Chapter 65 Happy Popcorn
Sun Fugui threw a handful of popcorn over, and the ghost No. 6 was touched by the happy food, and his hostility was greatly reduced.
Because the ghost did not eat the "happy food", the happy food had little effect on it.
Sun Fugui's behavior annoyed the other party. It stretched out its sharp claws, pounced on Sun Fugui, and grabbed his neck.
Sun Fugui couldn't see anything, he just felt a pair of strong hands grabbing his neck.
The sharp nails sank into his flesh in an instant, causing him to feel goosebumps all over his body and a chill on his neck. He could clearly feel the blood seeping out from under his skin.
He felt that his neck was about to be strangled.
Fortunately, Cao Feng and Tang Xiong reacted quickly. When they heard the noise, they took out the stun gun from their bag and rushed towards the direction where Sun Fugui was.
At the same time, Xue Qi took out a fluorescent stick and threw it over.
The faint light provided Cao Feng and Tang Xiong with a good view to fight. They swung their fists, which were covered with soup, at the evil ghost.
The two punches were powerful and carried the power of happy food. The evil ghost screamed in pain, let go of Sun Fugui, and fell to the ground.
The ghost's perseverance was very strong. It quickly got up and entered a state of violent resistance.
Xue Qi and Chu Cheng took out all the fluorescent sticks from their backpacks and threw them on the ground, which made the light in the hall much brighter.
In the dim light, they saw that it was a female ghost floating in the air, her face pale and bloodless, her body surrounded by black air, and her ten fingers as sharp as blades.
Sun Fugui exited the danger zone, held his neck and breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, it wasn't a serious problem, just a flesh wound, no artery was damaged. If the aorta was ruptured, he would have been dead.
Chu Cheng took out a Band-Aid and covered the deeper wound on his neck tightly. He then asked him, "Is there any other bleeding?"
Sun Fugui shook his head, looked at the direction, and shook his head to indicate that it was okay.
Chu Cheng looked in the direction of Sun Fugui and saw that the female ghost was actually Zhu Minli. She was obviously possessed by a ghost and looked like neither human nor ghost.
In his impression, Zhu Minli has a hot temper and although her personality is not good, fortunately her character is okay.
Therefore, he did not want to hurt his brother's wife. Besides, Zhu Minli was the biological mother of the little girl from Kangqiao.
Even though he cared about Kangqiao's feelings, he didn't want Zhu Minli to be hurt.
The little girl cannot live without a mother, and her growth process cannot be without maternal love like Chu Xing.
Chu Cheng said, "Don't hurt her. She is Kangqiao's biological mother and my brother's wife."
Cao Feng and Tang Xiong had already started fighting with the female ghost. They were not holding back, but after hearing Chu Cheng's words, they slowed down their killing power so that not every move would hit the vital points.
If the person in front of them was a human, they wouldn't have to be so cruel.
After Zhu Minli was possessed by the female ghost, she became extremely strong and was not restricted by the earth's gravity.
She could jump onto the ceiling with just one leap, but when she realized she was no match for the two men, she jumped up and tried to run, but they grabbed her legs and feet, pulled her down, and she fell to the ground.
Xue Qi immediately said, "Catch her!"
This female ghost was indeed quite powerful, but she had already used up a lot of energy dealing with the principal and Teacher Wang. In addition, she was contaminated with the scent of Xue Qi's happy food and was beaten up by Tang Xiong and Cao Feng, so her energy continued to decline.
Cao Feng and Tang Xiong are considered to be top-notch fighters in the human world. They struggled to catch the female ghost, each holding up one arm to lift her up.
The female ghost struggled frantically, even showing her fangs and sharp teeth, trying to bite the two men's ears, but she was restrained by the strength of the two men and could not break free for a while.
Xue Qi walked forward and grasped the ghost girl's jaw tightly with one hand.
The ghost girl's eyes were red and bulging, and foul-smelling water flowed from the gaps between her fangs and sharp teeth. When Xue Qi pinched her jaw, she actually stretched out her long tongue from her mouth and licked Xue Qi's face.
Xue Qi turned his head to the side and nimbly dodged the long tongue.
The ghost girl's tongue touched Xue Qi's hair, just like a pair of sharp scissors touching her hair, causing her hair to break with a "crack".
This tongue is so sharp that if it licks a person's face, it will definitely tear off the skin.
After the ghost girl's tongue retracted into her mouth, Xue Qi stuffed a handful of popcorn into her mouth, and then sealed her mouth with a soft brown sugar bun to prevent her from sticking out her long tongue to harm people again.
Just as the food was stuffed into the ghost girl's mouth, the irritable ghost suddenly calmed down.
The rice krispie melts when it comes into contact with saliva, and the happy and wonderful taste spreads in your mouth.
This popcorn is made of rice, it is fragrant but not greasy, and one bite of it brings back the taste of childhood.
The irritable Zhu Minli suddenly calmed down and recalled her childhood.
In the 1980s, China was dilapidated and not as prosperous as the cities today. There were not many snacks to eat in that era, and children from ordinary families did not have much pocket money to buy snacks.
Popcorn is the cheapest and most suitable choice for children.
The burning flames roasted the black iron drum, like a cannon mounted on a pile of fire.
When it reaches a certain temperature, the popcorn master turns on the drum, and with a loud bang, the expanding popcorn explodes into the white cloth bag.
The fluffy rice popcorn is full of steam when it comes out of the oven. It is so fragrant that people from miles around can smell it.
When Zhu Minli was a child, she thought that when she grew up and had money, she would buy a lot of popcorn tubes and open a lot of popcorn shops so that more people could eat her popcorn!
When she grew up, her wish was indeed realized. She started her own business and integrated resources after marrying Kang Hao.
There is a national chain called Kangda Cinema. The popcorn in their cinema is cheaper than that in other cinemas, and there are even more varieties.
As she recalled these beautiful things, the female ghost that possessed her was forced to fall out of her body.
After eating Xue Qi's happy food, the female ghost's hostility subsided and she turned back into a normal female ghost.
This female ghost has aggressive power and her shape is different from the glutinous rice balls. She is a translucent human figure.
The ghost girl was a young girl in her early twenties. She looked at Zhu Minli and, although she had retracted her murderous intent, she still said viciously, "Zhu Minli, you have brought this upon yourself! It's a pity that I couldn't let you eat your own daughter with your own mouth! However, letting your husband eat your daughter is also a good choice!"
Zhu Minli felt as if all her strength had been drained away. She slumped to the ground, looking at the ghost with a weak breath: "Who are you?"
The female ghost suddenly gained strength and wanted to stand up and pounce on Zhu Minli, but was held down by Xue Qi.
Xue Qi took out a steamed bun and waved it in front of her, and the female ghost immediately sat back down.
She took the steamed bun from Xue Qi, smelled the fragrance of the delicious food, and felt much calmer.
The fragrance reminded her of the delicious food and fireworks she had enjoyed in her life, and also awakened her humanity and the restraint deep in her soul.
"Oh, who am I? Zhu Minli, you really are a forgetful person. Do you really not remember me?"
Zhu Minli stared at her, thinking carefully, and asked after a long while: "Are you, Wei Jiu?"
Six years ago, when Zhu Minli was still an agent, she signed some artists to participate in talent shows, and Wei Jiu was one of the girls she was most optimistic about.
Although Wei Jiu was born in the countryside, she has a good foundation and talent. With a little training and her resources, she will surely become a great person.
Zhu Minli concentrated all her resources on Wei Jiu, diverting almost all important resources to her.
Unexpectedly, after Wei Jiu debuted, he started dating without telling her, and even broke the contract and got pregnant with that man's child.
That man was a male artist from a rival company, an 18th-tier artist. Based on seniority, he was not qualified to meet her artist.
At that time, Wei Jiu was at the peak of her career and was known as the national female idol.
After Zhu Minli learned that Wei Jiu was pregnant, she quickly found out the man's background and hoped that she would have an abortion.
As long as Wei Jiu is willing to have an abortion, she can pretend that this incident never happened, not care about her breach of contract, and even give her some resource compensation.
It turns out that the 18th-tier artist was sent by a rival company specifically to deal with Wei Jiu, with the purpose of suppressing Zhu Minli.
But Wei Jiu was obsessed with love and refused to listen to any advice. He even took advantage of his vacation to hide on an island in country H, hoping to give birth to the child.
At this point, Zhu Minli was very disappointed with Wei Jiu and took back all of Wei Jiu's resources and gave them to another artist.
Not only that, she also announced on the official website that she had terminated her contract with Wei Jiu, stating that Wei Jiu had breached the contract by being in a relationship and pregnant.
The agent took the initiative to expose the news, causing a huge uproar on the Internet.
Zhu Minli destroyed the national artist she had cultivated.
Wei Jiu also fell from heaven to hell. Due to cyber violence, her fetus died in her womb and she had to have an induced abortion.
When Wei Jiu needed the scumbag to be by his side, the scumbag seemed to have disappeared from the world.
After that, Wei Jiu returned to China, and the scumbag appeared again, blaming all the mistakes on Zhu Minli.
When the two learned that Zhu Minli was pregnant, they wanted to take the opportunity to retaliate, but their revenge failed and they had a car accident while escaping.
From Wei Jiu's perspective, Zhu Minli ruined her life.
From Zhu Minli's perspective, she gave Wei Jiu all the resources and even went against the public opinion to tilt the balance of resources towards her.
When Wei Jiu could no longer bring benefits to the company, she had no choice but to withdraw and transfer resources to other artists in the company.
She was just following the contract and didn't think she did anything wrong.
To this day, she still believes she is innocent. Looking at the paranoid Wei Jiu, who has become a fierce ghost, she says, "I don't think I did anything wrong in this matter. You are the first artist I brought up. Personally, I didn't ask you for a single penny in liquidated damages. Publicly, I withdrew all your resources to minimize the company's losses. I don't feel I have done anything wrong to you. I am a businessman, and I have many employees to support. I am not a philanthropist."
Even a steamed bun was barely enough to suppress Wei Jiu's resentment, so Xue Qi stuffed a handful of popcorn into her mouth.
When her resentment subsided a little, she said, "If you hadn't suddenly announced the termination of your contract with me, my child wouldn't have died in the womb! You've ruined me! Why should your child be born safely? My child and Zhou Zhou's should die in the womb? This isn't fair! Not only are you determined to break up Zhou Zhou and me, but you're also trying to kill our child. You deserve retribution for your evil intentions. Just wait, Zhou Zhou will eat your child soon. When his powers increase, neither you nor your wife will be able to escape!"
"Zhou Zhou?" Zhu Minli frowned. "Are you talking about that scumbag? You've become a ghost, and you're still blind? He was outside the 18th-tier society back then, but he took money from my rival to seduce you, deliberately puncturing the condom to get you pregnant. Then, when you were in the most pain, he disappeared. Do you know where he went? He was on The Hague Island, having a romantic affair with the president of Tianqi Entertainment, hoping to get more resources by selling his body. Unfortunately, he was just a pawn, used and discarded by the other party. The only reason he came back to you was to use you to extort money from me."
Wei Jiu's eyes widened: "You, you are talking nonsense!"
Zhu Minli: "Isn't that nonsense? Why don't you just check it out online? After you died, Tianqi's Zhang Yangyang was arrested, and that old witch's many scandals were exposed, and she even indirectly killed you. Don't you ghosts use the internet?"
After Wei Jiu died, she lost consciousness and turned into a wronged spirit, floating between heaven and earth. It was Bai Li who took her in and cultivated her with resentment, causing her power to expand and become full of murderous intent.
If it weren't for Xue Qi's happy cooking, which allowed her to regain some of her human nature, she would have gone crazy and killed without regard for the consequences.
Chu Cheng searched for the post from that year and gave it to Wei Jiu for her to read.
It contains not only the old witch's verdict, but also the truth summarized by netizens based on the hard evidence on the Internet.
Of course, it was also because of the Wei Jiu incident that Zhu Minli completely retreated behind the scenes.
As an agent, it would be a lie to say that there is no affection between me and Wei Jiu.
After Wei Jiu's death, she found out she was pregnant. She was in danger several times and only managed to save the fetus.
It is also because childbirth is not easy and she suffers from severe postpartum depression after giving birth.
It was also during that time that a rift arose between her and her husband, and their relationship has never healed to this day.
After learning the truth, Wei Jiu's anger disappeared.
She was especially moved when she saw that netizens held memorial services for her every year after her death.
The fans are always there.
The support group said:
"Ajiu, when you stood out from the star-studded stage, we protected you. When you were ridiculed online, we still protected you. Now that you're gone, we'll continue to protect you year after year. Ajiu, if you've made any mistakes in your life, it's that you didn't cherish your career enough. As a fan, I'm very disappointed in you, but we love you so much that we can tolerate you.
Ah Jiu, I hope you can be a cool girl in your next life, not meet a bad man, stand out in your own career field, and develop healthily. "
Seeing this pinned message, Wei Jiu burst into tears.
As an idol, she has lost her morals and is sorry for the fans who have always supported her, as well as the agent who has carefully cultivated her.
At this moment, Wei Jiu's resentment was completely gone and tears were streaming down his face.
Xue Qi glanced at the fog surrounding the hall and couldn't find the way out at all. She handed her another steamed bun and said, "This is the last one. After you eat it, you have to do something for me. Tell me, how do we get up there? Are the children safe?"
Wei Jiu held the soft steamed bun in his hands, smelling the fragrance, his mouth watering.
She swallowed and said, "Zhou Zhou is up there. He'll wait until 4:14 p.m. When the time comes, he'll eat the souls of those children."
Chu Cheng frowned. Even though he was always good-tempered, he couldn't help but curse: "Damn. Is he a devil? It seems like this is an emergency. I'm going to call the police and ask for help!"
Wei Jiu said, "It's useless. Not to mention the maze outside, which is specifically designed to deal with human armed police. Just to be honest, do you think they can believe what you say? Once he eats all the children here, the kindergarten will catch fire and everything will be destroyed. To outsiders, it will just be a fire. And all 206 children here will be buried with him."
Sun Fugui cursed, "Damn it, what a beast! Is Bai Li a lunatic? How dare he let such a monster out to endanger the life of a child?"
Wei Jiu said, "Bai Li thinks she can control us, but in reality, she can't. Especially not Zhou Zhou, that mad man with such a deep grudge. We've already been transformed into evil spirits, with no chance of rebirth. He can only feed on the souls of children to increase his energy and transform into a goblin."
Materialist Cao Feng has completely become a theist after the baptism of these few days.
He didn't know what the Way of Heaven was, but he explained these ghosts as another kind of life form that was difficult for humans to contact.
He frowned and clenched the stun gun in his hand: "Which floor is he on?"
Wei Jiu explained, "The fog around us was created by him. From your human perspective, it's Yin energy. You guys, with your strong Yang energy, can't go up."
Xue Qi asked: "Then what should we do?"
Wei Jiu said, "There are five ways to go upstairs: three staircases and two elevators. Each of you choose one and go up. Because of the pressure of Yin Qi, everyone needs to have Yang Fire in their hands to illuminate. The light source is your Yang Fire, which cannot be extinguished. It is also what protects you, otherwise you will be easily possessed by Zhou Zhou. Remember, when going upstairs, no matter what sounds come from behind, you must not look back. If you look back, your Yang Fire will be extinguished, and you can just go up. When you see the children, you can have them hold each other's hands like an eagle catching chickens and go down. The children holding hands will have a lot of Yang Energy, and Zhou Zhou will not be able to harm you."
There are no candles, but glow sticks can serve as light sources.
Cao Feng and Tang Xiong are not afraid of acting alone, but Xue Qi, Sun Fu Gui and Chu Cheng may not be so afraid.
Cao Fengwen handed Xue Qi the light stick with the most abundant light source and asked her, "Are you afraid?"
Xue Qi shook his head: "I'm not afraid."
Cao Feng turned to look at Sun Fugui and Chu Cheng.
Chu Cheng, desperate to save Kangqiao, who was like his own daughter, suppressed his fear: "What can I do if I'm afraid? I have to go up. If I hesitate any longer, Qiaoqiao's danger will increase."
When people have goals in their hearts, fear will also decrease sharply.
Chu Cheng turned to look at Sun Fugui. They had known each other for so long, so he certainly knew that Sun Fugui was a person who cherished life.
He said, "Old Sun, you don't need to go up there. Go wait outside. You don't have any relatives up there, and you don't have any ability to protect yourself. It's too dangerous."
Sun Fugui was also a little confused.
He cherishes his life because his son is still young and he has many regrets in his life that are yet to be fulfilled.
But if he went upstairs, the children's chances of survival would be greater. If he didn't go up this time and something happened to others, he would have a guilty conscience for the rest of his life.
When Sun Fugui thought of those children, his heart softened.
He said, "I have children too. Those babies are so tiny, so soft and cuddly. If I can help, why not? My son is almost an adult, and he's capable of earning his own money. He can survive without me. As for me, I have no regrets in my life except that I've never had a woman. If I can save every child I can, it's a blessing. They are the future hope of the country, and nothing can happen to them."
Although Sun Fugui is frivolous and silly in his daily life, he is very reliable in his work and is a man of great righteousness.
Xue Qi said: "If I can return safely, I will post a message online to find a husband for you, so that you can find a partner as soon as possible."
Sun Fugui: "...77 is rejecting me again, hmm."
Chu Cheng patted his shoulder and said, "It's good enough that 77 can introduce you to someone. Don't think too much. Just be content."
Everyone decided to go upstairs, each holding a glow stick and heading towards their assigned passage.
Sun Fugui and Chu Cheng took the elevator, while Cao Feng, Tang Xiong and Xue Qi walked up the three stairs.
As soon as Sun Fugui got on the elevator, all the buttons for the four floors lit up.
The elevator stopped at the second floor, and someone patted his shoulder from behind him.
Sun Fugui was so scared that his hands shook and the light source fell to the ground. When he bent down to pick it up, he saw a pair of feet hanging in the air behind him. He was so scared that he closed his eyes and held the light source tightly.
Behind him, his son's voice came: "Dad, what are you doing? It's me who's shaking like this!"
Sun Fugui: "...Knock you, you bastard! You're going to die a miserable death pretending to be my son!"
The person behind him sighed, "Dad! It's really me! Turn around and look at me. Chu Xing and I have been in this city the whole time, but we kept it a secret from you. When I heard that the girl from Cambridge was in danger, I accompanied Chu Xing to check it out. I've been stuck in the elevator for a long time, and I didn't expect to see you! Dad, is it really you? You're not a ghost, are you?"
Sun Fugui: "..." This made it difficult for him to tell the truth from the falsehood.
But he quickly steeled his mind and stared even tighter.
Soon, a choking voice pleading for help came from behind: "Dad... help... help me!"
Sun Fugui: “…”
At the critical moment, he took out a handful of popcorn, opened his mouth and ate it. When he turned around, he found that it was not his son. When the other ghost opened his mouth, he held the other's head and sprayed the melted popcorn in his mouth into the other's bloody mouth.
The male ghost took a mouthful of Sun Fugui's saliva mixture and felt disgusted. When he came to his senses, Sun Fugui had already run out of the elevator.
The other people went upstairs more smoothly.
The male ghost was frustrated by Sun Fugui and returned to the dance classroom on the fourth floor with a violent temper. All the teachers and students in the kindergarten today, including the principal, were trapped here.
The children were crying loudly and several female teachers were frightened to faint.
The male ghost floated in, grabbed Kangqiao, opened his bloody mouth and was about to bite him.
In order to avoid any more trouble, he had to act quickly and there was no time to wait.
Seeing this, the principal rushed over, but was slapped away by the male ghost and fell heavily against the wall.
The principal tried hard to get up and walked towards the male ghost, but every time he took a step, his legs felt like they weighed a thousand pounds, and at the same time, a clump of his hair would fall out.
Teacher Wang warned him with a look of horror: "Principal! Your hair!"
The principal also found that his hair was falling out constantly, and only when he stopped would his hair stop falling.
But he couldn't care less and continued walking towards the male ghost step by step until all his hair fell off. When he reached the male ghost, he was already out of strength. He tried his best to grab the male ghost's ankles:
"Give... my... students... back... to me!"
Teacher Wang and other teachers were trembling with fear and crying non-stop, but when they saw that the principal would rather lose all his hair than give up the children, they inexplicably felt a surge of courage.
Teacher Wang stood up, wiped away her tears, and said, "I'm going to fight you! If you can kill me, I'll fight you even if I become a ghost!"
As soon as she stood up, the other teachers also stood up and rushed towards the male ghost.
The group of people united as one, and their yang energy was so strong that they forced the male ghost to retreat again and again.
The female teachers pinned the male ghost to the ground and beat him up, hitting him on the head with their high heels.
The male ghost was enraged and his resentment was released.
At this moment, Sun Fugui rushed in carrying a watering can filled with broth and shouted, "Beauties, get out of the way!"
The teachers actually all moved away at the same time, and Sun Fugui sprayed the broth directly on the male ghost's face.
The taste of the broth seeped into the male ghost's bloody mouth. Sensing the presence of the happy food, the irritable male ghost suddenly became quiet.
After Xue Qi and the others came in, they opened their backpacks without saying a word and threw popcorn on him.
The aroma of a large amount of rice krispie reminded the man of the scene when he first met his wife.
Thirteen years ago, he and his wife first met on the street in Harbour City and became friends over a bucket of popcorn.
Thirteen years have passed in a flash. How did they go from being inseparable to having nothing to say to each other today?
To irritate his wife, he imitated Sun Fugui and kept spreading rumors about his affairs with actresses. He thought this would make his wife pay more attention to him, but it only made her more disgusted.
The resentment between the couple grew deeper and deeper. If it weren't for Xiao Kangqiao, they would probably have impulsively divorced long ago.
The male ghost was forced to separate from Kang Hao's body. The chubby little girl Kang Qiao held her father's fingers with her small fleshy hands, crying in a baby voice with grievance: "Dad, Dad..."
When Kang Hao saw his daughter, he remembered everything he had just done to her and felt extremely remorseful. He immediately hugged his daughter in his arms and moved away from the ghost lying on the ground.
Cao Feng and Tang Xiong walked forward and lifted up the male ghost. Xue Qi took out a bun and stuffed it into the male ghost's mouth.
Cao Feng was puzzled: "Didn't they say that the one given to the female ghost was the last one?"
Xue Qi: "That's right, the last steamed bun. This is a baozi."
Cao Feng: "How much dry food did you bring?"
Xue Qi opened his backpack and found a half-full bag of dumplings inside. As soon as the bag was opened, the aroma overflowed, making everyone drool.
Sun Fugui: "...Be a human being, I'm starving to death."
Cao Feng: "The writers of supernatural dramas are really too narrow-minded. Who would have thought that you could catch ghosts with food?"
Xue Qi said seriously, "You don't understand. This is what it means to be a master. We masters do things in a unique way. Don't look down on catching ghosts with delicious food. It's much more effective than those empty-headed ghost-catching tricks out there."
Cao Feng: "It's useful, but it's a bit of a waste of food..."
The two are talking.
Sun Fugui retaliated by pressing the male ghost's head to the ground and making him lick the popcorn on the ground:
"Lick it for me, lick it clean! Let's create a thrifty society. Wasting food is shameful! Cherishing food is the beautiful duty of every citizen ghost! Develop the good habit of saving food! It's the ghost's responsibility!"
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