Chapter 235
Chapter 235
Every hair on Gangzi’s body stood on end. Bloody Mary had emerged inside the mirror. Her face was not frightening. In fact, she was beautiful. It was simply enormous, filling the entire mirror.
“Awesome effects, streamer! I can’t even tell they’re fake.”
“What if they’re real?”
“Rest in peace, brother!”
“Already jerked off!”
“The guy above is hardcore!”
Only Gangzi knew the entity was real.
His teeth chattered. Fortunately, he retained enough clarity to remember that he had to follow the Bloody Mary ritual if he wanted any chance of survival.
The next step was to ask her a question and offer her a sacrifice.
“Bloody Mary, I… I want to ask… how old will I live to be?”
He hoped Bloody Mary would give the age he was naturally destined to reach. Once she named an age, she could not kill him. If she did, he would never live to that age, making her a liar and contradicting the rules that governed her.
He was gambling on her answer.
“Seventy-four!” Bloody Mary replied.
Gangzi was overjoyed. He would live!
The next instant, Bloody Mary opened her mouth. A blood-red tongue shot out, wrapped around his neck, and yanked him into the mirror.
Bloody Mary could not lie. If she said someone would live to seventy-four, then that person would live to seventy-four. Not even outside forces could interfere.
To prevent future complications, she simply dragged Gangzi into the mirror and kept him alive inside her body until the age of seventy-four.
The audience saw none of this. Shortly after Bloody Mary’s face appeared in the mirror, the livestream had been forcibly disconnected.
Liu Ye patted his chest.
“Wow. That really was frightening!”
The Fiends stared at the white light radiating from Liu Ye’s body.
You’re the frightening one here!
They watched several more streams. Fortunately, while those streamers were also courting death, luck was with them that day, and no Fiends targeted them.
The streams gave Liu Ye a basic understanding of the business. Everyone spent several days preparing, but Liu Ye was still unfamiliar with smartphones. He could manage most functions, but whenever he operated the camera, he would inevitably forget where it was pointing.
“We’ll need to give him an assistant.”
None of the Fiends wanted to accompany Liu Ye. After the Driver returned from the last trip, his entire body had become noticeably thinner.
The moment Liu Ye heard he needed an assistant, his eyes lit up.
…
In a private hospital in Huicheng, Xiaoshuai lay in bed wrapped from head to toe in bandages, watching television. John sat beside him, peeling an apple.
“You were ruthless. You wiped that much value off the Group. Weren’t you afraid you’d lose control of the situation?”
“Nothing new can be built without first tearing down the old. Second Uncle and the others were too deeply entangled with the Illuminati. This was the only way to root their agents out of the Group and reassure the authorities. We can recover the money later by taking over some of the Illuminati’s businesses.”
“As long as you have a plan.”
As they spoke, Liu Ye suddenly opened the door and walked in.
At the sight of him, Xiaoshuai shuddered instinctively. It was not a conscious reaction; his body moved on its own.
“Fei, how are you feeling? Any better?”
“Much better, Brother Liu. Did you need something?”
“Here’s the thing. I’m planning to start livestreaming, but I need an assistant, so I thought of you. I’m telling you, there’s good money in this business. We’re family now, so the two of us can earn it together.”
Xiaoshuai fell silent.
“Brother Liu, I would love to help, but my body won’t allow it. Look at me. I genuinely can’t move.”
Xiaoshuai wore an expression of anguish and pounded his leg with one fist, as though deeply upset that he could not go out with Liu Ye.
“It’s that serious?”
“Yes! The doctor said I need at least six months of rest before I can get out of bed.”
“Really?”
Just then, a doctor entered the room.
“Mr. Xu Fei? Your injuries have almost completely healed. Truly, in all my years of medicine, I’ve never seen anything like it. You were struck by a car, yet suffered only a few minor bone fractures. And after a single day, even those have healed. It’s a medical miracle!”
Xiaoshuai fell silent.
He glanced at the jade pendant on his chest. This was probably its effect.
He only wished it had not worked quite so well.
“Doctor, perhaps I should stay for observation. It would be terrible if there were any lasting complications.”
“There’s absolutely no need. You can be discharged now.”
“Come on, Doctor, that’s unreasonable. How can you make such a careless judgment about a patient’s condition? Shouldn’t you order every test you have? Worried I can’t pay? See him? That’s my biological younger brother, chairman of the Zhao Group. Do you think he can’t afford it?”
John rolled his eyes, then hurled the apple in his hand at Xiaoshuai’s groin.
“Ohoho!”
Xiaoshuai clutched himself and sprang to his feet. Then he saw Liu Ye watching him with a knowing smile.
“Zhao En! You bastard! How could you set up your own big brother?”
…
That night, Xiaoshuai followed Liu Ye into a small hotel, phone in hand. This was supposedly where Gangzi’s incident had occurred.
Xu Fei wore a mask and sunglasses. Although the Zhao family had cleared his wanted status, his face remained highly recognizable. It was better to conceal it and avoid unnecessary trouble.
After setting up the equipment, Xu Fei started the livestream.
Liu Ye’s face soon appeared on-screen.
“Wow, another paranormal streamer!”
“Hahaha! Looks like we’ll have more entertainment tonight.”
“That streamer Gangzi hasn’t gone live in days. He’s probably dead.”
“This kid looks like an idiot. No way he lives long.”
Viewers quickly poured into the room.
Paranormal streams had become extremely popular. Anyone bold enough to go live could attract an audience.
Seeing so many people enter, Liu Ye immediately spoke.
“Thank you all for coming. Tonight, we’re playing that Bloody Mary game too. If you have any valuable gifts, send some over. I want the spaceship-the one that costs more than ten thousand.”
The viewers fell silent.
Xiaoshuai fell silent.
Never had they seen anyone demand gifts so brazenly.
“Fei, why aren’t they sending anything?” Liu Ye asked in confusion.
“Brother, there’s a difference between receiving gifts and robbery.”
“Then what do I do? I saw videos where women danced and shook themselves around, and the gifts came pouring in. I can do that too.”
Xiaoshuai fell silent.
Who would want to watch you dance?
“Brother, ours is a respectable paranormal stream. Those are crooked methods. Once you start the game, they’ll be too scared not to send gifts.”
The viewers fell silent.
Could they at least discuss this somewhere the audience could not hear? At this rate, no one would want to send anything even after the game began.
“All right. Let’s do it.”
Liu Ye picked up the supplies and entered the bathroom.
Following Xiaoshuai’s instructions, he arranged everything in place. The two candles had come from his hometown. He thrust them down beside the mirror with two sharp taps.
Liu Ye lit the candles. The next instant, Xiaoshuai and every viewer online heard countless screams.