Chapter 48: The Cat's Tail Droops Down

The female ghost was so terrified that she instantly stopped crying. This little girl was simply too fierce!

With just a single chopstick, she had been pierced right through and hung up in mid-air.

Not daring to leave on her own accord, the female ghost could only hang there, trembling all over as she watched Bai Qianzhou, terrified that any slight dissatisfaction from this master would cause her soul to scatter into nothingness.

"Still not scramming?" Pei Yanxing watched as the female ghost who had been constantly following him slowly faded away from his sight. A glimmer of hope lit up in his eyes as he looked at Bai Qianzhou.

If he had her help, would he never have to see those things ever again in the future?

Would he finally be able to live like a normal person from now on?

Yet... would she be willing to help him?

"Zhouzhou, dear, who were you talking to just now?" Bai Lu asked cautiously, eyeing Bai Qianzhou.

Everyone else also gazed anxiously at Bai Qianzhou, fervently hoping that things were not what they feared them to be!

"It's nothing, just a minor ghost looking for a scapegoat. She doesn't have any real skills, all she does is whisper incessantly in people's ears, nagging and enticing them to commit suicide. So annoying."

Bai Qianzhou muttered nonchalantly as she slumped over the table. Looking at the table full of aromatic and appetizing delicacies that she was unable to eat, she looked thoroughly aggrieved.

A minor ghost?

Everyone's expressions froze, and even the housekeeper who had cooked the meal almost dropped the bowl in her hands.

"Re... really, there are ghosts?" Pei Yanhui snapped his head around to stare at Pei Yanxing. The others followed suit, casting their gazes over as well, but Pei Yanxing merely lowered his head and remained silent.

Only, the hand gripping his chopsticks tightened involuntarily. He was terrified—terrified that everyone would view him as a freak.

"Then... did she leave?" Pei Hexuan swallowed hard.

"She left. Ghosts like that are hard to send off to reincarnation, we can only chase them away," Bai Qianzhou muttered, and no one else spoke further.

It was simply because her expression as she looked at the food on the table was far too resentful.

"D-do you want to eat this?" Pei Yanxing picked up the chicken leg from his own bowl and asked softly, looking at Bai Qianzhou.

Everyone looked at him in astonishment. From a young age, Pei Yanxing had rarely spoken, let alone taken the initiative to communicate with anyone.

The Pei family had been extremely worried, even taking him to see doctors, but the medical checkups always showed nothing was wrong.

Never had they expected him to take the initiative to speak to Bai Qianzhou.

Was it because Bai Qianzhou had helped him chase away the ghost that had been haunting him?

"Can I?" Bai Qianzhou's eyes lit up as she stared at the chicken leg, wishing she could bite straight into it.

"Yanxing, don't give it to her. Eat it yourself. The doctor said she can only drink white porridge for the next two days," Pei Yanilin said with a smile, looking at Pei Yanxing. Hearing the doctor's instructions, Pei Yanxing obediently withdrew the chicken leg.

Although he desperately wanted to give the chicken leg to Bai Qianzhou, he still had to follow the doctor's orders.

The moment she saw Pei Yanxing pull the chicken leg back, Bai Qianzhou's outstretched hand instantly turned to stone... shattered... and drifted away with the wind.

"Don't worry, don't worry. Once your throat heals, I'll treat you to a chicken leg," Pei Yanlin chuckled as he watched Bai Qianzhou.

Instantly disheartened, Bai Qianzhou slumped back onto the table, pouting with large, watery eyes full of grievance fixed on Pei Yanlin. Pei Yanlin could almost feel the cat-like ears behind Bai Qianzhou drooping down in dejection.

Pei Hexuan and Bai Lu exchanged a smile and lowered their heads to eat, refusing to look at Bai Qianzhou lest they couldn't resist feeding her.

As for the ghost looking for a scapegoat, with Bai Qianzhou around, it would undoubtedly be taken care of.

After dinner, Bai Qianzhou returned to her room. However, with so many family members around at the moment, she was afraid of startling them, so she refrained from using a teleportation talisman and obediently climbed the stairs instead.