Ye Huohuo stared at the person in the driver's seat of the car, stunned. How could it be him?
"Sister-in-law, Grandpa asked me to give you a ride. Let's go! It's hard to catch a taxi here at this hour." Li Moyan unbuckled his seatbelt, turned sideways, and stretched out a long arm to open the passenger door, leaning in to say.
Ye Huohuo glanced around. Indeed, no taxis were passing by, but her expression remained hesitant. "Um, maybe I'll wait a bit longer!"
Though she said that, seeing that it was nearly eleven-thirty, she furrowed her brow even tighter.
"Alright, if we delay any longer, it'll be dawn. Are you afraid of me?" Li Moyan chuckled teasingly. He was already somewhat roguishly handsome, and when he smiled, he exuded a charm that women found hard to resist.
They say women love men who are a little bad. His slightly wicked smile was practically a killer of young girls.
Ye Huohuo considered herself quite pure and detached, but her eyes were still captivated, and her face flushed slightly.
"It's not that I'm afraid of you, it's… the place I'm going to is inconvenient for you." Ye Huohuo's gaze shifted.
"Heh, what place can you, a young girl, go to that I can't?" Li Moyan was actually quite reluctant at first, but he dared not disobey his grandfather's orders.
Normally, the fourth brother, Li Mochen, should have gone. But Grandpa said the fourth brother had been a yin-attracting constitution since childhood, and he was afraid of encountering something unclean that might trigger his old illness.
Following the order, it fell upon him, the least favored third brother, to handle this.
However, hearing Ye Huohuo say this now, he became even more intrigued.
"Get in, I'm brave. There's no place I'm afraid to go." Li Moyan made a gesture of invitation. As expected of someone who had studied acting, even a simple movement was so dashing and charming.
Ye Huohuo sighed. "Alright, but whatever happens later, you have to listen to me."
"Deal!" Li Moyan agreed readily.
He hadn't seen the ghostly domain outside the hospital room earlier, and the time he saw Master Peng and his disciple encounter a ghost wasn't particularly perilous. Therefore, he didn't think they would encounter anything terrifying.
He drove with a very relaxed expression.
"Where are we going?"
"Red Light District!"
"Screech…!" With a sharp brake, Li Moyan exclaimed, "To the Red Light District? Why would a young girl like you go there so late? Besides, I…"
He didn't finish his sentence, but Ye Huohuo understood it all.
He was a big star, a public figure. If he was photographed going to a place like the Red Light District, the entertainment industry would be in an uproar the next day!
Even if Li Moyan himself didn't care, everyone in his company would suffer.
Ye Huohuo narrowed her eyes. "I just said, you can't go. I'll just take a taxi myself!"
As she spoke, she placed her hand on the door lock, preparing to open it and get out.
"Wait, you're my nominal sister-in-law, after all. And if I don't do what Grandpa ordered, I won't have a good time when I get back. I'll just take the hit. Who made me the unluckiest third brother!"
As Li Moyan spoke, he took a large black mask and a black baseball cap from the car's storage compartment.
With the cap on and the large mask covering his face, only his pair of dark, glistening eyes were visible.
"Alright, now no one will recognize me."
Ye Huohuo shook her head and smiled, saying nothing. It seemed this was a set he often used.
She, on the other hand, took out the pink headscarf and makeup from her large backpack and applied a simple, heavy makeup.
Li Moyan glanced at Ye Huohuo as she applied makeup while driving.
His contempt was almost leaping out of his eyes. "Sister-in-law, people wear makeup to enhance their beauty, but you're using it to disfigure yourself. How can someone make themselves look so ugly? If you really can't do makeup, why don't I do it for you?"
Ye Huohuo gave him a side-eye with her large dark circles. "You? Besides, I specifically observed the women there before. They all wear clothes like this and makeup like this.
If I don't dress up like them, how can I lure that thing out!"
"What exactly are you trying to catch?" Li Moyan wasn't a nosy person by nature, but his last bit of curiosity had been successfully piqued by Ye Huohuo.
Ye Huohuo pursed her fiery red lips, looking at her ghastly face in the mirror, and nodded with satisfaction.
"A lust demon!"
"Ah? What's going on? Explain it in more detail."
"I took on a commission yesterday and investigated it during the day. According to my analysis, it should be a lust demon.
My client is a lady of the night from the Red Light District. She said that recently, many of her sisters have encountered strange things while working the streets. They would suddenly lose consciousness, and when they woke up, they would find themselves in a dark alley.
They would have many bruises and love bites on their bodies, and feel as if they had been violated."
Ye Huohuo explained very meticulously, showing no sign of being an inexperienced young girl, speaking of these matters without any awkwardness.
"Are you sure? You're certain it's a ghost? It sounds more like a human crime to me. Could it be that they encountered a pervert who was greedy but didn't want to pay, so he drugged those women and then had a free meal?" Li Moyan had heard of such situations before.
"I investigated today. There is indeed a ghostly aura there, and it's quite strong. Whether it's human or ghost, I'm going to catch him tonight!" Ye Huohuo clenched her small fist in the air, appearing full of confidence.
Seeing Ye Huohuo, who seemed to have drunk chicken blood, Li Moyan pouted and said nothing more. He knew that anything he said now would be useless, so he secretly opened his phone.
Soon, the two arrived at the most famous entertainment district in Haicheng, the Red Light District.
While businesses in other areas had closed for the night, here it was the liveliest time of the day.
The entire street was filled with bars, dance halls, and clubs, all adorned with red lanterns.
At a glance, everything was red, permeated with an indescribable decadent atmosphere.
Couples of men and women walked arm in arm, and some were even kissing passionately in the street… and some were even more outrageous, too indecent to behold.
Although Li Moyan had seen his fair share of storms, this was his first time visiting such a place so late. The fingers gripping the steering wheel were white at the knuckles.
"Nervous? You don't have to get out. Wait for me here. I'll find you when I'm done." Ye Huohuo said as she placed the worn-out large backpack on the passenger seat, then picked up the ominous painting and prepared to get out of the car.
"What are you doing with that painting?"
Ye Huohuo dangled the scroll. "It's very useful! Stay in the car and don't come out, otherwise, I can't guarantee the consequences."
"No, you're my sister-in-law, after all. I can't just watch you go into a place like this alone. If anything happens, I won't be able to explain it to Big Brother and Grandpa.
What bad luck, things have been so unfavorable lately. It's the same on set and at home." Although Li Moyan was complaining, his actions were quite honest as he got out of the car to accompany Ye Huohuo inside.
Hearing him say that, Ye Huohuo couldn't help but tilt her head and give him a brief facial reading. It was better not to look, but upon looking, she truly saw a problem.