"Knock, knock!"
The sudden knocking startled both the person and the ghost.
Yao Xiaowei looked at Xu Pangzi, "You, you, you, you don't have any other ghost friends, do you?!"
Your ghost friend wouldn't harm me, would he?
Xu Pangzi, who had been fine, suddenly became flustered at her words.
"What ghost friends do I have!
Those ghosts would eat me alive if they saw me!"
With that,
The person and the ghost both looked towards the main entrance.
Who would come at this late hour?
Buzzing—
Buzzing—
The vibration came from behind Yao Xiaowei.
The person and the ghost turned to look.
It was the phone on the sofa ringing.
Yao Xiaowei picked it up and smiled sheepishly.
"Hehe... my takeout is here."
...
Bang!
The main door closed.
Yao Xiaowei entered the room with the takeout.
She had been waiting for the takeout earlier, but Xu Pangzi's sudden appearance had made her forget in her nervousness.
"What did you order?" Xu Pangzi asked.
"A small hot pot."
Yao Xiaowei replied.
Sitting by the coffee table, she opened her small hot pot and began to eat with relish.
The aroma, the sounds.
Xu Pangzi, on the exercise bike, watched and swallowed his saliva.
Gulp~
Yao Xiaowei had ordered a spicy hot pot, and soon her lips were red from eating.
She blew on the air twice and quickly took a sip of her happy water (cola).
"From my understanding of the underworld... is it possible that you are because..."
Yao Xiaowei said, looking up at Xu Pangzi.
As she looked, she saw Xu Pangzi pedaling the exercise bike,
drooling a long stream towards her.
"Uh..."
Yao Xiaowei blinked, looking at the small hot pot in front of her.
Then she looked at Xu Pangzi.
She tentatively asked, "Do you want to eat?"
Xu Pangzi's eyes lit up at her words.
But soon, as if remembering something, he lowered his eyelids again.
He asked uncertainly,
"Can I?"
Yao Xiaowei took a tissue and wiped her mouth, "What's the big deal? If you don't mind, eat some first, and I'll order another portion!"
Xu Pangzi repeatedly shook his head, "I don't mind, I don't mind!"
How could he mind eating with a beautiful woman?!
Besides, it had been a long time since he had eaten anything spicy.
He was happy just to have something to eat!
Yao Xiaowei did as she said, picking up the hot pot and walking towards Xu Pangzi.
When she was about a meter away, her steps suddenly paused.
The cold wind blowing towards her sent a shiver through her.
Yao Xiaowei suddenly realized,
The being in front of her, though appearing human, was actually a ghost.
A ghost that could kill.
The fear that had vanished due to her brain freezing returned.
She stood still, not daring to move forward.
What should she do? Should she get closer?
She had already come this far.
But...
The livestream had mentioned that
some ghosts don't harm people, but only because certain conditions haven't been met...
What if the reason he couldn't leave the exercise bike was because he hadn't found a scapegoat?
...
The exercise bike was in a corner of the living room.
The light was not very bright.
Xu Pangzi's expression was not very clear, "What's wrong?"
Yao Xiaowei subconsciously said, "Nothing..."
Just as Yao Xiaowei was hesitating,
a voice suddenly appeared in her mind.
A very familiar, reassuring voice.
'It's okay, give it to him. I'm watching you.'
"?!"
The streamer's voice?!
Yao Xiaowei was startled and subconsciously looked left and right.
But she saw nothing.
Auditory hallucination?
She thought of something and said to Xu Pangzi, "Wait a moment."
Then she quickly ran back to the sofa, put down the small hot pot, and checked her phone.
She was both surprised and delighted!
—The streamer had actually come!!!
...
"Of course I'm scared, that's a ghost!"
"If I didn't know the streamer was here, I wouldn't dare to get close either."
The viewers in the livestream captured her every move.
When they saw Yao Xiaowei walk forward so carelessly just now, many viewers were worried.
They thought this little girl was too naive.
What if the other party suddenly attacked, and she couldn't even run away.
At this moment,
Seeing her pick up her phone and her expression change from surprise to shock.
The clever viewers immediately thought of something:
"I guess she's looking at the livestream (doge)"
"Hahaha, surprised, aren't you?"
"The beauty's courage is really great, awesome!"
...
[Mission guaranteed to be completed!]
After happily sending this bullet comment in the livestream,
Yao Xiaowei, reassured, picked up the small hot pot and walked to the exercise bike.
"Here, let's dig in!"
Xu Pangzi was still pedaling the exercise bike. He took the hot pot with his hands and quickly slurped down some meat slices.
Then he looked enviously at the happy fatty water on the coffee table.
Yao Xiaowei followed his gaze and said cheerfully, "Wait!"
Soon.
Xu Pangzi was eating a mouthful of hot pot and a sip of happy water.
The hot pot was spicy,
As he ate, his mouth and stomach were filled with a numbing, fiery sensation.
Spicy and satisfying.
And then to take a sip of happy water, it was truly as joyful as living like an immortal!
"Delicious! Delicious!"
"Indeed, dieting is not for me. Why should I refuse the delicacies of the world..."
"So foolish, so foolish!"
His mouth was full.
Yao Xiaowei couldn't hear his mumbled words clearly, only guessing some of them.
However, she could hear the sobs in his voice.
She couldn't help but comfort him, "Eat slowly, I just ordered two more portions, there will be more later if it's not enough."
"Mhm! Mhm!"
Xu Pangzi responded with sobs, his ghost tears falling into the bright red soup of the hot pot.
Yao Xiaowei, who had been merely comforting him,
gradually, her expression became astonished.
In her beautiful eyes, Xu Pangzi's gradually floating figure was reflected.
"You, you... you're off the bike?!"
Yao Xiaowei exclaimed.
Xu Pangzi, immersed in the delicious food, didn't hear her at all.
Amidst the shock,
Yao Xiaowei suddenly understood something.
She had wanted to say it when they were eating the hot pot.
The reason he was stuck on the exercise bike and couldn't get out was very likely...
due to some unfulfilled obsession.
From her understanding of the underworld, the existence of ghosts seemed to be formed by obsessions.
And now,
He had probably let go.
He had reconciled with his past self.
Thinking of this,
A smile appeared on Yao Xiaowei's lips.
Yearning for beautiful things is human instinct.
Ghosts are no exception.
...
"!!! He got off the bike!"
"The beauty did a great job!"
In the livestream, fireworks bloomed one after another.
Those were the viewers' gifts.
Even though they were not present, nor at the scene,
they felt genuinely happy seeing this scene.
Happiness is also contagious.
"The little sister is so beautiful!"
"Wuwuwu... The charm of happy water is infinite, my favorite!"
"He must have let go of his obsession.
But before that, he probably didn't even know what his obsession was."
It was also fortunate that he met this beautiful lady.
Conversation, delicious food.
Perhaps it was through these steps that Xu Pangzi realized what he truly wanted.
Thus completing his obsession.
Every step in this process was indispensable.
"The beauty's solace, plus healing food! Perfect!"
...
Jiang Lin watched this scene and was pleased.
As he casually scanned the bullet comments,
he fell into thought.
Now, he didn't need to explain; the viewers could figure things out.
It seemed his promotion of underworld culture was going quite well.
...
[Mini Theater]
Two days later,
Yao Xiaowei went to report to her new company.
Unexpectedly, as she walked in, all the employees greeted her.
Even the boss nodded with a smile.
"Xiaowei, you're quite brave, good, good!
The company needs talents like you.
I'll definitely take you on business trips in the future."
Yao Xiaowei: ???
No, she didn't want that.
Boss: "By the way, there's overtime pay for business trips."
Yao Xiaowei: !!!
I can do it!
Please, definitely take me with you!
...