After all, he was all alone, just like Lin Xi. Staying at the feng shui shop to spend the New Year with Lin Xi would make it a bit more lively.

They didn't buy any New Year's goods themselves because the feng shui shops were piled high with all sorts of gifts.

These gifts were all given to Lin Xi by people who had previously received her help, who came specifically to wish her a Happy New Year.

We have enough stuff to last until after the New Year, so we don't need to buy any more New Year's goods.

The two spent a peaceful and happy New Year in the feng shui shop, though not particularly lively.

Based on past experience, no one should come to visit on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

After all, in the first few days of the new year, people are either busy visiting relatives or want to have a smooth start to the new year, so they won't come to places like feng shui shops.

But there are always exceptions.

On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Xi and Lu Zhe had no relatives to visit and were about to stay and play on their phones when they saw someone walk into the feng shui shop.

The person who came was a young woman, probably in her twenties or thirties.

The fact that someone came to a feng shui shop on the first day of the Lunar New Year suggests that something serious must have happened.

But Lin Xi looked at her face and didn't find anything wrong with her.

After the woman entered, she greeted Lin Xi first, and then sighed as she explained her purpose for coming.

“Master Lin, I’m here to see you not for myself, but for my cousin.”

"He doesn't know what's wrong, but for the past two days he's been saying he's seen a ghost, that the ghost comes to see him every night..."

Then, the woman slowly began to recount the whole story.

The woman's surname is Zhang, and her given name is Zhang Huan. Her cousin's name is Zhang Yue, and he is only nineteen years old and is currently a sophomore in college.

After the winter vacation started some time ago, Zhang Yue began to spend his time lying around at home.

Nowadays, young people can lie down comfortably as long as they have a mobile phone and internet access.

Zhang Yue's parents were quite busy at work during the end of the year, and seeing that he was staying at home alone, they didn't pay much attention to him.

Besides, he's a grown man of eighteen or nineteen, with plenty of food and drink at home, so he wouldn't starve himself.

It wasn't until the couple finally got a holiday that they realized something seemed off about their son.

At first, they just thought their son looked unwell, with a pale complexion and dark circles under his eyes.

This is clearly a sign of staying up late and not getting enough sleep.

The couple thought their son was staying up late playing on his phone again, and couldn't help but nag him a few times.

In the past, Zhang Yue would have impatiently brushed off his parents' nagging, or if they got annoyed, he would have argued back, saying that he knew his own body and what he was doing.

However, this time, he did not refute it, which was unusual for him.

Strictly speaking, it's not that they didn't refute it, but rather that they simply didn't have the energy to refute it.

He was wrapped tightly in a blanket, curled up on the sofa, his eyes darting this way and that, as if he were on guard against something.

The couple found it strange and quickly asked Zhang Yue what he was doing or what he was looking for.

But Zhang Yue hurriedly denied it, saying he hadn't seen anything.

He was unwilling to talk, and his parents couldn't get him to open up, so they eventually stopped asking.

And this is at home, so there's no danger.

Maybe he's gone crazy again, or maybe he's just not sleeping well and is therefore mentally confused?

So his parents hurriedly urged Zhang Yue to go inside and catch up on his sleep, saying that the New Year was just around the corner and he needed to get his energy back in shape.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Yueming was already extremely sleepy, but he refused to go back to his room to sleep, insisting that he wasn't sleepy and wanted to stay in the living room.

In the end, his parents couldn't persuade him otherwise, so they had no choice but to let him stay on the sofa.

They decided to cook dinner early so that Zhang Yue could eat and then go to sleep.

As a result, Zhang Yue ate dinner early, but still didn't want to go back to his room to sleep.

Not only did he refuse to go back to his room to sleep, but he also wouldn't let his parents go back to their room. He insisted on keeping them in the living room to watch TV, saying that they hadn't spent time with him in a long time and he wanted them to spend more time with him.

The couple was immediately stunned.

Since my son started elementary school, he has never asked his parents to spend time with him again.

Especially after entering puberty, they wish they could have their own little world all the time and wish their parents would ignore them and not look after them.

Now that he's become what he calls an "adult," he's actually acting like a child to his parents, asking them to keep him company.

The couple were surprised and found it quite funny, but since their son rarely asked them to keep him company, they didn't refuse.

So the family of three sat side by side on the sofa and chose a movie to watch.

What's even funnier is that Zhang Yue insisted on sitting between his parents, saying that it made him feel safer.

sense of security?

This is at home, there's no danger, and they're not watching a horror movie, it's a comedy. Why are they suddenly seeking a sense of security?

But when the couple looked at their son Zhang Yue with puzzled expressions, Zhang Yue fell silent.

In the end, they just took it as a casual remark and didn't pay much attention to it.

When the movie was halfway through, Zhang Yue, who had said he wanted to watch the movie, had already fallen asleep.

Seeing this, the couple carefully turned down the movie volume so as not to wake their son.

But even the longest movie has to end. Two and a half hours later, the movie ended, and the couple looked at their son, who was sleeping soundly, and were at a loss.

The main problem is that my son is leaning his head to the side against the back of the sofa. If he sleeps like that all night, he's bound to get a stiff neck.

Not only that, but you might also catch a cold.

So the couple thought about it and decided to wake their son, Zhang Yue, and send him back to his room to sleep.

Zhang Yue was still groggy when he was woken up, but when his parents told him to go back to his room to sleep, he immediately woke up and quickly said that he didn't want to sleep yet.

But it was already past 11 p.m. What else could I be doing at this hour? Should I continue watching movies or playing on my phone?

His parents already disliked his frequent late nights, so when they saw that he wanted to continue playing, they naturally disagreed.

So he immediately turned off the TV and told Zhang Yue to go back to his room to rest.

Knowing he would definitely get scolded if he said he wasn't going to sleep, Zhang Yue had no choice but to agree to go to sleep.

However, he then suggested that he sleep on a makeshift bed on the floor in his parents' room.

parents:"???"

Zhang Yue's repeated unusual behavior finally made his parents realize something was wrong. After exchanging a glance, they asked him directly, "Zhang Yue, what are you afraid of?"

Seeing that he could no longer hide it, Zhang Yue stammered that he was afraid of ghosts.

Seeing his parents' expressions that said, "Let's see what other lies you can come up with," Zhang Yue panicked and quickly explained that he had really encountered ghosts these past two nights!

He said that when he was sleeping at night, he would always hear someone calling his name.

They not only called his name, but also asked him why he wasn't responding to it.