Mysterious Revival

Unexpectedly, right after attending the headquarters meeting, I encountered such a headache-inducing situation upon starting work.

The supernatural conflict between the Ghost Cabinet and the Wishing Ghost ended silently without my knowledge, which means I now have to face the curse of the Ghost Cabinet that was so difficult to resolve before.

Although Yang Jian’s transaction with the Ghost Cabinet has already been terminated,

the Ghost Cabinet still appeared next to him. This indicates that the deal between him and the Ghost Cabinet isn’t something he can just end as he wishes.

“With the supernatural powers I currently possess, I’m not worried about the transaction with the Ghost Cabinet, nor the curse of the Ghost Cabinet. The truly frightening aspect is not only its ability to affect me, but also those around me,” Yang Jian thought as he sat in his office, his eyes fixed on the Ghost Cabinet in the corner.

This supernatural object is visible only to him; others can’t see it.

Very soon.

Liu Xiaoyu found the relevant information, contacted Liu Siyue, and confirmed the address.

“Yang Jian, Liu Siyue has indeed arrived in Dachang City. She has a girl named Zhao Xiaoya with her, and they are currently residing in Sunshine Community.”

For Liu Xiaoyu, finding an ordinary person in Dachang City is far too easy.

Of course, Yang Jian could also find them. He only needs to cover the city with the Ghost Domain to quickly determine Liu Siyue’s location.

However, there is no need for him to handle such a minor task personally since someone else can take care of it.

“I understand. I’ll head over there now to see how things are.” Yang Jian stood up at this moment, ready to set off.

At this time, Zhang Liqin said, “President Yang, you haven’t had breakfast yet, have you? You should eat first before going.”

“No need, you go ahead and eat. This matter is quite unusual; if not handled properly, it could cause significant trouble. Give me the car keys, and I’ll drive over myself,” Yang Jian said.

“Then be careful,”

Jiang Yan took the car keys out from her handbag and handed them over.

Yang Jian nodded and immediately set off.

Once he left,

the red Ghost Cabinet in the corner of the office also disappeared, indicating that the curse only followed Yang Jian and, for now, didn’t seem to affect others around him.

Yang Jian drove and quickly reached Sunshine Community in Dachang City.

This is a rather upscale community, with a good environment, but not many people live here. After the Hungry Ghost incident last time, many people moved out of Dachang City—especially those in good circumstances—unwilling to return to the city, resulting in the Sunshine Community becoming so deserted.

However, a sparsely populated, desolate community is very suitable for Liu Siyue.

She needs to take care of a dangerous little girl, so living in a sparsely populated place is more appropriate. However, since people are social creatures, they require a lot of supporting facilities to live, so it’s not good to have no one living around.

“Knock! Knock!”

Yang Jian knocked on the door of a residence within the community.

Very soon,

the door opened, and a young woman with delicate features and a well-behaved look appeared, somewhat surprised to see Yang Jian. But then, her surprise quickly turned into joy.

“Yang Jian, you finally came,” Liu Siyue said somewhat excitedly. She appeared slightly haggard, as if she hadn’t slept well in the past two days.

“Where is Zhao Xiaoya?” Yang Jian asked directly, without any preamble.

Liu Siyue glanced in the direction of the living room sofa.

Yang Jian immediately walked in and saw a girl sitting on the sofa watching cartoons. No, calling her a little girl is no longer quite accurate; it’s more appropriate to say she is a teenager, roughly around sixteen years old.

“She grew up? Previously, there didn’t seem to be such a change.”

Though he knew Zhao Xiaoya was growing quickly, at an abnormal speed, but after he instigated the supernatural conflict, Zhao Xiaoya’s change had stalled for a while.

It was simple because there were no ghosts around her, and the supernatural forces were not affecting her, which is why Zhao Xiaoya’s growth paused.

But now…

“Overnight, she changed into this. The ghost… appeared again. Last night while I was sleeping, I could feel something entering the room, but the door clearly wasn’t opened. I even vaguely heard footsteps in the living room at night, and the sound of someone taking a knife in the kitchen.”

Liu Siyue clutched Yang Jian’s arm and said, “The ghost seems to be more aggressive this time. It wasn’t like this before, and I’m really scared that one day the ghost might suddenly appear by my bedside and kill me. Even though you resurrected me, I’m willing to help you take care of Zhao Xiaoya and guide her to handle the fierce ghost, but I’m truly afraid.”

Her nerves were a bit frayed.

It’s not that Liu Siyue was backing out, but the fierce ghost displayed some abnormal behavior, which instilled fear and despair in her.

This feeling is not something Yang Jian can solve by altering memories; it’s an emotion that exists deep in everyone’s heart.

“Since I’m here, I naturally intend to handle this matter,” Yang Jian said.

He then looked towards Zhao Xiaoya.

At this moment, Zhao Xiaoya seemed unaware of Yang Jian’s arrival. Her large eyes remained fixed on the TV screen in front of her, sitting on the sofa without moving, like a wooden puppet, maintaining this pose for hours.

The longer it continued, the eerier it felt, sending shivers down one’s spine.

Yang Jian observed for a moment, reflecting, “As expected, the Ghost Cabinet has returned to normal. The Wishing Ghost has also returned to Zhao Xiaoya’s side. Under the supernatural conflict, it’s impossible for the Ghost Cabinet and the Wishing Ghost to be completely unaffected. If the supernatural conflict is unbalanced, it must mean one supernatural force is stronger, thus tipping the scales.”

“And the party that fails in a supernatural conflict must bear certain costs, even if it’s a fierce ghost, there’s no exception. However, judging from the current situation, the Ghost Cabinet hasn’t been damaged, and the Wishing Ghost hasn’t changed significantly, the only change is that the Wishing Ghost seems to have become more vicious.”

From Liu Siyue’s expression, it was clear the fierce ghost beside Zhao Xiaoya was becoming restless.

But this ghost was deeply hidden, even an ordinary Ghost Domain couldn’t detect it. Yang Jian needed to open a five-layer Ghost Domain to see the vague outline of that fierce ghost, but even so, he had no way to deal with that ghost.

Although he had the Ghost Scissors, which could see the curse of the fierce ghost.

But the curse of this Wishing Ghost wasn’t on him, it was on Zhao Xiaoya.

So the best way was for Zhao Xiaoya to take the Ghost Scissors and cut off her connection with the Wishing Ghost, allowing the Wishing Ghost to reattach to someone else, which could be anyone, but definitely not a child.

Because children are hard to communicate with and easily influenced by the supernatural.

While Yang Jian was contemplating, Zhao Xiaoya, who was watching TV on the sofa, suddenly turned her head at some point, her large eyes eerily staring at him.

The television playing anime was suddenly interfered with by something, turning into a snowy screen, noisily hissing.

Liu Siyue was startled, fearfully stepped back a few paces. She had been taking care of Zhao Xiaoya for a long time but felt extremely terrified at this moment because she sensed that Zhao Xiaoya had completely changed, no longer the simple child she once was, now becoming very dangerous, very frightening, and her thinking had become very strange.

“I’ve seen you.”

Zhao Xiaoya spoke, her girlish appearance giving voice to a childlike immature voice.

“You’ve seen me, then do you know who I am?” Yang Jian, however, responded as if nothing had happened.

Zhao Xiaoya had another stiff moment sitting on the sofa, a moment later she said, “You are Yang Jian, you caused my dad’s death.”

Her father’s name was Zhao Kaiming, the second person in charge of Dachang City, who personally created the Hungry Ghost incident.

“You’re wrong, your father wasn’t killed by me, your father committed suicide.” Yang Jian calmly said.

“I don’t believe you.” Zhao Xiaoya said.

Yang Jian said, “You are still young and don’t understand many things, but the truth is, your father Zhao Kaiming committed suicide, his death has nothing to do with me.”

Zhao Xiaoya didn’t speak, once again turning her head to watch the snowy screen of the television.

“She’s like this now, very strange, you need to be cautious, that ghost is right beside her.” Liu Siyue gathered her courage, cautiously walking over to remind him.

She knew she was resurrected by Yang Jian, if something happened to Yang Jian, she wouldn’t survive long.

After watching the snowy screen for a while, Zhao Xiaoya suddenly spoke to herself, “It said that as long as you die, my dad can resurrect and come back to my side…”

Upon saying this, she abruptly turned her head to Yang Jian: “Can you die?”

In a pair of jet-black eyes, there was no trace of a little girl’s innocence, only an indescribable coldness and resentment.

These were not eyes that a normal person should have.

Yang Jian frowned, just as he was about to speak, Zhao Xiaoya spoke again: “I hope you can die, if you live, my dad will definitely be unhappy.”

“Ah!”

Liu Siyue was startled, widened her eyes, muttering to herself: “Oh no, she just made a wish.”

“Made a wish for me to die? Interesting.”

Yang Jian, however, had a faint smile on his lips, this smile was cold, devoid of any warmth of a living person.

But in the next moment.

The effect of the wish appeared.

The lights in the living room suddenly went out, and the snowy screen of the television immediately went black, the door to the room not far away slowly opened with a creak.

An eerie cold wind blew into the living room.

The curtains swayed, darkness blanketed the area.

Even in broad daylight, the surroundings were still eerily terrifying,

Yang Jian, at this moment, was not in a hurry. Water seeped out from under his feet, and a pale corpse crawled out from the water, this corpse held an old red pair of scissors, on the handle of the scissors were various kinds of black hair entwining, some of the hair was sticky, black, and emitted a faint rotting smell.

The pale arm raised this pair of Ghost Scissors, handing them over to Yang Jian.

Once Yang Jian took them, the eerie corpse that had crawled out of the water swiftly shrank back, quickly disappearing from sight.

A strand of hair entwined, forming the Ghost Scissors’ medium.

Yang Jian’s vision changed again.

He saw a line.

A line that was illusory, unrealistic, a manifestation of a curse, representing that Yang Jian was being spiritually spied upon.

However, this line was not connected to Zhao Xiaoya, nor was it connected to the ghost beside Zhao Xiaoya, the thin line extended all the way to a red cabinet at a corner of the balcony.

That was the Ghost Cabinet reappearing around.

“Zhao Xiaoya wished to kill me, but the curse connects to the Ghost Cabinet?” Yang Jian paused, feeling it was strange, even somewhat unbelievable.

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