Qu Lingyuan sat in front of the makeup mirror, waiting for Yi Ling to "return from his business trip."
At the same time, Yin Meng was walking on the street wearing large sunglasses and a fisherman's hat on his head, the brim of which directly covered half of his face.
Behind the sunglasses, no one could see the obvious dark circles under her eyes.
She no longer remembered how she got home after leaving the restaurant that day.
From that day on, she had nightmares almost every night. In the dream, Zheng Xue was standing on the side of the road, with her long hair scattered on her shoulders, and bright red blood flowing from her wrists to the ground, gathering into a pool at the soles of her feet.
Under the dim street lights at night, he stared at her, tears streaming down his lifeless eyes.
Even in broad daylight, Yin Meng would feel a chill all over his body when he recalled the scene in his dream.
It was early morning and there were few people on the streets.
Under the willow tree with its head tilted, an old man, slowly stroking his beard, sat on a small stool and stopped Yin Meng with the crutch beside him.
His voice was quite kind: "Little girl, it seems that you... are entangled in something unclean."
Yin Meng's pupils shrank sharply. She turned and stared at him for a long moment before hesitantly asking, "How did you know..."
The old man smiled inscrutablely and shook his head, not answering her question. He tapped the ground with his cane and stood up from the small stool. "You met her a few days ago, didn't you?"
As soon as these words came out of his mouth, Yin Meng recalled the day when Qu Lingyuan suddenly disappeared from in front of him, and his hair stood on end.
She bit the corner of her lip, and with her pale fingers she hooked down her sunglasses, revealing her bloodshot eyes due to lack of sleep.
"To be honest, I've been having nightmares these past few days, and my work and daily life have been severely affected. Now that you know all this, you can definitely save me! That woman...she...she said she won't let me go..."
She grabbed the old man's arm pleadingly, as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw. Her face turned red with anxiety and tears welled up in the corners of her eyes.
The old man stared at her with deep eyes, until she felt a little resistance, then he said in a calm voice: "This is a powerful spirit..."
Yin Meng's lips trembled with fear: "What should I do..."
The old man waved his hand and said, "It's not that hard to get rid of. It's a drowned spirit. You know there's a huge reef on the east coast of the Soft Sea."
Yin Meng recalled the topography of the east coast of Rouhai from his memory, nodded blankly, and said "hmm" softly.
She remembered it very clearly, as she had filmed a movie there.
After receiving a positive answer, the old man continued, "That's where the spirit fell and drowned. Go to the reef where she fell, burn some paper and kowtow three times to lure her out..."
As he spoke, he pulled out a yellow talisman from his pocket and stuffed it into Yin Meng's pocket: "Then stick this talisman on her forehead, and it will turn her into ashes."
Yin Meng took the yellow talisman paper with both hands, swallowed the saliva in her mouth nervously, and walked away from the old man in a trance, grabbing the shoulder strap of her backpack.
The old man turned around and immediately lost his kind expression, even rolling his eyes.
Young people nowadays really... believe anything.
He took out a stack of RMB from his trouser pocket and counted them with his saliva contentedly.
He easily earned several thousand yuan by performing such a short play. The boss was generous and he was really lucky.
Yiling sat leisurely on the willow branch, rubbing her smooth hair while watching the show.
He is a computer and there is no growth or development.
But has your hair gotten a little longer recently?
Is it an illusion?
*
When Yi Ling returned to the studio, the filming of Qu Lingyuan's MV had already been completed.
"How's it going? Did you take the bait?"
"She seems to believe it, but she's not sure whether she will go."
Yi Ling shrunk the light screen to the size of a mobile phone and held it in his hand. The transparent screen flashed with blue light, and lines crisscrossed on it, which was obviously a map of the city.
There are many red dots flashing and moving on the map, which are the locations of the main characters.
After blocking out the people who are not needed for the time being, there is only one red dot left, with a name marked in the lower right corner: Yin Meng.
There was no one in the dressing room. Qu Lingyuan tilted her head curiously to check the location.
"Where did she go?" She blinked, somewhat confused.
Yi Ling smiled, "A street full of funeral clothes and wreaths."
“???” Qu Lingyuan almost choked to death as the breath she was holding was stuck in her throat.
"I think he's going to buy paper money to burn for you."
“…”
"You have to dig a hole for yourself, hahahaha..."
“…”
“Hahahahahahahahahaha…”
"Speak calmly, Yiling, I really want to tear your head off."
Qu Lingyuan glared fiercely and clenched his fists.
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After instructing Yi Ling to keep an eye on the location at all times, Qu Lingyuan stayed at home after filming the MV and waited for Yin Meng to go to the east coast of Rouhai.
Yin Meng also remained somewhat skeptical about the old man, but she was now convinced that she had encountered a supernatural event.
After all, that bitch Qu Lingyuan used the invisibility potion in front of her, which is simply unbelievable to modern people who believe in science.
So after having nightmares for several days in a row, she finally made up her mind to go to the big reef on the east coast of the Rouhai Sea to burn paper.
Qu Lingyuan received a notice from Yi Ling and drove there as well.
She first destroyed the coastal surveillance, then walked towards the reef on the beach.
The reef was as high as a three-story building from the sea level. Looking from a distance, Yin Meng's figure looked like a black dot, not very obvious.
But the green smoke produced by burning paper money floated on the reef, standing out against the sky and being extremely inconsistent with the surrounding clear blue waves.
Yin Meng struggled internally for a moment, then gritted his teeth and knelt on the reef, facing the sea. He kowtowed three times to the paper money and muttered something.
"Every wrong has its perpetrator, and every debt has its creditor. Zheng Xue committed suicide, and it has nothing to do with me. Even if you two are good friends, don't seek revenge on me. I kowtow to you, and let this matter go..."
Her voice was soft but trembling, mixed with the sound of waves hitting the rocks, making it difficult to hear clearly.
Qu Lingyuan was standing behind her, wearing the disguise mask.
Seeing Yin Meng finish all this, she laughed softly, pinched her throat and imitated the voice of a female ghost and said, "Hey, here you are?"
Hearing the familiar sound she deliberately made, Yin Meng froze for a moment. He slowly retracted his hand to his waist, slipped it into the inner pocket of his coat, and tremblingly pinched the "yellow? Fake? Talisman paper".
The next second, she suddenly stood up and turned around, slapping the yellow talisman paper on Qu Lingyuan's forehead in one go, her heart beating rapidly and she was gasping for breath.
Qu Lingyuan cooperated and stood there motionless, not even blinking, with a ferocious and painful expression.
When Yin Meng slapped the yellow talisman paper, she touched her skin covered by the mask. The real soft touch seemed to still remain on her fingertips, which made people feel a little suspicious.
Yin Meng breathed a sigh of relief, but didn't forget to ask, "Are you a human or a ghost..."
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