Ghost Detective Records

Chapter 93

In an instant, all the red figures regrouped into one...

Without the slightest hesitation, he lunged forward...

Reach out your hand...

She didn't move, seemingly waiting for me. I touched her cold skin...

neck……

I grabbed her by the neck. At that moment, all I could think about was making her disappear from my sight. So, my eyes and ears were filled with sadistic desires, burning like a fire throughout my entire body...

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"Abao, are you alright?" Li Yang looked at Abao, who was pale and kept touching his chest.

"It's...it's alright now!" Abao took a deep breath. The female ghost that was just there had vanished without a trace, leaving only the jade pendant on the ground that was still emitting light smoke to tell him that what he had just experienced was not a hallucination.

Picking up the jade pendant from the ground, Li Yang knew it was him again; his brother, Li Hai, had saved him. He had been so resistant to him when he was alive, yet even in death, he was still under his care.

"Are you alright?" Abao stepped forward and asked.

"It's alright!" Li Yang looked around, but there was no one there. Where were Lin Xiao and Fang Lei? How come they didn't come over after such a commotion? Could it be that they were in trouble too?

Thinking of this, Li Yang asked A Bao somewhat uneasily, "Don't you think it's unusually quiet here?"

"Hmm!" Abao nodded and asked, "Why haven't we heard from Lin Xiao and Fang Lei?"

"Let's go look for them!" Li Yang had just finished speaking to A Bao when they heard a man's growl and a woman's struggling, panting voices coming from afar. Listening more closely, Li Yang was immediately shocked – it was clearly Lin Xiao and Fang Lei's voices!

"It's Lin Xiao and Fang Lei! Quick, let's go see!" Li Yang said, pulling A Bao along as they rushed towards the source of the sound.

They rushed over in a panic, but the scene before them shocked Li Yang and A Bao. Lin Xiao was gripping Fang Lei's neck tightly with both hands and pinning her down. Fang Lei's face, flushed red from suffocation, immediately snapped Li Yang and A Bao out of their daze, and they rushed over.

"Lin Xiao, are you crazy?" Li Yang rushed forward and grabbed Lin Xiao's hand, trying to pry his hand off Fang Lei's neck, but no matter how hard Li Yang tried, he couldn't move Lin Xiao an inch.

"When did you become so strong?" Li Yang helplessly let go, while A Bao jumped up and down anxiously, but didn't know how to help.

"Damn it, let go!" Seeing that Fang Lei was in more and more pain, Li Yang had no choice but to punch Lin Xiao hard in the stomach. Brother, don't blame me for being too rough!

"Ugh!" Lin Xiao groaned, and the hand gripping Fang Lei's neck loosened slightly. Seeing this, Li Yang immediately delivered another punch, knocking Lin Xiao to the ground.

"Sister Fang Lei!" A Bao rushed forward and caught Fang Lei, who was about to fall to the ground as well. Seeing the handprints already left on Fang Lei's neck, Li Yang got angry and took a step forward, ready to teach Lin Xiao a lesson again.

"Stop! Cough...cough..." Fang Lei called out to Li Yang while touching her neck, saying, "He might...cough...he might be possessed by a ghost!"

"What?" Li Yang stopped in his tracks, looking at Lin Xiao who was slowly getting up from the ground. He then realized that Lin Xiao's eyes had become completely indifferent, devoid of any human emotion, coldly staring at him. That look sent chills down Li Yang's spine.

"Sister Fang Lei, don't you know magic? Why don't you hurry up and exorcise the ghost for him?" A Bao asked anxiously.

“There’s nothing we can do. His constitution is special. Once he’s possessed, he can only expel it himself,” Fang Lei said, shaking her head with difficulty.

"Huh? What should we do then? Are we just going to leave it like this?" Li Yang looked at Fang Lei and then at Lin Xiao, feeling conflicted. Fortunately, Lin Xiao seemed to have calmed down and was standing quietly in place without moving.

"Take him back to the guesthouse first," Fang Lei said resolutely.

"How am I supposed to carry him?" Li Yang scratched his head, wondering if he was going to be made to carry him back.

Fang Lei glanced at the silent Lin Xiao, a pang of pain shooting through her heart. Some people are born with a constitution that is inherently yin, making them prone to attracting ghosts. Lin Xiao's constitution was even more peculiar; not only was he easily possessed, but once possessed, it was extremely difficult to exorcise him with magic. He could only control the ghost within himself. And these things often easily triggered negative emotions accumulated deep within a person's heart over the years. If not controlled properly, it could easily lead to madness or even death. Now, even with the greatest magic, she couldn't help her beloved. This was probably what it meant to be powerless! With a bitter smile, Fang Lei knew that now was not the time to cry. The most important thing was how to guide Lin Xiao to obediently come back with her; after all, she couldn't leave him in this library.

Approaching Lin Xiao cautiously, Fang Lei tried to calm herself down. Taking a deep breath, she slowly extended her hand to Lin Xiao. Li Yang and A Bao, watching from the side, were extremely anxious, fearing that Lin Xiao would lose his temper again.

Fortunately, Lin Xiao didn't seem to react much. After struggling slightly, he obediently let Fang Lei hold his hand.

"Okay, let's go back." Fang Lei said softly to Lin Xiao, as if he understood her. She held Lin Xiao's hand tightly, and felt a coldness slowly seeping from Lin Xiao's palm and flowing into her body.

Carefully leading Lin Xiao out of the library, Li Yang and A Bao followed nervously behind. This strange pair naturally attracted a lot of attention along the way; after all, the sight of a man with blank, expressionless eyes, like a zombie, accompanied by a stunningly beautiful woman was indeed odd to many.

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I gripped that damned brat's neck with all my might, but she still smiled eerily at me, as if mocking my futile efforts.

Why? Why isn't she dead yet? I disgustedly slammed her to the ground, tightening my grip. But suddenly, she grinned and laughed triumphantly at me.

"Hahahaha~~~" The piercing laughter made me tremble all over. What terrified me even more was that my hand, which was gripping her neck, suddenly wouldn't let go. It was even slowly sinking deeper into her skin...

"Damn it!" I roared, trying to pull my hand back, but I couldn't. It felt like I was holding a sticky, greasy lump in my hand, and I couldn't shake it off. The little brat's body was shrinking like a deflated balloon, slowly turning into a puddle of pus, as if it had been hit by the Bone-Melting Soft Palm. In a moment, only a head and the neck I was holding remained, and I was completely kneeling on that puddle of pus. The stench almost made me vomit on the spot, and I even felt dizzy.

"Still...still...* short..." The little red-clothed demon suddenly spoke, her shrill, incomprehensible voice making it difficult for me to understand; I only vaguely caught the words "still short." Her head began to slowly rot before my eyes. First, the skin slowly decayed and peeled away to reveal the muscle, then it gradually became a mere shell of red muscle, even the scalp disappearing. Then the muscles began to atrophy and fester, some even sprouting maggots that wriggled and gnawed at them. Finally, the muscles turned into yellow pus that dripped to the ground, and the eyeballs in their sockets burst open, turning into a white, gooey mass... In the end, only a fleshy skull remained.

In the blink of an eye, all that was left in my hand was a skull, yet I was still clutching the weathered, bone-like cervical vertebrae. The surrounding light inexplicably dimmed. Where was Fang Lei? Where did Fang Lei go? And Li Yang and A Bao, where were they? Had they abandoned me?

I sat blankly on the ground. It was so dark all around, there was nothing there, and it was so cold that I couldn't feel my own temperature. I could only see the silhouettes of people walking past me. They were in such a hurry that they didn't even bother to stop and look at me for a moment. I felt so lonely.

"Lin Xiao, come home for dinner." A pleasant female voice sounded behind me. It was Yin Xue. I turned around. Yin Xue, my Yin Xue, was wearing a light blue sundress, smiling at me and extending her hand to me.

"It's you?" I looked at her. Is it you who never abandoned me?

"Come on, let's go home!" Yin Xue reached out and took my hand. I immediately held it tightly. I didn't want to let go. I didn't want to lose everything and disappear everything if I let go. This is good. Isn't this good? I have Yin Xue. This is good... As if I were hypnotizing myself, I let Yin Xue lead me back home. Suddenly, a house appeared in front of me. It looked so familiar. That's right. Isn't this my house in my hometown?

As soon as I reached the door, the aroma of food immediately made me feel ravenous. I followed Yin Xue into the room. A woman wearing an apron carried in a plate of food, but her face was so unfamiliar. I didn't remember who she was.

"Xiaoxiao, why are you so late?" Although the woman was talking to me, her tone wasn't harsh at all; she seemed quite affectionate. She said, "I had to have my younger sister bring her back!"

What? My sister? My whole body froze on the spot. Wasn't she Yin Xue? How could she be my sister? And who is this woman?

"Brother, what's wrong? Are you starving?" Yin Xue smiled sweetly at me, but I only felt a wave of dizziness.

"What's wrong with this child?" The woman put down the vegetables she was holding and was about to come over.

I immediately took a step back in fear, staring intently at Yin Xue and the woman, and asked, "Who are you?"

"What do you mean, who are we? What's wrong with you?" The woman looked at me worriedly and said, "I'm your mother, and she's your sister, Lin Yao!"

With a loud crash, I felt as if the world had collapsed in that instant...

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No, no, they're all lying to me! I stood up straight angrily, staring intently at the woman and Yin Xue in front of me; their faces were so clear.

"Brother, what's wrong?" Yin Xue stepped forward, but I disgustedly shook off her hand. I knew she wasn't my sister, and she could never be my sister.

"Get away! You're not real!" I closed my eyes in anguish, hoping they would disappear before my eyes when I opened them again. But they were still there!

"Xiaoxiao, what's wrong? Are you sick?" The woman leaned closer, her face slowly blurring. When I looked up at her, why was her face gradually turning grayish-black? I looked at Yin Xue in alarm, her face also grayish-black, her eyes gradually turning white, and her lips turning black.

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Volume Three: Delicacies of Hell, Chapter Thirty-Two: Sleepwalking

Volume Three: Delicacies of Hell, Chapter Thirty-Two: Sleepwalking

No, no, they're all lying to me! I stood up straight angrily, staring intently at the woman and Yin Xue in front of me; their faces were so clear.

"Brother, what's wrong?" Yin Xue stepped forward, but I disgustedly shook off her hand. I knew she wasn't my sister, and she could never be my sister.

"Get away! You're not real!" I closed my eyes in anguish, hoping they would disappear before my eyes when I opened them again. But they were still there!

"Xiaoxiao, what's wrong? Are you sick?" The woman leaned closer, her face slowly blurring. When I looked up at her, why was her face gradually turning grayish-black? I looked at Yin Xue in alarm, her face also grayish-black, her eyes gradually turning white, and her lips turning black.

"It's not real, you can't be real!" I shook my head, muttering to myself, slowly backing away. The door I had just entered through was slowly bending and deforming in front of me, about to close. I hurriedly ran towards the door, but the woman suddenly grabbed my clothes.

"Xiaoxiao, don't go, stay," the woman said slowly, her tone full of pleading.

"Don't go, stay. Isn't it nice here?" Yin Xue stood to the side. I watched the door slowly close, hesitating. Should I stay here? Yin Xue, do you want me to stay here?

No, you can't stay here! Another voice inside me screamed frantically, "You still have Fang Lei, how can you stay here?"

Gritting my teeth, I forcefully shook off the woman's hand that was clutching my clothes. How could I possibly regain what I had already lost? Was all of this just an illusion, an illusion that allowed me to remain in the past? I closed my eyes, ignoring her increasingly dark complexion and the crimson blood slowly overflowing from her eyes. I simply rushed out the door, and a deafening crash echoed behind me. I knew that it was a past that had already been buried.

"Lin Xiao! Lin Xiao!" Fang Lei's voice rang in my ears. I saw Fang Lei, Li Yang, and A Bao's anxious faces. Am I back? I stared blankly around. This was my room; there was no one else there. I clenched my fist—it hurt. Looks like I'm back now!

"Lin Xiao!" Fang Lei suddenly stepped forward and hugged me tightly. My eyes saw the red marks on her neck.

"What happened?" I touched her neck and asked curiously, "How did you get hurt?"

"Wasn't it you who strangled her?" Abao muttered under his breath with a strange expression. Of course, I heard it too, and my heart sank immediately. I strangled her? When? How could I have hurt Fang Lei?

"It's nothing," Fang Lei glanced at A Bao and replied casually.

"Did I strangle him?" I persisted, unwilling to give up.

“It’s okay, you were possessed by a ghost back then,” Fang Lei said.

"Upper body?" I felt a chill run down my spine, as if I hadn't showered for a month.

"It's all good now." Fang Lei said happily, "Luckily you were able to wake up on your own, otherwise you would have been lost in your own inner demons forever."

"Inner demons?" I thought of the woman and Yin Xue from earlier, my sister? No, those were just inner demons, not real ones! I shook my head, confirming this thought.

"It seems best to avoid that library!" Li Yang said.

“I see a lot of resentment there, and I think this library already has a very powerful ghost wall, which weakens the power of ordinary spells.” Fang Lei frowned and said, “But I don’t understand how this ghost wall was formed? Logically speaking, a ghost wall of this level should require countless vengeful spirits, but we only saw one just now, and even if you include Zhuo Peici, who you saw, there are only two! Also, who is that little ghost in red?”

“I didn’t hear Juanzi mention any children dying at this school!” Li Yang interjected.

"So you need to investigate more carefully, Abao." Fang Lei looked at Abao, but she didn't expect that it would immediately cause Abao to beat his chest and stomp his feet in frustration.

"You call this an investigation?!" Abao rolled his eyes in anger, hands on his hips, and said, "My laptop is ruined; it's probably unusable now."

"What should we do?" Li Yang asked worriedly.

"I'll just have to go find some more materials and reassemble it." After saying that, A Bao stood up and walked towards the door, saying, "If Lin Xiao is alright, I'll go find some now. Hopefully, it can be assembled quickly."

"Wait a minute, I want to go find Juanzi again to find out what's going on." Li Yang also stood up and said, "Abao, I'll go with you."

"Alright, be careful then." I got up and saw Abao and Li Yang out. Only Fang Lei and I were left in the room. Looking at her worried eyes, I hugged her with relief. At this moment, words were superfluous.

After a tender moment together, I couldn't help but ask Fang Lei, "Are the hallucinations caused by inner demons real or fake?"

"That's hard to say," Fang Lei replied.

"Oh, I see!" I sighed, a little disappointed.

"What did you just see?" Fang Lei asked with concern.

"It's nothing, just some random stuff." For some reason, I didn't want to tell Fang Lei about the hallucination I just had. Maybe I just didn't want anyone to know.

"Then you should rest for a bit." Fang Lei pressed me down onto the bed and said, "I'll go out and get you some lunch."

"Is it already noon?" I glanced at my watch and realized that it was already noon without me noticing.

"I'll be right back." Fang Lei said as she closed the door. I stared blankly at the closed door, my mind completely blank. No matter how hard I tried to think about the case, it was no use. It was as if all the cells in my brain had gone on strike, leaving me sitting dumbly on the edge of the bed.

"Is anyone home?" Su Qiao's voice suddenly came from outside the door. I quickly got up and opened the door. Su Qiao's hair was loose and she was dressed casually, as if she had just woken up from bed.