Stunning Dragon Wife
Chapter 456 - 455: Afraid of Ghosts

Chapter 456: Chapter 455: Afraid of Ghosts

A woman like Bai Shutong could be said to be the favorite of the mass public, beautiful and vibrant, with an incredibly good figure.

If one could possess her, it would undoubtedly be a marvelous thing.

However, when he thought of Jiang Man, Zhang Xiaoshan’s restless heart settled down a lot.

"Journalist Bai, we’ve only known each other for one day, and to, to do that, isn’t it too inappropriate?"

"What are you talking about?"

Bai Shutong immediately realized that Zhang Xiaoshan had misunderstood her, and quickly rebutted.

"I, I didn’t mean that, what I meant was, you, you could also stay at the village government office tonight, right? There are several rooms here, so you could just stay next to mine, right?"

"In case I need anything, I’ll just call for you."

Zhang Xiaoshan was immediately dumbfounded. How embarrassing.

"That, that’s fine?"

"Then, then come with me to check out the room first."

Zhang Xiaoshan took Bai Shutong to a room on the second floor.

The room was furnished very simply, with two small beds to the left and right, and a table in the middle.

The village definitely couldn’t afford to buy new furniture; it had all been handcrafted by the old carpenters in the village two or three decades ago.

It had some history.

"This, this style is so creepy, isn’t it?"

"Just like where dead people lie."

Bai Shutong felt even more creeped out.

Although Bai Shutong’s family background wasn’t as strong as Jiang Man’s, her parents were both working professionals, and she grew up in a high-end residential area in the provincial city. She was actually quite particular about her clothing, food, housing, and transportation.

She was somewhat of a petite bourgeoisie white-collar worker.

She had never lived in such terrible accommodation.

Especially as a journalist, an artsy woman, she had read a lot of mystery novels.

The scenes in those novels all seemed to come to life here.

"Dr. Zhang, are all the furniture pieces here this scary?"

Zhang Xiaoshan stated.

"Journalist Bai, the conditions here are a bit tough, but it’s still clean. Someone cleans it every day, and the last time people came from the county, they all stayed here. No one mentioned it being haunted."

"But, but I’m really scared."

"It’s fine, you can rest assured. I’m right next to you, and if anything happens, I’ll be over in no time."

Zhang Xiaoshan reassured her and was about to leave.

Right at that moment.

"Hoot."

A strange cry came from outside.

"Ah."

"A ghost."

With a shriek, Bai Shutong rushed over and held onto Zhang Xiaoshan tightly.

"Cough cough cough, Journalist Bai, take it easy, I can’t breathe."

It was then that Bai Shutong realized her overreaction and quickly let go of Zhang Xiaoshan’s neck, instead grabbing his arm anxiously and peering outside.

An owl was standing on the railing of the second-floor hallway.

"Whew."

She finally took a sigh of relief.

Zhang Xiaoshan gave Bai Shutong a look.

Good lord, Bai Shutong’s forehead was covered in cold sweat.

He couldn’t help but find it a bit funny.

"Journalist Bai, when you faced those thugs today, you weren’t scared at all. You dare to provoke Purple Gold Mining, such a large corporation, so why are you afraid of these unsubstantial things?"

Hearing Zhang Xiaoshan’s words, she let go of his arm with some embarrassment, took a step back to keep some distance from him, tidied up her messy fringe, and said somewhat sheepishly,

"It’s just because these things can’t be seen, that, that’s why I’m scared, right?"

"Haven’t you heard, the unknown is always the most terrifying."

"But, but you still need to rest."

"It’s just for one night, make do for a bit, it’ll be dawn soon enough."

Zhang Xiaoshan comforted Bai Shutong.

Bai Shutong said timidly,

"Then, then how about you don’t stay in the next room, just sleep in this room with me, right? There are two beds, one for each of us."

Zhang Xiaoshan couldn’t be more pleased.

Wasn’t this an opportunity presenting itself?

But he still pretended to be troubled and said,

"That, that’s not very appropriate. Alone with a woman, I’m married, you know. It wouldn’t look good if the villagers saw. Tomorrow you’ll be gone without a care, but what about me?"

"Pshaw."

Bai Shutong rolled her eyes at Zhang Xiaoshan and said huffily,

"Don’t act all innocent after taking advantage."

"I don’t care. I came here for the sake of my senior sister’s face. You’re the guide she arranged for me, so you have the responsibility to take good care of me."

Only then did Zhang Xiaoshan reluctantly nod in agreement.

"Alright, alright, if it’s just sleeping, what’s the big deal? I’ll sleep with you, okay?"

Zhang Xiaoshan lay down on a bed with a grin.

The more Bai Shutong heard Zhang Xiaosha speaking, the more inappropriate it sounded.

This guy was clearly taking the opportunity to tease her.

"Hmph, I thought you were an honest man, but it turns out you’re just a slick old flatterer."

"I’m warning you, I’m Jiang Man’s junior sister, and if you dare to take advantage of me, I’ll tell senior sister Jiang Man."

"Don’t, don’t, please no, I was just joking around, why so serious? I won’t say it anymore, okay?"

Once Bai Shutong mentioned telling Jiang Man, Zhang Xiaoshan immediately became well-behaved.

"Hmph, that’s more like it."

Only then did Bai Shutong lie down.

When Zhang Xiaoshan wanted to turn off the lights, Bai Shutong stopped him.

"Don’t turn it off, let’s just sleep like this."

"How can you sleep with the light on?"

"Can’t you just cover your head with the blanket?"

"Fine, fine."

Zhang Xiaoshan was really tired and didn’t bother with Bai Shutong anymore, covering his head with the blanket to sleep.

Some time later.

He felt someone pushing him.

He lifted the blanket to find Bai Shutong standing by his bed.

"Goodness, you scared me. Why aren’t you sleeping and just standing over me like that?"

Zhang Xiaoshan was startled.

Bai Shutong said somewhat embarrassingly,

"Do you, do you have a place to bathe around here?"

"Bathe?"

Zhang Xiaoshan was once again dumbfounded.