Chapter 137: Get Used to the Existence of the Ghost Shadow

Su Yan and Sun Mang were sitting on a bus heading toward the provincial capital.

From time to time, strange gazes fell upon Su Yan from the surroundings.

One had naturally seen blind people before, but a blind person wearing a strip of black cloth over their eyes was truly a rare sight.

Sitting beside Su Yan, Sun Mang was clearly still struggling to adapt.

"What? Can't you handle this already?" Su Yan's gentle voice rang out.

Sun Mang shook his head rapidly. "No. Su Yan, your eyes really can't see, can they?"

He suddenly thought of the words Ma Chulong had said earlier. Right now, he hadn't made any reaction at all, yet Su Yan had immediately known that he was uncomfortable with the stares of the people around them. This was simply divine.

Su Yan said, "No."

"What?" Sun Mang bolted upright from his seat, his expression losing control due to excessive excitement.

Did she mean she could see?

Could Ma Chulong actually be right?

The gazes of everyone in the carriage instantly fell upon him; even the driver at the very front was startled.

Sun Mang finally realized his loss of composure and hurriedly made an apologetic gesture to those around him before sitting back down.

"Su Yan, you can see?"

Unfazed, Su Yan reached into her cloth bag, pulled out a strip of cloth almost identical to the one on her face, and tossed it over.

"Why don't you try it yourself?"

As expected, Sun Mang obediently placed the cloth over his eyes. At that moment, the world went black.

He was such an idiot; how could he have thought Su Yan could see while wearing black cloth?

"My Lady, the person who was following you yesterday is also on this bus."

Ghost Shadow suddenly popped up. Before his voice had even finished falling, Sun Mang let out a sudden "Ah!" scream, his expression filled with terror as if he had seen a living ghost!

And he truly had seen a ghost!

Staring at Ghost Shadow while trembling uncontrollably, the hair all over his body stood on end.

The passengers throughout the bus all showed expressions of dissatisfaction toward him.

Once was one thing, but to do it a second time...

If anyone here had a heart condition, they would surely be scared to death by this kid!

"Su... Su Yan, there's... there's... there's..."

"There is nothing. Sit down already!" Su Yan scolded with a cold face. If she let him babble any longer, the entire bus would probably know of Ghost Shadow's existence.

Sun Mang's mind went blank; it took him a full ten seconds to sit down stiffly.

He didn't dare move a muscle.

"Su Yan, he's right in front of us, didn't you see him?"

He whispered in a trembling voice, trying to remind her.

"Stop shouting. I am My Lady's attendant. If you keep screaming and leak My Lady's identity, I will swallow you immediately!"

Before Su Yan could speak, Ghost Shadow spoke first.

His already eerie aura, coupled with the threat, made Sun Mang feel as if he were suffocating.

However, there was one thing Sun Mang understood: Su Yan actually had such a thing by her side.

And this Ghost Shadow actually addressed Su Yan as "My Lady"?!

"My Lady, this kid's courage is far too small; he will definitely hold you back," Ghost Shadow concluded decisively a moment later.

Sun Mang's fear was instantly replaced by anger, and he retorted at the top of his lungs, "I won't!"

Su Yan's face darkened; she felt like kicking him right out of the bus.

"Little brother, what's wrong with you? Why are you making such a racket? You're affecting everyone else!"

"Exactly! You've scared my child!"

The carriage was filled with denunciations and accusations against Sun Mang.

Sun Mang apologized to everyone with a long face, unable to voice his grievances.

It was one thing for others, but even Su Yan showed a posture of wanting to distance herself from him.

From then on, he zipped his lips shut tight.

Su Yan watched the scenery receding outside the window, taking no action against the person tracking them from the back row.

After an unknown amount of time, Sun Mang's expression suddenly changed. This time, he stared straight at Ghost Shadow, who was floating near the ceiling, making faces out of boredom.

"You said... someone is following Su Yan?"

He didn't dare make a sound, only mouthing the words silently, unsure if the ghost could understand.

Soon, Ghost Shadow replaced words with action, floating directly toward the last row of seats.

Sun Mang's gaze followed him, landing on the man in the back row wearing a peaked cap.

Just as he wanted to keep looking to see more clearly, Su Yan reached out and turned his head back.

"Do not alert the enemy."

That simple sentence allowed Sun Mang to understand immediately, and he pretended nothing had happened.

After nearly a two-hour journey, the bus finally entered the streets of the provincial capital.

In order to ignore the Ghost Shadow that popped up from time to time, Sun Mang forced himself to focus all his attention on the outside.

But then he thought of the man in the back. What was his purpose in following Su Yan?

When the bus stopped and everyone began to disembark, only he lingered, stalling for time.

It wasn't until only he, Su Yan, the driver, and the man in the back row were left in the bus that he couldn't help but grow nervous.

At the very least, he had to see the other person's face clearly...

But before he could take action, Su Yan signaled for him to get off the bus.

"Su Yan, we clearly could have seen who that person was if we had just waited a moment longer," Sun Mang said from the roadside, truly not understanding what Su Yan was thinking.

What a great opportunity!

"Do you think you could have done better than Ghost Shadow?" Su Yan's expression was serious.

Before Sun Mang could understand her meaning, Ghost Shadow suddenly appeared.

"My Lady, did you call for me?"

The proximity was so close that Sun Mang nearly screamed again.

"Follow that man."

"Yes, My Lady."

Before Su Yan's voice had even faded, Ghost Shadow vanished without a trace.

Sun Mang continuously patted his thumping heart. "That was truly terrifying. Su Yan, is that thing really yours..."

"Yes." Su Yan gave a definitive answer before he could finish his question. "You must get used to Ghost Shadow's existence."

Sun Mang rejected it from the bottom of his heart, but Su Yan's next sentence forced him to push his fear to the back of his mind.

"If you cannot overcome fear, you will never become an Exorcist."

"I definitely won't let you down!" Sun Mang promised solemnly, though the words sounded more like he was telling himself.

Su Yan ignored him, her gaze falling on a black sedan parked not far away.

The person in the car had clearly noticed her presence; a man in a black suit opened the door and walked straight toward them.

"Excuse me, are you Miss Su?"

The man asked respectfully.

Su Yan: "I am."

"Miss Su, I have come specifically to pick you up. The car is to your left." The man took full consideration of Su Yan's eyes.

"Alright." Following the direction he indicated, Su Yan walked toward the sedan.

Sun Mang followed beside her, completely bewildered. Although he knew Su Yan was coming to the city mainly for business, he hadn't expected the other party to put on such a grand display, even arranging a private car to meet her.

(End of Chapter)