Chapter 97

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From Now On, This Ghost Is Yours

WITHIN THE VILLA

Ghost Gentleman was currently exploring his surroundings. He had assumed that he would be able to meet with the witch whom he had encountered the other day upon returning with the black cat. However, he did not expect that there were no humans at all upon reaching the villa. There was only a cat and a ghost.

In addition, this villa that was used to raise the cat and the ghost had been decorated extravagantly. It was also extremely clean. There was not a single hint of dust on the handrails of the staircases. There were separate bins for dry and wet trash respectively located on both the first and second floor. The basement was also fully furnished with gym equipment. There was even a library on the second floor with a wall full of bookshelves that were brimming with books—though it was clearly evident that no one had flipped through those books before.

This was an obvious act of lavish extravagance.

Ghost Gentleman, who used to be a candidate for the provincial imperial examinations, started to linger along the wall of bookshelves that were filled with books.

Furthermore, these books were not the most surprising discovery he had after entering the villa. His most surprising discovery was the stuffed doll that the lust ghost possessed. The lust ghost could actually touch physical objects via the stuffed doll she was possessing. She could use the remote control to watch television, use a mobile phone to make calls, and even feed the black cat.

In other words, besides not having the body of a human, she could do anything.

After living as a ghost for hundreds of years, Ghost Gentleman truly craved the feeling of being able to touch physical objects. His thirst for such an ability was so intense to the point that he wanted to directly drag out the female ghost that was residing in that stuffed doll so that he could possess it himself.

Liu Meier was trembling with fear under Ghost Gentleman’s stare. However, she was confident with her aptitude as a lust ghost and thus garnered her courage and spoke to Ghost Gentleman in a salacious voice, “Mister, don’t look at this lowly one in this way. This lowly one is scared.”

Hearing her words, Ghost Gentleman sent her an odd look.

Liu Meier was gleeful, thinking that even if the other party was powerful, he was still a male ghost, not to mention that he was a male ghost from the same olden times she was from. With this belief, the feelings of terror within her lessened significantly. She started to put more effort in trying to seduce him, “No matter what Mister wants to do, you can just say it. This lowly one will obey you.”

As she spoke, Liu Meier turned half her face away to shy away from Ghost Gentleman while looking at him with eyes filled with unsaid words—her appearance was extremely intoxicating.

Of course, this would be the case if she had still been in her original human body form.

However, at the current moment, she was within a human palm-sized stuffed doll that had been crudely made. Her bashful charm could not be properly conveyed through this doll. When Ghost Gentleman watched this spectacle being played out, not only did he not feel the effects of the intoxicating appearance of the other ghost, he even felt that the sight was somewhat creepy.

It was no wonder that expressions changed when the topic of witch spells was mentioned in the olden days. This moving stuffed doll was indeed strange and eerie. Even he, who was an experienced malicious ghost, was not used to such a sight.

“Mister?” Liu Meier twisted her body suggestively.

Ghost Gentleman was not able to bear the sight anymore. He flicked his finger and a rush of Yin energy blasted towards Liu Meier’s stuffed doll body and slammed her against the wall.

Even though Liu Meier was not able to feel pain, she once again felt like she faced death after being frozen still by the powerful Yin energy.

“Mreow!” The black cat let out a warning growl.

“Don’t worry. I’m not trying to kill her. It was just that she looked too ugly while trying to put on such an affectionate act that I could not stop my reaction earlier.” Ghost Gentleman explained.

As Liu Meier was currently being protected by her cat master, she snapped back to her senses. Though, after hearing the male ghost’s remarks, she felt that her pride as a lust ghost was shattered to tiny pieces. She instantly turned enraged and started to chew out Ghost Gentleman, “How could I look ugly? You have no idea how many nobility have prostrated themselves before me in my heydays. Men that were not attracted to me at all are not called proper men!”

Her body could be trampled on but she refused to let anyone step all over her pride as a lust ghost.

Ghost Gentleman squinted his eyes in response and let out a cold laugh, “Are you insulting me?”

After venting out her anger, Liu Meier realized that she had been rash. She shrieked out in horror and pounced towards the direction of the phone after she witnessed a mighty stream of ghost energy bursting towards the sky. She dialled the phone number of Wu Miaomiao “Mistress Witch, helppp!”

“Mrreow!” The black cat once again gave a warning growl.

Naturally, Ghost Gentleman did not have any intention to exterminate Liu Meier. After all, he still had some requests to ask of Witch. Thus, he would never harm her ghost slave at this point of time.

Ghost Gentleman waited for Liu Meier to finish her call before retracting back his ghost energy. He flung his long sleeves before cupping his hands together in obeisance towards Liu Meier. “Yuan Bai has acted discourteously earlier on. Even though my lady here has a lovely appearance, the stuffed doll is unable to portray even a hint of your charm. In that case, why don’t my lady here show her true self?”

“I’ll not fall for your trick. If I were to leave this doll body, won’t it be easier for you to kill me? Let me tell you, I’ve already called for help. Mistress Witch will arrive soon.” Liu Meier was from the brothels so she had learnt how to discern people. It was impossible for her to be deceived by this Ghost Gentleman who had suddenly changed his demeanour. Even if he looked unusually dashing, she knew that there were a lot of monsters out there in this world that hid their true self within a human’s skin. Besides, if the male ghost was indeed a good person, why would he become such a ferocious malicious ghost in the first place?

A ghost was best understood by another ghost. Ghost Gentleman was covered from head to toe in blood energy. This meant that he had murdered countless people to be entirely stained by this overflowing resentments.

“Tch.” Ghost Gentleman realized that he was not able to dupe the lust ghost out of the doll body and became deeply disappointed. He had wanted to trick the other ghost so that he could enter the doll body to play around.

After that, Liu Meier hid closely behind the black cat and constantly kept a distance with Ghost Gentleman until a call from a food delivery came.

“Is this Ms. Liu Meier? Your food is here.”

Liu Meier was unable to pick up the phone physically with her stuffed doll body so she could only place the phone on the table before answering on loudspeaker. Therefore, Ghost Gentleman could clearly hear the voice of the food delivery guy speaking from the other end of the call.

“It’s me.” Liu Meier answered.

“Alright, I will be saying the order remarks out loud now. Please listen carefully Ms. Liu Meier.” Subsequently, the food delivery guy started to say, “This food delivery is for Ms. Liu Meier of this villa.” The tone he used was extremely sincere.

Actually, all the food delivery guys in this vicinity were very familiar with this entire process. They all knew that they had to say this line whenever they delivered to this address. There was no need for them to specially call in. However, Liu Meier’s voice was extremely sweet and pleasant to the ears. The delivery guys that were tasked to deliver the food orders to the villa would take the initiative to call in; so as to hear Liu Meier’s voice.

“Mr. Cute Guy, you have worked hard. This lowly one is grateful.” Liu Meier replied without skipping a beat.

“You’re welcome! I hope you have a great meal.” The delivery guy was content and hung up the phone reluctantly.

Just when Liu Meier was about to head outside to retrieve the food delivery, she suddenly felt a heated gaze staring straight at her. Chills immediately ran down her spine as she quickly hid herself behind the black cat.

Oh well, at most she could skip out on this one meal. She could think about what to do later after Mistress Witch arrived.

Ghost Gentleman had overheard the entire conversation. A whole new world once again opened up to him. This witch was using this villa to rear ghosts, letting them read books and allowing them to use mobile phones. In addition, she actually allowed these ghosts to spend her money? They could actually eat whatever they wished to? Could it be that every item in this villa was actually bought by the ghosts?

“You called for food delivery?” Ghost Gentleman questioned Liu Meier.

“So-… so what if I did?”

“What did you order?”

“Rice noodle rolls.”

“I’ve never had that before.” He had been with the Diao family for so many years. The Diao family would only offer him incense, candles and fruits on the first and fifteen of each lunar month. Occasionally, he would be offered a chicken or a roasted pig together with a jug of wine. Other than these, he had never received any other food items.

He stayed by Diao Yongnian’s side daily these years and had seen the man eat many different kinds of food. However, he had never asked Diao Yongnian for any of those foods on his own accord. Besides, he did not carry much of an appetite when being around Diao Yongnian.

“Why don’t I order a portion for you?” Liu Meier could sense Ghost Gentleman’s intentions from his words and expression and thus immediately suggested.

His expression instantly turned gentle when looking at her. The smile in his eyes no longer acted out intentionally and seemed more genuine now. “In that case, I’m grateful towards milady’s hospitality.”

“You-…you’re welcome. Mister, which flavour of rice noodle roll do you want?” Liu Meier asked.

“Do detail the distinguishments.”

Perhaps sensing the good-natured intentions of Ghost Gentleman, Liu Meier was no longer afraid of him. She came out from behind the black cat and tapped open the food delivery application on the mobile phone. She then searched for the rice noodle roll stall that she had just ordered from. Pointing at the overwhelming lineup of rice noodle roll varieties on the screen, she said, “This stall has a lot of different varieties of rice noodle rolls. From the simplest egg rice noodle roll, to those with meat such as chicken rice noodle roll. There is even one that has corn inside. They also provide a huge range of condiments to choose from. You can add whichever you want. There are also those with chilli, and without chilli. Which one do you prefer? Or you could choose both versions? You could do a taste-test to check which is more preferable to your palate and eat that afterwards.”

“Milady is a conscientious and thoughtful person. Yuanbai will heed milady’s advice.” Ghost Gentleman replied.

“I don’t deserve so much praise.” Liu Meier was delighted after being praised and promptly started to order some food. She ordered both spicy and non-spicy dishes for Yuan Bai.

As such, when Wu Miaomiao and Ji Lang rushed to the villa and reached 20 minutes later, the couple were faced with the scene of 2 ghosts—one sitting before the coffee table and one sitting on the coffee table—eating rice noodle rolls. The television that was hung on the wall was playing a movie featuring the ancient times. The atmosphere seemed to be rather harmonious.

“Oh, this pale-faced scholar does not look like a good person at first sight. This Du Shiniang probably would be cheated by him.” Liu Meier commented.

“This scholar only looks intelligent. However, the poems he comes up with are truly appalling.” Ghost Gentleman also gave his opinions.

“Mister Yuan must have been a brilliant talent in the literary field when you were alive?” Admiration and respect could be seen from Liu Meier’s expression.

“No no, I’m ashamed to be regarded so highly. I’ve only attained the candidature opportunity to participate in the provincial imperial examinations.” Ghost Gentleman responded in a humble manner.

“Oh, you are a candidate in the provincial imperial examinations! This lowly one thinks that you are still young and would definitely have been able to pass the examinations successfully with honours and march the streets in celebration if you did not pass away so early in life.”

“I’m not sure if I would have been able to pass with honours. But I would most definitely be able to participate in the imperial palace examinations.”

Faced with this scene, the corner of Wu Miaomiao’s lips could not help but spasm. This pair of ancient ghosts sure shared the same common language.

“Eating?” Wu Miaomiao asked.

Both ghosts turned their heads together at the same time. Liu Meier spotted the couple, who had arrived at the villa without her realizing, immediately jumped up in shock and bowed towards them. “Liu Meier sincerely greets Mistress Witch and Mr. Ji.”

Ghost Gentleman was much more composed as he stood up and tidied up his slightly messy clothes. He then cupped his hands together and bowed, “Yuan Bai sincerely greets Mistress Witch, Mr. Ji and the witch doll.”

“AHHAHAHAHAHAHA!” Wawa saw that someone had acknowledged her presence and immediately started laughing heartily in response.

Ji Lang could sense the monumental ghost energy originating from Ghost Gentleman. This ghost was the most powerful malicious ghost he had encountered so far. A hint of wariness flashed past his eyes.

Wu Miaomiao sized up Ghost Gentleman for a moment before saying in suspicion, “With your powers, the spiritually-inclined cat would definitely not be a match against you. Why did you come here?”

“Witch’s cat is incomparably intelligent. It did not choose to fight with me head-on. Instead, it used its intelligence to steal my finger phalanx, which was used to control me, away from my previous master.” Ghost Gentleman answered.

“Mreow!” The black cat timely appeared and raised its tiny head up. It then reached out its paw to reveal the red thread that was tangled around its claws and subsequently the finger phalanx that was tied to the red thread.

That proud appearance was as if saying that it only needed to utilize a small portion of its intelligence to deal with such an insignificant matter.

“Previous master?” Wu Miaomiao raised her brow. This Ghost Gentleman had only been caught for at most 2 hours and he had betrayed his previous owner so quickly, not to mention that this happened in the situation where the contract embedded within the finger phalanx had not been erased yet.

As long as a contract was still present, a ghost slave could never be considered free.

“Yes, Yuan Bai was captured by Witch’s cat. Therefore, from today onwards, I’m yours.” Ghost Gentleman replied in a respectful manner.

Ji Lang’s brow muscle twitched as he sent a sharp glare towards the ghost. The Ephialtes’ powers enshrouding him started to become uncontrollable.

The smiling expression on Ghost Gentleman did not change as he clarified his words calmly, “Yuan Bai had chosen the wrong words. As Yuan Bai’s physical body has already passed, and is currently existing as a departed spirit, I should be considered your ghost instead.”

Ji Lang retracted his gaze and suddenly discovered the method to control his Ephialtes’ powers.

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