FV CH 9

Ghost Baby

Chapter 9: What kind of predatory look is that?

When they got home, Mo Yunchu tied on an apron and cooked a meal for Tang Ning.

Although Mo Yunchu cooked breakfast today, it was very simple and did not give Mo Yunchu much room to play. When Mo Yunchu really put in the effort to cook in the evening, Tang Ning was surprised to find that Mo Yunchu’s cooking was delicious.

Braised crucian carp, fried yam with black fungus, corn and pork ribs soup, one meat, one vegetable and one soup, all home-cooked dishes, but cooked with the quality of a chef.

When Tang Ning smelled the fragrance of the rice, he was already starving. The corn and pork ribs soup was a little hot as it was just out of the pot. Tang Ning drank it in a hurry and the tip of his tongue was burned.

“Be careful.” Mo Yunchu scooped a spoonful of soup and blew it gently, then handed it to Tang Ning’s mouth.

Tang Ning had never been fed like this since he grew up. He tasted the soup uncomfortably. The sweetness of the corn blended perfectly into the soup. It was so delicious that Tang Ning felt like he was alive again.

The white spoon left the beautifully shaped lips. The plump lips turned a rich red due to the heat, no longer pale as they were at the beginning.

“You eat too, no need to take care of me.” Tang Ning said uncomfortably. Mo Yunchu’s eyes left Tang Ning’s lips. He scooped another spoonful of soup, did not blow, and drank it slowly.

“That spoon… I just used it.” Tang Ning was a little confused.

Mo Yunchu immediately handed Tang Ning a new clean spoon considerately.

Tang Ning didn’t mean that, but Mo Yunchu’s understanding seemed to be correct. He picked up the spoon in a daze and continued to eat. Mo Yunchu put the most tender fish meat into his bowl. Tang Ning lowered his head uncomfortably to eat, almost burying his face in the bowl.

His face was so small.

It made the mouth of the bowl look bigger.

In the past, Tang Ning had to control his weight, so he rarely ate so much. This time, Tang Ning ate the meal cleanly. Mo Yunchu smiled when he saw this, as if he was happy that his cooking skills were recognized.

Since he couldn’t take a shower right after eating, Mo Yunchu took Tang Ning to the home theater to watch a movie. Tang Ning chose the movie, which was Mo Yunchu’s masterpiece, a movie that almost swept all the awards that year.

It was pitch black all around. A slender hand appeared on the bright big screen, with fingers pressing on the brim of the hat. The man had a clear and advanced jawline. Because he lowered his head, his tightly closed thin lips seemed to show the arc of a smile.

He adjusted the position of the military cap with one hand, and raised his head. The shadow covering his nose quickly faded, and instead lingered on his narrow and long phoenix eyes, but it couldn’t hide the sharpness in his eyes.

What kind of predatory gaze was that?

Cold, calm and cruel, like a predator in the dark firmly locking its prey, and the slightly upturned tail of the eye added a touch of charm to this dangerous gaze.

Tang Ning sat in front of the big screen, and through time and space, he collided with this deep and terrifying gaze. His scalp trembled, and the muscles in his shoulders and neck kept contracting, as if he had encountered a natural enemy.

The person on the screen was Mo Yunchu, but at the same time it’s also not Mo Yunchu.

This was a completely different image from the gentle and elegant Mo Yunchu in daily life. He was sharp, cold and abstinent, and Tang Ning actually felt that this kind of Mo Yunchu was…

particularly eye-catching.

The rhythm of this movie was very good, with climaxes and twists. Tang Ning didn’t notice the passage of time while watching it. When the ending song of the movie played, his thoughts were separated from the plot of the movie. His whole mental state was in a state of satisfaction as if he had tasted a feast of gluttony.

“Xiao Ning still likes this movie so much.” Mo Yunchu’s low and gentle voice sounded beside his ears.

Although Mo Yunchu in the movie used the original voice, the tone and voice were specially changed to fit the character, which sounded particularly strong and cold. Now Tang Ning was a little uncomfortable when he suddenly heard Mo Yunchu’s originally gentle voice.

He turned to look at Mo Yunchu beside him. The dim light from the big screen was projected on Mo Yunchu’s face. His face was so handsome that it was almost intimidating. For a moment, Tang Ning could not distinguish between the character in the movie and reality. “Mo Yunchu, your acting is really good.” He praised sincerely.

If he had one tenth of Mo Yunchu’s acting talent, no, even one percent of Mo Yunchu’s acting talent, his acting skills would be on a higher level! Tang Ning looked at Mo Yunchu with more admiration than a little fan.

His slender and powerful hands passed through Tang Ning’s soft hair and gently touched Tang Ning’s head. “As long as Xiao Ning likes it, it’s getting late. Let’s take a shower and go to bed.”

Take a shower.

Tang Ning recalled the terrifying memory of encountering the ghost baby in the bathroom. He now had two choices. One was to go to bed without taking a shower, and the other was for him and Mo Yunchu to take a shower together in the same bathroom.

“…I’m a little sleepy. I want to go to bed directly, so I won’t take a shower.” Tang Ning felt that the option of taking a shower together was a bit dangerous, a different level of danger.

“Okay, I’ll go to the bathroom first, Xiao Ning, go to the bedroom and have a good rest.” Mo Yunchu said readily.

Tang Ning: “!”
Tang Ning suddenly realized that his real choice was to either take a bath together or not take a bath at all. The latter was more difficult to do because Mo Yunchu would definitely be sweating after being busy today. What excuse could he use to stop Mo Yunchu from taking a bath?

Seeing that Mo Yunchu was about to get up and leave, Tang Ning quickly changed his words and said, “Let’s take a bath together!”

Mo Yunchu turned around after hearing this. Half of his face was in the shadows. The heavy shadow under his brow bone made it difficult to see his eyes. The corners of his lips slightly raised, a faint smile, “Okay.”

Tang Ning had never bathed with anyone before. He comforted himself that since they were of the same sex, it wouldn’t be a big deal. While Mo Yunchu went to prepare bathing supplies, Tang Ning turned on his phone out of boredom.

He hadn’t turned on his phone since entering the villa.

Now he saw that Lu Yingxing had sent him more than a dozen unread messages:
[This is fucking weird, I also have that kind of handprint on my body]
[I don’t remember how I fell, how come I was unconscious for more than ten hours?]
…
[Tang Ning, I just took a look at the surveillance video, and I think something is wrong. Be prepared before you click on the video.]
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Tang Ning clicked on the surveillance video Lu Yingxing sent him. The time was 10:50 pm. Mo Yunchu appeared at the gate of the villa. It seemed that he had just finished work and got home.

Then something strange happened. Mo Yunchu, who was still at the gate of the villa in the last second, suddenly appeared at the door of the bedroom on the second floor. After another second, Mo Yunchu’s figure flashed at the door of the guest bedroom…

A chill climbed up his spine, and Tang Ning widened his eyes, unable to believe what he saw.

How could this be possible?

He was clearly here the previous second, how come the next second—

“Xiao Ning, what are you looking at?”

Mo Yunchu appeared in front of Tang Ning without anyone noticing. His tall and straight figure appeared silently, which instantly reminded Tang Ning of the strange figure in the video. Tang Ning’s hands trembled, and he hurriedly put away his phone, avoiding his deep phoenix eyes, “Nothing.”

It must be nothing. There must be an abnormal frame loss in the surveillance video, which is why the whole process of Mo Yunchu’s movement was lost.

Tang Ning tried hard to forget the video, but the panic in his heart was getting stronger and stronger. He thought of Lu Yingxing who had no shadow in the hallway, and looked for Mo Yunchu’s shadow in panic. Soon, he saw a long, thick shadow on the ground.

There was a shadow!

His extremely tense nerves relaxed for a moment, and the next moment, Tang Ning was held by Mo Yunchu’s wrist. His warm palm slid down and wrapped around Tang Ning’s cold fingertips, rubbing them lightly.

Tang Ning’s soft flesh on the pulp of his fingers trembled as they were rubbed.

“Your hands are so cold.” Mo Yunchu let go of his hand and turned to unbutton Tang Ning’s clothes, slowly unbuttoning them one by one, as if he was opening a gift. Her slender, white neck was so beautiful that it was dazzling. The collar was open, revealing a piece of white skin and the glaring red marks.

Mo Yunchu paused, and took off his shirt, and saw the more eye-catching marks on her slender waist, as if someone had pinched her.

“What is this?”
A large hand covered the handprint. Mo Yunchu’s body temperature was higher than Tang Ning’s, like a molten fire that was about to devour him.

“It hurts…” Tang Ning’s eyes trembled slightly. He lowered his head and saw such misleading marks. Tang Ning guessed that it must be caused by a ghost when he was in the corridor today. However, it was not convenient to explain this to Mo Yunchu, so Tang Ning had to evade the question, “…I’ve been having back pain recently, so I asked someone to help me press it.”

Mo Yunchu looked at Tang Ning quietly, “Really?”

Tang Ning felt that such a calm and deep gaze seemed to be able to see through people’s hearts. He did not dare to look at Mo Yunchu, and moved his eyes downwards to look at Mo Yunchu’s beautiful lips, “Yeah.”

The corners of his lips lifted up, and the words he said were still so gentle: “Xiao Ning, if you feel uncomfortable anywhere, tell me, I am the one who knows Xiao Ning’s body best.”

Tang Ning carefully raised his eyes to Mo Yunchu, but could not see any clues from Mo Yunchu’s expression. The other party’s attitude was complete trust. He put his warm hands around his waist, “I will help Xiao Ning take a bath later, okay?”

He was still asking for his opinion so gently, but Tang Ning inexplicably lost the courage to refuse Mo Yunchu.

Tang Ning’s eyes were filled with beautiful moisture. He heard Mo Yunchu say word by word, “Wash away all the dirt.”

…..

Lu Yingxing looked at the screen in the surveillance camera. The mist made the glass door look frosted. The water flowed into the bathtub. The rising mist seemed to turn into invisible silk threads, entwining the young man lying in the bathtub.

His soft black hair was wet by the water. The foam surrounded him, like a butterfly falling into a spider web in the morning, weak, beautiful, full of restraint and broken beauty.

Lu Yingxing couldn’t take his eyes away. He took a deep breath, trying to suppress the jealousy and throbbing in his heart.

Suddenly, he was attracted by a corner of the screen. He saw a ball of black gas there. As he looked at it, the black gas gradually spread like a dot of ink, quickly infecting the entire surveillance screen, and in an instant the screen was pitch black.

Seeing this, Lu Yingxing cursed in annoyance. Just as he was about to check what was wrong, a ghost face suddenly appeared on the black screen!

Caught off guard, Lu Yingxing threw the entire phone out!

With a bang, the phone screen cracked, and Lu Yingxing’s chest was panting violently. After a while, he calmed down and got out of bed, cursing and preparing to pick up the phone.

The phone didn’t fall very far. When Lu Yingxing lowered his head to pick up the phone, he heard a strange noise, as if there was something under the bed. He lay down and looked into the darkness—

he saw a pair of eyes made of buttons.