Antiques Street.
The elderly men and women held sunflower seeds and peanuts in their hands, forming a circle.
"Why hasn't the master arrived yet?"
"The sunflower seeds in my hand don't smell good anymore."
"Guess how many fortunes the master will perform today?"
"Six divinations, I'll bet a bag of melon seeds."
"Seven gossips, I'll bet three packs of melon seeds."
"Here he comes! The master has arrived!"
The elderly men and women all stood up and automatically made way for Lin Xi.
Aunt Zhang exclaimed in amazement, "Master, you look so beautiful today, like a fairy princess."
“Master, you are a celestial being.” Ma Cuixiang smiled meaningfully. “Master, you must have just gone on a date with your boyfriend.”
Upon hearing her words, everyone's eyes gleamed with gossip.
"Master, why didn't your boyfriend give you a gift?"
"Master, who is your boyfriend?"
"Are you stupid? The master's boyfriend must be a master too."
Lin Xi looked down at her cheongsam, covered her face and sighed.
Oh no! I forgot to change my clothes.
Luckily, the older women don't know how to tell fortunes, so they couldn't guess that she was getting married today.
Lin Xi cleared her throat twice. "I don't have a boyfriend. Don't make wild guesses."
Ma Cuixiang blurted out, "If he's not your boyfriend, then he must be your husband. Master, you're dressed so formally, did you go to get your marriage certificate?"
The onlookers cracked sunflower seeds with increasing gusto.
"Wow! Congratulations, Master!"
"Happy wedding, Master! Wishing you a long and happy marriage and may you soon have a little master in your life."
"..."
Lin Xi's smile froze.
As expected of this sharp-eyed auntie, her secret couldn't be kept hidden at all.
Lin Xi really wanted to say: I'm leaving, Auntie, you can have your fortune told.
Ma Cuixiang raised her hand, "Quiet down, quiet down. The master is shy, everyone please stop joking."
Everyone was very obedient. Seeing that Lin Xi didn't want to talk about it, they quietly quieted down and started eating sunflower seeds.
Lin Xi sat on a small stool. "Same as always, seven divinations today."
A middle-aged man rushed in, holding a red envelope.
"Master, I...I...help me!"
Lin Xi looked up at him and asked, "You have a ghostly aura about you. Did you encounter one?"
The middle-aged man, Sun Tianlong, nodded vigorously, "Master, you are incredibly insightful. I dreamt of ghosts."
Three days ago, he had a strange dream.
In his dream, everything was shrouded in white mist, and Kong Tianlong stood blankly in front of it.
At that moment, an aged voice came from within the white mist.
"Tianlong, Tianlong, come quickly, come here quickly..."
Sun Tianlong was about to go over and take a look when he suddenly woke up.
He let out a breath, a cold sweat breaking out on his back.
Sun Tianlong didn't think much of it, assuming it was just a nightmare, and washed his face before going to work.
The next day, he dreamed of the same scene again.
"Tianlong, Tianlong! Come quickly, come quickly..."
The aged voice carried a hint of anxiety.
Having learned from his previous experience, Sun Tianlong didn't want to go into the white mist, but his body drifted towards it uncontrollably.
"ah!"
He woke up again with a start and found a puddle of water at the foot of the bed.
But it didn't rain yesterday, and the ceiling wasn't leaking, so where did the water come from on the bed?
Sun Tianlong was terrified and told his wife about it.
His wife thought these were all coincidences and told him not to overthink it.
Sun Tianlong was filled with fear and anxiety all day, and dreamed of that voice again that night.
"Tianlong! Tianlong! Come here!!"
This time, Sun Tianlong saw something in the white mist.
It's a cemetery!
The rows of graves before him were incredibly eerie.
The voice was still calling him over.
"Tianlong! Tianlong! Come here..."
"No! I don't want to go there!"
Sun Tianlong trembled and dared not open his eyes.
The voice rang out again, "Tianlong, open your eyes and take a good look!"
"No! I won't look! I won't look! Ahhh!!!"
Sun Tianlong bumped into a white tombstone and woke up in pain.
When he woke up, he was panting heavily and found that his wife next to him also looked terrified.
Sun Tianlong asked, "You dreamed about it too?"
The wife nodded. "Tianlong, what should we do? What should we do? We can't die, Xiaobao is still so young, we can't die..."
The two hugged each other, trembling uncontrollably, until dawn finally broke.
Early in the morning, Sun Tianlong rushed to the antique street to find a master to exorcise the ghost.
After recalling the events, Sun Tianlong gave a smile that looked more like a grimace.
“Master, I swear to God, I, Sun Tianlong, have never done anything immoral or immoral. I have always been honest and hardworking, working to earn money to support my family. I would never even kill a chicken.”
Why is that ghost haunting me?
"Waaaaah, Xiao Bao is still so young, I can't die, and my lover can't die either..."
Sun Tianlong, a burly man over six feet tall, was now huddled up in a ball, tears streaming down his face. "Master, help me!"
Lin Xi comforted her, "Calm down, you won't die."
The fear had lessened considerably. Sun Tianlong sniffed. "Master, should we perform a ritual to destroy that ghost?"
“No need,” Lin Xi explained slowly. “Judging from your appearance, there’s something wrong with your ancestral grave.”
"What?!" Sun Tianlong slapped his thigh in frustration. "Who is so vicious as to harm my Sun family?"
Lin Xi said, "The dark color of the lines on your cheeks, along with the white moisture, means that your ancestral grave has been flooded, so the puddle of water at the foot of the bed is a hint to you."
“That’s impossible.” Sun Tianlong scratched his head. “I go back to my hometown to pay respects to my ancestors every year during the Qingming Festival.”
“Last week, I went there to clear the weeds from my father’s grave. The place is far from any water source, so there couldn’t possibly be any water there.”
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