Chapter 123: [Harboring a Ghostly Secret] Spirit Medium Grandmother
“She hasn’t been feeling well recently, but it’s due to her health. The person she’s marrying is someone she likes, so you can rest assured.”
Wang Jiangtao moved his lips slightly, thinking, what’s the difference between saying that and saying nothing?
Bai Cha sighed again.
“If that’s really the case, then I really have nothing to worry about. But what’s wrong with her health? Does she need to see a doctor? Should we take her to a doctor in the city?”
The old woman was still looking at the group photo. She even held it closer to the candle, and a drop of wax fell onto the photo, leaving a red, tear-like wax stain.
“No need, you can leave now.” She peeled off the wax stain while handing the photo back to Bai Cha.
Her change in attitude was quite obvious.
When they first entered the village, this old woman was quite welcoming.
But while she welcomed them into the village, she didn’t welcome them contacting Ji Xiaolan, let alone asking about things.
Bai Cha then reached out and took the photo.
As her fingers slightly touched the old woman’s, she activated her skill again.
[Do you want to parasitize the host, Spirit Medium Grandmother?]
As the prompt sounded, Bai Cha had already naturally put the photo back into her pocket.
She gave up parasitizing again.
Compared to parasitizing, she still wanted to see the identity of another person.
“Then we’ll take our leave first. Sorry for disturbing you. We’ll come back to see Xiaolan tomorrow.”
Standing up, Bai Cha seemed to think of something else.
“By the way, do you need a bridesmaid for the wedding?”
The old woman’s cloudy eyes stared at her.
“Ask Xiaolan tomorrow.”
Bai Cha nodded, saying no more.
The three of them walked towards the door. The old woman didn’t see them off, but sat in the living room, watching the departing figures in the dim candlelight.
Especially the back of Bai Cha’s neck.
Although Bai Cha couldn’t see it, the feeling of being watched was very strong.
Leaving the Ji family’s courtyard, the three of them walked silently towards the lake for a while. Only then did Wang Jiangtao breathe a sigh of relief.
“That old woman…” He originally wanted to say she was quite creepy, but talking badly about someone behind their back late at night, he was afraid they might hear.
After all, who knew if these people were human or ghosts.
“Moreover, we didn’t find out anything in the end.”
Besides confirming that the boy in the photo and Ji Xiaolan were in a relationship, there was nothing else.
Zhang Feng said, “No, at least we know who the groom is, it’s just…”
Was Ji Xiaolan’s fiancé already dead?
Bai Cha didn’t tell them about the spirit medium clue. After all, they were just a temporary team.
She was thinking more deeply.
If the grandmother was a spirit medium, it meant she should be able to see ghosts.
The grandmother clearly loved her granddaughter very much, so if her granddaughter was pregnant with a ghost fetus, would she just watch it happen?
In many horror movies and similar plots involving ghost fetuses, the pregnant person usually dies.
Did Ji Xiaolan also know about the child in her belly and request this?
If viewed from this perspective, then Ji Xiaolan’s boyfriend was already dead. But he remained by Ji Xiaolan’s side as a spirit, and Ji Xiaolan even conceived a ghost fetus.
“If the plot progresses, will the system give a prompt?” Bai Cha suddenly asked.
Wang Jiangtao was a little surprised.
“Haven’t you done story-driven instances before? Of course, there are prompts. They appear at 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% completion.”
“I see… I haven’t actually done this kind of instance before.”
Wang Jiangtao didn’t think much of it.
There were many types of instances. Although he had never encountered a story-driven one, it might be a bit rare. Moreover, everyone’s frequency of entering instances wasn’t that high, about once a month.
Bai Cha also looked quite young, probably the type with a higher rating, so she leveled up faster.
After all, the adaptability she had shown was quite strong.
Zhang Feng suddenly asked, “So what’s your level?”
“C3,” Bai Cha said casually, using the level from her first instance.
After all, going into a B-level instance at D3 was a bit low.
If it was just her, it would be fine, but her younger sister was a newbie.
It was just that with her around, Xu Shengsheng hadn’t asked too many questions, making it very clear that she was a newbie.
Although C3 wasn’t very high, it was generally okay.
Zhang Feng didn’t say anything else.
The lakeside wasn’t far from here.
Walking a few steps along the village road, a large lake came into view.
The moon overhead had long been shrouded in dark clouds, making everything pitch black.
The dampness by the lake was very heavy, especially at night, carrying a hint of coldness.
The temple was by the lake, with its back facing the water.
It was also an earthen house, but compared to the dwellings in the village, it looked slightly better, with red-painted walls.
Of course, it wasn’t very clear in the dark of night.
Two red lanterns also hung in front of the temple.
And under the lanterns, stood a person.
…
Xu Shengsheng felt sleepy after writing a few questions.
She wasn’t excited at all anymore.
She yawned and continued to write the questions dutifully.
Without scratch paper, she did the calculations directly next to the questions.
Mainly because she only had a pen and couldn’t erase, the entire paper looked messy.
But who cared, Xu Shengsheng thought, it was already good enough that she wasn’t using this “Five-Three” practice book for drawing.
As she thought this, her hand seemed to unconsciously sketch on the paper.
When she yawned again and realized she hadn’t been doing the questions, she quickly forced herself to focus.
However, when she looked at the paper, she was stunned.
Because there was a line of crooked words on the paper.
[Save her]
In the silent courtyard, a breeze blew towards the window.
The old-fashioned wooden window made a banging sound, as if someone was knocking on it from the outside.
Wind seeped in through the cracks in the wooden window, making the candlelight inside flicker.
Xu Shengsheng’s shadow, cast by the candlelight on the wall, moved.
A double image appeared on her hand holding the pen, as if another hand was holding hers.
Xu Shengsheng seemed completely unaware of all this, looking at the three words and scratching her head.
“Strange… why would I write these words? Save who?”
She muttered to herself twice, intending to continue doing the questions.
As a result, the pen unconsciously sketched again.
[Ji Xiaolan]
This time, no matter how careless Xu Shengsheng was, she realized something was wrong. She immediately felt her scalp tingle, and her whole body instantly woke up.
She felt a chill run down her back.
She also just remembered something. The pen in her hand was found on the bus, obviously left there by someone.
So… could it be something that belonged to someone who was already dead?
But with such an obvious clue, why didn’t her sister tell her?
Could it be that her sister was also being deceived by a ghost?
Did that now mean she had to face that unknown existence alone?
Xu Shengsheng’s face immediately fell.
And her hand, still uncontrollably, held the pen and sketched on the paper.
