"Playing as a ghost. This sounds fun. I like it. But who's going to be the ghost?"
Hearing what Gu Jiangyue said, Ji Yunsheng immediately perked up. He looked at Gu Jiangyue with barely concealed excitement in his eyes.
Gu Jiangyue sized up both Xie Jiuan and Ji Yunsheng, then nodded firmly at Ji Yunsheng.
Ji Yunsheng looked utterly confused. He pointed at his own face and asked.
"Do you mean... it's going to be me?"
Gu Jiangyue slapped the table and stood up straight away.
"Exactly. Since you like it, you'll be the ghost. I'll go prepare the stuff first."
With a beaming smile, Gu Jiangyue turned around and left, leaving Ji Yunsheng with only her back view.
Ji Yunsheng cast a pleading look at Xie Jiuan and whined pitifully.
"I'm so good - looking. I don't want to..."
But before Ji Yunsheng could finish, Xie Jiuan also stood up and quickly said.
"I also need to check out the terrain."
Then he turned around and left, catching up with Gu Jiangyue. The two walked away side by side.
Ji Yunsheng couldn't believe his eyes. Helplessly, he shouted at the sky.
"You two despicable lovers!"
Hearing this, Xie Jiuan and Gu Jiangyue, who were walking in front, glanced at each other and burst out laughing.
Gu Jiangyue casually grabbed a piece of white cloth and draped it over Ji Yunsheng. She let down his hair and daubed some oddly - colored rouge on his face.
After finishing, Gu Jiangyue was extremely satisfied. She held up a bronze mirror in front of Ji Yunsheng. Ji Yunsheng took one look and almost burst into tears.
"Look. I've made you look so good."
Gu Jiangyue stood up and admired the face she had just painted on Ji Yunsheng. Seeing that Xie Jiuan didn't respond, she quickly nudged him.
Xie Jiuan was so repulsed by Ji Yunsheng's face that he didn't want to say a word. But since Gu Jiangyue had given him a hint, he still forced himself to say.
"You look great."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ji Yunsheng couldn't hold it in anymore.
"You're just talking nonsense. Where on earth do I look good?"
Xie Jiuan showed no expression on his face. He repeated what Gu Jiangyue had told him before.
"Everywhere."
Hearing this answer, Ji Yunsheng felt like he was about to be infuriated by Xie Jiuan. Gu Jiangyue gave an awkward laugh and then pulled the two of them away.
"Let's go. Stop arguing. It's time to get down to business."
Although Ji Yunsheng complained, once he was in this disguise at night, he couldn't help but like it. No one could recognize him. He even scared the passing maids. Everyone who saw him would scream and run away. It was only after Xie Jiuan slapped him that he behaved a bit.
The three of them sneaked all the way to Gu Yimiao's courtyard. It was completely dark, but there was still a light on in Gu Yimiao's room. Gu Jiangyue was relatively petite. She first crouched along the wall and peeked through Gu Yimiao's window to make sure there was only Gu Yimiao in the room.
Then Gu Jiangyue made a gesture in Xie Jiuan's direction. Xie Jiuan carefully picked up a few small stones from the ground. After silently counting to three, Gu Jiangyue and Xie Jiuan rushed towards Gu Yimiao's door together.
They each took one side and pushed the door open extremely quickly.
"Who's there!"
Gu Yimiao was startled by the noise. She instinctively turned to look at the door. But the moment she turned her head, Xie Jiuan quickly threw the stones at the candles in the room.
In an instant, the room was completely dark. Gu Yimiao turned her head and saw only darkness. The door was wide open. Xie Jiuan and Gu Jiangyue had already hidden themselves. Ji Yunsheng, however, staggered out.
"Who's there!"
Gu Yimiao only saw a white figure floating past the door. She was so scared that her legs were trembling. Gu Yimiao swallowed hard. She didn't believe in ghosts and gods before, but the darkness had magnified her senses infinitely. Gu Yimiao forced herself to walk towards the door.
Just then, a pale ghost face suddenly appeared right in front of her. Gu Yimiao was so shocked that she didn't even remember to scream. She just slumped to the ground.
Ji Yunsheng had no intention of stopping. He pressed on step by step. Whenever Gu Yimiao took a step back, he would take a step forward.
"Let me go. Don't come after me. Don't come after me anymore!"
Gu Yimiao crawled backwards with all four limbs, not daring to stop at all. Ji Yunsheng continued to follow her. Sometimes he would even deliberately wait for Gu Yimiao to run a certain distance before dashing forward. Seeing that pale face constantly hovering in front of her, Gu Yimiao couldn't bear it any longer. Her eyes rolled back and she fainted.
Ji Yunsheng looked at Gu Yimiao, who was lying motionless on the ground, in confusion. He even reached out and patted her face, then burst out laughing.
"Tsk. Why did she faint so easily? She's so easily scared. I haven't had enough fun yet."
Seeing that Gu Yimiao had fainted, Gu Jiangyue and Xie Jiuan also came out. Gu Yimiao had made quite a commotion just now, and Ji Yunsheng was still standing there stupidly.
"Run quickly."
Gu Jiangyue directly reached out and dragged Ji Yunsheng, who was standing there grinning foolishly, away. The few of them ran back to Gu Jiangyue's courtyard as if they were fleeing. Looking at each other out of breath, none of them could hold back their laughter.
In order to observe the reactions of everyone and Gu Yimiao the next morning, Gu Jiangyue found two more rooms in her courtyard, tidied them up, and let Xie Jiuan and Ji Yunsheng stay there first.
Gu Jiangyue's guess was right. After such a great shock, Gu Yimiao really lay on the ground all night without waking up.
Gu Jiangyue, Xie Jiuan, and Ji Yunsheng almost went to Gu Yimiao's courtyard early in the morning to watch the show. In fact, they were woken up early in the morning by the screams of Gu Yimiao's maid. So they might as well come here to watch.
"Miss, what's wrong with you? Why are you sleeping on the ground? Wake up. Wake up quickly!"
Gu Yimiao's maid shook her frantically. Under everyone's whispers and the maid's shaking, Gu Yimiao finally woke up.
Gu Yimiao stared blankly ahead. Under everyone's gaze, Gu Yimiao actually knelt down right in front of everyone. She kowtowed like crazy. No one could stop her. Her forehead hit the ground again and again, and she kept mumbling.
"Don't come after me. Gu Zhengwan, don't come after me. This matter is not my fault. It's not my fault..."
Gu Jiangyue and the others were standing nearby. Hearing Gu Yimiao's mumbling, Gu Jiangyue understood. She quietly explained to Ji Yunsheng and Xie Jiuan.
"She mistook the ghost last night for Gu Zhengwan. They've always been at odds and have often schemed against each other."
Xie Jiuan and Ji Yunsheng also understood the reason.
"It's fine as long as she didn't recognize me."
Ji Yunsheng looked at Gu Yimiao's figure and a sly smile played on his lips.
At the same time, Shen Menglan also rushed over upon hearing the noise. She looked at Gu Yimiao, who was constantly kneeling and kowtowing, with disbelief on her face. Moreover, she heard the name Gu Zhengwan from Gu Yimiao's mouth.
"My Yimiao, what's wrong with you?!"
Shen Menglan walked quickly. She directly rushed forward, covered Gu Yimiao's mouth, and tried to help Gu Yimiao up from the ground quickly.