Chapter 448: Chapter 448 Old Friend Turned into a Ghost_1
In various glass containers, the liquids being stored were of different colors.
Some were clear and transparent, some red, some green, some blue, and even black.
In these colorful solutions, some round particles were soaked.
Qin Sisi curiously went closer to examine them; Ye You also followed with wide eyes, the scene before them was so unexpected, they had no clue what was going on.
After a while, Qin Sisi hesitated and said: "These little round balls, they seem like seeds."
"I think so too," Ye You replied softly.
Qin Sisi could not understand what the glass containers, as well as the liquid and seeds inside them, meant. She decided not to think about it anymore and said to Ye You: "Let’s not worry about these for now, let’s find the ghost."
"Okay," Ye You agreed. Based on the strength of the ghostly odor, he pointed Qin Sisi in a certain direction.
Qin Sisi followed the direction indicated by Ye You and arrived at the stairs. She turned to look at Ye You, Ye You nodded, indicating her to go upstairs, and so she walked towards it.
She went up all the way to the third floor, stopping at the room at the end of the corridor.
Qin Sisi exchanged glances with Ye You, reached out, and turned the doorknob. Fortunately, the door was not locked.
Perhaps the owner thought nobody would come here.
Qin Sisi walked into the room that had the strongest ghostly odor. Under the illumination of the Ziwei Heaven Fire, there were no ghosts in the room, only an odd-shaped machine and next to it, a large iron box.
Qin Sisi first went to observe the machine for a while and found out from the words written on the machine that it was a grinder.
Ye You’s purple eyes reflected confusion, he asked Qin Sisi: "What is this?"
Qin Sisi pointed to the words on the machine and replied, "This is a grinder."
Even if she had never seen it before, just by hearing its name, she could roughly guess what the machine is used for.
Yet Ye You’s confusion did not diminish: "What is it supposed to grind?"
Qin Sisi was also curious, her eyes moved past the grinder and landed on the large iron box next to it.
This steel box was placed next to the grinder. It either contained raw materials, or it was the finished product after grinding.
Qin Sisi walked over, lifted the lid of the iron box.
"Ah!" Qin Sisi let out a cry of alarm and quickly retreated several steps, her face showing signs of terror.
In that large iron box, unmistakably, was a pile of human bones, and on top was a skull.
If she had been prepped beforehand, Qin Sisi may not have been so afraid. However, she was completely unprepared at this point and was therefore quite disturbed by the pile of bones.
Later, Qin Sisi was somewhat frightened, luckily there was a barrier formed by the Invisible Bubble; otherwise, her scream could have attracted the owner of this villa.
Ye You quickly tried to comfort her: "Don’t be scared, it’s nothing."
Qin Sisi nodded and looked at Ye You apologetically.
Having experienced so many encounters with ghosts she shouldn’t have been this afraid. Yet, this large box of bones truly was frightening.
Qin Sisi took a few deep breaths, looked at the bones in the box and then at the grinder next to it. She then thoughtfully said: "Could this grinder be used to grind these bones?"
Ye You pondered, "It should be."
Since there were bones, it meant there were dead bodies, but where was the ghost they were looking for?
As Qin Sisi was wondering, Ye You jumped from her shoulder to the ground, walked around the iron box, and sure enough, he found an inscribed symbol on the back of the box.
This symbol was not on talisman paper, it was directly drawn on the outside of the iron box.
The paint used was already darkened, it didn’t look like cinnabar, but rather like blood.
Ye You lifted his claw and released a blue glow towards the symbol.
Under the illumination of the blue magic light, the symbol gradually faded until it finally disappeared.
Just as the symbol disappeared, white fumes emerged from the pile of bones in the box, gradually forming the silhouettes of two figures.
Free from the suppression of the symbol, the ghosts inside the box could finally move freely.
Qin Sisi widened her eyes. Judging by their figure, it seemed like these shadows belonged to two women.
What was a bit awkward was that these two women were not wearing clothes.
However, it didn’t matter much, as their entire bodies were covered in dark brown splotches, even their faces were not spared.
Under the cover of these splotches, their physique and gender were almost negligible.
One ghost said to the other: "What just happened? How can we suddenly get out?"
The other shook her head and said: "I don’t know. Let’s find a way out, maybe we can escape."
Qin Sisi then remembered that she was still in the Invisible Bubble, and these two ghosts couldn’t see her.
It was best to communicate with the ghosts. So, she signaled Ye You to dispel the Invisible Bubble.
The sudden appearance of Qin Sisi startled the two ghosts, and they retreated to the back side of the iron box.
Meanwhile, Ye You leapt back onto Qin Sisi’s shoulder.
The two ghosts examined Qin Sisi for a while, clearly looking a bit tense.
After a moment, one of the ghosts hesitantly asked: "Excuse me, are you Qin Sisi?"
Qin Sisi was taken aback and nodded, "Yes, may I ask who you are..."
Before Qin Sisi could finish, the ghost rushed forward, grabbed the corner of her clothes, and while sobbing said, "Sisi, Sisi, it’s me! Please save me, please save me!"
Qin Sisi was even more surprised. She looked puzzled at the woman ghost collapsed in front of her, rummaging through her past memories, she couldn’t remember knowing a woman like this.
Seeing Qin Sisi’s confusion, the woman hastily brushed her hair hanging by her face backwards, lifting her face, she said with effort: "It’s me, I’m Meng Xiaofei! We used to be colleagues."
"Meng Xiaofei!?" Qin Sisi cried out.
Of course, she remembered her. They indeed had a colleague like that, she was very beautiful. She was a bit lazy and liked to take small advantages, but she was not a wicked person.
Before she quit her job, she heard from Lin Shan that Meng Xiaofei had bagged a wealthy man who drove a luxury car every day to take her to and from work.
It seemed like she was living a pretty good life. Who would have thought that in less than half a year, she would have met such a tragic end, and her soul was even suppressed in this iron box.
Seeing Qin Sisi recognizing her, Meng Xiaofei rapidly nodded her head and said, "Yes, it’s me, Sisi. I never thought we’d meet again under such circumstances. I always felt there was something special about you, I wasn’t wrong. Please, get me out of here!"
This somewhat contradictory statement made Qin Sisi purse her lips. However, seeing the miserable state Meng Xiaofei was in, she decided to let go of the small issues when Meng Xiaofei asked her for help in the past.
