"You can take the living ones away, but as for the dead one..."
The female ghost mustered her courage to bargain with Pei Ye.
She was quite articulate, prepared to appeal to both emotion and reason. If one listened closely, her twisted logic actually made a bit of sense.
"This pitiful child," she began. "After she died, she had no family to make offerings to her, nor did she go to Fengdu. It'll be hard for her to survive in the mortal world. It's so dangerous. You know there are all kinds of perverts out there nowadays. It's too dangerous for a little girl to be among the Wandering Souls and Ghosts out there alone... How about..."
Before the female ghost could finish, Bai Zixuan, having recovered a little strength, interrupted her.
"I will protect my sister! She is going home with me! You're a bad person too!"
"I'm a ghost!" the female ghost sneered. "Still wet behind the ears, but full of hot air."
As a ghost, she knew exactly what state the little girl's soul body was in.
