Chapter 11: A female ghost came to my house

July 1st, 2023

“Calm down, calm down, everything will be fine.” Lin Xuan forced herself to calm down, and the first thing that came to her mind was to find a place where she could rent a power bank or borrow a charger to charge her phone.

An Lian Qi, she could ask if she could borrow a charger from her family to charge her phone.

Without considering whether the other person would agree, Lin Xuan turned around to look for her, but there was no sign of An Lian Qi in the empty alley.

“Don’t panic, don’t panic. If my phone is out of battery, I can pretend to make a call and walk out. Others won’t know that my phone is dead. When I reach a crowded place up ahead, I’ll be safe.” Lin Xuan placed the phone by her ear, pretending to make a call, intentionally raising her voice.

“Ran Ran, I’m coming out. Yes, I’m in the village. Which road? Let me see…” Lin Xuan wanted to check her exact location and then deliberately reported her specific position over the phone. In doing so, if someone was really following her and heard her giving her friend her location, they would surely hesitate.

Unfortunately, there were no road signs in these small alleys of the urban village. Lin Xuan couldn’t find any road signs, and she panicked for a moment, but quickly calmed down and came up with a new idea. She deliberately spoke loudly, “Let’s share our locations. I don’t know which road this is either. Just follow the shared location to find me.”

After saying that, Lin Xuan took her phone down and pretended to tap a few times on the pitch-black screen, pretending that she had turned on location sharing.

After doing all this, Lin Xuan felt somewhat relieved.

Did you hear that? I’ve shared my location with my friend, and she’s already on her way to pick me up. If anything happens to me or if there’s any unusual activity, she’ll know immediately. So, please stop following me.

Lin Xuan didn’t know if her actions could fool the potential stalker, but to be completely safe, she had to leave this place as soon as possible.

But damn it, which way should she go?

Although Lin Xuan had been to the urban village a few times, she mostly stayed near the main road in the middle of the village. If she went a little deeper, she wouldn’t be familiar with the surroundings, especially at night. Moreover, she had been following An Lian Qi all the way here earlier, and she was too focused on guarding against potential attackers, so she didn’t pay attention to the route. Now, if she tried to go back, she felt that everything around her was unfamiliar, and it seemed to be getting more remote. There were fewer and fewer streetlights, and even the houses with lights on were scarce.

Is it really this early for everyone to sleep?

She couldn’t go any further. She had to go back! Lin Xuan suddenly felt a sense of danger. She had to get back to a crowded place, even if there were no people on the street, there were more residential buildings on both sides. That way, if she encountered any danger, she could at least call for help.

Lin Xuan turned around decisively and took a few steps back when a figure emerged from under a streetlight. It was a man, bare-chested with dyed blonde hair, carefree and grinning.

[Congratulations, host. The hidden attribute of your extreme luck value has been activated. You have successfully drawn someone’s hostility.]

Lin Xuan felt as if she saw a huge subtitle from the system floating above the man’s head, causing her hands and feet to tremble in panic.

Don’t panic, don’t panic. Act as if I don’t know anything, continue pretending to make the call, and calmly walk past him, just walk past.

Lin Xuan took a deep breath, forced herself to remain calm, continued pretending to make the call, and cautiously moved to the side, trying to create some distance from the man. She said, “Ran Ran, I’m out now, just came out. I’ll be there after turning a corner. Please wait for me.”

The man with dyed blonde hair in the distance suddenly stopped in his tracks and stood still.

Did I scare him off?!

Lin Xuan felt relieved and walked faster. Just as she was about to pass by the man with dyed blonde hair, he suddenly reached out and blocked her path.

Lin Xuan startled and quickly took two steps back to create distance. With a mixture of sternness and timidity, she said, “What… What are you doing? My friend is waiting for me at the entrance of the alley.”

“Still pretending, huh? I’ve been following you the whole way,” the man with dyed blonde hair sneered. “Little girl, you’re quite clever. Even with your phone out of battery, you know how to pretend to make a call. If we hadn’t heard you calling out earlier, we wouldn’t have dared to follow you.”

The man with dyed blonde hair’s original target was An Lian Qi. He had been tailing her since she entered the village, intending to wait for an opportunity to confront her in a secluded place. However, because Lin Xuan appeared, the man with dyed blonde hair hadn’t been able to seize the opportunity. Just when he was about to leave, he heard Lin Xuan lamenting about her phone being dead, and an idea struck him. He decided to shift his focus onto Lin Xuan.

Throughout the journey, Lin Xuan pretended to make a call, which he found quite amusing. Moreover, this girl was also directionally challenged. Without him scaring or guiding her, she managed to find her way to this remote location on her own.

Upon hearing his words, Lin Xuan knew that her lie had been exposed. Her face immediately changed, and she turned and ran. Growing up in the village, she was used to running up and down hills and fields, so she ran at a fast pace, darting out like a bullet.

The man with dyed blonde hair chased a few steps but realized he couldn’t catch up. “Damn, she’s running pretty fast. Baldy, stop her!” The man with dyed blonde hair shouted towards the depths of the alley.

Could there be someone else?

Lin Xuan’s heart skipped a beat. Before she could fully process this information, a burly bald man emerged from the darkness ahead and blocked her path.

Lin Xuan was dumbfounded on the spot.

What should she do?

In front of her was the bald man, and behind her was the man with dyed blonde hair. She seemed to have reached a dead end.

Looking at a few dimly lit lights not far away, an idea flashed through Lin Xuan’s mind. She raised her voice and suddenly shouted, “Fire! There’s a fire!”

Her piercing voice echoed through the silent night sky.

She had read online jokes about shouting “fire” when in danger. Only when it directly affected others would people come out to investigate the situation.

“Damn bitch, what are you shouting? I’ll kill you today and teach you a lesson for sneaking around,” the man with dyed blonde hair immediately shouted even louder than Lin Xuan.

Seeing the silent surroundings with no one coming out of their houses, Lin Xuan was completely at a loss. What was this? Was it using magic to counter magic?

“Drag her in quickly,” the man with dyed blonde hair pointed to the left, afraid that if this girl kept shouting, someone nosy might call the police.

Lin Xuan looked to the left and noticed a narrow alley about one meter wide. It would be more appropriate to call it a hutong. The alley was pitch black, without a trace of light, resembling the depths of hell.

If she was dragged into there, it would be over. She couldn’t let herself be dragged in, but where was the way out?

The way out?!

Lin Xuan suddenly thought of something.

【When lost, wear it and you can crawl out of the TV at any time.】

The TV was also a way out!

At this moment, the bald man and the man with dyed blonde hair were less than two meters away from Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan gritted her teeth, disregarding everything else, and turned her head, rushing into the alley herself.

“Oh, she went in by herself. That saves us some trouble,” the man with dyed blonde hair stopped at the entrance of the alley. It was a dead end, and as long as they blocked the exit, the person inside would be trapped.

“Let me go first,” the bald man blocked the man with dyed blonde hair.

“Why should you?” the man with dyed blonde hair complained.

“This girl should still be a virgin. I haven’t had a virgin yet,” the bald man said lewdly.

“Useless bastard. I had one when I was in my teens,” the man with dyed blonde hair boasted in his tone.

“Then let me have this one. I’ll treat you to a drink afterward.”

“Get lost. You’re daydreaming. I’ve had one, but I’ve never forced anyone.”

“Then how about together?”

“Great idea.”

The two of them laughed wickedly and walked into the alley together. As they walked, they provocatively teased with vulgar words, “Little baby, Daddy is here.”

“Originally, Brother’s target wasn’t you, but since you’ve been following that bitch Qizi, I can’t sleep with her, so I’ll have to sleep with you. Don’t worry, Brother will treat you well.”

Lin Xuan had already reached the end of the alley. The alley wasn’t long, only about fifty meters. At the end, there was a three-meter-high wall, leaving her with no way to retreat. Lin Xuan listened to their footsteps getting closer and their insulting words, feeling disgusted to the point of almost vomiting.

She opened the system’s item inventory and took out Sadako’s long hair.

Sadako, I’m counting on you to save me.

As soon as Lin Xuan put on the wig, a new passage suddenly appeared where the wall had blocked the way before. Without hesitation, Lin Xuan turned around and walked into it. The passage wasn’t long. After walking about ten steps, Lin Xuan saw a rectangular exit.

The shape was undoubtedly that of a television, and it should be around 50 inches in size.

Just as Lin Xuan was about to crawl out, she hesitated again. “If I come out from here, will there be people outside? Should I hide in this space for a while and wait for those two perverts to leave before going out?”

As Lin Xuan was contemplating this idea, the previously stable passage suddenly started shaking, as if it could collapse at any moment.

What’s going on?

Before Lin Xuan could figure out what was happening, she suddenly heard the voice of the man with dyed blonde hair coming from outside the passage.

“Where did that little girl go just now? Hurry, use your phone to shine a light. This is a dead end, she definitely can’t escape,” the man with dyed blonde hair said.

“She saw our faces, so she can’t have gotten away,” the bald man replied.

Without hesitation, Lin Xuan twisted her body and crawled into the television.

Jincheng, city center, on the top floor of the Illusory Sea Century Apartments.

Chen Chu had just finished taking a shower and came out of the bathroom wearing only a pair of sports shorts. He was drying his hair with a towel, preparing to go to the kitchen to get some water to drink. As he passed by the living room, the phone suddenly rang, so Chen Chu answered it first.

The caller was Xie Xingyu.

“What’s up?” Chen Chu draped the towel over his shoulder and continued walking towards the kitchen.

“Come out for a drink,” there was a noisy atmosphere on the other end of the phone, clearly in a bar.

“Not going. I’m going to sleep,” Chen Chu poured himself a glass of water. “It’s only a few hours, are you an old man? Sleeping so early?”

“Can’t you tell that’s just an excuse to reject me?” Chen Chu retorted.

“What’s the point of staying at home? Come out. People like us should know how to enjoy ourselves in a timely manner, so that we won’t have any regrets.”

“What regrets?” Chen Chu poured himself another glass of water, left the kitchen, and returned to the living room.

“Like missing out on beautiful women,” Xie Xingyu chuckled lewdly. “Brother Chu, don’t act like a brother anymore.”

Xie Xingyu loved using Chen Chu’s name in this clichéd way, and every time he did, Chen Chu would give him a beating. But Xie Xingyu never tired of it. At the very least, every time he used this trick, Chen Chu would go out to beat him up.

Xie Xingyu was waiting for Chen Chu to ask for the address, but the phone suddenly became eerily quiet.

Xie Xingyu sensed something was wrong and quickly asked, “Chen Chu, what happened?”

“It’s nothing. There’s a female ghost in my house,” Chen Chu looked at the unknown creature stuck halfway inside his own 58-inch LCD TV and hung up the phone.

This thing should be a female ghost, right?

Lin Xuan cautiously stuck out half of her head. The first thing she saw was the gray sofa in front of the living room and the matching wool carpet.

There was no one on the sofa, and this family wasn’t watching TV in the living room. She looked to the left, no one. She looked to the right, still no one.

Good luck!

Lin Xuan was delighted. She started using both hands and feet to crawl out. But when she had crawled out halfway, she suddenly encountered a problem because there was nothing to support her. The TV was placed on a narrow TV cabinet, and there was no place to grip for leverage. If she crawled out directly, she would definitely fall to the ground. Lin Xuan wasn’t afraid of falling, but she was afraid of making too much noise and alerting the owner of the TV.

She needed to come in quietly and leave quietly, without causing any trouble for the owner of the television.

Just as Lin Xuan was trying to see if she could reach the ground with her hands, a very polite voice came from above her.

“Do you need help?”