Chapter 2

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

When the female ghost saw that Feng Nian had noticed her actions, she could only float away from the instant noodles in embarrassment. The female ghost had been dead for a long time. Her face was pale, her lips were blue, and her long hair was messy and casually scattered. She had not taken care of it for a long time. She looked up at Feng Nian with a hint of resentment in her eyes. The smell of the instant noodles was so fragrant that even a ghost could not help it.

Three minutes was just right. Feng Nian quickly ate the instant noodles, and the entire house was instantly filled with the smell of instant noodles. The female ghost raised her head and desperately sniffed the fragrance that wafted in the air. Then, she looked in Feng Nian’s direction sadly, wanting to get a bite of instant noodles to try.

Feng Nian ignored her and shifted in another direction. She avoided the female ghost’s gaze and continued to eat the instant noodles in front of her. It was not that she was stingy, but her living expenses for this month were up. If she gave this instant noodles to the female ghost, she would go hungry.

Seeing this, the grievance in the female ghost deepened. Her originally pale face began to change, and her lower jaw tilted to the left with a crack. The eyeballs in her eyes rolled to the ground, and there were only two bloody holes left in her eye sockets. She looked empty in Feng Nian’s direction. This was the appearance of the female ghost before she died. She had used this ghost appearance to scare away the people who rented this house.

Feng Nian sighed heavily. She stood up, grabbed the female ghost’s collar, and threw her out of the room. Although she was not afraid of ghosts, she did not want to look at the female ghost during dinner.

Ever since she moved into this house, she had seen this female ghost appear from time to time. She could tell that the female ghost did not have the intention to harm anyone, so she let it be. Other than occasionally eating her snacks secretly, the female ghost had not done anything out of line. She was too lazy to use a talisman to get rid of the ghost, she just treated it as an additional person, no, an additional ghost to help her look after the house. She just had to remember to use a talisman to seal the food when she went out. Just now, the female ghost did not get to eat the instant noodles as she wished, so she disguised herself as before she died to ask for a bite of food. She did not expect to encounter a wall at Feng Nian’s place.

After downing a bowl of instant noodles, Feng Nian finally had the mood to think about the Wen Residence. Outside the Wen Residence, she heard that the reporters had caught news of the Wen family daughter’s death because a small note had suddenly appeared on their CEO’s desk.

The small piece of paper was wet, as if it had been soaked in water. The words “Daughter of the Wen family drowned to death” were written in red. The handwriting was crooked, and the red ink was not dry. When she picked up the piece of paper, she could still smell the faint smell of blood.

Just as the CEO ordered his men to immediately rush to the Wen residence to get first-hand information, those notes disappeared into thin air again. It was very strange.

Feng Nian sighed softly again. It seemed that the case was not easy to deal with this time. She had to pay more attention.

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At the Wen residence.

Ah Fu was alone in his room, recalling what had happened at the lake that morning.

Ah Fu was a gardener in the Wen residence. According to Madam’s request, he had to shovel the bright red roses in the flower bed this morning and transplant Madam’s favorite white lilies.

Although the flowering period had long passed, the red roses in the flower bed were blooming very well. They climbed in all directions, and the huge flower bed was almost unable to contain them. According to the servants, these were Miss Wen Rou’s favorite flowers.

However… Mrs. Wen did not like it. Ah Fu could only follow the order and get up early in the morning to cut off all the roses and plant white lilies instead.

To be honest, Ah Fu preferred red roses to white lilies. He was a layman and liked bright things. These roses looked much more festive than these white flowers. He did not know anything about lilies. He only knew that this white patch made people feel that it was not auspicious.

“Hiss.” Thinking of this, a cold wind suddenly blew over, making Ah Fu shiver.

“What the hell? It’s so hot during the day, but why do I feel like I’m in an icehouse in the morning? What kind of weather is this?” Ah Fu complained softly and slowly walked to the lake. He squatted down and planned to wash the mud off his hands.

However, just as he scooped up a handful of water, he saw a wisp of red floating not far away. The red was submerged in the water and was floating slightly. From the looks of it, it looked like a red silk handkerchief.

“Oh, I didn’t expect that I, Ah Fu, would be so lucky this morning!” Ah Fu sighed as anticipation rose in his heart. That was a girl’s silk handkerchief. It might even belong to one of the young ladies of the Wen family! He rubbed his hands excitedly and waited for the “handkerchief” to float closer. He was so focused that he did not realize that the direction of the current was the opposite of the direction the “handkerchief” was floating in.

“It’s here! Let me see which lady’s handkerchief it is!” A hint of lust flashed across Ah Fu’s eyes. He grabbed the silk handkerchief with his large palm.

In an instant, Ah Fu felt a bone-piercing chill on his hand. At the same time, something soft and filament-like slowly passed through his fingers…

“Damn it, what the hell is this?” Ah Fu curled his lips and impatiently pulled the silk handkerchief, wanting to pull it out of the water. When he exerted strength, Ah Fu could clearly feel that the silk-like thing tightened all of a sudden! It was all wrapped around his palm.

A powerful reaction force attacked, causing Ah Fu to stagger and almost be brought into the water.

Fortunately, Ah Fu reacted quickly. He sat back and used his weight to pull his hand back. Before he could wipe the cold sweat off his forehead, Ah Fu saw the so-called silk-like object in his hand.

After looking at it, he almost could not breathe. He saw that his hands were wrapped in black hair. The hair was black and shiny, and it wrapped around his hands until they were slightly purple.

“This… Why is there hair in the lake… Why is there hair…” Ah Fu desperately pulled at the hair in his hand, his voice trembling.

Cold sweat had already soaked his undershirt.

Ah Fu’s shout drew the others.

The Madam, Yu Yanhui, was standing quietly by the lake at this moment. She watched with her own eyes as her servant pulled the person from the lake ashore.

It was already past nine in the morning, but the temperature by the lake seemed to be much colder than outside. Yu Yanhui could not help but shiver and pull her shawl tighter.

The clothes of the person who fell into the lake were soaked in water and were quite heavy. A few servants used all their strength to hook the corner of the person’s clothes with a long bamboo pole before they could barely drag her slowly from the center of the lake to the shore. Because the distance was a little far, the people on the shore could not see the appearance of the person who fell into the water clearly. They could only see a floating object slowly approaching the shore.

A moment later, under the combined efforts of everyone, the person who had fallen into the water was finally pulled ashore.

The face of the person who fell into the water was covered by long hair, so no one could recognize the person’s identity. Judging from the figure, it should be a girl. Yu Yanhui gestured for the butler to come forward and check. When he gently lifted the hair that covered the face, they saw a pale face suddenly appear with a sinister smile. Yu Yanhui lost her balance for a moment and almost fell to the cold ground. The air suddenly became colder.