Chapter One Hundred: Dogs Can See What People Cannot

"I was wrong, I’ll never pretend to be a ghost to scare people again!"

"Mama, I want to go home!"

The elevator was filled with the sound of crying, and Jia Jia shouted at the top of her lungs.

Seeing such a beautiful girl frightened to tears by himself, Bai Qingming suddenly felt a pang of guilt. He decided to say something more to comfort her.

Lowering his voice, Bai Qingming spoke,

"Look, she’s smiling at you!"

Upon hearing this, Jia Jia’s sobbing grew even more intense.

Watching the scene unfold, Bai Qingming’s laughter was utterly merciless.

The elevator doors opened.

He walked out without so much as a backward glance, quietly burying his accomplishments and reputation.

…

The next day.

A ghost-sighting video went viral on Douyin.

It was said to be the stunt of a female influencer who specialized in pranking strangers; late at night, she disguised herself as a ghost in an elevator to scare people—only to actually encounter a ghost.

The video only showed the influencer’s face; due to the angle, Bai Qingming’s face was obscured. But from the conversation, it was clear that a female ghost stood beside the influencer.

The video sparked heated discussion.

"Wow, the female ghost beside her is gorgeous!"

"Can someone explain—where’s the ghost? I don’t see anything!"

"Only those with pure hearts can see it; those with lewd thoughts can’t."

"I see it! And she’s stunning!"

"I see it too!"

"Me as well!"

…

Tomson Riviera.

In a sprawling apartment worth hundreds of millions.

Bai Qingming, living his usual idle life, lay on the sofa scrolling through his phone.

At that moment, Little Sister Dazed sidled over, phone in hand, playing the viral ghost-sighting video.

"Can you see a female ghost in this video?" She held the phone up to Bai Qingming’s face, inviting him to look.

Bai Qingming glanced at it and immediately understood what was going on. He didn’t say much, just shook his head.

Seeing this, Little Sister Dazed gave him a meaningful smile.

"I knew you were a dirty-minded guy. Only those with pure intentions can see the female ghost in the video."

Bai Qingming felt puzzled at her words.

There was clearly no female ghost in the video! He was there himself—how could he not know? He wondered who had so much time on their hands to spread such nonsense.

"Can you see it, then?" Bai Qingming couldn’t help but ask.

"Of course! Girls as innocent as me definitely can. Let me describe her to you: she’s very pretty, but not quite as pretty as me…" Little Sister Dazed rambled on, obviously making it up.

"Do you have any elderly relatives?" Bai Qingming suddenly interrupted her.

"Yes, my grandparents are still around. Why?" Little Sister Dazed was confused, not understanding his question.

"Have you ever heard them say this?" Bai Qingming pressed on.

"What?"

"That dogs can see things humans can’t."

"…" Silence fell.

One second.

Two seconds.

Three seconds.

Little Sister Dazed grew furious.

"You dog of a man! Are you calling me a dog?"

"I never said that—you did."

"I…" She was instantly speechless. "Fine, you win!"

To be honest, she was quite angry.

A beauty like her living with him, cooking and doing chores, even donning all sorts of black stockings for him every day—this was how he treated her?

Was he even human?

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became.

But for the sake of winning Bai Qingming’s affection, she endured.

Just then, Little Sister Dazed’s phone lit up with a new text message.

It was from an unknown number: "I’ve had a crush on you for so long. Can we be together?"

She was stunned for a moment.

Who was this?

She had no idea. The number was unfamiliar too.

But it didn’t matter.

Any girl would be happy to know someone liked her, even if she had no intention of pursuing them.

So she flaunted her phone in front of Bai Qingming, deliberately letting him see.

"Look, someone just confessed to me."

Bai Qingming was surprised.

"Is it fake?"

"What do you mean by that?" Little Sister Dazed felt insulted.

She immediately called the number, putting it on speaker.

She simply wanted to prove she really had admirers—and was curious who secretly liked her.

A moment later, a female voice sounded:

"Sorry, the number you dialed has been suspended due to insufficient balance…"

"Out of credit?"

Without hesitation, Little Sister Dazed topped up the number with thirty yuan.

It wasn’t much money—the priority was gaining a new admirer.

Then she called again.

However, the message still said the number was out of credit.

"Told you it was fake," Bai Qingming couldn’t help but laugh.

To Little Sister Dazed, his laughter felt like mockery.

Out of credit? Fine, she’d top up more.

No matter what, she was determined to get through to the caller today. Otherwise, the dog of a man would laugh at her forever.

So this time, she sent a hundred yuan credit.

The call finally went through.

But for some reason, the recipient didn’t answer and hung up directly.

Just as Little Sister Dazed was wondering, another text arrived from the same number.

"Thanks for the phone credit. Goodbye!"

"Nani?" Little Sister Dazed exclaimed.

She dialed again, only to hear that the recipient was on another call. Clearly, she’d been blocked.

At last, Little Sister Dazed realized,

"I think… I’ve been scammed?"

"Be confident—take out the ‘I think’ part," Bai Qingming doubled over with laughter, still finding ways to rub salt in the wound.

The insult wasn’t severe, but the humiliation was.

Little Sister Dazed instantly lost the will to speak.

She felt exhausted, utterly drained.

Without a word, she retreated to her room and closed the door.

After a while, she felt a bit better.

Who knows if a blessing hides in misfortune.

Though being scammed made her feel unintelligent, it wasn’t entirely a loss—at least she’d learned something. The trick was unscrupulous, but if she ever ran out of phone credit herself, she could use it.

Thinking this way, it wasn’t really a loss.

Sure enough, after comforting herself, Little Sister Dazed was no longer upset.

Just then, her phone rang again—it was her mother calling.

Seeing the name pop up, Little Sister Dazed suddenly shivered, feeling a subtle, invisible pressure.

She hadn’t spoken to her mother for almost a month, not even on WeChat. She’d probably get scolded this time.

With this in mind, she braced herself and answered the call, timidly calling out, "Mama."

"My girl, are you alright?"

Unexpectedly, her mother’s tone was unusually gentle.

"I’m fine, Mama. What’s wrong?"

"That’s good. I just got a message saying you were in a car accident and hospitalized, needing two hundred thousand for medical expenses."

This time, Little Sister Dazed responded quickly, realizing her mother had encountered a scammer.

"That’s such a low-level scam! Good thing you checked with me first. Oh, when did you get that message, Mama? Just now?"

Her mother hesitated a moment, then replied,

"I got it last month. I just remembered it now."

"????" Little Sister Dazed was speechless.