Chapter 2 The Second Floor

Beside the freezer,
On the second floor,
Zhou Ze had stood for about half an hour.

Madam Bai still lay inside, exactly as she had been when Zhou Ze got up and left that morning. There was no change. But the images recorded by the camera couldn't be wrong.

Especially,
That glass of water.
He had felt it was a bit sweet from the very first sip.

This wasn't just psychological, because he hadn't watched the video before drinking.

In fact, Zhou Ze wasn't too disgusted by the thought of drinking from her glass; after all, he had seen Xu Qinglang eat so much "delicacy" last night.

Compared to Xu Qinglang, this was just a drizzle.

Of course, he wouldn't feel anything "sensual" either.

The person before him, no matter how beautiful, was just a corpse, lying underground, a two-hundred-year-old corpse.

The thought that she hadn't brushed her teeth in two hundred years was a little too much for Zhou Ze, who had a mild case of mysophobia.

She could move, and she had gone downstairs to drink water, then came back up.

Had Madam Bai not told him the truth?

Or perhaps, because of his fingernail last night, the corpse had undergone some changes.

Right now, Madam Bai’s soul had already gone to report to hell; she wouldn't intentionally drop any bombs in the human realm.

The little loli had said that ghosts in the human realm had to "behave" themselves, and whoever wanted to mess around was just tired of living and wanted to make their life difficult.

However, Zhou Ze felt completely different about having a corpse on his second floor versus having a moving corpse on his second floor. No one wants a dangerous and unstable factor next to their bed.

"Hey, Madam, why don't you wake up so we can chat?"

Zhou Ze said, leaning against the edge of the freezer.

He hoped that the female corpse would open her eyes at this moment, either to fight him or to chat with him, so that they could find common ground and at least break the ice. Stop with the mystery.

However, the female corpse remained unmoved, still lying there.

Zhou Ze took a deep breath, then reached in and began to run his hand over the female corpse's body,

hoping that she couldn't endure this "indecency" and would angrily open her eyes.

Unfortunately,

the female corpse remained lying there, ice-cold,

unmoved.

Zhou Ze guessed that even if he took off his pants and went up there, the female corpse would still maintain this state.

Withdrawing his hand, Zhou Ze pursed his lips, feeling a bit lost.

You can't wake up someone who is pretending to be asleep.

The next moment, the fingernails on Zhou Ze's fingertips began to grow. Then, Zhou Ze pierced the female corpse's arm with his index fingernail and slowly began to apply force.

"Pfft..."

The fingernail, like a sharp blade, pierced the female corpse's arm. The female corpse didn't bleed, but a cloud of black gas began to spread out. For a moment, the entire second-floor room became filled with ghostly aura.

"Zhou Ze, what are you doing!"

Xu Qinglang's voice came from downstairs.

Immediately afterward, Xu Qinglang rushed directly up to the second floor, not caring about anything. Zhou Ze withdrew his hand at this moment, his fingernail seeming to be stained with a layer of frost, a bit stiff, and a little bit painful.

"You're crazy!" Xu Qinglang looked at the narrow wound on the female corpse's arm and shouted directly, "Do you know that a drought fiend brings drought for a thousand miles!

This female corpse is definitely not as strong as a drought fiend, but once the aura stored in her body leaks out, it will be enough to set off a plague in Tong City!"

Zhou Ze didn't rush to pay attention to the exasperated Xu Qinglang. Instead, he continued to stare at the female corpse's arm. The wound that he had just stabbed was actually slowly healing.

This female corpse,

other than the fact that her body was still cold and she wasn't breathing, was no different from a living person. In fact, her body was even more active than a living person's!

"Hey, we dug this thing up together. If this thing causes any trouble, I'll also be implicated. I'll lose years of my life, and it'll even bring misfortune to my descendants!

The same goes for you. If you make things too big, even if you're a ghost messenger now, you won't be able to handle it."

The trace of black gas that had just leaked out of the female corpse slowly dissipated. Because the amount was relatively small, and only Zhou Ze and Xu Qinglang were here, their resistance was relatively strong, so it wouldn't cause any harm.

But what had just leaked out was just the tip of the iceberg of whatever was inside the female corpse.

Zhou Ze sighed. "Xu Qinglang."

"What?"

"Put your wife at your place. Didn't your parents just leave? Let her go and keep you company. After all, you married her with an eight-carried sedan."

"What, what do you mean?" Xu Qinglang was at a loss.

"This thing, she can move by herself," Zhou Ze said, stating the reason. "Today, she went downstairs by herself and even drank some water."

Horror appeared on Xu Qinglang's face, and his mouth twitched as he took two steps back.

Last night, he had said that once this corpse had an accident, it would turn into a zombie, and not the weak chicken from European and American movies who stupidly just knew how to "ooh-wah-ooh-wah" and could be easily headshot, but a true zombie that "drank blood and ate raw flesh" and might even possess some supernatural powers.

"Thank you, I'm getting used to being alone."

What a joke, how could Xu Qinglang take over this hot potato, no, this hot atomic bomb.

"Don't you have some talismans? Why don't you stick some on her?" Zhou Ze asked.

"If I stick my talisman knives on her, it'll only have the opposite effect and stimulate her," Xu Qinglang said with a bitter smile.

"Then what do we do?" Zhou Ze felt a headache coming on. "Transport her to the sea and dump her? Even if she turns into a zombie, at most she can go and cause trouble for the Dragon King of the Sea."

"She can't leave Tong City. She was a person of Tong City when she was alive, and she's a ghost of Tong City after death. Once her body leaves the range of Tong City, she'll have problems too. Otherwise, why didn't Madam Bai deal with her before she completed her merits and went to hell?"

"Clang!"

Zhou Ze directly closed the lid of the freezer. Obviously, this problem was unsolvable.

They couldn't burn her,
They couldn't transport her,
They were afraid of accidents if they dumped her elsewhere,
So they could only put her in his house and let him watch her at his own risk?

Zhou Ze now seemed to understand why the little loli had "biu"ed into hell. Being a civil servant in the underworld wasn't that easy either.

Even after entering the system, those doing grassroots work were always the most miserable.

Just like him right now.

"Take it easy, I'll make you more plum juice tonight," Xu Qinglang comforted.

"And then?"

"And then I'll move. Didn't I say I was going to open a store in a county below? I'm planning to move the plan forward," Xu Qinglang said with an attitude of better a dead friend than me.

After locking the freezer, Zhou Ze and Xu Qinglang walked downstairs together.

Xu Qinglang told Zhou Ze not to mess around and went back to his noodle shop. He should have been busy with his own affairs just now, but he was so scared when he sensed the leakage of evil aura that he ran over.

Zhou Ze sat behind the counter,

holding up his water cup and shaking it in front of him.

His phone rang. He took it out and saw that it was an unfamiliar number.

"Hello, is this Mr. Xu Le? We're from the Chongchuan Traffic Police Brigade."

"Yes, it's me. What's the matter?"

"Is Xu Dachuan a relative of yours? He was just in a car accident and is now being sent to the People's Hospital."

"Okay, I'll be right there."

Zhou Ze closed his eyes and made a disgruntled hum. He was already annoyed enough, but now something else had appeared. Xu Dachuan should be the uncle he had treated to lunch.

But he couldn't not go. Although the man had specifically come to the city to visit Xu Le, not him, Zhou Ze, the local produce he had brought had all been given to Xu Qinglang to use as ingredients.

Zhou Ze looked at his fingernails.

If Xu Dachuan was really in mortal danger,

should he save him or not?

Thinking about the backlash and pain he had suffered after saving the little loli last time, Zhou Ze felt a chill in his heart. Forget it, he hoped he would be okay.

Walking out of the store and hailing a taxi, Zhou Ze sent a WeChat message to Xu Qinglang in the car, saying that he was going out and that he would keep an eye on things.

When he arrived at the People's Hospital, it was already eight o'clock in the evening. Zhou Ze asked at the front desk and learned that Xu Dachuan was not in mortal danger and had already been transferred to a ward, so he felt relieved.

Pushing open the door to the ward, Zhou Ze was stunned when he walked in. He saw Doctor Lin standing next to Xu Dachuan's bed, talking to him.

Xu Dachuan's leg was propped up. It should have been broken. There were also a few abrasions on his face, but he was in good spirits and was very energetic when chatting with his nephew's wife.

Zhou Ze walked over and met Doctor Lin's eyes.

"Thank you, I appreciate it," Zhou Ze said.

"It's my job," Doctor Lin said, standing up, and then explained, "I wasn't home during the day. I'm sorry."

"It's okay," Zhou Ze waved his hand.

Doctor Lin walked out of the ward. Zhou Ze stayed with his uncle and said a few words. The long-distance bus had encountered a car accident before it even left the city. Xu Dachuan was a bit unlucky. He fell and broke his left leg. The other passengers only had some abrasions and minor problems.

Xu Dachuan didn't seem to care much about his injuries. Instead, he repeatedly said, "My nephew's wife is still a good person."

Zhou Ze smiled, told Xu Dachuan to rest well, and then walked out of the ward.

Doctor Lin was standing next to the front desk, where a female nurse was sitting, looking uncomfortable.

Zhou Ze was about to leave, but he had to say hello to Doctor Lin. The two hadn't been in contact for a long time, but he had to make a show of it.

However, as he approached, Zhou Ze heard the sound of a baby crying, very weak, like a kitten.

Zhou Ze didn't take it seriously at first, but as he got closer to Doctor Lin, he found that the sound of the baby crying was even clearer.

Could it be that Doctor Lin was being haunted by a little ghost?

Zhou Ze was still sizing things up, deliberately standing behind Doctor Lin and taking a look.

"It's okay, Sister Lin, I have an old stomach problem. I'll take some medicine later and I'll be fine," the little nurse said, thanking Doctor Lin for her concern.

"Take care of yourself," Doctor Lin comforted.

At this time, Doctor Lin noticed Zhou Ze, who was standing behind her somewhat... "suspiciously."

"You..."

"Wait," Zhou Ze raised his hand and listened carefully again, finally looking at the little nurse's stomach.

This sound wasn't coming from Doctor Lin, but from inside the little nurse.

Zhou Ze, who had been a doctor before, immediately understood what was going on.

"You're pregnant," Zhou Ze said to the little nurse. At this time, he couldn't afford to be tactful and care about face.

"What?" The little nurse looked blank.

"Don't talk nonsense. Xiao Chen isn't married and doesn't have a boyfriend," Doctor Lin glared at her "husband."

"I don't know who you're pregnant with, but you'd better get a checkup now. Also, I'll remind you that you're at risk of miscarriage," Zhou Ze said with certainty.

The fetus was very unstable, and the crying sound in the dark represented the instinctive sadness of an unborn little guy. This was also why Zhou Ze didn't care about the other party's face.

A human life was a matter of life and death.

The little Chen nurse suddenly stood up, her face showing anxiety. Obviously, she didn't know she was pregnant before, but she knew that she had engaged in "high-risk" behavior, so the possibility of conception was high.

Doctor Lin also saw it and immediately took Xiao Chen away in a hurry.

Zhou Ze stretched and thought it was a pity that Xu Le had studied civil engineering. If Xu Le had studied medicine, then he estimated that he would soon become the most famous doctor not only in Tong City but even in the entire Su province.

He went downstairs, bought a box of milk and some daily necessities for Xu Dachuan, and sent them to Xu Dachuan's ward before walking out. This time, he was really planning to leave, after all, the one at home really made him uneasy.

Coincidentally, Doctor Lin walked out of the elevator, her face looking heavy.

"What's wrong?"

"How did you see that Xiao Chen was pregnant?" Doctor Lin asked.

"I studied some traditional Chinese medicine," Zhou Ze made up. "How's the situation over there?"

"Xiao Chen plans to keep the child, but it's hard to say whether she can. She didn't pay attention to it at all before," Doctor Lin said to Zhou Ze, "Are you going back? Wait for me to change my clothes, I'll take you."

Just like that, Zhou Ze left the hospital in Doctor Lin's Cayenne.

Along the way, neither of them said much. Their "husband and wife" relationship had also dropped to freezing point because of what happened last time.

When he was almost at the bookstore, Zhou Ze thought he should find something to talk about, otherwise it would be too depressing. So he said, "You've posted a lot of photos of Hanfu in your friend's circle. Do you like it very much?"

"Yes," Doctor Lin nodded.

"I like it too," Zhou Ze touched his nose. "Do you have Hanfu? Will you wear it for me to see one day?"

Doctor Lin didn't answer, seeming too lazy to continue this topic.

The car stopped in front of the bookstore. Zhou Ze got out of the car. To Zhou Ze's surprise, Doctor Lin also got out of the car, looking like she was planning to enter the bookstore with him.

Hehe, this woman is really strong, not afraid of being, you know, like last time?

"I'm going to get a few magazines to read at work," Doctor Lin said.

"Okay," Zhou Ze nodded. He knew that this was also Doctor Lin expressing her intention to reconcile in a disguised form. This woman, it wasn't easy for her.

In Lu Xun's style: This woman has once again bowed her head to feudal ethics, that is, to this nominal "husband."

In ancient times, Doctor Lin was a typical pitiful woman deeply poisoned and persecuted by feudal ethics.

Pushing open the bookstore door, Zhou Ze was surprised to find Xu Qinglang sitting on a plastic stool reading a book, but the book in his hand was clearly upside down. What the hell was he reading?

Xu Qinglang forced a smile at Zhou Ze with difficulty, but it was uglier than crying.

Doctor Lin took a few more glances at this man who was better-looking than most women, and then went straight to the bookshelf to choose magazines.

Zhou Ze handed Xu Qinglang a cigarette and said in a low voice, "What's wrong with you? Why are you so distracted?"

Just then,

footsteps came from the stairwell. A woman wearing a white ancient costume dress walked down gracefully, her figure graceful and gentle.

When she saw Zhou Ze,

she bowed slightly,

very respectfully,

and said:

"You're back."

The magazine that Doctor Lin was holding in her hand,

fell to the ground,

and she said coldly:

"It seems, I don't need to wear it for you to see."