Chapter 16: Female Corpse

Li Si felt somewhat creeped out inside, but he pretended as if nothing had happened and continued eating. Only, with a thought in his mind, the Decapitated Ghost appeared inside the room.

When the Decapitated Ghost appeared inside the room, Li Si immediately felt somewhat more at ease and gained a bit of security.

After giving the Decapitated Ghost the command to follow him, Li Si gritted his teeth, abruptly stood, strode several steps to the door, opened it, and suddenly looked toward the side of the wall.

But when he saw the scene outside the wall, goosebumps rose all over Li Si. A cold wind blew past, and there was nothing outside, as if no one had ever stayed there at all.

Did I see wrong? Li Si could not help thinking. But he immediately rejected it, because even now, he could still remember the appearance of that deep red eye. That terrifying eye was already deeply branded into his heart.

Is it the wife who jumped into the well? Li Si thought inwardly. At the same time, he walked out of the room and into the courtyard. At this time, the courtyard was still bright, and the afterglow of the setting sun had not yet faded.

He walked to the stone table on the left and sat down. The slightly cold stone stool gradually calmed his chaotic thoughts.

“Didn’t Xiaolan say that ghost could not leave Blue Flower Courtyard?” Li Si suddenly remembered Xiaolan’s explanation. Doubt immediately rose in his heart, and he could not help muttering, “Could Xiaolan have lied to me? Or is this place Blue Flower Courtyard?”

Thinking of this, the hairs on Li Si’s body all stood on end. He could not help looking toward the wooden plaque beside the round gate, and inwardly breathed out. The writing on this wooden plaque looked somewhat old. It was unlikely to have been written recently. Moreover, after thinking carefully, that was impossible. Squire Zhang’s former wife had died by jumping into a well, and there was no well in this courtyard.

Li Si did not think any further. He stood and walked out through the round gate, looking at the classical courtyard in the sunset’s afterglow. It could not be denied that Squire Zhang had terrible character, but this residence truly was very fine.

At this moment, however, Li Si felt that this manor was somewhat strange. He looked all around and saw that the residence was silent. Not a single person could be seen.

“They haven’t moved out of the manor to live elsewhere at night, have they? Am I the only one left here now?” Thinking of this, he could not help shuddering. If one person lived in such a large residence, it would be comfortable, yes, but also quite terrifying. Moreover, there should still be a ghost living with him in this residence.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that something beside his courtyard was strange. On that wall, there were some branches and other things placed there, as if they had been deliberately put there to block people’s line of sight.

Li Si had a premonition. He walked closer and saw that these branches were blocking a round gate. Beside the round gate, the wooden plaque bore the words Blue Flower Courtyard.

“Sure enough.” Li Si’s premonition became reality. A layer of cold sweat slid down his forehead, and he finally knew what had been watching him from outside his window earlier. It was that ghost creature.

So he was living right beside this ghost creature. At the same time, he also knew that today, he inevitably had to fight this ghost creature. Because this ghost creature had definitely already set its eyes on him. If he did not deal with this ghost creature, he would definitely not sleep peacefully tonight.

“Clear a path for me,” Li Si instructed the Decapitated Ghost beside him.

When the Decapitated Ghost heard Li Si’s command, it stretched out its tongue, coiled and wound it around the branches, and moved the branches aside, leaving a normal passage.

“This fellow is even more useful than a machete. In the future, when going up a mountain, I might as well use him as a machete.” A thought popped into Li Si’s mind. Then he imagined himself walking in the mountains while the Decapitated Ghost’s tongue flipped and swept away all the obstacles ahead.

Li Si shivered. The image was too beautiful, and he dared not imagine it. He shook his head, cleared away these distracting thoughts, and walked into Blue Flower Courtyard.

After entering Blue Flower Courtyard, he saw that the layout inside was roughly the same as Little Bamboo Courtyard. Only, opposite the stone table and on the other side of the small path, there was a well.

“It seems this well is the one Squire Zhang’s former wife jumped into.” Li Si thought inwardly. At the same time, his vigilance rose, and he slowly walked toward that well.

When he reached the side of the well, he discovered that this haunted well was no different from an ordinary well. The well was not deep. It was a well used by ordinary households. Leaning closer and looking down, with the help of the sunset’s afterglow, he saw clear, rippling well water and graceful water weeds in the deep water.

Water weeds?! Li Si fixed his eyes and looked carefully. These water weeds were slender and soft. He sucked in a cold breath. How were these water weeds? They were clearly human hair!

At this moment, a pair of cold, slender hands suddenly touched his waist. Before he could react, something on his back pushed him fiercely.

“Ah!” Li Si turned pale with fright and fell into the water. As he fell into the water, he also seemed to hear a miserable roar.

Splash! A burst of spray was left on the water.

“Kill her for me!” When Li Si fell into the water, he gave the Decapitated Ghost an order.

At the same time, because he did not know how to swim, his whole body sank to the bottom like a stone.

Li Si fell to the bottom of the well, passing through the well water until he reached the place where the hair was. He finally saw the pale, swollen face beneath the hair and met the eyes of this female corpse. His eyes were less than 5 centimetres (~2 inches) away from the female corpse’s eyes, so close that he could clearly see the venomous malice in them.

Li Si’s brain buzzed. He felt somewhat like vomiting, but he could not vomit in the water, and his face turned red beneath the water.

This was not a female ghost. This was her corpse! Li Si also understood in his heart that the one who had pushed him from above had definitely been the owner of this corpse.

“Killed low-level ghost creature, Drowned Ghost. Obtained 10 soul points.” At this moment, a message entered Li Si’s mind.

Hearing this voice, Li Si knew in his heart that the Decapitated Ghost had killed the Drowned Ghost. Without hesitation, he had the Decapitated Ghost rescue him.

A blue tongue slowly descended from above the well and began moving around his waist. Looking at the tongue with extremely thin edges, Li Si feared that this tongue would coil around him and cut him apart like wood.

So he ordered the Decapitated Ghost not to pull him up yet. He touched this cold tongue with his hand and discovered that the tongue was actually soft. His tense heart immediately relaxed, and at the same time, he gave the Decapitated Ghost the order to pull him up.

As the tongue pulled him upward, Li Si began to feel a lack of oxygen in his lungs while under the water, so he made the Decapitated Ghost speed up and pull him up.

But halfway up, Li Si felt something below wrap around his ankle. He looked down, but from his angle, he could see nothing.

He did not hesitate either and made the Decapitated Ghost continue using more strength. Li Si also began to feel as if something heavy were hanging from his leg.

“What is wrapped around my leg couldn’t be that female corpse’s hair, could it?” Li Si’s heart stirred, thinking of a possibility. He immediately felt somewhat palpitating, and his whole body went a little cold.

Then he was rising while dragging a corpse with him? Thinking of the corpse’s eyes that would not close even in death, Li Si suddenly kicked his foot, trying to shake off that heavy thing.

Strangely enough, after Li Si kicked, his foot immediately felt much lighter.

After his foot lightened, Li Si’s heart also relaxed a great deal, and he was quickly pulled upward by the Decapitated Ghost.

Li Si climbed over the mouth of the well and landed on solid ground. He suddenly felt much more relaxed. Yet at this moment, he felt that the sensation beneath his foot was somewhat wrong. He discovered that black hair was wrapped around his soaked trouser leg, and beneath the sole of his foot, he was just stepping on a pale scalp.