The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 547 - 536: Crying (Birthday Added - for Book Friend "The Coolest Thing is the Human Heart")

Chapter 547: Chapter 536: Crying (Birthday Added Chapter for Book Friend "The Coolest Thing is the Human Heart")

Manbao sat there lazily, deciding to skip Teacher Mo’s class tonight and not attend the medical lecture.

The moon wasn’t very round, just half a crescent, so the moonlight wasn’t very bright. Occasionally, a cloud would drift by, covering the crescent and plunging the world into darkness for a moment.

Just then, a faint crying voice drifted in from outside the courtyard wall...

Manbao’s slow brain passively received this voice, which was different from the current sounds of life. She blinked and subconsciously looked toward Bai Shanbao.

Bai Shanbao was also turning his head to look at her. As their eyes met, they knew this wasn’t a hallucination.

The now noisy washroom suddenly fell silent. Worryingly, Manbao stood up, about to check on Bai Erlang, who was bathing inside, when a terrified "Ahhhh—" came from within.

Daji came out of the house, and the three of them rushed toward the washroom. Before they reached it, the door burst open with a crack, and Bai Erlang, his hair disheveled and wearing only undergarments, ran out. As soon as he saw the three approaching, he immediately threw himself onto Daji, wailing, "There’s a ghost, there’s a ghost, there really is a ghost!"

Zhou Silang, who was intently heating water in the kitchen, immediately ran out, holding a fire poker, and asked, "Where? Where? Where is the ghost?"

Seeing Bai Erlang clinging to Daji, Zhou Silang worriedly said, "Oh no, did we scare Second Young Master into stupidity just now?"

"You you you, I I I am not that cowardly. I know you’re not a ghost, so how could I be scared? I’m talking about just now," Bai Erlang shouted, "Listen, do you hear that? What’s that noise?"

After speaking, he fell silent.

Once he quieted down, the crying from outside the wall became clearer. Although it was intermittent, they could hear her crying, "I’m wronged~~ I died so unjustly..."

Daji frowned, while the other four widened their eyes, exchanging incredulous looks.

Manbao was surprised but excited, "Is there really a ghost?"

Zhou Silang was horrified and trembling, "There really is a ghost?"

Bai Erlang simply hugged his head and shivered in silence.

Bai Shanbao was also excited, rubbing his hands together and looking at the courtyard wall, "If this isn’t someone playing tricks, then there really is a ghost!"

Manbao immediately said, "It must be a real ghost. We’re new here and haven’t offended anyone, so why would someone want to scare us?"

Bai Erlang started to cry with a whimper, but even so, he cried softly.

Daji wanted to go out and have a look, but Bai Erlang clung to him tightly, burying his head in his chest, refusing to let go no matter what.

In the entire small courtyard, the one with the highest fighting power was Daji, and he would not let go.

Both Bai Shanbao and Manbao were excited with a touch of fear, but their curiosity was greater, so after exchanging a look, they tiptoed toward the courtyard wall.

Daji watched helplessly, thinking these three kids really were something – one too cowardly and the others far too bold.

Zhou Silang gave one glance at his younger sister then, curious himself. But glancing at the fire poker in his hand, he decisively ran back to the kitchen and grabbed a kitchen knife to bring along.

Although the crying outside was intermittent, it continued persistently. The three of them carefully approached the wall, only to realize the courtyard wall was somewhat high, and they were somewhat short.

They looked up at the courtyard wall and decisively turned toward the door, stealthily opening it. However, the wooden door creaked loudly. Peering outside, they saw a flickering light at the end of the alley by the Yan Family’s courtyard wall; but there was nothing there, and the crying had disappeared.

Daji, carrying Bai Erlang, approached, and Bai Erlang also peeked out just as a breeze blew through, swirling the fluttering flames into the air. The chilly spring wind, meeting Bai Erlang’s back, who was only wearing underclothes, sent a bone-chilling cold through him, and he couldn’t help but scream out loud, "Ahhhhh—"

"A ghost—"

The cry echoed through the entire alley, and the nearby homes where people lived immediately lit up. The sound of pans clattering and objects being knocked over could be heard.

Zhou Silang, who had originally been leading the way beside Manbao, was so frightened by the scream that he almost fell to the ground.

Bai Shanbao turned and yelled at Bai Erlang, "Stop crying, there’s no ghost here."

Bai Erlang, still crying hard, protested, "How do you know it’s not here? You can’t see ghosts."

"None of us can see ghosts, so what’s there to be afraid of?" Bai Shanbao replied, "We can’t touch them, and they can’t touch us."

Manbao had already dashed over to the place where the fire had been, but everything had been burned clean. Some sparks drifted in the air. Unafraid, Manbao reached out and clapped down one of the sparks, extinguishing it and picking up the unburned object to examine it, "It’s joss paper."

Curious, Manbao asked Keke, "Keke, is there really a ghost? Is she here right now?"

Keke: "Host, I have not detected any other energy entities. Further away, for instance, behind you in that house, there are people."

Manbao turned and glanced back, nonchalantly saying, "That’s their home, of course, there are people there. If the ghost isn’t in the alley, could she be in the sky? Look up for me."

"Host, within a hundred meters above you as the center point, there are no special life forms, just a lot of insects and the like."

Manbao felt a bit disappointed. It seemed the female ghost was really powerful if even Keke couldn’t find her. However...

Manbao rubbed his hands together and whispered into Bai Shanbao’s ear, "Remember this time."

Bai Shanbao understood and, pulling Manbao with him, ran back to record the time. The two exchanged a look and chuckled, deciding they would investigate further tomorrow.

Mr. Zhuang, who had been seriously reading and hadn’t heard the crying at all, did hear Bai Erlang’s dreadful scream. He was now standing in the yard and asked as they came back from outside, "What happened?"

Bai Erlang, tears and snot streaming down, replied, "Mr., there really is a ghost."

Daji spoke on his behalf, "We just heard some crying and went out to check. We found someone burning joss paper at the end of the alley but didn’t see anyone there."

"Not someone, a ghost," Bai Erlang emphasized.

Mr. Zhuang didn’t believe in ghosts and, with hands behind his back, said, "Sounds more like people making mischief. Okay, Manbao, do you have any calming herbs? Brew some for him to drink."

"I don’t."

Mr. Zhuang thought for a moment, concerned about how pitifully Bai Erlang was crying, and afraid he might have been scared, said to Manbao and Bai Shanbao, "Convince your Junior Brother it’s all right. If that doesn’t work, come and find me."

Manbao and Bai Shanbao agreed, pulled Bai Erlang off Daji, and dragged him into the room to talk sense into him.

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