"Not alive?"
I stared at Zhang Dabiao in disbelief, then chuckled, "Brother Zhang, stop joking. That little girl might be a bit hot-tempered, but you can't be talking about her behind her back like that."
Whether she was alive or not, I wasn't sure? When I helped her with her travel bag, I had a slight contact with her. She had body temperature. Ghosts and evil spirits have no temperature. Besides, I'm very sensitive to obsessive yin energy. If she were an evil spirit, I wouldn't have been unable to tell the first time.
Zhang Dabiao turned around, facing me, his eyes wide, "You don't believe my judgment?"
I shook my head, "It's not that I don't believe your judgment, but she's clearly a living person. You want me to believe she's dead, or something else? Am I crazy? Brother Zhang, she's just a bit sharp-tongued and a bit of a smart aleck. But she was sent by Fifth Princess, so we should indulge her a little, right? You can't call her dead behind her back! This matter..."
I didn't finish the rest because I noticed Zhang Dabiao looking at me with a strange expression, a mix of pity and regret. That look made me very uncomfortable.
"What's wrong? Is there something on me? Or did I say something wrong?"
He patted my shoulder, "Brother, it's that time of year again when everything comes back to life." Before I could react, he had already returned to his room.
"Season when everything comes back to life? What does that mean?"
I scratched my head and followed him back to my room. Li Zuoquan had arranged to meet at eight in the evening, right at the entrance of the Li family residence.
It got dark early in Molu Village, so it was only just before six, still time to eat.
When I called the problematic girl for dinner, she replied that she had already eaten and was on a diet, so she wouldn't be eating dinner.
Watching her in the room, wearing headphones and rocking and swaying her body wildly, made me suspect she was mentally unstable, and severely so. If I had more time, I would have gone directly to Fifth Princess to send her back. Going treasure hunting was a life-threatening affair, and bringing such an unreliable, problematic girl would surely exhaust me to death.
After Zhang Dabiao and I finished eating, it was almost time. I picked up my bag and, with the problematic girl in tow, headed for the meeting place.
Looking at the problematic girl in front of me, wearing headphones, bouncing occasionally, and twisting her slender waist, I felt my temples throb. I had repeatedly instructed her not to do anything out of line when we left.
Now, not only was she out of line, but she was also attracting the attention of everyone along the way. This turned Zhang Dabiao and me into her personal escorts, completely embarrassing us for the rest of our lives.
I wished I could find a crack in the ground to crawl into. Being buried alive would be better than being an escort for someone who attracted everyone's attention.
"Brother Zhang, I believe what you said. She really isn't..."
Before I could finish, Zhang Dabiao's expression turned cold, "Believe what? What did I say? Don't talk nonsense."
His reaction caught me off guard. We were just chatting! Why was he so tense?
As I was pondering this, I noticed Zhang Dabiao's eyes drifting to the side. I instinctively looked over and saw that the problematic girl was less than half a meter away from me, her face wearing a half-smile.
"Are you two talking about me?"
Before I could speak, Zhang Dabiao next to me said first, "How could that be? We're talking about other things."
The problematic girl's eyes moved between us, and then she finally said, "It's best not to talk about me behind my back. My hearing is very sharp." With that, she put her headphones back on and walked ahead.
This made me feel like a thief caught red-handed. I looked at Zhang Dabiao awkwardly, wanting to say something.
Zhang Dabiao pursed his lips, indicating that the problematic girl was still ahead!
This confused me. They had been arguing fiercely at home just now, so why was Zhang Dabiao so afraid of her now? That fear seemed to come from the bottom of his heart.
By the time we arrived, everyone else had already gathered. We three were the last to arrive.
The greasy middle-aged man's eyes lit up when he saw the problematic girl. He looked at me and said, "Kid, are you going on a trip? Bringing your little girlfriend?"
Just as I was about to reply, a crisp slap echoed.
*Slap—*
Then the problematic girl's voice followed, "Are your eyes blind? Do I look like his little girlfriend? If you dare to look around with those eyes again, I'll gouge them out. If you dare to speak nonsense again, I'll pull out your tongue."
The problematic girl's action completely surprised me, and even the others were a bit stunned.
The greasy uncle who was slapped was stunned for a moment before reacting. His face turned red as he took out his rattle and prepared to fight the problematic girl. As the saying goes, don't hit someone in the face or insult their family. If he let this slide in front of so many people, how could he ever hold his head up again?
"Kang Pangzi, stop it."
Fang Niubizi, standing beside him, reprimanded Kang Pangzi. His gaze was fixed on the problematic girl, as if he were wary of her.
I noticed Fang Niubizi's expression. This Celestial Master from Longhu Mountain seemed to be afraid of something, just like when I first met him and he almost looked down his nose at everyone.
"Could she be a thousand-year-old demon?"
This made me look at the problematic girl. She was tilting her head, looking at Kang Pangzi provocatively, as if to say, "Come at me if you dare!"
"Miss, my brother was wrong just now. I apologize on his behalf. Please don't take it to heart."
Fang Niubizi's words almost made my jaw drop. When did this Celestial Master from Longhu Mountain become so cowardly, especially facing a girl who looked seventeen or eighteen?
The problematic girl glanced at Fang Niubizi and said, "How boring." Then she put her headphones back on, completely immersed in her own musical world.
After being stopped by Fang Niubizi, Kang Pangzi still glared at the problematic girl resentfully, "Brother Fang, why did you stop me? I've lost all face now."
Fang Niubizi shot him a look, "Losing face is better than losing your life. If you're still not convinced, I won't stop you this time. Do whatever you want." Fang Niubizi moved aside, leaving space for Kang Pangzi.
This time, Kang Pangzi didn't know whether to advance or retreat. Seeing his conflicted expression, I found it amusing.
Was there even a choice in this matter? Of course, life was more important. But sometimes, people didn't value their lives above all else. Just like Kang Pangzi, who charged towards the problematic girl with a ferocious expression.
He gently swung his rattle, and wisps of green smoke billowed out from it under the lamplight, rushing towards the problematic girl.
I didn't know what those smoke wisps were, but they were clearly not good things.
Seeing this, I quickly wanted to warn the problematic girl to be careful, but before I could say anything, she had already taken off her headphones, her eyes narrowing. "You're looking for death!" As she uttered the last word, she ducked, narrowly dodging the attack of the green smoke. Then, a cold glint flashed across her body.
Immediately after, Kang Pangzi's wails reached my ears, like a pig being slaughtered during the New Year, he cried incessantly.
At this moment, Kang Pangzi lay on the ground, clutching his right hand with his left, blood continuously flowing from between his fingers. Fang Niubizi stood in front of Kang Pangzi with a grim expression, holding a steel sword and confronting the problematic girl.
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"Too far?" The problematic girl looked at Fang Niubizi playfully. "He was the one who spoke disrespectfully to me first, and then he tried to make advances. I only cut off two of his fingers. That's already giving you face. If you think you're capable, you can try me. But if you lose, don't cry to your parents."
The problematic girl's words made Fang Niubizi's face turn from green to white, and finally to the dark gray of a pot bottom. He snorted, helped Kang Pangzi up, and walked towards the Li residence, seemingly to get his wounds bandaged.
Watching the problematic girl put her headphones back on and listen to music after cutting off someone's fingers, I felt a chill run down my spine. So Zhang Dabiao's words that she wasn't human didn't mean she wasn't human, but that she lacked human emotions.
As I was silently complaining, the problematic girl suddenly looked at me.
"Do you have something to say to me?"
I was stunned and quickly shook my head, three times faster than Kang Pangzi shaking his rattle, "No, I have nothing to say."
"Then why are you staring at me like that? Do you really want me to be your little girlfriend?"
Her words startled me, and I took two steps back. What a joke! Who would want her as a girlfriend? I'm not tired of living, am I?
My reaction made her burst into laughter, completely disregarding the fact that my face had already turned black.