"Nianzhi, you're back." Zheng Mei greeted Nianzhi proactively.
It was only then that Gu Nianzhi noticed that Zheng Mei had brought a young and beautiful woman with her.
She knew that her grandfather disliked Zheng Mei, and she didn't know why she had brought people here.
"Grandpa, who is she? Why is she in our house?" Gu Nianzhi looked at Su Wanrou with displeasure.
Grandpa Gu hadn't had a chance to answer yet.
Su Wanrou quickly explained, "You must be Nianzhi. My name is Su Wanrou. I've heard my aunt mention you before, saying you're beautiful and outstanding. Seeing you today, you're even more stunning than I imagined!"
Her flattery immediately changed Gu Nianzhi's expression: "Really? Your aunt often mentions me?"
Everyone knows that she and Zheng Mei are like oil and water, although they haven't fallen out, they both dislike each other very much! How could Zheng Mei possibly praise herself?
Zheng Mei kept giving Su Wanrou meaningful glances, signaling her not to talk nonsense if she didn't understand. Although her husband loved her, he also doted on his daughter. She usually didn't dare to provoke Gu Nianzhi. However, the two of them didn't live together and saw each other less often, which avoided a lot of conflicts.
"Yes, Miss Gu, I heard there's a ball tonight. Why don't we go and have some fun together?"
“I will go, but only with my sister-in-law. You are not qualified. Also, in the future, when you flatter someone, make sure you know the truth before you speak, so you don’t become a laughing stock.” Her words were blunt and merciless. She hated this kind of hypocritical woman the most.
Gu Nianzhi's words made Su Wanrou blush with embarrassment, but for the sake of becoming Mrs. Gu in the future, she endured it and immediately apologized to Gu Nianzhi: "Nianzhi, I'm sorry, I just wanted to be friends with you, please forgive my rudeness."
"Don't call me by my name. I don't know you and I don't want to be your friend."
Now, Su Wanrou really couldn't stand it anymore. She still had her pride, so she found a way to back down: "Grandpa Gu, Miss Gu may not be in a good mood, so I won't bother you any longer. I'll come to visit you again next time."
Grandpa Gu waved his hand impatiently and said, "Butler, see the guest out." Although Nianzhi's words were harsh, Grandpa Gu felt that this was the right thing to do and that the girl shouldn't be misunderstood.
Seeing her niece storm off, Zheng Mei was also a little angry. Although Gu Nianzhi had never liked her, this was the first time she had done something so embarrassing for her. She immediately got angry and said, "Dad, I'm going back too." As soon as Zheng Mei stepped out of the villa, she called her husband and told him not to come back.
Li Zhi returned to her room for a midday rest. She took out a mirror from her bundle. This mirror was a bronze mirror, a treasure given to her by her master. According to her master, a wisp of Xiao Bai's soul was also inside this bronze mirror. However, the mirror could not be opened. Her master had said that when the time was right, she could open the mirror with her will.
Li Zhi tried but still couldn't open it. Judging from its appearance, it was just an ordinary bronze mirror, but Li Zhi knew that her master would never lie to her. It seemed that the time was not right yet.
She took out the jade pendant she was wearing around her neck. Little White had been sealed inside it. A few days ago, when they came out of the movie theater, it was already midnight. On their way home, when they reached the crossroads, Little White caught and ate three living souls.
Then he fell into the void. Although the Gu family treated him well, Li Zhiyi was still worried about Xiaobai's safety. Only if he kept Xiaobai with him at all times could he feel at ease.
However, Xiao Bai was not small, and it would be inconvenient to carry her in her arms, so she came up with a plan to temporarily seal Xiao Bai inside the Pisces jade pendant.
This jade pendant was a keepsake given to her by her grandfather, and also the engagement token that Gu's grandfather mentioned. She had worn it around her neck since she was a child, and she fell asleep while stroking the jade pendant.
The scene shifts, and Li Zhiyi is surprised to see her master in a cemetery surrounded by ghostly figures.
The wind was raging, and her master seemed to want to say something to her, but he couldn't open his mouth. Perhaps the wind was too strong, because she couldn't hear what he was saying at all.
She was very anxious and kept trying to get to her master's side, but it was as if there was an invisible wall blocking her way, and she couldn't move an inch.
"Master, Master, I'm coming to save you, Master..." she shouted loudly.
But her master slowly disappeared from her sight...
Suddenly the scene changed; she was in a hospital with bloodstains on the walls, dim yellow lights flickering, and a sinister and terrifying atmosphere permeated the air, making her feel suffocated.
There were quite a few people in the corridor, but they all had blank expressions and no one was talking to each other. Li Zhi hurriedly ran to the nurses' station because she couldn't find the elevator or the stairs leading out.
"Nurse, where is the elevator? I need to go downstairs."
Without looking up, the nurse spoke in a hoarse, androgynous voice: "The road is right there."
Li Zhiyi turned around and found herself standing on a tree-lined path, with a gentle breeze blowing. In front of her was a lake, its surface seemingly calm, but Li Zhiyi knew in her heart that something terrible lurked beneath.
But curiosity compelled her to step forward, cautiously making her way towards the lake. When she reached the water's edge, she saw Little White floating in the lake, and it appeared to be dead, no longer breathing.
In that instant, disregarding thought and danger, she turned and jumped into the lake. The water was too deep; it felt as if something was tightly pulling at her ankles from below. She sank deeper and deeper, feeling an unbearable tightness in her chest, an inability to breathe. She tried to struggle, but no matter what she did, she couldn't break free!
Li Zhi silently recited a calming mantra in her heart. In that instant, the thing that was grabbing her ankle disappeared, and she floated back to the surface of the water.
She couldn't help but shiver, panting heavily. Just then, she heard someone call her name behind her: "One of them..."
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"Hey, come here! ...Come here~..."
She knew she couldn't turn back now; it was something evil. The next second, a terrifying ghost face appeared in front of her.
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