While the System laughed secretly, Jiang Ning put the key away.
Calculating the time, this Urban Legend was actually not far from ending.
She thought for a moment, raised her hand slightly, and three black balls of light instantly appeared in her palm.
These three balls of light were only the size of ping-pong balls, but their aura was eerie, making one dare not look directly.
The balls of light left Jiang Ning’s palm and disappeared in a breath.
Bai Qianqiu’s breath hitched, not knowing what this scene meant.
“Dr. Jiang.”
Jiang Ning looked up at Bai Qianqiu.
In that instant, Bai Qianqiu almost thought everything about her was exposed under Dr. Jiang’s gaze.
Why does a ghost have such eyes that seem to see through everything?
But looking carefully again, those eyes clearly held nothing—no emotion, and not even her reflection.
Bai Qianqiu’s heartstrings trembled. She took a slow breath to calm herself down.
“Can I know what those black things were just now?”
For some reason, those black things gave Bai Qianqiu a strangely not-bad feeling.
Jiang Ning raised her hand, revealing the black symbol on her palm, and said expressionlessly, “It’s this.”
It was exactly the same black symbol as the one on Xu Kai’s hand—eerie, yet possessing a strange beauty.
Bai Qianqiu was dazed for a moment. “This is…”
Jiang Ning didn’t answer but asked instead, “Do you want one?”
Want it, or not?
Bai Qianqiu was about to open her mouth, but the words were swallowed back in her throat. She mocked herself.
What am I doing?
“No need, thank you.”
Even if she might choose to quit the Special Abnormalities Administration after getting out, she shouldn’t actively join the ghost’s camp.
Jiang Ning had no reaction to Bai Qianqiu’s choice.
She ate her breakfast quietly and ignored the person beside her.
Bai Qianqiu left carefully, wondering if she should ask Fu Zhao about his thoughts on leaving this Urban Legend.
If possible, she certainly wanted to leave. Staying here forever wasn’t an option.
If this Urban Legend didn’t release people when the time came, was she going to spend her whole life here?
Jiang Shu and Fu Zhao were collecting clues.
Fu Zhao disliked Jiang Shu for being in the way but ultimately said nothing.
Xiao Yu values this brother.
He looked up, wanting to say something to Jiang Shu, when he suddenly saw Bai Qianqiu walking back. He immediately called her over.
Bai Qianqiu happened to be looking for them too. “Do you have any clues?”
She directly ignored Jiang Shu.
What can you expect from a young master? Not causing trouble is already good enough.
Jiang Shu stood aside, surprisingly not dissatisfied. He looked out the window, his gaze stopping on a thin figure.
This… why does she look so much like Jiang Ning?
Jiang Shu hated Jiang Ning very much. Although he didn’t have much energy to hate now, he was still quite familiar with Jiang Ning.
That back view, full of arrogance as if no one else existed, was exactly the same as Jiang Ning!
But he didn’t think it was Jiang Ning, just thought the back view looked similar.
Behind him, a black shadow quietly approached Jiang Shu from the ceiling.
Jiang Shu couldn’t help muttering, “Daring to walk around freely even here, truly not afraid of death.”
After speaking, he shivered, looked up, and saw a ghost face right in front of him, sticking out a long tongue at him.
“Heh, heh…”
“Ah—it hurts—”
Fu Zhao saved Jiang Shu in time, but he still couldn’t avoid getting slightly injured.
Jiang Ning walked slowly toward the boundary between the Urban Legend and reality.
On the way, she occasionally encountered a few ghosts.
“Dr. Jiang, where are you going?”
Jiang Ning nodded slightly. “I’m getting off work early today.”
Staying here too long was monotonous; it was more fun outside.
The ghosts were confused.
Getting off work early?
Can they get off work early?
The ghost wanted to ask more, but Jiang Ning had already walked far away. It dared not chase after her, so it had to give up.
“Dr. Jiang, those humans smell so good.”
Jiang Ning: “Mhm, yes.”
Ghosts’ noses were quite sensitive.
After meeting several ghosts along the way, Jiang Ning finally reached the boundary of the Panshan Urban Legend.
The boundary between the Urban Legend and reality was invisible to the naked eye and indestructible by human force. Generally, one could only enter but not exit.
For humans to leave an Urban Legend, they could only wait for time to pass or find the “Door.”
But Jiang Ning didn’t need that.
She lifted her foot and, as if passing through an ordinary air barrier, returned directly to the real world.
After Jiang Ning left, an NPC dressed exactly like Jiang Ning appeared where she had just vanished and slowly walked back to the office.
The world outside the Urban Legend was sunny and bright.
Jiang Ning looked up at the sky for a while, touched her stomach, and headed toward…
Jiang Yu was out running around for copyright matters. Although she was so busy she had almost no time to pay attention to other things, she eventually learned about the major event at home—her brother had been eaten by an Urban Legend.
Jiang Yu was surprised. How is that possible?
She immediately finalized the copyright and returned to accompany Mother Jiang.
“It’s been so many days, I don’t know if Xiao Shu is still…” Mother Jiang was extremely sad, unable to even finish her sentence.
Jiang Yu looked gentle. Hearing this, she patted her mother’s hand lightly and comforted her softly, “Don’t worry, Ah Zhao has already gone to pick up Xiao Shu. He will definitely be fine.”
“Xiao Shu is very smart. As long as he can hold on until Ah Zhao gets there, he will absolutely be fine.” There was certainty in Jiang Yu’s voice, but her eyes showed no fluctuation when mentioning her fiancé, clearly not as affectionate as the rumors said.
Jiang Yu’s gaze fell on Jiang Shu’s room.
Exactly which blind Urban Legend dared to touch my brother?
Clearly, I targeted him first.
Even I didn’t want to eat Jiang Shu yet. After all, Jiang Shu is still a good brother to me, just a bit annoying sometimes.
Jiang Yu’s profile was gentle. The sunlight outside the window fell lightly on it, making her look like an angel on earth.
Seeing her beautiful daughter and being comforted by her, Mother Jiang felt a bit better. She said, “It’s good that you are here; otherwise, I wouldn’t know what to do.”
She added, “You know about Ningning…” Mother Jiang frowned as she spoke.
“Ever since Xiao Shu went missing, she disappeared to who knows where. She doesn’t answer calls or reply to texts, acting as if she’s missing too.”
Mother Jiang said angrily, “But how could she be missing? I think she just doesn’t want to care about Xiao Shu, so she simply hid, or went somewhere to play like crazy.”
Mother Jiang was very disappointed. At first sight, she hadn’t liked this daughter who had grown up wrong. Now she was doing such chilling things.
Her brother was in critical danger, yet she didn’t care at all, not even saying a word.
She even suspected Jiang Ning had gone somewhere to secretly be happy these past few days!
Jiang Yu smiled slightly. She didn’t expect Jiang Ning to be even stupider than she thought.
Getting angry at such a fool meant she wasn’t calm enough.
“Mom, don’t think like that. Sister just came back and has no affection for Brother. It’s inevitable that she’s a bit playful. She will come home eventually.”
Mother Jiang sighed. She was about to say something else when she saw Jiang Ning walk in from the door.
She instantly felt the awkwardness of badmouthing someone behind their back.
“Ningning, you…”
But Jiang Ning’s gaze fell on Jiang Yu, carrying surprise.
Jiang Yu was shrouded in Guayi energy, her face almost invisible. A pitch-black mass stood next to Mother Jiang, the energy occasionally nuzzling her.
She was half human, half ghost.
Two different species merged almost perfectly, showing no trace of artificial synthesis.
How can there be such a thing in this world?