Dan felt a sudden surge of movement in his body and quickly scrambled to his feet, gripping the necklace in shock.
This was the necklace he bought from Lilly's booth!
Who would have thought it would work?
The female spirit grew furious, emitting a guttural sound from her throat, grinding her teeth. "Who gave you that necklace? Was it a man or a woman? What about the necklace I gave you?"
"You dare to wear a necklace given by someone else! You can only wear things I've given you, nothing from others!"
The female spirit truly lost her mind, descending into utter hysteria.
She lunged forward, attempting to grab Dan's necklace, but she couldn't touch it.
Infuriated, she now wanted to take Dan down with her.
"Tonight, I will take you with me... hehe, Dan, come down and join me, come down..."
Suddenly, dark mist rose from the corners of the room.
The female spirit grew even more powerful, with black smoke emanating from her face as she slowly approached Dan.
"Come down, come down and join me, Dan, I'm waiting for you..."
Dan was filled with terror, unsure of what was happening, as his feet were no longer under his control!
His mind was clear, but his feet wouldn't obey him, stepping towards the window.
A sinister smile appeared on the female spirit's face as her mouth split open, raising her hand once again to embrace him.
"Don't be afraid, it won't hurt, not at all... a loud crash, and you'll be dead."
Just as her hand was about to touch Dan, a whooshing sound followed by a yellow flame flew towards them!
The female spirit's expression changed, and she immediately tried to vanish.
Little did she know, this time she couldn't escape.
Lilly appeared at the doorway, lifting her hand and grasping the female spirit from a distance!
With a wave of her hand, the female spirit let out a shriek and slammed onto the wall, pinned by four talismans, unable to move!
"Let go of me... let go!" she exclaimed in frustration, revealing the gruesome sight of her impending demise, struggling and contorting in agony.
Lilly calmly turned on the lights in the room.
Dan kept retreating, stumbling back onto the bed in disarray.
Lilly walked to the bedside and squeezed it.
Hidden inside the soft leather headboard was something carefully sewn, concealed from sight.
"Josh, a knife," Lilly raised her hand.
Josh immediately found a knife and handed it to her.
Lilly cut open the bedside cabinet.
To their surprise, they found a bundle of hair inside!
Dan was dumbfounded, rolling off the bed in a disheveled state.
Josh asked, "Why would there be hair hidden in the headboard..."
Lilly said, "Not only in the headboard."
Ever since she had been observing the house from outside, she wanted to determine how many places were hiding things.
Lilly reached under the bed and pulled out a box. Opening it revealed more hair inside.
She then dismantled the drawers in the wardrobe, finding hair inside as well.
Under the mattress, at the core of the quilt, behind the curtain's valance, and at the dressing table, they discovered seven places in this small room where hair was hidden.
These strands of hair were all small bundles, complete with hair follicles. They seemed to have been directly plucked, some faintly stained with blood.
Then, they were tied together with red strings, forming a coil.
Only Max looked bewildered, "Why don't I understand anything?"
What's the significance of burned walls?
What's the matter with the hair?
Lilly explained, "There's a saying that burned walls are unfit for habitation. Either you demolish and rebuild, or you seek the help of a skilled practitioner."
"Because burned walls are unclean and easily attract ghosts."
Josh nodded, understanding why whenever he saw the news about a house fire, the comments often mentioned things like "burned, unfit for habitation" or "burned, the house is ruined."
He used to think that if a wall was burned, it could simply be repaired by removing the burnt paint...
He never expected there to be this reason!
Everyone looked at the corner of the wall.
This house was in the Dark Gothic style, and the color of the walls already seemed peculiar, with no visible signs of being burned unless examined closely.
The female spirit chuckled, "That's right... I burned them!"
During the days when she argued with Dan and he ignored her!
She was so angry that she wanted to die, but even in death, she wanted to cling to him.
So she found someone online and even paid them a few thousand bucks.
Following their instructions, she burned the walls of her home and in the early morning at 2 AM, plucked her hair in front of the mirror...
Tying them together with red strings, she hid them in the room.
"I gave him a chance," the female spirit said with an eerie smile. "But he didn't listen."
"I told him that as long as he came, knelt, apologized to me, and said sorry... I wouldn't jump."
"If I didn't jump, how would I have transformed into a ghost and come back to find him? It's because he pushed me..."
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