Collecting Rent From All Realms, Even Empresses Must Pay Tribute
Ch. 89 - Like This?

Facing the seemingly panicked Lilith, Ye Chuan simply smiled and took out a contract. "Magical girl, let's make a contract."

"A contract?"

Lilith looked at Ye Chuan suspiciously. Her tense, petite body seemed to relax slightly. 

Didn't this guy know that making a contract with a witch was dangerous?

But she noticed that Ye Chuan was holding a paper contract. She couldn't understand the words on it, but she had a feeling it wasn't anything good.

Yes, it definitely wasn't anything good. What kind of decent person would ask to make a contract upon first meeting?

Lilith felt like she had fallen into some kind of shady black market deal. 

She became wary, but it seemed pointless. Her current power, compared to Ye Chuan, was like a kitten hissing at a tiger, posing no threat whatsoever.

Even transforming into a Spiny Lizard Dragon wouldn't help; she would just be seen as a cute little creature.

Suddenly, Lilith seemed to remember something. Her form flickered, and she disappeared back into the jade pendant.

"?!" Seeing Lilith vanish, Ye Chuan was stunned.

Wait, why did she go back into the pendant?

Ye Chuan picked up the jade pendant and knocked on it. "Why are you hiding?"

"..." The pendant didn't respond, as if the twin-tailed loli had never appeared. Ye Chuan realized how wary Lilith was of him.

Well, suddenly pulling out a contract and asking to make a deal with her, it was understandable that she would be cautious.

He had been a bit too hasty.

"This contract is just a rental agreement. You staying here will benefit both of us," Ye Chuan explained, but Lilith still didn't come out, not even a single response.

Ye Chuan looked at the jade pendant in his hand and thought for a few seconds—

He suddenly licked the pendant.

"Eek!!! Lick me again, and I'll self-destruct!!!" Lilith's voice echoed from inside, seemingly shocked by Ye Chuan's action.

Alright, although she was a pro-max money tree, Lilith wasn't going to trust him so easily.

"Then you can stay in the pendant for now," Ye Chuan said, putting the pendant on. He wasn't sure what would happen if he put her in his spatial backpack.

At least he had a ring grandpa now, no, a ring grandma.

She said she was hundreds of years old, so calling her "grandma" wasn't a stretch.

She just looked too young.

Ye Chuan didn't dwell on it. 

Although he wanted Lilith to move into the house, it clearly wasn't the right time. But he wasn't worried about her running away. 

Since the app had marked her as a new tenant, he had her location.

…

Late night.

In an apartment in the city center, Luo Hao returned home after dinner.

"Why is Luo Xi so close to that muscle-brained monkey?" Luo Hao couldn't understand it, no matter how much he thought about it.

He had asked about their relationship before, and they were just childhood sweethearts.

But what kind of childhood sweethearts were that close?

Thinking of Ye Chuan's attitude, Luo Hao felt annoyed. 

He took out his phone and logged into the forum. As usual, he left a few negative comments on posts about Ye Chuan, which seemed to calm him down a bit.

Maybe he could find some dirt on Ye Chuan. That guy seemed to have a lot of ex-girlfriends.

Luo Hao sneered. If Luo Xi knew what a disgusting person Ye Chuan was, she would definitely stay away from him.

Thinking of Luo Xi's fair skin, delicate features, and beautiful figure, Luo Hao couldn't help but clench his fists. 

"Such a beautiful girl, she has to be mine."

Luo Hao put down his phone and got ready to take a shower.

But as he entered the bathroom, he suddenly felt a strange sensation—

As if someone was watching him.

Luo Hao lived alone in this apartment. He looked around the bathroom, his gaze finally landing on the shower curtain.

He had a feeling that someone was standing behind it, peeking at him.

He reached out and pulled the curtain open.

There was just the bathtub, nothing else.

"Am I just tired?" Luo Hao rubbed his temples, thinking he was just imagining things.

He took his clothes, turned on the shower, and started washing.

As he was about to shampoo his hair, he opened his eyes and saw blood all over his body. It wasn't water!

It was blood!

"What the—?!" Luo Hao stumbled back, frantically grabbing a towel and scrubbing his face. He looked again, and the water flowing from the showerhead was normal, the crimson color just a hallucination.

"Huh?"

Luo Hao's heart pounded as he took a few deep breaths. He touched the water, confirming that it was normal, then looked around.

Had that just been a hallucination?

Or was something wrong with his eyes?

Luo Hao rubbed his eyes and splashed water on his face. Seeing nothing unusual, he finally relaxed.

He must be tired.

He sat down on the wet bathroom floor, but just as he was about to relax, his gaze fell on the shower curtain.

Luo Hao: "..."

If he remembered correctly, hadn't he just pulled the curtain open?

He remembered it clearly. When did it close again?

"This is creepy, what the…" Luo Hao was dumbfounded, huddled in the corner, staring at the shower curtain.

No, the bathroom was haunted, he had to get out.

Luo Hao kept his eyes fixed on the curtain and slowly moved towards the bathroom door.

The bathroom door was frosted glass. As Luo Hao turned around, he saw a blurry figure standing outside.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh?！！！！！！！！！！！！！”

Luo Hao's vision went black.

When he opened his eyes again, he was lying in bed, and he heard voices beside him.

"Are you alright, Haohao? We found you lying on the bathroom floor, you scared us to death."

Luo Hao turned his head and saw his parents standing beside his bed.

"I-I'm fine, I thought there was someone outside…" Seeing his parents, Luo Hao breathed a sigh of relief.

It was just his parents.

But that curtain…

"You said there was someone outside?" Just then, Mother Luo smiled eerily. 

In the next second, her facial features seemed to melt and slide off her face like mud, emitting a foul stench.

"Like… this?"

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"