Spoiled by Eight Uncles (Lily) novel Chapter 174

Lily clutched the amulet in her hand, frowning at the tarp in the distance.

“This resentful spirit’s a tough one,” said Lilly. “She… huh?”

Blake asked, “What’s up?”

Lilly pointed at the corpse in the distance. “Daddy, her eyes are closed.”

Blake looked over. That really was the case.

No one had been paying attention to the corpse, but Lilly had been watching closely.

Her eyes had been round and open, and now they were closed.

Blake said, “But that didn’t happen to the boy’s body from last night…”

The male corpse’s eyes had been rolled back in the river. It moved twice when he got on shore, following him.

Lilly stared at the river for a long time. “I’ve got it… we were wrong, Daddy.”

Blake said, “Oh?”

Lilly replied, “There should be two resentful spirits. One of them is fierce, the other one not so much. The one who grabbed you yesterday was the fiercer one, Daddy. I think the less fierce one is in that lady’s body.”

Blake understood at once. “So there had only been two girls who fell into the water last night. This girl Jane’s been dead for a long time, and became bait. The boy saw Jane after saving the two girls, and went into the water. Then he was killed by the resentful spirit.”

Lilly nodded, holding up a thumb. “You’re a genius, Dad!”

Blake waggled his eyebrows. “Well, of course.”

Lilly said, “How’d the two girls fall into the water anyways? Did they see Jane when they fell in?”

Blake said, “I’ve looked that up for you. The girls thought the lights looked really pretty reflected onto the water, and fell in while they were trying to take photos.”

“They didn’t see Jane, but felt like they were being dragged out. They were too terrified at the moment to be sure if it was just the current.”

“The boy just happened to pass by, and rescued them immediately. The boy had just reached shore when he heard a splash and someone screaming for help…”

Both father and daughter understood now. The boy had saved both girls, and no one was supposed to die in the first place.

The problem was with Jane.

Blake saw the already dead Jane standing upright underneath the banyan tree by the river when he went there to check…

The tide had been low lately, so Jane would have no way of climbing onto shore. Even if she had been caught by a branch, there was no way she would be able to stand upright.

Lilly fiddled with the amulet in her hands, her tone nothing but worried. “Now we get it. We just don’t know how to catch the two resentful spirits.”

The two spirits had probably already seen her, and were most likely not going to go close to the riverbank anytime soon.

Blake lowered his gaze and whispered, “Lilly, how about I take you on a boat trip tonight?”

Lilly perked up at once, raising a hand. “Yes, please!”

“But Dad, the ghost will probably recognize us. We should dress up a little.” She covered her mouth with her palm, whispering as well.

Blake hauled her into his arms. “You mean to disguise ourselves.”

Lilly said, “Yep, so you should dress up as a woman so you won’t be recognized, Daddy!”

Blake was baffled by this.

Upon finding out that Blake and Lilly were leaving, Harvard finally put his phones away and left in a hurry.

More and more streamers crowded over, trying to get firsthand footage of the corpse. They were all stopped by security outside the garden.

Harvard kept walking, not even caring about getting a shot.