One punch wasn't enough for Hu Zi. He raised his fist again.
Bang bang boom boom.
Unexpectedly, this ghost raiser couldn't take much of a beating, and after three or four punches, he was down for the count.
Although ghost tamers are powerful in their sorcery, they are often in the company of ghosts for a long time, allowing yin energy to enter their bodies, which makes them physically weaker than the average person. Without the protection of ghost spirits, they only have the part of being beaten.
Huzi stepped on his back and cursed, "You're asking for death by stealing from our Sinisterium Pawnshop!"
"Sinisterium Pawnshop? You guys are from Sinisterium Pawnshop?" The black-clothed man, with his face covered in blood, looked at Lu Fei in disbelief, "The jianghu always says that Sinisterium Pawnshop is noble, but it turns out you also do evil for money!"
"Still dare to spout nonsense!" Huzi pressed down harder with his foot, "It's clearly you who took money to raise ghosts and harm people, yet you still slander the name of Sinisterium Pawnshop!"
A sharp pain came from his back, but the black-clothed man endured the agony and roared with a grim expression, "I didn't take any money! I just want to kill that cheap woman! It's her, she who forced Xiaoyin to her death, and I want to avenge Xiaoyin!"
"Xiaoyin?" Lu Fei frowned.
Last night, Lulu mentioned a sister named Xiaoyin.
Huzi asked strangely, "Didn't Xiaoyin commit suicide by jumping off a building?"
"If it weren't for her, Xiaoyin would never have jumped! She hired an internet army to attack Xiaoyin's live stream, saying Xiaoyin's inspiration was fake, and calling her ugly! She even convinced Xiaoyin to get plastic surgery!"
The black-clothed man bellowed with all his might.
"That black hospital was also introduced to Xiaoqin by her! Xiaoqin's plastic surgery failed, and in complete despair, she jumped off the building."
"If it wasn't her that drove Xiaoqin to her death, what else could it be? She didn't push Xiaoqin with her own hands, but is she not a murderer?"
"I want to kill her and avenge Xiaoqin!"
This was completely different from what Lulu had said.
Huzi was shocked, yet somewhat skeptical.
"Are you making all of this up? Don't think that we will let you go just because of this!"
"Why would I make it up? I just want that evil woman to die!" The man in black had a twisted face, his eyes filled with the fire of hatred.
That was an expression of extreme hatred; one cannot fake it.
Lu Fei looked at him thoughtfully: "Who are you to Xiaoqin?"
"I am her boyfriend. We were going to get married at the end of the year. That evil woman took advantage of my being away on business and drove Xiaoqin to her death. I didn't protect Xiaoqin well. I wasn't a good husband..."
The man in black shed tears of regret.
"But you didn't just want to kill Lulu, you also wanted to take over her body."
"Exactly! What's the use of just killing her? Xiaoqin won't come back, unless, Xiaoqin lives on using her body." The man in black twistedly smiled.
"Their birth dates and times are exactly the same!"
"In the past, Xiaoqin regarded her as her best sister and even celebrated her birthday with her!"
"Xiaoqin's mistake was being too kind and too weak, trusting her so much."
"She killed Xiaoqin, and now Xiaoqin is living on using her body. Isn't this the will of the heavens?"
Seeing the other party speak with such conviction, Hu Zi was at a loss for a moment and looked at Lu Fei with a questioning gaze.
"Boss, do you think what he said is true?"
"It's true," Lu Fei said.
Whether it's using expensive dark wood to nurture ghosts or taking the risk to snatch the dark wood back, both indicate the importance of the spirits to him.
Huzi was stunned.
This was the truth.
It wasn't Bingbing who had plotted against Lulu; rather, it was Lulu herself who had caused someone's death and was now being avenged.
She is reaping what she sowed!
To some extent, her current state, where she is completely broken, is what she deserves.
"Helping such a vicious woman, your Sinisterium Pawnshop is not a good place either!" The man in black glared at Lu Fei, venting all his hatred on him.
Lu Fei was not angry; he even felt a bit of sympathy for this man twisted by hatred.
"Lulu is indeed hateful, but your methods are also unjust. Our Sinisterium Pawnshop is not helping anyone; we are just handling a business transaction. I only want the dark wood, and your grudges have nothing to do with me!"
Lu Fei gestured to Huzi, indicating that he should release the man in black.
"It has nothing to do with you? Haha, how funny. By dealing with Xiao Qin, aren't you helping that vicious woman? Give Xiao Qin back to me!"
The man in black rushed toward Lu Fei without regard for anything, but was kicked away by Hu Zi with a powerful kick and couldn't get up for a while.
At that moment.
The urn in Lu Fei's hand began to shake violently, and a dark shadow emerged from it, disregarding the danger of sunlight, desperately flying towards the man in black.
"Xiao Qin, don't..." the man in black shouted in panic.
The ghostly spirit flew over, spreading its arms to block in front of him.
"Please don't hurt him!"
"Xiao Qin, don't beg this kind of person!" The man in black hastily took off his clothes to shield the ghostly spirit from the sun.
"Brother Shan, actually, I'm very tired. I don't want to seek revenge anymore... Staying in this world will only be a burden to you. I think it's time for me to go," the ghostly spirit shook its head.
"No, you can't leave! Xiao Qin, you can't leave." The man in black had an ominous feeling.
"She is already disfigured, experiencing the pain I once endured..." The ghost spirit shook its head mournfully, "Actually, even if I take her body, I can only live in the world like a walking corpse. Unable to see the light of day, enduring the agony of my body decaying every day, is there really any meaning in living like this?"
"I can find a way, I can heal her body, really, you have to believe me!" The man in black clothing said anxiously.
Humans have their ways, ghosts have theirs.
Forcibly keeping a ghost in the human world, going against nature, cannot lead to a good outcome—how could he, as someone who raises ghosts, not know that?
He just doesn't want to face reality.
"I am truly tired, Brother Shan, staying in the human world will only cause you more pain. Forget about me, and live well."
The ghost spirit flew to the last rays of the setting sun, giving the man in black clothing a relieved smile.
"No——"
The man in black clothing waved desperately, making the ghost crows fly to shield the ghost spirit from the sunlight.
But the ghost crows, along with her, turned to ashes.
"No..."
The man in black stumbled and ran, but only managed to embrace the scattered ashes.
"Xiaoqin..."
He knelt on the ground, sobbing uncontrollably.
Lu Fei and Hu Zi felt a mix of emotions.
They had come to settle a score but instead encountered a pitiful soul.
Hatred is a double-edged sword; it seems there are never any true winners.
Lu Fei sighed, opened the urn, and poured out all the ashes and other relics inside, leaving them for the man in black.
"Don't think that by doing this I will let that wicked woman go! I will never forgive her! Never!" the man in black roared.
Lu Fei said nothing and left with Hu Zi, taking the dark wood with them.
Pawn shop.
Upon receiving Lu Fei's message, Lulu was overjoyed and rushed over as fast as she could.
"Manager Lu, is it really resolved?"
"That's right." Lu Fei placed the yin timber urn on the counter. "The ghost spirit inside is gone. If you don't believe me, you can look at your own eyes; your pupils are completely normal now."
After Lulu took out a small mirror and checked her eyes, she couldn't help but burst into tears of joy.
"This is wonderful! Absolutely wonderful! I'm really saved! I knew Manager Lu, you could do it!"
But on Lu Fei and Hu Zi's faces, there was no expression, and their attitude was somewhat cold.
Lulu was excited for a while, but then she came to her senses and noticed that the atmosphere was a bit off.
"What's wrong, Manager Lu?"
"Miss Lulu, when we were retrieving the urn, we encountered someone whose name has the character 'shan' in it. Do you know this person?" Lu Fei said.
Lulu was slightly startled, her eyes flickering as she said, "I don't know him!"