Livestream: While Others Flirt, I Catch Ghosts - Chapter 10
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Chapter 10: Yaoyao’s Gratitude
“Let me introduce myself. My surname is Shi, you can call me Officer Shi. We have already investigated the whole story, but what puzzles us is why you were in that villa?”
Hearing Officer Shi’s question, Dong Jianren smiled wryly to himself.
‘Why did I go? I was forced by a ghost! I can’t say I was obsessed with a perverted killer and wanted to exchange notes on criminal psychology, can I?’
Although he complained inwardly, Dong Jianren knew that if he said it out loud, he would definitely be taken for a madman.
“Officer Shi, I’m an outdoor live streamer, passionate about ghost hunting and exploring supernatural phenomena. I happened to choose that place for a live stream, and I didn’t expect to run into this kind of thing. If you don’t believe me, you can check my phone.”
As expected, Officer Shi didn’t immediately believe Dong Jianren. Instead, he had someone retrieve the phone Dong Jianren had left at the scene.
After some investigation, Officer Shi believed Dong Jianren’s story.
“I didn’t expect your streaming profession to be so exciting. I thought pushing boundaries was your limit, but I didn’t expect someone like you who risks their life.”
Dong Jianren could only smile wryly.
Officer Shi then asked him a few more questions. Finding no suspicious points, he was about to get up and leave.
Lying there, Dong Jianren couldn’t help but ask, “Officer Shi, what happened to the girl in the white dress?”
Officer Shi turned back and replied, “Oh, you mean the girl who was not in her right mind? Her injuries weren’t as serious as yours. She has already been discharged from the hospital.”
“She is the twin sister of the victim and was imprisoned in that villa by the madman. Since they had no other relatives, no one was able to report the situation to the police in time.”
Dong Jianren hesitated for a moment and asked again, “She has no family left. Where will she be placed after leaving the hospital?”
“Because she’s not mentally stable, she might be sent directly to the nearest welfare home.”
Seeing that Dong Jianren had no more questions, Officer Shi didn’t say anything else and turned to leave the ward.
‘A welfare home? That’s good. At least she won’t have to worry about food and shelter.’
Suppressing the turmoil in his heart, Dong Jianren turned his attention to the phone beside him. Opening the live stream again, Dong Jianren was met with a shocking scene.
The screen was flooded with bullet comments, and the number of viewers in the live stream had reached an unprecedented 10,000.
-I’m a Cavalryman, Not an Infantryman: “The streamer is awesome! The streamer is mighty!”
-Essential Oil Back Rub Eighty-One: “I knew the streamer wouldn’t die!”
-Two-Faced Black Tiger Pure Love Boiling Sheep: “Streamer 666!”
-Jiangnan Leather Factory Boss Yellow Crane: “Streamer, are you selling wallets? The kind that can withstand an axe.”
-Jiangnan Leather Factory Boss Yellow Crane’s Sister-in-Law: “Brother-in-law, you ran off and left me behind! Take me with you.”
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Seeing the screen filled with comments like “Streamer is awesome!” and “Streamer is mighty!”, Dong Jianren’s occupational habit kicked in again.
“Thanks for the support, brothers! This little injury is nothing. As long as you want to see it, I’ll take you on a bigger adventure when I recover!”
Dong Jianren’s bragging naturally elicited cheers and a shower of virtual gifts.
Afterward, Dong Jianren reluctantly exited the live stream. He suddenly noticed the exchange point balance behind his avatar, prominently displaying the number 1000.
Dong Jianren then recalled his missions. It seemed he had successfully made it past 8 a.m. before being sent to the hospital.
Looking at the 1000 exchange points, Dong Jianren’s eyes gleamed.
“Hehe, huhu, haha! 1000 exchange points, that’s 100,000 yuan! I’m rich! No, I need to get out of the hospital quickly! I’m going to find girls! Ten at a time! I’ll be like Ip Man.”
Dong Jianren’s strange laughter scared the nurse who was about to come in and change his dressing, causing her to run away.
Soon, a rumor spread among the hospital nurses that the guy who was injured by the perverted killer was targeted because he was too perverted himself.
What Dong Jianren didn’t know was that when he was discharged from the hospital, a group of people stared at him intently, not out of admiration, but because they thought he was a pervert. He remained blissfully unaware of this for several days.
Turning his attention away from the exchange point balance, Dong Jianren noticed two new words on the screen: “Backpack.”
He tapped it, and a page appeared before him.
Initially thinking it would be empty, Dong Jianren was surprised to find a hair-like symbol at the top of the page.
He tried clicking on the hair, and a line of description appeared:
[Yaoyao’s Gratitude (Ghost Level): This item can summon the ghost Yaoyao to fight for you for 5 minutes. Cooldown time is 48 hours. (Quest drop, non-tradable)]
Just as Dong Jianren was wondering how to take out this item, a white light flashed before his eyes.
A strand of hair fell in front of him, and then, to Dong Jianren’s extreme horror, it slowly transformed into a ghost with long, flowing hair.
“Ah! Ah! Ah! What the hell!”
Dong Jianren was so scared that he immediately hid under the covers. After waiting for a long time without hearing any movement, he mustered the courage to peek out again and found the ghost still floating silently in mid-air.
Then, Dong Jianren remembered the description of the item. He trembled as he called out to the ghost, “Turn, turn around!”
The ghost obediently turned around as Dong Jianren instructed.
This piqued Dong Jianren’s interest, and he started commanding the ghost to do various things, having her pour him a glass of water and peel a banana for him. He was having a great time.
Looking at the ghost’s slightly opening and closing mouth and her flexible tongue, a wicked thought sprouted in his mind, but then Dong Jianren slapped himself hard.
“Amitabha! Amitabha! Sinful, sinful! Doing that would be too perverted!”
Soon, five minutes passed, and the ghost floating in mid-air disappeared. Dong Jianren looked at the hair in his backpack again. It had turned gray, and the display showed that there were 47 hours, 59 minutes, and 38 seconds left until the cooldown ended.