CHAPTER 336: CHAPTER 336 THE PROBLEM IS A BIT COMPLICATED

Qiao Xiyu paused, thought for a moment, and then continued: "We moved in half a month ago, and at the time, we didn’t feel anything unusual. After all, the house was newly renovated, everything was new, the layout was good, and living there was very comfortable.

But then a week ago, I started having frequent nightmares. In my impression, the dreams were not continuous, they were all terrifying fragments that made my heart pound every time.

For example, dreaming of a power outage at home, lightning and thunder outside the window, and suddenly a ferocious man appears with his eyes and mouth hidden in the shadows, staring at me from just a few steps away;

Or, I was washing my hair in the bathroom in my dream, and a black man suddenly crawled out of the drain, grabbing my leg, and I couldn’t move, and I could hear heavy breathing by my ear;

There’s one time I remember very clearly, I was about to get in bed to rest in my dream, and a black hand reached out from under the bed, grabbed my ankle, and pulled me under the bed!

Zhang Rui didn’t have nightmares, or maybe he did but couldn’t remember after waking up.

Anyway, his temper is getting more and more irritable, sometimes a casual joke can send him into a rage and argue with me. Do you think... could there be something unclean in that house?"

Jiang Yuan raised an eyebrow slightly, business is here!

No matter if it’s a deceased person causing trouble or something else, with Yin Fiend aura to devour, the experience bar of Heaven-Burning Flame can advance a bit more.

Ever since the skills leveled up to Level Eight, the experience bar has become ridiculously long, being able to burn some evil spirits in reality to level up is mutually beneficial for both sides.

Having poured out all her pent-up feelings, Qiao Xiyu felt much lighter and her mood improved considerably.

In fact, her feeling of comfort was entirely due to the Heaven-Burning Flame having burned away all the entangling black energy, Jiang Yuan saw through it but kept silent while enjoying the barbecue.

"I don’t believe in all that ghost and god stuff." Yang Hongye took a big bite of skewer, flicked the stick, and said with disdain: "If there really are ghosts and gods, wouldn’t good and evil be rewarded?

People forced to commit suicide by extortion after helping others, how could good people suffer retribution? Why haven’t the human traffickers, scammers, and murderers who should be cut into a thousand pieces faced any payback?

And my neighbor worships gods and prays every day, but still drowned the two daughters she gave birth to in a chamber pot without any consequences, while she’s living a prosperous life. Clearly, there are no ghosts, if there were, those two little girls’ ghosts wouldn’t let her sleep at night?

And so many unsolved cases, the victims’ tragic stories make people cry, yet the perpetrators face no consequences or are possessed by evil spirits. Over the years, I’ve only seen good people not live long while bad people live fulfilling lives."

She patted her friend’s shoulder solemnly and said: "In my opinion, it’s more likely that your boyfriend is under stress from work and the irritability has affected you. Don’t I know you? You’re so soft-spoken and gentle, easily affected emotionally and prone to nervous breakdowns."

Qiao Xiyu felt a bit uncertain when she said this, "That might be... Even if the previous tenant died in the house, he died of illness, it shouldn’t haunt us.

But you’ve met him before, Zhang Rui has a good temper, we haven’t had any major conflicts throughout these years. Now... people can change, but not so quickly or without reason, right?

We’re already at the stage of discussing marriage, I don’t want a dowry or a car or house. We agreed to save money by renting and later work together to save for a down payment, isn’t he satisfied with this?

Honestly, ever since college, I’ve been with him, I’ve been at a loss! Even if he got tired of me, he shouldn’t drive away someone who’s willing to support him and stay with him this way..."

"Buzz buzz buzz~"

Right when she was emotional, Qiao Xiyu’s phone rang.

She glanced at the photo of her boyfriend on the screen, pursed her lips, clearly unwilling but answered it anyway.

"Why haven’t you come home this late? Where did you go? Did you find another man outside?!"

The irritable yelling could be heard even by those sitting next to her, Yang Hongye and Jiang Yuan, even though she hadn’t put it on speaker.

"Bang!" Yang Hongye slapped the table as her eyes widened.

What kind of attitude is this? Even if the two of you had a fight about trivial matters, shouldn’t you at least speak nicely over the phone? Is this what’s considered having a good temper? Accusing someone right off the bat, it’s ridiculous!

"You said there was a group meeting today, I was worried calling might interrupt your work, so I texted you saying I’d be taking a day off to clear my head. You didn’t reply all day, and now you call with this attitude?

What do you mean by finding another man, do you really think I’m such a dissolute person?" Qiao Xiyu, indeed soft in nature, her eyes were red with anger, but her tone remained soft.

Yang Hongye was already gathering strength to argue on behalf of her friend, but Jiang Yuan quickly gestured to her not to be impulsive.

With such heavy Yin Fiend aura influence, Qiao Xiyu was only having nightmares and hadn’t shown more severe symptoms. It seemed more likely that the Yin and evil energy had attached itself more to her boyfriend.

His emotions were severely affected, and he probably couldn’t control himself.

"Ah, so now you’re learning to run away from home, huh? Qiao Xiyu, if you think I’m poor and incompetent at buying a house, just say so. Did you go hook up? Can you swear to God there’s no man beside you? I fucking heard it!

What are you pretending for! Virtuous? If you were a virtuous woman, you wouldn’t have come to my bed in sophomore year! Wouldn’t have been this willing to support me all these years, surely you’ve done something shameful, afraid no one else would want you..."

The more the other side cursed, the more agitated they got, spitting out all kinds of foul words. Yang Hongye’s face turned white from anger and wanted to step forward, but Qiao Xiyu hung up and started sobbing.

"Why are you crying?" Yang Hongye slammed her fist on the table hard, "With him insulting you like this, you can’t even curse back? If you can’t, let me handle it, let me give him a piece of my mind! Just crying when things happen, how will you cope in the future?"

Jiang Yuan frowned, the issue seemed a bit complicated.

Qiao Xiyu cried like a pear blossom bathed in rain, sobbing: "He really wasn’t like this before. Yezi, I have to hurry back and see. I feel... he must be abnormal like this, whether it’s taking him to the hospital or first moving out, we need to figure out what’s going on.

If there’s no other reason, Zhang Rui might just be feeling he can’t afford a house for marriage, letting himself go, revealing his true nature. I’ll straighten things out with him, break up if we must. But now I can’t just leave him home alone, what if something happens... sob sob sob..."

"I’ll drive you back, it’s too unsafe to take a taxi from the train station so late at night." Yang Hongye advised a few words and got angrier the more she thought about it, and decided to go back with her, at least to have a helping hand, so that her soft friend wouldn’t face an extremely unstable man alone.

Jiang Yuan stood up and settled the bill, "I’ll take you guys, in situations like this, having a man with you is safer. Besides, your friend’s emotional and you’re anxious too, it’s not suitable for you to drive at night."

Qiao Xiyu and her boyfriend Zhang Rui attended university in a neighboring city, after graduation they stayed in a familiar city for work, renting a place for starting a life together, it takes about four hours by highway to get from here.

Can a person who died of illness really have such a heavy rage? Driving on the road, he kept wondering in his mind, it didn’t really seem like a supernatural event, who would want to mess with a couple’s relationship by being a ghost?

After the last conversation with Yin Mountain corpse Tang Qin, he learned that so-called evil energy is not exclusive to ghosts and monsters. A sinister heart can also lead to drastic personality changes and fill one with evil energy, severely affecting everything around them.

Could it be Zhang Rui’s poor character, several years post-graduation living with his girlfriend without marrying, feeling it’s time to abandon the old and find new love, and recently revealing his true nature with some catalyst? But that rage is a bit too heavy, isn’t it?