Gu Dafei’s spirits soared upon hearing this, and he was about to tuck the amulet into his pocket.
However, his hand was held back. Lin Huan narrowed his eyes and said meaningfully, "I spent a lot of effort creating this amulet. If you want to take it, you have to pay!"
"How… how much?" Gu Dafei asked with slight hesitation, feeling a bit like he was being scammed.
"Look, this amulet is golden. It’s made of real gold! I’ll just charge you the material cost of ten thousand yuan for now. If you can survive tonight, you’ll need to pay me another ninety thousand. Ten thousand yuan for your life is a pretty good deal, isn't it?"
Gu Dafei clutched the amulet tightly and said, "It’s a good deal, a good deal! As long as I can survive tonight, I’ll give you anything you want!"
Afterward, Lin Huan gave him some more instructions before letting Gu Dafei return home.
Watching Gu Dafei’s lonely retreating back, Lin Huan sneered, "An amulet to conceal one's aura? How could I, Detective Lin, possibly make such a thing..."
He turned back into his room and opened a drawer, which was filled with various kinds of amulets.
They all looked good, but in reality, only their appearance was appealing.
For visitors, he’d give the 'golden luxury' ones; for those without money, white ones; for girls, pink ones; and for the elderly, ones with an antique style…
No matter who came, Lin Huan could quickly 'make' a suitable amulet. The cost per piece never exceeded ten yuan.
However, Lin Huan did indeed put something special into the amulet Gu Dafei was holding, otherwise, how would he collect the remaining ninety thousand yuan?
…
After returning home, Gu Dafei breathed a sigh of relief.
He didn't immediately hide under the bed as Lin Huan instructed, but instead began to arrange all sorts of 'exorcism items'.
Buddhist beads, Bagua mirrors, crucifixes, mummies, black dog blood…
In short, anything that was rumored to be effective in folklore, Gu Dafei had prepared.
He also had various items with miraculous effects purchased from other 'masters'.
Although he was close to being driven mad by the woman, he hadn't lost his mind and wouldn't blindly believe Lin Huan. With his own multiple layers of preparation, surely that woman wouldn't appear again tonight.
After finishing, he hung the amulet around his neck and crawled under the bed.
The area under the bed hadn't been cleaned in a long time, and as soon as he entered, he got covered in dust.
But he didn't care; as long as he could stay alive, these things were minor.
"This amulet smells quite nice."
Gu Dafei took a few more deep sniffs of the amulet. Perhaps it was due to the exertion from his earlier busyness, but Gu Dafei quickly fell asleep.
…
The midnight bells chimed, acting as a signal. The dark house immediately felt a chilling aura.
The exorcism items Gu Dafei had arranged not only failed to increase his sense of security but instead added a strange, uncanny atmosphere to the room.
Footsteps sounded precisely on time. While they were footsteps, they sounded more like a basketball bouncing on the ground. The sound grew closer and closer, soon reaching the door.
The face of the person under the bed was deathly pale, their eyes fixed on the doorway.
Creak…
The locked door opened silently. None of the so-called exorcism items displayed any of their intended effects.
Then, an upside-down woman, her posture bizarre, leaped into the room.
Her hair was dyed a dark red with blood, her limbs flailed erratically, and she leaped into the air, supporting herself on her head.
Seven days ago, she had fallen from the rooftop, headfirst. Therefore, after becoming a vengeful spirit, this was how she could only move.
And with her head facing down, she saw the man under the bed at first glance.
The female vengeful spirit's lips curved into a cruel smile. After seven days of accumulating strength, she finally had the chance to appear before this person and personally take the life of the scumbag who provoked her before her suicide.
After killing this person, she could disappear with satisfaction.
Yes, in her heart, Gu Dafei was more detestable than the man who dumped her and caused her to jump to her death.
"Hiding under the bed, you think you can escape? You're just playing little tricks."
It was night now, and even with the moonlight filtering in, she could only see the pale face of the man under the bed.
This made the female vengeful spirit a bit puzzled. Even late at night, wasn't this person's face a little too pale?
However, the female vengeful spirit didn't dwell on it. Could she, a vengeful spirit, be scared by an ordinary person?
So, she jumped directly to the bedside, her limbs twitching like someone having a seizure, looking terrifying.
But before she could drag the man out, a head rolled out from under the bed. Its vacant eyes stared directly at her, seemingly issuing a silent accusation.
Suddenly, a head rolled out, and the female vengeful spirit almost turned and ran in fright.
But upon closer inspection, she saw that it was actually a plaster mannequin head. No wonder she thought the whiteness was a bit off.
Logically, as a vengeful spirit, she shouldn't be afraid of such a thing, but she was indeed startled by the sudden appearance of the head.
This made the female vengeful spirit chuckle to herself. It seemed that even as a vengeful spirit, one could still be timid.
"That disgusting man isn't here. Then where is he now? Come out quickly, I want to..."
"Ah! Ah! Ah!..."
The female vengeful spirit let out a piercing shriek, her long hair standing on end, as the scene before her was too horrifying.
The plaster head began to move on its own. From the severed neck, eyes, nose, and mouth—from any opening—black, viscous substance began to flow out. Su Dan novel net.
These substances condensed into black, chaotic limbs, and on these limbs grew dense clusters of eyes, making the female vengeful spirit's scalp tingle.
Then, all these eyes began to turn simultaneously, fixing on the female vengeful spirit!
"What is this thing?"
The female vengeful spirit was almost scared back to life by this thing. She felt an inexplicable terror, surging from her brain straight to her heels, spreading in her mind like wild grass.
This mass before her seemed to be the natural enemy of vengeful spirits like her, born specifically to hunt them.
Not just the plaster head, but all the exorcism items in the room, and even the house itself, seemed to come alive, spewing out black pus.
She had a strong feeling that she might be inside the stomach of a monster that devoured vengeful spirits!
This feeling made her disregard Gu Dafei completely. She screamed, flipped herself upright, and ran out. She never wanted to come to this terrifying place again; it was too soul-chilling.
After she left, the room gradually returned to normal.
A man wearing a long trench coat and a detective hat emerged from the shadows in the corner.
"With this little stunt, she should be too scared to bother this person again, and ninety thousand yuan is in the bag."
This man was none other than Lin Huan, the president of the Supernatural Detective Agency!