"Li Hu, what are you doing? You scared the life out of me just now!"
The guard on duty snapped at him. Li Hu had no sense of propriety; this prison had seen many deaths, and no one knew how many vengeful spirits haunted the place. The guard was already superstitious and easily spooked, so when Li Hu had let out that yell, he had assumed some malevolent ghost, unable to reach the afterlife, had come to settle a score.
Li Hu, still muddled with rage, maintained a shred of caution. He mumbled a hurried apology and ran off.
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