Shen Xiu’er blinked in confusion at her grandfather's actions, not understanding what was happening. She asked innocently, "Grandpa, what's wrong? What are you doing?"
Shen Jinghe heard her and ruffled her hair. "My dear, you should go back to your room and read for a while. Grandpa will cook for you after he's done."
"Oh."
Shen Xiu’er nodded obediently and walked back to her room with small steps.
Meanwhile, Shen Jinghe arrived at the spot Shen Xiu’er had mentioned but found no unclean spirits. He couldn't help but frown. "What's going on? Did my granddaughter see wrong?"
Thinking this, Shen Jinghe checked again, but still found nothing.
The system, observing from the sidelines, said: "Of course there's nothing. Those ghosts were already eliminated by our fierce host."
Recalling the scenes he witnessed last night, the system shivered, hugged his weak self, and quickly scurried back to Ming Li.
"Host, what should we do next?" Should we go to the underworld and meet that Ghost King, then defeat him, become the Ghost King ourselves, and reach the pinnacle of life?
Wait! Since when did it, a system, have such dangerous thoughts?! It was terrifying! It needed to reboot.
Seeing the system having its own episode again, Ming Li's lips twitched. She resisted the urge to slap it away and turned to leave.
Over there, Shen Jinghe, seeing that he truly found nothing, gave up. He put away his things and went to cook for Shen Xiu’er.
After finishing breakfast, Shen Jinghe was about to take Shen Xiu’er to the school at the foot of the mountain.
With her small backpack on, Shen Xiu’er looked at her grandfather with her beautiful big eyes and asked curiously, "Grandpa, why isn't Sister here yet? She clearly promised to accompany me today."
Hearing this, Shen Jinghe suppressed the sorrow in his heart and kindly said to the little girl, "My dear, your sister has gone on a long trip for something important and won't be back for a long time. Grandpa will take you down the mountain first."
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"Heavens! I can finally breathe some fresh air! Damn it, I was suffocating!" The ghost Hong Xin stretched lazily, mumbling his complaints.
"Suffocating?"
"You bet! You don't know..."
Hong Xin stopped mid-sentence, his body suddenly stiffening. He turned stiffly towards the source of the voice and let out a terrified scream, "Ah!! There's a ghost!"
After screaming, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted dead away.
Ming Li: "..." Expressionless, was she really that scary?
The system beside her silently sympathized with this ghost brother for two seconds. This was probably the first ghost in history to faint from fear, how pathetic...
When Hong Xin woke up, his eyes were once again assaulted, and he almost couldn't help but scream again, "You, you, you! Don't come any closer! I'm not easily scared!"
Ming Li rolled her eyes speechlessly. "Then why are you shaking?"
Hong Xin: "...I'm having an epileptic seizure, do you have a problem with that?!"
Ming Li: "..." Truly a character.
Hong Xin looked at the ghost in front of him that hurt his eyes, swallowed, and somehow felt a sense of familiarity. After a while, he suddenly remembered, pointed at Ming Li, and asked in disbelief, "Are you that little girl the old Taoist picked up? What the hell! How did you die? Look at that nose, it's almost crooked to your ear..."
Ming Li: "..."
Seeing that Ming Li remained silent, only looking at him with emotionless eyes, Hong Xin awkwardly touched his nose, suddenly feeling a chill down his spine. What was happening...
The entire courtyard suddenly fell silent, and the atmosphere gradually became eerie.
After a while, Hong Xin swallowed, gathered his courage, and asked Ming Li, "Why... why are you looking at me!"
Ming Li: "Who are you?"
Hong Xin: "Your young master is beloved by people and adored by flowers, the most handsome man in Anshui County."
"Heh heh."
As if struck by Ming Li's indifferent chuckles, Hong Xin craned his neck to look at her. "Don't believe me! Back in the day, with just a snap of my fingers, a large number of young girls would pounce on me..."
Ming Li didn't want to listen to this guy's nonsense anymore. She raised her hand, and a ball of flame exuding a terrifying aura appeared in her palm. "Are you going to talk or not?"
Hong Xin: "!!!" Damn it! What is this thing? It looks so scary to ghosts!
Sensing the danger, Hong Xin stared intently at the flame in Ming Li's palm, his legs trembling even more. "What... what kind of sorcery is this!"
Seeing that Ming Li remained silent and just stared at him, Hong Xin swallowed again. "Your young master's name is Hong Xin. Although I died two hundred years ago, I am still the most handsome ghost in a hundred-mile radius..."
Ming Li: "......"