Chapter 122 Qiao Yanyu and her group borrowed a meeting room from the police station and returned there with the mother and daughter...
Qiao Yanyu and her group borrowed a meeting room from the police station and returned with the mother and daughter. Zhang Shuyao and her daughter were somewhat confused by Qiao Yanyu and He Zhao's group of four, unsure of their purpose. They were even more astonished when Qiao Yanyu showed her identification.
Qiao Yanyu didn't give them the disguises the Paranormal Countermeasures Bureau usually used, like community worker or police officer IDs, but rather the Bureau's official identification. So when Zhang Shuyao saw "Paranormal Countermeasures Bureau," she was so shocked that her mouth dropped open.
With their strong awareness of fraud prevention, their first reaction was—this must be a scam, these four people must be con artists or something. But then they were in the police station, wondering if scammers had become this brazen now.
The person who stepped forward to communicate was Li Xia. Generally speaking, this job was done by He Zhao, since Qiao Yanyu and Wang Yu were a couple. One was not good at speaking, and the other spoke without thinking. But now that there was a professional working woman, Li Xia, whom Qiao Yanyu specifically requested to be skilled in social interaction, the communication was naturally handled by Li Xia.
Li Xia recounted the story about the tall man, which sounded like a fairy tale to Zhang Shuyao and her daughter.
"You mean... after my husband died, because of those ungrateful bastards, he became a ghost? And because he couldn't remember who he was for a long time, he wandered around in a daze until today when he remembered what I looked like, and that's how you found me?"
Zhang Shuyao's mother actually thought it was ridiculous. With today's technology, how could she not find information about her husband?
As a professional, Li Xia seemed to see through Zhang Shuyao's mother's thoughts. With a smile, she took out her phone, found the tall photo that Qiao Yanyu had taken before, handed it to the mother and daughter, and explained: "After becoming a ghost, his appearance may be different from when he was alive. It may be because he was very thin in life, or died suddenly from malnutrition and overwork, so after becoming a ghost, he chose to make himself look very robust."
This was beyond just being "very burly"; it was practically a mountain of flesh. Yet, Zhang Shuyao's mother still recognized a resemblance to her husband in that face piled high with fat.
After returning the phone to Li Xia, the mother and daughter both fell silent.
This is when Qiao Yanyu comes into play. She has the highest rank and the most authority, so she can provide the mother and daughter with some convenience and guarantees at this time. She said what she had said to the tall man before, promising to transfer Zhang Shuyao to a middle school in the city with a better college entrance rate and to give her extra points in the high school entrance exam.
Zhang Shuyao's mother had been thinking about her husband, but those words immediately diverted her attention. Compared to her useless husband who brought misfortune to their daughter even in death, her daughter was undoubtedly more important now.
Her face showed interest, but also hesitation. She knew this wasn't the time to be coy, so she quickly voiced her concerns: "I don't think transferring schools at this juncture is a good idea. A familiar learning environment will help Yao Yao study better..."
Qiao Yanyu looked at Zhang Shuyao and asked, "So, what about you? Do you still want to continue getting along with your classmates?"
"I...I don't want to."
Zhang Shuyao spoke frankly. Students her age could be quite stubborn at times. Since those classmates had already betrayed her, she wouldn't be happy even if they turned against Cui Zhe now. After saying that, she added, "I'm willing to transfer schools! I just want to be far away from them!"
Qiao Yanyu nodded, and Zhang Shuyao's mother also sighed.
Next, He Zhao brought up the matter of the tall creature wanting to see them: "This should be its original..." He Zhao originally wanted to say "its original ghost," but considering that they were in front of its wife and daughter, he changed his mind: "Its original wish, because of this wish, has delayed its reincarnation. After seeing you, it will be reincarnated and will have no further connection with you. Would you like to see it one more time?"
Before Zhang Shuyao's mother could speak, Zhang Shuyao interrupted, "Do I really have to see her? If I don't see her, will I be unable to transfer schools or get extra points?"
"Yaoyao!" Zhang Shuyao's mother tugged at her urgently, then looked at He Zhao, seemingly waiting for her answer.
He Zhao shook his head: "There's no such logic. Whatever your choice is, what I just said will remain unchanged. Otherwise, I wouldn't have waited until I finished speaking to bring it up; I would have discussed it with you as a prerequisite long ago."
Zhang Shuyao nodded: "Then I won't see him."
He Zhao glanced at Zhang Shuyao, then at Zhang Shuyao's mother, and said, "Don't be so absolute, your mother hasn't made up her mind yet." Zhang Shuyao abruptly turned to look at her mother, only to see a hint of embarrassment on her face. Zhang Shuyao then added with a touch of exasperation, "Mom, what's wrong with you? He's already like that, and you still want to see him again?!"
Zhang Shuyao's mother's embarrassment deepened.
At this stage, children can actually be more ruthless than their mothers because they genuinely dislike their fathers and have little to no memory of them. However, this wasn't the case for Zhang Shuyao's mother; after all, they had been husband and wife for a period of time and had shared some happy memories.
Later, Zhang Shuyao's mother did hate the tall man, but now that he's dead, it's like a light going out. She also knows that her husband didn't actually betray her or have an affair. This fills Zhang Shuyao's mother with conflict, and she wants to ask him face to face why he did this.
He Zhao didn't intervene between them, but simply said, "You two still need to come to the police station on Sunday for mediation with Cui Zhe. It's not too late to tell me your answer after the mediation is over."
After speaking with the mother and daughter, He Zhao pushed Qiao Yanyu's wheelchair away, while Li Xia and Wang Yu stayed behind to finish up. Li Xia gave the mother and daughter her contact information and informed them of the confidentiality agreement, stipulating that information about ghosts should not be disclosed to any third party.
Since it concerned her daughter's high school entrance exam and future, Zhang Shuyao's mother immediately nodded in agreement.
The next few days were back to normal for He Zhao and Qiao Yanyu, while Wang Yu and Li Xia were busy doing mischief. Dealing with the others was the same as dealing with Cui Zhe: scaring them with nightmares while simultaneously sending messages to the school's confession wall, revealing the truth behind their recent incident.
Only the youngest elementary school student was difficult to deal with, but after being frightened for a few days, he became paranoid and stopped appearing in the group chat altogether. At this point, the vast majority of those involved had been punished. Even the staff member who leaked the information lost his job because of Wang Yu and Li Xia's accusations.
In the end, only the tall guy's own problems remained unresolved.
It had been quite anxious these past few days, especially after He Zhao told it about Zhang Shuyao's differing opinions and her mother's dilemma. It became even more fearful. It wanted to see its wife and daughter one last time before being reincarnated after this matter was resolved.
Now it has been told that it may never be able to meet, and it truly cannot embark on the path of reincarnation with such deep regret.
On Sunday, He Zhao and Qiao Yanyu even brought Big Tall along to the pork stall. Because of their previous agreement, they didn't want Big Tall to secretly see its wife and daughter, so He Zhao even borrowed some talisman paper from Qiao Yanyu and sealed the small bottle containing Big Tall tightly, so it couldn't see anything outside.
He Zhao and Qiao Yanyu didn't go into their mediation session; they just sat down in the next meeting room. After a while, they could still hear Cui Zhe wailing and calling for his grandmother. Only after Cui Zhe left was there a knock on the door of the meeting room where they were.
However, only one person came in, and that was Zhang Shuyao's mother; Zhang Shuyao herself did not come.
It seems Zhang Shuyao still can't let go of her hatred for her father, so it's understandable that she didn't come. Qiao Yanyu nodded to Zhang Shuyao's mother and then released the Tall Man. Under Qiao Yanyu's influence, even an ordinary person like Zhang Shuyao's mother, who normally can't see ghosts, could see the Tall Man.
To be honest, seeing the tall guy at first was quite exciting; Zhang Shuyao's mother screamed. Luckily, Qiao Yanyu was prepared, otherwise the police would have rushed in to see what was going on. The tall guy was also a bit flustered; he really didn't intend to scare his wife.
Fortunately, after a while, Zhang Shuyao's mother calmed down, having seen the tall man's photos before. Once she got used to it, she burst into tears before even speaking, her first words to the tall man being, "How did you become like this?"
They had a poignant love story between a human and a ghost over there, and all their resentment gradually dissipated because of the tall man's death and his current appearance. Furthermore, since they hadn't been able to say a proper goodbye while they were alive, now was the time for their final farewell.
However, for He Zhao and Qiao Yanyu, these scenes were rather boring. Qiao Yanyu had simply seen them too many times and had become immune to them, finding it impossible for her to be moved by such scenes. He Zhao's reason for finding them boring was even simpler—as a lesbian, was she really expected to shed a few tears while watching a melodramatic romance drama about middle-aged men and women?
He Zhao yawned, sat down in her chair, and said to Qiao Yanyu next to her, "Sister Qiao, what are we having for dinner tonight?" Her behavior was indeed a bit irresponsible, but she really didn't want to watch a heterosexual romance drama. Qiao Yanyu, on the other hand, was multitasking, responding to He Zhao while keeping an eye on the scene.
After a while, the couple finished their farewell. Although the tall man still had some lingering feelings for his daughter, he knew it was his own fault and he could only embark on the path of reincarnation. He Zhao pulled his wife aside a little and watched as Qiao Yanyu began to perform the ritual to help the tall man pass on to the afterlife.
Little did they know, the tall guy had overheard their conversation. Before turning into specks of light, he suddenly said, "You can try my wife's braised pig's head. It's incredibly delicious, and there's even an extra spicy version... Really, really, it's incredibly delicious."
At this moment, He Zhao realized that the tall guy's long-cherished food was actually his wife's cold pig's head salad.
The tall figure turned into specks of white light. Zhang Shuyao's mother sobbed a few times, wiped away her tears, and asked the two of them, "If you don't mind, would you like to come to my house for dinner?"
He Zhao and Qiao Yanyu exchanged a glance, and He Zhao spoke up: "Yes."
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