Catching the Female Ghost

“Chi You~”

A hollow female voice rang out, calling again and again until the sleeping Chi You furrowed her brows.

Her body felt extraordinarily heavy, as did her eyelids, making it impossible for her to open her eyes and wake up.

Chi You tried with all her strength to lift her eyelids, but to no avail.

Not only that—the voice was drawing closer.

“Chi You~”

“Put on the red bridal gown and get married.”

Get married?

The moment Chi You heard those words, some tremendous strength surged from nowhere, and her eyes flew open.

At the same instant, she saw a woman standing beside the bed. Her hair hung loose around her face, and she was dressed in a red bridal gown.

Chi You stared fixedly at the female ghost.

Then she smiled.

She slowly sat up in bed and cast her eyes around the room.

Afterward, she turned back to the ghost and said, “You keep coming to harass me. Are you trying to make me your replacement?”

Just as the ghost was about to vanish, Jiang Pan, standing behind her, used a rope to tie her up.

“Since you’re here, why not stay for a while? Why frighten people?” Jiang Pan stood there with her arms crossed, smiling sweetly.

The female ghost struggled to free herself from the rope, but the harder she fought, the tighter it grew.

“Stop resisting pointlessly. The more you struggle, the tighter it gets. For your own sake, you’d better sit still.” Jiang Pan walked over and spoke to her with an expression of “kindness.”

Chi You got out of bed, stretched, and walked over.

She looked the female ghost up and down several times before slowly reaching out to lift the hair covering her face.

When they saw that face, both women froze.

Wasn’t this the girl who had died in the courtyard that very day?

The yellow talismans stuck to her body had disappeared. Her red bridal gown clung wetly to her skin, and even her hair was soaked.

“It’s Xiao Ran.” Jiang Pan sat to the side, watching Xiao Ran struggle as she let out a sigh.

“How did she get rid of those talismans?” Chi You asked, propping her head up as she stared at her in bafflement.

“Someone probably tore them off.” Jiang Pan assumed the worst of everyone.

Could someone from the village have torn them off?

Impossible. Everyone in this village was a paper effigy. If they touched those talismans, their true forms would certainly be exposed.

That left only one possibility.

Someone had done this deliberately.

“Who do you think tore them off?” Chi You asked languidly, resting her head on her hand.

“Why not ask her?” Jiang Pan said seriously, pointing at the female corpse before them.

“Xiao Ran, tell us. Who sent you here?”

But Xiao Ran did nothing except struggle against the rope. She did not make a sound.

Seeing this, Chi You stepped forward and examined Xiao Ran carefully.

When she drew closer and shone her flashlight over her, she discovered that Xiao Ran’s mouth and eyes had been sealed shut.

If her mouth had been sealed, then who had called Chi You in her sleep?

“There really are a lot of ghost brides in this village,” Chi You complained.

And this mission was especially bizarre.

They kept appearing one after another, each treating her as the next sacrificial substitute.

They would not leave her alone while she bathed, nor would they spare her while she slept.

At that moment, someone knocked on the door.

The two exchanged a glance, and Jiang Pan rose to open it.

When she saw Lu Lin and Hua Xiaoman standing outside, she stepped aside to let them in.

The moment they entered, they saw the female ghost sitting in the chair and were given quite a fright.

“Is that a female ghost?” Lu Lin asked incredulously.