The three of them rode the elevator straight up to the 16th floor.
Perhaps it was because this wasn't their first time at Ping An Building, Yan Shouyi felt less nervous than before.
The mirror ghost on the 34th floor hadn't posed a threat to him at the time, so there was nothing to worry about below the 34th floor.
Fortunately, they hadn't encountered any accidents along the way.
The elevator stopped at the 16th floor, emitting a crisp "ding," and then the doors slowly opened.
It was still the long corridor, the flickering elevator, and at the end, the red wardrobe.
Long Feicheng merely poked his head out for a glance before retracting it.
Yan Shouyi patted his shoulder, trying to comfort him, "A day of marriage, a hundred days of grace..."
"Stop right there!"
Long Feicheng quickly shook his head, "My heart belongs to Cai Wei, no one can take it away."
"Are you sure you want to say that here?" Luo Ning chuckled, covering her mouth. "Aren't you afraid the female ghost will get jealous and drag you into the wardrobe to drain your yang energy?"
Hearing this, Long Feicheng's heart sank.
Fearing he would be captured by the female ghost in the red wardrobe again, he quickly shouted towards the wardrobe:
"Sister ghost, I didn't mean anything by it! My heart is yours forever, I will love you alone for all eternity!!"
Luo Ning couldn't help but whisper, "A man's mouth is for deceiving ghosts! I really can't trust anything you men say!"
Yan Shouyi felt a mix of amusement and exasperation. "So what does it take to satisfy you? What do you want Little Long to say?"
You're the one who told Long Feicheng to coax the female ghost, and you're the one scolding men after he's done. Men are tired, Little Long is tired!
"Sister ghost, are you still there? Don't be angry with me, I've come to see you again!"
Seeing no movement from the wardrobe, Long Feicheng, fearing the female ghost was angry, immediately used all his persuasive skills.
"I haven't seen you for so long, and my heart is in agony. I can't eat or sleep, only thinking of you!"
"It wasn't intentional that I didn't visit you. It's just that last time I exerted too much force, and I had to go back to recuperate!"
"Only by recovering my health can I provide you with better service. In the end, it's all for you!"
No matter how much Long Feicheng called out or pleaded, the eerie wardrobe remained motionless.
This terrified Long Feicheng.
A motionless wardrobe was more frightening than a moving one!
"Sister ghost, sister ghost???"
Yan Shouyi suddenly placed a hand on Long Feicheng's shoulder and said in a low voice, "Stop shouting."
"What's wrong? Is Sister Ghost really angry?" Long Feicheng asked in fright.
"That female ghost... doesn't seem to be in the wardrobe."
After speaking, Yan Shouyi stepped out of the elevator and walked directly towards the wardrobe at the end of the corridor.
Luo Ning was worried about Yan Shouyi walking out so casually, but seeing that he was already several meters away, it seemed too late to stop him.
So she followed him out.
Long Feicheng froze. With his two legs gone, how could he possibly stay in the elevator alone?
"You guys slow down, wait for me!"
So he also followed them out in a hurry.
The three arrived before the wardrobe, and Yan Shouyi frowned as he examined it.
The cabinet door was locked, as if a disheveled female ghost might emerge at any moment.
Luo Ning sniffed and said, "Are you sure you encountered a ghost in this wardrobe last time?"
"How could that be fake? If there's no ghost in this wardrobe, who drained my yang energy last time?" Long Feicheng said resentfully.
"But this wardrobe doesn't have any ghostly aura at all. It just seems like an ordinary wardrobe," Luo Ning said, puzzled.
Creak!
As the two were still discussing, Yan Shouyi had already reached out and opened the cabinet door with a creak.
The last time they looked into the wardrobe, it was pitch black, like a bottomless abyss.
But this time, the inside of the wardrobe was just a wooden panel, like any ordinary wardrobe.
Just as Yan Shouyi was wondering, Long Feicheng suddenly let out a startled cry, "Holy crap!"
"What's wrong, always jumping to conclusions!" Luo Ning chided.
"You guys look..."
Long Feicheng pointed to the bottom of the wardrobe.
Yan Shouyi looked down and saw a decaying female corpse curled up in the corner of the wardrobe at the bottom.
Her flesh was almost gone, and her bones were about to crumble with the slightest touch. Her torn red dress had many holes gnawed by rats.
The female ghost was gone, and only a female corpse remained in the wardrobe?
Yan Shouyi said in a deep voice:
"This female corpse should be the body of the female ghost that was previously in the wardrobe."
Long Feicheng swallowed hard. "Last time, I wouldn't have... with this female corpse..."
"That's unlikely. The one in the wardrobe was a female ghost, not a zombie," Luo Ning's explanation made Long Feicheng breathe a sigh of relief.
Ghosts were ethereal, but this corpse was tangible. Long Feicheng couldn't accept his previous imaginings.
Yan Shouyi squatted down, studying the female corpse as he spoke:
"The corpse is still here, but the female ghost is gone. There's no residual ghostly aura on the wardrobe either. It's likely... Little Long, someone has turned your old flame into ashes before we arrived."
Long Feicheng's mouth twitched. "Brother Yan, don't keep calling her my old flame. We were at most casual acquaintances."
But thinking that Yan Shouyi said the female ghost had been reduced to ashes, Long Feicheng felt a pang of anger, as a man would:
"Who was so ruthless? What wrong did this female ghost do? She was just a fallen female ghost in need of comfort!"
"Stop joking around."
Yan Shouyi glared at Long Feicheng impatiently. This guy was truly heartless. After all, they had shared an intimate moment with that female ghost.
Long Feicheng cleared his throat twice. "Brother Yan, I'm serious about being angry."
"I don't know what's going on right now. Perhaps the Bai family cleared the area in advance to celebrate Bai Shixi's birthday?" Yan Shouyi speculated.
In any case, Long Feicheng's old flame was well and truly gone.
Ping An Building had lost one of its guides.
Yan Shouyi asked, "Luo Ning, did you notice anything unusual when you were downstairs?"
Luo Ning shook her head. "The ghosts on the first and second floors are still there. I don't think the Bai family would clear out the ghosts on the lower floors, even if they were clearing the area."
"Why not?"
"Although the ghosts on the lower floors are not powerful, they are scary enough. With them around, no ordinary people would dare to disturb Bai Shixi's peace. However, if they were to kill all the ghosts in the middle floors, even for Bai Shixi, it would be a great benefit."
After hearing Luo Ning's analysis, Yan Shouyi became even more convinced that the Bai family was responsible.
To confirm this suspicion, they only had one more old acquaintance to seek out.
The mirror ghost on the 34th floor!
The mirror ghost was considered to be in the middle to upper floors of Ping An Building, and having been subdued by Yan Shouyi, she should know what had happened in the building.
So Yan Shouyi told everyone to return to the elevator, preparing to go up again.
Before leaving, Long Feicheng looked at the female corpse in the wardrobe, his heart filled with mixed emotions.
After a moment of thought, he bowed three times to the female corpse and said, "Although I was forced, we did have some history. After I help Brother Yan win tonight's fight, I'll come back to collect your body!"
Seeing this, Luo Ning curled her lips. "At least Long Feicheng has some conscience."
"Little Long may seem unconventional, but he's very clear-headed and values relationships the most," Yan Shouyi said with a smile.
"What about you?"
Luo Ning glanced sideways at Yan Shouyi. "Someone, for the sake of Lin Zitong, repeatedly drew a line between us, but on Guling Mountain, you didn't refuse anyone who came!"
Yan Shouyi was stunned. "What do you mean by that?"
"Hmph, you're feigning ignorance."
Yan Shouyi recalled. He hadn't done anything out of line on Guling Mountain!
Wait...
Liu Yiren seemed to have accidentally slept in his room for a night!
Although Yan Shouyi didn't know what had happened at the time, the fact remained that Liu Yiren had slept next to him for a night.
His expression immediately changed. "Were you following me?"
"You need evidence for your accusations. I was monitoring Principal Zhong Qi at the time, how could I have time to monitor you?" Luo Ning said with a smile.
Yan Shouyi didn't believe Luo Ning. Even if Luo Ning wasn't personally monitoring him, she must have sent zombies to follow him.
Damn it, he hadn't even noticed!
Yan Shouyi said angrily, "It's not easy for you to refine zombies. Stop sending those things to follow me, or I'll burn your zombies. It will take you many years to raise another one."
"Oh."
Luo Ning clearly wasn't convinced, pretending to have taken Yan Shouyi's words to heart.
After leaving his message for the female corpse, Long Feicheng returned to the elevator.
Yan Shouyi and Luo Ning tacitly avoided the previous topic and pressed the button for the 34th floor...