Chapter 22 - A Helping Ghost

"I'm just helping you." Silver, Or Min Gu, commented as she looked around the newly renovated storeroom. It now looked far much better to be used as a kitchen than it was a few moments before.

The sunlight of the afternoon sun filtered inside the room through the window and the back door while the newly formed kitchen counters were another great addition to the room as they solved a very big problem. 

"I would really have appreciated your help. But how are we going to explain this to Li Wu and Li Qi? This is not something that a normal human can do in just a few minutes." Ying Yue finally revealed the reason behind her unhappiness as she glared at the girl standing on the other side of the room.

"Well, I think you should start working immediately to sort out all the rations that I've bought. I'm going to get firewood because you won't be able to cook anything without it.....or do you want me to use a fire spell..." Min Gu trailed off as he/she saw the woman glaring daggers at him.

"OUT!" 

Ying Yue said through gritted teeth as she signaled towards the door of the room, waiting impatiently for the girl (Min Gu/Silver) to disappear from her sight.

Min Gu did not waste even a single second as she disappeared from the storeroom, which was now a kitchen.

And while Ying Yue was busy pondering on what to do next, her sharp vampire hearing registered the sound of Li Qi and Li Wu's footsteps as both the girls were heading towards the fourth courtyard in hurry.

For the very first time in a long period, Ying Yue found herself in a predicament where she was unable to find a good enough solution for her problem.

Before her brain could race any further to cook up a wonderful but at least believable story, the Li girls already barged into the kitchen.

The two of them were panting harshly while sweat was clearly visible on their foreheads. Were they being chased by the devil?

"M-Miss...are...a-are...you alright...?" Li Qi somehow succeeded in voicing out the question through her harsh breathing.

Ying Yue was a little bit confused as she could not understand exactly what was wrong with the girls and why they were suddenly looked so worried about her safety.

But before she could ask them what was wrong with them, she noticed Li Wu hurriedly shaking her sister's arm while her eyes were fixed on the window.

"W-what...?" 

Li Qi asked as she turned to look at her sister, only to find her signaling towards something and as she followed the direction of her signal, she also found the source of light that was somehow filtering inside the previously dark room.

"What the...?" 

The girl could barely speak as she was in a trance after seeing the sudden but unbelievable changes in the room.

Just when Ying Yue was sure that she won't be able to get away from the situation unaffected, a sudden idea popped up in her brain.

She immediately turned her eyes towards the two girls who were still looking dazed as they stared at the kitchen which was barely recognizable at the moment.

"H-how...."

Li Qi was just about to voice out the question but got stopped when her Miss raised a question that sounded way too similar to hers.

"How did you guys managed to do all this in just a few hours? What happened after I left?" 

Ying Yue made sure to keep her expression just as confused, shocked, and curious as needed at the moment.

The best way to get out of the current situation was to play as innocent as possible and she was a pro when it came to faking.

"Huh?"

"...?"

Both the Li sisters stared at their Lady in surprise while Ying Yue stared back at them with a similar expression covering her face.

"We did not....." 

Li Wu somehow muttered out those words as she slowly shook her head in denial. Li Qi also shook her head to show her agreement with her sister's statement.

Ying Yue was already prepared. She just frowned as she stared at the girls and asked in a confused tone, "What are you talking about? Are you worried that I'll be angry? No! I'm not angry at all. I mean look at these new adjustments, they are perfect for a kitchen. You guys can share the secret with me. I won't be angry at all." 

She made sure to smile at the end of her sentence to make it feel like she was really not angry at the girls.

"B-but...Miss...we really don't know anything about this. We did not change anything in this room. The last time we checked around an hour ago, this room had no window or a back door, nor these table-like things," Li Qi hurriedly explained as her eyes roamed all over the kitchen.

"Really? Then..." 

Ying Yue did not finish her sentence as she too started looking around the room.

Within a second, both the Li sisters were by her side as they hurriedly grabbed the hem of her sleeves and inched closer to her.

"What's wrong?" Ying Yue asked when she noticed their unusual behavior.

"M-Miss...do you think.....there's a g-ghost here?" Li Wu asked in a small voice as she looked around the room with a horrified expression in her eyes.

"What rubbish are you talking about? A ghost? Stop spouting nonsense!" Ying Yue reprimanded the girls as she pulled away from them and started walking towards the entrance of the room.

"Miss, we are not joking. Look at this room and the changes that had appeared in here all of a sudden. It's probably a ghost," Li Qi spoke this time as she and Li Wu hurriedly followed behind their Miss.

"Yeah, Sure! The said ghost owed us and that's why it is helping us. Why don't you guys ask it out for dinner next time it appears to help us?" Ying Yue joked as she picked a few bags of rations and started unpacking them, only to be stopped when they all heard the sound of something crashing outside.