Chapter 290: The Widow of the Ghost Master
"What's the matter?"
Lin Zhi had just woken up and his voice was still a little hoarse. He took out a bottle of throat water from his bag, this time tightened the cap and put it away carefully.
"My classmate has been acting strange these past few days, and I want to ask you for help. No, no, I shouldn't say just these past few days, she has been acting strange for a long time. I didn't think about it that way at first, but since I met you, Master, I've suspected that she might be possessed by evil spirits."
The big brother with a crew cut is a very kind-hearted and righteous person. Ever since he asked a master to cure his brother's problem, his interest in helping people around him solve their problems has greatly increased.
Perhaps thinking of the Master's shocking words "call the police" last time, the eldest brother quickly added:
"I'm just suspicious. Even if the police came, they wouldn't be able to help. The problem is that she's a little bit crazy and doesn't think she's possessed by evil spirits."
The man with the crew cut said that this was not a problem that the Special Department could handle, but he was rather vague about it, causing Lin Zhi to frown slightly.
"Please tell me more clearly what the matter is, so that I can consider whether I should go over and take a look."
Lin Zhi turned on the speaker of his mobile phone. Shuang Ling was curious to begin with, so now he took off his earphones and listened directly.
"Here's what happened..."
The man with a crew cut cleared his throat and started from the beginning.
About a month or two ago, before he went to the cemetery to test his courage to live broadcast, he attended a junior high school party, and a female classmate who was close to him at the time also came.
Of course, they didn't have any love-hate relationship at the beginning. They were pretty good friends. It was just that his deskmate was more capable and went to a key high school, while he went to a technical secondary school. Their life paths were completely different, but they still kept in touch. Even if there hadn't been a class reunion, they would still have eaten together and helped each other.
My deskmate’s surname is Xu, and the guy with a crew cut calls her Lao Xu.
Miss Xu's life is happy in the universal sense. She went from high school to university, and after graduating from graduate school, she got a job in a top 50 company. She got a place for further studies, and her abilities have been further improved.
You become friends with clients you met at work, fall in love, get married, and have children, making others the envy of you.
"Her relationship with her husband had always been stable, and her children were well behaved, but something was wrong with her after the class reunion."
From here on, the second character with a surname appears.
After the class reunion, Ms. Xu went to a club with her friends. She ordered a singing boy to accompany her for drinks, but unexpectedly she saw an acquaintance.
"Lao Yang was a friend of ours, but his academic performance was not very good. I managed to get into a technical secondary school, but he dropped out and I haven't heard from him since. Lao Xu liked him for a while, but he lost interest in him after we lost contact. We are in our forties now, not kids anymore. I think they are no longer from the same world."
"Old Xu just told me about this in a very surprised tone at the time, and neither of us took it seriously. Later, I don't know what happened, but Old Xu seemed to be insane and started spending money on him."
The man with the crew cut grinned and said, "Don't blame me for being harsh. There are plenty of fresh ducks. Even if Old Xu is crazy, he doesn't need to look for old stuff."
From his words, it was clear how much the eldest brother disdained that person.
"I didn't know about this at first. It was only after we met that Lao Yang boasted to me about it, and Lao Xu's husband also hinted at it. What do you think of this? I thought Lao Xu was possessed by evil spirits. No matter how I tried to persuade her, she wouldn't listen. A few days ago, I saw that her face seemed to have changed."
The guy with the crew cut didn't think about it that way at first. Although he had encountered a ghost, he didn't feel it was real. He just felt a chill on his back. But the last time his brother spit out paper money and was dying, he really felt that some things are better to be believed than not.
"Master, can you come and take a look at this matter? If it continues like this, I'm afraid she will cause her husband and children to be separated. If she is not possessed by evil spirits, then she deserves it. What if it is? So please come and take a look."
"Don't worry, you won't lose anything you need."
Lin Zhi actually doesn’t care much about this kind of thing, and doesn’t care about the price given by the customer. More importantly, he is not an expert at all.
He was about to refuse, but he felt something cold on his palm.
This seemed like some kind of hint, and Lin Zhi understood Lian Qing's meaning through a miraculous sense.
"I can take some time to go and have a look tomorrow."
Lin Zhi always leaves room for maneuver in what he says, and did not agree outright.
"Okay, okay. I'll ask you out to take a look then. Thank you."
The guy with the crew cut got what he wanted and hung up the phone contentedly.
Shuang Ling listened to the whole story and said, "It's really useless to call the police about this matter."
Most of the cases handled by their special department involve loss of life or imminent threat to life. Some are transferred by the public security department, and some are cases where abnormalities are discovered by on-duty or patrol personnel.
This type of case is only related to money and involves moral issues, which are generally not key cases, not to mention that the person involved did not take the initiative to report the case. Judging from the description of the person on the phone, the victim is very likely unwilling for others to intervene.
The victim himself admitted that he had voluntarily donated the money, so they couldn’t even file a case of fraud.
"If you can't make up your mind, Brother Lin, you can ask Sister Yu to take a look when she's free. She's quite knowledgeable in this area."
The two spirits don’t have much knowledge of feng shui, but they are good at exorcising ghosts and catching monsters.
Lin Zhi nodded slightly, but had no intention of disturbing Xu Xiaoyu again.
At dusk, the train stopped at the platform.
The summer in Yu City is not as cool as in the mountains. The dry air blowing in your face, accompanied by a pitiful amount of wind, makes the body temperature feel between hot and not hot.
Lin Zhi wanted to keep Lian Qing by his side, so he naturally did so.
The Special Department actually wanted to place Lian Qing's body in the safest place in the department, but due to the request of his family members, they set up a formation around the coffin to contain the body.
There was an extra coffin in Lin Zhi's house. Because the body was incomplete, it was not sealed. Lin Zhi placed it in the master bedroom and did not think it was scary.
The special department staff who left his house walked out with some sighs. Originally, they were a little surprised to hear that the company leader had a lover, but when they saw him today, they found that they were really deeply in love.
Although their special department has always advocated that there should not be too much contact after the separation of the deceased, the deceased is gone, but the living are still alive, and the living should always look forward.
But the body was Lian Qing, and his lover was so persistent. Upon closer thought, one could inexplicably feel a faint envy for this couple, even though it was a tenderness that was almost terrifying.
Lin Zhi watched them go away and took out the clothes from the suitcase to wash them.
Before leaving, Lin Zhi had the housekeeper clean the house. She took off the bracelet on her hand and walked into the bathroom.
Passing by the mirror, he turned slightly to look at his back.
The smooth back was no different from usual, but looking down, there were a few light blue marks on the sides of the waist, like finger marks left by someone gripping it tightly.
Further down there were a few semicircular marks of varying depths, which surprised Lin Zhi.
Did Lian Qing rub it so hard? He thought about it carefully, but his memory was fuzzy and he couldn't remember it at all.
Lin Zhi didn't pursue the matter, he didn't feel any pain.
The warm water was poured on my body, and the steam rising up seemed to outline a vague figure.
The condensation on the bathroom walls looked like a pale white frost.
Lin Zhi saw a blurry shadow on the wall that did not belong to him, but did not stop.
The mousse-textured shower gel eliminates the need for foaming and spreads on the body like a cloud, exuding a special fragrance.
Lin Zhi applied it on her neck and stroked her shoulders with her fingers.
Cold, soft fingers touched his back. The touch was extremely strange. Even though it was not as stiff as other corpses, one could clearly feel that the touch did not belong to a living person.
Lin Zhi tilted his head and saw nothing behind him. There was no ghost there as he had imagined.
The hand caressing his back did not disappear, spreading the foam over his back.
The ghosts were creating absurd and terrifying touches in this space, but the young man with a beautiful face was very calm.
The sound of water dripping was no different from before.
Only the closed glass door vaguely reflected the young man's pleasing figure, and he was caught in the hot rain with the invisible person.
The young man's neck unconsciously rose up, as if someone was gently pinching his neck and a breath of ghost energy was passed through him.
The sticky white mist mixed with water vapor almost wraps people into a cocoon, invisible to the naked eye, like a thread of love.
Lin Zhi wiped his wet hair and walked out of the shower room. The mirror reflected his overly red lips, which looked like the bright color left by Chun Mi who had already left this city.
Maybe because he slept too much on the train today, Lin Zhi didn't feel sleepy at the moment and walked to Lian Qing's study again.
From the furnishings in the room, we can tell that Lian Qing was very self-cultivating during his lifetime, enjoying poetry, calligraphy, painting, flowers, fish and tea.
However, with the owner's busyness and death, the precious flowers that needed constant care have withered and died, but the little fish are still swimming tenaciously in the tank.
Lin Zhi looked at the opened bag of fish food next to him, thinking that some of the fish food must have been thrown in when the housekeeper was cleaning the house the other day. He also pinched some fish food in, sorted out the flowers that needed to be discarded, and finally wiped his hands with a wet towel.
He sat in his study reading strange books to while away the time. When he felt sleepy, he got up and went to the living room. He took out incense sticks and inserted them into the incense burner in front of the altar, placed the portrait and tablet neatly, and lit candles, so that the ghosts could enjoy it slowly.
Lin Zhi did not put Lian Qing's severed finger into the coffin, but instead kept it in a box so that it could continue to stay by his side. It still had the privilege of sleeping next to his pillow.
But in his hazy dream, the head lying in the coffin seemed to float to his side, as if he was still alive and wanted to hug him to sleep, but unfortunately the space below the head was empty, and he could only lick his face and earlobes with his tongue unwillingly.
When Lin Zhi woke up the next day, the pillow next to him was empty and his head was lying obediently in the coffin. His lover's eyes were still tightly closed, revealing a look of indifference, neither sad nor happy.
Lin Zhi sat up from the bed, lowered his head and chuckled, thinking that Lian Qing's appearance in the dream was really funny. He clearly didn't say anything, but his actions expressed all his emotions.
Lin Zhi knew in her heart whether it was a dream or not.
I'm afraid that if someone with a less receptive ability were to come here, they would become mentally exhausted by this series of situations.
Sometimes love cannot stand the test. How many people can accept the horror of their lover appearing in the form of a ghost and being unrecognizable? It is just human nature.
Lin Zhi never glorifies himself or his love. If there were not so many worlds laid out, and his lover appeared in his original world in this way and entangled him, he would send her a gift package for salvation on the first day.
After washing up, Lin Zhi went downstairs to have breakfast. There was nothing in the kitchen and the refrigerator was empty. He had no plan to buy anything new.
During the meal break, Lin Zhi received two phone calls.
One was from the Special Department. Because of the remaining chaos caused by the existence of Lian Qing, the department had to hold a meeting to discuss the matter. They also had to liaise and deploy operations in the area where the remains of Lian Qing's body were located, so they hoped that Lin Zhi could wait and leave two days later.
Lin Zhi agreed, and he would not be arrogant even if Lian Qing was by his side.
What's more, Lian Qing's current condition is not very stable, and he has not yet condensed into a physical entity.
The second call came from a repeat customer with a crew cut, his last name was Wang.
Lin Zhi made an appointment with him in the evening, saying that it would be easier to see these things at night.
In fact, it is not the case, it is just because the night is more suitable for Lian Qing to appear.
Brother Wang naturally responded promptly and arranged a dinner party in the evening.
The sun was shining brightly in the morning and today should have been a sunny day, but summer is fickle and a drizzle fell in the evening.
Holding an umbrella seems a bit redundant, but if you don’t hold an umbrella, the dense wet and sticky feeling will make people feel uncomfortable.
Xu Lingchun, wearing high heels and carrying a small Chanel-style bag, walked into the restaurant's private room while wiping the moisture off her hands with a somewhat complaining look on her face.
"Old Wang, what's the big deal that requires us to have a dinner party today? The weather is really not very good, and the taxi I just made didn't smell very good either."
Wang Mingliang was puzzled and asked, "Don't you have a car? Why do you need a taxi?"
Xu Lingchun said casually: "Old Yang has something to do these days, and he doesn't have a car, so I'll lend it to him for two days."
Wang Mingliang tried to hold back, but couldn't help but sarcastically asked, "Why don't you buy him a car?"
Xu Lingchun smiled and said, "I have this plan. I'm choosing one for him. A car worth three or four hundred thousand yuan is not good enough for him. But I don't have much money on hand, so I have to think carefully."
Wang Mingliang said speechlessly: "Aren't you afraid that your husband will be sad?"
Xu Lingchun was startled. There was a very brief struggle on her face, and then it turned into an indifferent expression.
"Who cares? What does it have to do with him? Don't you men have enough mistresses? I just helped an old classmate. I didn't even kiss him. What can he blame me for?"
Xu Lingchun spoke confidently, but she seemed a little distracted as she touched the manicure on her hands.
Xu Lingchun changed the subject: "Who else is coming?"
In fact, she doesn't like to have dinner with Lao Wang recently. Whenever she sees him, he will definitely scold her, which is annoying to hear.
If Old Wang hadn't forced her to come today by using their friendship of so many years, she would not have gone out.
Just as Wang Mingliang was about to speak, he heard the door of the box being pushed open.
Xu Lingchun looked in the direction of the voice and saw a young man in a black shirt walking in from the door. He had a tall figure and exuded a noble and elegant aura.
That kind of temperament is not deliberate; it permeates his bones.
His sleeves were rolled up a little, and the Bodhi bracelet was wrapped around his wrist, revealing a bit of elegance.
The young man had a smile on his face, but when people got closer, Xu Lingchun realized that he might not be smiling, he just had a natural smiling face, which made him look gentle and harmless.
In this misty summer night with drizzle, it is like a fluttering black butterfly.
Xu Lingchun thought in a daze that in order to let her know that the world is big, Old Wang actually spent so much money to invite someone who is more beautiful than a star.
However, Bai Yueguang's face appeared in her mind, and the trance disappeared without a trace. She even felt a little impatient with the arrival of the stranger.
Lin Zhi noticed the change in the woman's expression, and he took this opportunity to take a closer look at her.
Miss Xu doesn't look like she is in her forties. She looks like a graceful workplace elite and is very beautiful.
But her face was indeed a little strange, her eyebrows were slightly heroic, and the shape of her eyes should be slightly sharp and narrow, but now the edges of her eyes were slightly rounded and blunt, revealing a bit of amorous feeling that was out of place.
"Big...big brother, sit over here. I've already ordered the food and it will be served soon."
Wang Mingliang touched his crew cut unconsciously, thinking to himself, it was a close call, he almost got exposed.
With strangers at the dinner table, the atmosphere is inevitably awkward.
Fortunately, the waiter started serving the food quickly, breaking the stagnant atmosphere.
Wang Mingliang put a lot of thought into setting up this scheme. He did not state the purpose directly, otherwise Xu Lingchun would definitely have picked up the bag and left.
He said that he was very interested in a project recently and wanted to open his own store. Lin Zhi was the partner who was persuaded by him, and he wanted to get Xu Lingchun to join as well.
The project really exists. Wang Mingliang directly took the plan from his wife's brother, so he spoke very clearly.
However, he was somewhat surprised that Master Lin was able to follow up, and some of his views were quite profound, leaving him stunned.
Wang Mingliang looked at Lin Zhi with admiration. He was indeed a master who also had some knowledge in this area.
Lin Zhi smiled. It was just his old job. Although he hadn’t come into contact with these things for a long time, he would never forget them.
Xu Lingchun was somewhat tempted, but still shook his head.
"It's not that I don't want to, it's just that I have other uses for the money I have recently."
"There's no rush for this matter. Miss Xu can go back and think about it carefully."
Lin Zhi raised the cup and saluted in the direction of Xu Lingchun, took a sip, and placed the cup on the table.
This wasn't a drinking party, so they just had drinks.
The bubbles of Sprite burst in the cup. Lin Zhi glanced over out of habit and found a severed finger soaked in the transparent liquid. In the blink of an eye, the familiar severed finger disappeared.
Although he knew that this was Lian Qing's way of reminding him, Lin Zhi's throat still moved slightly due to discomfort.
The image of the mirror appeared again in the transparent drink. Lin Zhi stood up, smiled at the people at the same table, and said that she wanted to go to the bathroom.
This restaurant is not very high-end, and even if there are not many people coming and going in the bathroom, it should not be so quiet, as if it is an alien space.
Lin Zhi stood calmly in front of the sink, waiting for the ghost to appear.
The mirror surface became misty, and words condensed into words.
Lin Zhi seemed to be thinking about something, and there was indeed something wrong with Miss Xu.
"What good will this do us?"
Lin Zhi is still acting out of selfishness. Lian Qing must have some purpose in asking him to do this.
Of course, he was not completely sure. Who said that the master who turned into a ghost would not be willing to help others when seeing injustice? If that was the case, he would just consider it as helping Lian Qing to accumulate good karma.
——Swallow the Devil
- It helps me recover faster
The mist turned into water droplets, and soon the writing became blurred beyond recognition.
Since this is the case, Lin Zhi is of course happy to do it.
He turned on the faucet and washed his hands again. He looked up again and saw some noise and a lively scene around him.
Lin Zhi took out a slightly hard tissue and carefully wiped away the water marks on his hands.
There was no one around him, so he whispered, "Next time you put your finger in my cup, don't get on the bed."
Lin Zhi threw the tissue into the trash can and walked out of the bathroom.
He was quite indulgent about his dead lover, but this was not the case, and it really hurt his appetite.
A vague shadow followed him, and no one passing by noticed.
Lian Qing kept this in mind and decided to remind him in a different way next time.
He was worried that Lin Zhi didn't notice, so he put something to prove his identity.
He thought Lin Zhi liked his fingers more than his face, otherwise why his fingers could go on the bed but not his head?
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