My lady, don't be angry. I'm letting you touch my big tail.

When Lu Qianye opened her eyes again, she saw light.

Because it was too bright, she immediately closed her eyes.

"It's already daytime. I didn't feel anything while I was in the underworld. I didn't expect time to pass so quickly."

She rubbed her eyes and looked at the little girl again.

The little girl opened her eyes at that moment.

Hey, it's alive!

It's just magical.

"Hey, Big Bowl, look! The little girl is alive!"

Qiao Dawang also opened his eyes and nodded.

But his attention was more focused on Lu Qianye.

He noticed that Lu Qianye didn't seem to have any questions, but his heart was still pounding.

Did Sister Lu really not see it?

When did she open her eyes in the underworld?

Oh, if only he could read minds.

Just then, the middle-aged woman walked over, and the little girl immediately called out, "Grandma~ Grandma!"

The middle-aged woman exclaimed "Ah!" with great excitement.

Hurry over and hug the little girl.

"You're alright... Quick, let Grandma see you, you're really alright! I told you I could be saved... I could be saved!"

The old woman wiped away her tears.

Qiao Dawang then asked the little girl, "What exactly did you see that night? Tell me in detail."

The little girl thought for a moment, then suddenly slapped her forehead, still shaken, and said, "That night I was watching the fields, and as I was watching, I felt a dark shadow in the distance. When I closed my eyes and opened them again, the shadow was no longer there."

"Not in its original position?"

The little girl nodded emphatically.

"Then I closed my eyes again. And then... when I opened them again, there was nothing in front of me, not even a shadow. But just as I turned around, that shadow appeared behind me!"

Lu Qianye became nervous at her words.

I unconsciously clenched my fist.

"So I was so scared that I fainted and lost consciousness! After that, I was in that dark place, watching people come and go. I wanted to get on the boat, but they wouldn't let me."

Qiao Dawang nodded.

"Do you remember what the shadowy figure looked like?"

The little girl shook her head, saying she was terrified.

Qiao Dawang's attention shifted from the little girl to Lu Qianye, and he focused all his attention on Lu Qianye.

He even had a feeling that the female ghost was doing these things not for the little girl, but for him and Lu Qianye.

He wished he could see every single expression on Lu Qianye's face.

Just then, the middle-aged woman said, "Thank you so much, both of you! You two are like gods reborn! Tonight... you must have dinner here tonight."

Lu Qianye waved his hand.

"No need for dinner. In a little while, I... cough cough, my husband will ask the child a few more questions. If he understands, we'll investigate those matters tonight."

The middle-aged woman looked regretful. "Leaving tonight?"

"Correct."

Lu Qianye naturally wanted to finish things as soon as possible and return to his hometown.

To be honest, without her guidance, she didn't think her mother and those constables could really solve the case.

In fact, Lu Qianye was even thinking about how many more people's household registrations hadn't been finalized in the past ten days.

Lu Qianye turned around and said, "I told Qiao Yi last time that neither your name nor Qiao Xiaojiao's name would be accepted by the household registration authorities because the rate of duplicate names is too high. Have you thought about asking her to give you a formal name? You can just use this name as a nickname."

"what……"

Qiao Dawan scratched his head.

He observed Lu Qianye's tone of voice.

He let his guard down a bit.

She's still the same Sister Lu; her tone of voice and her actions haven't changed at all.

If Sister Lu saw her true form, she probably wouldn't have had this attitude.

So... roughly speaking, Sister Lu just didn't see it.

Qiao Dawang comforted himself in this way.

The middle-aged woman knelt down directly before Lu Qianye, saying, "Miss Lu, since you don't want to have dinner here, then please accept my bow. I don't have anything to offer."

Lu Qianye rushed over to help the woman up.

Unexpectedly, the next moment he raised his hand and gripped the hilt of the knife, his body jolting.

With a "click," Lu Qianye pried the woman's hand outward, but the woman seemed not to feel anything.

His eyes were vacant, and he felt no pain.

Because Lu Qianye had already almost broken her hand, she didn't even utter a sound.

Qiao Dawang exclaimed in surprise.

"Sister Lu, she's trying to harm you?! She has a knife in her sleeve... Are you... are you alright?"

Lu Qianye shook his head, reassuring Qiao Dawang.

"Although she was very close, she failed because I have seen too many of these kinds of things since I was a child. Out of ten criminals, seven or eight of them do not want to confess and accept punishment, or they want to take someone down with them before they die, so they will try to get the constables to get close."

Lu Qianye said, "Don't be fooled by demons and ghosts; they can kill without leaving a trace and are very powerful."

But when a person's heart turns black, it's no less terrifying than that of a ghost or monster.

So, after Lu Qianye was in his early teens and had his arm slashed so badly that it almost hit his neck, he has always been careful.

Qiao Dawang was terrified when he heard this.

"Are you alright now?"

"No, don't worry."

Qiao Dawang came to Lu Qianye's side, squatted down, looked at the middle-aged woman's appearance, reached out and touched her, and another woman's face appeared on the woman's face.

It's...it's that female ghost who's been following Qiao Dawang!

When the female ghost saw Qiao Dawan and Lu Qianye, she let out a chilling "giggle" laugh.

"Little Taotie, we meet again."

Qiao Dawang frowned. "How dare you! You dare to impersonate a ghost messenger in the underworld? Aren't you afraid of being dragged directly to the eighteenth level of hell?"

The female ghost did not answer Qiao Dawang's question.

Instead, he said to himself, "Lu Qianye, this gluttonous beast next to you has always wanted to eat you and kill you, do you know that?"

Qiao Dawang immediately retorted, "I didn't!"

The female ghost still ignored Qiao Dawang.

Instead, he kept talking to Lu Qianye.

"Heh~ Lu Qianye, think about it carefully. Did he push you before? He yelled at you in the underworld, but deep down he wanted to swallow you whole."

He has been waiting for the right opportunity. The reason he can't harm you now is because you have a natural sense of justice and have only done good deeds since childhood, which has created a natural barrier around you.

The reason that little gluttonous beast has been following you is that it's waiting for the day when you can't resist anymore and do something bad, causing the barrier to shatter, so it can rush in and bite through your throat immediately.

Qiao Dawan kept shaking his head.

"No, that can't be!"

The female ghost suddenly looked at Qiao Dawang and asked, "If what I said isn't true, why are you so eager to deny it?"

"I……"

"Lu Qianye, I advise you to leave the little glutton, or you will be reduced to ashes!"

As she said this, the woman's face turned into a vortex, and within the vortex appeared the image of Lu Qianye being bitten to death by Qiao Dawan.

"Watch closely, if you don't leave him, this is your fate."

After he finished speaking, the vortex disappeared, and the female ghost also vanished.