Chapter 71 Asking the Ghost
After getting off the bus, Tan Xuan walked back along the road. His face was as gloomy as water and his hands were clenched into fists. He didn't seem nervous, but just looked very angry.
Occasionally, people passed by on the street, but no one looked at Tan Xuan. They just thought he was someone who got off the car to look for something he had left behind. As for the red car that suddenly disappeared out of thin air, no one noticed it at all.
Tan Xuan walked to the place where the red car disappeared just now. At this time, there was only a water mark on the ground, which was left by Tan Xuan's splash just now. Looking closely, there was a layer of wet paper ash under the water mark.
Tan Xuan kicked the dry and wet paper ashes on the ground, squatted down, grabbed a piece of wet paper ashes, twisted it with his fingers, and when the ashes scattered, Tan Xuan looked in the direction where the ashes fell, then stood up with a sneer, looked towards a dim alley on the side of the road, and slowly walked over.
The alley is not wide, just enough for one car to pass through, but no one would think of driving a car into the alley. If you are not careful, you will bump into something, and the road will be blocked. No one knows whether someone will be dissatisfied and smash the car. The alley is very dark. With the help of the lights on the road, you can only see the part just after entering the alley. After turning a corner, you can only use the moonlight in the sky as a light source. The alley is relatively clean, there is nothing messy, only a few abandoned bicycles.
Tan Xuan walked a few steps into the alley, turned a corner and stopped in front of a shadow. He said to the shadow in a cold voice: "Come out, since you can hide, it means you have some intelligence. Let's talk."
The alley was quiet, no one responded, not even Tan Xuan himself. Tan Xuan snorted coldly and said angrily: "What's the matter, do you really need me to pull you out? You are acting like an ostrich, and if you stick your butt out, no one can see it."
"Come out!" After shouting twice without any response, Tan Xuan became unhappy. He reached out and slapped the wall on the shady side of the alley. He didn't know which store on the street this was the back wall of.
After a "pop" sound, the wall shook slightly, and then a scream came from the shadow in front. A black shadow flew out from the corner of the wall and lay directly in the middle of the alley.
"Ah!" Wang Dongxue, who was wearing a black long dress, raised her head in confusion, as if she was puzzled by being discovered. After she saw Tan Xuan, she let out a roar, and then a ferocious look gradually gathered on her pale face.
Tan Xuan stepped forward and kicked Wang Dongxue's ghost far away, then said unhappily: "You had no self-awareness when you were alive, and you are still like this after you die. It's ugly enough to begin with, why are you making such a grimace? Don't you know it's ugly?"
"Ga..." Wang Dongxue screamed again at Tan Xuan, and the expression on her face was even more gloomy and ugly. It was obvious that she was angry because of Tan Xuan's kick.
"Why are you yelling? It's so ugly." Tan Xuan said unhappily, then he shook his head and said to himself: "That's right, you forgot that we are now humans and ghosts, and we can't speak the same language anymore."
As he spoke, Tan Xuan stepped forward again, reached out and touched Wang Dongxue's heart, and then patted her forehead.
"Okay, now you can understand what I say."
Wang Dongxue's eyes gradually lit up. After a moment's pause, she floated up from the ground, looked at Tan Xuan and asked, "You, who are you?"
"Who am I?" Tan Xuan smiled coldly and said, "Do you have such a short memory? Have you forgotten that you once took my car and had a quarrel with me because I waived your fare?"
"I've ridden in your car before..." Wang Dongxue was stunned. She mumbled for a while, then suddenly raised her head and stared at Tan Xuan fiercely with her dark ghost eyes. "It's you, are you Xiaoying's friend who drives an online car-hailing service?"
"Yes, it's me. We meet again." Tan Xuan grinned, but the coldness on his face did not diminish at all.
Wang Dongxue was not excited at all because of meeting an acquaintance. Instead, she became more cautious and alert, and asked in a gloomy tone: "Who are you? You are the one who chased me all the way and destroyed my car just now."
Tan Xuan did not deny it, and directly admitted with a smile: "Yes, it was me. I asked you to stop but you didn't. I finally met you, so I have to have a good chat with you."
"Humph, I'm not familiar with a lousy driver like you, what's there to talk about? Get out of here."
Wang Dongxue wanted to leave, but was stopped by Tan Xuan as soon as she moved. Tan Xuan sneered, "Why, you were so arrogant when you were alive, and you still look down on others after you die?"
"I have nothing to talk to you about."
Wang Dongxue wanted to leave again, and was even more determined. Tan Xuan snorted coldly and put his hand on Wang Dongxue's chest. Wang Dongxue stood there motionless, not because she didn't want to move, but because she didn't dare to move. Although Tan Xuan's hand was not placed in the right place, neither of them had any strange thoughts at this time. Because the place where Tan Xuan's finger was pressed was exactly where Wang Dongxue's Yin acupoint was. If she moved forward, she would be hurt, and she would definitely not be able to pay it back.
"You and I have nothing to talk about, so do you and Jiang Yingyue have anything you want to talk about? She is sitting in my car now." Tan Xuan said with a mischievous smile.
"You said Jiang Yingyue is in your car now?" Wang Dongxue's eyes flashed with ferocity, staring at Tan Xuan and asked viciously.
Tan Xuan smiled slightly and ignored Wang Dongxue's terrifying eyes. "You two are really a good pair of colleagues and roommates. When you heard Xiaoying's name, your eyes were different. I don't understand. Since you are dead, why do you want to harm Xiaoying? Are you so reluctant to leave her?"
Wang Dongxue said nothing and turned her head away.
Tan Xuan pointed his finger forward, "I'm asking you a question. Answer me, why did you want to harm Xiaoying even though you were dead? If I hadn't followed you that night, Xiaoying would have jumped off the building under your bewitchment."
Wang Dongxue shrank back, and the pain in her chest made her realize that the guy in front of her was no ordinary person.
Tan Xuan continued to ask aggressively: "Tell me, aren't you good sisters? Why did you look for her first after you died?"
Seeing that Wang Dongxue didn't want to speak, Tan Xuan smiled coldly, "You don't have to pretend to be deep with me. If you don't explain clearly today, don't even think about leaving here. I forgot to tell you that driving is something I just did recently. My main job before was catching ghosts. Now that you're in my hands, do you think you can be alright if you don't speak? I have many more ways to deal with ghosts than with people. If you don't believe me, try it."
As he spoke, Tan Xuan stretched out his hand and pressed the Yunmen acupoints on both sides of Wang Dongxue's collarbone, causing Wang Dongxue to scream in pain. Tan Xuan stretched out his hand and pinched Wang Dongxue's neck, pressing her against the wall on the side of the alley.
"Tell me, why do you and that Li guy want to harm Xiaoying?"
It was not easy for Tan Xuan to talk so much to an evil ghost. Since negotiating it didn't work, Tan Xuan had no good attitude at all. Convincing ghosts with reason was not his strong point.
Although Wang Dongxue was a ghost, she was still gasping for breath like a human. There was no sign of ferocity on her face, but she looked extremely painful. Her eyes were rolled up, and although no whites could be seen in her ghost eyes, the darkness in her eyes revealed a slow despair.
The places that Tan Xuan pressed were not random, they were all the "acupoints" on Wang Dongxue's body. Although they couldn't make her die, they could definitely make her suffer so much that she would regret falling into Tan Xuan's hands.
After a moment, Wang Dongxue begged for mercy, and stretched out her hand to weakly slap Tan Xuan's palm, "I say, I say, let me go first..."
"You say!" Tan Xuan did not continue to embarrass Wang Dongxue. He threw Wang Dongxue to the ground like throwing a kitten or a puppy.
“Cough… cough…”
Wang Dongxue lay on the ground, gasping for breath, and it took her a long time to recover. It seemed as if she was really about to be strangled to death by Tan Xuan.
"I bewitched Xiaoying and she jumped off the building not because I couldn't let her go, but because I felt unwilling to give in. Why was it that there were three of us having dinner together, but it was only me and Mr. Li who got into trouble, while she was still alive and well? Every night I wandered between the company and the dormitory, just to take her with me. I couldn't accept her living alone, and I felt unbalanced..."
Looking at Wang Dongxue, who was getting more and more excited and ferocious, Tan Xuan's brows gradually frowned, and disgust gradually appeared in his eyes. This woman in front of him, no, this female ghost in front of him, was too dark inside. She was so unbalanced because she died but Xiaoying didn't. And her obsession before death was not that she was unwilling to die, but that she died and Xiaoying didn't die. This was not a colleague or roommate, but an enemy.
Finally, Tan Xuan couldn't listen any more and interrupted Wang Dongxue, sneering and saying, "You died, but Xiaoying didn't. You feel unbalanced. Then why don't you think about why you died and she didn't? After dinner, you and your client Mr. Li left, leaving Xiaoying alone in the hotel. You only cared about sleeping in the same bed, but you didn't expect to end up living and dying together. Isn't this caused by you? Why are you so unhappy? You were not upright when you were alive, and you will harm others even after you die. You really shouldn't be alive."
"Don't say those sarcastic words to me. I just don't agree..."
Wang Dongxue continued to roar, seemingly forgetting the hurt he had just suffered. A gust of cold wind blew through the alley.
Tan Xuan sneered with disdain: "You are not convinced. Since you are so unwilling to give up, why didn't you go to Xiaoying again after that night? Aren't you guys who are obsessed with something never to give up until you achieve your goal?"
Wang Dongxue said fiercely: "She ran away quickly. Not only did she move out of the dormitory, she also resigned from the company. I couldn't find her at all. Otherwise, do you think I could let her go?"
"Is that so?" Tan Xuan snorted coldly. This answer was not beyond his expectation. Then he said disdainfully: "Then you don't have to look for her. She lives in my house. Now she is in the car on the street. If you have the courage, you can go find her. But I remind you that I didn't have time to deal with you last time. If you really dare to go, I guarantee that you won't even be able to become a ghost."
It was a threat, a naked threat, but it really worked. Wang Dongxue did not dare to be too presumptuous because she believed that Tan Xuan really had the ability and was not just trying to scare her.
Tan Xuan knew that his words could not really dispel Wang Dongxue's obsession, so he did not continue on this issue. Instead, he asked the question that concerned him the most, "Tell me, how did you die? Who is the guy behind you?"
