A dating guide turned into being surrounded by female ghosts?

Chapter 97 Li Shuran

Finally, after her daughter's persistent pleading...

The boss finally agreed to Lin Yue's order.

And the one who helped paddle the boat was the boss's nineteen-year-old daughter, who personally took to the field.

The small boat, shaped like a white swan, slowly sailed away from the harbor, its rotating oars creating ripples.

The boss, no longer caring about the darkness, stood on the shore with his face downcast, arms crossed, sighing repeatedly.

A daughter is like a bird that flies away when she grows up...

A man and a woman were paddling on the lake, using oars and pedals.

The little girl's heart was pounding as she looked at the handsome guy sitting opposite her.

To be honest, she's grown up, and I rarely see such a handsome guy except on TV.

She pretended to look at the lake, but in reality, she quickly glanced at Lin Yue's face the moment she turned her head.

A sharp, explosive sound erupted in her mind: "Aaaaaah—such long eyelashes, such beautiful lips..."

Moreover, this handsome guy seems to be about the same age as me.

This made her even more excited.

Although Lin Yue noticed that the person opposite him was constantly peeking at him, his mind was not on that at all.

His eyes were constantly searching underwater.

Wise Lake is usually quite lively, with many nearby residents taking a stroll along the shore to digest their meals after eating.

There are so many people.

But it's rare to hear of anyone dying in such a situation.

The evil spirit that Li Shuran transformed into is most likely not somewhere on the shore, but in the center of the lake.

The water of Wise Lake is crystal clear, like jade.

But you can't see what's underwater just by looking at it.

After searching in vain, Lin Yue turned her gaze away, looked at the girl opposite her, and asked with a smile, "May I ask your name?"

The girl was startled, and her cheeks immediately felt hot.

Her voice is so nice...

"Just call me Xiaowen," the girl said, head bowed. "And you?"

"Lin Jianjun."

"Huh? Lin Jianjun?"

Xiaowen's face stiffened. Why does this name make her sound so old?

It's made even handsome guys less handsome.

Ignoring all that, Lin Yue took advantage of the little girl's dazed state and asked, "Xiao Wen, how long have you been doing business here?"

"It's been about five or six years, hasn't it?"

Five or six years, that should be about right.

According to the setting, Li Shuran is seven years older than me, so as long as she doesn't die at a very young age like Wen Ning.

She probably died sometime during those years.

"Have you heard of any woman who committed suicide by jumping into the lake here in the past few years?"

After hearing this, Xiaowen's expression became even stranger.

Why is this handsome guy asking these questions?

"It seems... there is one."

"Are you sure? What does that person look like? What's their name?" Lin Yue's speech quickened.

"How...how did I know that?"

Lin Yue thought about it again and realized that it made sense. Who would remember the name of a stranger who jumped into the lake to commit suicide?

"So what do you know about that woman?"

"Uh, Jianjun, why are you asking these questions?"

"Aren't we just chatting? Just having a casual chat." Lin Yue smiled, revealing eight pearly white teeth.

"Oh, just chatting?" Xiaowen, still completely captivated by the woman's beauty, seemed jolted by a punch and continued, still dazed, "Anyway, I know that woman seemed to be a lawyer, because on the day of her accident, many of her colleagues came to see her, and many of them were wearing dark red scarves—isn't that something lawyers wear?"

Lin Yue nodded. In our country, lawyers do wear dark red scarves when they go to court.

It's not hard to understand why it's used in formal occasions to mourn friends.

Moreover, the lawyer's identity happens to match Li Shuran's profession in the game.

Judging from the appearance, the woman who committed suicide should be Li Shuran.

"After all, someone died. Since then, have you heard any strange rumors about Wise Lake? Anything related to that dirty stuff?"

They seemed to be getting into the conversation.

Xiaowen also became more engrossed in the conversation and stopped thinking about why Lin Yue had asked such strange questions.

"It seems... no."

Lin Yue was instantly disappointed.

Unexpectedly, Xiaowen's eyes suddenly lit up as if she had suddenly remembered something.

"Oh, right!"

"Hmm? What's wrong?"

"If I had to name one, I do remember one," Xiaowen said, pointing a finger at Lin Yue. "But it's a bit creepy, it might scare you."

Lin Yue smiled. If she were so easily frightened, she would probably be dead by now.

"It's okay, just say it, I can handle it."

"Okay, then I'll tell you. Actually, this happened right next to me." After saying that, she pointed to the boat owner who was standing on the shore with his arms crossed. "It's my dad's personal experience, and he told us about it himself."

Lin Yue glanced back at the man on the shore, whose face was filled with anxiety and who kept staring at his watch.

Why is he staring at the time?

Lin Yue glanced at the darkening sky.

Is it because it's afraid of getting dark?

"I remember it was two or three years ago, when I was still in high school."

"In the past, our family wouldn't have gotten off work this early. We would stay open until the evening because after dark, many young couples would want to have some romance, so they would rent a boat and spend some time alone on Ruizhi Lake... the more innocent kind. My dad would keep an eye on them from the shore." Perhaps realizing that what she said was a bit ambiguous, Xiaowen quickly explained.

Lin Yue smiled politely.

"But one day, my dad came running back, completely soaked."

"He looked like he'd lost his soul, which startled my mother. She asked him if he'd seen a ghost."

"And guess what my dad said?"

"His lips were bloodless, his hands were trembling so much he could barely hold the teacup, and he uttered a single word... 'Yes.'"

"After asking, I learned that while he was retrieving a customer's phone from the water that night, he suddenly felt a human hand beneath the lake's surface—a hand that was ice-cold!"

Xiao Wen is famous for her exaggerated gestures.

It seemed like he wanted to scare Lin Yue on purpose.

But Lin Yue remained expressionless, showing absolutely no reaction.

"..." Xiaowen.

"The next day, my dad called the police, but when they arrived, they couldn't find anything and were instead scolded. Anyway, from then on, my dad rarely did business after dark. As soon as the sun went down, he would immediately close up shop."

Lin Yue didn't say anything more.

But in my heart, I felt that this story didn't seem that scary.

That makes sense, though. If it were really terrifying and life-threatening, the boss would never agree to let his daughter go sightseeing boating with him.

"Then I'd like to ask, where in the lake did your father find that hand? And where did that woman jump into the lake?"

The strange feeling that Xiaowen had suppressed suddenly resurfaced.

But she still pointed out two locations to Lin Yue, saying, "That's on the shore over there, where the woman jumped into the lake. As for where she touched that hand, I'm not quite sure. My dad wouldn't explain it in such detail, but it should be in the direction of walking towards the center of the lake, I guess."

Lin Yue nodded and kept all of this in mind.

They then turned the boat around and sailed back to shore.

Before leaving, he made a point of thanking Xiaowen several times.

He made the little girl blush for a long time, and the boss also glared at him for a long time.

But after he left...

When Xiaowen was packing up her stall, she suddenly couldn't help but slap herself.

She crouched down, covered her face, and wailed in a low voice, "Are you an idiot? A handsome guy finally comes along, and instead of asking for his WeChat or something, you tell him ghost stories for ages?"