Chapter 17: Haunted House Female Spirit

After Ye Chen's words fell, those eerie figures in the paintings instantly turned to ash, they didn't even have a chance to resist.

Eh? Xiao Chen, what are you doing? Hurry up and follow.

Lin Ruoxi's voice suddenly came from ahead; Zhi Ren Ye Chen hearing it, hurriedly replied: "Here, Mom!"

Zhi Ren Ye Chen finished speaking, then hurriedly caught up with Lin Ruoxi.

Meanwhile, Ye Chen himself was leading his father to his mother's place.

Regarding what just happened, he was perfectly clear about it.

He instantly furrowed his brows deeply, "Daring to lay a hand on my mother, you're really asking for trouble!"

Ye Chen whispered in his heart, his voice soft but his tone hid anger.

He didn't even realize when he had sped up, and Ye Nan could only chase after him from behind.

"Did you get wind under your feet? How are you walking so fast?"

Ye Nan found it hard to understand; logically, a six-year-old's steps, no matter how he walks, wouldn't be larger than an adult's, let alone faster.

But now, Ye Chen not only walks faster than Ye Nan, but significantly faster.

Soon after, Ye Chen brought Ye Nan to where Lin Ruoxi was; when they arrived, Ye Chen instantly covered Ye Nan's eyes, so he didn't see Zhi Ren Ye Chen.

Ye Chen also altered Ye Nan's memory on the side, and erased his memory of the mortuary before.

Taking advantage of this moment, Ye Chen instantly retracted Zhi Ren Ye Chen.

"Mom! Dad is here!"

Ye Chen shouted from behind; Lin Ruoxi turned her head, saw Ye Chen and Ye Nan walking together, instantly flared with anger, her feet as if wearing speedy boots, she quickly came before Ye Nan.

"Where did you run off to? Where did you run off to? You made it hard for me and Xiao Chen to find you!"

Hearing Lin Ruoxi's angry tone, Ye Nan didn't dare to speak.

"I also don't know how I got lost; when I came to my senses, I found you were gone, and then I kept searching behind you."

"If Xiao Chen hadn't walked a bit slower and I hadn't seen his silhouette, I wouldn't know how long it would have taken to find you."

After Ye Nan finished speaking, Lin Ruoxi grabbed his ear and said: "You're already this big, yet you can get lost in the haunted house; do you not know how timid you are? If you got scared and fainted somewhere, where would we go to find you?"

The more Lin Ruoxi spoke, the angrier she got, gripping Ye Nan's ear tighter.

Seeing this, Ye Chen quickly spoke up; if he didn't, he truly feared Lin Ruoxi would tear Ye Nan's ear off.

"All right, Mom, as long as everyone's fine, let's go find the tool key now and then leave the haunted house."

Hearing Ye Chen's words, Lin Ruoxi finally loosened her grip on Ye Nan's ear and said: "For Xiao Chen's sake, I'll let you off this time; if there's a next time, I'll directly take a knife and chop off your ear! To teach you to have a longer memory."

Ye Nan looked at Lin Ruoxi's angry expression, not daring to breathe, and hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, okay, I know I was wrong, wife don't be angry, don't be angry, getting angry too easily makes one age."

After Ye Nan spoke, Lin Ruoxi became even angrier: "Now you dare to curse me as old, right? Now you dare to curse me as old, tomorrow you'd dare to abandon me; has your skin been itching lately?"

After Lin Ruoxi said that, Ye Nan looked terrified: "No, no, no, wife is beautiful and charming, how could she possibly age? Look at my clumsy mouth, I can hardly speak; wife don't be angry, forgive my fault."

Ye Chen listened to Ye Nan and Lin Ruoxi's conversation, then suddenly recalled what the system had previously told him.

"It seems the system was right after all, a man who spends his life apologizing."

At this moment, upon hearing Ye Nan's words, Lin Ruoxi merely snorted, turned her head and walked ahead, while Ye Nan followed behind her, panting and stumbling.

They walked ahead, seemingly having forgotten Ye Chen.

As they walked ahead, Ye Chen stood in place, turned back and glanced, his eyes icy cold: "You'd better behave yourself, otherwise I don't mind scattering your body and soul."

As Ye Chen's final word fell, the temperature in the haunted house suddenly dropped several degrees, even the floor froze over with frost.

After Ye Chen finished speaking, he turned and chased after Ye Nan and Lin Ruoxi.

After Ye Chen left, those painting figures that had turned to ash reappeared, and along with them appeared a little female soul; upon seeing this little female soul, the painting figures all bowed in worship.

The little female soul didn't pay attention to those painting figures, but kept gazing in the direction Ye Chen had left.

"He is truly strong; I can barely absorb his essence, even though it wasn't voluntary, but he looks about my age, why does he possess such formidable power?"

The little female soul was puzzled, lightly biting her finger, seeming quite confused.

"He just threatened me; his appearance is really terrifying."

The little female soul's appearance was very aggrieved, as if frightened by Ye Chen.

"Hmph, I hate you!"

The little female soul said this, and her form vanished in the gallery.

Meanwhile, Ye Chen was leading Ye Nan and Lin Ruoxi in searching for the tool key inside the haunted house.

Lin Ruoxi and Ye Nan were greatly astonished; they hadn't expected Ye Chen to find the tool key so accurately each time, as if he had a god's-eye view.

But Ye Chen didn't notice the change in Ye Nan and Lin Ruoxi's expressions; now his mind was on that little female soul, who perhaps still doesn't realize that her every word and deed just now were within Ye Chen's spiritual sense.

"It's actually a little girl; she has no resentment or killing aura, suggesting she was kind-hearted in life, yet she clearly absorbed people's vital essence, so why does she have no grudge clinging to her?"

Ye Chen felt doubtful; logically, ghosts that often absorb human vital energy should have some resentment, as they are influenced by people's negative emotions.

But the little female soul not only lacks resentment, she is as clean as a blank sheet of paper.

"There's a big problem here."

Ye Chen thought to himself, and he could also be certain that this little girl's death must have been highly abnormal.

Ye Chen is not one to meddle in others' affairs, but this girl is about his age and yet has become a ghost; if there were no great injustice here, he would certainly not believe it.

"Seeing how pitiful you are, I'll help you."

Ye Chen thought to himself, and at this moment he had already led Ye Nan and Lin Ruoxi to find the haunted house's final passage key.

"Xiao Chen is amazing! Much better than someone who was almost scared out of his wits by a ghostly device."

Ye Nan heard Lin Ruoxi's words and, without much thought, could confirm she was talking about him.

"Wife, let's drop this matter, okay? Don't bring it up again, give me some face."

"What's your face worth? Not giving."

After Lin Ruoxi finished speaking, Ye Nan instantly resembled a frost‑hit eggplant, limp and listless.

"Let's go, let's go out."

Ye Chen's voice suddenly rang out; Lin Ruoxi heard Ye Chen's voice, and she couldn't be bothered to argue with Ye Nan any longer, so she followed Ye Chen out of Gui Wu.