This scene left not only the female ghost unprepared but also stunned the audience in the livestream.
Stealing a ghost’s shoes?
What kind of inhuman operation is this?
[Our little village girl is up to no good again today!]
[Seeing the receptionist’s heartbroken and furious expression, my heart aches for her!]
[She just lost a pair of shoes, but our little village girl lost her integrity (funny gif).]
Qing Li sprinted to Room 404 in one go. Looking at the new shoes in her hand, she happily slipped them on.
It must be said, the size was perfect, as if tailor-made for her.
The system, which witnessed the entire process: “…”
Having such a player bound to it, even it felt ashamed!
Hah, tui.
“Bang bang bang—”
“Bang bang bang—”
Just then, violent knocking suddenly sounded from outside the door.
The once slow-speaking receptionist was now spouting expletives:
“Open the door, hurry up and open it! I know you’re in there, you little thief.”
“If you’ve got the guts to steal shoes, have the guts to open the door! Don’t hide inside like a coward!”
“Bang bang bang—”
The pounding grew louder and louder, and the entire door frame began to shake.
Qing Li raised an eyebrow, surprised that the other party found her so quickly.
And judging by this relentless determination, it didn’t look like this would end well!
“Boom.”
With a loud crash, the overwhelmed door finally gave way and was broken open.
The disfigured receptionist stood in the doorway. When she saw Qing Li wearing her shoes, her fury reached its peak.
Her teeth ground audibly, and her blood-red eyes seemed ready to spew fire.
“Damned human! You’ll pay the price for your foolishness.”
“It’s just a pair of shoes. I think we can resolve this in a more peaceful way,” Qing Li said, her usual violent demeanor replaced with a gentle smile and a look of pure sincerity as she faced the terrifying, grimacing ghost.
“What peaceful way?” The receptionist suppressed her urge to pounce and tear Qing Li apart, glaring at her coldly.
She wanted to see what kind of trick this human had up her sleeve—she could always devour her afterward, no rush.
In the receptionist’s eyes, humans staying in the hotel were nothing more than delivered food.
But according to their rules, their boss always got the first bite, and whatever remained of the dismembered bodies was then divided among the rest.
Therefore, they couldn’t recklessly kill the humans staying in the hotel; otherwise, they would face punishment from their boss.
At the thought of that woman’s cruel methods, a flicker of fear flashed through the receptionist’s blood-red eyes.
“I have a win-win solution that I’m sure you’ll be very satisfied with.”
In the blink of an eye, the previously smiling Qing Li suddenly kicked the open door shut with a loud bang.
The heavy door slammed shut, leaving the small room with just Qing Li and the receptionist—a human and a ghost.
At some point, a chainsaw appeared in Qing Li’s hand. Accompanied by the ear-piercing roar of the engine, the chainsaw’s blades began to spin at high speed.
“There’s only one pair of shoes, so giving them back is out of the question. But I can help you cut off your feet. That way, you won’t need shoes anymore—problem solved. What do you think?”
In the dimly lit room, Qing Li’s smile turned sinister, her youthful, innocent face now cloaked in a chilling cruelty.
With the eerie vibe of the chainsaw, she looked like a deranged serial killer.
Under her shadow, the receptionist appeared pitifully weak and helpless.
In the livestream, someone was the first to comment: [Receptionist, run for your life!]
[Mom, there’s a psycho here.]
[Damn, I can’t believe I’m worried about the receptionist’s fate.]
[Isn’t that chainsaw the one Dr. Chu gave to the village girl?]
[Receptionist: She stole my shoes and now wants to cut off my feet. Is this how humans behave?!]
“You dare mess with me?”
The receptionist’s face twisted in fury, and she lunged at Qing Li.
Humans couldn’t harm ghosts, so the receptionist acted fearlessly, completely unafraid of the chainsaw in Qing Li’s hands.
But she quickly paid the price for her recklessness.
“I tried to discuss this with you nicely, but why are you resorting to violence?”
Qing Li shrugged as, in the instant the receptionist lunged, she kicked her with such force that the receptionist’s entire body was sent flying.
The moment the receptionist’s body hit the wall, the entire hotel trembled slightly.
It was clear how powerful that kick was.
The receptionist lay motionless on the ground. Her puppet-like body was covered in cracks, and she stared in disbelief, her two eyeballs literally popping out of their sockets.
This human… actually managed to hurt her!
The dislodged eyeballs on the floor stared at the figure slowly approaching, their pupils contracting in fear.
“N-No, don’t come any closer. The shoes are yours! I don’t want them anymore.”
The receptionist’s voice trembled slightly. At this moment, she felt like she wasn’t facing a human but a vicious, bloodthirsty ghost.
“Oh, that won’t do. You see, I really hate owing people anything. Since I took your shoes, I must compensate you. I’ll compensate you so that you’ll never need to wear shoes again. Doesn’t that make you happy? Aren’t you thrilled?”
Qing Li loomed over the receptionist, looking down at her from above.
Her sinister and wicked smile curled at the corners of her mouth, while the sharp teeth of the chainsaw reflected the dim, indistinct shadows of half her face.
The female ghost was utterly stunned: Happy, my ass! Thrilled, my ass!
“Don’t worry,” Qing Li said with a mocking tone, “this chainsaw comes with a special effect. Any ghost below the level of an evil spirit injured by this will never heal. So… a little trash-level ghost like you doesn’t need to worry about growing your feet back and not having shoes to wear.”
While pretending to comfort her, Qing Li didn’t forget to throw in some insults.
The receptionist, thoroughly intimidated, began to weep blood from her empty eye sockets. “No, please, I beg you, let me go! I’m willing to serve you, to be your servant!”
She didn’t want to become a crippled ghost!
Qing Li’s brow twitched ever so slightly as she pressed the chainsaw closer to the receptionist’s ankle, still smiling. “Trash like you? What use would I even have for you?”
Desperate to prove her worth, the receptionist quickly stammered, “This hotel has a secret! There’s a vengeful ghost in a red dress staying here—I… I know where she is. I can tell you how to find her.”
A searing, bone-piercing pain spread from her ankle as the chainsaw bit into the wooden puppet body. Though her body was only a wooden vessel, her true form was a low-level ghost possessing it to lure humans into staying at the hotel.
“You want to trick me into finding the red-dressed ghost so she can deal with me?” Qing Li sneered, immediately exposing the receptionist’s ploy.
The chainsaw pressed deeper, and wood chips flew from the receptionist’s ankle.
As she saw her foot about to be sawed off, the receptionist panicked and confessed, “I know her weakness! If I don’t tell you how to find her, you’ll never know where she’s hiding. She’s already set her sights on you—only by killing her can you leave this place.”
The chainsaw’s roar abruptly ceased.
Qing Li switched it off, her cold voice falling like ice in the receptionist’s ears. “Spill everything you know.”
Her threat had achieved its purpose, and she stopped pushing further.
What the receptionist said wasn’t entirely wrong—Qing Li indeed couldn’t locate the hidden ghost. Even though she had already discovered that the hotel’s elevator could connect to another dimension, that space only radiated intense yin energy. There were still no signs of the ghost.
This ghost was cunning, hiding even deeper than a rat in a sewer.