THEY ALL SAY I'VE MET A GHOST

Chapter 26

A Fan Translation

CHAPTER 26 - New Job (Part 3)

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"What are you doing here?" I asked sternly.

“I'm..." Mu Huaitong cast around wildly for an excuse.

I stared at her, waiting to see what reason she would come up with.

"I'm a chauffeur. This man said he wasn't feeling up to driving, so he called me to drive him." Mu Huaitong's face beamed with innocence. "Teacher, I'm just doing a bit of honest work!"

I opened the backdoor and checked Manager Lu's breath. I determined that he was still alive and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sheer fabrication." I crossed my arms and looked at Mu Huaitong.

"I really am a chauffeur, though," Mu Huaitong said earnestly.

“Oh? Show me the order on your phone, then, and your driver's license." I put out my hand.

Mu Huaitong didn't respond. Her expression became serious, and she said, "Teacher Shen, mind your own business."

"I wouldn't get involved in other people's business, but you aren't other people. You're my student." I sighed and went towards her. "Last night, were you the person scaring Manager Lu, trying to make him hallucinate being strangled?"

“If you want a person, it wasn’t me.” Mu Huaitong's gaze was fearless and direct. I believed her. She wasn't an expert liar, she was just a little mischievous.

"But I think you know what happened?”

"Yes, I know what happened last night, although I didn't take part." She muttered, "How could I, when I knew Teacher Shen worked at that company."

"And what about today?" I pointed at the comatose Manger Lu. "Why is he unconscious?"

"Just scared. It wasn't hard," Mu Huaitong said disdainfully, "there's no one in this whole world I can't scare into fainting, oh, except for Teacher Shen."

I started to relax. If Mu Huaitong hadn't taken part in yesterday's events, and today she had only scared Manager Lu unconscious and been stopped by me before she could drive the car away, then her behavior only constituted a prank and wouldn't go on her record. In this situation the police would only caution her. If she didn't mend her ways, at most they would fine her or detain her for ten to fifteen days. It wasn't a big problem.

After silently reciting these legal provisions to myself, I decided to caution Mu Huaitong on behalf of the police comrades. I told her that it was her first offense, and she shouldn't haggle. If she dared to offend again, it would mean three days under detention as a warning.

"Where were you planning on taking him?" I asked.

"I was just going to drive around." Mu Huaitong's gaze drifted around. It was clear she hadn't had good intentions.

"What was going on yesterday, anyway? Why would someone want to scare Manager Lu, or drug him?"

"No one drugged him. The police won't find anything when they examine the coffee cup." Mu Huaitong went on to explain, "It's just that when the cleaning lady was clearing up his office she accidentally broke the outlet. She couldn't repair it herself, and by some miraculous twist she ended up damaging the power supply. Playing The Ring on the TV was only a prank. If he was so scared he fainted from it, it was because he has his own personal ghosts. Teacher Shen didn't faint, did you?"

I really hadn't fainted. What Student Mu was saying made a lot of sense.

"What does the cleaning lady have against Manager Lu that made her want to scare him like that? And what personal ghosts does Manager Lu have?" Mu Huaitong seemed to know something about this, so I kept questioning her.