Chapter 226 : Petty Ghosts are Hard to Deal With 8 (1/2)

“Don’t!” These words were directed at Shi Sheng.

Just now, when Shi Sheng had floated over to Feng Jin’s side, the crying woman was still lying in his arms, so it was natural for An Su to assume that this female ghost had wanted to hurt the woman.

Shi Sheng rolled her eyes at An Su.

Seeing this type of reaction from Shi Sheng, An Su was utterly confused. ‘This ghost seems a bit different from the others…

All the other ghosts I’ve seen were lacking limbs, were extremely fierce or were heavily resentful of the living. They’re not like this ghost who can even, er, roll her eyes at me this calmly.’

An Su suddenly found this ghost to be rather cute.

While she was still absorbed in her own thoughts, she suddenly felt herself being pushed, causing her to stumble and fall onto one of the bonsai plants lining the corridor.

The hysterical woman shrieked as she ran off somewhere. The servants could only give chase as they called out to her.

Soon, only the old Butler, Feng Jin, Shi Sheng, and An Su were left. The old man was the only one still standing in the kitchen, the helpless expression of one who had experienced the vicissitudes of life displayed clearly on his face. Tears began to well up in his muddled eyes.

Feng Jin neatly straightened out the wrinkles on his clothes that were caused by the delirious woman before walking over to the kitchen.

“Mr Feng.” The old man quickly wiped away the tears in his eyes when he noticed that Feng Jin had walked over. “Please don’t take it to heart. I sincerely apologise on the Madam’s behalf.”

“It’s fine.” Feng Jin looked in the direction of the kitchen. “Can I go in to have a look around?”

“Why of course, of course!” The old man vigorously nodded his head. “To tell you the truth, this isn’t the first time the Madam’s went berserk. She always raves about seeing ghosts and such. I don’t know if she’s happened to meet with anything unclean.”

The sounds of their discussion slowly faded away as they walked further into the kitchen. Shi Sheng simply remained standing in her spot, looking down at the FL-sama who was currently sprawled over a decorative bonsai tree. She opened her lips. “Dumb.”

An Su wanted to cry. ‘Why does everyone keep calling me dumb?’

She clambered back up from the bonsai tree and stammered out a question. “Were you… the one who scared her just now?”

“I’m not that bored.” Shi Sheng drifted into the kitchen after saying her piece.

An Su blanked out slightly. ‘Why does this voice sound so familiar? Iswear I’ve heard it before, but I can’t put my finger on where exactly…’

“Wait! Then, do you know who scared her? Are there really ghosts around here?” An Su chased after Shi Sheng and spoke in a low voice so as not to startle anyone in the kitchen.

“Aren’t I a ghost?” Shi Sheng once again gave her an eyeroll.

An Su, “…” ‘That’s true…’

She meekly trailed after Shi Sheng. The kitchen was very quiet and almost completely empty.

The only person present was a strangely garbed man who was currently standing at the spot where one would cut vegetables. On the counter lay several chunks of meat that were still oozing blood. It was clear that these chunks had just been carved off whatever creature they originally belonged to.

An Su couldn’t help but feel her stomach roil and she had to fight down the urge to vomit.

She watched as Shi Sheng glided over to the man’s side. The man lifted his head and seemed to look directly at her, before he once again lowered his head to continue examining the bloody meat.

‘Can that man see her too?’

An Su’s rarely-used brain was finally doing some work. Before, she had seen this ghost float towards the woman, so she had assumed she wanted to scare the woman. But the woman hadn’t been the only one there at that time; this man had been standing there too.

“My word, what are you doing here young lady? My sincerest apologies, I hope you weren’t scared? I shall arrange for a room for you at once.” The old Butler immediately approached An Su upon noticing her entry into the kitchen and quickly blocked her view of the bloody scene on the counter.

“It’s okay Uncle Butler.” An Su shook her head. “I’m already very grateful you’re letting me stay the night.”

The old man gave a forced smile. “A small matter. Let me escort you to your room!”

An Su could tell the old Butler didn’t wish to say any more, so she shut her mouth and stopped asking questions.

Before she left, she cast one final glance in Shi Sheng’s direction.

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