Chapter 38
Wu Mingliang fell into a chair, all the color gone from his face.
Although he had anticipated this, hearing the truth from his brother's mouth was still a major blow to him.
Wu Mingliang stretched out his trembling hand and held his wife's palm, tears streaming from his red eyes. The man who had experienced the vicissitudes of life for most of his life could not stop crying at this moment.
The crying startled Wu Wei awake. The hazy veil in front of him was forcefully ripped away, revealing the devastated faces of his brother and sister-in-law. Wu Wei froze, the scene replaying in his mind. Shocked at what he had said and done, his expression drastically changed. He suddenly lunged forward and hugged Wu Mingliang's legs, "No... Brother, listen to me, I had a nightmare. I was just talking nonsense!"
"You're talking nonsense?" Chi Bai hadn't expected that Wu Wei would have the nerve to say such things. He wanted to let Wu Wei meet the girl who had been following him for eleven years, but when his eyes met Wu Mingliang and his wife, he forced himself to hold back and sneered, "I have plenty of ways to make you tell the truth."
In the bright room, the curtains suddenly moved automatically without any wind, and closed in the middle in both directions without any external control. Soon, the lights flickered and the whole room fell into dim darkness.
Wu Wei was startled to realize that the sounds and figures around him had suddenly receded from him. He widened his eyes and frantically scrambled twice, only to find a huge shadow falling right in front of his palm. A strong sense of unease rose in his heart, and he slowly tilted his head upwards, his breathing suddenly stagnating.
Wu Wei saw a ghost, and this ghost was extremely similar to the ghost that trapped him in the elevator and scared him unconscious!
The evil ghost opened a pair of scarlet eyes, and its arms, which were longer than those of an ordinary person, slowly dropped down. Wu Wei was stiff at this moment, and he couldn't hide at all. He could only watch the hand with extremely long fingers fall on his head. His body was out of control, but his eyeballs could move freely. But before he could look up, a bone-chilling coldness spread all the way down from the top of his head.
Wu Wei shuddered.
Then he felt his skull being pinched by the demon's fingers.
Click.
An exceptionally crisp sound was heard, and Wu Wei's head began to ache violently. He suddenly wailed and rolled around on the ground, "My head! My head is broken!"
"Not only your skull, but every part of your body will be crushed bit by bit by this evil ghost."
A demonic groan echoed from all directions, its direction unclear. As if to confirm the veracity of the statement, the terrifying long hand inched down along the side of Wu Wei's face. With each contact, the icy aura of the evil spirit on the hand seeped into Wu Wei's skin and blood vessels, causing him to tremble uncontrollably, feeling as if his body were frozen.
At this moment, the crisp sound of crackling entered his head again, and Wu Wei screamed again.
A cold sweat formed on his forehead from the intense pain, but he still tried his best to look downwards. This time, he saw his right leg bent in a strange position, just like when he'd realized his motorcycle had hit someone and got off to check on them, only to see his niece lying in the ditch, her back pressed against the narrow, winding ditch, the back of her head banged against the gravel, her right leg strangely tucked underneath her, her eyes wide open, her mouth open as if she were about to say something.
The terrifying scene that had been absent for eleven years once again etched itself into Wu Wei's mind. He finally screamed, "I was wrong! I was really wrong! I didn't mean to do that. I just accidentally bumped into him because I was drunk..."
The scene before him suddenly vanished without a trace as he finished speaking, but Wu Wei didn't come back to his senses. He looked at Wu Mingliang and his wife in front of him, climbed up again and hugged his eldest brother's legs, crying: "Brother, I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry for Xiaobao, but I already know I was wrong, I really know I was wrong. Please don't hand me over to the police. Xiaobao is gone, can I work like a slave for you? I-"
Before he could finish his words, Wu Mingliang, who suddenly stood up, kicked him hard.
Wu Mingliang was so angry that he was shaking all over, his face distorted with anger and excitement. He pointed at Wu Wei and yelled, "How dare you say such a thing?! Your sister-in-law and I have been looking for her for eleven years. Do you know how difficult our lives have been in those eleven years? How could you, how could you do such a thing?"
Wu Mingliang collapsed and covered his face with his hands.
He never dreamed that his daughter had died under his brother's car eleven years ago!
His younger brother, a murderer, hugged him and cried, hugged the police and cried, saying that it was all his fault and hated himself for not going home earlier.
Even eleven years later, he could still pretend to take them to every corner of Yancheng, but seeing their lost faces, he took a different approach and took them to find a so-called master for fortune-telling.
That look of "I wish you could find my daughter right away" deceived him and everyone else.
Wu Wei clearly wanted to struggle. He was kicked away, but he shamelessly moved closer. But just as he was about to wrap his hands around Wu Mingliang again, a water cup suddenly hit his head. He looked up in panic and saw Aunt Wu's face, which was almost twisted with anger. Aunt Wu screamed hysterically, "Go to jail! Killing someone means paying with your life. You killed my daughter, so you have to die too!"
"No...I didn't mean to..."
Bang.
Chi Bai raised his hand and slapped Wu Wei on the back of the neck. The latter's eyes opened and he fell to the ground motionless without warning.
Chi Bai curled his lips.
It all comes down to 'I didn't mean it'.
It doesn't necessarily mean that Wu Wei truly realized that he was wrong.
Sounds annoying.
After Wu Wei was knocked unconscious, Aunt Wu saw him lying on the ground. The hatred in her heart still did not dissipate easily. She threw everything on the table and bed at Wu Wei like crazy, muttering: "I want him to go to jail, I want him to go to jail!"
Rong Jing moved closer to Xie Changshi, grabbed Xie Changshi's clothes, pursed her lips and said nothing.
A fat mouth and a turbulent mouth√9
Chi Bai and A Qiu were clearly experienced in handling this sort of situation. After Wu Mingliang had calmed Aunt Wu down to a point, they spoke softly, "Uncle and Aunt, we'll report this to other police departments. Wu Wei did something wrong and killed someone, so he'll get what he deserves. Please rest assured."
Wu Mingliang hugged his wife, said nothing, and just smiled bitterly.
Even if Wu Wei paid with his life for his murder, their daughter would never come back.
In the suffocating silence, Rong Jing, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke: "Do you want to see your daughter?"
After she finished speaking, Aunt Wu's eyes, which had been dazed, suddenly lit up, and she looked at the mirror. Wu Mingliang asked in disbelief, "Can we, can we still see her?"
"Sure, just like when we met Comrade Xiao Cheng before." Rong Jing replied, "But before that, we may need to wait a while. Aunt, you should take good care of your legs first. I will bring her to see you tomorrow."
Aunt Wu finally couldn't hold back anymore and burst into tears.
Wu Mingliang also wiped his tears and choked up, saying, "Okay, okay, thank you, thank you so much."
…
After leaving the ward, the atmosphere between the few people was a little depressed.
The more Chi Bai looked at Wu Wei, the more he disliked him. He kicked him with all his strength, causing the unconscious Wu Wei to groan.
“Scum!”
He cursed angrily, then looked at Rong Jing and asked, "You want that little girl to appear in front of the old couple? But that little girl..."
The little girl seemed to have some problems.
Normally, if a ghost followed a person for eleven years, that person would have long since died, especially since Wu Wei and the little girl had a life-and-death feud. But looking at Wu Wei's situation, the other party was at most affected by the ghost's aura.
"Take her to Tianditong first." Rong Jing had already thought it through. It was definitely not okay to let the little girl appear in front of Uncle Wu and Aunt Wu in her current condition. The old couple were already sad enough, and seeing the little girl's miserable appearance before her death was like stabbing a knife into their hearts, so she had to go to Tianditong for transformation.
"Okay, then I'll trouble you with this matter. Aqiu and I will go back to the special department and deal with Wu Wei." Chi Bai said.
Rong Jing nodded.
When they parted ways in the underground garage, the girl clearly wanted to follow Wu Wei, but Cheng Puyu forcibly pulled her over. Perhaps it was because she was hurt or because she realized the distance between them was widening, she got a little anxious and screamed, biting Cheng Puyu.
Cheng Puyu: “?!”
This was the first time he was bitten after becoming a ghost.
It doesn't hurt, it's just kind of funny.
Then he hugged the little girl with both hands and carried her directly into the car.
Seeing its rough actions, Rong Jing fell silent.
Was it because he had been too rough in handling certain things before, which served as a negative education for Cheng Puyu?
But... as long as you can carry it, it's fine.
Rong Jing put some talismans on the car to prevent the little girl from escaping, then he leaned on the chair and talked to the little girl: "What's your name?"
The little girl tried to run away from the car, but her fingers were burned as soon as they touched the car wall. Her eyes turned red and she shrank into the corner of the car without saying a word. Rong Jing thought about it, rummaged into her bag, and was about to take out a transformation talisman to show the little girl, but she didn't expect that Cheng Puyu on the side had already taken off his legs with a swift movement.
Then, with a snap, the leg turned into a flower and was handed to the little girl.
Rong Jing: “……?”
It's a pity that the little girl doesn't seem interested in flowers.
Cheng Puyu did not give up. He tried all kinds of things, such as kittens, puppies, cakes, and fruit candies, but he still failed to attract the little girl.
He sighed and was about to give up when he saw the transformation symbol in Rong Jing's hand gradually condense into a human figure. Then the other party grew facial features and the small body was stretched. It looked about twenty centimeters tall, like an ordinary Barbie doll.
Of course, if you look closely at the face, this is not a Barbie doll.
It was the little girl’s mother, Aunt Wu.
The little girl's eyes, which had been drooping, suddenly stopped when she saw the small figure. She opened her mouth, and her finger involuntarily raised to point at the little man, and suddenly she screamed.
Seeing this, Cheng Puyu quickly used his transformation talisman to transform himself into Wu Mingliang.
The two little figures snuggled together, just like the real Uncle Wu and Aunt Wu who had been shrunk down, quietly looking at their daughter.
The little girl leaned forward and carefully touched the two shadows. When she found that her fingers could pass through the shadows, she was stunned for a moment, but she did not show any sadness. Instead, she secretly glanced at Rong Jing and Cheng Puyu, stretched out her injured arm, and gathered the two figures into her arms.
Seeing this, Cheng Puyu whispered to Rong Jing, "There's something really wrong with her. She doesn't look like an eleven or twelve-year-old girl, but more like a three or four-year-old."
Rong Jing also noticed this. He frowned and muttered, "I wonder if Tianditong has any doctors who can treat ghosts."
Rong Jing went to Tianditong only twice at most, but after Cheng Puyu made money, he went there every few days. He could give a definite answer to Rong Jing's questions.
"No."
Tianditong is a large shopping mall for ghosts or where ghosts buy things. Generally speaking, there are no doctors in the mall.
Rong Jing felt a little regretful when he heard this, but there was nothing he could do.
After the little girl got the two transformation talismans and turned into Uncle Wu and Aunt Wu, she no longer struggled to leave the Maybach. Rong Jing tried to peel off the talisman paper stuck in the car but didn't see the little girl running out, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
If the talisman paper is stuck on the girl, she will still get hurt if she accidentally touches it.
This is the best situation right now.
Rong Jing moved closer to Xie Changshi and yawned.
Xie Changshi lowered his eyes to look at him and asked, "Are you sleepy?"
The boy pointed with his fingers and whispered, "A little bit."
"Then take a nap." Xie Changshi looked down at the watch on his wrist. It would take another half hour before arriving at Tianditong, which was enough time for Rong Jing to doze off.
Rong Jing didn't bother to be polite with Xie Changshi. Before closing his eyes, he told Cheng Puyu to keep an eye on the girl. Cheng Puyu made several OK gestures and said, "No big deal!"
So, Rong Jing slept in the front seat, while Cheng Puyu and the little girl hid in the back. Cheng Puyu kept using the transformation talisman to change the postures of Uncle Wu and Aunt Wu. Sometimes they were walking side by side, and sometimes they were sitting on the sofa watching TV. All kinds of scenes seen in daily life were played in front of the little girl's eyes like a movie. The little girl's eyes were bright and there was even a big smile on her face.
Cheng Puyu thought to himself, he is really a genius.
When he was alive, he had his own way of coaxing children. Now that he is dead, he has even better ways of coaxing children!
The vehicle drove to Tianditong in this situation. When entering Tianditong, Rong Jing saw that the little girl seemed to be a little repulsed and afraid of the unfamiliar place, so he hurriedly coaxed her: "We are here to buy you clothes. Do you want to see your real parents when the time comes?"
"Real mom and dad?"
"They are your parents who can talk to you," Cheng Puyu added.
Although the Uncle Wu and Aunt Wu that he and Rong Jing created using the transformation talisman looked exactly like Uncle Wu and Aunt Wu, they had no self-awareness and could not talk to the little girl, so they could not be called parents and could only be said to be toys.
Sure enough, the little girl was quite moved by what the two men said.
She held the two little people in her arms and nodded at them: "I thought so."
"Then buy some clothes from us and dress up beautifully to meet them, okay? You haven't seen each other for a long time." Rong Jing squatted in front of the little girl and persuaded her gently.
Xie Changshi stood aside, and his dark eyes were filled with smiles as he comforted and persuaded the little girl like a real older brother.
This feeling is quite fresh.
After getting the girl's consent, the two men and two ghosts walked into Tianditong. Tianditong seemed a little different from the previous time. This time, it was like a real shopping mall, with several milk tea shops in every corner, which made Rong Jing stunned.
He couldn't help but ask: "Who opened this milk tea shop?"
Cheng Puyu had seen this before and was very accepting of it. He could even answer Rong Jing: "Both humans and ghosts can drink it, but it seems that it was a suggestion made by human customers to the management that shopping at Tianditong without milk tea doesn't count as shopping. Do you want some?"
Cheng Puyu patted his pocket, indicating that he was rich now and he could treat Rong Jing to milk tea.
"Xie Changshi is here." Rong Jing pulled Xie Changshi to choose a shop with the best business. There were some people gathered in front of the milk tea shop, but Rong Jing saw at a glance that the employees in the milk tea shop were mixed. People made milk tea for people, and ghosts made milk tea for ghosts, highlighting that everyone had their own responsibilities and everything was in order.
He said to Xie Changshi: "I want to drink that, a larger portion of Bobo."
Then he turned around and asked the two little ghosts: "What are you drinking?"
The little girl obviously didn't understand, so Cheng Puyu pretended to order a drink for her, then looked at Xie Changshi with a smile.
Xie Changshi: "...I will pay."
Cheng Puyu: "You are such a good boss."
Xie Changshi accepted the compliment one second ago, and then said the next second: "Don't learn such flattering words from Song Qingxue."
Cheng Puyu: “…”
Cheng Puyu turned around and said to Rong Jing, "You have a really good eye."
The sudden compliment left Rong Jing baffled and she blinked in confusion. Xie Changshi's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he glanced at Cheng Puyu with a half-smile, saying, "The disciple is better than the master. He has some skills."
Cheng Puyu couldn't tell whether his words were a compliment or an insult, so he quickly rushed to the side of the little girl.
Before the two of them went shopping for clothes, Rong Jing picked a cosmetics store and asked the receptionist if she could treat the scars on the girl's face. The saleswoman was a beautiful lady, and when she saw the girl's condition, she cried out in pain. After understanding the situation, she patted herself decisively and said, "Leave it to me."
The salesgirl took the little girl to the sink. Cheng Puyu originally wanted to stay where she was, but when he saw Xie Changshi and Rong Jing huddled together, he felt like a huge light bulb, so he simply floated over with them.
Rong Jing sat on the chair, looked at his own milk tea, then looked at Xie Changshi's milk tea, and asked politely: "I want to taste yours, can you give it to me? I'll just take a sip."
"Rong Jing." Xie Changshi suddenly spoke.
Rong Jing blinked and exclaimed in confusion.
Xie Changshi: "Just because your tone is polite doesn't mean your request is polite."
Rong Jing: "...So I can't drink it?"
The young man stared at the man with his dark eyes full of accusation, as if if Xie Changshi really said "no", he would burst into tears on the spot.
Xie Changshi found it funny and finally handed over the milk tea in his hand.
Rong Jing's eyes narrowed, he bit the straw and took a deep sip, and deliberately showed his bulging cheeks to Xie Changshi.
Xie Changshi saw it.
It was a deliberate revenge on him.
So he didn't give her any face, raised his finger and poked Rong Jing's cheek.
Rong Jing: “!”
How can this be poked!
He quickly swallowed the milk tea and said fiercely: "Be careful or I'll spray the milk tea all over you."
Xie Changshi seemed to no longer care about his obsession with cleanliness. He raised his eyebrows and said nonchalantly, "Just compensate me for my clothes."
"No compensation." Rong Jing made a face at him, stood up and bit his straw to take a sip of milk tea, then ran to the side to look at those strange cosmetics.
Xie Changshi looked at him, then looked at the milk tea in his hand and shook it gently.
Sure, drink most of the cup in two gulps.
Not far away, a man who witnessed this scene poked the young man in front of him at the back. After the young man grabbed his finger, he leaned forward and said, "Everyone else has milk tea, I want some too. Ali, buy me some milk tea."
"Buy it." The young man nodded in agreement with a smile.
…
It took the salesgirl a while to bring the little girl back to Rong Jing and others. When they met again, Rong Jing could only say that although it took a lot of time, it was all effective time!
The little girl's blood-stained face was now clean, revealing her original fair complexion. She looked more like Aunt Wu, with eyes like Uncle Wu, a face that easily attracted people. It's worth mentioning that the dirt on the little girl's body had been wiped clean without a trace.
The salesgirl pulled the girl in front of her and asked Rong Jing and the others, "How is it? Is she another pretty girl?"
Rong Jing and Cheng Puyu nodded repeatedly.
The cosmetics sold to ghosts are really different. They can even cover up the wound on the little girl's forehead.
"Just give me five hundred, and then you can take the little girl upstairs to buy clothes."
"Okay, thank you, sister."
Rong Jing is responsible for sweet talk, and Xie Changshi is responsible for giving money.
The division of labor is quite clear.
After putting makeup on the girl, they went to the women's clothing store. Rong Jing and the others were no longer needed here. When the shop assistants saw the pretty girl, they pulled her and started trying on clothes like crazy. Especially when Xie Changshi said "Pick any one you want", they wanted to take down all the clothes on the hanging and let the girl try them on.
Cheng Puyu sat on the side. Every time the little girl came out wearing new clothes, he would give her a thumbs up and say, "It looks good."
Rong Jing also joined in the fun: "It looks good, buy it."
Xie Changshi thought he was deliberately taking revenge, so he pinched his face. Rong Jing also tried to pinch his, but unfortunately, they failed.
After a while, he leaned on Xie Changshi and stared at the little girl's back and sighed: "She looks so well behaved, but why hasn't she killed Wu Wei after being with him for eleven years?"
"Because she didn't know it was that bastard Wu Wei who killed her." A strange but pleasant voice suddenly came from the side. Rong Jing looked up and saw a slender figure standing to the side. The handsome man was holding a cup of milk tea like theirs. He took a sip and explained very casually, "She hit her head before she died. She didn't even know who hit her to death."
Rong Jing's eyes suddenly lit up and he looked at the other person with a sharp gaze.
The other person also lowered his eyes to observe him, and after a while he said, "It was you two who came to our Tianditong hot pot restaurant to take advantage of us before?"
Rong Jing: “…Huh?”
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