Nightmare Apostle

Chapter 59: Chapter 59: The Beauty Trap Doesn’t Work on Me

Hearing this, Yang Xiao glared at Su Tingting, his tone rising angrily, "I said the senior wouldn’t care about these petty possessions, what are you doing?"

Su Tingting reacted quickly, immediately going along with Yang Xiao’s act, she said softly and weakly, "This... all of this is my fault, I too was rash in a moment of urgency, after all, without the guidance of an old senior, us brethren of the ghostly path might all fall in this venture."

As she reached the intensity of desperation, Su Tingting’s voice involuntarily took on a weeping tone, speaking of her elderly mother and father needing support and a good-for-nothing younger brother below. If she really had a choice, who would want to earn a living amongst the ghostly, playing the fleeting role of Settle Guests.

Overwhelmed with sorrow, Su Tingting pitifully broke into tears, which stunned Yang Xiao. He realized that when Su Tingting was serious, her acting was not inferior to his; he truly needed to be more cautious.

Upon hearing Su Tingting’s crying plea, Manager Liu’s face, once filled with anger, quickly softened, and he even started to appear somewhat at a loss, "Don’t, lass, don’t cry. We’re all part of the ghostly path, I too... I too want to help, but this matter is really difficult to handle. Oh, don’t cry, don’t cry. I once had a daughter myself, and if she were still here, she’d be around your age."

Hearing this made Su Tingting cry even harder, her words becoming muffled as she spoke of her own father, who had never seen good days since he was young, and now in old age his eyes had also dimmed. She entered this trade simply wishing to earn more silver, to find the best doctor for him, and to support him in his old age.

Yang Xiao: "..."

He didn’t expect that this combo would be so effective against the usually stubborn Manager Liu, who, after much hesitation, waved his hand. The group sat back down at the stone table, and he let out a long sigh, "Ah—, we’re all from the ghostly path, old man I and this lass are somehow... somehow fated, your voice is very similar to my daughter’s."

"I beg the old senior to point out a way out for us," Yang Xiao said, giving a fist and palm salute.

"I know a little of the rules among your Settle Guests. I won’t ask about your employer or the details of the matter, but let me ask you this, how much time do you have left?"

Yang Xiao showed a troubled expression, "At most tonight or tomorrow."

Manager Liu slowly nodded, "Just as I expected, then there’s no time to waste. You can’t wait for tomorrow, you must... you must set out now and open Ms. Chun’s grave."

"Open the grave?" Su Tingting was immediately filled with fear.

"Old senior, didn’t you say before that there was no body in the coffin?" Yang Xiao lowered his voice as he asked.

Manager Liu huffed, "There being no body is true, but that doesn’t mean it’s an empty coffin. I suspect there must be something of Ms. Chun’s that she used in life. You must search carefully. You’ll surely find something with Ms. Chun’s date and time of birth on it."

"Women are usually weak, but as a mother, they become strong. The child is her weakness, a fatal flaw," he said, his hollow eyes fixing on Yang Xiao. "Tell me, when that thing entangled you, did you ever see her with a child?"

After a moment of recollection, Yang Xiao and Su Tingting replied in unison, "No."

"That’s right, she must be searching everywhere for her child. That is her obsession. Only by returning the child to her might there be a chance for her to rest peacefully and leave this world."

"But where do we go to find that child?" Su Tingting asked.

"That part is up to you guys to figure out. If the child is alive, then just giving her the object with Ms. Chun’s date and time of birth should be enough. However, the likelihood of this is slim, because if the child were alive, that object would have found its own way."

"If the child is deceased, then you will need to take that object to the vicinity of the child’s burial site. A mother’s heart is connected to her child; the object will be sensed." fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com

"But if that’s the case, then you must be careful. The place where the child is buried must be unusual, otherwise, with the abilities of that entity, it shouldn’t be unable to find it."

Manager Liu seemed to harbor a superstition against the name Ms. Chun, always using "that thing" instead of her name. Having said that, he stood up, "Time is of the essence, I won’t hold you up any longer. Remember, you can’t completely trust the main house, disasters don’t strike without cause."

"Thank you for your guidance, sir." Yang Xiao bowed and turned to take his leave.

"Wait a moment." Manager Liu turned and called out in the direction of the front courtyard, and soon after, the clerk from before trotted over. Manager Liu ordered him, "Go, fetch my coffin-splitting axe."

It wasn’t long before the young clerk returned, holding an axe with a red cloth wrapped around its blade and the wooden handle exposed.

Taking the axe, Manager Liu turned to hand it over to Su Tingting, speaking gently, "Girl, take this axe with you. Use it to open coffins, it can break the malevolent energy inside. After using it, remember to have someone return it to me."

"Thank you, thank you so much, sir!" Su Tingting was somewhat touched and respectfully took the axe with both hands. Yang Xiao glanced at it and knew immediately that it was a valuable item; the handle of the axe had been stained dark brown by blood.

With a wave of his hand, Manager Liu indicated they could leave.

The young clerk led Yang Xiao and Su Tingting out. Suddenly, Su Tingting stopped, then turned around and walked back quickly to Manager Liu, pulling the piece of Silver from her bosom and stuffing it into Manager Liu’s skinny hand.

Manager Liu was taken aback, "Girl, what is this..."

"You have treated me as your daughter, consider this my filial piety to my godfather." Su Tingting pushed the Silver into Manager Liu’s hand and took his other hand, stacking them together, "Godfather, take care of your health. If there’s another chance, I’ll come to visit you again!"

After saying this, Su Tingting didn’t linger and left with Yang Xiao, following the clerk’s directions toward the barren hill not far away. Ms. Chun’s grave was there.

Of course, once they left the coffin shop, the axe was in Yang Xiao’s hands. He hadn’t dared to snatch it inside the shop for fear that Manager Liu might beat him.

"Hey, are you really a college student?" Yang Xiao was increasingly finding this girl strange, regardless of whether she was pretending or not, she was a little too convincing in her act.

Looking surprised, Su Tingting turned to him, "Yes, a junior in college."

"Hmm... what’s your major?"

"I’m at an arts academy, studying Performing Arts." frёeweɓηovel.coɱ

Yang Xiao felt it clicked immediately, "Performing arts, no wonder you’re so good at acting, haha. Don’t try any of that on me; if I ever catch on..."

"I wouldn’t dare. Your acting’s even better than our professors, and the most impressive part is that it shows no traces of being staged—it’s completely natural," Su Tingting praised, "And you’re also very impressive, knowledgeable, and skilled. By the way, do you... do you really work in a bubble tea shop?"

Yang Xiao, carrying the axe, "Why, doesn’t it seem like it?"

"No, you resemble someone in the literary field... um, I have a teacher who writes scripts, he’s also quite young, and you have a similar vibe," Su Tingting said naturally.

Yang Xiao: "!!! The damn sixth sense of a woman!"

Nevertheless, he didn’t show it and just sneered coldly, "Cut the chatter. Don’t think flattering me will make me lead the way. Seduction tricks won’t work on me!"