Chapter Seventeen: Being a Ghost Is Quite a Mess!
Tap, tap!
It seemed some strange sound was approaching Tang Wange’s location!
The sticky, slippery noise made the hairs on her skin stand on end!
She trembled, stiffly turning her neck.
In the corner of the alley under the night sky, a long-haired woman was crawling on the ground. Her skeletal limbs clawed at the earth in a grotesque posture, moving extremely slowly toward Tang Wange’s direction.
“Don’t, don’t come closer!”
Tang Wange was terrified to death!!
But in an instant, the woman had already arrived right in front of her!
Her wet, long black hair seemed soaked, and scales appeared on her neck! From the waist down, a long fish tail trailed behind her!
The scales curled outward, and the rotting flesh emitted a pungent stench!
Tang Wange no longer had the strength to run.
Frozen stiff, she faced the horrifying woman just inches away!
This was truly cursed!
Why did these monsters fixate on her?!
“Is it… you?”
The voice was hoarse and unpleasant, like an old radio.
“No, no, no, it’s not me! Sister, you’ve got the wrong person!”
Tang Wange shook her head like a rattle, legs trembling as she backed away!
At that moment, the monstrous woman swiped her claw and tore at the bookbag hanging on Tang Wange’s chest!
The bag spilled open.
Thin ghost money fell out, landing on the snowy ground between the monster and Tang Wange!
“It’s you! It’s you! It’s you!!”
The monster grew excited the moment she saw the ghost money! She bared her claws and lunged straight for it!
Zhao He, Zhao He!
All fear was cast aside in that instant. Without hesitation, Tang Wange scrambled forward, rolling and crawling!
The moment her fingertips touched the ghost money, a golden light suddenly burst forth!
The immense power within the golden glow flung the monster away!
In the same moment, panicked Tang Wange landed safely in a cool, warm embrace!
She lifted her head,
and her gaze collided with Zhao He’s sharply handsome face.
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Usually playful, his expression now was even more severe and icy than winter frost! His brows lifted slightly, and the fierce killing intent he cast toward the monster was something Tang Wange had never witnessed before!
This Zhao He was utterly unfamiliar yet deeply threatening!
“Hide behind me.”
“Zhao He, it seems she was coming for you! Do you know her?” Tang Wange steadied herself and hurriedly grabbed the hem of his clothes.
“How could I know such a filthy creature?” Zhao He raised an eyebrow. “Being a ghost monster like this is disgraceful, utterly beneath dignity.”
Tang Wange distinctly remembered someone who wasn’t very dignified either at first, not even wearing clothes...
“Why? Why do you all want to stop me? I just want Huan Lang to come back. I just want Huan Lang to come back...”
The monster, injured, lay on the ground, blood and tears staining the vast white snow red!
Though horrifying to see,
Tang Wange’s heart softened with pity!
The book had said,
“Man is born good.”
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