Chapter 108 If you mess with them, you've really kicked them...
Li An's hazy eyes suddenly cleared.
"elder sister!"
He gripped the blanket tightly, glanced at Chu Ci, and then looked expectantly at Li Lecan.
"Sister, you want to see Mom and Dad too, right?"
He stared wide-eyed, his eyes filled with anticipation.
"They've been looking for you for so long, they must really want to see you!"
Looking at her younger brother, Li Lecan tugged at her lips, her eyelashes fluttering as she lowered her eyes.
"No, thank you."
Her parents wanted to see her alive, not as her ghost after she died.
"elder sister……"
Upon hearing her sister's answer, Li Anjing's bright eyes dimmed instantly.
Li Lecan didn't dare to look into her younger brother's eyes and turned her face away.
"If I don't see them, they won't know I'm dead."
"I don't know if I'm dead, but I still have something to hold onto."
But if her parents find out she's dead and ask her how she died and why she ran away from home for so many years, how will she answer?
She said that on the day she went missing, she went to a classmate's house and was almost forced into sexual activity, and was even accidentally pushed to her death?
If that were the case, her parents would definitely do everything they could to help her get revenge.
But she didn't want that.
She hated the murderer who killed her, but she couldn't let her parents continue to sacrifice so much for her.
After all, she wasn't her parents' only child.
She also has a younger brother, and she always has to think about him.
Li Lecan's thoughts raced for a moment, and she quickly stood up.
"Master, let's go back."
The person involved refused, and Chu Ci did not force them.
She nodded and patted little Li An on the shoulder.
"I'll bring your sister to see you in a couple of days."
Ang Lee lowered his eyes, hesitated as if he wanted to say something, but still nodded slightly.
Li Lecan walked quickly after leaving home.
Xiaomin hurried after her, asking, "Sister Can, why don't you want to meet your parents?"
She caught up with Li Lecan, stayed close to her, and frowned as she looked at her.
Li Lecan gave the same reason: "I don't want my parents to take risks for me."
She was missing for ten years, and her parents searched for her with all their might for ten years.
Her parents have done more than enough for their daughter.
Since she's already dead, what good will seeking justice do? She can't be brought back to life.
Rather than that, it would be better to let her parents give up on her and let her live a normal life.
This would be good for both Xiao An and her parents.
But Xiaomin was thinking about something else entirely.
She stayed close to Li Lecan, frowning as she spoke:
"But Sister Chan, your brother can see ghosts!"
She whispered, "I asked a master, and he said your brother is different from other children who can see ghosts."
"Other children's third eye is not closed, but it will naturally close when they grow up."
"But Xiao An was born with the ability to see ghosts, and it can't be turned off!"
"..."
Li Lecan suddenly stopped in his tracks, staring at her with wide eyes and a furrowed brow.
"What did you say?!"
Her voice sounded a little urgent, and Xiaomin couldn't help but shrink her neck.
He honestly replied, "The master said that Xiao An might be able to see ghosts for the rest of his life."
"Moreover, I think that my brother's current personality is mostly caused by his ability to see ghosts."
"If your aunt and uncle don't believe that our little brother can see ghosts, and if he gets scared by something in the future, they might think he's dreaming."
“Children who can see ghosts are always different. Sometimes, even if they talk about what they saw, they might be considered to be lying.”
Xiaomin clutched the hem of her school uniform and cautiously suggested:
"I think we should let the uncles and aunts know that Xiao An has the ability to see ghosts."
"But getting parents to believe that their child can see ghosts, and that they are not lying, is itself a difficult thing."
"Perhaps..."
As she spoke, she suddenly paused, cautiously glancing at Li Lecan's expression.
Li Lecan: "Why not what?"
She turned her head and met Xiaomin's hesitant gaze.
Li Lecan clicked his tongue and frowned.
"We've lived together for so long after we died, what can't we say?!"
Xiaomin then continued, "I think it would be better to take this opportunity, Sister Can, to have Xiao An pass on some messages."
"Making your uncle and aunt believe that Xiao An has the ability to see ghosts is good for Xiao An, and it's also a relief for you..."
The master always said that the two of them were obsessed.
She felt that her obsession was to regain her lost memories.
Sister Chan's obsession seems to be revenge.
But compared to her parents and family, revenge didn't seem to be that important to her.
Xiaomin looked at Li Lecan's complicated expression and slowly said:
"Sister Can, I don't think we can keep this from Uncle and Aunt forever."
"When it's time to say goodbye, say goodbye properly, so you won't have any regrets."
"...And don't let others regret it."
After Xiaomin finished speaking, Li Lecan remained silent.
She returned to the shop and lay down next to the divination table, not moving for the entire morning.
Xiaomin followed closely behind Chu Ci, her eyes seeming to want to say something but holding back several times when Chu Ci looked over.
After a whole morning, Chu Ci was left both amused and exasperated.
She turned to look at Xiaomin, who was closely following her, and said helplessly:
“Just say what you want to say. There’s no point in you just following me around without saying anything.”
Xiaomin clutched the hem of her clothes, glanced dejectedly at Li Lecan who was slumped over the table, and sighed softly.
"Master, did I say something wrong?"
Chu Ci followed her gaze and saw only Li Lecan's increasingly solid body.
She chuckled at Xiaomin's droopy eyebrows and patted her shoulder.
"You two are friends, and you're not trying to hurt her, so what are you worried about?"
As she spoke, she pulled Xiaomin to the table, "Your sister Can is thinking about something. You should sit here for a while and rest."
At noon, Grandma and He Lihua went out for lunch and took the opportunity to discuss their marriage agency business.
Chu Ci was eating alone at the table near the bed.
As I was eating, I felt like there were more things around me.
She turned her head and saw that Li Lecan had arrived at some point.
He was standing right behind her, looking out the window.
Sensing that she seemed to have something to say, Chu Ci moved closer, "Want to eat something together?"
Li Lecan hesitated before nodding.
Chu Ci took another set of bowls and chopsticks, gave her half of one, lit incense sticks, and placed them in the bowl.
"You've come at the right time; I haven't touched this food yet."
"The shop is newly opened, but it wins because the food is delicious, and there are people queuing up every day."
"Would you like to try it and see if it tastes good?"
Li Lecan took a bite and nodded, saying it was okay.
They were eating only sporadically, looking like they had no appetite at all.
Chu Ci simply ignored her, kept her head down and ate her food, and asked:
"Is it about your brother?"
Li Lecan nodded and put down his chopsticks.
"master."
She stared at Chu Ci's profile for a long time, too embarrassed to speak.
Chu Ci: "Did you try to convince your parents that your younger brother has the ability to see ghosts, but you don't want them to risk their lives to help you take revenge?"
Li Lecan sat down beside him, lowered his head, pursed his lips, and nodded almost imperceptibly.
But since she was murdered, her parents couldn't possibly not avenge her.
But if you don't want your parents to be in danger, then you have no choice but to ask the police for help.
Ironically, the father of the male classmate who killed her was a policeman.
Li Lecan clutched the hem of her clothes, not daring to look Chu Ci in the eye.
“I secretly went to the police station these past two nights. That person’s father now holds a very high position in the police station.”
"That's why I don't want my parents to know I'm dead."
"Otherwise, even if my parents wanted to investigate, they would definitely be stopped by the police..."
Those officers were supposed to help her get justice, but they had too much power.
If you don't want to help but want to stop it, you can just arbitrarily pin a crime on his mother and send her parents to jail.
Although she was still a minor when she died, she knew that the world was not simply black and white.
Hong Kong is in such chaos that ordinary people who go against the police are simply courting death.
Chu Ci took a sip of water. "You want me to help you find a reliable police officer?"
Li Lecan nodded, then shook his head.
"I..." She looked at Chu Ci's expression and hesitated before speaking, "I actually already have a reliable candidate in mind."
Under Chu Ci's gaze, she whispered, "It's the policewoman who came to see you that day, the one holding the cat."
Her voice was weak, "I secretly followed that policewoman."
"I think she is a person who gets things done, and she is very upright. She dares to take on cases that others don't want to take because they think they are difficult."
"The key point is... I see that she holds a high position in the police station, and she doesn't have a good relationship with that person's father."
Chu Ci knew she was referring to Inspector Wong.
He nodded, signaling Li Lecan to continue.
Li Lecan: "I think if that policewoman is willing to help me, she will definitely protect my parents and keep them out of danger."
As she spoke, she leaned closer to Chu Ci.
"Most importantly, that policewoman named Wu Sir seems to have a pretty good relationship with you, Master..."
Upon hearing the last sentence, Chu Ci gave her a half-smile.
Li Lecan lowered her head in embarrassment. Just as she was about to explain, she suddenly heard Chu Ci laugh.
Chu Ci: "Wu Sir is a good police officer. Even if you don't use my connections, she won't refuse you as long as you approach her."
Li Lecan suddenly looked up, her eyes sparkling.
"So, Master, you've agreed?"
Chu Ci nodded, and Li Lecan was overjoyed.
She jumped off the stool, eagerly asking, "Master, when are we going to find Inspector Wu?"
Seeing her eager expression, Chu Ci hesitated.
She called Wu Jiangxue several times in the past few days, but no one answered.
She always had the feeling that Wujiangxue was avoiding her.
After thinking for a moment, she said to Li Lecan, "Let's go tonight. I'll take you to block her door."
In the afternoon, Grandma and He Lihua returned, bringing back two large rolls of red firecrackers.
Chu Ci stared at the firecrackers, looking at them with great curiosity.
In her past life, due to policy reasons, firecrackers were not allowed to be set off during festivals, and she hadn't seen such large rolls of firecrackers wrapped in red paper for a long time.
"Grandma, are you planning to set off firecrackers on opening day?"
"yes."
Grandma and He Lihua were both exhausted.
As soon as I entered the store, I plopped down at a table and poured myself a glass of water.
Li Lecan and Xiao Min, who were sitting in chairs, quickly got up and saw the two of them sitting at the table gulping down water.
After finishing a glass of water, Grandma casually wiped her mouth.
"When you opened your shop before, I also wanted to get you some more firecrackers to set off."
"But the first time was inside a building, which wasn't suitable for placing it."
"Although I moved down afterward, it was in such a rush that I didn't even remember it."
He Lihua laughed and said, "Since customers enter our two shops through the same main entrance anyway, let's just set off firecrackers together to make up for what we missed."
Just as Chu Ci was about to agree, Li Lecan suddenly tugged at her sleeve.
With a worried tone, he said, "Master, the yang energy of firecrackers is too strong; we can't handle it."
Chu Ci then realized that there were two people beside him who did not belong to the mortal realm.
She whispered, "It's okay, I'll take you somewhere else to wait for a while."
"What are you mumbling about yourself?"
Grandma frowned and asked, noticing her mouth moving constantly.
Chu Ci quickly shook her head, "It's nothing, I'm just figuring out whether I should buy more firecrackers."
"No need, just make it an auspicious number, six strings of firecrackers will suffice for our two shops."
As He Lihua spoke, she walked to the phone.
To make it easier to stay in touch, they share the same phone number at the store.
“It’s too far to make another trip. I’ll call the firecracker seller and ask them to send two more boxes over.”
After explaining the firecrackers, Chu Ci asked:
Have you decided on a opening date?
Grandma chuckled, "With a master like you here, do we still need to choose auspicious dates?"
Chu Ci smiled and glanced at the almanac.
"How about the eighth day of this month? It's an auspicious day for opening a shop and bringing wealth, and it's also good for marriage."
Upon hearing that their luck in finding a partner was good today, Grandma and He Lihua nodded repeatedly.
"We run a marriage agency, so this day couldn't be better!"
Today is the second day of the Lunar New Year, and there are only a few days left until the eighth day.
The two, who had originally planned to take a good rest, are now deciding against it.
"Time is still tight, we still have a lot of little things to collect."
"Yes, yes, yes! We haven't bought everything on the list yet, we need to go shopping again!"
It's not as convenient now as it was 20 years ago. If you want to buy something suitable and cheap, you'll have to go shopping.
Fortunately, Grandma and He Lihua love shopping. After taking a sip of water, the two of them went out hand in hand again.
There weren't many people in the store in the afternoon, so Chu Ci went to a nearby sugar icing dessert shop to buy something.
As she was paying, she happened to see Gao Mawei also coming to pick up her dessert.
She ordered a lot of high ponytails, and they were all pre-ordered, so Master Qiu packed them up for her well in advance.
"Thank you, Aunt Qiu."
With a forced smile, she thanked him and accepted the items.
Just as she was about to leave, she looked up and noticed Chu Ci standing next to her.
"Master Chu!"
With a high ponytail, she was pleasantly surprised. She put the things she was holding on the empty table to the side and rubbed her eyes.
Her eyes were a little red, and she said wearily, "I'm not feeling well, so I didn't see you."
Chu Ci shook her head, but noticed that the dark aura between her brows had faded considerably.
"Has your relationship with your roommate deteriorated?"
The woman with the high ponytail stiffened, having initially decided not to speak.
But seeing Chu Ci's concerned eyes, she suddenly felt a little wronged.
She nodded, tears welling up in her eyes.
"I...we've been renting this place together for so long, and last night she suddenly said..."
"She suddenly told me to move out, that she wanted to rent a place with her boyfriend..."
At this point, Gao Mawei pursed her lips, and tears immediately rolled down her cheeks.
She turned away to wipe her tears, and only after she had wiped the moisture off her face did she turn back around.
Her voice was still a little choked up: "I just never imagined that our friendship of so long would be no match for a few days between her and her boyfriend."
"And she also said her boyfriend was in a hurry and told me to move out within three days, and today is the second day..."
When Master Qiu had some free time, she carried Xiao Shuangshuang out of the shop.
Hearing this, he frowned deeply. "The girl who came shopping with you yesterday?"
That girl is fair-skinned and clean-cut, why is she so unforgiving?
With housing prices so high in Hong Kong, asking my roommate to find a place within three days is just deliberately making things difficult for them.
Master Qiu held Xiao Shuangshuang and gave her some advice:
"We rented the house together, why should you move out?"
"Since she wants to live with her boyfriend, then let her move out."
"She moved out on her own and can live wherever she wants with her boyfriend."
The woman with the high ponytail shook her head with a bitter smile. "Her boyfriend is our boss. If I say that, he'll definitely make things difficult for me."
As a subordinate who had been harassed by that man several times, she knew all too well how petty he was.
Master Qiu looked at her with pity, "Is he making things difficult for you now?"
The smile on the woman with the high ponytail looked even more bitter.
“I’ve never really approved of my friend being with him, so he’s always had a problem with me.”
“Now that I’ve fallen out with my friend, his malice is even more obvious.”
Ironically, her friend still treats this undignified person like a treasure.
Master Qiu coaxed the whimpering little Shuangshuang in her arms, "So, he's giving you a hard time now too?"
The girl with the high ponytail paused for a moment, then nodded.
Thinking about it this way, it seems that no matter whether she accepts this injustice or not, she will be retaliated against in the future.
She tightened her grip on the dessert packaging and looked at Master Qiu with gratitude.
"Aunt Qiu, thank you for reminding me. I'll have a good talk with her when I get back tonight."
Rather than having a falling out, she wanted to sit down and have a proper chat with her friend.
Watching her departing figure, Master Qiu couldn't help but sigh.
He said to Chu Ci beside him, "These two girls live next door to me. They used to be very close, and they also got along well with Shuangshuang."
"Her friend is beautiful, has a sweet tongue, and her smile is like a flower."
"Who would have thought that such a pretty little girl would be so dim-witted?"
"If she goes to such extremes, and word gets out in the company, who will dare to confide in her?"
Chu Ci smiled but did not comment.
She carried her small cakes back home, and when she got to the shop, she found a chubby figure standing in front of the door.
There was nothing behind him; neither Dazhu nor Erzhu, the two ghosts, were there.
"You arrived today, and you've already said goodbye?"
The fat monk turned around with a worried look on his face, and sighed when he saw Chu Ci.
"Who said that? I haven't said goodbye yet."
He rolled his eyes at Chu Ci and asked, "Have you offended someone recently?"
Chu Ci was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it carefully, he really didn't feel that he had offended anyone.
No, why do you say that?
"You haven't offended anyone, so why would anyone target you!"
The fat monk looked anxious.
He was about to speak when he suddenly thought of something and his eyes darted around.
"Well, I can tell you, but you have to let me keep Dazhu and Erzhu."
Seeing that Chu Ci walked past him into the shop without a second thought, he quickly dragged his chubby body to follow.
"I was wrong, I'll never dare to use ghosts to deceive people again! Please let me keep them!"
The fat monk followed behind him, looking utterly aggrieved.
"The two of them were sold by their parents to a family without children, but that family only raised children to support them in their old age."
“They would beat and verbally abuse the two of them. Dazhu even had his leg broken while protecting his brother. That family didn’t treat them like human beings at all.”
"In order to escape from that house, the two of them set it on fire, and their adoptive parents must have died as well."
"If we send them down there, they'll both be thrown into hell and tortured!"
Chu Ci didn't respond, so the fat monk kept circling around her.
Until Chu Ci could no longer bear it, "Even if there were reasons for the mistakes you made in life, what about helping you swindle money after death?"
The fat monk paused for a moment, then slumped into a chair, looking dejected.
"I know it's wrong, but they supported me like this back then!"
He lowered his bald head and sighed.
“My parents passed away early. If it weren’t for their help, I wouldn’t have survived, let alone had the chance to work part-time in the underworld!”
His small eyes were filled with tears; he looked so pitiful.
"Please let me keep Dazhu and Erzhu!"
Chu Ci rolled her eyes at him and sighed softly.
"When a person dies, they will eventually be reincarnated."
"If they don't reincarnate, they've lived in the mortal realm for so long, their souls should have been scattered to the winds!"
The fat monk murmured, his gaze slowly shifting downwards.
Chu Ci followed his gaze to her psychic table and psychic chair, and chuckled.
"This thing works, but the effect doesn't last very long."
"Do you want Dazhu and Erzhu to sit in chairs for the rest of their lives?"
Chu Ci wasn't lying to the fat monk.
She only discovered today that these spirit-connecting tables and chairs are indeed beneficial for nourishing the soul, but the effect is only temporary.
Li Lecan lay on the chair for a while, and his soul was becoming more and more solid.
But if you don't sit here for a while, your soul will gradually fade.
For spirits whose souls are about to be scattered, using spirit communication tables and chairs is merely a temporary fix, not a permanent solution.
Upon hearing this, the fat monk fell silent.
He looked up at Chu Ci and asked, "Then how about I wait until their souls are about to dissipate before taking them to be reincarnated?"
Chu Ci: "You entered the underworld before me, so you should know that it's not good for them."
"If the soul is incomplete, the body may also be incomplete after reincarnation."
"Your son, Dazhu, already has mobility issues; do you want him to be a cripple in his next life too?"
The fat monk lowered his head and remained silent.
Chu Ci didn't press him. "Anyway, as long as you don't lead them to scam money, you can decide the rest yourself."
After the fat monk calmed down, she asked:
"You said before that someone was targeting me?"
At this point, the fat monk suddenly raised his head.
"Yes, yes, yes! I went to the exchange meeting this morning and heard several old men there say they were going to get back at you!"
Chu Ci: "What exchange meeting?"
"Of course it's the Hong Kong Paranormal Masters Exchange Meeting!"
The fat monk gave her a look that said, "You're so ignorant!" and continued:
"You know some chambers of commerce, right? Chambers of commerce in different regions, the kind that work together to set industry standards."
"If you want to get into this kind of chamber of commerce, you have to give up profits and follow the rules. If you don't join, they will exclude you and make it impossible for you to survive."
"Our Hong Kong Paranormal Masters Exchange Association is the same in nature as those chambers of commerce."
“Those are all quite famous masters; you must have offended one of them.”
He lowered his voice and warned Chu Ci:
"From what they said, it's not because you don't join. They're a bunch of arrogant old men who don't want women to join either."
"It seems you've offended some higher-ups there. Do they even know what higher-ups are?"
He clicked his tongue when he saw Chu Ci's nonchalant look.
"Don't look down on their higher-ups; they're all really capable, unlike a conman like me."
"Those high-ranking officials are all from reputable families; their background and strength are indispensable."
"You've really messed with them, you've kicked a hornet's nest!"
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