Chapter 56 Misunderstood
Chapter 57 The Faceless Ghoul

Liu Yingluo looked at Gu Yutong, her eyes full of doubt.

It was as if she was saying, "Isn't this just a high school girl? Can she really deal with a witch?"

Gu Yutong curled her lips and snorted softly.

She harbored a sense of hostility towards all women who approached her Shifu, more or less.

"Okay, let's set off now."

Liu Yingluo didn't voice her doubts in the end, and then added, "Dr. Chen, let's not tell my brother yet. After everything settles down, I'll tell him... He's emotionally unstable right now, and I'm afraid he can't take the blow."

"As you wish."

Chen Xiao said lightly.

Then the three of them set off, led by Liu Yingluo, to Liu Gang's house.

Not long after the three left, Liu Gang's wife cried herself to sleep in the hospital bed.

Liu Gang finally freed himself up and remembered that he had been busy comforting his wife and hadn't had time to thank Chen Laoda.

He turned his head and realized that Chen Laoda was no longer there, and the doctors had left long ago.

Just then, a nurse came to clean up. Liu Gang quickly grabbed her and asked, "Where's Chen Laoda?"

"Chen Laoda who?"

The nurse thought he was delirious from grief.

Liu Gang slapped his forehead and explained, "Chen Xiao, Dr. Chen!"

"Dr. Chen? He was called out by your sister and hasn't come back since."

The nurse packed up her things, left this sentence, and left the ward.

After the nurse left, Liu Gang scratched his head.

He muttered blankly, "My sister? I'm an only child. Where did I get a sister..."

At the same time, Chen Xiao and Gu Yutong, led by Liu Gang's 'sister', arrived at the entrance of Liu Gang's residential complex.

Just as the three were about to walk into the complex, Gu Yutong suddenly stopped.

She frowned in confusion and muttered, "Is it him?"

"Tongtong, what did you see?"

Chen Xiao also stopped.

Liu Yingluo followed Gu Yutong's gaze and covered her mouth in shock. "It's her!"

At this moment, Chen Xiao also noticed the person. It was the Filipino maid from Liu Gang's house.

The Filipino maid was walking towards the entrance of the complex, looking around furtively.

"Dr... Dr. Chen, sh-should we stop her now?"

Liu Yingluo asked nervously.

Her voice was trembling, and her teeth were chattering.

But Chen Xiao changed his mind on the spot. "Let's not make a move yet. Let's see where she's going."

Then, the three of them hid back in the car, quietly observing the Filipino maid's movements.

After leaving the complex, the Filipino maid hailed a taxi by the side of the road.

Chen Xiao immediately started the car, joined the traffic, and followed the taxi.

At this moment, Gu Yutong asked softly, "Shifu, did you notice?"

"Notice what?"

Chen Xiao asked.

"That Filipino maid doesn't have any aura, just like the strange grandpa at Villa No. 42."

Gu Yutong said.

"Tongtong, are you saying they're the same person?"

Chen Xiao's eyes narrowed.

Gu Yutong nodded. "They give me the exact same feeling. I don't have any evidence, but I think they're the same person."

Liu Yingluo sat in the back row, perking up her ears.

Chen Xiao didn't say anything, remaining silent all the way, not knowing what he was thinking.

The taxi in front finally stopped, and the Filipino maid got out.

Her destination was Shan Hai Yi Pin.

"Shifu, I guessed right."

Gu Yutong said with certainty, "They really are the same person!"

Chen Xiao stopped the car and suddenly turned to look at Liu Yingluo. "Miss Liu, are you scared? If you're scared, you don't have to keep following us."

Liu Yingluo struggled for a moment, but finally shook her head and said firmly, "No, I won't leave! I want to go with you!"

Chen Xiao smiled slightly. "Alright, then let's go to his house and wait for him."

After swiping her access card, the Filipino maid walked into Shan Hai Yi Pin.

Now, all the villas in the complex, except for No. 42, are Chen Xiao's properties.

So it was obvious where this Filipino maid was going.

Sure enough, she came to the front of Villa No. 42 with ease, opened the door, and went inside, as if returning to her own home.

Chen Xiao and the other two followed closely behind. This time, Chen Xiao didn't stand on ceremony. He kicked open the door and walked in.

In the living room, the Filipino maid was standing in front of the bar, pouring herself a glass of water with her back to the three of them.

"It's really impolite to break into someone else's house so casually."

The Filipino maid spoke, but it was a man's voice.

Liu Yingluo screamed in fright and quickly covered her mouth.

Chen Xiao and Gu Yutong were calm, as if they weren't surprised by this.

"Hi, little girl, we meet again."

The Filipino maid slowly turned her head and smiled slightly at Gu Yutong.

At this time, he was no longer the face of the Filipino maid, but the face of an old man.

Gu Yutong swallowed and said nervously, "Shifu, it's him."

Although she had guessed this, when the face of the Filipino maid turned into the appearance of the strange old man Zhang Zhiwen, Gu Yutong's heart was still inevitably shaken.

Chen Xiao stared at the strange man and asked, "Who exactly are you? What is your purpose in coming to Jiangcheng?"

"Jie Jie Jie--"

The strange man let out a strange laugh. Immediately afterwards, an even stranger scene occurred.

The strange man's face began to blur.

From his ears to his eyes, from his nose to his lips, all disappeared.

To be precise, his entire face disappeared, turning into a faceless person.

"Jie Jie Jie--"

However, even so, he could still laugh.

The original location of his mouth had cracked open, revealing a mouth full of teeth.

His teeth were black, sharp, and dense.

"I know, I know what it is!"

Gu Yutong suddenly pointed at the strange man and shouted.

Chen Xiao looked over in confusion. Gu Yutong explained, "It's a faceless ghoul, also known as a *chihei* (tooth black), a type of monster in Japanese legends."

"Jie Jie Jie--Little girl, you know quite a bit..."

The faceless ghoul said with a smile.

"How do you know about this stuff? Where did you hear about it?"

Chen Xiao looked at Gu Yutong in confusion. Even he hadn't heard of this.

Gu Yutong smiled awkwardly and explained, "I saw it in a game."

"..."

Chen Xiao was speechless. Well, it seems games aren't completely useless.

"Does this ghoul have any special abilities?"

Chen Xiao asked again.

Gu Yutong shook her head. "It doesn't seem to be that powerful. Because it's a faceless ghoul, it can turn into the appearance of various people. As for anything else, I don't know..."