Chapter 81: The Woman with a Scarf around Her Neck

　　"Not human?"

　　Hearing what Liu Fugui said, Lu Fei and Hu Zi couldn't help but exchange glances.

　　"If she's not human, is she a ghost?" Hu Zi, always eager for some excitement, gave Liu Fugui a thumbs-up, "Ghost Rider! Good one, Old Liu, you're really something. I'm in awe of you, brother."

　　"Shut up, will you!" Liu Fugui was so angry his nose nearly twisted, but he didn't have the energy to argue with him and could only ignore him.

　　"Brother Lu, yesterday I accidentally met Xiaomei. She... I'm sure she's not human, she's a monster!"

　　Lu Fei was speechless, "Accidentally? Didn't I warn you over and over again not to go see her?"

　　"Brother Lu, I listened to your advice, I really didn't want to see her." Liu Fugui looked bitter, "The night before, I held myself back and didn't go, but I don't know why, after a day without seeing her, it felt like my heart was being clawed at. She must have put some kind of evil spell on me!"

　　"She called me again last night. You didn't hear it, but her voice was absolutely enchanting. Before I could even react, I was already there."

　　Lu Fei rolled his eyes: "And then what?"

　　"When I got there, she started with her usual massage. The massage oil smelled a bit strange, but it was very comfortable. Every time after the massage, I felt so energized that I thought I could go all night."

　　Seeing the disdainful looks from Lu Fei and Hu Zi, Liu Fugui laughed awkwardly and hurried to continue.

　　"After she finished the massage, she went to take a bath. While I was waiting for her on the bed, I suddenly realized, why am I here again?"

　　"I felt a bit scared and was about to get dressed and leave. But I couldn't help my curiosity and took a few more glances at the bathroom..."

　　Hearing this, Lu Fei couldn't help but interrupt: "Are you sure it was curiosity and not lust?"

　　"Brother Lu, let me finish first, I really was curious," Liu Fugui said with a mixture of laughter and tears, "Because Xiao Mei has one strange thing—every time I see her, she wears a silk scarf around her neck, and she never takes it off even when sleeping."

　　"I asked her why, and she said she liked the scarf. I thought it was just some kind of quirk and didn't think much of it."

　　"One time, I tried to remove the scarf while she was sleeping, and suddenly, she opened her eyes and grabbed my hand."

　　"She was quite angry at the time; it took me a long while to coax her back."

　　"But I didn't take it seriously. When I saw how much she liked scarves, I even bought her a few silk ones, but she never wore them, only that one of hers."

　　Liu Fugui sighed.

　　"Actually, I really like her. The days I spent with her were truly happy, like the first forty-odd years of my life were for nothing."

　　Hu Zi sneered, "Then keep talking to her. As the saying goes, 'die under the peony, be a rakish ghost!'"

　　"Go away! Can't you shut up?" Liu Fugui fumed, "It's not that my willpower is weak, it's that I was bewitched by her evil magic!"

　　"Every time I came back from her place, I felt kind of drained, as if I was emptied out."

　　"I thought it was because I was getting old and my health was declining. But after you guys reminded me, I realized something was off about this!"

　　"I, Old Liu, have seen a lot in my life, and I've met all kinds of beauties. How could I be so completely smitten by her? Now that I think about it, she's not even that good-looking."

　　Liu Fugui's chubby face was tense, his eyebrows almost twisted into knots.

　　"So, last night I thought, since I'm here anyway, I have to figure out what's going on."

　　"I figured she must take off her scarf when she showered, so I wanted to sneak a peek and see what was up with her neck."

　　"And then, I, I saw..."

　　As he said this, Liu Fugui started to shiver, his eyes full of fear.

　　"What did you see?"

　　Lu Fei and Hu Zi looked at him sharply.

　　"I, I saw her taking her own head off and washing it under the showerhead..." Liu Fugui said this with all the strength he could muster.

　　Wow!

　　Lu Fei and Hu Zi both gasped in shock.

　　"Taking her own head off to wash it, is she even human?" Hu Zi exclaimed.

　　"I told you she's not human!" Liu Fugui's voice was trembling, "I was so scared that I fell on the ground. I wanted to run immediately, but I wasn't wearing any pants."

　　"I got up to put them on, and Xiao Mei might have heard me, coming out in a hurry with her scarf, her head back on her neck."

　　"Her hair was wet, and she still had a fragrance about her, but her head seemed a bit crooked, as if it wasn't properly attached."

　　"I didn't dare to look at her, and I didn't even have time to put on my pants. I grabbed my clothes and ran out."

　　"But she blocked the door before me, asking what I was doing."

　　"How could I stand up to her? I had to say that I forgot to turn off the stove at home and needed to go back to check it."

　　"She was very unhappy, not letting me leave, and asked if I had changed my mind, even reaching out to grab my face."

　　"In a panic, I threw the clothes in my hand at her. She let out a scream, rolled to the ground, and black smoke rose from her neck."

　　"I didn't know what was happening, but I just needed to escape first."

　　"I heard her shouting behind me, and I didn't dare to look back. But soon I couldn't run anymore, and luckily there was a police station nearby."

　　"I heard that places like this have a strong, authoritative presence and positive energy, so evil spirits dare not enter. I risked my life to run in, and she really didn't follow."

　　"Wait, wait a minute," Hu Zi couldn't help but laugh, "Old Liu, did you run out naked?"

　　"In that kind of situation, my life was at stake, who would care about clothes?" Although Liu Fugui said so, his face turned red with embarrassment, quickly moving on from the topic.

　　"I hid in the police station and only when I calmed down did I remember the talisman that Brother Xiao Lu gave me. It must have fallen on her when I threw the clothes."

　　"What a stroke of luck! If it wasn't for that talisman, I definitely wouldn't have escaped her clutches!"

　　"I dared to go home only after daybreak. As soon as I put on some clothes, I came straight to Brother Xiao Lu for help!"

　　Liu Fugui still looked traumatized.

　　"Old Liu, so you ran back naked in the end?" Hu Zi said with amusement.

　　"What do you mean by naked? I, Old Liu, have a reputation on the Antique Street. I definitely went home with clothes on!" Liu Fugui said sternly.

　　"Where did you get the clothes?"

　　"Picked up from the trash, isn't it okay?"

　　"What a coincidence, you just happened to pick up the clothes?" Huzi didn't believe it.

　　Under his persistent questioning, Liu Fugui finally mumbled that in the end, he used a cardboard to cover his crucial parts and ran home.

　　Huzi widened his eyes and said loudly, "Your crucial part, wouldn't happen to be your face, right?"