Chapter 9: line with translation of chapter title: 9

9 「Sister-in-law! You're going off-topic! 」

Xie Jingting recognized that this voice was Tushan Jiu, who had argued with him this afternoon!

He had never felt that a person's voice could be so pleasant; it was simply the sound of heaven.

Knowing one's mistakes and being able to correct them is the greatest good: 「Sister-in-law, I was wrong, save me, I'm in the car. 」

After saying that, he also, grateful, told Zhang Huihui outside the car window: 「It's fine, we're saved! My sister-in-law is awesome; she's a ghost-catcher, catching ghosts is definitely no problem! 」

Xie Shiyu and Xie Jingzhou, who followed into the mist: 「...... 」

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he could never believe that his younger brother could actually be so adaptable.

He seemed to have completely forgotten his angry outburst at the airport this afternoon, as well as the dismissive tone he had just used on the phone.

Of course, Xie Jingzhou also forgot that he was a materialist.

Xie Jingzhou didn't speak, gripping tightly the small scissors that Tushan Jiu had given him.

His older brother has great luck, but he doesn't.

Before entering, Tushan Jiu told him to hold on tight, so he wouldn't be affected by the surrounding yin energy, otherwise he'd be unlucky.

Zhang Huihui, who still hadn't let go here, upon hearing Xie Jingting's words, instantly had hope light up in her eyes: 「Sniffle sniffle sniffle, that's great; I thought we were doomed today! 」

While the two were speaking, Tushan Jiu's figure had already appeared in front of the car.

She had both hands in her pockets, holding a pink lollipop stick in her mouth, looking a bit roguish, which didn't quite match the white traditional Chinese Zen outfit she wore.

Tushan Jiu looked at Zhang Huihui outside the car who wasn't letting go, then glanced at the red-clad female ghost inside the car who also wasn't letting go, and finally her gaze fell on Xie Jingting.

She tilted her head, her tone a bit displeased: 「You two, could you first let go of my third brother? He's feeling uncomfortable like this. 」

The female ghost's expression changed the moment Tushan Jiu's voice appeared, her voice becoming sharper: 「Are you from the Mysterious Gate? 」

「No. 」

The female ghost bared her teeth and glared: 「You're deceiving a ghost? How could you break my ghostly arts if you're not from the Mysterious Gate? 」

"You also know I'm deceiving a ghost, so——" Tushan Jiu tilted her head, 「Big sis, isn't that question you asked just nonsense? 」

"Pfft, hahaha." Xie Jingting and Zhang Huihui, now having something to rely on, couldn't help but laugh out loud together.

Female ghost: 「...... You're all asking for death! Today I will take both the car and the people; you'd better not think of stopping me. 」

As the words fell, the white mist that had been dissipating began to gather again.

The surrounding temperature instantly dropped several degrees.

Xie Jingting shivered, his face turning pale in an instant.

The car moved again.

However, this time the speed was not that slow leisurely pace as before.

It accelerated by a hundred miles per hour in one second, shooting straight toward Tushan Jiu in front of the car.

Seeing this scene not far away, Xie Shiyu and Xie Jingzhou both frowned, instinctively running toward Tushan Jiu, but recalling her warning, they forcibly stopped their steps.

Tushan Jiu didn't even change her expression, remaining very calm.

「Ah! Sister-in-law, dodge quickly, you're about to be hit! Big brother, second brother, what are you just standing there for? Hurry up and save her! 」

Xie Jingting also couldn't afford to be afraid, shouting outward while pressing hard on the brake.

But all of this was futile; by the time he finished shouting that sentence, the car had already reached Tushan Jiu.

Xie Jingting couldn't bear to watch and closed his eyes.

But the next second, he lunged forward with his whole body.

With a "pa—pah" sound, his handsome face, due to inertia, stuck directly onto the windshield.

The car stopped.

It was stopped by a slap from Tushan Jiu.

Everyone and the ghost present opened their mouths wide, watching this unbelievable scene before them.

Xie Shiyu also rarely showed a shocked expression.

But he suddenly recalled that at today's dinner table, she had eaten eight bowls of rice, and her saying, "People in our line of work need to be stronger."

At the time he also glanced at her thin arms and legs, wondering if her statement was an exaggeration.

Now he truly got to see just how strong she was.

After the female ghost reacted, she instantly flashed out of the car to escape.

Tushan Jiu wouldn't give her that chance; she closed the distance in two steps and delivered a headshot.

The female ghost staggered forward two steps, then turned in disbelief, staring fixedly at Tushan Jiu.

One second later, she crouched, clutching her head, wailing: 「Ah——it hurts! 」

Tushan Jiu glanced at her, 「Does a love-struck brain even know pain? 」

「For a scumbag's single remark that he doesn't like children, you went and aborted the nearly formed child, rendering yourself unable to bear children for life? 」

「Even though you clearly saw the scumbag cheating with your own eyes, you still refused to believe it, firmly thinking he had unavoidable circumstances? 」

「He said he knew you liked red sports cars, and that once he succeeded in his business and made money, he'd buy you one, then trick you into handing over your parents' retirement funds as his startup capital? 」

「Your mother died of a heart attack from anger, your father also suffered a serious illness, his health deteriorating day by day, while you avoided facing it and just jumped——」

「Enough! Don't say any more! 」

The female ghost interrupted Tushan Jiu's heart‑stabbing words.

She hunched, trembling on the ground, her head bowed low so her expression couldn't be seen.

Zhang Huihui sighed, 「This is even more amazing than ghost‑bewitching eyes; this is true love. 」

Tushan Jiu glanced at Zhang Huihui, shifting her gaze toward her feet, but she quickly returned her gaze to the female ghost.

She let out a barely perceptible sigh.

「What I just said—any one of those could be your obsession, but you're so unpromising, putting the cart before the horse. 」

And most importantly, not everyone who drives a red sports car is a scumbag; my third younger brother isn't a scumbag—he still doesn't dare confess to the girl he likes even now, he's very devoted, you've got the wrong person!

Not far away, Xie Jingting had just recovered, and with Xie Jingzhou supporting him, he got out of the car; when he heard this, he choked on his own saliva and started coughing violently.

Tushan Jiu turned her head sideways and glanced at him, then asked seriously, "Is what I said not right? You haven't... since freshman year..."

"Sister-in-law! You're going off-topic!" Xie Jingting hurriedly changed the subject, embarrassedly scratching the back of his head, "Well, um, she, she's also quite pitiful, hehe, quite pitiful."

Tushan Jiu frowned, feeling that her third younger brother didn't want her to say that he secretly loved someone but didn't dare confess.

Alright, then she won't mention that "follow-your-heart" thing of his.

But Xie Jingting said she's pitiful?

Indeed, that scumbag is the culprit who deceived her; she is the victim, but Tushan Jiu doesn't actually find her pitiful.

Since childhood she has followed her grandfather wandering the jianghu, seeing many pitiful and unjust things, and has long grown accustomed to them.

For evil ghosts that resist in the mortal realm, they can be directly struck to soul-scattering, as long as they afterwards submit to interrogation and investigation and provide a detailed account of the circumstances.

That is, this female ghost didn't harm anyone's life; otherwise she wouldn't be wasting words now, and would have already been made to scatter her soul.

Tushan Jiu wasn't moved by it, "Pitiable? I don't think so. After seeing the truth of the matter while alive, why not use legal means to punish the scumbag?"

"After choosing death and cultivating ghostly arts with strong obsession, why not go take revenge on that scumbag instead of taking out anger on innocent people?"

"In the end, you're just cowardly—you avoided things in life, and even after death you dare not face yourself, who can't distinguish good from evil, true from false."

"If we're talking about pitiful, I think the most pitiful is her father who lost his wife and daughter and now waits to die alone in a nursing home!"

Tushan Jiu unleashed a barrage of words, and when the final sentence mentioned her father, the female ghost suddenly sprang to her feet.