After Death, I Discovered My Wife Was the Villainess of a Supernatural Novel - Chapter 12

“Why does it feel like… this cat could pounce out at any moment?” Mu Zhao poked the little cat in the painting and asked, “Do you want to… come out?”

Mu Zhao had only been joking, but who knew the painting in her hand would suddenly break free from her grip and really “grow wings” and fly off!

“Holy shit!” Mu Zhao hurriedly pounced after it, but who would have thought the paper would twist aside, avoiding her hand, and even open the window by itself before flying out? This operation made Mu Zhao’s jaw nearly drop.

Was it really that amazing?

“Where are you going?!” When Mu Zhao chased after it, she did not forget to close the window behind her, just in case her real little cat jumped out too.

Mu Zhao floated after the painting all the way. Because she was too shocked, she had not even realized that the sky had already turned dark. For her, it had already reached a dangerous time of day.

……

“Hah…” Kou Zishu, who had just come out of Fu Yushang’s house, was currently doing her utmost to avoid a ghost’s attacks.

About ten minutes earlier, she had left the house and gotten into Fu Yushu’s car. It was at that moment that the ghost behind her had blocked the car’s path, clearly targeting her.

Fu Yushu knew nothing and was preparing to drive her home. In order not to implicate her superior, Kou Zishu casually made up an absurd excuse and got out of the car to run. No matter how Fu Yushu called after her from behind, she pretended not to hear.

Kou Zishu’s skills were outstanding, and she was exceptionally agile. In the blink of an eye, she disappeared into the upscale neighborhood. But no matter how capable she was, her strength was still limited within the framework of a human being. Facing the hideous ghost behind her was still far too much.

This ghost she encountered this time was also different from the ones she had run into before. This ghost’s entire body was mainly black, faintly revealing a red glow, and its intelligence was higher as well. As she dodged, it toyed with her like a cat playing with a mouse.

“My king has ordered me to teach Kou Zishu a lesson. Stop obediently, and I’ll leave you with an extra breath.” A black shadow appeared behind Kou Zishu in the blink of an eye. Although she sensed danger approaching, that speed had already exceeded her ability to react.

She was directly sent flying.

Fortunately, she landed in a cluster of greenery and did not suffer any serious injuries.

“Slurp…” A long lizard-like tongue stretched out, drool dripping onto the ground. A bald ghost with six eyes appeared directly above Kou Zishu. The mocking expression on its face seemed to be laughing at her overestimation of herself.

Below its body were also six legs. Aside from two thick monster legs, there were also four delicate, fair women’s legs.

“Your face is really beautiful. Even prettier than my wife was when I was alive. My wife was very beautiful, and I treated her very, very well, but she still wasn’t satisfied. She wanted to find those wild men! Hahahaha…” This ghost, who had clearly been cuckolded while alive, seemed to develop a stress reaction toward Kou Zishu’s pretty appearance. “That slut teamed up with several other wild men and dismembered me. Even now, I still haven’t found my eyes.”

Kou Zishu’s heart pounded like a drum. She tried hard to calm down and look for an opportunity to escape.

“So pretty sluts like you are all restless. Why don’t you give me one of your eyes and one of your legs yourself? How about it? That way, I won’t kill you!” The ghost was probably over two meters tall and reeked of rot. There seemed to be bits of flesh still caught under its long nails. Just as those nails were about to jab into Kou Zishu’s eyes, Kou Zishu, after all, had a SWAT background. She flipped her hand, took out something bright silver, and with a swish, directly chopped off the ghost’s finger!

Probably because it had not expected a little bug beneath its hand to still be able to bite back, the other party had no defenses up at all. With a howl, it lost one finger.

Although this was not a major injury to it, it was humiliation enough. Especially because it reminded it of what had happened when it was alive. The ghost was instantly provoked into going berserk!

Kou Zishu seized the chance to escape, but she also heard the roar behind her, as well as the bloody cold air gradually enveloping her. This time… things seemed to have exceeded her estimates.

“Meow!”

Kou Zishu crashed headfirst into something soft and fluffy. The rebound from the impact directly sent her falling to the ground.

A pitch-black paw came down and pushed her aside. Kou Zishu lay on the ground and looked up, only to see an enormous cat as tall as a five-story building. It even looked quite obedient and adorable. However, in the next second, the cat suddenly puffed up, its eyes lighting with a bloody red glow. Its claws lengthened sharply, and its muscles twisted hideously. When it slapped the ground, it caused a tremor like an earthquake.

The ghost that had been considered tall even for an ordinary person now looked small and delicate in front of this gigantic cat.

Under the stimulation of danger, that ghost gradually regained its senses. It raised its head and looked up at the monster cat, then stepped back.

What was this thing? Why did it feel the same pressure from this monster that it felt from their moody Ghost King?

The ghost, who had been extremely arrogant just moments ago, trembled and took two steps back.

But the monster cat clearly did not intend to let it go. With one slap, it pinned the ghost beneath its paw pad. Immediately afterward, something even stranger happened. A faint glow emitted from the cat’s body, and its body turned into a pool of ink. Finally, it rolled up the ghost and transformed back into a painting.

The paper floated down from the sky and flew toward Kou Zishu. She reached out, but who knew that the painting would arrogantly dodge her hand, fly behind her, and forcefully make another person pick it up instead.

Mu Zhao’s expression was resistant. She even wanted to say to the painting, “Don’t come over here!”

Do you know how dirty that ghost is? Do you know how many bacteria it has on its body? Who knows whether it will attract some strange things? And you just swallowed it like that! You’re even insisting that I hold you! You’re already such a grown person… painting. Can’t you fly by yourself?

Mu Zhao held the paper as though she were holding something contaminated with a virus, her face full of disgust. At that moment, she saw that something had suddenly appeared on the painting. In the place she had originally reserved for drawing a grasshopper, there was now a ghost with a terrified expression. It was vividly imprinted there, as if it were still staring back at her.

How unlucky!

Goosebumps rose all over Mu Zhao. This ghost looked like it might come out of the painting at any moment.

So… why had the painting she processed turned into this? Could paintings become spirits too?

Mu Zhao stared blankly at the painting, so conflicted she was practically going bald. She had absolutely no idea what had happened. But the darkness of night provided her with excellent cover. In the gloom, the sight of her raising her hand and easily subduing a ghost brought Kou Zishu a tremendous shock.

That effortless feeling made it impossible for Kou Zishu to believe that she was not a hidden expert.

Kou Zishu climbed up from the ground. Her mind had already begun automatically filling in Mu Zhao’s story.

The previous silly, clueless, “knows nothing when asked” attitude became deliberate concealment. Her strange obsessions became the little quirks of an expert. After all, Mu Zhao had only been dead for a few days. Kou Zishu did not think she could have become that powerful in such a short time. Perhaps she had already possessed extraordinary qualities while alive. Would someone like that not know who had killed her?

Or to put it another way, what kind of figure could have killed her?

“Thank you, Miss Mu,” Kou Zishu thanked her with a complicated expression. She had once wanted to capture such a ruthless character. She really had not known the immensity of heaven and earth.

“Mm, mm.” Mu Zhao nodded randomly, not really noticing what the other party was saying.

“…The person who killed you is very powerful, so that’s why you don’t want your wife to get involved in danger?”

“Mm, mm…” Hm? Mu Zhao raised her head blankly. What had she just said?

“I understand. I’ll do my best to persuade your wife.” Kou Zishu suddenly “understood” Mu Zhao’s concerns.

What do you understand? Mu Zhao blinked her confused eyes.

“This ghost is stronger than any I’ve encountered before,” Kou Zishu said with a serious expression.

“Of course. He has already started transforming from black into a red-clothed malicious ghost. With your current strength, you definitely can’t handle him.”

“Ghosts have rank divisions too?”

“Of course they do!” Seeing Kou Zishu’s especially serious, knowledge-seeking gaze, Mu Zhao inexplicably felt a sense of accomplishment. She cleared her throat and used the setting she had only just summarized over the past few days to explain to Kou Zishu. “A ghost’s rank can generally be distinguished with the naked eye. The ones you usually see the most are those grayish ones. They don’t have much intelligence and only know how to wander around aimlessly. They’re the lowest-level ghosts. They aren’t aggressive and will disappear after a few days.”

“After that are white ghosts. Their aggressiveness isn’t high, but they can already affect people. Then there are yellow ghosts. Their aggressiveness is a little stronger, and they can kill people.”

“Above that are black shadows. If you usually see a ghost emitting black energy all over its body, then hide as far away as you can. They’re not something you can deal with right now. Above black shadows are red-clothed ghosts. You’ve heard of the commonly known red-clothed malicious ghosts, right? If you encounter one of them, don’t even think about running. Just flatter them a lot and maybe they’ll spare you.”

“As for what’s above red-clothed malicious ghosts… that kind of thing is very rare. They’re called Qing Ghosts. I only know of three, and each one is a Ghost King who rules over one side. They don’t easily appear before people. But…” Mu Zhao patted Kou Zishu’s shoulder and sighed. “When a person is unlucky, even drinking cold water gets stuck in their teeth, wouldn’t you say?”

“Mm… Miss Mu, what do you mean?” The regret in Mu Zhao’s tone made a deep unease rise in Kou Zishu’s heart.

“What I mean is, you’ve been targeted by a Ghost King!” Mu Zhao said with great pity. “So when catching tomb robbers, you also need to be careful. Because if you’re careless, the owner of the tomb will target you too.”

Shock appeared in Kou Zishu’s expression. Mu Zhao even knew that she had been entangled by that so-called Ghost King these past few days?

“Ah! Sister Yushu is here! I’m slipping away first. Good luck! Also, one more thing. You must not mention my name in front of any ghost. Remember?”

“There are ghosts looking for you?” Kou Zishu hit the key point in one sentence.

Tsk… When the female lead was too smart, she really was hard to fool.

“Shh… Let’s just understand each other silently.” Mu Zhao made a gesture for silence.

“Oh…”

Fu Yushu found her subordinate, who looked like she had just rolled down from a battlefield, with a complicated expression, and directly dragged her back to the car.

“…Running immediately after eating is bad for your health. Parkour even more so.”

Kou Zishu, who in the emergency had randomly made up that she had a habit of running after meals and therefore wanted to run home, was lectured by her superior all the way back home. Fu Yushu only stopped after forcing her to promise to correct this bad habit.