After entering the bathroom and setting her robe aside, Mu Liuyin paused slightly just as she was about to unbutton her shirt. She glanced around with a puzzled look—something felt off. It was that same strange sensation she used to get often when she was staying with the Qi family.
However, the moment she stopped moving, the girl in red—whose eyes had been intently watching—shifted her gaze just slightly, and the feeling vanished as quickly as it came. Detecting nothing unusual, Mu Liuyin pressed her lips together and continued undressing.
She ran a warm bath and stepped in. Her bare skin disappeared beneath the water, but the faint pink hue blooming across her body from the heat was still visible.
The next second, the red-dressed girl drifted silently over the water. A chill followed in her wake, brushing against Mu Liuyin, making the tips of her ears twitch instinctively and flush red.
Am I just getting overly sensitive because I know this world is full of supernatural stuff? She wondered. Shaking off the eerie feeling, she chose not to dwell on it.
The girl in red chuckled softly at the sight of Mu Liuyin’s cute reaction. Unable to resist, she reached out and pinched the young woman’s slightly trembling, red-tinted ear. In her mind flashed the memory of how flustered and innocent Mu Liuyin had looked the first time she undressed her.
Her transparent finger skimmed the surface of the water and brushed against that warm, soft skin. Because the girl deliberately concealed her presence, Mu Liuyin didn’t notice a thing.
Smiling faintly, the red-dressed girl didn’t push her luck further.
After bathing, Mu Liuyin stepped out of the tub. Crystal-clear droplets trickled down her pale, smooth skin, landing in the red-dressed girl’s eyes like a forbidden temptation. Her glass-like eyes darkened ever so slightly.
Unaware of any of this, Mu Liuyin dried off and changed into her bathrobe before heading to her bedroom to rest. But just as she sat on the bed, her phone started ringing. The caller ID showed “Hanyi.” She frowned, clearly not in the mood to answer.
She didn’t have to make that decision, though—the red-dressed girl reached out with a finger and tapped the phone. The signal immediately distorted, and the ringtone cut off.
Thinking of Ye Hanyi—and that person named Yin Che—the red-dressed girl’s eyes turned cold. She glanced at Mu Liuyin, who had already lain down and fallen asleep after the call dropped, then quietly lay beside her.
Lowering her head, she gently kissed Mu Liuyin’s lips and, in a soft voice full of bittersweet affection, murmured,
“Cousin, you better not forget—you once said the only person you love is me.”
Mu Liuyin stirred slightly in her sleep and mumbled an indistinct “mm.”
The red-dressed girl tilted her head in thought, then decided not to stay hidden anymore. She revealed her form and settled down right beside Mu Liuyin, falling asleep openly.
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The next morning, Mu Liuyin was completely stunned when she saw an unfamiliar girl in red lying next to her.
The girl had delicate features and a graceful face, looking no older than eighteen or nineteen, strikingly beautiful. But it was the ancient-style red dress she wore that made Mu Liuyin’s blood run cold. It looked exactly like the one described in the plot—the one worn by the Ghost King.
And it wasn’t just the outfit. What truly terrified Mu Liuyin was that the girl’s face was identical to that of Lin Xi, the girl from the first world.
As her mind flashed back to the character board and that one fleeting “Lin” character, Mu Liuyin’s heart dropped.
Lin Xi… is the Ghost King?
Her palms were already clammy with cold sweat.
But then she remembered—Lin Xi didn’t know that she was Yin Xiu from the first world. That thought helped Mu Liuyin calm down a little.
[Mission target has been detected.]
Before she could even figure out why Lin Xi—who should still be in slumber—was awake and here, Xiao Jiu chimed in quietly,
[Dear Host, please work hard to complete the mission in this world—Release the Soul.]
Mu Liuyin: “…Could you have warned me any later, you damn system?!”
The current Lin Xi wasn’t just any spirit—she was the Ghost King.
No wonder she couldn’t sense any ghostly aura. Not even the elders from the Qi family would be able to.
Without the later-stage plot’s overpowered Yin Che and the combined force of all the celestial masters, Lin Xi—now awakened—was practically invincible.
Mu Liuyin had originally thought she could train herself to full power before the Ghost King awoke and then perform the soul release. But now? Forget exorcism—she wasn’t even sure she could survive.
A flurry of thoughts raced through Mu Liuyin’s mind as the girl in red slowly opened her glass-like eyes.
Her gaze locked onto a pair of pale-colored eyes, and Mu Liuyin was momentarily stunned.
She remembered Lin Xi having black eyes…
Seeing the confusion and faint panic in the young woman’s eyes, Lin Xi’s lips curled into a soft, mesmerizing smile.
Mu Liuyin’s heart skipped a beat. Lin Xi’s presence was overpowering, even without doing anything. Trying to keep her composure, she looked up and asked hoarsely,
“Who are you? Why are you in my bed?”
Lin Xi’s eyes twinkled with amusement as she deliberately teased, her low voice ethereal like drifting mist,
“Well, what do you think? Am I human… or a ghost, little Celestial Master?”
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