Haunted

Jiang Danhe got on his horse with Xiaoguo. With a sneer on his lips, he threw a merciless look at Zhuang Zhuang who was feeling aggrieved.

“Giddyup!”

As soon as Jiang Danhe spoke, the horse galloped away, leaving no time for Zhuang Zhuang to do anything.

Xiaoguo leaned back comfortably against Jiang Danhe’s chest.

Jiang Danhe seemed very satisfied with her skillful intimacy. The little intimate acts that she occasionally did to him, was right up his alley.

“Have you set your sights on any shops?”

Jiang Danhe asked softly.

“No.” Xiaoguo shook her head. “Where do you think I should set up shop?”

Although Jiang Danhe had been away from home for some time, he was still familiar with Yonghai County.

Previously, Shao Zhan had lived in Yonghai County. Since Jiang Danhe had traveled around this area quite a bit, he knew the streets pretty well.

After thinking for a moment, he said, “Wansheng Street is mainly made up of pawn shops and gambling dens. Dongwu Street is mainly made up of rice, noodles, grains, and oil stores. Yongle Street is where you can find food, clothing and all the living necessities. It’s also the most central street in the county. That street is also divided into several named streets. In addition, there are dozens of nameless small streets around it. On those streets, you can find a scattering of shops. Most of them are running funeral-related businesses. Along the remaining few small roads and the borders of the county city, you can find kilns and shops that sell wood, bricks, and tiles.”

“There are so many streets in Yonghai County?”

Xiaoguo looked up at Jiang Danhe’s sexy neck and was attracted by his moving Adam’s apple. Her eyes flickered for a moment before she looked away as if she had been scalded.

Jiang Danhe did not notice her abnormality. He continued speaking, “Yonghai County is only smaller than the other counties around it. No matter what, it’s still around the capital. It can’t be that small.”

Xiaoguo acknowledged his words in a distracted manner.

Jiang Danhe looked down at her and thought that she was feeling hot, so he rode his horse closer to the shade.

After arriving at the county city, the two of them discussed and focused their search on Yongle Street without considering the other streets.

When they arrived at the noodle shop, they dismounted. After greeting everyone inside the shop, they started exploring the vicinity around the restaurant.

After Jiang Danhe’s explanation, Xiaoguo found out that the noodle shop was situated at the corner of a small street on Yongle Street.

Having been here so many times, this was the first time Xiaoguo knew the names of every street. Previously, she only knew a few. She had always thought that they were individual streets. She didn’t expect them to all share a name—Yongle Avenue.

They walked around until noon. Xiaoguo was extremely tired. She didn’t feel tired at all when she was in the car. Why was it so tiring to walk?

Jiang Danhe was not very tired, but seeing her like this, he found a herbal tea shop and ordered two cups of herbal tea so that they could rest for a while.

Xiaoguo felt much better after drinking a cup of herbal tea.

“I was wrong.”

“Wrong in what aspect?”

Jiang Danhe handed her his cup of herbal tea before asking.

“I always thought that the county city was only so big. Having been here so many times, I just realized that I had only explored a small portion of this place.”

Xiaoguo was about to finish another cup of tea when Jiang Danhe stopped her. “You shouldn’t drink so much. You will get a stomachache.”

Xiaoguo nodded and only took a small sip.

Jiang Danhe retracted his hand in satisfaction and said, “Do you have a favorite street in mind?”

“Yes.” Xiaoguo thought for a moment. “We should open the shop in a busy area’.”

On a crowded street, there would be more customers.

“From Yongle Avenue?”

“That’s right.”

Jiang Danhe smiled. “What about that small street on Yongle Street?”

“Yeah…”

Xiaoguo thought for a moment. “What do you think of Xiangyang West Road?”

Jiang Danhe thought for a moment and guessed the shop she liked. “That two-story building on Xiangyang West Road?”

“Yes. That’s the one!”

Xiaoguo had passed by the shop earlier on and immediately took a fancy to it. It was a two-story ancient-style building. Although it was a little dilapidated, the foundation looked very strong. Moreover, it had a small courtyard. If she took over, she only had to make minor modifications to it. She believed that renovations could be completed by the end of the year.

“What do you think?”

Xiaoguo eagerly asked for his opinion.

Before Jiang Danhe could speak, another voice interrupted him.

“Not so good.”

Xiaoguo was stunned. Not far away from them was a scruffy-looking man who was covered in dirt. His hair was disheveled, and his face was covered in stubble. It was impossible to tell his actual age.

She had to determine his gender by listening to his voice.

Jiang Danhe narrowed his eyes and asked calmly, “What do you mean?”

Unexpectedly, the scruffy man fell silent this time. He was drinking herbal tea by himself. There were a total of seventeen or eighteen cups on the table.

Xiao Guo was feeling worried for him. He drank so many cups of tea without seeming to care about catching a cold.

Seeing that he was silent, Jiang Danhe frowned slightly. He really disliked baffling individuals who speak in incomplete sentences.

It was the same for Xiaoguo. His words were as annoying as a fly.

The two of them had not rested enough, so they endured it and spoke softly in case the man eavesdropped on them again.

Just as Xiaoguo was asking Jiang Danhe if this two-story building was okay, the man spoke again.

“Not good.”

This time, the good-tempered Xiaoguo couldn’t take it anymore. Jiang Danhe stopped her and signaled her with his eyes to calm down. He was going to handle it.

Xiaoguo took a deep breath and sat back down unhappily.

After Jiang Danhe comforted Xiaoguo, he ordered a pot of herbal tea and asked the waiter to bring it to the man. He went over and sat down too.

The man did not see himself as an outsider. When he saw the new pot of tea, he picked it up and drank it directly from the spout.

Xiaoguo couldn’t help but frown.

Jiang Danhe’s expression remained unchanged. When the other party looked like he had enough, Jiang Danhe asked, “May I ask what’s wrong with that small building?”

“Didn’t you hear me?”

The man seemed very satisfied with Jiang Danhe’s attitude. After drinking his fill, he spoke.

Xiaoguo pricked up her ears and waited for the man to continue.

Jiang Danhe shook his head in confusion.

The man snorted at the two of them and looked around. Then, he said mysteriously, “That place is haunted…”

Xiaoguo’s hair stood on end and she subconsciously reached for Jiang Danhe.

Jiang Danhe immediately held her hand and gave her a comforting look.

Then, he looked at the man again. “Please elaborate.”

The scruffy-looking man retracted his gaze and said with a dark gaze, “The place is haunted. I heard that there is a terrifying male ghost wandering around in the middle of the night. When he sees a man, he will suck away his soul. When he sees a woman… Hehehehehe…”

As the man spoke, he sized up Xiaoguo in a disgusting manner. Then, a row of white teeth appeared across his blackened face before he started chuckling.

This time, Xiaoguo had to hold onto Jiang Danhe to calm him down.

Jiang Danhe was pulled back to his original seat by Xiaoguo. It took him a long time to calm down.

“It’s okay. You don’t have to believe what a lunatic says.”

Xiaoguo felt that the man was crazy and abnormal. It was difficult to tell if his words were true or not. They could just go over and take a look later.

Jiang Danhe nodded at Xiaoguo. Since the two of them were done resting, they got ready to pay the bill and leave.

However, when the two of them were about to leave, the man shamelessly followed behind them. After he saw them settling the bill, he tried to leave with the two of them.

Very quickly, the shop assistant came over to intercept.

However, he was stopping Xiaoguo, instead of the scruffy-looking man.

“We’ve settled the bill.”

Xiaoguo looked at the waiter strangely.

Unexpectedly, the waiter looked behind her in embarrassment and said tactfully, “There’s another bill…”

“??”

Xiaoguo looked at Jiang Danhe strangely and the two of them looked behind them.

At some point in time, the scruffy man had caught up with them. He was quietly tugging at Xiaoguo’s skirt and picking his nose with his other hand. Then, he saw their gazes and smiled brightly at them.