After listening to the old man finish speaking, I felt a chill run down my spine.
The bones of a closest relative? A bone in one's heart?
Those are Bai Yin's remains!
Bai Yang is going to dig up her sister's grave?
But Bai Yang's sister died right after she was born, and we have no idea where she was buried.
Moreover, her phone was left at this funeral home, and we couldn't find her at all!
No, it wasn't left behind; she deliberately left it here.
For a moment I felt dejected, as if my bones had suddenly been removed.
Bai Yang had Bai Yin to guide him, making it easy for him to find his remains, but we know absolutely nothing about it!
Moreover, even if Zhang Qiang were asked to investigate, he couldn't find anything. Who would have a record of where a stillborn infant was buried so many years ago?!
"Here, this is what the little girl left here. Here you go."
The old man pulled out a cell phone and threw it at me. I instinctively caught it, and it was covered with missed calls.
Seeing this, Li Huai was somewhat dissatisfied.
"Sir, you don't answer our calls."
The old man immediately laughed.
“I don’t know you, why should I pick you up? Besides, I’m not familiar with that girl either. Don’t think that just because you call me ‘Grandpa’ a couple of times, we’re really related.”
After saying that, the old man waved his hand as if swatting away a mosquito, and said:
"Alright, you can leave now. The fee for using the old man's image has already been paid, so we don't owe you anything."
He said it so casually, yet it left the three of us speechless.
They made paper figures of us, and they think they're even now by revealing some information?
This old ghost's logic is truly audacious.
But there was nothing we could do. We could only take Bai Yang's phone and leave the funeral parlor with heavy hearts.
The cold wind blowing through the street sobered us up a bit, but it also brought a deeper chill.
"What do we do now? I have absolutely no clue what to do," Li Huai said, scratching his head in frustration.
Luo Tianhe pondered for a moment, then looked at me: "Chen Yan, could Bai Yang have gone back to the funeral home? Or gone somewhere else?"
I shook my head and tried to unlock Bai Yang's phone, hoping to find clues inside.
I tried entering Bai Yang's birthday, but it was incorrect. I then entered Bai Yin's possible death anniversary, but it was still incorrect.
Although it's only a 6-digit password, there are countless possible combinations. I have no idea how many I can guess, and if I try a few more times, the phone will be locked.
"Damn it!" I cursed under my breath, feeling like a headless fly.
"Why don't we go and ask Master Zhang Qingxiao? Maybe he can help."
After thinking for a long time, Li Huai finally spoke.
"The ghost-catching master is good at it, but when it comes to finding people, it's better to call the police. At least the police can check the surveillance footage."
etc!
At this point, my face lit up with joy. Yes, we can check the surveillance footage now!
This is not the usual situation. Now, there are several blind spots in the streets and alleys.
"Hehe, don't be too happy yet. Ghosts can block surveillance."
Luo Tianhe, who was standing nearby, poured cold water on the situation.
Having been through so much, he naturally knows that cameras can't capture ghosts.
As long as Bai Yin finds a way to help Bai Yang hide, we will not be able to find her trace in the surveillance footage.
I just chuckled coldly.
"Ghosts don't have any high technology. Their methods of blocking surveillance are nothing more than destroying surveillance cameras or temporarily interfering with the surveillance there for a period of time."
"We can pinpoint Baiyin's location by searching for damaged or suddenly unusable surveillance cameras."
"But what if they went to the suburbs or the wilderness? After all, this is an extremely yin place, it doesn't look like a city at all, does it?"
Luo Tianhe felt that what I said made some sense, but then he scratched his head and raised a new question.
I couldn't help but roll my eyes and said irritably:
"Do you have a better way? We only have this clumsy method left. Let's try to find it first, and we'll see what happens if we can't find it."
As Luo Tianhe said, the chances of finding people using this method are indeed extremely slim.
But we had no choice but to force the issue; there was no other way.
Just then, the screen of Baiyang's phone in my hand suddenly lit up.
I looked down and saw that someone had sent me a message.
The sender was an unknown number, and the message contained only a few words.
"Everything is ready. Midnight, same place."
Everything's ready? Same place as always?
My heart skipped a beat!
Has Bai Yang already found her sister's remains? And does she have accomplices?!
Where is this old place?
The sudden news made me feel like I had grasped something, but I couldn't recall the key information for the time being.
I scratched my head, feeling like smashing the phone.
"Li Huai, go find someone to hack this phone and see who sent her the message!"
I handed the phone to Li Huai and said in a serious voice.
Li Huai took the phone, nodded, and casually asked:
"Okay, I know a phone repairman who's really good at cracking phone passwords. I'll get it done as soon as possible. But if you're going to leave this to me, what are you guys going to do?"
"I'll go ask that old man again. Since he understands the Ghost Contract, he might know more details."
"Based on my years of experience watching horror movies, it's best not to split up into two groups."
Li Huai muttered something, but still took his phone and turned to leave.
Although I was a little scared, I still gritted my teeth and pushed open the door of the pawnshop again.
"Hey kid, do you have any manners? How dare you call me 'that old man' in public?"
As soon as I entered, before I could even speak, the old man launched into a challenge.
My eyes widened in shock. This old man was actually eavesdropping on our conversation.
But I quickly came to my senses and gave an awkward smile.
"Grandpa, dear grandpa, it was my fault, I'll slap myself."
As I spoke, I lightly slapped myself a few times, then smiled somewhat obsequiously:
"Since you've heard everything, I'd like to ask, it says 'everything is ready,' what else is needed besides the bones of a close relative to sign the blood-related ghost contract? And where might 'the old place' refer to?"
The old man raised his eyelids, seemingly quite satisfied with my attitude of admitting my mistake. He glanced at his phone screen, a meaningful smile playing on his lips.
"What do we need to prepare? Hehe, there's a lot. We need 'Soul-Guiding Incense' to guide the departed souls, we need 'Yin Blood Ink' to write contracts, we need..."
He named several things that sounded incredibly sinister, each exuding a strong aura of evil.
I grinned. Is this ceremony really that complicated?
"And you also need a token that can represent both the living and the dead."
The old man's voice became low and deep.
"And this token is a love knot woven from the hair of the living and the bones of the dead, mixed with hemp or other materials!"
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