Dahliya: I just remembered that Lao is a nickname meaning Old. I’ve been writing it like an actual name until I saw his real name later. I’ll be changing Lao Xiao to Old Xiao from here onwards.

Chapter 5:

Jing Qizhen: I want to file a complaint to the supermarket

The female ghost stared at Jing Qizhen, the scarlet bloodshot eyes became more and more obvious, and the entire eyes almost protruded from the eye sockets, and her image became more and more extraordinary in people’s sense. Her face was distorted and looked like a fierce ghost.

There was no fresh blood dripping from the female ghost’s feet but Jing Qizhen keenly noticed that in her palm, there was a deep wound, and unlike the old professional woman’s skirt on her body, the blood on the female ghost’s hand looked fresh and bright red.

Not far from Jing Qizhen, Manman was clutching her boyfriend, holding his clothes tightly with one hand. Because she was gripping too hard, her slender fingers were a little blue and white, and her body was shivering a little, her slightly messy hair also blocked half of her face.

Because the young couple was standing nearby and ambiguously moved a small step forward, Gold Chain Brother couldn’t help but glance sideways at them in worry.

He was shocked to find that the trembling little girl, face covered by her hair, was holding a mobile phone in one hand with clear and calm eyes. Her mobile phone was stuffed into her boyfriend’s sweatshirt pocket – there was a decorative hole in the pocket of the sweatshirt for embellishment. This girl simply used her action of grabbing her boyfriend’s clothes to firmly fix the mobile phone camera at the position of the small hole and blatantly yet secretly took pictures of the female ghost in front of her…

Aware of Gold Chain Brother’s gaze, Manman raised her head slightly and blinked at him without saying anything.

Gold Chain Brother turned his head silently, his face serious and calm, as if he hadn’t seen anything just now.

The young man who had just been chased by the female ghost up and down several floors saw that the ghost was so angry, her face became distorted but she still stood there instead of madly rushing forward to attack, and he felt a new idea sprouted in his heart.

Taking advantage of the female ghost’s distracted state, he tiptoed back two steps and approached the wall. Instead of turning around and running away, he hugged the wall and slowly and silently moved toward Jing Qizhen’s group.

While the current situation with the female ghost was still at a stalemate, Jing Qizhen glanced at the unlucky guy who was trapped here like them.

Looking at his flawless movements when he was escaping from the female ghost, even daring to shout all the way through the run, obviously, this young man had very superior physical fitness. And from his constant screaming about being an acquaintance with the ghost, it seemed like he was a big-hearted and humorous person.

The most surprising thing was the young man’s facial features were actually very handsome and he had the sunny boy look that made him seem particularly cheerful and optimistic at first glance.

As the unlucky guy was moving slowly, he caused a ‘swish’ sound and noticed Jing Qizhen and his group, along with the female ghost, all looking at him. He had an innocent wry smile on his face and he explained to who-knows-who, “I really didn’t steal anything…”

In an instant, the female ghost’s figure trembled uncontrollably and the anger in her eyes suddenly rose.

Jing Qizhen was stunned for a moment and suddenly realized the unlucky guy’s words ‘I didn’t steal anything’ had obviously irritated the female ghost once again.

Although it was still not clear why the female ghost’s focus was ‘stealing things’, since she could still communicate and was not too aggressive, anyone who provoked her must have holes in their head!

Without hesitation, Jing Qizhen said to the unlucky guy, “Shut up, don’t talk!”

The handsome unlucky guy was inexplicably yelled at by Jing Qizhen but he also knew that the current situation was delicate, so he kept his innocent look, flattened his mouth in response, and his handsome face actually showed a hint of grievance, but he remained quiet and silent.

Jing Qizhen couldn’t care less about this buddy’s mood now. He quickly recalled all the details before and after their encounter with the female ghost, as well as what the cashier girl Guijuan mentioned before about the serious and meticulous manager. He made a quick decision and simply continued the topic he had just talked about, saying, “You are the manager of the department store, right? Can you handle this purchase?”

The female ghost was originally filled with resentment but she followed Jing Qizhen’s words and her attention fell on Jing Qizhen again.

After a long while, she finally nodded expressionlessly, her voice hoarse as if someone had slit the vocal cords in her throat, “Dear guests, please come to the office with me.”

The others were hesitant for a while.

The female ghost was obviously no longer a real creature. Even with rich hands-on experience, Gold Chain Brother and the foreigner can only carry out physical attacks. However, according to basic practice, most psychic creatures seem to be physically immune.

Jing Qizhen quickly turned around, gave a ‘silence’ gesture to everyone, signaling everyone to be calm, and then walked up on his own initiative.

The cashier girl Guijuan’s face was a little pale but considering it was Jing Qizhen who saved her from the monster before, she gritted her teeth and followed him.

Jing Qizhen looked at her, “You–”

“I’m an employee of the store.” The cashier girl said in a low but firm voice.

Even more so because Jing Qizhen said there was something wrong with the checkout counter. Then, after following the female ghost and entering the manager’s office with Jing Qizhen, the cashier girl simply gritted her teeth and closed her eyes. She reported the situation as usual while imagining the creature in front of her was not her manager-turned-scary-female-ghost, but the actual cold-faced-yet-warm-hearted manager.

Then, the cashier girl stretched out her trembling hand and handed the 1,942.6 Yuan in cash that Old Xiao had just calculated to the female ghost.

Outside the office, the group watched Jing Qizhen and the cashier girl follow the female ghost and they were all a little anxious. They could only stare at the unlucky guy who had just appeared.

That guy obviously couldn’t glare at six people all by himself, so he was swiftly defeated and took the initiative to say, “Um… my name is Yun Shuanghua. Are you all together?”

The foreigner asked curiously, “Hey, are you alone upstairs?”

Yun Shuanghua, who was exposed to the Sichuan hotpot dialect for the first time, was confused for a moment, “…Huh?”

Manman’s boyfriend explained helpfully, “He asked you, are you alone upstairs? We were in the supermarket downstairs before– hiss!”

Before he could finish his sentence, Manman pinched her boyfriend gently on the waist.

Although he still didn’t understand what was going on, his boyfriend immediately shut up and kept silent.

Yun Shuanghua looked at the six people in front of him with an innocent face and said with a helpless smile, “I was also downstairs at first, and then pork and ham suddenly fell from the sky. I just dodged them but before I figured out what was going on, the female ghost suddenly appeared behind me. She must have thought I– ”

The suspected thief who stole things had not yet finished his sentence. Thinking of Jing Qizhen’s instruction when he stopped him from speaking, Yun Shuanghua simply swallowed those keywords and gave the six people a ‘you understand’ look before continuing, “Later, I took the female ghost for a run all the way up the stairs to the fourth floor. Then, I ran all the way down and then I met you…”

As he said that, Yun Shuanghua also gestured toward the supermarket goods they were carrying.

The actual people who had thrown the dried pork outside the entrance before and were convinced that there was a space crack outside the store: …

Although they had already guessed, they now realized that it was their action that caused the young man to suffer. His situation was so miserable that the solemn and unsmiling Gold Chain Brother turned a little red at the tip of his ears…

Gold Chain Brother covered it up a little, “Ahem, you seem to be in pretty good physical condition.”

Yun Shuanghua nodded, his voice hearty and he generously admitted, “Yes, my physical fitness is quite good. Oh, by the way, do you know what is going on here? What has actually happened?”

The six people all looked at each other and shook their heads.

After asking about Yun Shuanghua’s experience, the old lady breathed a sigh of relief and proactively suggested, “Let’s go over and see what’s going on with Xiao Jing and Guijuan!”

Everyone was a little worried.

The fear of the unknown is sometimes far more despairing than the difficulties ahead. Everyone looked at each other and nodded.

A few minutes ago, while the cashier girl and the female ghost were having a work discussion, Jing Qizhen was carefully looking at the manager’s office.

Unlike the large number of bloody fingerprints that only exist on door handles, faucets and switches outside, in this office, there were traces of bloody fingerprints on the slightly skewed desk, the coffee table that was obviously displaced from the sofa, and the old carpet on the floor. The stains were large smears of dried, dirty black blood.

Along the direction of the coffee table’s movement, there happened to be a closed bookshelf. Moreover, a piece of the glass door of the bookshelf was broken. There was also a small trace of dried blood nearby.

Tracing the dried black blood stains following the direction of the shifting furniture, and then looking at the blood stains on the female ghost’s clothes, an astonishing thought flashed through Jing Qizhen’s mind; maybe a murder had happened in this office before and the female manager who turned into a ghost was probably the victim of crime!

While the female ghost was handling the purchase accounts with a serious face behind the desk, Jing Qizhen took out his mobile phone and quickly renamed his Bluetooth device. [The office is likely a murder scene where the female ghost was killed. Wait and I will lure it out, by Xiao Jing].

In the corridor outside the office, the group of people were about to walk towards the female ghost’s office. Manman, who had been holding her cell phone, suddenly whispered, “Xiao Jing sent us a reminder!”

Everyone was startled and looked at her. Instead of reaching for their phones, they all looked at Manman’s phone screen.

Manman asked everyone to follow Jing Qizhen’s action and change their device names in the Bluetooth list. [Message received. We’re already outside the office, by Manman].

The door of the office was ajar. As the group approached, they heard Jing Qizhen’s clear voice coming from inside.

“Sorry to trouble you,” Jing Qizhen said politely to the female ghost.

Immediately, Jing Qizhen changed the topic and said without courtesy, “I also want to complain about something. We were in danger when we were shopping in the supermarket downstairs. There was an attacker in the supermarket. Shouldn’t the supermarket give us an explanation for the existence of this creature?”

The female ghost stared straight at Jing Qizhen: …

Her white eyes were becoming more and more prominent.

The cashier girl, who was already trembling, felt her feet weakening when she heard this and held on to the blood-stained desk because she could barely stand still.

Everyone outside listened through the wall: …

The Earth, who cried ‘ying ying ying’ to Jing Qizhen before, was shocked, “You’re actually filing a complaint to the supermarket now?”