In the alley at this moment, the Taoist's expression was one of collapse, his hair disheveled, appearing utterly humiliated.
Unable to bear it any longer, he kicked out angrily, lamenting, "You shouldn't treat people like this!"
Earlier that morning, they had dragged him here, and he had thought it would be a repeat of the previous night's ordeal of being chased and tormented.
Little did he know, it would be even worse.
They proceeded to tell him ghost stories!
One was about a woman and her boyfriend who had agreed to a suicide pact because her family disapproved of their relationship.
The woman hanged herself, but the man, having a change of heart at the last moment, survived.
However, the woman believed it was his way of showing love, as the one who lived on would suffer the most.
So, she went to his house every day to help with chores, but her long tongue always trailed on the ground, making the floor wet.