My Wife, The Ice Queen President

Chapter 273: Chapter 0273: Female Ghost_1
 

The incident involved two servants responsible for kitchen work.

Both servants died with their eyes wide open and mouths gaping, clearly scared to death.

“The young mistress has become a fierce ghost and come back for revenge… I saw it with my own eyes, it was the young mistress, she died with her eyes still open… Red clothes, red shoes, her tongue stretched out so long, it was her…”

A servant in his thirties was so scared his face turned ashen as he kept talking, clearly suffering from extreme fright.

“I can’t stay here anymore, I want to leave.”

“I don’t want my wages.”

“I’m leaving too.”

Several servants expressed their desire to leave, all unwilling to stay, and left that very night.

Before long, the police chief Tang Ming arrived with his team, examined the corpses, confirmed they had been scared to death, and then took the bodies away.

The day after the appearance of the red-clothed female ghost, the news spread throughout the entire Li Family, and almost all the servants resigned, no one daring to stay in the Li Family any longer, afraid of becoming the next target of the ghost.

In just half a day, the Li Family’s servants were almost entirely gone, leaving only a few with greater courage.

Ye Xiong was here to investigate the case, so naturally he couldn’t leave, when at this moment, Li Xiangxiang came to him.

“Ade, come here.” Li Xiangxiang waved him over.

Since so many things had happened in the Li Family, Ye Xiong became increasingly suspicious of Li Xiangxiang. Subconsciously, he felt that everything that had happened here was somehow connected to her.

He followed Li Xiangxiang into a room.

Once inside, Li Xiangxiang closed the door behind them, a simple action that made Ye Xiong’s heart race.

“Dummy, you’ve been with me for a year and a half, right?” Li Xiangxiang asked.

Ye Xiong nodded.

“You’ve been wronged this past year. I sincerely thank you for taking care of me. If it weren’t for you, I don’t know if I could have survived until now.”

After finishing her words, Li Xiangxiang turned and walked to the table, pulling out a stack of thick banknotes from a drawer, which seemed to be about one hundred thousand!

“Take this money, save it for later, start a small business or find a wife. Don’t stay in the Li Family anymore.” Li Xiangxiang packed the money in a plastic bag, handed it to him, and then continued, “Take the money and leave the Li Family now.”

A lump formed in Ye Xiong’s heart.

Was she trying to send him away?

What was her intention in doing so?

Subconsciously, he felt that disaster was imminent.

Ye Xiong used his finger to write a big question mark in the air, asking her what she meant.

“Don’t ask, just listen to me and leave now,” Li Xiangxiang said with a bit of severity in her voice.

Ye Xiong shook his head, determined not to leave.

“The rumor has gone wild outside, Xiao Huan has turned into a fierce ghost and is harming people, aren’t you afraid of dying?” Li Xiangxiang urged anxiously.

Ye Xiong still shook his head; apart from shaking his head, he didn’t know how else to express himself.

“I don’t need you to take care of me, just go now.” Seeing his indifference, Li Xiangxiang lost her temper, walked over, and began pushing him toward the door.

“Do you think I really want you to take care of me? Someone as ugly as you makes me lose my appetite. Do you know why I’m so thin? It’s because of seeing you so much, I can’t even eat.”

These harsh words would have deeply hurt Ye Xiong if he were actually a mute, possibly for a very long time.

Unfortunately, he wasn’t a mute, so all he felt was a deep unease.

Subconsciously, he felt something was going to happen that night.

Li Xiangxiang wanting him to leave seemed less like she was driving him away and more like she was trying to save his life.

But at such a time, it was impossible for Ye Xiong to leave no matter what.

After being pushed out the door and holding one hundred thousand in his hand, Ye Xiong was filled with mixed emotions.

For him, one hundred thousand was truly not much money, but for a mute, that was a substantial income. Li Xiangxiang treating him this way showed that her heart was kind. No matter whether Li Xiaohuan’s death was related to her or not, at least she had genuine goodwill towards the mute.

Back in his room, Jingjing waited for nightfall.

In the blink of an eye, evening arrived.

Ye Xiong stayed in the house and hadn’t slept at all.

There were several men patrolling outside, martial arts experts hired at a high salary by Li Ba. It seemed that Li Ba also felt something was amiss, as if someone was targeting the Li Family, so he hired a few people for protection.

In the middle of the night, Ye Xiong lay on his bed when he suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of crisis.

At that moment, the door to his room softly creaked.

Someone was knocking.

Who could it be, knocking at the door in the middle of the night?

It was now two in the morning, the time when a person’s sleep is deepest. It’s absolutely impossible for someone to come looking for him.

Moreover, Dummy being in the Li Family Courtyard barely knew a handful of people, so who would be knocking at his door?

Unless, the person knocking wasn’t human.

If Dummy really had been there, he would probably have been scared to death.

Unfortunately for the visitor, it was Ye Xiong.

Ye Xiong channeled his inner strength into his palms and walked to the door, then opened it.

At the doorway stood a female ghost wearing red clothes and red shoes, her long hair falling over her face, concealing her features. Between her locks, there was glimpses of a face paler than a sheet of paper, and a pair of blood-red eyes peering through the strands, staring intently at Ye Xiong.

Her appearance was exactly like that of Li Xiaohuan, who had hung herself.

Any ordinary person seeing such a female ghost in the dead of night would be frightened to death.

But not only was Ye Xiong not overwhelmed by fear, he actually laughed.

He had waited all night just for this so-called ghost to appear. She had escaped the last time, but this time he couldn’t let her get away.

The female ghost kept her gaze fixed on Ye Xiong, thinking he would either die of fright or faint. Little did she know, he didn’t take her seriously at all.

Ah!

The female ghost opened her mouth and let out a shriek, revealing an even more terrifying grin.

Smack!

Ye Xiong’s hand flew up in a slap, striking her directly on the face.

The female ghost was bewildered; she had not expected that her scare tactics wouldn’t just fail, but that she would receive a slap instead.

Swoosh!

Five long nails swept toward Ye Xiong’s neck, both fast and fierce.

Ye Xiong was startled. He had never imagined the female ghost to be so skilled; her ability was beyond his expectations.

He had thought that no matter how powerful the ghost was, he could subdue her with ease. That’s why he had been so casual, only to encounter such an adversary, perhaps even surpassing Phoenix, the renowned expert.

In that instant of life and death, Ye Xiong’s body involuntarily leaned backwards.

Even so, a chill swept across his neck, knowing that a mere fraction of a second slower would have meant a severed throat.

The female ghost was somewhat surprised, seemingly not expecting her lethal strike to miss and hesitated for a moment.

Ye Xiong had a sudden moment of clarity. Against someone who went for the kill right from the start, there was no need for courtesy.

Roar!

A mighty bellow erupted from his mouth!

His palm, filled with inner strength, launched a punch.

The momentum was overwhelming, the authority oppressive, and the air around him whirled with force.

The female ghost was taken aback. She had never imagined that in the room of a seemingly ordinary servant, such a formidable martial artist would be residing.

In her panic, the female ghost struck out with a palm of her own.