ebookland Chapter 424 Where did I steal anything from your house?
Chapter 424 Where did I steal anything from your house?
I tiptoed over, and when I got to the door, there was another knock—three long and two short—this time much more urgent and louder than before.
Wen Luozhi pressed her ear against the door and could clearly hear breathing sounds.
She casually pulled something out and threw it into the room, making a little noise. She took a few steps back and said in a voice that wasn't too loud, "Who is it? Why aren't you sleeping at this hour!"
She deliberately stomped her feet loudly, her right hand already raised with the spiked club, her left hand on the door latch. "Coming, coming, almost there!"
The latch clicked open, and through the crack, Wen Luozhi felt a gust of wind pass by.
She hid the spiked club behind her back and pushed the door open halfway. "Who is it?"
She peeked out the door and saw no one outside. As she was about to close the door, a shadow flashed by.
"Huh? Am I seeing things?"
She rubbed her eyes and peered through her fingers. As she removed her hand to close the door, the shadow flashed right in front of her.
"Wow, a vengeful ghost seeking death..."
"Bang bang bang!" The "ghost" with a long tongue and a pale face had barely appeared when Wen Luozhi's spiked club landed directly on him.
The "ghost" was being beaten and howled, not knowing whether to cover its arm, waist, or thigh.
When Wen Luozhi's flashlight shone on him, he immediately took a step back in disgust.
"Can't you wear some clean clothes if you're going to act like a ghost? Did you poop in your pocket?"
She covered her nose; no wonder she smelled a strong stench of feces when the door was only slightly ajar.
The man was already furious from the pain of being hit by the spiked club, and upon hearing this, he jumped up and stretched out his hands to grab Wen Luozhi's neck.
Wen Luozhi turned the water and electricity to their brightest setting, the intense light shining on the man's face.
The person's eyes were suddenly stimulated, so they quickly closed them and stopped moving. When they opened their eyes again, they found that they could not see anything.
"Ah! My eyes! My eyes!" He reached out and touched everything indiscriminately, leaving Wen Luozhi speechless.
She quickly tackled and tied the person down, then clapped her hands and turned down the flashlight beam.
"You shitty devil, close your eyes one more time before opening them again."
She waited patiently with her arms crossed, and the man did as she said, and sure enough, his eyesight returned.
"You're the shit-grubber!" the man roared, enduring the pain. He had only tripped and fallen on his way here.
No one knows who was urinating on the street, and he was unlucky enough to sit on it.
Wolf Overlord returned at this moment. Before he even got close, he heard Wolf Overlord cursing Wen Luozhi. Wolf Overlord leaped onto Wen Luozhi and roared, "Roar!"
The man was pressed down so hard his eyes rolled back, and the pressure, fear, and pain caused him to faint.
After inviting Lang Batian inside, Wen Luozhi immediately closed the door. She had also dealt with him. If he had any accomplices, she told him to come at her. If he didn't, he wouldn't die after spending the night outside; at most, he would bleed a little.
She was exhausted from encountering three idiots late at night, and after sitting down inside, she kept yawning.
Thinking that there were others after Fang Da and Fang Er, she asked Lang Batian, "How's it going? Did you catch them?"
Wolf Overlord stretched and said, "Pretty fierce. He had someone on him. I knocked him unconscious and dumped him at the government office gate."
What he didn't say was that they followed the man to a dilapidated temple where there were several children, presumably a group of beggars.
Perhaps they saw a little baby here during the day and got malicious intent.
After several commotions, Helian Zhiyan had already woken up, but remembering what Wen Luozhi had told her during the day, she obediently stayed in bed.
Just as dawn was breaking, Wen Luozhi was awakened by a knock on the door. She quickly tidied herself up and got up to open it.
Fang Er squatted on the ground, looking at the smelly person with curiosity, his brows furrowed as if he was still thinking about something.
Fang Dayi greeted Wen Luozhi with a beaming smile, "Sir, we're here. Please feel free to ask if there's anything you need."
"The person at the door?" He pointed to the ground, and after looking at the person's attire, he roughly knew who it was.
Wen Luozhi shrugged and said, "I wonder what that person who came to the door yesterday pretending to be a ghost was up to. Drag them in."
The two brothers each pulled the man up by one leg. When they reached the threshold, the man's head hit the threshold and he woke up in pain.
"Ouch! Ouch! Which bastard is it?!"
He had only uttered one cry when he looked up and saw the "man" who had beaten him up that night, leaving him covered in bloody holes.
"Don't tell me you're here to steal too."
Wen Luozhi said something indifferently, and Fang Da, about to say something, was pulled aside by Fang Er who whispered, "Fang Da, this person looks like the one we met before."
Fang Er glanced at his clothes again. Wasn't this the same clothes he wore when he dressed up as a ghost to scare the two brothers last time? It looked the same.
Fang Da nodded. Almost everyone in the town had been frightened by this guy. They didn't know what he was trying to achieve by playing this game.
"Who tried to steal your things? Which eye of yours saw me steal your things?"
The man became arrogant as soon as he felt a little better, but Wolf Overlord slapped him on the head with one claw and he immediately became obedient.
"Hmph," Wen Luozhi snorted coldly, "What are you doing here in the middle of the night? You can't be here just to let me smell you, can you?"
As she spoke, she moved her feet and silently shifted the stool further back.
The man's face darkened, and he said, "I couldn't sleep at night, so I came to scare you guys for fun."
He stood there with his neck stiff and looked very smug, but when Wen Luozhi quietly took out the spiked club from under the table, he immediately cowered.
"You have children! I secretly followed Yin Huazi here!"
Startled by Wen Luozhi, he immediately spoke up, glancing at the well-behaved and adorable Helian Zhiyan, and said, "Yin Huazi knows perfectly well who has a little baby."
"He's been eyeing you ever since you arrived in town. This kid's a good-looking one; he could sell him for a lot of money."
As he spoke, Helian Zhiyan snuggled closer to Wen Luozhi. The little girl's eyes widened, thinking to herself that it wasn't this dangerous when she came last time.
Wen Luozhi nodded, signaling him to continue. Fang Da and Fang Er exchanged a glance.
How come this is different from what they thought and heard?
It turns out that the person who dressed up as a ghost was named Wei Yi, a lazy bum who loafed around in town.
He happened to witness Yin Huazi stealing children. He was about to report it to the authorities, but when he ran away, Yin Huazi discovered him and broke one of his legs.
He stayed home for a long time before he got better, and when he came out, he heard that children were going missing one after another in town.
He was timid, and Yin Huazi was ruthless, so he naturally dared not have the idea of reporting her again.
He went to the families who had lost their children, but they not only didn't believe him, they also treated him like a beggar.
He was so angry that he decided to throw caution to the wind, since he couldn't just let it go after his leg was broken.
Then he would cut off Yin Huazi's source of income!
He started following Yin Huazi, figuring out which family she was going to target, and then pretended to be a ghost to scare them.
Sometimes, if the children are too frightened, people will move away. Even if they don't move, they'll keep a closer eye on their children if they know there's a ghost.
He frightened Yin Huazi many times, and he enjoyed it so much that he felt a sense of revenge.
He met her during the day, and at night, Yin Huazi walked in front of him and he followed behind, but when they arrived at the destination, he didn't see her.
He thought he should leave it for now and scare people so the adults would be more vigilant, but he didn't expect this time to be different from the past.
This guy not only had a weapon, but he also had such a powerful one. After a few blows, he almost vomited blood.
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