Although the little apprentice sister is weak, she can fight

Amidst the thunder and lightning, a strong wind blew violently. Suddenly, there was the sound of someone pushing open a door downstairs, followed by a series of coughs, and a woman yelled at the top of her lungs:

"Is there anyone here?"

"Come here!"

After the lightning just now, the waiter regained his appearance as a living person and hurried downstairs with the flickering oil lamp.

Is it a ghost? It looks like it doesn't know it's dead, so it continues to act like a living person.

Shen Qiao twisted the thing that had just rubbed against his fingers.

With her eyesight, she could see things even in the darkness of such an ordinary environment. So when she saw a dark stain on the door frame and the wall that seemed to be splashed, she tried to touch it and found some tiny irregular particles.

"It's human blood," she whispered.

"With this kind of blood, the person was most likely attacked here. Their neck was cut, but... probably because they weren't skilled enough, it didn't kill them directly."

She squatted down and took a look. There were actually some bloodstains on the ground, but because the store was pitch black, it was difficult to notice.

Looking at the bloodstains dripping on the ground, this person should be stumbling towards the stairs, holding his neck and trying to go downstairs?

But just now on the first floor and on the stairs, Shen Qiao didn't see any obvious traces, or at least not on the surface.

"Why so slow?"

"I'm so sorry, it must be my youngest son who's been lazy. I wonder if you guys would like to stop by for a meal or stay the night?"

"I want a room and some hot water."

"Okay, I'll make the arrangements for you two..."

The girl downstairs chatting with the waiter seemed to be the same one who had just walked in and called out. The other person accompanying her seemed to be in poor health; occasionally, a few muffled coughs, like a child's, could be heard punctuating the conversation.

After the two of them discussed some matters, the waiter started to lead people up again.

"No, go and boil some water, and we'll go up with a light and look for it ourselves."

The sound had reached the stairs, followed by the sound of someone going upstairs.

"Let's rest here for a while and leave after the rain stops. This place is not far from the capital. I don't believe they can still...!"

The girl came up as she spoke, and was obviously frightened when she saw that there were still people upstairs. Shen Qiao noticed that she subconsciously put her hands behind her back, as if she was going to hit something.

"Hello." Shen Qiao spoke first, greeting them with a friendly smile.

"It's raining so hard that we can't even get going."

The idle chatter failed to divert the woman's attention. She frowned and looked at Shen Qiao, "Who are you? Why do you look like this?"

That’s right, this is what a normal person would ask. The waiter just now seemed to ignore the white hair on her forehead.

"Don't mind it, it's just premature graying caused by malnutrition when I was a child." Shen Qiao lied.

The woman looked at her doubtfully, her eyes full of disgust and vigilance.

disgust?

Shen Qiao smiled politely, "Do I look so annoying?"

Wang You calmly replied, "Not really."

"Sister... is there anyone else living here?" A childish voice sounded from behind the woman, and then the face of a four or five-year-old child appeared from under the arm that was subconsciously protecting her.

The child is too young to hide his emotions, and his childish eyes clearly showed some fear and panic that he had not yet recovered from.

What are you afraid of?

Although the brother and sister were both caught in the rain, Shen Qiao still smelled some fishy smell from them.

"From what you just said, it seems to be coming from that side?" Shen Qiao said as he pointed in a direction.

Unexpectedly, this gesture only made the woman look even more disgusted. "Are you here to go out to sea too?"

"Is it not possible?" Shen Qiao still maintained a decent and polite appearance.

However, the woman seemed to be extremely disgusted with her white hair. Without even turning back, she walked past the two of them with the boy and the lantern, cursing as she walked, "A bunch of lunatics."

"Hey……"

Without waiting for Shen Qiao to say anything, the two men pushed the door open and walked in, slamming the door shut.

"Okay." Shen Qiao shrugged and looked at Wang You, "Then...goodnight early?"

Wang You looked at the closed door and said, "You won't be able to rest peacefully tonight. Go to bed early."

Shen Qiao knew what he meant, but she hadn't had a chance to recover from the energy she'd consumed last night. She was so exhausted that she didn't want to worry about it for now. "Okay."

After she finished speaking, she turned to go into the house, but before she could fully open the door, she heard Wang You say, "You live in this room."

Shen Qiao raised an eyebrow and turned to look at him nonchalantly, "So? Are you afraid that I'll be scared?"

Wang You snorted unhappily, "I was afraid you wouldn't even know you were carried away in the middle of the night."

Tsk...that's fine. Anyway, no ghost can be more powerful than the one in front of her. She really needs to have a good sleep now.

The rain outside came in bursts, but it would rain heavily again after a short while, so there was no chance to go out.

Perhaps because he had overdrawn severely this time, Shen Qiao slept deeply for a rare time, and thus saw that "old friend" again in his dream.

"Long time no see." Shen Qiao took the initiative to speak this time.

Xiyan still had that calm smile on her face, "Can you control dreams now?"

Shen Qiao had wanted to do this a long time ago. Every time before, Xi Yan would show up while she was deep asleep and talk a few words to her, and then run away before she could react. This time, he must ask for more useful information.

"You know a lot, but I've reached this point now. There's no point in you hiding it any further, right?"

She didn't let herself be distracted. This was her first time applying the "dream control" technique, and at most she could only communicate three or four sentences normally.

"It's too late."

His usually gentle expression seemed to take on a hint of worry. "If you hadn't used Luoshen Yin, you might still have had the strength to fight. But now... you can't win."

"When you say 'win', who is the opponent you are referring to?"

Xiyan raised her finger and pointed at the top of her head.

Shen Qiao looked up and saw that this peaceful dream was actually covered by a large dark cloud. Thunder rumbled from the clouds, as if lightning was about to strike in the next second.

Shen Qiao's face darkened.

It’s this “day” again…

"Don't forget who you are." Xi Yan reminded before disappearing.

"This is very important. Don't...don't forget it..."

boom--

Thunder exploded in my ears.

Shen Qiao suddenly opened his eyes and sat up from the bed.

There was no light in the house, and the window had been blown open a crack at some point, and now the wind was blowing against the window frame, making some disturbing noises.

Blurred vision, severe headache.

She rubbed her brows unwillingly. Was it because it was not the same level as before that the time was shorter than expected?

Boom! !