Chapter 590: Being Stupid Again
Laurent ca to an abandoned and remote neighborhood. There was no one here.
He took out his phone. “Pala, I’m outside the neighborhood.”
“Okay, wait there for .”
A mont later, an old woman ca outside. Her face was extrely pale and her hair was ssy. She wore a flowery dress that looked ancient. She was like a ghost from movies.
“F*ck... You...” Seeing her, Laurent wanted to turn and run.
“Laurent, co back.” The woman couldn’t catch up, so she could only yell from the back. “It’s , Pala.”
Hearing her voice, Laurent stopped and looked at her hesitantly.
“You’re Pala?”
“You really are Pala?”
“Yes.”
Laurent studied the old woman before him.
He honestly couldn’t believe that the pretty woman from 20 years ago would turn into this state.
However, she really did have traces of Pala.
“How did you turn into this?”
Pala was a few years younger than him. How could she look so old?
Pala straightened and ripped off the fake mask she had on.
She instantly brightened. Even though she was a bit older, she wasn’t as scary as before.
“Why did you do that to yourself?” Laurent finally confird that it was Pala.
“I can’t help it,” Pala said helplessly. “For our field, you have to do that to make people believe you’re an experienced spiritualist.”
“So are you?”
“Of course.”
Laurent still doubted it. Pala had said that she was a spiritualist since they first t each other, but he still didn’t really believe it.
“Co. Let’s go inside to talk.”
Laurent followed behind Pala and looked at the barren neighborhood.
He was pretty sure that no one lived here.
Rather, Pala lived here by herself.
“How co you live here?”
“Duh, have you ever seen a spiritualist live in a fancy apartnt? Plus, the rent for here is only $300 per month.”
Laurent felt that the second was the true reason.
“And most people feel like old witches should live in places like this, right?”
Pala pushed open the door. Laurent pressed the light switch, but no light ca on.
“How co it’s not on? Is it broken?”
“No electricity.”
“No electricity? Do you get blackouts often?”
“They’ve turned off the electricity for this neighborhood long ago.”
“Then, how do you live? You can’t even cook, right?”
“Food delivery.” Pala’s answer destroyed all of her mysteriousness.
While speaking, she pulled aside the curtains.
The living room was instantly brighter.
There were many strange items in the living room, along with so bookshelves.
“I have to stay mysterious when people visit usually, so the room has to be dark,” Pala said. “Oh, why did you co and find this ti?”
“You really are a spiritualist, right?”
“Of course. Are you doubting ?”
“Then, can you summon spirits?” Laurent asked.
“That’s what a deathspeaker does. I can’t do it.”
“Then, what can you do?”
“If you want to summon spirits, I can introduce you to soone, but I need to take a fee.”
Laurent was speechless. “Can you do curses?”
“Those are poison spiritualists.” Pala looked at him. “Do you have so enemy?”
“I have a mortal enemy.”
“How bad is it?”
“He stole my daughter.”
Pala almost flipped the table over.
After all this ti, it’s your son-in-law, right?
“If you can take care of him for , I’ll pay you $10,000.”
Hearing $10,000, Pala was tempted.
“To what extent? Kill him?”
“That’s not necessary. Just scare him. It’s best if he can surrender to .”
Pala finally understood.
It was just an in-law rivalry.
She thought about it. “How about this? Bring him to my neighborhood. Oh, it has to be at midnight.”
“Why?” Laurent asked. “Are we going to have people hide here? That’s not necessary. That guy is really good at fighting. Even a dozen guys won’t be able to beat him.”
“I’m not that lowly. Plus, hiring hitters costs money.”
“Then, what do you have planned?”
Pala lowered her head. “Do you know why this place is empty?”
Laurent thought about it.
When he ca in, the infrastructure along the way were all preserved well.
Leaves covered the street because no one maintained it, but there didn’t seem to be any other problems.
“Why?”
“Twelve years ago, there was an epidemic here.”
“Epidemic? This is Arica. Are you sure you’re not joking?”
“Do I look like I’m joking?”
“Yes.”
“I’m serious.” Pala looked at him seriously. “The dia didn’t report it, because they didn’t want to cause panic.”
“Then what?”
“More than 100 people died in the epidemic.”
“Are you saying it’s haunted?”
“Later, developers bought the land from the governnt for a new project, but accidents kept happening, so the project had to stop.”
“Are there really ghosts?”
“Even I’m too scared to go out at night,” Pala said.
“Is it really that scary?”
“Of course.”
“If I call that *sshole here, will he die here?”
“That’s why you should call him here at midnight. Usually, the evil spirits that walk around will hide after one a.m. They won’t cause trouble. Also, having him co alone is the safest. If there are two people, the evil spirits might possess or trick one to make them kill each other.”
“Are you sure it’s okay?”
“It’s okay. I’ve lived here for so long and figured everything out.”
Pala looked confidently at Laurent. “Oh, right. Order food delivery.”
“Why?”
“Aren’t you going to eat dinner?”
“I didn’t say I’ll stay,” Laurent said.
“You don’t want to stay and see your in-law cry in fear?”
Laurent looked at Pala. “You just want to get free food, right?”
“It’s getting late,” Pala said. “Hurry and call for food, or else they won’t co if it’s too late.”
Laurent picked up his phone and ordered two food deliveries.
When he hung up, he saw a key hanging from Pala’s neck.
“What’s that key for?”
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