Chapter 45

"First, ensure your own safety, and deal with the ghost slowly. As long as I don't use the power of the fierce ghost within me, I won't suffer any loss. Moreover, that man named Yan Li is quite special. I want to know what makes this ghost tamer so unique and if there's anything I can learn from him."

Yang Jian watched the fleeing group, his expression unchanged, unmoved.

If he had used the Ghost Domain just now, he could have instantly transported these people out of here.

But that would have been a self-destructive act with no benefits.

Yang Jian wouldn't do such a thing.

He would only act when these people were at their most desperate and terrified.

To achieve the greatest benefit with the least cost.

After all, people don't cherish things that come too easily, so he didn't even consider negotiating.

First, let Mr. Tang experience this, and then he can speak up.

Besides, there's that man named Yan Li who is competing for business.

If this ghost is difficult to deal with, Yang Jian doesn't mind slipping away and letting Yan Li handle it, since that man came here specifically for the ghost.

This isn't something worth fighting over; using the power of the fierce ghost too much would only hasten his own death.

After thinking it through, Yang Jian took a flashlight and walked to the restroom as if nothing was wrong.

As he held the flashlight in his mouth, the light shone on a corner of the restroom. Suddenly, he saw a foot extending from the last stall. The foot was clad in black stockings, slender and delicate, clearly belonging to a woman.

"How could there be a woman's foot in the men's restroom? Is this a pervert, or another corpse?"

Yang Jian was taken aback. He walked over with the flashlight, cautiously opened the door, and took a look.

Inside the stall, a woman was curled up, wearing a white blouse and a short skirt, likely a staff member of the mall. However, her face was pale, her eyes closed, and it was unclear if she was dead.

He reached out to check her breathing.

She was still breathing, not dead.

Yang Jian was surprised. If she had been a corpse, he wouldn't have been surprised, but she was alive.

He had met the staff members of the mall over the past two days. While he didn't know all of them, at least they were familiar. He was certain he hadn't seen this woman before.

Because... this woman was quite beautiful.

The female staff at the mall weren't particularly attractive, making it hard to remember them.

"Hey, wake up, miss, wake up." Yang Jian nudged her.

After a moment, the woman slowly regained consciousness. When she opened her eyes and saw Yang Jian, she suddenly widened her eyes in fear, immediately shrinking back as if she had seen a ghost, trying to scream but being covered by Yang Jian's hand first.

"Miss, don't scream. If you call the ghost, you'll be the one to die." Yang Jian quickly covered her mouth.

Ha, women are indeed a hassle.

He slipped away, intending to find another place to stay.

"Wait, wait."

The woman quickly grabbed Yang Jian's hand, looking up with fear and unease. "Are you human?"

"Of course, or would I be standing here talking to you?" Yang Jian asked. "Are you a mall employee?"

"I'm the accountant, my name is Jiang Yan. Who are you, and why are you here, dressed like that?" The woman, Jiang Yan, held onto Yang Jian's hand and asked.

Yang Jian chuckled. "I'm the new security guard, just here to use the restroom. Why would I be here? As for you, why is a woman hiding in the men's restroom? I was scared when I saw your foot, I thought it was a corpse."

"Outside, there's a ghost. I don't dare go out. I've been hiding here for four days, eating only a packet of cookies and drinking tap water. I'm almost starving to death. Do you have any food?" Jiang Yan said weakly.

Her pale face was due to hunger.

"Wait, let me check if I have any food." Yang Jian patted his pockets. "Hmm, I don't have any food, but there's food outside. Want to go out and eat something?"

"But... outside, there's a ghost." Jiang Yan's face showed fear.

"You know there's a ghost outside, so you've seen it?" Yang Jian realized and asked. "What does it look like? Where is it?"

If Jiang Yan had really seen the ghost, it would save him a lot of trouble.

A ghost that can be identified and confirmed isn't as terrifying, at least it can be guarded against.

The most terrifying ghost is the one that can't be found.

Jiang Yan nodded.

"Then tell me quickly. The ghost is causing trouble outside, and Mr. Tang has invited a master to deal with it. If this isn't resolved soon, my one million will be lost." Yang Jian said.

Jiang Yan hesitated. "Give me food, and I'll tell you. I'm almost starving to death."

"I didn't expect you to bargain." Yang Jian looked at her strangely. "But you look pitiful, I'll get you some food."

He left the restroom.

The first floor of the mall was empty, but there was noise coming from upstairs, indicating that Mr. Tang's group hadn't left the mall.

He took some cookies, snacks, and water from a closed snack shop and returned to the restroom.

Seeing the food, Jiang Yan's eyes lit up, and she eagerly tore open the packaging and started eating like a starving wolf.

In no time, the food was gone.

"More?" Jiang Yan looked at Yang Jian hopefully.

Yang Jian said, "No more, but I have a sausage. Do you want it?"

"Where? Give it to me quickly." Jiang Yan said urgently.

"Where do you think?" Yang Jian looked down.

Jiang Yan gave him a seductive look. "If you can get me out of this place, I don't mind..."

Yang Jian's eyes twitched, looking her over. He was about to say, "You wish, I mind more than you do."

But he stopped himself.

Although Jiang Yan looked a bit haggard, she was indeed quite beautiful, a seven out of ten. Though not tall, she had a mature woman's charm, with a curvy figure and full chest, which hadn't diminished even after days of hunger. He wondered how she managed to stay so well-figured...

Wait.

What was he looking at?

Yang Jian snapped back to reality, inwardly alarmed. "Scary, really scary. Women are indeed terrifying, almost leading me to ruin."

"Let's not talk about that. You said you saw the ghost. Can you tell me what it looks like, or what kind of existence it is?"

Seemingly recalling a terrifying memory, Jiang Yan's face changed, and she said fearfully, "It was four days ago. I was working at the mall as usual. When I went to the restroom, I met the cashier Wei Xiaohong. I was about to leave the restroom when I saw her outside... She was shaking her head in front of the mirror. I found it strange and was about to ask her when I suddenly saw her take off her head."

"Yes, just like a doll, she lifted her head with both hands and took it off... I was terrified. After she put her head back on, I ran out of the restroom."

Jiang Yan gestured, her emotions agitated.

"But when I ran out, Wei Xiaohong turned and looked at me. I was so scared that I accidentally ran into the men's restroom and hid here. I've been hiding here ever since. I thought about running away, but every time I saw Wei Xiaohong sitting nearby, waiting for me outside the restroom... If I go out, she will definitely kill me. I heard ghosts don't enter men's restrooms, so I'm safe here."

Wei Xiaohong?

Yang Jian immediately said, "Impossible, she can't be a ghost."

"I'm not lying, it was really her. I saw it with my own eyes. You have to believe me." Jiang Yan said.

"It's not that I don't believe you, but I trust my eyes more. Wei Xiaohong is already dead." Yang Jian said seriously.

The head that rolled over in the mall belonged to Wei Xiaohong.

If she were a ghost, how could she have lost her head?

Do ghosts have suicidal tendencies?

"It's true, she really took off her head. I saw it clearly." Jiang Yan said.

"Shh, wait, someone's coming." Suddenly, Yang Jian covered her mouth and turned off the flashlight.

In the darkness, footsteps approached the restroom.

The footsteps were neither hurried nor slow, like those of a normal person.

Something was off.

Yang Jian's expression tightened.

Since the first floor of the mall was empty, it was impossible for someone to walk so calmly in the dark.

Could it be Wei Xiaohong?

He thought of the head left in the mall, gray and emitting a strong odor of decay.

If Wei Xiaohong were a ghost, it wouldn't be impossible.