The Host Has Fallen for the Second Female Lead Again - Chapter 101

This time Xi Ruan didn’t go back, but stayed directly in Ji Mingxiao’s room to prepare for the teleportation. The two of them lay on the bed, holding hands with their arms touching.

The teleportation began.

Ji Mingxiao tilted her head to look at Xi Ruan, who had her eyes closed.

She took a deep breath and bought six lucky cards from the mall, three for herself and three for Xi Ruan. These cards were very expensive, one thousand each.

Although she said she was going to go all out, she still had to be careful.

System A was a little speechless but didn’t stop her. It also quietly recommended a bunch of life-saving items.

Ji Mingxiao glanced at them and bought a few without hesitation, then closed her eyes and began to teleport.

When Ji Mingxiao opened her eyes this time, she saw Xi Ruan standing in front of her.

Her whole body was semi-transparent, and the moonlight on her looked like a layer of silver frost.

“Can I still not eat anything?” Xi Ruan reached out to touch Ji Mingxiao, but her hand went right through her face. “This is so annoying.”

Ji Mingxiao smiled. “There should be a way for you to eat. Don’t worry, let me first see who this scumbag is.”

The original host’s name was Qin Wan, the heir to the Qin family. She was twenty years old and currently a student at A University. She was very talented, the future pillar of the Qin family and a rising star in the metaphysical world.

The scumbag was Qin Wan’s university classmate named Xiang Ying. Only after she got together with Qin Wan did she learn that “ghosts” existed in the world, and because of this, she had bad intentions. Before Qin Wan, she had a first love who died in a car accident. She wanted to resurrect her first love. She asked Qin Wan for help and was naturally rejected. Of course, when she asked Qin Wan for help, she didn’t say she wanted to resurrect her first love but her sister. As a descendant of a metaphysical family, Qin Wan could figure out that Xiang Ying was an only child.

But she didn’t say anything because she chose to endure it out of love.

To resurrect a dead person… just thinking about it, you know that whoever does this is not a good person.

Qin Wan’s enemy found Xiang Ying and told her that they could help her resurrect her first love. Resurrecting a person requires a powerful soul as the core of the formation. The more powerful the soul, the higher the success rate of the resurrection, and Qin Wan happened to have a powerful soul.

Xiang Ying believed them. Qin Wan still figured out the situation, but she still went when Xiang Ying set a trap for her. She took the opportunity to get rid of her enemy, but when she faced Xiang Ying, she still softened her heart. The consequence of her soft heart was that she let her guard down and was stabbed by the other party.

Because the other party felt that Qin Wan deserved to die for not helping her resurrect her first love.

Faced with this plot, Ji Mingxiao was at a loss as to where to even begin her critique.

She fell into a long silence.

After Ji Mingxiao told Xi Ruan what happened, Xi Ruan also fell silent. The two of them looked at each other.

“Is there something wrong with this Xiang Ying?” Xi Ruan said, stroking her chin.

“Who knows? For some reason, I thought of that old meme,” Ji Mingxiao cleared her throat. “‘All you lost was a leg, but Ziling lost her love.'”

Xi Ruan was stunned for a moment, then laughed. “‘All you lost was a life, but what I lost was my moonlight!'”

Ji Mingxiao shivered. “I seriously feel that the word ‘moonlight’ has been defiled by her.”

And that Su Mian from before.

But she didn’t understand. Qin Wan didn’t seem like a fool, so why did she become like this after falling in love?

Qin Wan was, and Fu Youzheng was, too.

“I can’t believe that people who practice metaphysics here also have to go to college.” Xi Ruan floated up slowly and circled the room. There were many strange things in the room. She was a little curious, but she didn’t dare to touch them carelessly because some of the things had an aura that gave her a very bad feeling.

“By the way, are you afraid of ghosts?” Ji Mingxiao asked.

Xi Ruan was silent for a few seconds, then narrowed her eyes.

“Let me interview you, what do you think now that you’ve become a ghost yourself?” Ji Mingxiao looked at Xi Ruan with a smile, becoming interested.

“I’m a guardian spirit, not a ghost!” Xi Ruan frowned.

She also noticed this problem. It was obvious that in this world, she would have a high chance of seeing ghosts and a high chance of fighting with them. Although there were also ghosts in the previous cultivation world, they were few and didn’t pose a threat to her life, so she wasn’t that scared.

But the ghosts here could really hurt her.

Ji Mingxiao noticed the change in Xi Ruan’s expression and couldn’t help but smile. “Don’t worry, it’s okay. I’m still here.”

She touched the jade pendant in her hand. A guardian spirit would usually be kept in high-quality jade artifacts. She was excited to think that she could carry Xi Ruan with her from now on.

The current timeline was still the first semester of the sophomore year. Qin Wan and Xiang Ying had just gotten together. It was during the National Day holiday, and it was at this time that something happened that let Xiang Ying know about Qin Wan’s identity.

This matter was now on Ji Mingxiao’s desk.

It was a commission.

To put it simply, a haunted house in the city center was actually haunted.

In fact, paranormal events had been happening at this haunted house for a month, but because the first time the paranormal event occurred, it didn’t cause any terrible consequences, the business simply used it as a gimmick to attract more customers, and it did work, successfully making the haunted house a popular spot for social media check-ins in A City.

But recently, strange things had started to happen. Two employees who went into the haunted house for maintenance never came out. First, the employees disappeared, and then two customers who went into the haunted house during the day also disappeared. The surveillance footage only showed them going in but not coming out.

Xi Ruan shivered.

“According to the setting, you’re quite strong, so don’t be a coward.” Ji Mingxiao touched the jade pendant.

Xi Ruan felt uncomfortable all over. She looked at Ji Mingxiao and said, “Don’t touch the jade pendant anymore.”

“Hmm?”

“It’s uncomfortable!”

Because the guardian spirit had been in this jade pendant for too long, a connection had been formed between the two. Xi Ruan felt like someone was touching her.

Ji Mingxiao touched it a few more times, then put the jade pendant down before Xi Ruan could glare at her.

Then she picked up the commission on her desk again.

“Let’s go take a look tomorrow during the day,” Ji Mingxiao said.

“I thought you’d choose to go at night.”

“Something already happened during the day, why not go during the day?”

“Are you scared too?”

Ji Mingxiao: …

“It’s okay, I’m not especially scared. I just hope those things aren’t too ugly.” Ji Mingxiao frowned.

From Qin Wan’s knowledge base, solving this matter shouldn’t be too difficult.

“The best way to overcome fear is to face it,” Xi Ruan also smiled at Ji Mingxiao’s expression and patted her shoulder in a ghostly manner.

She had an idea. If she got scared, she would just hide back in the jade pendant so she wouldn’t see anything. It was a perfect plan.

Ji Mingxiao contacted Xianyu, whose name here was Zhou Wei. He was currently out of town on business and wouldn’t be back until next week.

She sighed softly. She had originally wanted to have Xianyu go with her, but it seemed she would have to go alone.

The other members of the Qin family also showed no intention of going with her. They probably all thought this was a piece of cake for Ji Mingxiao.

At nine o’clock the next morning, Ji Mingxiao and Xi Ruan left. She had originally wanted to go around noon, but she knew very well that she wouldn’t be able to see anything by going at noon. In fact, it was best to go at dusk or early in the morning, but Ji Mingxiao was a little afraid of going at those two times.

When Ji Mingxiao arrived, she found that the haunted house was still open for business. She frowned.

Even with something like this happening, they were still thinking about making money?

Ji Mingxiao walked towards a staff member with a grim expression and explained her purpose.

The staff member sized Ji Mingxiao up and down several times, obviously very suspicious of her identity.

People who practiced metaphysics these days were supposed to have a long beard.

“Where is your boss?” Ji Mingxiao didn’t like his scrutiny and frowned.

“He’s inside.”

Perhaps Ji Mingxiao’s expression was too cold, the person shivered and looked at her again. “I’ll take you there.”

The office was next to the haunted house. Ji Mingxiao walked in and saw a man sitting at a desk. He looked a little thin, and there was a thick shadow behind him. It was the first time Ji Mingxiao had seen something like this with her own eyes. Her pupils widened slightly in surprise, but she managed not to show any strange expression.

“Miss Qin?”

“Yes.” Ji Mingxiao nodded, then knocked on the table. “Why are you still open for business after something happened?”

“Many people have reservations, and there’s no way to cancel,” the boss looked a little troubled.

Ji Mingxiao twitched her mouth. How could there be no way to cancel? It was just a matter of wishful thinking.

“You are still selling tickets,” Ji Mingxiao held up her phone screen to the boss. “I think there’s no need for you to have asked me to come.”

The boss was stunned. “How is that possible? I clearly turned it off.”

He immediately opened his backend, tapped a few times, and his face turned pale. “It can’t be turned off… It turns itself back on as soon as I turn it off, and I can’t change anything else.”

Ji Mingxiao frowned and took the phone.

As expected.

Ji Mingxiao looked around. The black mist on the boss’s body had quickly spread throughout the room.

She walked out quickly, her brows furrowed. It was no longer just a matter of the room; the black mist had enveloped the entire haunted house and the surrounding area.

Normal people couldn’t see this change, but Ji Mingxiao could.

“Why did it suddenly get so cold?”

A girl in the queue rubbed her arms and looked around.

Ji Mingxiao pursed her lips. “Forcefully evacuate the crowd immediately. Tell them to leave, quickly!”

She looked at the boss.

“You guys leave too. If you don’t, you might not be able to get out.”

The boss’s face turned pale, and he immediately began to evacuate people manually. The broadcast was also unusable.

The crowd was grumbling and unwilling to leave, but the boss said he would compensate them, and they finally left.

The black mist was getting thicker and thicker.

The surrounding temperature continued to drop, and many people also realized that something was wrong and quickly left without fussing.

“There are still six girls in the haunted house.”

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