Master, Your Wife Has Become a Super Star Through Fortune-Telling

Chapter 225 - 226: Corpse Stench

"Oh? And then what? Did the ghost come out?"

At this point, Su Nian was starting to lose interest.

"No."

The boy shook his head honestly.

"She didn’t come out..."

"When the screen went black, she disappeared too."

[I wouldn’t be scared if she came out. I’d show her how scary a 24-year-old single shut-in can be. Forget a seductive ghost, I could even handle Zhenzi!]

[The guy above better watch out, you’re gonna eat your words!]

[You’re all talk. You’ll be lucky if you don’t piss yourself!]

"Streamer, she might have disappeared then, but now she appears in my dreams every single night!"

As he said this, the boy’s lips quivered nervously and his voice trembled, losing all intonation.

"What kind of dream?"

"Ever since I watched that weird video, I always dream of her. She’s a bloody, mangled mess from head to toe, but she stands stiff as a coat rack, forever holding up that grotesque human skin. Then she inches toward me, little by little!"

"At first, she was outside my front door, but she’s gotten closer every day. Yesterday... she was standing at my bedside!"

[So it IS a ghost story!]

[A bloody, mangled coat rack? That’s enough to scare a guy limp!]

[Well, you liked watching that stuff, so you got what was coming to you!]

The mere thought of the dream made him feel like he was on the verge of a breakdown. The curious expression he’d had earlier was completely gone.

"So you think that thing... is going to put that human skin on you tonight?"

Su Nian’s eyes darkened as she narrowed them slightly.

"I think so. I don’t want to become a bloody, mangled monster. Master, I’m begging you, you have to save me!"

The boy’s eyes were filled with hope as he looked at Su Nian.

Su Nian thought for a moment. "So, based on what you’ve said, she only appears in your dreams?"

"Uh-huh, that’s right!"

Hearing Su Nian begin her analysis, the hope in the boy’s eyes grew even stronger.

Su Nian picked up a peach from the table. It was large and plump, with thin, glistening skin and a beautiful color. She took a small bite, and a sweet, juicy flavor flooded her mouth.

But even the sweetest peach couldn’t quell the faint annoyance Su Nian felt. A ghost that could enter dreams was always harder to handle.

It wasn’t that Su Nian couldn’t handle it. ’It’s just that I really don’t want to watch a man sleep!’

"Do you usually nap during the day? Do you dream of her then?"

The boy answered bluntly, "No. I’ve been too scared to sleep, because I dream of her every single time. Yesterday, I was so exhausted I couldn’t help but doze off for a few minutes around noon, but I didn’t dream of her then. Does that count?"

Su Nian nodded slightly, mentally noting another of the ghost’s traits. ’It only enters dreams at night.’

Then, she grabbed a sheet of yellow paper. With a few swift, almost careless strokes, Su Nian drew a remarkably sloppy-looking talisman.

"Alright. Take this back with you and keep it on you at all times. Also, give me your address. I’ll come find you early this evening."

"Huh?"

The boy felt dizzy, as if he hadn’t quite heard what Su Nian said. But when he looked at the talisman paper in his hand, he shook his head resolutely.

"Master, I’m just too scared, and I’m so, so tired... I’m afraid... I’m afraid you won’t get there in time. I could fall asleep at any moment. Why don’t... why don’t I just stay with you?"

[What did I just hear? He wants to stick with the streamer?]

[Don’t tell me he plans to sleep at the streamer’s house?]

[I think the guy above is onto something!]

Apparently realizing his words could easily be misunderstood, he quickly added.

"Or how about... I could just stay at the Daoist Temple! The main thing is, I’m just so scared! I can’t be alone! Streamer, I promise I don’t have any weird ideas! Besides, I wouldn’t dare!"

The boy’s face was a mask of misery, his eyes filled with pleading.

Su Nian considered it for only a moment before nodding. "Alright. But it’ll cost you extra."

"Okay, okay, of course!"

With the matter settled, the boy meekly went and sat down in the back room.

Today’s second client then walked in. But before Su Nian could even see who it was, she was hit by a pungent, fragrant scent.

And mixed within that fragrance... was the heavy stench of a corpse.