her neck and turned to look at Jiang Beishu, who looked embarrassed. "Because this is a contract between you and him, a contract that both of you agreed to."
Nan Yuanman spread her hands: "He will come looking for you because you didn't fulfill the agreement. This is something you two need to deal with. I'm an outsider, I can't interfere."
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