CHAPTER 347: CHAPTER 347: TESTING THE WATERS

"Doctor Gu... your face!"

Amidst Feng Xiuxue’s slightly terrified shout, Gu Pingsheng realized that a piece of skin from his face had actually fallen off...

At the same time, intense pain accompanied the falling skin.

Gu Pingsheng gritted his teeth, trying hard not to let out a sound of pain.

He immediately tore off a piece of gauze and, as if by magic, produced medical tape, carefully covering the part of his face where the skin had fallen off.

As the gauze touched the flesh, beads of sweat poured in large drops from Gu Pingsheng.

The veins on his neck bulged, and he trembled all over.

"Use painkillers." Unwittingly, Feng Xiuxue had already distanced herself.

Though she knew she too had fallen into the trap of the fierce ghost, it was clear that Gu Pingsheng was also ensnared.

Who will turn into a ghost first... is still uncertain.

If Gu Pingsheng suddenly turned into a ghost, she’d be doomed.

"None left." Gu Pingsheng replied.

He briefly treated the wound, his expression grave and face pale.

Feng Xiuxue kept her eyes on him, and when she heard Gu Pingsheng say there were no painkillers left, a flicker crossed her gaze.

This Gu Pingsheng, there’s something wrong with him.

The reason she asked Gu Pingsheng to use "painkillers" wasn’t out of great concern for him, but because she suspected... there was something off about those "painkillers".

Feng Xiuxue hadn’t forgotten why she came to this street with Gu Pingsheng; she had clearly suggested splitting up.

But after Gu Pingsheng said something, she had felt dizzy and agreed to it in a very peculiar way.

Feng Xiuxue doubted whether what Gu Pingsheng gave her was actually painkillers.

Even though it was indeed working as a painkiller now, he himself wasn’t taking it.

Did he say there were none left?

While carrying only two painkillers could make sense, with Feng Xiuxue’s growing suspicion, everything suddenly seemed very dubious.

Gu Pingsheng didn’t seem to notice that Feng Xiuxue had grown suspicious.

He seemed accustomed to the intense pain from the skin falling off his face, his expression serious as he looked at the fierce ghost about to reach the center of the street and said, "We can’t keep following it. Another street further, and the curse will intensify immediately."

"What do you mean?"

Because a large part of her attention was focused on Gu Pingsheng’s suspiciousness, Feng Xiuxue didn’t quite understand what he meant for a moment.

Gu Pingsheng glanced at her knee and said, "Your wound appeared on West Fan Street and worsened as you entered South Gate Street. My wound appeared as I entered East Government Street, if nothing unexpected happens, it will worsen when I enter Qingyi Street."

Feng Xiuxue listened to Gu Pingsheng’s reasoning and thought carefully, finding it indeed true.

"But doesn’t that mean we’re stuck between Beitu Street and West Fan Street? If this ghost kills on other streets, we can’t perform the ’witness’ action, going against the task requirements, right?" Feng Xiuxue said with a frown.

"No..." Gu Pingsheng suddenly turned his head, looking at the empty space behind him, "It won’t kill."

"The real killer ghost is hiding in the dark."

Feng Xiuxue wasn’t stupid, she just hadn’t thought in that direction, and the suspicious painkillers Gu Pingsheng gave diverted most of her attention.

After Gu Pingsheng spoke, she immediately connected the unexplained points.

Why did this ghost exude such a ghastly aura but show no eerie abilities?

Why was its walking sound quiet, yet somehow it was heard accurately by them?

Why had it found the hidden people but just watched without acting?

The reason is... it wasn’t a real ghost at all!

Whether human or illusion, it was merely bait released by the fierce ghost!

"The real killer ghost can’t find us, maybe it has no senses, which is why it forces us to reveal ourselves," Feng Xiuxue’s face turned pale, "We’ve been fooled, that ghost hiding in the dark has already seen us, ’witness’ is a two-way street, it’s effective on both it and us."

"Yes, that ghost may need to see us in person to curse and kill." Gu Pingsheng’s face had looked grim earlier but surprisingly calm compared to Feng Xiuxue.

"However, we haven’t lost yet; its curse isn’t instant death, we still have a chance."

Gu Pingsheng’s gaze was steady, his forehead wiped clean of sweat, restoring a gentle elegance.

"But if your theory is correct, every time we enter a street, the curse strengthens, so how are we supposed to investigate?" Feng Xiuxue said reluctantly.

"It can be checked," Gu Pingsheng replied, looking at her, "At least... we can check the streets we’ve already been through."

"Let’s go."

Gu Pingsheng said.

Since they couldn’t follow it anymore, they restructured a new line of thought, what if... they found that ghost hiding in the dark?

Feng Xiuxue didn’t immediately respond to him; she watched the fierce ghost slowly moving away, saying, "Are you not interested in where Yu Wenxuan is hiding?"

Gu Pingsheng’s eyes narrowed as he saw the phone in Feng Xiuxue’s hand.

"Do you plan to call and expose his location?"

Gu Pingsheng’s tone was unusually stiff.

"Why not?" Feng Xiuxue locked eyes with him, "Doctor Gu, Yu Wenxuan can die, Bai Yanliang can die, Yu Sheng can die, but only you and I can’t."

Feng Xiuxue’s smile was full of irony: "We have to go to Ghost Head Mountain, unravel all of Fog Gathering’s secrets, find the origins of the ghost, and... the source of the ghost’s power."

"Only you and I know about Dr. Zhou’s research from back then, while they know nothing..."

Feng Xiuxue gradually approached Gu Pingsheng, "Doctor Gu, I once misjudged you, I thought... you were a person without ’value’, please forgive my disrespect, could you give me a chance to properly understand... things about you?"

Her grace, rivaled only by Xu Zhifei.

But that was only in appearance, Xu Zhifei’s character and demeanor were as different as cloud and mud compared to the ever-changing Feng Xiuxue.

For any man, it was difficult to say no to her.

This flawless method only ever backfired with one person... Bai Yanliang.

At this moment, what Feng Xiuxue wanted was not to stop Gu Pingsheng from calling Yu Wenxuan, but... to pull him into her ’camp’, to serve her.

As for whether to stop her from making the call, it was just a pretext to gauge his attitude, and... a pledge of allegiance, that’s all.

However, something unexpected happened for Feng Xiuxue.

Gu Pingsheng remained standing there, his eyes unchanged, merely looking down at her.

Looking into his eyes, Feng Xiuxue suddenly felt... as if being drawn into a vortex, her mind spinning.

"Come with me."

Gu Pingsheng’s voice directly appeared in her mind.

"Yes..."

Feng Xiuxue answered blankly.

With Gu Pingsheng leading, they turned and left East Government Street.

When Feng Xiuxue came back to her senses, she was drenched in cold sweat.

She warily stared at Gu Pingsheng’s back in front of her, for the first time feeling a sort of... fear of this low-key man.