frightfiction Chapter 270 - 271: Red Ghost
Chapter 270 - 271: Red Ghost
The woman was stunned. Her mouth hung open and her eyes were wide, the expression frozen on her face in a comical way.
After a moment, she smacked her lips in disbelief.
"Master, you’re not pulling my leg, are you? I’m perfectly fine. How could I have run into a ghost?"
Her tone was tinged with suspicion. After all, her daughter had been the one to recommend Su Nian, so it was only natural for her to be skeptical.
But Su Nian simply glanced at her, her gaze lingering on the woman’s body for a moment before she spoke.
"Last month, you went to the hospital for a check-up. The results should have shown a problem with your liver. Excessive liver heat is making you emotionally unstable and prone to flare-ups."
"But have you ever considered that maybe it’s not because of stress from work, or because your daughter is so disappointing?"
[What is the host getting at? Can a ghost actually affect your physical health?]
[I think the host means that because the woman is emotionally unstable and gets angry all the time, she’s more likely to attract ghosts.]
[Sigh. Anyway, I think this woman’s got a few screws loose.]
[Upvoted the comment above. I think you’re right. What kind of normal person curses out their own daughter in front of a stranger like that?]
The woman was dumbfounded. What Su Nian said was identical to the results on her medical report.
Her daughter knew nothing about this. If Su Nian had only mentioned the earlier things, she could have dismissed it as her daughter secretly feeding Su Nian information.
Then the two of them could be putting on a show. But there was no way her daughter knew about this.
’Looks like this Master is the real deal!’
"Yes, yes, you’re absolutely right, Master! That’s exactly it! But why did you say I’ve run into a ghost?"
’If the Master was right about that, does that mean the part about the ghost is also true?’
The woman’s heart skipped a beat. She quickly asked Su Nian, "But I haven’t done anything strange recently! I just go to work and come home as usual. How could I have run into a ghost? I haven’t broken any taboos!"
Su Nian shook her head, her eyes sizing up the woman as she spoke.
"You have an overly aggressive personality. Your ex-husband divorced you because your temperaments clashed, and at work, you’ve always been fiercely competitive."
"On top of that, you frequently let your anger build up over trivial, petty things. When your daughter is around, you can vent that anger on her."
"But when your daughter isn’t there, that anger just festers inside you. Over time, your aura has grown stranger, and your personality has become more and more volatile."
"The ghost attached to you was a person with the same temperament when it was alive. After it died and began to wander the earth, it was easy for it to find someone like you to serve as a substitute."
[So that’s how it is. She’s probably just under too much stress.]
[Give me a break. Don’t try to make excuses for her. ’Too much stress?’ I think she’s just a psycho. Who vents all their anger on their own daughter?]
[Can’t be helped. That’s just how parenting is in our country. You can’t change it.]
[Sigh. I guess it’s true that pitiful people have their own hateful qualities. As for this mother, all I can say is she’s pitiful, pathetic, and detestable.]
Hearing Su Nian’s explanation, the woman was truly stunned. She blinked, staring at Su Nian in disbelief.
"You can run into a ghost just for being like that?!"
Her eyes were filled with disbelief. It wasn’t that she didn’t believe Su Nian, but that she couldn’t believe she could be so unlucky.
She quickly followed up with another question.
"And what do you mean by ’serve as a substitute’?"
Su Nian furrowed her pretty brows and continued to explain, "If you continue on like this, your liver heat will only get worse. If you don’t die from liver disease, there’s a high probability you’ll simply die of rage."
"And after you die, your body will become the perfect replacement for this ghost."
Su Nian said all of this in the Red Ghost’s presence, so naturally, the Red Ghost heard it too.
As if sensing something, it stared intently at Su Nian, its sinister eyes filled with rage.
Its face, which looked like it had been extensively burned—wrinkled and covered in bizarre red marks—glared viciously at Su Nian.
With a shriek, it leaped from the woman’s shoulder, aiming for Su Nian’s face.
The Red Ghost was consumed by hatred. It acted recklessly, as if it wanted to kill Su Nian.
A creature like the Red Ghost has a ferocious and tyrannical temper. Once it locks onto a target, it doesn’t give up easily.
They especially love to whisper insidious lies into people’s ears, creating anxiety and making them doubt those closest to them.
They use their ghostly whispers to create a second, dissenting voice that pushes a person to change.
While the woman’s own personality was a factor in her transformation, the Red Ghost had also played a significant part.
And now, Su Nian had exposed everything it had done.
The Red Ghost was naturally seething with hatred. It was already difficult for a ghost like it to find a substitute. After finally finding one that met its criteria, Su Nian had to show up and ruin its plans.
At this moment, intense hatred radiated from the Red Ghost’s blood-red face.
Its bizarre, contorted muscles even began to tremble faintly. It let out a shriek and lunged at Su Nian.
But before it could even get close, Su Nian snatched it by the neck.
In that instant, its form slowly materialized in Su Nian’s hand.
The viewers in the livestream only saw what looked like a wad of something red clutched in Su Nian’s hand, which then vanished the next moment.
Its body had been completely crushed by Su Nian, vanishing from the mortal world forever.
The woman was a bit dazed. Perhaps it was because the thing had been with her for so long.
She had felt something herself. The moment the thing leaped away, she felt her shoulders suddenly relax.
It was as if a heavy weight had been lifted from her. And when the thing appeared in Su Nian’s hand, she almost cried out in shock.
She instantly believed Su Nian’s words.
The livestream chat erupted with discussion.
[Was that another ghost just now?]
[Looked like it tried to attack the host, but she caught it.]
[I swear, has the word about the host’s title, Ghost Mo Chou, not gotten out yet?]
[Can’t these ghosts consider their own strength before they make a move? Talk about being overconfident for no reason!]
After the Red Ghost was dealt with, the woman’s tirade strangely stopped. She even found the silence a little unsettling.
But a strange feeling welled up inside her. She felt as if her entire body had become much lighter.
She still felt some anger, still felt her daughter was thoughtless, but it was no longer the unbearable rage from before.
Her expression was complicated. In her heart, she now believed what Su Nian had said.
She then looked over at her daughter, who was standing to the side, dazed and seemingly numb. A pang of pain shot through her heart.
She looked at Su Nian cautiously, a pleading and regretful tone in her voice. "Master, could I trouble you to take a look at my daughter? What’s wrong with her?"