A dating guide turned into being surrounded by female ghosts?

Chapter 115 The Invisible Man

"Li Shuran has gone mad too?" Lin Yue asked rhetorically. "What happened to her this time?"

"She said she saw a ghost at the site of the former Tianxi Textile Factory," Guan Ziming said quietly.

Lin Yue's eyes began to look strange.

"Does this count?"

What about someone like me who sees ghosts every day?

However, Li Shuran can also see ghosts.

He suddenly realized that he seemed to have met quite a few people with this kind of clairvoyance ability.

But then I thought about it again.

I noticed something was off. Rather than saying I often encounter these kinds of people, it's more accurate to say that only these kinds of people get involved with me.

This is a classic example of survivor bias.

"I wouldn't have believed it before... but everyone thinks she was too traumatized and has lost her mind, which is probably one of the reasons why she became more and more silent later on."

"And she always said something like, 'I feel like someone is watching me.' I still remember how she looked when she said that; her nails were digging into her arms, her eyes were bloodshot, and she was terrified."

"She dragged herself into this mental state and began to frantically investigate the Humphrey Company."

"Then, I realized that she must have found something important."

"I'm getting more and more scared."

"Then, a few days later, when I heard from her again, it was that she had jumped into the river and committed suicide."

Lin Yue thought for a moment, "...You still haven't revealed the direct reason for Li Shuran's suicide."

All of the above are simply the results of this lawyer Guan's observations.

Did he suffer setbacks in his career, leading to mental instability, and in a moment of despair, he jumped to his death?

How could someone who was terrified but persisted in investigating the case possibly choose that approach just because of a temporary setback?

"No, I've already stated the direct reason."

"Um?

"I feel like someone is watching me," Guan Ziming said, suddenly shivering.

"When Li Shuran died, I didn't believe that her cause of death was so simple, so I continued the investigation of the case by following the things she left behind."

"But then, something started watching me."

"Although I don't know what that thing is."

"But one thing is certain: it was definitely not human."

Lin Yue remembered how Wen Ning had scared him earlier.

"ghost?"

"No, no, it's something even more terrifying." Guan Ziming looked up and met Lin Yeyue's gaze. It was at this moment that Lin Yeyue noticed his face was ashen and his body was trembling involuntarily.

"That feeling... is like someone is staring at you from behind with the most insane and malicious gaze, making you feel like you're sitting on pins and needles."

"Whether you are working, walking, or sleeping, you feel like there is a pair of eyes staring intently at you."

"But every time you turn around in alarm, you'll find that there's nothing there at all in the direction your gaze came from."

"Can't see it, can't touch it."

"But that eerie feeling of being watched is always there."

"Furthermore, the darker the place, the more sensitive your intuition and senses become, and the stronger that feeling of being watched becomes!"

Lin Yue looked around at the ridiculously numerous light fixtures, her eyes thoughtful.

"Imagine that every second, every minute, every day, that gaze is ravaging your mind, making it hard to breathe, keeping you awake, and preventing you from concentrating on anything."

"Because you know."

"Right next to you, in that completely empty space, there's definitely someone standing there!"

"Sometimes I can even hear him breathing!"

"Huffing and puffing—"

"He's right there!"

"It's definitely there!"

"But I just can't see him!"

"I don't even dare to tell anyone about this."

"Because I'm afraid of being seen as crazy by others."

"I only dared to confide in my therapist and parents about this."

"But they wouldn't believe me and prescribed me a bunch of weird medicines."

"But I know I'm not crazy!"

"There really is someone next to me!"

Guan Ziming clutched his hair, his face filled with fear and pain, as if that fear had returned to him.

Lin Yue frowned as she listened.

The unseen person?

"Didn't you try to resist?"

"Heh." Guan Ziming gave a wry laugh. "Resisted? Of course I resisted!"

"I still keep the crowbar I bought back then under my bed, as well as the ritual implements I got from the temple. I even invited quite a few famous priests, but none of them have been of any use!"

"They swept around with a crowbar as fast as they could."

"But no matter how much I sweep, all I see is air, which only makes me look more like a madman."

"After each of those monks finished their business, they would say that they had solved my problem."

"But as soon as I calm down, I know that guy is still watching me from behind! It hasn't left at all!"

As Lin Yue listened to these things, she was unknowingly infected by his frenzied emotions.

His eyes involuntarily glanced around.

But all that could be seen was shadow and empty.

But for some reason, a faint sense of fear still arose from the bottom of my heart.

A voyeur that only you can sense, yet cannot touch or drive away?

Think about it carefully. If a normal person were in this kind of environment for a long time, the pressure would only keep accumulating until they eventually went completely insane.

"Is that person still around you?" Lin Yue asked.

"No, he's gone." Only then did Guan Ziming exhale the pent-up frustration in his chest, returning to the relieved state he had been in years ago. "After I gave up investigating this matter, that person left and never came back."

Lin Yue felt increasingly uneasy as she listened.

This illogical thing seems to have something to do with evil spirits.

However, Guan Ziming himself said that the thing was more terrifying than a ghost. After hearing that the person had left on his own, Lin Yue also began to feel that the invisible person was not so much like an evil ghost.

The person left voluntarily as long as the investigation was abandoned.

Isn't this behavior a warning?

Li Shuran did not give up. She endured the eeriness and continued to investigate, which ultimately led to her being "forced" to commit suicide.

Guan Ziming gave up and ultimately survived.

Could a demon, with its chaotic mind, do something so rational?

Lin Yue immediately recalled Wen Ning's dazed expression.

Even if she were to personally supervise her, she probably couldn't do such a thing, right? On the contrary, it would be much easier for her to directly kill someone.

But if it's not a ghost.

What could be something that cannot be seen yet is always around us?

Guan Ziming slumped on the floor, panting heavily.

It seems that recalling that terrible experience had already exhausted all his strength.

"I've told you everything I know... Really, can you leave now?"

Lin Yue stood up and said, "Okay, I believe you, I will leave."

"Remember, never come back!" he shouted.

Lin Yue declined to comment.

But just as he was about to walk out the door...

Guan Ziming gritted his teeth, his expression one of extreme struggle. Just as Lin Yue opened the door, he finally couldn't help but shout, "Are you really that determined to find out everything about Li Shuran?"

Lin Yue turned around and said without hesitation.

"certainly."

Guan Ziming warned, "Then you'll be targeted by that person too! Definitely!"

Lin Yue chuckled, speechless. "Then let him do it!"

Guan Ziming remained silent for a moment.

"Wait a moment."

After saying that, he stood up with trembling legs, walked to the opposite side of the bed, and pulled open a brick on the wall.

Lin Yue then noticed that there was a hidden safe there.

Guan Ziming took out a folder that wasn't too thick and placed it in Lin Yue's hand.

"After you leave, please burn this for me."

When he stretched out his hand.

My forearm is spasming uncontrollably.

It was as if this thing was the root of all his nightmares.

It's easy to imagine how much courage it took for him to do such a simple thing.

Lin Yue took the document with suspicion and opened the first page.

"this···."

"If it's useful for your investigation, you're welcome. I don't want to keep this anymore." Guan Ziming stared at the folder for a long time with complicated emotions.

That's because of this thing.

That's why he can't turn off the lights in his house day and night.

He was constantly worried that the unseen monster would come back for him.

Fortunately, I finally made it to the day when I could hand this over to someone I could entrust it to.

But just as he was immersed in his self-satisfaction...

But then the person in front of him suddenly said in a dangerous tone, "What am I thanking you for? Didn't you say you'd already told me everything you knew? What's the meaning of this pile of documents? Are you kidding me?"

"Big brother... is this the important point?"

Lin Yue finally left the luxurious apartment building.

Even before leaving, he turned to Guan Ziming and asked him the question that mattered most to him: What is your relationship with Li Shuran?

To be honest, Lin Yue admitted that she was a little nervous at the time.

.....

After all, seeing the portrait of the person she was trying to seduce was actually displayed in the room of an old man who was almost forty and still unmarried.

Even a man would feel nervous.

Fortunately, it's alright.

Guan Ziming's response was that he liked her, but she didn't know.

Although Guan Ziming spoke these words with such sorrow and a sense of irretrievable loss, he was still deeply saddened.

But Lin Yue was quite satisfied with this.

Ha, so he's just a simp.

Now that we've extracted enough information and obtained the important documents, we can say that this trip has come to a perfect end.

However, just as Lin Yue was walking down the street with a smile on her face...

Just one meter in front of him, the shadows coalesced into the shape of a girl in a blood-red dress.

Wen Ning appeared.

Lin Yue then praised her again, "Ningning, you did a great job today."

But Wen Ning's expression wasn't as happy as before.