Chapter 223: Chapter 223: The ’Boyfriend’ Possessing a Dog

“G-Grandmaster, are you saying my boyfriend… he… he’s in Little Bean’s body?”

“How is that possible? He… he’s always been terrified of dogs. How could he possibly…”

The Grandmaster’s words echoed in the client’s ears, yet she couldn’t stop shaking her head, utterly unable to believe what she was seeing.

However, even as she spoke these words, her mind involuntarily flashed through all the recent unusual behaviors of her dog. Her voice of protest grew softer and softer, and even her face turned deathly pale.

Yaoyao observed the woman’s expression, knowing that the client’s heart already understood.

“Pretty Sister, ghosts can’t touch physical objects, you know!”

Yaoyao didn’t beat around the bush and directly revealed the truth. This sentence shattered the last shred of hope in the client’s heart. One must understand that ghosts are ethereal beings,

unable to touch tangible things. This was a fundamental law of the world; nothing could escape this rule. To defy it, one must briefly separate from their soul body, which is what possession is.

And in the client’s home, besides herself, the only living, breathing thing was the large dog before them. It was fortunate that it was a Golden Retriever she owned; if it had been a black dog, which wards off evil spirits, her boyfriend wouldn’t even have been able to possess it.

As for why the client’s boyfriend, who was clearly afraid of dogs, would do such a thing? The reason was simple: he was trying to evade capture by the Underworld Emissaries. Underworld Emissaries from the Netherworld could sense the auras of wandering spirits.

Once discovered, the mildest consequence was immediate apprehension. Therefore, wandering spirits would try every possible method to hide their aura, and hiding within a flesh-and-blood body was the easiest way.

“Pretty Sister, your boyfriend has meritorious virtue protecting his body, and he borrowed this big dog’s body. That’s why he was able to hide for so long and hasn’t been taken by the Underworld Emissaries yet,” Yaoyao said, tilting her head earnestly.

However, a ghost is, after all, a deceased person. When using a body that doesn’t belong to them, their soul will slowly be ground down by the physical form. The client’s boyfriend was already unable to occupy the body for long periods,

which was the best proof of this. This was also a rule; otherwise, the mortal realm would have long since fallen into chaos. Yaoyao naturally explained the seriousness of this to the client.

“Idiot… This big idiot!” Hearing this, the client’s tears flowed uncontrollably.

However, her emotional breakdown lasted only a moment, because the client knew she had more important matters to attend to. She quickly wiped away her tears and looked at Yaoyao with some urgency: “Grandmaster, can… can you help me call him out? I’ll persuade him; he’ll listen to me.”

While the client was deeply touched that her boyfriend would sacrifice so much to remain in the mortal realm for her, it was not good for him. He had taken such good care of her when he was alive; if he were to lose his chance at reincarnation because of her after death, the client would truly never forgive herself.

“Mm-hmm, Sister, I’ll wake up Big Brother first, and then I’ll open a ’Yin-Yang Eye’ for you. That way, you two can talk.” As they discussed serious matters, Yaoyao’s small face also grew solemn.

Logically, she was unwilling to grant someone the Yin-Yang Eye, as seeing ghosts could easily clash with one’s bazi (Eight Characters of Birth), potentially attracting unclean things. But the client’s situation was special; if Yaoyao interfered too much, she wouldn’t be able to resolve the problem effectively.

After the client was ready, Yaoyao no longer hesitated. Her small hand formed a hand seal. She directly used the Word Manifestation technique, reaching out and pulling the client’s boyfriend out of the Golden Retriever’s body. As the latter struggled in terror, Yaoyao immediately opened the “Yin-Yang Eye” for the client.

The client only felt a coolness over her eyes, and then she saw her pale-faced boyfriend.

“Han Xuancheng!” The client tried to hold it in, but finally couldn’t, and directly called out his name.

When her voice rang out, the struggling young man froze. For a moment, he seemed to forget to struggle, slowly turning his head, only to meet his girlfriend’s serious and earnest gaze.

“A-Yuan, can… can you see me?”

After the young ghost was called by his name, his already pale face grew even more taut and unsightly. Although she had only called his name, he felt an inexplicable sense of guilt. The client knew her boyfriend’s nature too well;

his current demeanor clearly showed he had done something wrong. Then, she thought that if she hadn’t asked the Grandmaster for help today, this man might really have gotten himself killed.

At this thought, the client could no longer suppress her anger. “If I hadn’t come, would you rather linger until your soul scattered than go reincarnate?! You’re already dead; what good is it for you to stay here… I’m telling you, I don’t want you anymore, now quickly go!”

As the client scolded him, her emotions unraveled. Aside from not wanting to implicate her boyfriend, there was also his current ghostly appearance. This made her truly realize that she and her boyfriend could never go back. Thinking this, tears welled up uncontrollably.

“A-Yuan, don’t… don’t cry. I… I’ll listen to you, okay? Please don’t cry!” Seeing his girlfriend crying uncontrollably, the young ghost instantly lost all other thoughts. He anxiously floated over to comfort her. However, he spoke with a slight stammer,

a lingering effect from a few years of autism during his childhood. Being poor with words, he tried for a long time but couldn’t console her. Then, he reached out again, wanting to wipe his girlfriend’s tears, but his ethereal body passed right through, making his face grow even paler.

He retreated a few steps, a forlorn look in his eyes, which had lost their earlier brightness. He looked at his girlfriend and said in a muffled voice, “A-Yuan, I didn’t mean to stay and be a burden to you.”

“It’s… it’s… that man who’s been chasing you recently, he… he’s not a good… person. He already has several girlfriends. He… he’s pursuing you just because he finds girls like you amusing. He’ll betray you. I stayed because I didn’t want you… you to be deceived by him.”

The young ghost’s voice grew softer and softer, as if he felt some unspeakable grievance at being misunderstood by his girlfriend. He mumbled out the reason for his unwillingness to leave, and the client was instantly stunned.

Indeed, a man had recently been pursuing her. He was someone her family had arranged for her to meet, primarily because she had been unable to move past the grief of her boyfriend’s death for so long, and her family feared she might do something drastic. So, they tried to get her into a new relationship to heal her old wounds.

However, the client herself didn’t like that man. She had originally thought that if she acted coolly, he would give up. Yet, the outcome was unsatisfactory; he seemed to become even more interested, constantly pestering her.

This made the client utterly exasperated, to the point where she didn’t even want to leave her home. But she never imagined that her boyfriend’s lingering in the mortal realm would be because of such an insignificant man.

For a moment, she felt both angry and amused.

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