Zhao Mingyue’s action was somewhat naive and sweet. The problem was, her personality didn’t seem like the naive, sweet type. Bai Yu had never seen a naive, sweet girl who could, without hesitation, raise a hammer and smash a strange man’s arm until it fractured, then run off without blinking an eye.
Sitting behind Bai Yu, Zhao Mingyue gently tidied her messy hair.
“A ghost’s body is a little different from what I imagined. I thought it would be the kind you can see but not touch.”
She wet Bai Yu’s hair with water, then gently smoothed it down. The messy hair actually became damp. Zhao Mingyue carefully groomed it, untangling the knotted parts and smoothing it out from top to bottom.
“Your hair is actually quite nice, the texture is really good. It’s a good thing I made you take a bath, otherwise, wearing it disheveled like that wouldn’t look good at all.”
Her slender, jade-like hands scooped up water, parting Bai Yu’s hair from the center to the left and right, revealing her nape. Looking at that pale skin, Zhao Mingyue felt a pang of sadness in her heart.
To have died at such a wonderful age, she probably hadn’t even experienced much of that beautiful life.
Her fingertip brushed across the back of Bai Yu’s neck. Zhao Mingyue continued grooming her hair, speaking softly at the same time. “In the end, did you kill the landlord?”
“No.”
“Will he die?”
“Yes.”
“Alright… I suppose it’s what he deserves. But that female ghost, is there a solution? We can’t just leave her here forever.” Zhao Mingyue knew the landlord would likely be killed by Xiao Lian. Lu Liangting’s fate was unknown for now. But this matter wasn’t something she could meddle in much; she didn’t have the ability to manage it either.
She wouldn’t forcefully demand Bai Yu do anything. Bai Yu had her own consciousness; if she wanted to do it, she would. She respected her choice.
Moreover, that female ghost was indeed not easy to deal with. She couldn’t just tell Bai Yu to save people no matter the cost, could she?
“There is a solution, it’s just a bit troublesome. This ghost is harder to deal with than I imagined. I can suppress her for a short time, but permanently eradicating her is basically impossible unless this entire building is demolished. Another method is to go to Dongcheng Thirteenth High School and bring her two children back.”
Sitting in the icy bathtub, Bai Yu could clearly sense Zhao Mingyue grooming her hair behind her. Her fingers occasionally brushed against her body, a very peculiar sensation.
Speaking of which, the fact that Zhao Mingyue could touch her was also related to her own constitution.
Bai Yu hadn’t been sure initially, but now, after coming into contact with quite a few ghostly monsters, she could confirm one point: her body was different from ordinary ghosts. The most direct manifestation was right here.
Ordinarily, Zhao Mingyue would absolutely be unable to touch a normal ghostly monster.
What drawbacks or benefits this constitution held were, for the time being, unknown.
“Dongcheng Thirteenth High School seems to be one of the phone’s missions,” Zhao Mingyue recalled something upon hearing this name.
“It is.”
“Then we can find Xiao Lian’s children while completing that mission, right? We can’t go recently, though. I still have classes. If things go on like this every day, I reckon even if I’m not eaten by ghosts, I’ll be eaten by my homeroom teacher.”
The current time was two in the morning. To still not be resting at this hour, if she had to go through this again tomorrow, she definitely wouldn’t be able to handle it.
“No problem, I can suppress her.”
“Then I’ll leave it to you, Young Miss Bai Yu. It’s so good to have you here.” As she spoke, Zhao Mingyue began applying shampoo to Bai Yu’s hair, gently rubbing it in.
She also felt many emotions in her heart. Life was just so full of uncertainties. If it were the her from a few days ago standing here, she would never have imagined that one day she’d be giving a ghost a bath.
After rinsing away the shampoo, Zhao Mingyue lifted a strand of dark hair, clicking her tongue in wonder. Truly, she was a bit envious of this hair quality. Several hairstyles even surfaced in her mind, all types that would suit Bai Yu well.
“Um, as for your body… do you need my help?”
“No.”
“Okay, if you need anything, don’t hesitate to ask.”
Hearing her cheerful tone, Bai Yu didn’t need to turn back to imagine the silly smile on Zhao Mingyue’s face at that moment. She sighed helplessly in her heart. Her body vanished from the bathtub, reappearing outside it. The droplets of water on her body completely disappeared, and the bandages formed from blood threads wrapped around her once more.
“This is fine now.”
As expected, she just couldn’t stand this feeling. She generally wouldn’t allow anyone to get so close to her back, much less let an outsider touch the back of her neck. That aside, just this bathing was hard for her to accept.
Well, it wasn’t exactly that she couldn’t accept it; it was just a feeling she couldn’t put into words.
“Alright then, wait for me to finish my shower first, and then I’ll tie up your hair. Wait for me outside.”
As soon as Zhao Mingyue finished speaking, Bai Yu vanished from the bathroom. Her retreating figure had a feeling of fleeing in panic.
“Hey, I wasn’t finished speaking.” Zhao Mingyue’s cherry lips parted slightly. “Forget it, I’ll say it after we get out.”
“What exactly happened in her past, to turn a girl like this into this state?”
She murmured quietly to herself. In Zhao Mingyue’s heart, Bai Yu belonged to that relatively taciturn, gloomy personality type, someone extremely lacking in a sense of security towards everything and everyone around her. An average person would find it very difficult to communicate with her.
And the most crucial point: Bai Yu’s aggression was extremely strong!
Zhao Mingyue had seen it clearly. Towards anyone other than herself, Bai Yu harbored immense hostility. Given the opportunity, she would lightly injure them or severely kill them.
These traits were absolutely linked to her experiences. Not to mention, such a delicate girl possessed such formidable combat skills—not flashy, showy moves, but practical, efficient killing techniques.
That was exactly how it was when she fought that female ghost. And that was ghost against ghost. If it were person against person, the opponent would be dead or incapacitated even if they survived.
“She actually still has some wariness towards me, just much less than towards ordinary people. She’s trying to accept me. It’s a pity I haven’t truly entered her heart yet.”
“Then again, it’s only been two days. The future is long; I’ll just take it slowly.”
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Zhao Mingyue was still in the bathroom. Standing outside, Bai Yu could even hear her light humming.
Not disturbing her, Bai Yu arrived at the living room window, gazing out at the street outside.
The matter of the Ghost Building was basically over. The old landlord would briefly appease the female ghost’s resentment energy. But the problem was, this wouldn’t last long. To eliminate this threat permanently, they could only go to Dongcheng Thirteenth High School and bring back the female ghost’s children. Otherwise, even if they killed her, as long as the Ghost Building remained, she would resurrect in a short time.
The old landlord’s actions seemed to trap the female ghost here, but in reality, they bound the female ghost even deeper to this place. More seriously, the fourth floor and fifth floor were the female ghost’s true body, not that corpse on the fifth floor.
“Someone called the police. It seems that guy Lu Liangting has woken up, and he’s still alive.”
Lu Liangting carried an object on him with powerful lethality against ghostly monsters. She couldn’t act directly against him, so she had planned to use borrowed knives to kill him. She’d borrowed several knives, one after another, but none succeeded. Even the Big Boss of this building hadn’t managed to kill him.
The faint sound of police sirens came from the street. Bai Yu’s hearing was very sharp. She could confirm the police cars were heading towards the Ghost Building. Combined with the activity from the fifth floor, it was almost certainly the case.
Just as Bai Yu was still pondering matters, the bathroom door was suddenly pushed open.
Zhao Mingyue was drying her damp, beautiful hair with a towel in one hand, dressed in shorts and a short-sleeved shirt, brimming with youthful vitality.
“Bai Yu, why have you put on that white dress again?”
“This outfit is comfortable.”
“Fine, come over here, I’ll help you comb your hair.”
Bai Yu didn’t speak, merely sitting down in front of the mirror, watching Zhao Mingyue braid her hair from behind through the reflection.
Combing a ghost’s hair at two thirty in the morning—Zhao Mingyue felt absolutely no psychological pressure about it. Her hands were very nimble. Before long, she had braided a Scorpion Tail Braid for Bai Yu, then rubbed her chin and shook her head.
“No good, it doesn’t look right. As expected, twin tails it is. Loli with twin tails… ah, it has to be low pigtails, that’s the perfect match.”
