Chapter 59

After Cold Moon knocked on the door for quite a while, an impatient voice finally came from inside the gate:

"Who is it? Why are you knocking so late at night!"

Although no one was seen, the voice seemed to belong to an older man. Cold Moon turned to look at Xia Tianqi and the woman who was still lying on his back. ☆→

The woman's eyes were wide open, staring straight ahead, looking somewhat eerie.

Cold Moon didn't say anything. When he turned back, the gate had already opened, revealing a tall and robust old man.

"Who is it? Knocking at the door in the middle of the night without a word!"

The old man clearly hadn't expected two strangers to knock on his door so late at night. When he saw Cold Moon and Xia Tianqi, he was completely stunned.

However, Xia Tianqi didn't care about the old man's emotions. He had one thought: to get the woman off his back as quickly as possible. So he asked directly:

"Do you know this woman? We found her at the edge of the village. She wasn't very coherent and said to bring her back, to find Chen Lao Da, and to find a big house or something..."

Before Xia Tianqi could finish, the old man looked around, then carefully examined Xia Tianqi and Cold Moon, and interrupted:

"What are you talking about? What incoherent woman?"

The old man's expression quickly changed from confusion to suspicion, and his tone rose:

"Who are you two, and what do you want at this hour of the night!"

"Damn, are all the people in this village crazy?"

Seeing the old man's strange reaction, Xia Tianqi muttered under his breath and gestured for the old man to notice the woman on his back:

"Don't you recognize this woman?"

" Woman?"

The old man looked suspiciously behind Xia Tianqi, then roared as if he had been tricked:

"Where did you get a woman! Who are you, and what are your intentions for coming here? Stop playing games!"

The old man's anger was so intense that it seemed he would pounce on them and beat them up if they didn't explain themselves clearly.

But in fact, they had already explained themselves clearly. They had come to deliver the woman, but the old man seemed to be ignoring her.

Thinking about this, a terrible suspicion arose in Xia Tianqi's mind.

Could the old man not see the woman on his back?

This thought made Xia Tianqi feel as if he had fallen into an ice pit, his body completely devoid of warmth, only the chilling fear remained.

After observing the old man carefully, Xia Tianqi was certain that the old man indeed couldn't see the woman on his back. In other words, the woman they had rescued at the edge of the village... was a ghost!

Worse still, he had been carrying a ghost all the way!

Realizing the truth, Xia Tianqi instinctively wanted to scream, but his rationality made him cover his mouth.

At the same time, the "woman" who had been quietly lying on his back suddenly left Xia Tianqi, lowered her head, and slowly passed by Cold Moon and the angry old man, then entered the house.

At that moment, Xia Tianqi felt his already limited strength drain away, and he felt extremely weak.

"Too close, too close..."

Xia Tianqi squatted down as if deflated, feeling extremely fearful about his bold actions.

But to be fair, this had nothing to do with him. His original intention was not to meddle in other people's affairs and not to help the "woman." It was only because Cold Moon had promised to follow his instructions afterward that he agreed.

So, no matter how you looked at it, the culprit was still Cold Moon. If it weren't for his excessive compassion, he wouldn't have been carrying a ghost all the way!

Thinking about this, Xia Tianqi's fear turned into anger, and he looked at Cold Moon with a murderous gaze. Cold Moon also looked at him, and as their eyes met, Cold Moon said:

"We'll talk about this later."

What surprised Xia Tianqi was that Cold Moon seemed to have known the woman was a ghost all along, but this didn't help because it only made him feel that Cold Moon had deliberately pushed him into a dangerous situation.

You knew the woman was a ghost, and you still made me carry her!

Xia Tianqi cursed Cold Moon in his heart, thinking about how he would explain himself later. For now, he had to suppress his anger because they weren't alone; there was also the unfamiliar old man.

"Are you Chen Lao Da?"

After a few seconds of tense silence, Cold Moon asked the old man again.

"Yes, it's me." Chen Lao Da admitted his identity but had lost his patience due to Xia Tianqi's strange behavior.

"I'll ask you one last time, who are you, and what do you want from me?"

"Please don't misunderstand. We are government employees, and we are here on official business. We hope you can cooperate."

After speaking calmly, Cold Moon took out his work ID and handed it to Chen Lao Da.

Chen Lao Da subconsciously took it and shone a flashlight on it. After examining it several times, he returned the ID to Cold Moon and his attitude changed significantly.

"What's so urgent that you had to come here in the middle of the night?"

"This is confidential and not convenient to disclose. I hope you can understand. The roles we play are not transparent."

Seeing that the work ID was effective, Cold Moon put on a serious face and said a few more words. After all, there were many government departments, and many were unknown to the public. The key was to make Chen Lao Da believe they were sent by the higher-ups.

Seeing that Cold Moon's approach was working but not getting to the point, Xia Tianqi decided to get straight to the point:

"Can you arrange a place for us to stay? We'll pay for the accommodation and food."

"Arranging accommodation isn't difficult." Chen Lao Da hesitated for a moment, then moved aside to let them in:

"If you don't mind, you can stay at my place for now. It's too late, and everyone else is probably already asleep, so it wouldn't be convenient to disturb them."

To be honest, Xia Tianqi didn't want to stay at Chen Lao Da's place at all because he had just seen a ghost walk in. However, they had no other choice and could only stay for the night and deal with it in the morning.

Looking at Cold Moon, and seeing he had no objections, Xia Tianqi nodded:

"Thank you for the trouble."

"No trouble at all, not at all. We live in a poor and remote area, and we don't have a proper place to host you. I'm really sorry..."

Chen Lao Da said these formal words while politely welcoming them into the yard and then closed the gate again.