Seeing the situation, Xiaozi Xing broke out in a cold sweat. Normally, it shouldn’t be impossible to remove a dead person’s shoes.

“小 Boss, how about we just wait for Dai Jieying to come?” Xiaozi Xing started to back out.

“Scratch her soles,” I said.

Earlier, Dai Jieying couldn’t take off the shoes either. This corpse seemed a little strange; even when Dai Jieying came, it would be the same, because women’s bodies are naturally yin, and that’s why female ghosts are more common. Female corpses are also more sinister than male ones once they turn undead.

“What? What? This is a dead person…”

“Stop talking nonsense. Scratch!” I said firmly.

Xiaozi Xing had no choice but to follow my instructions. He gently scratched beneath the shoe.

The funeral shoes were very thin, and Xiaozi Xing didn’t need much strength to reach the sole.

"Heh heh..."

Suddenly, a chilling laugh echoed in the coffin pit. Though it was soft, it felt as if it exploded right in our ears. Xiaozi Xing’s face turned pale from fear.

“Don’t waste time. Take it off!” I urged.

Xiaozi Xing dared not delay. He used force, and the shoes on the corpse’s feet were instantly peeled off.

“Such small feet. Do you think we can tattoo a Xuanwu?” Xiaozi Xing asked.

I said, “Even if we can't, we’ll make a mini one. As long as it works, that’s good enough.”

Once the shoes were off, I quickly began the tattoo. The corpse’s feet were delicate, and if I wasn’t careful, the needle would easily pierce the flesh. So, the smaller the tattoo, the more precise the work had to be. It wasn’t easier just because it was smaller.

To be safe, I asked Xiaozi Xing to keep an eye out. I was worried that the butler might come and mess things up. Once I began, it would be hard to stay alert.

It was around midnight when I finally finished the tattoo. The graveyard was eerily quiet, and it felt cold, as if something was calling out in the distance.

After I finished, I dressed the corpse’s feet again, and I bowed three times. “Sorry for the disturbance tonight. Please forgive me. This is for the Dai family’s descendants. If there’s any resentment, blame it on Xiaozi Xing. I hope he’ll be cursed to never grow taller.”

When I finished, I planned to climb out of the coffin pit and have the coffin sealed. But just then, a cold hand suddenly… grabbed my crotch!

Luckily, my pants were thick; otherwise, that sharp fingernail might’ve castrated me.

"Such a big..."

Suddenly, the corpse behind us seemed to murmur two words.

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What the hell, it’s true that strange things happen at midnight. Didn’t this corpse just transform?

Xiaozi Xing said that when I was pulling my pants down, the corpse might’ve seen it, and now it had taken an interest in me.

“Shut up. You’re the one the corpse has taken an interest in,” I snapped, my mind racing, sweat dripping down my back.

If it were any other part of my body, I might’ve been able to struggle, but there, I couldn’t move at all. This was a corpse, and I didn’t know if it was undead or something else. If it went too far, I could end up castrated.

Xiaozi Xing frowned, thinking hard. He then turned and said to the corpse in the coffin, “Predecessor, this is the Dai family’s eldest granddaughter, Dai Jieying’s chosen man. Please don’t compete with your descendants.”

Strangely, Xiaozi Xing’s words seemed to work. The corpse’s hand immediately withdrew.

I breathed a sigh of relief and scrambled up out of the coffin pit like a madman. This money really wasn’t worth the trouble. I almost ruined the Tang family’s bloodline.

The more money you make, the more dangerous the work. This ghost tattoo is an evil art, and the money is also tainted with darkness.

Once I climbed out, Dai Jieying was already waiting at the top. She had changed out of her dress and into a pair of jeans and a tight T-shirt. Compared to the loose dress, this outfit showed off her figure much better.

I told her not to waste time and to seal the coffin quickly so we could leave. The cemetery had a heavy aura, and the longer we stayed, the more sinister things could happen. Unlike last night, there weren’t many experts around to protect us.

Dai Jieying was scared too. She quickly had people seal the coffin and restore the gravestone. During the process, I kept an eye on the butler, worried he might try something again.

Luckily, with both Xiaozi Xing and I watching, the butler couldn’t do anything.

Once everything was done, I didn’t want to stay any longer. I left with Dai Jieying and the others, planning to come back the next day to finish the rest of the tattoos.

In the car on the way back, I noticed that Dai Jieying kept glancing at me from the corner of her eye, and that cold aura from before was gone. Occasionally, she would blush, as if recalling something.

People say that women who appear cold on the outside are often the warmest inside, but only if you have the fire to light their hearts.

To break the awkwardness, I asked her what had happened when she went down into the coffin pit.

Dai Jieying snapped back to her senses and said that when she went down, she didn’t do anything. She tried to take the corpse’s shoes off but couldn’t. After that, she went up, and when she turned around, she saw another version of herself standing in front of me.

Strangely, she wasn’t the type to argue or fight, but after smelling that fragrance, her mood and temper suddenly became very violent.

By all accounts, the situation should’ve been creepy enough to make her scared. Seeing someone who looked exactly like her suddenly pop up in the coffin pit would have sent anyone’s nerves on edge. But instead, she had fought with that other version of herself, which was a bit unbelievable.

“At that time, we must have been under some sort of illusion,” I said, taking out the corpse fragrance puppet. “Have you seen this before?”

Dai Jieying looked at the puppet and shook her head. “I’ve never seen it before, but it feels kind of… creepy. And why does it look exactly like me?”

I explained, “This is called a Corpse Fragrance Magic Puppet. It’s the fragrance it emits that traps us in an illusion. It’s possible that it turned into you, the version of you we saw earlier, but I broke the illusion with a little bit of child’s urine.”

Xiaozi Xing said this thing was hanging on your skirt earlier.

Dai Jieying was surprised. “Really? I didn’t notice it. When was it on my skirt?”

It seemed just as I thought. Dai Jieying had no idea about the Corpse Fragrance Magic Puppet, and she definitely didn’t know it had been on her skirt. It was clear someone had deliberately placed it there, and the biggest suspect was the butler.

After we were dropped off at the tattoo shop, Dai Jieying quickly left. But before she left, her eyes inadvertently glanced at me again, and her face turned red once more. She quickly closed the car door and sped off.

I was a little puzzled. Was Dai Jieying drunk or something? She’d been blushing all night. Could it be that being around a handsome guy like me had made her shy?

Hmm, most likely!