Sword Against the Scoundrel by Grapefruit Chapter 10

Although Carter Lin's family went bankrupt, his parents did have some backup plans.

At least the apartment within the Third Ring Road where he lives now was transferred to his uncle's name by his parents a long time ago, and his uncle was asked to wait until he came of age and then transfer it back to his name.

Ethan Lu argued with Nova for a long time. After he repeatedly stated that he would not do anything illegal or criminal to Carter Lin, Nova went against his conscience and told Ethan Lu the address of Carter Lin's home.

He first spent two hundred yuan to buy most of the skeleton from the beef shop downstairs in the market which was about to close.

The owner of the beef shop was a woman wearing a headscarf. Ever since Ethan Lu stood in front of her, she had been staring at him, unable to take her eyes off him.

Ethan Lu pointed to the iron basin in the corner of the shop, which was half a basin of semi-solidified cow blood, and smiled at the proprietress: "Sister, can you sell that to me?"

Those who can make it in the market usually have a bit of boldness and unseriousness in their characters.

The proprietress was at least ten years older than Ethan Lu. Seeing Ethan Lu blushing and calling her sister, she teased him:

"No one bought it. You're so handsome. If you want it, I can give it to you, but you have to promise me one thing."

Ethan Lu gave her a puzzled and embarrassed look.

The lady boss smiled and said, "From now on, I'll buy beef from you, so you can enjoy the sight of it."

The butcher from the shop next door poked his head out to look at the lady boss, then scolded her with a smile: "Be careful your man will come back and take care of you!"

The lady boss glared at the man and said, "Stop minding your own business!"

Ethan Lu listened patiently and nodded obediently to the proprietress.

The lady boss then filled another bag of blood for him and asked him, "Beef blood is fishy and not tasty. Take this back first. If you like it, I'll give you more next time."

Ethan Lu took the cow blood and said, "Thank you, sister."

He threw half of the cow skeleton into the trunk of his car, bought a boning knife at the kitchen store, and then drove to Carter Lin's residence.

Carter Lin has worked very hard in the past six months.

Many people think that modeling is a job that relies purely on looks and figures, taking shortcuts and relying on youth.

In fact, if they want to truly gain a foothold in the industry, the effort and energy they need to put in is no less than that of other industries.

Strict body management, skin management, interpersonal communication, and the maintenance of personal connections are much more difficult than imagined.

After finishing another social event and returning exhausted to his neighborhood, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He had drunk some wine, and his mind was still clear, but his steps were unsteady.

He pushed open the door of the unit and stomped his feet. The corridor was still dark and there seemed to be a power outage.

Carter Lin walked to the elevator hall in the dark. Just as he was about to press the elevator button, he tripped over something, making a harsh friction sound.

It is extremely clear in the silence.

He took out his cell phone, turned on the flashlight, and saw a yellow sign lying on the ground.

He picked up the sign, shone the flashlight on it, and saw the words on it clearly: [Under maintenance.]

Carter Lin sighed and cursed in a low voice, "What bad luck!"

He was in a bad mood and tired after a long day. He threw the sign on the ground in annoyance, thought about it, and kicked it away.

Then walk into the safety passage, hold the stair handrail, and climb up step by step.

At first, there was nothing around except darkness and silence.

When he was in a daze and didn't know which floor he was on, he heard a series of even and regular "bang, bang, bang" sounds.

It sounded like someone was chopping something.

Carter Lin didn't take it seriously at first, but the higher he went, the clearer the "bang, bang, bang" sounds became.

Darkness always amplifies people's fear.

If it were daytime, this wouldn't be anything to be afraid of, but it was the dead of night and the lights were all off. Even though Carter Lin was quite brave, he couldn't help but get goose bumps all over his body.

He took out his cell phone again, turned on the flashlight, and shone it upstairs.

The sound disappeared.

Carter Lin held up the flashlight and continued to climb.

Not long after, the voice rang out again.

Carter Lin was shocked to find that the closer he got to the floor where his home was, the clearer the sound became.

As the saying goes, alcohol makes cowards brave.

Carter Lin continued to move forward in disbelief, and the voice stopped again.

When he was about to reach his own floor, a bloody smell hit him in the face.

He stared and looked up.

In the gap between the floors, he encountered a boning knife dripping with blood.

When the flashlight was shone on the wall, one could just see a tall man and a half-lifted skeleton.

Carter Lin's scalp felt tingling and he turned around and ran downstairs without thinking.

The figure seemed to have discovered him at this moment, dropped the skeleton, and chased down. The bloody bone knife in his hand made a terrifying friction sound on the stair railing.

Carter Lin had drunk alcohol and was dizzy and frightened. He only ran a few steps before his legs went weak and he fell headfirst down the stairs.

Ethan Lu pricked up his ears and judged from the screams and the intensity of the muffled sound of flesh hitting the ground that there was a high probability of a broken bone somewhere.

Only then did he pack up his things with satisfaction and raised his hand to push up the power switch in the corridor.

Then he walked to the elevator hall, pressed the elevator button, carried the cow skeleton, and leisurely left Carter Lin's apartment building.

Nova Jaw-dropping: [If you pretend to be a ghost to scare someone and cause serious harm to the other person, you will also be held legally responsible! ]

Ethan Lu refused to admit it: [When did I pretend to be a ghost to scare people? ]

[Then what are you doing?!] Nova asked back.

Ethan Lu raised the corners of his lips and said happily: [Prepare the ingredients and drink beef bone soup tomorrow.]

Nova: [...]