Chapter 397: Awakening

Su Yan's eyes lit up as she immediately realized something. At top speed, she took the gourd containing the Ghost Shadow out of her Universe Bag.

Sure enough, the gourd, which had previously shown no reaction, was now shaking incessantly, clearly indicating that something wanted to come out from within.

She immediately opened the lid of the gourd and waited, focusing her mind and calming her breath.

One second.

Ten seconds.

After about half a minute, a wisp of black gas slowly drifted out of the gourd, gradually coalescing into a human shape.

Seeing the Ghost Shadow completely restored to its original form, Su Yan was overjoyed.

"My Lady, the Ghost Shadow has returned!"

The Ghost Shadow quickly floated in front of her, dropped into a single-knee kneeling posture, and spoke respectfully.

"Are you alright now?" Su Yan sized it up from head to toe.

It had been truly difficult for it to make it through this crisis this time.

To demonstrate that it was no different from before, the Ghost Shadow purposefully hopped around the room.

"Reporting to My Lady, the Ghost Shadow has fully recovered."

A smile appeared on Su Yan's face. Although the recovery had taken much longer than expected, as long as it was fine, that was all that mattered.

"How much of what happened before do you remember?"

The serious business could not be forgotten. Although she had interrupted the Feng family's plan, the secret of Yongxiang Road remained unsolved.

The Ghost Shadow immediately froze mid-air. Although it lacked the facial expressions of a normal human, it looked significantly more solemn.

"The Ghost Shadow remembers everything. That day, the Ghost Shadow followed the person who had been tailing My Lady to No. 76 Yongxiang Road, and then encountered that masked man. They were discussing how to obtain My Lady's energy, and then the Ghost Shadow was discovered by the masked man and beaten severely."

"My Lady, you must be careful of that masked man!"

The Ghost Shadow had been busy reforming its soul inside the gourd this whole time, so of course it didn't know what had happened during these past few days; its memory was still stuck several months ago.

"You don't need to worry about that. We are in the Capital right now; I have already dealt with the Feng family," Su Yan said, brushing the matter aside with a simple sentence.

The Ghost Shadow was only surprised for two seconds before immediately accepting it.

After all, to it, Su Yan was an incomparably powerful existence; dealing with trouble was entirely within the realm of expectation.

"You said the place where you saw the Feng family member was No. 76 Yongxiang Road. Is that the Capital Publishing House?"

This was the crux of what Su Yan wanted to ask.

The Ghost Shadow hesitated for a moment before shaking its head in denial. "My Lady, why would you ask that? That place is not a publishing house."

He was certain of this point.

Su Yan's gaze paused. As expected.

"Come out with me right now."

Before her voice had even finished falling, she had already set off.

Although the Ghost Shadow didn't know what was happening, it immediately followed.

After leaving the hotel, Su Yan hailed a taxi and got in, while the Ghost Shadow floated on the roof of the car.

The driver suddenly let out a sneeze, then turned to her with an embarrassed smile.

"The weather has been getting colder and colder lately."

Su Yan looked at the floating Ghost Shadow; with one of it inside the car, how could it not be "cold"?

"To No. 76 Yongxiang Road."

She simply stated the address.

The car started up and headed toward Yongxiang Road.

Su Yan looked at the familiar streets outside the car window. Although she had only been in the Capital for a little over two months, she felt as if she were already very familiar with everything here.

The Ghost Shadow floated by the car window, looking at the bustling traffic outside with apparent excitement.

After all, it was a rare opportunity to "stroll" through a big city.

If Su Yan hadn't been by its side, it certainly wouldn't have dared to appear so brazenly. The last time it had come here, it had noticed that there were many hidden exorcists in the Capital, making it incredibly dangerous for it.

The hotel was not far from the Capital Publishing House, so the car stopped in less than ten minutes.

Su Yan paid the fare and got out of the car.

"See if this is the place?"

The Ghost Shadow floated above her. After staring at the building in front of them for a round, it floated straight inside.

Su Yan waited in place with great patience.

At that moment, Lu Feng happened to walk out from inside.

When he saw her, he visibly froze.

"Sister-in-law, why haven't you left yet?"

She couldn't have been standing at the entrance for an entire hour, could she?

Su Yan knew he had misunderstood, but she didn't intend to explain. "I was just about to leave. Go about your business; don't mind me."

The casual tone carried a hint of command in Lu Feng's ears, yet it was delivered so naturally.

Lu Feng rubbed his nose awkwardly and lingered by Su Yan's side for two seconds, but he found himself feeling like an idiot.

Su Yan didn't continue talking to him, and since he truly couldn't stay there any longer, he left silently.

A moment later, the Ghost Shadow floated back from the publishing house.

"My Lady, this is where I came that day, but it wasn't like this at all back then."

As the Ghost Shadow spoke, it was also filled with confusion.

Su Yan's brow furrowed deeply. She thought of the "ghost wall" encounter that night. Originally, she thought it was an illusion used by Liu Yiyi to deceive people, but now it seemed there was another mystery at play.

"My Lady, what exactly is going on? The Ghost Shadow really didn't follow the wrong place; that Feng family member indeed appeared at this location," the Ghost Shadow promised Su Yan with absolute certainty, fearing she wouldn't believe it.

A shadow crossed Su Yan's face. "I know."

The Kong family knew the secret here, Granny Li knew, and perhaps Auntie Wang knew as well.

"Ghost Shadow, stay here and help me track someone."

Since Auntie Wang refused to tell her anything, she had no choice but to probe out the truth herself.

"Yes, My Lady, please give your orders." The Ghost Shadow had been feeling stifled in the gourd for a long time and was now impatient to execute its mission.

As night fell, Su Yan ate an early dinner and waited in her room.

Even though she was anxious to return to her father's side, the matters here had to be cleared up, so there was no other way but to wait.

When it was completely dark, the Ghost Shadow returned.

"My Lady, I found Auntie Wang's residence."

The corners of Su Yan's mouth curled upward. "Let's go. Let's pay this elder a visit."

The Ghost Shadow twisted its body excitedly, leading the way through the air.

"Ghost Shadow, while you were following Auntie Wang, did you notice anything unusual? For example, could she sense your presence?"

Su Yan still suspected that Auntie Wang was intentionally hiding something.

"She acted quite normally. To test her, I even tried to scare her, but she didn't react at all." The Ghost Shadow spoke in a way that sounded frightening; the scene was naturally not very pleasant to witness.

"However..."

"However what?" Su Yan pressed.

"After she finished work at the publishing house, she wandered around outside for a long time. Otherwise, the Ghost Shadow wouldn't have found her residence so late," the Ghost Shadow said truthfully.

(End of Chapter)