After hearing my assurance, Granny Wang continued.
"Alright, for Yingniang's sake, I won't ask for more. You should be able to afford 50,000 yuan, right?"
Fifty thousand yuan was a lot for me back then; it was indeed a large sum.
Perhaps we'll have to grit our teeth and sell some of our possessions to raise the money.
But now it's nothing to me anymore, especially since I can get Luo Tianhe's stuff for free.
Moreover, the price was indeed reasonable, considering that this time was different from the time with Huang Xiangu.
"Sure, sure. You can contact the person first, and then call me. I'll tell her where the soul-summoning ceremony will be held."
I breathed a sigh of relief, hung up the phone, and looked out the window at the gradually brightening sky before contacting Zhang Qiang.
I told him that I had found the person, and Zhang Qiang told us to go directly to the forensic center to meet him.
I said I'd have to wait a while, since the summoning ritual wasn't ready yet. I needed to go to the funeral parlor to buy some things, but it wouldn't take long.
Zhang Qiang wasn't in a hurry and said he would wait for me there.
I tidied myself up, washed up, and went out. Instead of heading to the funeral market first, I took a taxi to Luo Tianhe's house.
When I arrived at his house, I pounded on the door, but the two people inside were fast asleep, like logs, and didn't respond at all.
I could only call them, and after making four or five calls, I finally heard Li Huai's voice on the other end:
"Hello, who is it? Disturbing my sleep so early in the morning."
"Stop sleeping! How long have you been sleeping? I must have seen a ghost last night. Get up and wake Luo Tianhe too."
Upon hearing my words, Li Huai instantly lost his sleepiness and became fully awake.
"Brother Yan, you've encountered ghosts again? Even more often than I have. I'm going to wake Brother Luo up right now."
"I'll explain in detail later. You hurry up and open the door for me."
Soon, a hopping sound came from behind the door. Li Huai opened the door and was startled when he saw me.
"Yan-ge, you look terrible. Your dark circles are so bad you could cosplay as a panda. Didn't you sleep well last night?"
I rolled my eyes. I always felt that Li Huai was a bit off-center from the head.
"Didn't I tell you I saw a ghost last night? No wonder I couldn't sleep well!"
"But you seem to be in worse shape; you're even having trouble walking?"
I looked at his swollen foot and frowned as I asked.
At this moment, Luo Tianhe walked up behind him, hands in his pockets, and said with a gloating expression:
"This kid insisted that he had also studied some medicine, so why couldn't he treat himself? After working on it for a long time, it seems like he was completely out of his depth."
This idiot, I'm speechless, I really can't say a word.
After entering the room and recounting the events of the previous day in detail, Luo Tianhe's expression turned serious.
"Let's go together. This is too weird. How could that head find you so accurately? I feel it's probably not a coincidence."
"Um."
I nodded in agreement, and then first instructed Luo Tianhe:
"First, take Li Huai to Doctor Sun so he can examine his foot and learn some medical skills. Then, go and buy some things."
I instructed Luo Tianhe to buy the items needed for the soul-summoning ritual that were relatively easy to obtain.
Immediately afterwards, I rushed to the funeral parlor and bought the remaining items needed for the soul-summoning ritual.
After doing all this, I first called Zhang Qiang:
"Hey Zhang Qiang, how's it going? Have you prepared a place yet?"
"Everything was prepared long ago. Now all that's missing is you all. So, have you chosen your candidates for the Yin-Yang ritual?"
After answering, Zhang Qiang couldn't help but ask me another question.
"Of course it's ready, otherwise why would I be calling you in such a hurry to ask if the venue is ready?"
Zhang Qiang is usually quite smart and quick-witted, but he was too anxious at this moment, which led him to ask such a stupid question.
However, I can understand. The police in the entire city have probably been racking their brains over this matter for a long time, and he must be under a lot of pressure.
"OK, then come quickly, I'll be waiting for you here."
After talking to Zhang Qiang, I hung up the phone and then called Granny Wang.
"Hey, Granny Wang, are you ready now? I've already chosen the address; it's at the forensic center in our city."
"Ready? I didn't expect you to be working for the government."
Wang Po's voice sounded somewhat surprised, after all, our line of work rarely has any connection with the authorities.
Her voice sounded somewhat envious; after all, in this line of work, having official backing gives you prestige, whether among the general public or anywhere else.
I understood what she meant, and shook my head with a wry smile.
"Wang Po, you're overthinking it. It's just that a friend of mine is a policeman inside, and he's involved in this matter. He asked me to help him out."
After a moment's thought, Wang Po on the other end of the phone understood. After all, the cause of death of such a violent and vengeful ghost is usually explained, and the police would probably be very busy because of it.
"Okay, I'll take my grandniece and take a taxi there now."
Granny Wang stopped dwelling on the matter.
"Okay, I've already finished shopping and will take a taxi there. We can meet at the forensic center."
When I arrived at the forensic center, Zhang Qiang and Grandma Wang were already waiting there.
Grandma Wang was still the same thin woman I remembered, dressed in a dark cloth dress without any complicated patterns, leaning on a cane, with a shrewd look in her eyes.
Behind her was a young girl who looked to be in her early twenties. Her face was pale, and her eyes were timid, as if she was afraid of what was about to happen.
This must be the grandniece that Granny Wang mentioned who often helped her.
However, it was obvious that she had never experienced something like this before, so she was a little uneasy.
Grandma Wang was still talking to her quietly, probably trying to comfort her.
When he saw me arrive carrying a large bag of things, Zhang Qiang quickly came over and patted me on the shoulder.
"You're finally here! I've been waiting so anxiously!"
"Is there such a rush? You police officers have been getting criticized for a long time."
I deliberately lowered my voice so that Wang Po and the others wouldn't hear, so as not to embarrass Zhang Qiang.
Zhang Qing smiled sheepishly and looked around like a thief. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Wang Po and the girl hadn't heard him.
“The main problem is that when there’s no hope, you can just wait a while and it won’t hurt. But now you’re saying you’ll summon the spirit and solve the problem right away, and I feel like I’m going to suffer for even a second.”
I shrugged helplessly and said apologetically:
"Then you'll probably have to endure a bit more suffering. You'll have to wait for Luo Tianhe to arrive. He'll be in charge of buying lime and such. We can only perform the soul-summoning ritual once he arrives."
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