"Did you touch it?"
"Mm."
Following Su Yuan's instructions, the Ghost Bride reached into his embrace, pulled out a piece of black cowhide paper, and then removed the dagger from his waist.
"Come on!"
Su Yuan signaled for her to cut his fingertip.
Before the Ghost Bride could even get close with the dagger, he added, "Wait! Uh, this dagger is very sharp. Cut lightly; it's easy to draw blood."
Su Yuan was genuinely afraid that she wouldn't know her own strength and would slice his finger right off.
"I know," the Ghost Bride thought, though if it weren't for the Rule, she wouldn't bother listening to his nonsense.
However, in order to complete the marriage as soon as possible, the Ghost Bride had to comply. With a light stroke of the blade, she cut Su Yuan's fingertip.
Blood flowed out, and the Ghost Bride unfolded the Ghost Contract. "My name is Lan Ling'er."
"Good."
Su Yuan's heart was in his throat,
terrified that she might back out at any step.
He wrote her name on the Ghost Contract.
Fortunately, everything went very smoothly.
The Ghost Bride touched Su Yuan's blood, and at the same time, her blood-stained name remained on the contract.
If you knew even a few characters, you wouldn't have been tricked by Su Yuan like this.
Contract complete!
A wisp of black qi emerged from the Ghost Contract, splitting into two strands; one entered Su Yuan's body, and the other burrowed into the Ghost Bride's body.
The Ghost Bride's figure flickered, suddenly transforming into a ball of black qi that flew into the Ghost Contract.
Those Paper Figures slumped to the ground as if they had lost their souls.
A ball of ghost qi emerged from the Ghost Contract and condensed back into the Ghost Bride.
She stood meekly beside Su Yuan, no longer possessing the assertiveness she had when forcing him to marry her earlier.
She is my Ghost Servant now, so she should be obedient, right?
"Ahem," Su Yuan said tentatively, "Uh, untie me."
"As you command, Master."
The Ghost Bride gave a tug, and the Red Silk Ribbon retracted.
Su Yuan instantly felt much more relaxed.
The Ghost Bride stood obediently before him and handed over the signed Ghost Contract.
Being uneducated is truly terrifying.
Su Yuan smiled as he took it and put it away.
"By the way, where is this?"
He looked around,
and discovered that they were currently in a gloomy little forest.
Caw!
Flap!
A crow flew over the forest.
"It startled my Master."
The Ghost Bride waved her hand, and the crow began to fly frantically through the forest,
bumping its head against the trees until, before long, it crashed to its death somewhere.
Su Yuan's attention was drawn by the crow, and he happened to see a Treasure Chest sitting on a tree not far away.
Just as he was about to go over to retrieve the Treasure Chest,
he suddenly noticed a pair of ghostly green eyes emerging from behind that tree.
An Anomaly, again?!
Su Yuan's expression changed drastically, until he heard a sound: "Woof!"
Little Coal Ball darted out from behind the tree and ran toward them.
Phew.
Seeing it, Su Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Master, you didn't die!
Wuwuwu, I thought I was going to be a stray dog again!
This is too hard for me!
Woof woof woof! Little Coal Ball tugged at Su Yuan's pant leg, spinning around excitedly.
"Stop messing around."
Su Yuan ignored the yapping Little Coal Ball and walked toward the Treasure Chest.
The tree is a bit high,
he thought, looking up. How is he supposed to get up there?
Whoosh!
Just as he was preparing to climb the tree, a red figure flew up, brought the Treasure Chest down, and handed it to Su Yuan.
She can fly?!
He took the Treasure Chest and gave a thumbs up.
"Impressive!"
The Ghost Bride was wearing a veil, so although he couldn't see her expression,
judging by her bashful demeanor, she must be shy.
Su Yuan thought to himself: It seems there is someone to handle the flying and earth-diving work from now on.
Whoosh!
A chill struck; even the Python Scale Armor, which was warm in winter and cool in summer, seemed unable to withstand the cold of this late night.
"Time to go back to the Black Room."
It had been quite a night; the harvest of two Treasure Chests was not bad at all.
Hearing Su Yuan's words, the Ghost Bride beckoned, and the paper sedan chair flew over, transforming back into a Flower Sedan Chair, while the four Paper Figures turned into Sedan Chair Carriers.
She walked over, lifted the red curtain on the sedan door, and signaled for Su Yuan to enter the Flower Sedan Chair.
Taking a sedan chair back, not bad.
Su Yuan ran over with the Treasure Chest and sat inside.
The Ghost Bride followed him in and sat beside him.
Woof!
Little Coal Ball was just about to get into the sedan when it realized the sedan had already been lifted.
It lunged forward, only to fall flat on its butt.
In the end, it had no choice but to follow helplessly behind the sedan.
Inside the sedan, Su Yuan looked at the Ghost Bride beside him. Since she was now his Ghost Servant, he felt less fear and more enjoyment and comfort.
Su Yuan took out the Survival Handbook and opened it.
【Eerie Rule: Marrying the Ghost Bride will lead to being taken into the Underworld, to be together for all eternity. Of course, the Ghost Bride takes this marriage very seriously; she respects your requirements for the wedding ceremony until the ceremony is complete.】
A blind cat bumping into a dead mouse!
That was exactly how Su Yuan felt at this moment.
No wonder she was willing to respect the customs he made up, only to be tricked into signing the Ghost Contract by him.
It was also fortunate that the Ghost Contract was opened from a Treasure Chest tonight!
After Su Yuan finished reading the Eerie Rule about the Ghost Bride, it disappeared, and new text appeared.
【You have liberated the Ghost Bride from the Eerie Rule, and she has become your Ghost Servant.】
Su Yuan closed the handbook and snuck a glance at her. Her veil looked like it was grown onto her head; he had no idea what she looked like underneath.
"Um, Ghost Bride."
"Master, my name is not Ghost Bride."
"Oh, right, Lan Ling'er."
"Master, please call me Ling'er."
"Oh, Ling'er, no, can you stop calling me Master?"
"Very well, Husband."
"No, you definitely can't call me Husband!"
"Is it because we haven't finished the wedding?"
Ling'er's voice trembled slightly, as if she were about to cry at any moment.
Su Yuan had a bit of a headache. "Call me Su Yuan. That is an order."
"Understood." After all, she was a Ghost Servant bound by a Ghost Contract; she had to obey the commands Su Yuan issued, even if she didn't want to accept them.
Su Yuan glanced at her veil again and couldn't help but ask, "Ling'er, are you hot?"
"I'm not hot. Are you hot?"
Ling'er turned her head, the Red Veil covering her face completely.
Su Yuan really wanted to lift her veil to see what she looked like underneath, but he was afraid that if he saw, he wouldn't be able to get along with her.
"No, I'm not hot either. I was just asking."
They stopped talking. As the sedan swayed, Ling'er's veil swayed along with it, which only piqued Su Yuan's curiosity further.
"Su, Su Yuan," Ling'er said stiffly, "we've arrived."
"Oh." Su Yuan's attention was still on her veil. "You go out first."
Ling'er nodded. Just as she was about to float out,
a hand reached out and grabbed her Red Veil.
Su Yuan gave a tug, and the veil was lifted.
However, he truly did not expect what was under the veil.
Under the veil was another veil,
a red square cloth embroidered with a large "Happiness" character,
covering her completely.
"Hm?"
Ling'er stood in front of the sedan, looking curiously at Su Yuan.
"It's nothing, nothing, haha."
Su Yuan looked awkwardly at the Red Veil in his hand. "I was just worried you were hot."
"Mm, I'm not hot."
Ling'er didn't say anything else.
Woof woof!
Little Coal Ball ran over, panting.
It really had it hard.
Master, did you enjoy your sedan ride?
Woof woof woof!
It sternly condemned Su Yuan's behavior.
"Stop barking, let's go back," Su Yuan said, looking up at the Countdown.
There were still 5 hours until dawn.
He wanted to go back and get some sleep.
Su Yuan opened the door to the Black Room and was just about to enter.
Ling'er suddenly called out timidly, "Su Yuan, I don't dare go in."
Uh, Su Yuan had overlooked the Evil Warding aspect of the Black Room.
Right, he remembered that the Ghost Contract could store Ghost Servants.
Su Yuan took out the Ghost Contract. "Ling'er, can you go inside?"
"Mm-hm." Ling'er breathed a sigh of relief. With a wave of her hand, the Paper Figures and the paper sedan chair returned to their original forms.
After putting them away, she transformed into a ball of black qi and burrowed into the Ghost Contract.
Su Yuan put the Ghost Contract away and, bringing Little Coal Ball with him, pushed open the door and returned to the Black Room.
He didn't notice the door of the Public Toilet not far away creak open.
A pair of sneaky little eyes emerged from behind the Public Toilet, staring at this side from afar.
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