Inner Thoughts Exposed: Reborn General's Farming Daughter Has a System

Chapter 178: Chapter 178: The Ghost’s Confession

Xiao Fenghao stared at the empty air.

Although he couldn’t see the ghost, he still demanded him. "Tell us, where is she?"

The one-eyed ghost was silent for a moment. This man wouldn’t hear him anyway...

He only panicked when Xiao Qingya suddenly handed over the ghost-repelling talisman to second brother. "Second Brother, use this!"

[Little Ancestor, there is no need to use force. Don’t use force!] He immediately tried to salvage the situation. [I will tell you!]

Xiao Qingya snorted cutely. "Then, tell us and don’t dawdle. Answer my second brother’s question too!"

Before the one-eyed ghost could answer, others also came over. Xiao Yuxi and Zhou Anran hurried to their location, and the last one to arrive was Zhou Wenzhi.

"What’s wrong?" They asked worriedly.

Xiao Fenghao pointed at the empty air. "This ghost knows where Yan’er is!"

They all stared at the one-eyed ghost. Although they couldn’t see him, they still stare in anticipation, giving the ghost a sense of pressure.

Wuwuwu, for his whole ghost life he had been bullying other ghosts and now he got retribution and was bullied back by a bunch of humans.

He could only stare in fright as Xiao Qingya handed over the ghost repelling talismans to her family members.

Zhou Anran and Xiao Yuxi stared in anticipation at the empty air with burning eyes. Meanwhile, although Zhou Wenzhi still couldn’t get used to the fact that his granddaughter could see ghosts, his face was equally solemn.

They subconsciously heaved a sigh of relief. There was a high chance that Xiao Yuyan had survived.

"Where is she? Where is she!" Xiao Yuxi demanded.

The one-eyed ghost was sure that if he were a human right now, she would have grabbed him and shook him repeatedly by the look in these fierce eyes.

[Don’t throw that thing at me, I will tell, I will tell!] The ghost wailed inside the minds of four people.

The wailing was unpleasant, but they endured as they listened to his next words attentively. [I... I saw these people who used to be my companions in an abandoned house over there...]

He pointed in a particular direction. Then, he caught a whiff of burning incense; his mind became much more clear.

More memories flashed in his mind. He took a few more deep breaths.

[Little Ancestor... actually, I have heard that they are planning to go to the Capital... they found the girl a few days ago.]

Xiao Qingya repeated what the ghost had said to her family members.

"The Capital?" Zhou Wenzhi was stunned, and the look in his eyes grew more complicated.

"Can you show us the house?" It wasn’t a question, but a demand.

The ghost immediately nodded ingratiatingly. His whole soul felt comfortable as he inhaled the incense scent. He was already a ghost anyway, and revealing his former criminal hideout wouldn’t have any impact on him.

Zhou Wenzhi went to entrust their ox cart to a family’s house and promised he would pay them, and they went to follow the ghost’s direction.

It took quite a bit before they reached the destination. Xiao Fenghao had picked up Xiao Qingya, afraid her short legs wouldn’t be able to keep up.

The place was on the other side of the river, so they went to cross the river after they paid for the boat fare.

[Little Ancestor, this is the house.] The one-eyed ghost pointed to a dilapidated place.

It looked like some sort of house you’d think had been wrecked by flooding. Nonetheless, they still went in to check.

[They must have gone to deliver... deliver...] The ghost became quiet, afraid if he said it, he would incur their wrath.

"Say it!" Xiao Qingya demanded.

The ghost coughed. [Um... they went to deliver the young people they had captured. Some good-looking people are usually delivered to the Capital.]

[The quota for this is small, Little Ancestor, but it was natural your sister will be sent there. After all, she is so good-looking, as cute as you...]

"Stop, stop!" Xiao Qingya’s face darkened.

When these words were said by such a creepy ghost, it didn’t sound flattering at all. The Ling siblings immediately flanked him on each side, making him realize he had misspoke.

The one-eyed ghost immediately apologized profusely, his last eye flashed with fear. Alas, his crooked mind was still there even after he died.

[I will send you down there after this.] She muttered, not willing to let such a criminal wreck havoc in the ghost world.

One day, he might even accidentally kill a living being and turn into an evil spirit, harming both humans and other ghosts.

[Yes, yes...] he immediately agreed.

After the Xiao family members restrained their anger, they went to examine the house again, entering the room one by one.

Zhou Wenzhi warned them while glancing at the roof worriedly. "Don’t stay inside for too long. This house is no longer sturdy."

One gust of wind and everything might get blown away.

Once they were inside, although it wasn’t clean, there were indeed traces of recent occupation. They spotted a rope among the dusty items.

The rope seemed to be new and not tainted by a lot of dust.

In another place, Xiao Qingya grabbed something. It was the scented sachet her sister would always carry with her.

Xiao Yuyan was indeed there.

"Father..." Zhou Anran also saw the scented sachet. They already determined it was Xiao Yuyan’s even though the herbs inside were already scattered everywhere.

The embroidery was definitely hers.

[They really sent her to the Capital, Little Ancestor. I didn’t lie to you.] The one-eyed ghost told them.

[Host, your family indeed needs to go to the Capital...] The System affirmed.

However, as long as Xiao Yuyan was alive, it meant that there was hope. They just prayed that she wouldn’t suffer so much until they were reunited.

At this moment, Zhou Wenzhi seemed to have guessed what his daughter was thinking. Her children were also looking at her.

"Ran’er, do you want to go to the Capital?"