My Gorgeous Neighbor Is Cooking Every Day - Chapter 32

Chapter 32

Liu Xuantong loudly protested: “You guys are breaking your promise! You said you wouldn’t touch a single hair on my head! What are you doing now?”

She shouted and struggled, but Jiang Yingyue held her tightly against the ground with unknown strength. She wanted to move but couldn’t, only relying on her voice to try to appeal to their conscience.

Xia Xingye walked up to her, crouched down, and said innocently: “I said I wouldn’t touch a single hair on your head, but I didn’t say anything about what Sister wouldn’t do to you.”

Liu Xuantong was left speechless, so angry she could only glare at her.

Feng Tinglan walked up to her and said in a low voice: “I don’t care what kind of ghost you are, get out of her body right now!”

“You’re all so petty! I’m just borrowing a body for a bit. It’s not like I’m going to harm her.”

Jiang Yingyue said coldly: “How long have you been in her body? If you stay any longer, she’ll die, do you know that?”

Liu Xuantong, who had been shouting, immediately quieted down upon hearing this, falling silent.

Xia Xingye said anxiously: “Why exactly did you possess her? Do you have any unfinished wishes? We can help you.”

Liu Xuantong suddenly started sobbing: “I just wanted to play a little longer. I don’t want to reincarnate so early.”

Just wanted to play a little longer.

These words sounded so much like something a child would say. Xia Xingye and Jiang Yingyue exchanged a look.

The task of negotiation fell to Xia Xingye. Xia Xingye asked her: “How old are you?”

Liu Xuantong looked up at her and said cautiously: “Eight years old. Why?”

Xia Xingye was stunned. She had thought the ghost might be small, but she hadn’t expected it to be so young. No wonder the things she had said earlier sounded so dramatic; she must have picked them up from TV.

Xia Xingye suddenly felt a pang of sympathy and said: “What happened to you? If you want to play, we can take you to play, okay? Just come out of her body first.”

Liu Xuantong had no trust in them anymore. She pouted and said: “As soon as I come out, you’ll grab me and send me to reincarnate.”

“We were just joking earlier. We know another ghost sister. How about we call her to keep you company and you can ask her what she thinks?” Xia Xingye quickly said.

Liu Xuantong questioned: “Then call her over first. If she really exists, I’ll believe what you say.”

Xia Xingye then looked up at Jiang Yingyue: “Sister, can I find Yin Nianyun if I go to the school now?”

Jiang Yingyue nodded: “Yes, light some incense when you get there. She’ll come to you if she sees the incense.”

“Alright, I’ll go then.” Xia Xingye went to buy some incense and then headed to the school.

She found a secluded spot and lit the incense. Soon, she heard movement. But when she looked up, it was a middle-aged woman, who looked like a dorm supervisor, who immediately asked when she saw Xia Xingye: “Which college student is here? Why are you burning paper here?”

“Auntie, it’s not me. Let me explain…”

The auntie interrupted her: “Aren’t you burning paper?”

Xia Xingye looked down at the half-burned incense. She was indeed burning paper. She was speechless. She was about to say something, but the auntie was already trying to grab her.

Xia Xingye immediately ran away. She couldn’t be caught now. If she was caught, who would go back to find Jiang Yingyue?

She ran and ran. When she saw that the auntie couldn’t catch up, she stopped, leaning on her knees and catching her breath, wiping away sweat. When she looked up, she was face-to-face with a face right in front of her. She screamed, and the face opposite her also screamed.

“You almost scared a ghost to death!” Yin Nianyun patted her chest and said fearfully: “What are you doing here?”

“I came for you. Just follow me first.” Xia Xingye said and started walking. After two steps, she realized Yin Nianyun was still in place and hadn’t followed her.

Yin Nianyun said uneasily: “I don’t want to leave the school. You’re not trying to take me outside the school, are you?”

Yin Nianyun was right. Xia Xingye didn’t understand why she didn’t want to leave the school, so she patiently asked.

Yin Nianyun thought for a moment and said: “I don’t know. I just feel like something bad will happen if I leave the school today.”

Xia Xingye sighed: “It’s important that I came to find you. We encountered an eight-year-old little ghost, and she possessed someone.”

Yin Nianyun nodded without speaking.

Xia Xingye said anxiously again: “She’s been possessing someone for several days. If this continues, the possessed person will be in trouble.”

“But what does that have to do with me?” Yin Nianyun looked at her in confusion.

“Can you really bear to watch a perfectly fine living person get hurt?”

“There’s nothing scary about becoming a ghost,” Yin Nianyun floated around in the air and said, “Look how free I am after becoming a ghost.”

Xia Xingye: “…”

She said with some difficulty: “Don’t you have anyone or anything you miss?”

Yin Nianyun chuckled: “I really don’t. It’s so convenient to be a ghost.”

Seeing that Yin Nianyun was determined not to leave the school, Xia Xingye had to resort to temptation: “What if I burn a lot of incense for you? There shouldn’t be many people burning incense for you at school, right? Aren’t you hungry?”

Yin Nianyun paused, blinked. Indeed, few people burned incense at school, or rather, it would be strange for someone to dare to burn incense at school. They would definitely be caught and sent to the dean’s office.

In all her years at the school, Yin Nianyun had never had a proper meal of incense. The last time was when Jiang Yingyue needed her help and fed her a little.

Now that she thought about it, she felt a little greedy and said: “Will you really feed me a lot of incense? That little bit last time wasn’t enough, you know.”

Seeing Yin Nianyun bargaining with her, Xia Xingye knew she had a chance and quickly said: “I’ll give you as much as you want, okay? Just follow me now.”

Hearing about the incense, Yin Nianyun obediently followed Xia Xingye. She was still a little nervous on the way and said: “I haven’t left the school in a long time. Will the place you’re taking me be dangerous for ghosts?”

“It’s not dangerous for ghosts. If it were dangerous for ghosts, that little ghost wouldn’t have hidden there,” Xia Xingye replied.

Hearing Xia Xingye say that, Yin Nianyun felt it made some sense and didn’t dwell on the question any further. Instead, she asked Xia Xingye: “Oh, right, how are you and Jiang Yingyue doing lately? Was the last issue resolved?”

“It was resolved.”

After chatting for a while, Yin Nianyun suddenly remembered the most important question.

“Why do you want me to come over?”

“I want you to come over and persuade the little ghost to come out and tell her that we won’t do anything to her.”

“Is it that simple?” Yin Nianyun was a little suspicious. “If it was that easy to persuade her to come out, couldn’t you have done it yourselves?”

Xia Xingye chuckled dryly: “We accidentally scared her.”

If she had known it was a little ghost, she wouldn’t have said those things, which made the little ghost not believe that they wouldn’t do anything to her. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have needed to come and find Yin Nianyun to intercede.

Fortunately, the temple wasn’t far from here. When they arrived, the little ghost possessing Liu Xuantong was clearly happy to see Yin Nianyun, her eyes shining: “Big Sister! Are they really not going to bully you? Did you come here voluntarily?”

“Of course, I came on my own,” Yin Nianyun floated in front of the little ghost. “Why are you possessing her? What’s so fun about being human? Being a ghost is much better.”

The little ghost didn’t agree with Yin Nianyun’s words: “What’s good about being a ghost? I have nothing to eat and nothing to play with. Being human is better. I haven’t lived enough yet.” Her tone had a hint of despondency, which Xia Xingye found a little heartbreaking.

“Alright, come out first. If you want delicious food and fun things, we can burn them for you, can’t we?” Xia Xingye said.

“What do you mean ‘burn them for me’?” The little ghost clearly hadn’t encountered this before and looked at Xia Xingye in confusion.

Xia Xingye looked at Jiang Yingyue and asked: “Sister, can you do that? Like, burn some delicious food for her?”

Jiang Yingyue nodded: “Yes.”

After several people took turns coaxing her, the little ghost finally came out of Liu Xuantong’s body. She was indeed a very young girl. She hid behind Yin Nianyun and asked cautiously: “When are you going to get me delicious food?”

She then glared at Feng Tinglan: “Ever since I possessed her, she hasn’t given me any delicious food!”

Xia Xingye and the others looked at Feng Tinglan in disbelief. Even if she didn’t know Liu Xuantong was possessed by a little ghost, she shouldn’t have been mistreated like that, right?

Feng Tinglan explained helplessly: “She’s been running a fever lately, and I didn’t let her eat things that would worsen it.”

No wonder the little ghost kept complaining about wanting things like KFC, McDonald’s, ice cream, and all sorts of things that could cause inflammation after she went back with her. It was then that Feng Tinglan became certain that there was something strange about Liu Xuantong, but she didn’t want to alert the ghost prematurely.

After the little ghost came out of Liu Xuantong, Liu Xuantong immediately closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Jiang Yingyue checked on her and confirmed she was fine, then told Feng Tinglan to take Liu Xuantong away. Before they left, she reminded Feng Tinglan to ensure Liu Xuantong got plenty of rest. After that, Jiang Yingyue looked at the little ghost and asked: “What’s your name?”

The little ghost shook her head and said: “I don’t remember my name. You can call me whatever you like.”

She finished speaking and then looked eagerly at them: “When are you going to take me to eat delicious food? I’m not in her body anymore, I’m not human, so it’s okay to eat inflammatory things, right?”

The few people looked at her, and just as they were about to speak, the little ghost immediately said: “Then call me Huahua, is that okay? Hurry up and take me to eat delicious food!”

She thought Xia Xingye and the others hadn’t spoken because they didn’t know her name.

Xia Xingye asked uncertainly: “Is Huahua your parents’ nickname for you, or…”

“I made it up myself!” Huahua said proudly. “I like fireworks, and cotton candy, and pretty flowers.”

She finished speaking and looked at Xia Xingye and the others: “How is it? Can you take me to eat delicious food?”

Huahua was indeed a bit annoying when she was hiding in Liu Xuantong’s body, but no one could resist her innocent and adorable appearance now.

Xia Xingye said: “Alright, we’ll take you to eat, but you can’t misbehave. If someone finds out, they’ll send you to reincarnate.”

“I’ll be good,” Huahua promised very seriously. “I definitely won’t let anyone discover me.”

“What about me? What about me?” Yin Nianyun asked, trying to claim credit. “I followed you here to eat delicious food. Do I get a share?”

Xia Xingye pretended not to hear and pulled Jiang Yingyue away.

Yin Nianyun was anxious and quickly said: “Are you really not going to include me? If you don’t include me, I’m going to cause trouble!”

Xia Xingye intentionally asked: “How are you going to cause trouble?”

Yin Nianyun blinked and pouted: “Then I’ll drag Huahua to steal food from others.”

“If you wanted to steal food from others, you would have done it at school. Why wait until now?” Xia Xingye immediately saw through her and didn’t forget to rub it in: “It’s obvious you’re a good student who follows the rules.”