He shook his head. “I remember you. Back when you first set up your stall on the overpass, I was passing by and happened to hear you telling a young guy with dyed blond hair about his cousin’s whereabouts. Later, I asked around a bit and found out that guy really did locate his cousin. It turned out to be connected to a kidnapping case involving a teenage girl. Putting all the pieces together, I realized you were a formidable master.”
Li Qiao hadn’t expected such a connection between them.
Since fate had brought them together like this—
“I will definitely help you resolve this matter.” She had taken Jiang Cheng’s beads and owed him her due diligence.
The two made their way to Nan Ning’s place. She shared an apartment with a friend, both having just graduated from university.
They were currently job hunting.
The door was opened by a plump young woman with quite a bit of acne on her face. The oil on her skin gave her complexion a shiny, greasy appearance.
She was holding a bag of potato chips, and her eyes lit up at the sight of Jiang Cheng. “Jiang Cheng, here to see Nan Ning?”
“Yes, Zhang Huan. Let me in.”
Jiang Cheng pushed the door open and entered, with Li Qiao following closely behind. Zhang Huan looked Li Qiao up and down before heading back to her own room with her snacks.
“I told you, we’re breaking up. What more do you want? Are you just trying to annoy me?” Nan Ning’s irritable voice came from inside.
Li Qiao gently pushed open the bedroom door and suddenly felt a chill.
The air conditioner on the wall wasn’t on.
A south-facing room shouldn’t be this cold—
“Nan Ning, no matter what you’re going through, I won’t break up with you.”
“You’re pushing me. Are you trying to drive me to my death?”
“If you die, I’ll die with you.” Jiang Cheng held Nan Ning tightly.
“Idiot—” Nan Ning scolded.
Jiang Cheng just laughed it off, while Li Qiao, standing to the side, felt like she was witnessing a melodramatic scene.
Young people these days.
She cleared her throat, and only then did Nan Ning notice Li Qiao’s presence, quickly pushing Jiang Cheng away.
“Nan Ning, this is the master I’ve invited…”
But Nan Ning stared at Jiang Cheng with a look of disbelief, as if to say he was foolish.
“A relationship counselor?”
“No, a ghost-catching master!” Li Qiao said with a smile.
Nan Ning: “…”
Li Qiao walked over and grabbed Nan Ning’s wrist, her gaze growing deep and penetrating, as if seeing straight into the depths of Nan Ning’s heart.
Nan Ning suddenly felt a pang of panic.
“Have you been anywhere with heavy yin energy recently?”
“N-no…”
“You’re carrying traces of yin energy on you, from within the last three days. And also… the man who shares your bed every night…”
As soon as Li Qiao spoke, Nan Ning’s face turned pale.
The questioning had hit a critical point, and Nan Ning trembled all over. Jiang Cheng held her, comforting her constantly.
Jiang Cheng’s heart ached. “Nan Ning, what exactly happened? Tell us, and the master will help us.”
“Speak.”
Perhaps it was the reassuring tone in Li Qiao’s voice, but Nan Ning gradually calmed down and began to recount the details.
“Someone suddenly appeared in my room… I couldn’t open my eyes, so I couldn’t see who it was. He kissed me, frantically kissing my neck. It was disgusting, utterly disgusting…”
The sticky sensation, the nauseating panting.
Recalling the events of the past three days, Nan Ning was in agony!
“But… when I woke up, there was no one in the room. The door was locked from the inside. I don’t know how that person got in. I’m so scared… If he wanted to kill me, wouldn’t it be effortless? I’m terrified…” Nan Ning’s tears suddenly began to fall.
The situation was too bizarre.
After something like this happened, she didn’t dare report it to the police.
“The other party might not be human.”
“What?” Nan Ning stared at Li Qiao in shock. Not—human?
Then what was it?
Her mind was thrown into chaos. Li Qiao looked at the two of them and finally decided that Nan Ning should stay at Jiang Cheng’s place tonight.
This place wasn’t clean.
