Fatty Wang sighed.
Although he used to work in the funeral home industry, he really didn't believe in ghosts and gods!
Otherwise, he wouldn't have kept fooling Zhao Jianguo.
I glanced at him, and my impression of the fat man changed quite a bit.
It turns out he didn't believe in such things at all before; no wonder he was terrified when he saw the surveillance footage.
We were each lost in our own thoughts and didn't talk much more. Soon the car bumped and jolted into the city.
We took Zhao Jianguo home first. His wife had already received a call and was waiting downstairs with red and swollen eyes.
When she saw the stretcher covered with a canvas that we carried down, she was initially puzzled and curious.
When she lifted it, she almost fainted on the spot, and only managed to stand up with the help of Zhao Jianguo.
We didn't linger. We gave him a few brief instructions, telling him to dispose of the body as soon as possible and send it back to his hometown for burial. We also left our contact information before taking our leave.
Fatty Wang just dropped it off anywhere, and we went back to Luo Tianhe's place.
We suffered terribly last night, almost dying there. We are now exhausted, both physically and mentally, and didn't sleep well at all in the car.
“By the way, something’s definitely wrong with the temple in that village,” Luo Tianhe suddenly said.
Although we dealt with Lao Liu, he was actually just a puppet. The real mastermind was still that so-called Hong Niangniang Temple!
I shook my head: "Let's not worry about that now. When I have time, I'll talk to my master and see if we can ask him to help us finish her off. Right now, the three of us probably can't handle it!"
“That’s right. Even our little devils under my brother’s command almost died there. If that thing hadn’t seemed to be wary of us, we probably wouldn’t have been able to get down the mountain.”
Li Huai echoed what I said; he didn't want to face the matchmaker again at all. He was afraid he would be scared to death if it happened again.
"I can't go on anymore, I need to sleep a little longer," I said wearily.
Luo Tianhe and Li Huai were in a similar situation to me, so we all decided to go to sleep and talk about it the next day.
We slept until evening before the three of us slowly woke up.
"By the way, didn't you have a lot of missed calls on your phone before? Aren't you going to get rid of them all?" Li Huai said, as if he had just remembered something.
"Most of them are probably just minor issues, otherwise they would have been calling me constantly or finding other 'masters' to help them," I said, waving my hand. "If I were to call them back one by one, it would take several days just to make those calls."
Just then, my phone rang.
When I checked my phone, I found over a dozen missed calls, all from the same number.
Luo Tianhe and Li Huai leaned over to look, and were immediately surprised to see so many missed calls on the phone.
"This guy called you more than a dozen times this afternoon, he must have something urgent to do, right?" Luo Tianhe said, spreading his hands.
He was also somewhat helpless, saying that this was probably a real encounter with a ghost, and that they would likely have to continue their work.
But now that we've just finished resting, we have to keep spinning like tops. He'll get tired too.
I felt even more helpless. To be honest, I wanted to get some rest, but they had already made so many calls. If I didn't answer, it would be a huge breach of my professional ethics.
Besides, saving a life is a great act of merit. If we had been any later, something terrible might have really happened. Thinking this, I didn't hesitate any longer, answered his call, and said into the phone:
"Hello, this is Yanhehuai Funeral Home. How can I help you?" I said politely, just like a customer service representative answering the phone.
It would be best if this guy just hung up.
Unfortunately, after hearing my voice, he was clearly relieved: "Great, you finally answered the phone!"
"Brother, what's wrong? I saw you call me more than a dozen times this afternoon!" I asked helplessly.
The man on the other end of the phone swallowed hard, his voice still trembling with tears: "Master, I... I think I've encountered a ghost, right here in the western suburbs!"
Western suburbs?
Suddenly, I remembered the story that Fatty Wang had told us before: the funeral home they often cooperated with was a cemetery in the western suburbs.
Could it be the matter he mentioned?
"Tell me in detail what exactly happened?" I said into the phone, my voice a little hurried.
"Here's the thing, I picked up a passenger last night, and it seems like there's something extra in my car that I can't shake off. I've tried several places, but no one believes me or is too afraid to take me. I found out about your place, could you please take a look? Please, I'm willing to negotiate the price!"
western suburbs, soliciting passengers.
Those who got on the bus were probably not human, but ghosts!
"Address." Since they had already come to my door, I didn't bother to refuse properly and asked concisely.
The man quickly gave an address, in the old town area of the western suburbs, next to a car repair shop on the street.
"Alright, you just wait for me there. Don't stay alone. I'll be there in half an hour. There's still some time before midnight, so nothing should happen."
After hanging up the phone, I looked at Li Huai and Luo Tianhe: "Another job!"
"Damn it, I'm speechless! We got that comb, and before we even had a chance to comb Zhou Wenxiu's hair and see what kind of monster she is, this keeps coming one after another!" Luo Tianhe slammed his fist on the table and cursed angrily, clearly quite upset.
Li Huai, on the other hand, remained calm and patted Luo Tianhe on the shoulder:
"It's been so long, haven't you noticed yet? The three of us are just naturally prone to attracting ghosts, it's never stopped!"
"Alright, alright, if you've vented enough, hurry up and pack your things and leave. The sooner we resolve this, the better. Maybe we can even find out more about Zhou Wenxiu!"
I left those words and went to wash up. Although the time was completely reversed, and I was now getting up at night, I still made sure to follow all the necessary steps.
Not long after, Luo Tianhe and Li Huai finished packing, and we drove our van to the western suburbs of the city.
Compared to the city center, this area appears quite dilapidated. The further you go in, the sparser the streetlights become, and the buildings on both sides grow increasingly low and old, making it seem like a completely different city from the core area.
Moreover, these dilapidated houses are almost uninhabited; most are buildings awaiting demolition, and the vast majority of their windows are black, giving the impression of a deserted place.
We soon arrived at the address he had given me. I got out of the car, stood at the intersection, and looked around at the narrow street.
The street was also very old, with several streetlights broken, and the rest were all dim and unclear, casting swaying and distorted spots of light on the ground.
For a moment, the whole street felt incredibly desolate, like a ghost town.
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