Chapter 98: Grain Ghost—Starving Ghost Possession
If Father Huang hadn’t used another woman—or rather, another girl—last night to test Fourth Master Qin, he wouldn’t have provoked Fourth Master Qin into a fury. And then they wouldn’t have switched to a roundabout tactic, trying to break through from this “pet.”
With Qin Xing present, and with this girl currently in favor as well, they held back and didn’t dare show anger.
This meal was anything but pleasant. Even after Su Keke and Qin Xing left, Su Keke still never heard Huang Yueshan say the words “I’m sorry.” Instead, she heard a bunch of irrelevant nonsense.
Su Keke felt this family was strange.
Actually, they didn’t need to invite her to dinner at all. If Huang Yueshan had just said “sorry,” that would’ve been enough. Su Keke hadn’t even taken the rude drink-splashing to heart.
But the Huang family of three—after treating her to dinner—still refused to say a single “I’m sorry,” and instead kept circling around other topics, working hard to show her their “goodwill.”
Were those two words really that hard to say?
Father Huang expressed that he wanted to send Su Keke back. Su Keke clearly declined politely, yet he insisted anyway, which made her very annoyed.
Just then, Su Keke received a call from Luo Man. After listening, her expression turned serious, and she said to Qin Xing, “Daxing, Manman said something happened at school. We need to go back.”
Learning that Su Keke wasn’t returning to Fourth Master Qin’s residence, Father Huang finally stopped insisting on giving her a ride. Su Keke let out a breath of relief.
Luo Man was already waiting at the school gate. When she saw them, she hurried over. “It’s Jiang Yueyue—she’s not normal! I asked Lu Renjia, who was with her, but Lu Renjia wouldn’t say anything.”
Not long ago, Luo Man remembered she’d left a reference book in the classroom, so she went back to get it.
Classrooms at Yuehua Noble School usually weren’t locked. With surveillance everywhere, no one had the nerve to steal.
But when she pushed the door, she found a desk had been jammed behind it. She also heard a few people inside shouting in panic.
Luo Man forced the door open and saw six people in the classroom.
She didn’t see anything strange, but she smelled blood.
Just as she was about to ask what was going on, Jiang Yueyue suddenly shoved her aside and sprinted toward the cafeteria like she was running the hundred-meter dash. Lu Renjia chased after her, while the others looked odd, hesitating as if they wanted to speak but didn’t dare.
After rushing into the cafeteria, Jiang Yueyue ordered a table full of chicken, duck, fish, and meat, then stuffed it into her mouth in huge bites—oil all over her mouth and hands. Her behavior was extremely abnormal.
Su Keke listened to Luo Man’s account while hurrying toward the cafeteria.
By the time they arrived, Jiang Yueyue had already eaten an entire roast chicken, two sweet-and-sour fish, and a big bowl of steamed pork ribs with rice flour.
Lu Renjia was beside her, crying anxiously. “Yueyue, please stop eating. If you keep going, you’ll burst, Yueyue…”
Although there were fewer students eating at this hour, Jiang Yueyue’s behavior still drew plenty of attention.
More and more onlookers gathered.
“God, who is this? She can eat like crazy…”
“You know the school belle Jiang Fangfei? I think this one is her younger sister.”
“Her sister is such a perfect beauty—how could she have a sister with such an ugly way of eating…”
Su Keke frowned, pushed through the crowd, and without a word, reached in and started dragging her.
“No! I’m not going! I’m not full yet!”
Jiang Yueyue clung to the table with both arms, staring fixedly at the spread of food as if it were her life.
Su Keke jabbed a pressure point with two fingers. The moment Jiang Yueyue cried out in pain, Su Keke hauled her up and dragged her away.
Qin Xing and Luo Man helped drag her too.
“Wait—where are you taking Yueyue?” Lu Renjia hurried after them.
Su Keke brought Jiang Yueyue straight to the classroom. Those few people—perhaps out of guilt and panic—hadn’t even left.
Su Keke swept her eyes over them and frowned. “Have you got a death wish? You even dared to summon a grain-eating ghost?”
Hearing that, Bao Chen immediately glared at Lu Renjia. “Who told you to spill it?”
Su Keke glared at him instead. “No one spilled anything. The smell of rooster blood on you is so strong—who are you trying to fool?”
Bao Chen instantly shut up.
Jiang Yueyue, pinned down by Luo Man and Qin Xing, was still struggling, screaming, “Not enough, not enough—I’m still hungry! I want to eat! Let me go back—!”
Su Keke raised her fist at her. “You starving ghost—get out, now!”
“Jiang Yueyue’s” eyes rolled. “How do you know I starved to death?”
“With the way you’re eating—if you didn’t starve to death, did you die from overeating?”
Qin Xing sensed something was off and couldn’t help asking, “Keke… Jiang Yueyue is possessed by a starving ghost?”
Su Keke nodded and glanced at Lu Renjia. “They brought this on themselves. They summoned this starving ghost.”
The moment Lu Renjia heard the words “starving ghost,” she shivered. After hearing the exchange between Su Keke and “Jiang Yueyue,” Bao Chen and the others were scared stiff too.
At this point, Bao Chen didn’t dare hide anything anymore. He quickly explained the “ritual” they had done to invite a spirit.
“What kind of ‘god’ do you think you can invite with that kind of ritual? All you can attract are nearby wandering ghosts!” Su Keke was getting angry.
She hated most those reckless brats who knew nothing and still messed around summoning ghosts. They were about the same age as her—how could they be this stupid?
The starving ghost inside “Jiang Yueyue” knew she was a Dao cultivator. A thought stirred, and it said, “You can’t force me out. This girl asked me three questions. The first two—I didn’t know. But the last one, I answered correctly.
“Last time, I happened to be wandering around the little grove and saw with my own eyes that guy named Xu Hao getting all lovey-dovey with the school belle. If the time and place had been right, those two could’ve gotten down to it on the spot. Honestly, I kind of wanted to watch a live show, hehe. I’ve been drifting around this school for three years—aside from that pretty Class One teacher and the vice principal ‘doing the real thing’ in the office plenty of times, which was quite the spectacle, there hasn’t been much worth watching. Finally I ran into a pair of good-looking students—if they really did that in the grove, how exciting would that be…”
Su Keke: …
She felt that if this starving ghost had slept with men while she was alive, then after death she would very likely turn into a lust ghost.
But for now, she was only a starving ghost with lust in her heart but no guts to act on it.
After hearing all that, the others—amid the initial chill of horror and eerie dread—also felt a different kind of shock, as if they’d accidentally peeped into some hidden secret.
The pretty female homeroom teacher of Class One and the vice principal…
My god—did they just hear something they weren’t supposed to hear?
“Jiang Yueyue” realized she had accidentally let the topic go off course, and quickly dragged it back. “Those two have already kissed where they should kiss, and touched where they should touch. That definitely means they’re dating, right? I’m not lying.
“Since I answered this girl’s question, she has to satisfy one condition of mine. The contract has already been formed. Even if you’re a Dao cultivator, you can’t bully a ghost.”
Su Keke said with a tight face, “I’m not bullying a ghost. I’m doing this for your own good. If you still won’t come out, you’re going to cause a death. You’ve eaten so much food—you’ll stuff her to death alive.
“Once your hands are stained with an innocent life, even if you go to the ghost realm later, when you reincarnate you’ll only be able to reincarnate as livestock.”
Hearing this, “Jiang Yueyue” panicked and hurriedly waved her hands. “No, no, no—I didn’t want to kill her. I just haven’t been full for a long, long time. I wanted to experience the feeling of eating and drinking to my fill.”
Su Keke said, “Your aura doesn’t match Jiang Yueyue’s. Even if you possess her, you still can’t receive the various sensations this body can experience.”
So even if you ate a hundred chickens, it would be useless!
