Chapter 567: Chapter 567: Behead Chapter 567: Chapter 567: Behead “Xiao Taohong, Xiao Taohong,” Xuexue said, holding her forehead and couldn’t help but shout loudly.
“Little Darling, this mage isn’t called Xiao Taohong, call me husband instead,” the mage said, then tried to embrace Xuexue who was about to fall to the ground.
Suddenly, a chilling wind swept through from behind. Even though it was June, and the winds should be warm, this wind was different–it was bone-chillingly cold, as though standing in the middle of a snowy winter day.
The mage couldn’t help but shiver.
Although the doors and windows in the room were all securely shut, a fierce gale suddenly erupted within the room.
It caused the windows to rattle loudly.
The eerily subdued atmosphere of the room gave the mage quite a fright.
The room’s candles flickered continuously.
In a short while, they were all extinguished by the wind.
“Who’s there? Don’t play tricks on me here. If you talk about playing tricks, I am your ancestor in that respect,” said the mage. His face was clearly panicked, yet he pretended to be fearless, which looked utterly ridiculous.
“Giggle giggle…! Stinky Taoist, didn’t you say you were going to capture this little girl? What now? Here I come,” as soon as her voice fell, a delicately beautiful little girl appeared in the room, looking innocently at the mage.
“You… who are you? Where did you come from?”
“You called me out here!”
“Nonsense, when did I ever call you out?”
“Just now in the courtyard, you were burning incense and setting up formations for ghost hunting, weren’t you looking for me?”
What formations for Ghost Hunting, all those were just to deceive those foolish villagers, random gestures on his part, but unexpectedly, he really had summoned a ghost.
The mage’s face was an image of wanting to cry without tears, and let it be known, he wasn’t really a mage at all.
In fact, he was just a fallen rich second generation.
If it weren’t because his family was getting poorer and could hardly support his several Aunties, he wouldn’t have come out to deceive people for a living.
Originally, this old man was called Ruan Xinzhi, a relative on Madam Ruan’s maternal side. When his father was alive, their family was very affluent, but after his father’s death, he failed to manage the family business properly. Combined with his lustful nature often lingering in brothels and splurging on the women there, gradually, his household’s income was less than its expenses, and properties had to be sold. Now, even meals became a problem.
One day, he met with Madam Ruan, who was visiting her maternal home.
During their conversation, quite unconsciously, Madam Ruan told him all about how Madam Xie’s family had made a fortune in just a few months, revealing her jealousy and discontent in between the lines.
As the saying goes, said without intention, listened with interest.
Ruan Xinzhi was in desperate need of money. If he didn’t find money soon, he would have to sell his several Aunties to sustain living expenses.
So, he asked Madam Ruan if she wanted to plot to seize Madam Xie’s wealth.
Madam Ruan certainly did, she just had no idea h!=-0w.
Ruan Xinzhi detailed his plan on how they could seize the wealth of Madam Xie’s family.
Madam Ruan was overjoyed upon hearing it, and thus, two people each with their own schemes, struck a deal.
After Madam Ruan returned to the village, that’s when the rumors began to spread, all to set the stage for today’s drama.
“Little Kid, tell uncle honestly, say you are not a ghost, say you are just teasing uncle, right?”
Looking at the pretty little girl in front of him, Ruan Xinzhi felt uneasy. With a last glimmer of hope, he kept wishing she wasn’t a ghost, but the automatic wind movement in the room was too eerie. If she really was a ghost, in broad daylight no less, that ghost was far too formidable.
“Grandpa, let me solemnly tell you, I am indeed a genuine ghost. If you don’t believe me, let me show you.”
Xiao Taohong emphasized the word ‘grandpa’ heavily, this old fool, at his age, actually wanted to take advantage of the mistress. Scaring him to death would serve him right, to prevent future harms to other girls.
Xiao Taohong said this and then twisted her head off her neck with her hand.
The blood, as if free of cost, gushed out from the severed neck, instantly covering her body and the floor with blood.