Are we just going to let him go like that?
I found it somewhat unbelievable, after all, Old Chen had just dug up his grave and was going to flush his ashes down the toilet.
Is this ghost really that good-tempered?
Old Chen, still looking shaken, paused for a moment, then said with a wry smile:
"When I got home, I opened the money box and found it was full of ghost money."
Nonsense, what else would ghosts pay for if not ghost money?
Did you really think he would give you RMB?
There are too many suspicious points in this matter, and even I don't have many clues for the time being.
Logically speaking, if you encounter someone like Old Chen who digs up your own grave, the ghost should want to tear him to pieces.
But even when Old Chen dug up his ashes, poured them into the toilet, and tried to extort money from him by pretending they were ashes, he didn't get angry.
This is something I can't understand at all.
Moreover, looking at Old Chen's face, he looked so unlucky that he was almost like a dead man.
Did that ghost make a move in secret? But did it need to hide?
After all, ghosts aren't afraid of the law and can kill people whenever they want, so logically they wouldn't secretly harm people.
Seeing that I was deep in thought, Old Chen continued:
"Master Chen, could you please get me something to ward off evil spirits? I'm afraid that thing will come after me again at night. I feel a little better during the day now."
Just then, the sound of car brakes came from the doorway.
Then Li Huai appeared at the door.
This time, instead of going to a bar to have fun, the two of them actually started working at a funeral home.
It's almost 11 o'clock now, time for lunch, and they're only just arriving.
Li Huai jogged up to me, and when he saw me, he gave an embarrassed smile.
"The boss arrived so early."
"Screw you," I rolled my eyes, annoyed, and decided not to argue with him.
Suddenly he saw Old Chen next to me and exclaimed "Huh?"
Then his brows furrowed, as if he were pondering something.
I was somewhat surprised.
Has Li Huai learned to read faces now? He noticed something was off about this old man's face?
He hesitated for a moment, then looked at Old Chen and asked:
"Hey, haven't we met somewhere before? You look kind of familiar."
Old Chen nodded and said, "That's right, we did meet last night, and I remember you."
Last night?
Li Huai looked completely bewildered.
At this moment, Luo Tianhe, who had parked his car, walked in and also heard these words.
The look in his eyes as he looked at Li Huai suddenly became somewhat puzzled:
"Li Huai, didn't we go straight to sleep after we got back yesterday? You went out for a late-night snack in the middle of the night."
Suddenly, Li Huai's eyes widened, revealing a look of fear.
He took a few steps back until he was leaning against the wall before speaking in a trembling voice:
“I went straight to sleep when I got back, and then I remembered where I had seen him before.”
Old Chen, with an air of nonchalance, casually said:
"Didn't we meet at the scene of the car accident? It was such a horrific accident, I remember it so clearly, how could you not even remember that?"
"Were you at the scene of the car accident too?"
I suddenly spoke up, looking at Old Chen and asking.
Old Chen nodded as if it were the most natural thing in the world:
"Otherwise, how would I have seen this guy at the car accident scene?"
Hearing his words, I suddenly felt a chill run down my spine.
At the scene of the car accident, Luo Tianhe, Li Huai, and I were all present!
He acted as if he was also there, but said he had only seen Li Huai and had no impression of me or Luo Tianhe!
Li Huai did something that neither Luo Tianhe nor I did.
That means running to the car to check if the driver was dead.
Thinking about this, I suddenly realized what was going on.
This old Chen wasn't a human being, but someone who died in yesterday's car accident.
I activated my third eye, and sure enough, Old Chen's chest cavity was sunken, and I don't know how many bones were broken.
His head was covered in blood, and his brains were spilling out.
I felt somewhat ashamed at that time.
I'm just a mediocre cobbler, and I ended up chatting with a ghost for so long.
Mainly, I thought it was broad daylight, and what he was doing didn't seem like something a ghost could do, so I didn't look closely.
Luo Tianhe scratched his head, not understanding why Li Huai suddenly looked scared, and my face was also extremely pale.
"Brother, were you at the scene of the car accident? Why didn't I see you?"
Seeing that Luo Tianhe was actually talking to the ghost,
Li Huai took two steps forward, grabbed Luo Tianhe's arm, and said, word by word:
"Because he was blocked by the car and his body was embedded in the wall, you were too far away to see him at all!"
Since we've come this far,
How could Luo Tianhe not have realized what was happening?
At that moment, as I pieced all the clues together, I suddenly realized how incredibly stupid I had been.
Many clues clearly indicate that this old man is the one who died in yesterday's car accident. After all, Zhang Qiang told me that the person who died in the car accident was working three jobs to pay for his daughter's medical treatment, so he was very short of money.
And this old Chen was so desperate for money that he resorted to stealing ashes to sell.
Furthermore, he seems to have a deep obsession with rich people, specifically digging up their graves. The person who ran over and killed Old Chen yesterday was also a rich man.
Also, Old Chen just drank a glass of water that had already gone cold, but said it was too hot.
That's because ghosts are inherently yin; what is cool water to a normal person is hot water to a ghost.
I gave Old Chen a serious look; I no longer had much prejudice against him.
He was killed in a car accident, but he still clings to a stubborn belief, trying to earn money for his daughter's medical treatment.
The fact that a ghost can appear in broad daylight is enough to show how deep its obsession is.
Having said all that, Old Chen seemed to have realized something. He touched his face and laughed bitterly:
Am I already dead?
I nodded and said:
“At the time, your face looked no different from a dead person, but since you appeared in broad daylight, I didn’t think of it that way. In fact, you were already dead. You were the victim in yesterday’s car accident.”
Suddenly, a cold wind howled in broad daylight, and we felt the temperature in the room drop by four or five degrees.
But Old Chen seemed oblivious to everything, continuing to mutter to himself:
"So I'm already dead. No wonder I went straight there to the cemetery even though it's in the suburbs, without taking a taxi. And after working all night, I didn't feel hungry at all. But seeing the incense burning in your room just now made me really hungry."
As he muttered to himself, Old Chen gradually revealed his true form.
The bloody scene startled Luo Tianhe.
Old Chen's figure slowly faded: "I remember now, I remember everything. No wonder that ghost gave up on taking revenge on me after staring at me for so long, it turns out he also realized that I am a ghost."
Soon, Old Chen's figure disappeared completely, as if he had never been there at all.
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