Chapter 62

With the ghost successfully imprisoned, the partnership between Yang Jian and Yan Li came to an end.

Next, it was time to vie for their own interests.

There was only one box, and Yang Jian had no reason to let Yan Li keep it.

Once out the door, who would recognize whom?

These days, the debtors are the masters.

"Yang Jian, what do you mean by that? Do you think I would keep this all to myself?"

Yan Li raised an eyebrow and looked at Yang Jian, saying, "I'll keep this thing temporarily. Later, I'll spread the word at the club, and soon buyers will come forward. When the time comes, we'll go together to make the deal. After it's done, we'll split the money and share the information."

"I won't take advantage of you, nor will I let you down."

Yang Jian said, "If that's the case, why not let me keep it? You can contact the buyers and come back to me when it's time. I'll bring the thing, do you think I'll run away?"

"Then there's nothing to talk about?" Yan Li said.

He didn't expect this young detective to be so calculating, starting to talk about benefits right after resolving the paranormal incident.

"If you can't make me feel secure, I don't think we need to continue this conversation."

Yang Jian said seriously, "You don't trust me, just as I don't trust you."

"Enough, it was me who personally imprisoned that ghost," Yan Li shouted.

"I saved you, twice," Yang Jian said calmly.

Yan Li was getting angry; "You still have the nerve to talk about saving me? Just now, you clearly used me as bait to lure the ghost out. You couldn't tell which of those corpses was the ghost, otherwise, you could have let me into the ghost domain instantly, instead of letting me retreat slowly."

"Do you know that what you did almost got me killed?"

Yang Jian stared at him, "You could only be used as bait; otherwise, this capture would have failed. I was thinking of the bigger picture. Otherwise, why would you be standing here arguing with me? And with my ghost domain, I could save you in a second. I have the confidence to ensure you wouldn't die, but can you guarantee I won't die?"

"What if I insist on taking this box with me today?" Yan Li said coldly.

He absolutely wouldn't leave this hard-earned thing with Yang Jian.

"Then are you sure the box in your hand is real?" Yang Jian's eyes narrowed slightly, "Do you... understand the ghost domain?"

Yan Li's eyelids twitched, and he subconsciously glanced at the thing in his hand.

He was instantly startled.

The golden box in his hand had somehow turned into a rotten human head.

Almost instinctively, he threw the head away.

"When did you switch it?" Yan Li was both shocked and angry.

"Guess?"

Yang Jian said, "In the ghost domain, only what I believe to be real is real. Otherwise, everything you see could be fake... So, something interesting happens. What do you think is real?"

"Your eyes see? Your hands touch? Or your nose smells?"

"When everything is fake, you'll find the world is fake, and that, is the illusion."

"An interesting ability, isn't it?"

"Impossible, your ghost domain is the power of a fierce ghost, it can't affect gold. That's a fact known to all ghost masters," Yan Li said through gritted teeth.

Yang Jian said, "I can't affect gold, but can't I affect your eyes? Do you think the thing you just threw away was really a human head?"

Could it be?

Yan Li's heart trembled, and he quickly picked up the head he had thrown away.

"Can you be sure the head you picked up now is the same one you threw away?"

Yang Jian said again, a smile on his lips, "After everything is done, you don't trust me, and I can't trust you. The box can't be split in half. Although your contribution was great, mine wasn't small either."

"I was the one who first discovered the ghost's pattern and found it."

As he spoke, a golden box appeared in his hand.

It was the same box Yan Li had used to imprison the headless ghost.

If Yang Jian had the box, then what Yan Li had... was a real human head.

"Damn." Yan Li cursed in his heart.

He quickly threw away the head he had picked up again.

Now his mind was confused, as he couldn't tell what was real and what was fake in the ghost domain. At the same time, he felt a sense of relief, as if he was glad Yang Jian wasn't a real ghost, otherwise, how could he be restrained?

They would be wiped out instantly.

"I admit, I'm not your match. You take the lead this time. What do you want? You're not going to keep it all to yourself, are you?" Yan Li said.

If Yang Jian chose to keep it all, he had no choice.

Yang Jian said, "Although we had some unpleasantness over the distribution of benefits, I am still a principled person. If a person has no底线, what's the difference between a person and a ghost? So... our previous cooperation continues, but the box will be kept by me. You can contact the buyers, but I must handle the deal. How does that sound?"

"......Do I even have the right to negotiate?"

Yan Li said, "Let's do it your way."

He was already grateful to be able to continue the partnership. If it were someone more ruthless, he wouldn't be here today.

"Great, call me when it's time to make the deal. Don't call me randomly, I'm very busy... and, let's have a pleasant cooperation."

He took a pen from his pocket, wrote down his phone number, and placed it on the ground.

After doing this, the red light around him disappeared.

At the same time, Yang Jian disappeared.

Did he leave the ghost domain?

Yan Li looked around and saw the human head on the ground.

It wasn't a human head at all, just a pack of instant noodles, and it was the flavor he hated the most.

"Pleasant my ass, this unsolvable ghost domain..."

Yan Li clenched his fists tightly, feeling powerless.

Why was Yang Jian so lucky to get such a terrifying ability... It's unfair.

Lucky?

If Yang Jian knew his thoughts, he would find it amusing.

He would rather not have this luck.

During that high school paranormal incident, he didn't know how many people died, but he knew that only he and six other classmates barely survived in his class.

If he hadn't become a ghost master and received the warning from the human skin paper, everyone would have been wiped out, and there would be no survivors.

Would Yan Li have survived?

Yang Jian didn't leave the mall immediately.

He hadn't forgotten someone.

Jiang Yan.

She was the only survivor in the mall.

Dozens of people died in the mall, and there were always a couple of lucky ones who survived.

"Big Sister Jiang Yan, are you still alive? There's no sound on the phone." Yang Jian appeared in the surveillance room out of nowhere.

His time in the ghost domain was still ongoing.

At that moment, Jiang Yan was huddled in a corner, holding a phone that had been disconnected due to unpaid bills, her head buried, and sobbing softly.

She had already felt hopeless.

Because after Yang Jian and Yan Li entered the clothing store, they never came out. She thought they had died inside.

The ghost domain couldn't be captured by the surveillance cameras.

Jiang Yan's heart was collapsing. If Yang Jian was dead, what would she do? The ghost was still outside, and if she went out, she would definitely die...

But as Yang Jian's voice sounded, she stopped sobbing and quickly looked up.

Seeing Yang Jian appear before her, she immediately stood up, excited, and rushed towards him, "I thought you were dead. It's so good that you're safe."

"Ouch~!"

Originally, it was a warm embrace, but Jiang Yan went straight through Yang Jian's body and fell to the ground, her nose bleeding when she looked up.

"Big Sister, why are you so excited? I thought you were going to attack me," Yang Jian looked at her in confusion.

"Are you human or a ghost?" Jiang Yan looked at Yang Jian in fear.

She was sure she had gone through him.

Yes, directly through him face-to-face.

"I don't want to explain things you can't understand. Your mission is complete, it's time to go," Yang Jian grabbed her wrist.

The two instantly disappeared from the spot.