12. An He's Ordeal

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It was that woman again.

Covered in blood, Chi You felt nothing but irritation upon seeing her.

Damn it, why hadn’t this woman been burned to death in the fire?

As a female ghost lunged at her, Chi You raised the bloodstained cleaver in her hand and hacked fiercely at the ghost’s body.

At the same moment, a bullet pierced the ghost’s head from behind her.

A fatal shot—straight to the head.

Standing nearby, Chi You was splattered with blood and brain matter.

She closed her eyes tightly, struggling to keep the disgusting fluids from getting into them.

But the warm liquid on her face reminded her clearly—a female ghost had just been shot in the head right before her.

Jiang Pan approached from behind, holding his shotgun and smiling. “Covered in blood, you look quite the mess.”

“If your crush saw you like this, he’d probably run away scared.”

Mentioning her crush gave Chi You a slight boost of energy.

She stepped back a few paces, then pulled two special-effect pills from her pocket and popped them into her mouth.

Fortunately, this level randomly refreshed various medicines; otherwise, she might have lost her life here.

“You really carry a lot of medicine,” Jiang Pan teased, “Clearly, you value your life quite a bit.”

Chi You rolled her eyes at him; she still had a date to keep with her crush.

Could she not value her life?

“You’re crazy. I’m not,” Jiang Pan said, not bothering to argue more. He fired his shotgun again, quickly dispatching the remaining ghosts.

At the end of the corridor stood An He, who was watching both of them.

Their eyes met, and Chi You felt a sharp pain in her head.

The pain was so intense she couldn’t even stand. She collapsed onto the blood-covered floor, dropping her cleaver with a sharp clatter.

A scene that didn’t belong to Chi You suddenly appeared in her mind.

In the vision, An He was still an innocent young woman.

She lived with her beloved boyfriend, sharing a happy home.

They worked hard every day for a bright future.

Life was blissful—until An He discovered she was pregnant, the fruit of their love.

She eagerly anticipated the child’s arrival, knitting tiny clothes for the baby in her womb whenever she had time.

Her boyfriend was also thrilled, working even harder to earn money.

Everything seemed to be moving toward a better future.

Until the day before An He’s due date, she overheard a conversation between her boyfriend and someone else.

“Are you sure the baby she’s carrying can really save Xiao Lian’s life?”

“Yes. I’ve already investigated; her birth details match perfectly.”

“Alright, but this is your own flesh and blood. Are you sure you can go through with this?”

Her boyfriend said dismissively, “A bastard like that doesn’t deserve to be my child.”

An He was stunned—she never expected her loving boyfriend had been using her all along, and now he planned to take her baby away.

Upon hearing this shocking secret, An He tried to leave to protect her child.

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