I created the myth of the Great Old Ones.

Qin Tiantian puffed out her chest, which was large enough to take off and land heavy aircraft, but suddenly felt a little guilty.

"Wait a minute, normal ghosts don't harm people, but what about abnormal ghosts?"

"An abnormal ghost will harm anyone it sees."

Lu Ban said seriously.

"...Thank you so much."

Qin Tiantian couldn't help but complain.

For some reason, when she was joking around with Lu Ban, her trembling stopped, and she didn't seem so scared anymore.

"If you keep going forward, everything should be fine. It's a path between the living and the dead, so don't look back. Just don't turn back."

Lu Ban pointed ahead to the depths of the alleyway shrouded in mist.

"……Really……"

Qin Tiantian muttered something, but still obediently followed Lu Ban forward.

Due to the intense tension, she didn't know how long she had been walking. It was very cold around her, and only Lu Ban's arm was still warm.

Most of the shops nearby were still open, but each one looked extremely eerie.

The barbecue restaurant was filled with bloody and mangled food. The owner was shirtless, wearing only a dirty apron, and holding a huge cleaver.

The bookstore was filled with books that looked covered in dust, and the owner didn't look like a modern person. Countless talismans were pasted on the bookshelves, swaying in the wind.

In the clothing store, the clothes looked like they were folded from paper, with bright red and purple colors, completely lacking in aesthetics. The paper mannequins had two eyes peering out at the street.

"whee."

Hearing a soft laugh from behind, Qin Tiantian suppressed the urge to turn around and saw a small child pop out beside her.

The child was dressed in coarse cloth clothes, his face was pale, only his blush was particularly eye-catching. He turned around, smiled at Qin Tiantian, and then disappeared into some shop.

"This is a ghost market; some ghosts buy and sell things in places like this."

Lu Ban offered an explanation.

"Who would understand this..."

What Qin Tiantian needs right now is not scientific information, but a sense of security.

"You are afraid of ghosts because you don't understand them. Fear stems from the unknown. Once you have fully studied and understood ghosts, they will no longer be scary."

Lu Ban patiently explained.

"I don't want to know right now, I just want to go home!"

Qin Tiantian cried out, her voice trembling with fear. Her legs felt weak, and she could barely walk. Every step she took was torture.

Just then, Qin Tiantian felt a tap on her right shoulder.

"Why are you taking pictures of me...?"

Qin Tiantian was about to turn around instinctively, but then she suddenly realized something.

Lu Ban's left hand was on the left, and his right hand was being held by himself. Where did he get the hand to pat him?

"..."

She gasped, her eyes rolled back, and she fainted.

"This is fine too."

Lu Ban looked at Qin Tiantian, who had fainted from fright, picked her up, and walked towards the exit of the alley.

Chapter 089 Is this melon guaranteed to be ripe?

When Qin Tiantian woke up, she saw a familiar-looking ceiling.

She found herself covered with a thin blanket, sleeping on a slightly firm bed.

Still half asleep, Qin Tiantian quickly saw that the bright sunlight was shining in through the window, and Lu Ban was sitting in front of the computer, intently watching a horror movie where only one dog died from beginning to end. He would pause and rewind from time to time, and draw and take notes on the tablet with a pen.

"...Is this my house or your house?"

Qin Tiantian blurted it out.

She was even somewhat slow to realize that her first reaction wasn't to check if she was dressed properly.

Of course, they were dressed very neatly.

"Of course it's my house. You were so scared last night that you fainted. I didn't know where you lived, and it wasn't convenient for me to go back and disturb the police officers on their case, so I had no choice but to bring you back."

Lu Ban paused the movie, the screen freezing on the scene of the main couple looking suspicious in the living room, which was somewhat eerie.

"...Did I do anything strange last night?"

Qin Tiantian immediately sat up straight, her two slender, fair legs immediately tucked into the blanket, with only her rounded toes peeking out from the edge of the blanket.

"What counts as strange?"

Lu Ban frowned.

"It's okay, it's okay, don't worry about it!"

As Qin Tiantian spoke, he was about to climb out of bed, looking rather disheveled, like a playboy who had just finished sleeping with a virtuous woman and was now packing his clothes to run away.

"Let's have breakfast before we leave, we've already bought it."

Lu Ban pointed to the living room, where steamed buns, fried dough sticks, and soy milk were placed on the table.

"May I use your bathroom?"

Qin Tiantian slipped into Lu Ban's bathroom as if fleeing. To her surprise, the bathroom was very clean, without any limescale, and even the toilet looked brand new.

"Did he clean it specially?"

Qin Tiantian turned on the tap, wanting to wash her face and clear her head.

Last night's experience was truly frightening, and Qin Tiantian decided to ask Lu Ban about it properly later.

She wasn't wearing makeup, so she didn't need makeup remover. She just rubbed her face with warm water, then Qin Tiantian cupped a handful of water, moistened her cheeks, and looked up, wanting to dry her wet face.

At this moment, Qin Tiantian saw herself in the mirror. Her face was gloomy and dark, and her eyes were bloodshot, making her look extremely ferocious.

"!"

Slightly startled, Qin Tiantian paused for a moment.

At that moment, she saw herself in the mirror smiling at her.

"..."

Qin Tiantian rubbed her eyes, and her reflection in the mirror rubbed her eyes too.

"Is it just my imagination...?"

She tried to deceive herself, and smiled at herself in the mirror again.

Qin Tiantian smiled in the mirror.

However, the smile on her face appeared half a second later in the mirror than in reality.

"!!!"

Qin Tiantian hurriedly took two steps back.

She then noticed that the drain in the sink appeared to be clogged with black hair.

This is clearly not my own hair; it's longer.

Something's not right.

Qin Tiantian wanted to leave the bathroom immediately, but when she put her hand on the doorknob and prepared to push the door open, she felt as if someone was standing at the door.

The person's shadow was cast on the door by the light from the balcony, but it was blurry and indistinct.

"Lu Ban?"

Qin Tiantian tentatively called out.

She felt the shadow growing denser, as if it might burst through the door at any moment.

"Don't scare me, Lu Ban, I'm telling you something..."

By the end, Qin Tiantian's voice was trembling slightly.

At that moment, she felt the doorknob tremble slightly.

Then, not by Qin Tiantian's will, the doorknob slowly turned in the direction of unlocking.

"No...no, no, no..."

Qin Tiantian tried to stop the doorknob, but due to the design, she could only watch helplessly as the doorknob turned and the bathroom door slowly opened.

Lu Ban stood outside the door.

"what are you doing?"

He asked a question.

There's something wrong with your house!

Qin Tiantian was on the verge of tears, clutching Lu Ban's clothes.

You mean...like this?

Hearing Lu Ban's words, Qin Tiantian looked up and saw that Lu Ban's face had turned ashen, and several cuts on his neck were slowly opening, like shocking wounds.

"you you you you……"

Qin Tiantian was incoherent and almost fainted again.

However, Lu Ban's neck wound healed quickly, and he returned to his original appearance.

"Didn't I tell you that there are many people in my family?"

He chuckled.

Qin Tiantian was still in shock and stared at Lu Ban hesitantly for a while.

"Don't scare me! If you scare me to death, I'll haunt you even as a ghost!"