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Zhong Kui's Diary
As the child's voice faded, a red light flashed by the window. I instinctively squinted, and when the red light disappeared, I opened my eyes to see the Red Shadow I had encountered earlier in the Jin Yang bathroom appearing outside the window. It vaguely resembled a human figure, with a head and four limbs, hovering in the air and swaying up and down.
I glanced at Fatty, who was still looking around, seemingly searching for the source of the sound, completely unaware of the Red Shadow. It then occurred to me that I had activated my Yin-Yang Eye earlier.
Right, why could I see the Red Shadow in the Jin Yang Family bathroom? At that time, I hadn't activated my Yin-Yang Eye. Could it be that this ghost selectively allowed people to see it? It was strange; at that moment, a jumble of thoughts surged through my mind.
My nerves seemed to have calmed significantly. Although I was startled inside, I wasn't as panicked as before; instead, I found myself sitting on the sofa without moving an inch.
The head of the Red Shadow twisted eerily like last time, gradually changing shape in mid-air. Finally, a child in red clothing, about seven or eight years old, appeared before me.
The child walked straight in from the balcony. I almost thought I was seeing things; it was as if this child was taking a stroll, with the balcony outside resembling a lawn and the security bars being non-existent. The child entered without any hindrance, leaving behind a trail of red footprints.
Qing Qiu saw the child and exclaimed in surprise, “Mo Mo, how did you come back?”
The child called out, “These two people are not good! Sister Qing Qiu, how can you trust them?”
Qing Qiu replied in confusion, “They were called here by Xinghua!”
Mo Mo looked quite annoyed: “Jin Xinghua is not a good person to begin with. Only you would believe him. Being deceived by him is one thing; now there are two more people trying to trick you!” Seemingly feeling that Qing Qiu didn't understand, he pointed at me and shouted angrily, “Why are you deceiving my sister Qing Qiu?”
After hearing all this, Ding Fatty seemed to have understood what was happening. His expression changed dramatically as he slowly moved closer to me while sitting on the sofa.
Seeing Mo Mo made me realize he was the instigator of the strange occurrences in Jin Yang's room. Although Kong Xuan had told me not to fear ordinary ghosts, what if Kong Xuan was joking? What if this ghost could just slap me dead?
The calmness I felt when meeting Qing Qiu vanished without a trace. An unknown sense of fear tightly enveloped me; I could even feel goosebumps rising all over my body.
“Hey, speak up! Don’t pretend; I know I can't do anything to you!” Mo Mo's words were like a spring breeze passing over Lugu Lake, instantly warming me up. Tsk tsk, if you can't do anything to me, then what am I afraid of?
“Ghost Brother, who is talking?” Fatty finally gathered the courage to approach me and asked nervously.
“First of all, I’m not lying to you, Qing Qiu; I really know Jin Xinghua. By the way, could you let my brother show his face?” With the fear gone, I felt a bit more composed.
I quietly hummed, and amidst Fatty's startled exclamations, I revealed myself.
“Since you can’t do anything to me, let’s have a good chat!” I said to Qing Qiu and Mo Mo.
“Why should we? You can’t do anything to us either,” Qing Qiu retorted without hesitation. “Don’t forget, you still have a burden!”
To prove his point, Mo Mo raised a hand mysteriously, and a flash of red light passed by. Suddenly, Ding Fatty disappeared from my side. Moments later, his voice echoed from Jin Yang’s room: “Ghost Brother! Help!”
He had only called out twice before he was abruptly cut off, as if someone had grabbed his throat.
Damn! Threatening me? Do you believe I… what can I do? I reached around my body in a panic, hoping to find a weapon. When in danger, one needs something to hold onto for a sense of security, and at that moment, I was searching for that security.
Should I smash them with my phone? Stab them with my keys? Smother them with my wallet? Using these as weapons seemed like a joke. Wait, what’s this? Right! The Yin Yang Ancient Coin, the earth’s treasure, the Yin-Yang Ancient Coin that can kill both humans and ghosts.
I grinned as I took out the Yin Yang Ancient Coin, waving it in front of them like a treasure: “Look! Ha’s his!”
Both Qing Qiu and Mo Mo turned pale at the sight. Even ghosts can change color; I was surprised I had time to notice that.
Qing Qiu's face lost all color as she trembled and said, “How do you have this Yin-Yang Ancient Coin?”
Mo Mo's eyes darted around as if looking for an escape but seemed too afraid to act. It appeared that the Yin-Yang Ancient Coin could make them vanish in an instant.
Seeing their reaction, I felt relieved and tossed the Yin Yang Ancient Coin in my hand while smiling: “Now we can have a proper chat, right?”
I never expected this Yin Yang Ancient Coin to have such great power; I feel like I've struck gold. I should ask Kong Xuan later if there's anything else he hasn't told me, otherwise, these two ghosts wouldn't be reacting so strongly.
Qing Qiu exchanged a glance with Mo Mo and sat down across from me. When Qing Qiu sat down, the sofa sank, while Mo Mo's presence seemed to have no effect on it, as if she were air.
I initially wanted to ask them to release Fatty and Jin Yang, but then I thought it would be better to clarify the situation first.
"What is your relationship with Jin Xinghua?" I felt this question was particularly important.
"I don't want anything to do with him!" Mo Mo huffed, then looked worriedly at Qing Qiu: "It's just my sister Qing Qiu who was deceived by his sweet words!"
"Mo Mo, Xinghua is not that kind of person! He is sincere towards me." In front of Mo Mo, Qing Qiu seemed to transform; she had initially given us the impression of a cold and aloof young lady, but now she appeared like a delicate flower needing protection.
"Sincere? He is sincerely after Jin Manyuan's wealth. This good-for-nothing second-generation heir has long been abandoned by Jin Manyuan. He has just been living off others and waiting to die. After meeting you, his mind suddenly became active. Let me ask you, when he learned about your identity, did he not show the usual fear of an ordinary person? Instead, he acted like he had found treasure, making you do this and that?" Mo Mo said urgently.
I remained silent; I gained much more from their conversation than I would have by directly asking questions.
"Doing things for someone you like isn't a big deal," Qing Qiu said softly, remaining calm.
"Fine, it's only right for you to do things for someone you like. What about me? Why should I help him do those things?" Mo Mo complained.
"Sister has turned all her cultivation into this physical body! You are my brother; if you don't help me, who will?"
Mo Mo shook her head and said, "You could find someone to possess and maintain your cultivation."
"In that case, it wouldn't just be me loving Xinghua, but two people possessing him at the same time." Qing Qiu's words left me dumbfounded; this ghost really was infatuated.
"By the way, weren't you supposed to scare people in the Jin Family? Why are you back?" Qing Qiu changed the subject.
Mo Mo looked gloomy and said, "Last night, a lot of fierce people came, and I couldn't resist the malevolent energy they carried, so I ran back."
"It's good that you came back. Just now, Xinghua came by and seemed to blame me for getting the location wrong. Wasn't I supposed to send you to the room on the third floor? Why were you scaring people on the second floor?" Qing Qiu chided.
"He’s talking nonsense! I’ve been on the third floor the whole time!" Mo Mo retorted angrily, her face turning red. Oh, this ghost is quite similar to a human; emotions are all there.
"But Xinghua wouldn’t lie to me!" Qing Qiu said softly.
"So you mean I'm lying to you?" Mo Mo fumed.
"Wait a minute, wait a minute!" I chimed in with a smile.
"What is it?" Mo Mo looked at me rudely but then noticed the Yin Yang Ancient Coin in my hand and instinctively recoiled.
"Mo Mo, did you count the underground garage as well?" I asked.
"Isn’t the garage considered one floor?" Mo Mo replied in surprise.
What a blunder! The first blunder was when Wuling City mistakenly killed Shih Chih-Yang, and now Mo Mo miscounting the floors was another blunder. Both humans and ghosts can make careless mistakes sometimes.
I explained our defined floors to Mo Mo, who paused for a moment and stubbornly said, "That’s because Jin Xinghua didn’t clarify. Hell has 18 levels; if we count like that, doesn’t that mean there’s not even one floor?"
A sense of superiority in intelligence arose within me. No wonder Jin Xinghua could manipulate you all so easily; you ghosts are too easy to fool. It seems pointless to argue about this; after all, Jin Manyuan is dead now, and Jin Zhao has been imprisoned because of this incident.
I pondered for a moment and asked Mo Mo, "Then why were you trying to catch peaches and Jin Yang?"
"I just wanted to catch Jin Yang. Didn’t Jin Xinghua want the property? I thought I'd help him out completely. But just taking Jin Yang would raise too many suspicions. So I casually caught a few more people. At first, I even wanted to catch you, but unfortunately, I didn’t succeed!" Mo Mo looked at me and smiled for once.
"By the way, why did you have to kill Taozi? Isn't that going to draw the police's suspicion?" I asked.
"She committed suicide. Mo Mo just made sure they couldn't call for help; they were quite free in the room," Qing Qiu frowned and said, "You people are really hard to please."
At this point, the truth was out, but the question was how I should explain this to the police. I believed that Mo Mo and Qing Qiu wouldn't be interested in testifying for me, and I was even more certain that the police wouldn't be interested in their testimonies. Moreover, Qing Qiu was so deeply in love with Jin Xinghua.
"Let Jin Yang go first. You all back out of this; let's not interfere with each other anymore!" I put away the Yin Yang Ancient Coin and avoided talking about killing someone to pay for a life. Even if I used the Yin Yang Ancient Coin to turn Mo Mo into charcoal or freeze her into ice shards, what would be the point? From a human perspective, they were from an entirely different world; I couldn't judge them from such a high standpoint.
"It's a deal!" Mo Mo sighed in relief and turned to Qing Qiu, saying, "From now on, I won't help Jin Xinghua with anything. I want to see if he still loves you when you no longer have any value to him. Of course, you can regain your spiritual power, but you can't maintain your current physical form. Without a human body, he still won't be able to love you. Sister, just let it go; humans and ghosts are on different paths!" Especially the last sentence, Mo Mo almost shouted it out.
Qing Qiu lowered her head with a complex expression and remained silent.
I walked over and tried to pull the door of that room. It didn't budge at first, and Mo Mo laughed from behind me, "I set a restriction; only my sister can open this door! Alright, now the restriction is lifted!"
I pulled again, and the door opened. Ding Fatty and Jin Yang looked at me in shock from behind the door; they must have heard our entire conversation in the room.
Fatty opened his mouth but couldn't make a sound. I turned back to look at Mo Mo, who slapped her forehead: "Almost forgot!" With a wave of her hand, Fatty's voice immediately burst out: "Where's the bathroom? I'm about to piss my pants..."
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