In traditional Chinese festivals, the 15th day of the seventh lunar month is the biggest Ghost Festival in the country.
According to traditional customs, on the day of Ghost Festival, every household will hold sacrificial activities, not only to worship their deceased relatives and friends, but also to offer food to some wandering ghosts on the roadside near their homes.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, Yue Jiuling and Bai Xinyu came out of Director Yu's office one after the other, and then distributed the forms in their hands to their colleagues.
Bai Xinyu, dressed in a light pink dress, stood on her seat with her hands on her hips and said, "Everyone has received the forms, right? Today is the day before the Ghost Festival, the 14th of the seventh lunar month. When midnight arrives tonight, the Ghost Festival will begin on the 15th of the seventh lunar month. At that time, all the gates of the Ghost Realm will open, allowing all the ghosts to return to the human world. Our task for the next two days is to maintain discipline near the various Ghost Gates. Oh, and the forms also record some troublesome ghosts. They always cause trouble when they come out in previous years, so we need to be careful of them."
After Bai Xinyu finished speaking, she jumped off the chair. Mu Xiaoyi, who was next to her, flipped through the form in her hand and said, "Sigh, it's the same every year, working overtime for a whole day and night."
Every year during the Ghost Festival in the human world, every department of the Metaphysics Management Office sends people to guard the various ghost gates to prevent the ghosts from causing trouble, so they have become accustomed to it.
Ye Dongfeng, also playing with his phone, said, "Tsk, there's nothing I can do, I'll get used to it."
When he received the form, Yinni revealed an "I knew it" expression. He continued playing his game and said, "Dongfeng, let's go guard the western suburbs tonight. There are some old foxes there who won't dare to cause trouble. They can play a few games with us if they have time."
"Sure, let's go over after dinner."
Bai Xinyu usually teams up with Yue Jiuling, but this year she plans to ditch her old partner. She is seen linking arms with Mu Xiaoyi and saying, "Jiuling, I won't be with you this year. I'm going shopping with Xiaoyi."
Mu Xiaoyi nodded to Yue Jiuling and said, "Yes, we're going to be in a group this year. You can stay in the same group as Long Er."
Yue Jiuling didn't really care who she was paired with, but seeing Bai Xinyu abandon her like this, she pretended to be heartbroken and said, "Xinyu, don't you love me anymore? You weren't like this before~"
"No, I don't love you anymore. You should go play with our Comrade Long instead."
Bai Xinyu only wanted to go shopping with Mu Xiaoyi, and then she dumped Yue Jiuling.
Ya Zi was originally trying to figure out how to be with Yue Jiu Ling while everyone was forming their own teams, but when he saw this situation, he immediately said with a smile, "Jiu Ling, don't be afraid, Brother Long will protect you tonight~"
Yue Jiuling rolled her eyes at Ya Zi and said with obvious disdain, "Come on, do I need your protection? You should be taking care of yourself."
Although Yue Jiuling said that, she still teamed up with Ya Zi in the end, while Xiao Baicai, who worked in an office, stayed in the office to work overtime.
After the tasks were assigned, the office was noisy for a while. Before long, it was time to leave work, which meant that their overtime was also coming up soon.
At exactly six o'clock in the afternoon, as soon as the people in the office swiped their cards, they started running out to find food or to rest. They were all waiting to start working overtime after it got completely dark, because as darkness fell, some wandering ghosts and spirits in the human world also began to come out.
Yue Jiuling left with Ya Zi. Because they didn't have much time, they didn't have a meal together and went to find food separately.
Yue Jiuling thought that time was running out, so she wondered if she and Ya Zi should just grab something to eat. She pointed at her phone and said, "Ya Zi, what do you want to eat? How about we just get takeout and eat at our assigned spots?"
Ya Zi hadn't really decided what to eat, but he had learned to listen to other people's opinions now, so he nodded in agreement and said, "Okay, then let's get takeout and eat in the East District."
Yue Jiuling had the same idea, so she simply took Ya Zi to the next street and said, "Luckily, there are many food options on the next street, otherwise it would take a lot of time to get takeout."
She had barely finished speaking when she received a message on her phone. The sender was Jiang Hu, and the message said that Jiang Hu wanted to meet with Yue Jiuling sometime to discuss Jiang Nian's death.
Yue Jiuling's head started to ache as soon as she saw the message. She said to Ya Zi, "Go and pack it for me. Any kind of food is fine. I'm going to find the restroom."
Ya Zi, without suspecting anything, nodded and headed towards a less crowded restaurant.
After Ya Zi left, Yue Jiuling ran to a public restroom and called out Yue Jiu Nian from inside her body: "Jiu Nian, come out here. I'm leaving Jiang Nian's father's matter to you. I'm very busy and don't have time to see guests."
Ever since Yue Jiu Nian and Yue Jiu Zai killed themselves and the Jiang family helped collect their bodies, Yue Jiu Ling has been frequently approached by the Jiang family. At first, Yue Jiu Ling followed her original plan, attributing their deaths to accidents and intending to return the house.
The Jiang family doesn't want the house anymore. They think Yue Jiuling and her group are very capable, so they want Yue Jiuling to help them find Jiang Nian's ghost and find out what happened back then.
However, this request really stumped Yue Jiuling. When Yue Jiuling borrowed Jiang Nian's body, Jiang Nian disappeared. How were they supposed to find her? So Yue Jiuling made up an excuse to refuse.
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