novelraw Chapter 197 - 198: News
Chapter 197 - 198: News
Hearing this, Zhao Lei was finally convinced. He was so agitated that it took him a long while to calm down.
"Master, what should I do?"
"First, tell me what happened that day."
Su Nian said coolly, her expression unreadable.
"That day?"
"A friend of mine was sick, so I went to the hospital to visit him. All I remember is that there were a ton of emergency patients that day. There was also a bratty kid running around like crazy. I almost ran into a wall trying to dodge him."
"But nothing special happened that day. It was just crowded with patients!"
Zhao Lei sounded bewildered, unable to make sense of it.
Su Nian tapped her fingers lightly on the table. "Have you forgotten what you said to him?" she asked calmly.
"Me?"
Zhao Lei fell silent again, frowning in thought.
[Great, case closed. He definitely started it.]
[We’ve cracked part of the truth. It was 100% him who started trouble.]
[But looking at him, he probably didn’t mean it.]
[Hard to say. You never know with people these days. He might just be putting on an act to play the victim.]
Zhao Lei racked his brain for a long while before a strange expression appeared on his face.
"I think I said something like, ’What’s the rush? In a hurry to die?’ That was it!"
Zhao Lei felt like he was starting to lose track of the streamer’s line of thought.
Meanwhile, the live chat was already buzzing with speculation.
[My wild guess is that the little boy is the ghost!]
[Think about it. Didn’t he say it was an old man with a boy? Maybe the boy is the ghost, and what he said pissed him off.]
[I think so too. He definitely got mad at what he said and came to cause trouble for him!]
"Streamer, is there a problem with that?"
Zhao Lei asked, confused.
Su Nian nodded and said calmly,
"That little boy was on the brink of death. If he had been able to rush back into his body, he would have survived. But you interrupted him."
Having already witnessed Su Nian’s abilities, Zhao Lei didn’t doubt her in the slightest. The moment he heard her words, his face turned pale.
He grew restless, his voice fraught with panic. "Then what do I do, Master!"
"No wonder he’s haunting me... So I’m partly to blame for his death!"
Su Nian glanced at the two figures behind him. As if sensing his distress, they took the opportunity to draw even closer.
Their eerily pale faces twisted, revealing grotesque, gaping mouths as if they were about to devour Zhao Lei.
"It’s not entirely your fault. You made a mistake, but not one that warrants death. Go look up the news from that day."
Hearing Su Nian say this, he instantly felt like he had found his last shred of hope.
[The news? Let me look it up!]
[Good thing I’m smart. I started searching when he mentioned how many emergency patients there were, and I’ve found it already!]
[Let me see!]
Just as Zhao Lei managed to find it, the viewers had already mostly finished reading.
[Reportedly, at 5 PM on March 21st, a woman accidentally knocked over a young boy and was subsequently pushed into the middle of the road by an elderly man. Unexpectedly, a bus swerved to avoid the woman and hit the old man and the child. There are currently five dead and nine injured...]
Zhao Lei trembled as he finished reading, right down to seeing the little boy’s photograph at the end.
The black-and-white photo gradually overlapped with the blurry face in his memory. He was certain that was who he had bumped into. He had also carelessly cursed at that ghostly old man.
’It’s all over, it’s all over! What am I supposed to do now?!’
He was so scared he sat frozen on his stool, completely dumbfounded, his mouth hanging wide open.
’So, all of this is happening because that little boy is out for revenge?’