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In the darkness, I felt utterly helpless, with no response from heaven or earth.
Before long, I was pulled onto the balcony by Zhang Chao and the others. The window was open, and a cold wind rushed in, making my entire body tingle as if it were the death knell.
Zhou Zhen lived on the fifth floor; at such a height, falling from here would undoubtedly lead to dire consequences.
At that moment, I felt death was so close to me, an unprecedented panic and fear engulfing me.
Yet just when I was at my most helpless and had nearly given up hope, the person who could save my life appeared.
This person was not Zhou Zhen but Mu Yan, whom I had originally hoped to avoid but ended up seeing anyway.
She appeared strangely and silently before me, suspended outside the window in a bizarre manner.
“Caw caw.”
She sneered coldly, her bloodshot eyes scanning me with a chilling gaze that made me shudder uncontrollably.
I was terrified; seeing Mu Yan in such a ferocious state filled me with genuine fear.
However, it seemed I was not the only one afraid. The ghostly figures that had appeared in the room seemed even more terrified at the moment Mu Yan showed up, hastily disappearing one after another.
Even Zhang Chao, Liu Bo, Deng Kun, and Wu Qian vanished in an instant.
Some of those who were slower met a grim fate; I only saw Mu Yan suddenly open her mouth wide, revealing sharp teeth.
From her mouth came an immense suction force, as those ghostly figures transformed into black gas amidst their shrill screams and were drawn into her mouth.
Then she smacked her pale lips together as if she had just finished eating, leaving a lingering taste.
The scene made my scalp tingle, but it reminded me of something Zhou Zhen had said earlier: high-level ghosts could absolutely crush and devour low-level ones to strengthen themselves.
So, Mu Yan was feeding on ghosts.
This thought filled me with fear and a sense of disgust, causing my scalp to prickle.
Soon, the ghostly figures in the room vanished, leaving me alone on the balcony, with one foot already dangling outside.
I stood there in a daze, staring at that grotesque and terrifying face.
Suddenly, I felt a shiver run through me. I snapped back to reality and hurriedly jumped back into the room from the balcony.
At that moment, a chill swept over me. When I looked up, Mu Yan had eerily floated right in front of me, her ghastly face and blood-dripping eyes pressed closely against mine.
I screamed in terror as an overwhelming sense of fear washed over me, as if all my strength had been drained away in an instant. I fell weakly backward.
Cold hands suddenly caught me, and then that horrifying visage with blood-dripping eyes gradually faded away, replaced by Mu Yan's most beautiful appearance.
"You’re scared of me."
With her hands still supporting me, Mu Yan faced me directly. Her gaze seemed somewhat complicated.
Instinctively, I nodded vigorously, my face filled with terror.
Wasn’t that obvious? You’re a ghost; I’m a human. Who wouldn’t be afraid when confronted by such a ghastly face with blood at the corners of its eyes?
But I didn’t dare say that. Instead, I shook my head repeatedly and stammered, "Mu... Mu Yan; why do you keep haunting me?"
Upon hearing this, a flicker of disappointment crossed her face as she sighed softly, "Given our relationship, don’t you think you should be responsible for me?"
"The relationship is already like that."
"What relationship?"
"Responsible, but responsible for what?"
Upon hearing this, I was momentarily stunned, and then I felt completely foolish.
In an instant, I recalled that during that time, I had been going to find Mu Yan almost every day to roll in the sheets. Could it be that the responsibility she mentioned was about that?
Oh my God.
I felt like cursing; if I had known from the beginning that Mu Yan wasn't human, I wouldn't have had the guts to seek her out for such encounters.
Even if she was beautiful, with long legs and charm, there was no way I would have dared.
What was even more unfortunate was that it seemed I couldn't escape from those sheets now. For a moment, I felt like banging my head against a wall.
However, from Mu Yan's earlier words, I sensed something, so I tentatively asked, "Then you don't want to harm me?"
Mu Yan shook her head and said, "If I wanted to harm you, you would have been dead long ago."
I nodded, feeling a bit less fearful of her.
Then I began to ponder the entire situation from start to finish. Before I could even ask, Mu Yan had already recounted the whole story.
She told me that when we first met, she was still alive; it was only after we got to know each other that she died. As for the cause of death, she said it was quite strange—she didn't even know how she had died herself.
She only mentioned that someone came to find her, and then she fainted. After that, she mysteriously passed away.
I asked who the person looking for her was, and Mu Yan said she couldn't remember, not even whether the person was male or female; she only knew that someone had come to find her.
This struck me as strange, and of course, I wasn't sure if what she said was true.
I asked her why, even after death, she still clung to me. Surely, I couldn't be held responsible for a dead person.
Mu Yan blushed at this question. She said that there seemed to be a powerful energy within me that made her stronger when we were together during those moments.
Her words surprised me once again. I recalled that Zhou Zhen had mentioned earlier that the reason the Cloud Ghost General and others wanted to harm me but didn't directly kill me was because the problem lay within myself.
Now, based on what Mu Yan said, it turned out to be true.
But I couldn't imagine what kind of powerful energy could exist within someone as ordinary as me.
Even if I racked my brain, I couldn't figure it out, so I curiously asked Mu Yan about it.
Mu Yan shook her head and said she didn't know either, but she was certain that this energy was very useful to them and was somewhat similar to Ghostly Energy.
The fact that a living person could harbor Ghostly Energy was astonishing.
Hearing this, my face turned pale; it was truly an unbelievable revelation.
Then Mu Yan explained why she had previously prevented me from talking to anyone else in the building. She feared that I might learn from others that she was already dead and become frightened.
As for why she didn't want me to speak with the family across the hall, that was even simpler: they were not human either and had been trying to target me.
It was only because of her warnings that they lacked the courage to act.
However, unexpectedly, a Master Yun appeared out of nowhere—a Ghost General who understood some Mausoleum Taoism—and even she felt a bit wary of him.
But Mu Yan said she had figured it out too. The reason the Cloud Ghost General made me sleep in his coffin was because of the powerful energy within me.
Only when I lay in his coffin, and he lay on top of me, could he slowly absorb that energy.
It was only now that I began to piece together this pile of mysteries. However, looking at Mu Yan standing right in front of me, I still felt a bit confused.
The question was why she had kept her distance from me during this time, even when she appeared, and why her expression had been so fierce. And why did she save me on the bus to Jiangsu?
Mu Yan said, "It's because of the person next to you."
"Zhou Zhen?" I asked.
Mu Yan nodded and said, "He has something on him that is very harmful to me, so I couldn't dare to get close to you."
Suddenly, I remembered and asked, "You're talking about the Manticore Scale he has?"
Mu Yan nodded again and continued, "As for what happened on the bus, it was because time was pressing. I had no choice but to endure the pain to get close to you. I don't want our child to be born without a father."
"What?"
Her words left me stunned for a moment, almost doubting whether I had misheard her.
However, Mu Yan lowered her head, her voice becoming softer as she repeated what she had just said: "I mean, I don't want our child to be born with a mother but no father."
Her voice was not loud, but every word was exceptionally clear, ringing in my head like a loud thud. I stood there in shock, unable to believe what I had just heard.
"Are you happy?"
Seeing me staring at her in a daze, Mu Yan's face instantly lit up with a joyful smile.
I was filled with joy.
Can I really be this happy?
I felt that the world had become a bit too crazy; even ghosts could get pregnant.
Still in disbelief, I asked, "You... you really are pregnant? This child is truly mine?"
Upon hearing my words, Mu Yan clearly became angry and coldly replied, "What do you mean? You think you can just deny it after everything?"
Damn it.
A thousand curses raced through my mind at that moment.
This was a huge deal; an incredible stroke of luck had just landed in my lap. Not only did I end up with a wife from our night together, but now we were also expecting a child. Our little family of three was finally coming together.
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