Chapter 83: If You Can Avoid the First, You Can't Avoid the Fifteenth

　　Hearing Lu Fei's words, Liu Fugui hesitated again, and said with concern, "Maybe, I'll just bear it a little longer. As long as my body can recover, that will be fine."

　　Seeing this, Hu Zi curled his lips and said disdainfully, "Old Liu, are you really that reluctant? You're almost drained, and still thinking about that monster?"

　　"Nonsense! It's not that I'm reluctant, I'm worried about your safety!" Liu Fugui said sternly, "That monster can still move even after its head is cut off. Is that an easy opponent to deal with?"

　　"Forget about me, if something happens to Young Manager Lu, how am I going to explain it to his grandfather?"

　　After drinking the talisman water and having a proper rest for a day, his spirit had recovered significantly.

　　His complexion no longer looked like that of a dead man, and he now had more energy to confront Huzi.

　　"If you are scared then just admit it, don't drag my boss into it. Listen to the way you talk, as if you were very familiar with our old master."

　　"Who isn't afraid of death? Are you not? At least I have met Master Lu, have you, and yet you keep saying 'our old master'?" Liu Fugui was truly angry.

　　"What have I done to offend you, always being at odds with me?"

　　"Brother Xiao Lu, please control him!"

　　"Enough! Enough! What are two grown men quarreling about?" Lu Fei stopped the two somewhat speechlessly. Hu Zi was usually quite pleasant in dealing with people, but for some reason, he was like this towards Liu Fugui.

　　But now wasn't the time to argue. He said, "Old Liu, I reckon that hiding from this matter won't get you anywhere."

　　"You've already been caught by that Xiaomei, so even if you don't go today or tomorrow, you'll still have to go the day after."

　　Liu Fugui's face became serious, and he asked, "So according to you, we have to go tonight?"

　　"Unless you have an extremely strong will and can control yourself to never go there." Lu Fei shook his head, "Otherwise, if the root cause is not removed, you may avoid it on the first day of the month, but you won't be able to avoid it on the fifteenth."

　　"Besides, can't she come to find you?"

　　As if to verify Lu Fei's words, Liu Fugui's phone rang again just after Lu Fei finished speaking.

　　It was a message from Xiaomei, asking if he had arrived.

　　Liu Fugui's face instantly changed color, and he gritted his teeth, saying, "Then let's go! With Brother Lu around, what do I have to fear?"

　　Lu Fei didn't want to cause trouble, but if he left Liu Fugui alone, who knew when he might end up in a coffin.

　　First, go and meet that eerie thing. If we can deal with it, great; if not, don't we still have two legs?

　　Lu Fei had Hu Zi tidy up and retrieve the ghost-head saber before setting off with Liu Fugui.

　　Just in case, Lu Fei had Hu Zi drive Liu Fugui's car, while he and Liu Fugui sat in the back.

　　"Old Liu, tell me now, how did you get to know that Xiaomei?"

　　"I met her when I was singing with clients at the KTV. She was a waitress there," Liu Fugui sighed.

　　"She's very good at taking care of people. That night, I had too much to drink, and she took great care of me. I thought she was pretty nice, so I added her on WeChat."

　　"We chatted on WeChat for a while, and as we got to know each other better, she told me she was really good at massage and invited me to her place."

　　"I was a bit dazed at the time, so I went... and then I started to get more and more addicted."

　　Liu Fugui looked extremely regretful.

　　"I thought I was having a stroke of luck, but who knew I would run into something this sinister?"

　　Actually, you can't blame him entirely. How many people could resist such a temptation that came knocking?

　　"Old Liu, you should know your age. Do you think a decent young girl would just throw herself at you?" Hu Zi, driving the car, couldn't help but mock Liu Fugui.

　　"What's wrong with me? I'm only in my forties, still in my prime!" Liu Fugui huffed, "I'm a boss and have dated plenty of women! Unlike some people who probably haven't even touched a woman's hand."

　　Hu Zi gritted his teeth and said, "You were messing around. Do you think everyone is like you?"

　　"If no one really wants you, I can introduce a few to you. Don't say I didn't take care of you," Liu Fugui finally got one over and felt much better.

　　Lu Fei seemed to be in deep thought: "She can work at a KTV, which means she is indeed not a ghost; she has a physical form. At least, she looks like a normal person on the outside."

　　"Yeah, except for the scarf around her neck, she is no different from a normal person. If I hadn't seen her take her head off with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed she was a monster, no matter what."

　　Liu Fugui looked at Lu Fei with some worry.

　　"Young Master Lu, I know your family is good at dealing with evil entities. Do you think you can handle this bizarre monster?"

　　"I'm not very confident, let's just try first." Lu Fei couldn't make any promises before seeing Xiao Mei.

　　Liu Fugui fell silent, his eyes heavy with concern.

　　Xiao Mei's home was in a remote residential area on the outskirts of the city.

　　There were very few residents here, and the surroundings were desolate and quiet.

　　The entire residential area had only a few lights on, making it look as dark and eerie as a cluster of haunted buildings.

　　After getting out of the car, Lu Fei looked around at the surroundings and felt that the location of the residential area was a bit odd, but with the dim light, he couldn't figure it out right away.

　　"Xiao Mei lives in Building 4."

　　Liu Fugui led the two into the residential area familiarly.

　　In the guardhouse, the security guard was dozing off with his hat covering his face, making the access control virtually ineffective.

　　Building 4 is at the farthest end of the residential area.

　　The overall area of the residential area is not large, but the landscaping is well done, with dense trees.

　　"She lives on the first floor. See over there, the window with the light on," Liu Fugui pointed to a faintly lit window from below the building.

　　Lu Fei thought for a moment and said, "Alright, Old Liu, you go in first and open the curtains a bit. I'll stay outside with Hu Zi and observe to figure out what exactly she is."

　　This kind of strange thing, neither human nor ghost, was something Lu Fei had never heard of before. To act rashly without any information would definitely not be a wise move.

　　"I, I don't dare to go in alone," Liu Fugui said with a wretched look on his face.

　　"Don't be afraid, take this talisman. If there's any danger, just slap it on her forehead. Leave the door ajar, and we'll come in to save you at the first sign of trouble."

　　Lu Fei shoved a ghost-repelling charm into Liu Fugui's hand and then dialed his number.

　　"Put on your earphones and keep the line open. I'll alert you to anything that happens."

　　Huzi sneered, "This is about your life, you know. You can't just rely on us to do all the work, you have to fight for yourself too!"

　　"If anything happens, you must come and save me!"

　　Liu Fugui knew he was right, so with some trepidation, he added a few more words of caution, put the charm in an inner pocket, and braced himself to knock on the door.

　　Meanwhile, Lu Fei and Huzi quietly made their way through the greenery and came to the window.

　　Creak.

　　The door opened, and under the dim yellow light, a striking woman's face appeared.

　　"You rascal, why are you so late today?"

　　As soon as the woman saw Liu Fugui, she hooked her finger around his belt and dragged him into the house.

　　"The, the traffic was a bit congested on the way."

　　Liu Fugui stammered nervously, his eyes involuntarily darting to her neck.

　　She was still wearing that black silk scarf with red flowers on it.

　　He never noticed before, but now, how could those red flowers look like bloodstains?