Chapter 28
As Lu Li finished speaking, a profound silence enveloped the desk.
Anna’s clear eyes gradually filled with a misty haze, her frail figure beneath the gothic white dress swayed slightly, and her pale pink lips trembled as she spoke in a soft, tearful voice, “Are you going to kill me?”
Before Lu Li could respond, she began mumbling a string of incoherent words.
“Then… then if you’re going to kill me, can you at least let me say my last words… sniff… I’ve only been awake for less than two months. I’ve never even left the gallery. After you kill me, please bury me with my mother. And if you can, could you dig up my body and take me to an amusement park or the seaside… sob… And my best friend Daisy, tell her I’ll always be her best friend forever. Please ask her not to forget about me…”
The more Anna spoke, the more aggrieved she became. She collapsed onto the desk, sobbing pitifully.
“I don’t intend to do anything to you,” Lu Li finally said, feeling compelled to clarify.
“Wh-what…?” Anna’s crying stopped abruptly. She sniffled and cautiously lifted her head, her tousled bangs sticking to her forehead, her nose sniffling with each breath. “But… you’re an exorcist.”
“There’s no law that says exorcists must deal with every ghost they see,” Lu Li replied, his face as emotionless as a sculpture. “Besides, have you done anything bad?”
“Does occasionally wanting to prank people count…?”