Ye Huohuo clutched the talismans her master had given her. She hadn’t used them in several desperate situations, only to take them out and then put them back.
Ye Huohuo had always wanted to be someone who relied on herself. She didn’t want to depend on her sect, and she wouldn’t borrow luck from the Li family without good reason.
Everything she was encountering now could actually be ignored. These things were targeting the Li family, and her choosing to help them at the cost of her own vital energy was her way of repaying a debt.
She didn’t want to owe anyone anything!
The powder spread like bacteria into all rooms on the seventh floor and above of the Li Group building.
If Ye Huohuo and the others had to search these rooms one by one, it would take at least ten days, if not half a month. But now they only had a few hours, so they had no choice but to resort to this method.
The price was harm to the body.
Ye Huohuo sat on the sofa in Li Mohan’s office, her eyes closed, images of various spaces within the Li Group building flashing through her mind.
As time passed, her face grew paler, and fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead. Her already frail body now gave the impression that it would collapse with a gust of wind.
The worry in the eyes of the three people in the room grew heavier. However, Xiao Lingzi had said that Ye Huohuo was currently in a state akin to her soul leaving her body and must not be disturbed, otherwise, not only would all their efforts be in vain, but she could also suffer qi deviation.
Effort always yielded rewards.
After about an hour, Ye Huohuo finally slowly opened her eyes.
A faint smile appeared at the corner of her pale lips, but there seemed to be a hint of playfulness in that smile.
“As expected, it’s a woman!”
“What do you mean? Did you find her?” Xiao Lingzi was the first to rush to Ye Huohuo, his face full of curiosity.
He had only heard about this method from predecessors but had never seen anyone use it. He hadn't expected it to be so magical. As someone from the Xuanmen sect, he was naturally most interested in powerful Xuanmen techniques.
“Yes! In a place we should have thought of, but the place we would least expect.” Ye Huohuo stood up and stretched her somewhat stiff body.
“Where exactly is she hiding?” Xiao Lingzi became even more curious after hearing her say that! He was about to grab Ye Huohuo’s hand and shake her!
Ye Huohuo couldn't resist his persistent questioning and said with a smile in her eyes, “The women’s restroom on the seventh floor!”
“What? The women’s restroom? I can’t believe she thought of such a place. It has water pipes and strong Yin energy, indeed a good place for a ghost to hide.
Moreover, in the women’s restroom, there are naturally only women. Women have weaker Yang energy than men. I didn’t expect her to think of such an excellent hiding spot.” Xiao Lingzi even admired the ghost’s intelligence.
“There’s one more thing. For the convenience of employees, Li Group has several restrooms on each floor. Why did that female ghost specifically choose the one on the seventh floor?” Ye Huohuo said as she tidied up things they might need.
“Why?” This time, it was Ah Cheng who asked. He had completely immersed himself in the ghost-hunting team.
“Because the seventh floor is the marketing department, which has the most women. The women’s restroom there is the largest and has the strongest Yin energy!” Ye Huohuo said, then chuckled, clearly teasing them.
With a slight turn of events, her playful nature resurfaced.
Indeed, Xiao Lingzi’s mouth turned up to his ears. “Tch, I thought it was some significant discovery! Just this!”
“Alright! Let’s go! It’s time to face her directly!” Ye Huohuo finished tidying up, her smile vanished, and she was ready to leave without any hesitation.
Li Mohan had matters to attend to, and as the head of the company, it would harm his image if employees saw him participating in such matters. Thus, he stayed in his office.
However, he instructed the monitoring room staff to stream the surveillance video outside the women’s restroom on the seventh floor to his computer so he could see what was happening there at any time.
But what he didn’t see were the stunned looks on the faces of the monitoring room staff.
A big question mark appeared in the minds of several people. Why would President Li want to watch the video outside the restroom? More importantly, the women’s restroom…
Could it be that President Li had a special fetish?
Would they be fired by President Li if he knew this secret? They all secretly wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads, hoping their thoughts were wrong!
Soon, Ye Huohuo and the other two arrived on the seventh floor via the elevator. The three of them stood at the entrance of the women’s restroom and paused.
Now there was a problem. It was a women’s restroom, and Ye Huohuo was the only woman among the three.
The other two were grown men. In broad daylight, two grown men entering a women’s restroom was obviously too bizarre, no, it was too horrifying.
“I’ll have someone go in and clear everyone out, then we can go in!” Ah Cheng was Li Mohan’s special assistant, and everyone in the company knew him. His words were still effective within the company.
This was also why Li Mohan had asked Ah Cheng to accompany them. With him present, Ye Huohuo could act more conveniently.
“No, we can’t clear the area!” Ye Huohuo waved her hand. “That would alert the enemy. We can’t control the situation yet. If she wants to escape, there’s so much space here, we won’t be able to block her.”
“Then what should we do? You alone can’t catch her in such a large place!” Xiao Lingzi was young and easily became impatient.
Ye Huohuo frowned and thought for a moment. She took out the Wu Di Qian from her bag, which she had previously gotten from Xiao Lingzi.
She had already retrieved the three coins that had suppressed Ah Cheng’s Yang fire. Wu Di Gu Qian were things that were found by chance and were hard to come by. Ye Huohuo was always stingy, so she wouldn't just use them once and throw them away!
She took out two of them, tied them together with her special red thread, and gave one to Xiao Lingzi and one to Ah Cheng.
“You two stand on either side at the restroom entrance. When you hear me shout ‘pull’ from inside, you pull the red thread, thus blocking her inside.
And this cinnabar powder, each of you hold a handful. If the red thread fails to block her, sprinkle the cinnabar powder in the direction she runs. This cinnabar powder has been specially treated by me and can make her manifest for a short period!
Remember to obey my command and don’t make any mistakes. If she escapes again…”
Ye Huohuo didn’t say the rest, but both of them understood that if she escaped again, they would never be able to catch her.
After Ye Huohuo finished explaining, she opened the restroom door and walked in.
She pretended to be there to use the restroom.
She didn’t expect there to be so many people in the restroom at this time!
This was the largest women’s restroom on the seventh floor, with two rows containing twenty stalls.
It was kept very clean inside. The tiles on the floor were so shiny they could reflect a person’s image, and the washbasin was also very tidy.
The restroom not only lacked any unpleasant odor but also had a faint scent of jasmine. It was indeed a large company, and their humanistic approach was truly in place.
However, Ye Huohuo didn’t have much time to focus on this. She casually walked to the very back, where there were two windows. Although it was daytime outside, this was the shaded side. The female ghost might escape through the windows, so she planned to close the windows and seal them with talismans.
But in places with people, even the simplest tasks could become complicated.
Ye Huohuo didn’t expect that a simple action like closing a window would lead to a significant commotion.