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Chapter 304 - 306: There’s a Problem with the Landlord
An infant’s arm, bearing a blood-red mark, emerged bit by bit from beneath her body, accompanied by the sound of ripping skin.
Then came the feet. Finally, with a wet SQUELCH, the female ghost’s belly tore wide open.
The entire infant slid out from her belly.
Its teeth were incredibly sharp, its hair a tangled mess, and its eyes were milky white. Combined with its eerie complexion, the sight was utterly terrifying.
But even without pupils, it locked its gaze precisely on Su Nian.
It let out a piercing shriek and began to crawl toward Su Nian. At the same time, its mother swiftly followed.
The large one and the small one, mother and son, charged relentlessly toward Su Nian. Su Nian glanced at the gaping wound on the female ghost’s belly.
’A ghost’s recovery is pretty impressive,’ she mused internally. ’She doesn’t even need maternity leave before she’s up and ready for a fight.’
The livestream chat immediately flooded with comments.
[Oh my god, this ghost is a total badass!]
[Why is her kid so disgusting?!]
[Don’t you guys get it? It grew up eating human hearts. That’s beyond disgusting.]
The female ghost shrieked, leading her child as they rapidly closed in from the front.
But the female ghost was clearly in a weaker state than before. Her belly was still bleeding, and her face was a deathly white, as if from excessive blood loss.
’Can ghosts even suffer from blood loss?’
Su Nian was puzzled for a moment but quickly corrected her line of thinking.
Watching the large and small figures charge at her, she reached out and swiftly snatched the ghost child by the head.
Even as a ghost, she still possessed maternal instincts. The female ghost froze for a second.
Su Nian’s grip was simply too powerful. The infant had only just been born, and though it was filled with malevolent energy and heavy with resentment, in Su Nian’s hand, it was as helpless as a doll, for her to toy with as she pleased.
No matter how much it shrieked and struggled, it could only allow Su Nian to dangle it in the air and inspect it.
Finally, Su Nian nonchalantly tossed it to the ground.
"So this is your child? It’s hideous!"
Su Nian’s voice dripped with disgust. She even pried the creature’s mouth open, and her contempt deepened when she saw the row of sharp teeth.
’An idea began to form. This child had already been at the stage of delivery while in its mother’s womb.’
’Looking at the woman’s facial characteristics, Su Nian became highly suspicious that this whole situation was man-made.’
’In short, this female ghost was murdered. Otherwise, how could it be a coincidence that her entire family was so neatly wiped out?’
Since Su Nian thought it, she asked it directly.
"Hey, you big idiot. Don’t you think there might be a reason for your death?"
The female ghost was stunned. She didn’t think she could hold a conversation with Su Nian.
As if she were mindless, she continued to wave her claws, glaring viciously at Su Nian.
"Give me back my child! Give me my child!"
It was as if she couldn’t understand words, only knowing how to shriek loudly and piercingly.
Su Nian tossed the wretched creature away. The female ghost, having just retrieved her child, immediately prepared to charge Su Nian again.
This time, Su Nian didn’t hold back. She took out a sheet of talisman paper and swiftly stuck it onto the female ghost’s forehead.
The power of this talisman paper was immense. The female ghost and her child were quickly burned to nothing.
Then they vanished from the room. It all happened and ended so quickly that the girl, leaning against the windowsill, was left completely bewildered.
But when Su Nian saw the girl’s face, she narrowed her eyes. It was because the girl’s facial characteristics were far too similar to the female ghost’s.
It wasn’t that they looked alike, but the arrangement of their features and the trajectory of their future fortune were just too similar.
Su Nian’s expression grew cold. "Let’s go. Take me to see your landlord."
"She’s not here."
The girl was still terrified, but she was also puzzled as to why Su Nian would make such a request.
Su Nian said, "Have you ever wondered why you ended up renting this apartment? Why you, specifically?"
The girl became even more lost at Su Nian’s question. She blinked, her eyes full of confusion.
"I only rented it because it was cheap."
Su Nian chuckled. "Cheap? An apartment this cheap in the city center, and you actually dared to rent it."
The girl lowered her head, confused, and tried to explain herself again.
"It’s because I don’t have any money. I had no other choice. I can’t afford the expensive places."
Su Nian spoke, casually clapping her hands as she glanced at the bloodstains the female ghost had left on the floor.
"You really are naive! Have you ever considered that many people think just like you? So why did the landlord choose to rent to you, specifically? Do you really think you were the first person to come see this apartment?"
Su Nian’s string of questions left the girl even more baffled. She looked at Su Nian with bewildered eyes.
"Maybe they thought there was something wrong with the apartment."
The viewers in the chat, however, were already catching on.
[Yeah, now that the streamer mentions it, I think something’s off too.]
[Besides, a lot of young people don’t believe in that stuff anyway.]
[Exactly! A prime location in the city center, a great layout, and rent that cheap? Forget a ghost, I’d move in even if King Yama himself was living there.]
[Right? So why rent it to this girl, of all people? Don’t tell me it’s because she was the first one who showed up?]
Su Nian shook her head. "You should know this. Before you, there was a guy who wanted to rent it. His offer was higher than yours, so why did the landlord refuse him and rent it to you instead?"
Su Nian glanced around the room.
’The resentment in this apartment is thick. She estimated every single tenant had died in this very room.’
The girl’s eyes widened in an instant. She understood the implication behind Su Nian’s words.
The girl said in disbelief, "How can you accuse her like that! My landlord is a wonderful person! When she found out I’d be broke after paying rent, she even let me pay late. What gives you the right to say such things?"
The girl spoke with righteous conviction, her eyes filled with accusation toward Su Nian.
From her perspective, the landlord had indeed been very good to her.
She was naive and believed the landlord was clearly just trying to help her.
’Why does this master have to assume the worst of people?’ She continued to explain, "Plus, I had no money at the time. Even when I couldn’t pay for the second month, she was willing to let me stay on credit. If she wasn’t an older woman, I’d have thought she was into me."
The moment the girl said this, the viewers in the chat became even more convinced that Su Nian was right.
[What normal landlord lets a tenant get two months behind on rent?]
[Yeah, especially with rent that cheap. Something’s definitely not right.]