Chapter 4

I knew that at times like this, I should make a quick getaway.

Yet, inexplicably, I followed him instead.

Jay returned to the inn and was taking a bath.

In the past, whenever I encountered such situations, I, as a female ghost, would instinctively avoid them.

But tonight, I deliberately floated into the room.

Jay had his eyes closed, seemingly unaware.

I floated a bit closer, releasing a wisp of ghostly aura.

Still no reaction.

Could it be that my four hundred years of cultivation were truly this formidable?

Just as I was about to get closer, Jay suddenly opened his eyes.

His beautiful, jet-black eyes stared directly in my direction.

Startled, I couldn’t quite tell if we were actually making eye contact.

With a splash, Jay stood up naked from the water.

And then, my eyes, for some reason, glanced downward.

“Ah!”

I screamed and almost instantly floated out through the window crack.

Riding the wind, I floated frantically!

I floated over several mountains in one breath before stopping.

That scared me to death!

No, no, I’m already a ghost; ghosts can’t be scared to death.

I hung on a branch, shaking my head desperately, trying to shake the image I just saw out of my mind.

Jay, that wicked thing, he had noticed me long ago!

As I slipped out the window, I distinctly heard his soft chuckle!