Chapter 121 - Please Help Me

"Aiya, Ruan Lang! Why are you focusing on that?!" Ye Ling finally w.h.i.n.ed as she covered her c.h.e.s.t instead of coating herself with her death dress. Even she could feel the changes happening to her ghost form quite slowly. She couldn't abandon her ghostly feel before, but right now, she was just a girl.

"I'm sorry I was just very shocked!" Ruan Jin didn't know how to remedy the situation. The once ghastly girl felt so alive right now. It made him wonder if Guangru appeared like so to Liu Xiaodan, that the latter was so deep into roleplaying as the child's father.

Ruan Jin then scratched his head as he recalled the things she said, picking out important details. He then hummed as he placed a hand on his chin and assumed a thinking pose. "Excess energy… does that mean that he's taking in more than his body could handle? Ah, Li Feng must be right, then..."

He closed his eyes and nodded to himself. "Right, right. Maybe Xiaodan really did eat up that thing, but… why would Guangru channel that to you and not to himself? I mean, he should be… Ling?"

The young man looked left and right, not seeing the girl he was supposed to be talking to. Then, he looked down, seeing her squat on the floor… eyes stuck in the same fashion he once stared at her with. Ruan Jin blushed a little, but he just laughed out… as if smug for some reason.

"Ehehehe, don't stare too much, Ling. It's not going to be less irresistible if you continued staring..."

"How real can a false body get?" Ye Ling moved her face closer and smiled mischievously, the temperature responding to her as she started showing off her ghost aura again. "Say, Ruan Lang… what do you think?"

Her finger went to draw a line on it, but Ruan Jin only shivered as if ice just brushed against his heating body part. His hand shot down to cover it as he laughed out. "What I think? It's getting really cold and you're getting really scary. What did my d.i.c.k do to make you mad?"

Ye Ling twitched as she escaped from her trance. She didn't realize that she failed to keep her ghost aura down. She then pouted. "I have to practice a lot. I'm just a broken-hearted woman who jumped to her death. For me to be a ghost this strong… sigh, I should find a way to handle my power."

She got up from the floor and smiled sweetly. "Don't worry, Ruan Lang. Give me time, and it won't happen again!"

"Y-Yes, please..." Ruan Jin only chuckled. Perhaps he and her girl were just too easily distracted.

He finished his shower and put on fresh clothes while Ye Ling was trying out his clothes. Like how Guangru could materialize, she could also wear physical clothes and keep them on her for every appearance she made. Right now, she was only wearing a loose shirt and his laundered boxers.

Ruan Jin then hummed before taking a good look at Ye Ling from behind. He then nodded before scratching his head. "Uh, Ling, can I ask Li Yunru for a small favor today? I can't have you going around in your death dress so… can I just ask her to come with me so I can buy you some clothes?"

"Eh?" Ye Ling twitched and turned around to face him. Why would he ask that girl instead? Didn't he dislike Li Yunru? Then again, the ghost girl pouted. "Why her? Is it because I'm not that Yueyue girl's size? You don't even like that shaman."

"I have to be very clear… I don't like that Yueyue girl more because she's a lot creepier than the shaman, okay?" Ruan Jin raised his hands to explain, but the cute mad pout from Ye Ling never subsided. The male had no more choice now but to invite his cousin sister instead.

It's just that… wouldn't she want to see Ye Ling in the future?

Bang! A loud crashing sound echoed from downstairs that Ruan Jin immediately grew worried about his mother, effectively pulling him away from his earlier thoughts. Ye Ling coated herself with her death dress and flew ahead while Ruan Jin rushed to get his shirt on while running downstairs.

When he arrived downstairs, his eyes bulged as he saw his mother on the ground. The obnoxious drunk boyfriend was standing around, consoling a reddened cheek. He immediately felt anger as he ran to his mother. "Asshole, what do you think you're doing?!"

"F.u.c.k, you're really home." The drunk boyfriend only laughed as he rubbed his face. "The bitch slapped me. She thinks I wouldn't hit her back."

"You're not supposed to hit her back!" Ruan Jin came to his mother's aid and helped her up from the floor. "Mom, are you okay? Does it hurt?" He then glared back at the man who just laughed at his face. Ruan Jin's fists curled, but his mother only held onto him.

When Ruan Jin turned to her, she just shook her head. She didn't spare a look at the man anymore as she got to her feet with Ruan Jin's help. She didn't want trouble anymore, and she had already hit the man. No need to try and get her son into an altercation with the drunk.

However, the drunk didn't like her defiance at all. "Tch, bitch, you think you can just keep quiet and not look at me?! You see this? If I don't see your blood today, I won't stop!"

Ruan Jin gasped and went to catch the drunk man who jumped at his mother again. "The f.u.c.k are you on?! You really want to see blood?! Do you believe I can spill yours instead?!"

"Prove it, you piece of shit!" The drunk man struck Ruan Jin down this time. He then went to grab the mother, but a pair of dainty hands caught his fist. He turned to his side and saw a pretty young woman standing there, holding onto his hand. "The f.u.c.k are you?! Get out of my house!"

"It's not even yours." Ye Ling was still sweetly smiling, but within her eyes was a raging sea of anger. In adverse to Guangru's power, Ye Ling could command a human to do her will instead. However, she couldn't make them do complicated things and more than one thing at a time. "Repent."

Bang! The moment she released his hand, his fist slammed into his own head. He g.r.o.a.n.e.d in pain and fell down on the floor, screaming curses at the three people inside the house.

The mother then looked at the woman, only to be pulled away by Ruan Jin. Her lips would open, but no words would even come out. She would gesture, but she was too frozen to move any of her arms, her legs barely walking back with Ruan Jin's guidance.

"It's okay, Mom, it's okay." Ruan Jin held her close and tried to keep her eyes off of Ye Ling.

"Shit, f.u.c.k you! I'll be back! You'll be dead by then!" The drunk man almost crawled on his way to the door. He then got out of the house and ran off somewhere.

"I'll be waiting..." Ye Ling even waved goodbye. She then turned to the mother and only gently walked back out of her sight before vanishing.

Mrs. Ruan grabbed her son's arm and stretched her neck to see where the woman went. She then shook her son as she stuttered. "Is that your classmate? What's her name? Where did she go? How could she be so strong? Can she do laundry for me?"

Ruan Jin only chuckled at the first part before frowning. "What? Why would you ask a stranger to do laundry for you? Ay, nevermind, let me see you. Are you hurt? Does anywhere hurt?"

Mrs. Ruan held onto her c.h.e.s.t. "My heart swells. She's a pretty girl. You should take her away from here and get married. He might come back again. I don't want her to get hurt."

"Mom, you're making sense, but now's not the time." Ruan Jin scratched his head. "Right, let's go out today and lock the house… wait, better yet. Let's pack up and leave for good. I doubt Ting would still have me around so there's no problem cashing out the insurance and finding a new place for you."

"Stupid. It should be for you and your girlfriend."

"Mom, let's not argue about this right now. Come on, let's leave." Ruan Jin didn't know how to make his mother stop. She was normally okay when she's alone, but she accepted such a pitiful person and even considered him a boyfriend. She could take a hit from him or two, but Ruan Jin never liked that.

An accident was all that it took for Ruan Jin to basically lose his parents. He lost his dad to the car crash while his mother's mental capability had changed. Some said that it was from the trauma of surviving a crash, some said it was because her brain was shaken during the collision.

Nonetheless, she was not really a logical thinker now. She was still functional so she could be left on her own while Ruan Jin attended college. Most times, Officer Yu would visit to help, and that drunkard boyfriend couldn't show his insolence and ungratefulness in front of a police officer, could he?

Before that man could return, Ruan Jin had already taken their important things. He led his mother out and to a hotel where she should stay for now while he looked for Officer Yu to ask for help.

Ring! Ruan Jin's phone rang while he was on his way to the police station. It was from an unknown number so he was hesitant to answer. In the end, he still did.

"Ruan Jin, are you free today?" It was Li Feng's voice, and he seemed to be on the road based on the background noises.

"Well, if you can buy me a house, yeah, I'm free."

"…like ready for occupancy?" Li Feng was confused. Ruan Jin was doing fine yesterday; did their house burn down last night? Were there any fires Li Feng did not hear about?

"Nevermind. What is it?" Ruan Jin pinched his forehead. The rascal didn't even say anything close to 'why should I buy you something so expensive?' 'Aiya, how good is it if I'm also filthy rich?'

Li Feng only shook his head to clear off the strange start. "I'm going to see Liu Xiaodan in a few days. I want to talk to you and his other friends first just in case."

Ruan Jin paused and stared at the road. He could still remember the last time Li Feng screamed at Liu Xiaodan because of Jiang Hou. Even if Li Feng had the liberty and the right to see the magic one, Ruan Jin didn't feel like working with him. If he did, he wouldn't have gone with Ren Shanyue instead.

A sigh escaped his lips. "No. You can go talk to him if you want. I'm not—"

"The asylum is a very strange place." Li Feng cut him off. "If you can endure the place, I can take you with me. As for your other two friends, I'll see what I can do. I also want to talk about Nayi, too."

"Why are you suddenly getting really friendly, Li Feng. What do you really want from Xiaodan?"

Li Feng stayed quiet for a while before speaking in a solemn tone. "Guangru has infected my father as well, and I need to know how much I can actually trust him. No one from the Mian family could cleanse this completely after all. Ruan Jin, the Weeper should feel it, too.

"Something strange is happening to Liu Xiaodan. He already lost control once. I'm not risking my father's life in this. Please help me."