Chapter 78 Give my heart back to me!
1:44, inside the rental house.
Wang Qiuni woke up again. The electronic screen of the bedside alarm clock was flashing green, as if responding to the pale moonlight that sneaked in through the gap in the curtains, flickering.
She hasn't had a full night's sleep for half a month since Brother Yong passed away.
After that incident, the escape room shop closed down, and she was fired from her job at the milk tea shop because she was not mentally fit and made frequent mistakes.
Turning over in bed, Wang Qiuni closed her eyes and sighed, grabbed the quilt to cover her forehead, and erected the quilt barrier.
Oh, and with the temperature dropping next week, I need to change my blanket. The calico cat downstairs should be giving birth soon, so I'm going to buy her some new cans and supplements tomorrow...
With her mind full of random thoughts, Wang Qiuni couldn't fall asleep at all.
——I don’t dare to sleep.
Ta-da, ta-da, ta-da.
Boom, boom, boom, boom.
Here it comes.
"Qiuni, are you asleep?"
I haven’t slept. Who can sleep with you around?
"Qiuni, look at me..."
"Qiuni, help me..."
"Qiuni, it hurts..."
"Qiuni..."
'Where...has...my...heart...gone?'
"My heart...is...falling on...you...?"
'Hehe, hehehe, hahahahahaha!'
Wang Qiuni buried herself in the quilt. From the moment she heard Brother Yong's footsteps, she held her breath, not daring to move or make a sound. She could only wrap the quilt tighter.
Beep——
The alarm clock on the bedside made a crisp sound, and the screen made a page-turning effect. It was 2:00.
"Ah, tomorrow..."
Ta-da, ta-da.
As the footsteps gradually faded, Wang Qiuni poked her head out from under the covers, gasping for air. The dizziness from lack of oxygen in her brain gradually subsided. She grabbed a tissue she had prepared and was about to wipe her sweat when she heard a loud bang on the door.
Bang, bang, bang—someone was banging on the door frantically outside. The thin door panel kept shaking, stirring up countless dust particles in the moonlight.
'I know you're in there!'
It’s Brother Yong, he didn’t leave tonight.
'Give my heart back! Give it back to me! It was you, you stole it, it had to be you! Give it back to me! !'
Wang Qiuni's breathing stopped instantly.
Why, why is he still here? He's been coming every hour and forty-four minutes for the past few days, why is it different tonight?
"Buzz, buzz..."
The cell phone on the bedside table suddenly vibrated, scaring Wang Qiuni so much that she stepped back suddenly. It was not until she felt pain in the back of her head that she realized it was just a cell phone.
Fang Nanxing [Answer the phone!]
The text on the lock screen was short and powerful. Before Wang Qiuni had time to react, a phone call came in.
"……Hello?"
Wang Qiuni kept poking at the screen, realizing that her belief that she'd "get used to it after a while" was just a lie. The sound of the door creaking made her tremble so much she couldn't even hold the phone, nearly hitting the hang-up button.
【Turn on hands-free.】
The stranger's voice was calm and composed, and behind it was Fang Nanxing's voice, raising his voice in agreement. Wang Qiuni, as if infected, regained control of her fingers and accurately clicked on the hands-free function on her phone.
A pleasant voice came out, speaking so quickly that Wang Qiuni wasn't sure if she heard the words "exorcise" or "destroy evil spirits." In the past, the witches in the village used to speak like this. But usually, they'd have the person drink some magical water or kneel down in a certain direction and kowtow several times before the ritual was over.
[Go to bed early and come to see me at Siyun Hall before nine tomorrow morning.]
[Brother Qin, this is over...]
Before Fang Nanxing could finish his words, the stranger had already hung up the phone. Wang Qiuni was startled to realize that it had become quiet outside the door, with only the occasional sound of passing cars outside the window.
The next day, outside Siyun Hall.
Boss Huang hummed a little tune as he opened the door at exactly nine o'clock. He made eye contact with the same person passing by the door for the fourth time and said, "Come in."
"Ah? Oh." Wang Qiuni always prided herself on being outgoing and cheerful, but when she arrived at the street where Siyun Hall was located at eight o'clock this morning, she didn't feel well.
Paper figurines, paper money, incense, candles, wreaths—everything needed for a funeral was available down the street. Even though Wang Qiuni was cheerful, she couldn't convince herself to greet the owner of Siyuntang like nothing had happened.
Thinking of last night's experience, Wang Qiuni didn't dare to hesitate any longer and took two quick steps into Siyun Hall.
On either side of the entrance were paper figures: children, houses, cars, even some with gloved drivers. The shelves were filled with so many items that she could only identify funeral clothes and urns; she couldn't name anything beyond that.
"sit."
Wang Qiuni realized that this was not the voice she had heard on the phone last night. "Hello, may I ask..."
"Hold on, have a cup of tea. Master Qin asked me to apologize for him. There's a traffic jam and he won't be able to arrive on time." Boss Huang smiled, but cursed inwardly. Unreliable Xiao Qin, he'd agreed to take the day off, yet he insisted on disturbing his sleep. Worst of all, he'd left him alone to catch up with Teng Su.
Taking a disposable paper cup, Boss Huang said softly, "Cassia seed and chrysanthemum tea, clears away heat and reduces internal heat, calms the mind and helps with sleep."
The woman in front of him had dark circles under her eyes, bloodshot and bloodshot, clearly struggling with her sleep. Boss Huang mentally praised himself for being so thoughtful, then turned and took a yellow talisman and a pair of door god portraits from the counter. "Take this home and put it on the front door; it'll protect your home."
Wang Qiuni hesitated. The apartment was already covered in various talismans left by the landlord. They had been there for who knows how many years, now covered in cobwebs, tattered and stained with black dust. She'd done a thorough cleaning when she moved in last year, and cleaning these sticky talismans had become a psychological nightmare.
"Keep it, it's useful."
It was the sound from last night! Turning to look at the person coming, Wang Qiuni's eyes lit up.
Three figures walked in against the light. The one in front was the one who had spoken. Judging from his voice, it was the ghost he had exorcised over the phone last night. Fang Nanxing trotted in behind the two of them, sat down next to Wang Qiuni very naturally, and gave her a reassuring smile.
"Are you... Nanxing's friend?" Several people appeared at the same time, and Wang Qiuni finally remembered where she had seen them.
Qin Qinsen nodded, his eyes moving back and forth between Wang Qiuni.
"What is your relationship with Li Yong?"
Unexpectedly, this was the question. Wang Qiuni was stunned for a moment before she spoke, "What is the relationship between the store manager... and the staff?"
His tone was doubtful, as if he was beginning to doubt himself.
"He has a crush on you." Qin Qinsen said with certainty.
Wang Qiuni kept shaking her head and waving her hands. "No, no, no, I don't know. I have no relationship with him and I definitely don't interfere in his love life."
Interfere?
"He has a girlfriend."
"I should say my fiancée. I proposed to her last month and we're planning to get the marriage certificate by the end of the year." Wang Qiuni nodded, a look of gloom on her face. "I have to work two jobs a day. Besides the escape room, I work the milk tea shop. Otherwise, how can you say I'm unlucky..."
She was so unlucky that someone died, and that person's ghost or something followed her home. He knocked on her door every night, insisting that she return her heart.
She didn't kill the man, so where does she get the heart to do that?
"Master, you can exorcise ghosts, right? Help me get rid of him! I haven't had a good night's sleep in half a month, and I can't go out to work at all."
Wang Qiuni was almost in tears. No job meant no income, which meant no food. If she couldn't even support herself, how could she kidnap Sanhua and her unborn babies downstairs?!
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