Chapter 44 Heaven and Earth Bank Pass
Nestled in her mother's arms, Anna screamed upon hearing the housekeeper's reply.
"Mom! See? I wasn't lying, it really is Guo Miaotong's grandmother!"
"She must have become a vengeful ghost, she's come to take revenge on me!"
Late at night, as Bai Ma held her daughter, whose body was ice-cold, she suddenly felt a chill rise from her tailbone and instantly spread throughout her body.
She swallowed hard and looked at her father, who was standing at the door, in alarm.
Mr. Bai frowned deeply, clearly not suspecting anything amiss.
"A paper ghost carriage? Hmph, I'd like to see what dares to cause trouble in my Bai family!"
He had the butler lead the way, took a gun from a drawer, and followed him out.
After Bai Anna screamed and ran into the house, the Bai family members all woke up.
Anna Bai's mother could only be considered a mistress or a concubine; she was not Anna Bai's father's first wife.
Bai's father's greatest hobby is to give the women who love him a title, so his house is home to quite a few mistresses.
Hearing the commotion outside, many women dressed in various styles came out of their rooms and gathered in the corridors on the second and third floors, looking curiously towards the first floor.
"What's going on? It's so late at night, can't a person get any sleep?!"
"I think I heard the young lady's voice. What happened to her?"
"I don't know, I heard her say something about ghosts... and she ran out of my room while shouting that."
The concubines dared not say anything, but her brothers were not to be trifled with.
Because of the Bai family's special circumstances, they have only had sons for many years. They finally had a daughter, Bai Anna, and the elders of the Bai family have spoiled her rotten.
The sons had long been fed up with it.
They all chimed in with sarcastic remarks:
"After committing so many sins, has the ghost finally come knocking on your door?"
"Hehe, letting her be so arrogant every day, not even respecting her brothers, she deserves to be chased by ghosts."
"No way, did she bring a ghost into the house? What a jinx!"
While the Bai family mansion was in a state of wailing and chaos, Bai's father had already led people in carrying a crumpled paper ghost cart.
He didn't believe in ghosts or gods, and was convinced that this was a prank by the living.
She snatched the crumpled paper from the maid's hand and threw it on the ground, cursing, "You lot are all so old, yet you still play such childish tricks to tease your sister!"
"If you dare to pull this kind of prank again, get out of here! The Bai family has no sons like you!"
The sons, who had been suppressed by their father for many years, had long been accustomed to his tyranny.
Even though she knew perfectly well that this matter had nothing to do with her, and no one was refutating her.
After Mr. Bai gave everyone a good scolding, the lively Bai family finally returned to peace.
But this peace did not last long. Just a few hours later, a scream shattered the tranquility of the Bai family once again.
"Anna!"
Bai's mother was terrified when she saw her daughter struggling and hanging from the chandelier.
"Help! Help!"
She quickly called for help, but by the time the servants managed to get Anna down, she had already fainted.
They quickly called an ambulance to take their daughter to the hospital. Bai's mother leaned against Bai's father's chest and almost burst into tears.
"What on earth is going on?! What did my daughter do to deserve this suffering?!"
She cried so hard she couldn't stand up straight. Her father held her, his face gloomy.
"What kind of thing is this, daring to provoke even my Bai family!"
He supported Bai Ma's body in his arms, "Don't cry, Anna was sleeping with you, how did she end up hanging up there!"
At this point, Bai Ma trembled and her face turned ashen.
She covered her mouth, her lips trembling, and her teeth chattering.
"Honey," she cried out, grabbing her husband's arm in a panic, tears welling in her eyes, "Anna really saw a ghost! There really is a ghost!"
"Nonsense!"
Her father scolded her, "There are no ghosts in this world! How did Anna get up there!"
"she……"
Thinking back to that time, Bai Ma's legs went weak and she collapsed to the ground.
"She was sleeping in my arms at the time, and it took me a long time to coax her to sleep. But just as I was about to drift off to sleep myself, I heard her suddenly scream and grab my hand."
"She pulled me awake, and I realized that I was being held by something, suspended in mid-air, and it was holding me tightly."
She was terrified at the time, but after all, it was her own daughter. Once she came to her senses, she quickly grabbed her daughter's hand and wouldn't let go.
But the thing pulling her daughter was too strong; even though she tried her best, her daughter was still dragged away.
"I watched as she was dragged into the darkness, so I quickly got out of bed to look for her. When I turned on the light and saw her again, Anna was already hanging from the chandelier..."
The layout of the Bai family house is a series of concentric circles stacked together, with a huge glass chandelier hanging in the center, which is extremely dazzling and luxurious.
When we were renovating the house, we used a crane to hang the chandelier so high up on the ceiling.
There was absolutely nothing around the chandelier, making it impossible for anyone to climb up it by hand.
Thinking of this, Mr. Bai's expression also turned ugly.
But he still refused to believe that there were any ghosts or gods in this world.
Patting Bai Ma on the shoulder, he gently comforted her, "There are no ghosts in the world. You must be too worried about Anna, so you must have seen it wrong."
Bai's mother opened her mouth to refute, but he shook his head to stop her.
"Alright, it's too late. You can go to the hospital to be with your daughter if you want, or you can stay home and rest if you want. Leave this to me."
When Bai's mother saw that he didn't believe her, her eyes welled up with tears of grievance.
But ultimately, my daughter is more important.
She immediately had someone wake up the family driver and take her to the hospital to visit her daughter.
Anna Bai was suspended for so long that she suffered a severe neck injury and remained unconscious.
Fortunately, she was unconscious, so nothing else happened.
Two days later, Bai's mother came to the hospital to visit her daughter, but unexpectedly, she met her daughter's friend's mother at the hospital.
Bai Ma considers herself superior and has always looked down on those who are inferior to her family, so naturally she is unwilling to associate with them.
She intended to pretend she didn't see him, but to her surprise, he actually chased after her.
"Mrs. Bai! Mrs. Bai!"
Bai's mother was cornered in the hospital corridor, her brows furrowed tightly.
The last time she saw her daughter's friend's mother was at her daughter's birthday party.
Although the other person wasn't dressed particularly glamorously back then, they weren't as haggard and shabby as they are now.
After sizing the other person up and down, Bai Ma covered her nose to block out the non-existent sour smell and asked impatiently:
"Is there something you need?"
The daughter's friend's mother's face stiffened. She looked at the other woman covering her nose, then subconsciously glanced at her own cheap but clean clothes, and her expression changed several times.
Finally, she forced a smile and asked, "Mrs. Bai, it's been a long time. The last time we met was at Anna's birthday party..."
Bai's mother rolled her eyes, covered her mouth, and strode forward.
Seeing that she didn't want to exchange pleasantries, the other person caught up with her and quickly stated their purpose.
"Mrs. Bai, something has happened to my family. Can you help me?"
"I won't let you help me for nothing! You've always liked my bag, haven't you? How about I give it to you?"
Bai Ma couldn't suppress the urge to roll her eyes.
You have the nerve to bring out an outdated, tattered bag!
She almost had to run to get rid of him.
But the next second, the sound of the other person crying made her stand still.
"Mrs. Bai, please! You have a lot of connections, could you introduce me to a powerful master?"
Bai's mother turned her head in astonishment, "What did you say? You want to find a master?"
Seeing that she was finally willing to turn around, the daughter's friend's mother leaned against the wall, covering her mouth and sobbing.
His body slid limply down the wall: "My daughter is possessed by an evil spirit, I want to find a master to help her..."
Before she could finish speaking, her neck tightened as Bai Ma grabbed her by the collar and pulled her up.
Bai's mother's eyes widened in disbelief. "Your daughter is possessed too?"
She emphasized the word "you" very much, and the other person immediately came to their senses.
"Mrs. Bai, did you come to the hospital because..."
She covered her mouth, and Bai Ma's face was so dark it was almost dripping with water.
In an instant, her mind was in turmoil, but then she thought of Granny Guo, who had hanged herself from the banyan tree in Kowloon City.
I heard that when the other person died, they were dressed inside out in a hemp mourning garment, with weights hanging from their feet, and a red silk sash around their waist, determined to become a vengeful ghost...
Recalling the scene of her daughter being suspended from the chandelier and swaying back and forth, her heart almost jumped out of her chest.
Could this really be karma?
Taking a deep breath, she glared at the woman in front of her. "When did your daughter have that accident?"
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Chu Ci went to Chen Ji Engraving Workshop in Kowloon City to get the rubbing plate she wanted, and returned home, eagerly preparing things.
Grandma saw that she actually wanted to print paper money herself, so she frantically pinched her philtrum.
How much did you spend on this rubbing plate?
Chu Ci voluntarily handed over the remaining money, "500".
"How many?"
500.
Grandma was so angry she was practically fuming.
The average salary in Hong Kong is around 3,000 yuan. To spend 500 yuan to make a board is simply outrageous!
"I knew it! You silly girl, you can't have any money! No matter how much you have, you can spend it all!"
She snatched the money from her granddaughter, glanced at the precious wooden board, and felt a pang of heartache.
"500 yuan is enough for you to stock up on goods for half a year!"
When she looked at the wooden plank again, she almost jumped up.
"Who did this?! What crazy carpenter made this rubbing?! It's completely wrong!"
She grabbed Chu Ci and was about to leave, yelling, "Let's go! Let's get our money back! He spent 500 yuan on a wrong rubbing, does he want to eat shit?!"
Chu Ci quickly grabbed Grandma, "That's right, that's right! That's exactly it, that's correct!"
"After all these years of being a sorceress, how could I not know what's printed on those paper money?"
Chu Ci had no choice but to confess, "I asked him to carve it like that."
One sentence shut Grandma up from her incessant chatter.
She looked at Chu Ci with a puzzled expression, opened her mouth, and then closed it again.
In the end, I didn't ask the question "why".
Fortunately, her grandmother didn't ask, and Chu Ci breathed a sigh of relief; she simply didn't know how to answer.
That night, after waiting for Grandma and Chen Xinxin to fall asleep, she took out the paper for folding gold ingots and began to fold them according to the method in the booklet that the system had rewarded her with.
The method in the booklet was very complicated, and since she bought the best and most expensive paper, the folded ingots were exceptionally beautiful.
Nearly three hours passed, and it was around 1 a.m. when she finally finished folding 99 gold ingots.
He quietly took out the brazier his grandmother used for burning paper money and threw the ingots along with the self-printed paper money into it.
The firelight gradually engulfed the paper ingots and also eroded the birth date and time she had written on them.
Gazing at the constantly flickering brazier, Chu Ci quietly clenched her fist at her side.
The so-called "Heaven and Earth Bank Pass" is actually a type of paper money printed with special runes.
Before burning it, write your birth date and time on it and add a specially made ingot; it can serve as an alternative form of "bad luck charm".
"Buying evil gold" can be used to bribe the ghost messengers...
She squatted by the brazier, sincerely waiting for the unknown ghost messenger who was passing by.
However, even after everything in the brazier had burned to ashes and the flames had gradually died down, the soul-summoning bell still hadn't rung.
The flames in the brazier went out completely, and a wisp of black smoke rose up.
Chu Ci stared at the wisp of black smoke that was growing fainter and fainter, and sighed silently.
Perhaps she's been lucky lately, with no one dying, so no ghost messengers have passed by.
She placed the rag on the edge of the brazier and carried the brazier into the house.
As soon as I turned around, the soul-summoning bell in the room began to vibrate wildly as if it had been electrocuted.
Chu Ci: "!!!"
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