Chapter 19: Who is Madam Zhang Guo?

Li Si quickly dismissed his impulsive thoughts, because once he startled that ghost creature, he would have no way out.

“Uncle, I’m not used to sleeping here and want to go home to rest,” Li Si bowed to Landlord Zhang and said somewhat shamefully.

“Oh,” Landlord Zhang nodded, but then smiled and said, “It’s late now, it’s not safe to go back. Why don’t you leave in a few days?”

“Yang Da, Yang Er, escort my worthy nephew back to the Small Bamboo Courtyard,” Landlord Zhang instructed the two servants behind him.

Li Si’s expression gradually froze. He had originally thought to leave the Zhang mansion and then make long-term plans. But under Landlord Zhang’s insistence, he suddenly realized this path was blocked. Landlord Zhang clearly wanted him dead!

His hand in his sleeve slowly clenched, his nails digging painfully into his flesh. But Li Si seemed to feel nothing, his expression unchanged.

“Young Master Li, please come back with us,” the two servants approached Li Si and said.

Li Si looked at the two servants, smiled at Landlord Zhang, and cupped his hands, saying, “Then thank you, Uncle, and I’m sorry to trouble you two brothers.”

After speaking, Li Si walked towards the Small Bamboo Courtyard, with the two servants following behind him.

When the servants and Landlord Zhang couldn’t see, Li Si’s face revealed a ferocious expression in the darkness, a flash of ruthlessness in his eyes.

You want me to stay? Then I’ll stay to bury your whole family!!!

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Small Bamboo Courtyard

Li Si sat at the tea table, reading a book in his hand. The candlelight flickered due to the wind, casting an unpredictable light on his face.

From Landlord Zhang’s attitude, it seemed he had been targeted. So climbing the wall was impossible, let alone the fact that the outer wall of the Zhang mansion was over three meters high, and his sickly body couldn’t climb it at all.

Although he appeared to be reading the book in his hand, Li Si’s mind wasn’t on the book at all. He was thinking about how to survive in this Zhang mansion.

First, secretly escaping was impossible because the main gate was guarded, and judging from Landlord Zhang’s attitude, he had already been targeted.

As for having the Beheaded Ghost carry him out while killing their way through, he had indeed considered it. But this was simply impossible to do.

Because once he killed someone, as a weak scholar, being wanted by the authorities in this world where monsters and ghosts ran rampant would be certain death, even with a low-level ghost creature.

Moreover, he felt that if he did this and caused a commotion, that bizarre thing that drowned Landlord Zhang’s former wife would surely come out and take his life.

The more Li Si thought about it, the more he felt that this bizarre Zhang mansion must be related to that bizarre entity.

Thinking of that bizarre entity in the well, Li Si always had a sense of familiarity. But he had never seen that bizarre entity before, so why did it feel familiar?

That bizarre entity looked like a thin skeleton with some flesh on it.

That thin skeleton probably wasn’t a man. If it were a man, the skeleton should be larger.

Thinking of women, Li Si remembered that milk-like delicate jade foot under the dining table. He could still recall the smoothness and warmth of that slender foot.

Thinking of that day, Li Si’s heart fluttered, but he immediately shook his head, shaking off those dirty thoughts. Coveting another man’s wife was something neither the original owner nor he would do.

But his body suddenly stiffened, and he abruptly stood up from the stool, his face showing a shocked expression.

He suddenly realized that Madam Zhang Guo’s eyes looking at him were exactly the same as those of the bizarre monster looking at him!

He had actually sat together with that bizarre monster, and that bizarre monster had even rubbed his foot with hers.

What made Li Si feel even more uncomfortable was that he had felt some heart flutter at the dining table.

Li Si also remembered that in Landlord Zhang’s former wife’s memories, there was no mention of this Madam Zhang Guo entering the family, not even a shadow of her. If Madam Zhang had any impression of this, she wouldn’t have failed to remember it.

Obviously, this Madam Zhang Guo was that bizarre monster. If Li Si hadn’t had such a deep impression of those eyes, he wouldn’t have been able to imagine such a beautiful and charming person as Madam Zhang Guo as that monster of bones with flesh.

Thinking again of Landlord Zhang’s memory of eating human flesh, Li Si’s stomach convulsed. Could it be that Landlord Zhang had eaten Madam Zhang Guo’s flesh, and then Madam Zhang Guo came to exterminate his family?

Li Si wasn’t sure how strong this ghost creature was, but he thought his luck shouldn’t be too bad. After all, high-level ghost creatures weren’t common, he wouldn’t encounter one so easily.

So he decided to treat Madam Zhang Guo as a mid-level ghost creature. If she were a high-level ghost creature, he might as well wait for death. If she were a low-level ghost creature, he would still treat her as a mid-level one.

Li Si seemed to think of something else. With a thought in his mind, a small ink-colored bottle appeared in his hand.

This was the Ghost Strengthening Liquid from the system store, worth 12 soul points, which could strengthen a ghost creature by 10 soul points.

This purchase had emptied Li Si’s savings. He had only killed two ghost creatures in total, one was the Walking Corpse worth 2 soul points, and the other was the recently killed Drowned Ghost worth 10 points. Just 12 soul points in total, which were now all used up.

When the small ink-colored bottle appeared in Li Si’s hand, the Beheaded Ghost standing in the corner suddenly turned its head towards Li Si, saliva constantly dripping from the corners of its mouth.

Seeing the Beheaded Ghost’s reaction, Li Si smiled. It seemed this Ghost Strengthening Liquid had a fatal attraction for ghost creatures.

“Come here,” Li Si beckoned to the Beheaded Ghost, calling it over.

The Beheaded Ghost grinned, its saliva soaking its clothes, and moved straight towards Li Si, looking very terrifying.

If Li Si didn’t have a vague connection with this Beheaded Ghost in his heart, he might have thought it was going to eat him alive.

When the Beheaded Ghost came close, Li Si opened the small ink-colored bottle.

The Beheaded Ghost’s eyes revealed a greedy look. It opened its mouth and desperately sucked at the air, saliva flowing, like an addict craving a fix.

Strangely enough, as the Beheaded Ghost sucked, a black substance from the ink-colored bottle, seeming both liquid and gaseous, formed a thin stream flying towards the Beheaded Ghost’s mouth and nose.

Soon, the contents of the bottle were completely absorbed by the Beheaded Ghost, and the bottle turned transparent and disappeared.

After absorbing it, the Beheaded Ghost’s face showed an expression of enjoyment, occasionally licking its lips with its thick tongue.



Li Si also noticed that the Beheaded Ghost’s soul body had become more solid. If it had felt ethereal and vague before, now it seemed more like a real person.