But the reality is cruel. Chi Shen learned a truth at the cost of his life.
That is, other people are never reliable, even your biological parents who are related by blood. The only one you can rely on in this world is yourself.
Yuan Yiping was driving when he suddenly asked, "Do you want to learn some techniques to exorcise ghosts for self-defense? After all, you are a member of the Bai family and you will encounter similar things in the future."
Chi Shen thought of Bai Ximing's words and said, "I don't have any talent..."
There was no such thing as exorcism in that death game, and there was not even sunlight, which ghosts feared the most. They could only use ghost methods to deal with ghosts, and all he knew were ghost methods.
"Talent?" Yuan Yiping smiled and shook his head, "I don't have any talent, but my current strength is okay."
Chi Shen concentrated for a moment, then suddenly smiled: "Does learning exorcism require talent?"
Yuan Yiping tapped his fingers on the steering wheel, then he remembered something and said apologetically, "For us, talent generally refers to special physiques. In fact, it's not surprising that a family as big as the Bai family wants someone with a special physique to inherit the orthodoxy. Don't think too much about it."
"Is that so?" Chi Shen slowly raised his eyes and looked at Yuan Yiping, "Then how do we determine whether a person has a special physique?"
"Generally speaking, it's the birth date and eight characters, and you can also touch the bones," Yuan Yiping said, "Some physical conditions can be seen with the naked eye, such as Yin-Yang eyes. You should have tested these..."
Chi Shen thought of the time when he first returned to Hong Kong City. He had just got off the plane and was rushing to Bai's house excitedly, but he hit an old man while riding his bike on the road. After he sent the old man to the hospital and dealt with the hospital's affairs, he went to Bai's house again, only to see the closed door of the Bai's house.
Bai Ximing gently told him on the phone that he had no talent and the Bai family would not accept such a person.
Not only did he not pass the tests that Yuan Yiping mentioned, he had never even met Bai Ximing before that. From the time he returned to Gangcheng to the time he was denied, he had never met his so-called biological father.
"So, we need to conduct certain tests to determine whether a person has talent?" Chi Shen asked again.
"That's about right," Yuan Yiping said, "There are elders in our clan who are specifically responsible for this, but unfortunately there hasn't been a talented person in the past hundred years. So it seems that the Bai family wants a talented heir, and the requirements are really high..."
"I don't want to inherit the orthodoxy," Chi Shen looked at the Bai family's old house getting closer and closer, his voice was so soft that it was inaudible. He said self-deprecatingly, "I just want to live a better life and have normal parents that I have never had."
“That was what I envied the most.”
A chilly breath emerged from Chi Shen's shadow, transformed into a cold wind that circled around Chi Shen's wrist, leaving an icy yet gentle touch.
The corners of Chi Shen's mouth curled up slightly, which was Ji Xingchen's comfort.
"What?" Yuan Yiping didn't hear clearly what Chi Shen said. Just now, the sense of crisis he had developed over the years made him feel alarmed, but that strange feeling soon disappeared, as if it was just his illusion.
Chi Shen shook his head: "It's okay."
Looking at the Bai family's old house getting closer and closer, Yuan Yiping did not delve into Chi Shen's words. This place always gave him a bad feeling. The ominous premonition that he suddenly had just now might have come from here.
"Officer Yuan, can I ask you a favor?" Chi Shen suddenly asked.
"Just call me Brother Yuan," Yuan Yiping said, "You decide."
"Brother Yuan, on October 13th of this month, I came to Gangcheng and hit an old man at the intersection of Xinggang Road and Xianggui Road," Chi Shen pondered over the distant memory. "Now I think that day was very strange. The old man seemed to be unable to control himself, so he rushed in front of my bike, and the brakes of the shared bike I was riding suddenly failed at that time, but after checking, there was no problem with the brakes."
"I understand." Yuan Yiping said, "It does sound suspicious. If it is really a supernatural incident, we will deal with it. Thank you for providing this clue."
Chi Shen smiled politely. If it was him, it would be difficult to investigate as it had been so long. But it was different for Yuan Yiping. As a member of the Special Security Bureau, he could retrieve the intersection surveillance footage for investigation.
After sending Chi Shen to the door of the old house, Yuan Yiping took a serious look at the Bai family's old house, gave Chi Shen a few more instructions, agreed with Chi Shen on the time for teaching exorcism, and left.
Watching Yuan Yiping's car driving away, Chi Shen was not in a hurry to enter the old house.
"Would you like some candy?" Chi Shen suddenly asked.
His shadow moved, and Ji Xingchen stood side by side with him. He pushed up his glasses and said, "No, I just feel uncomfortable staying next to him, but I won't be hurt."
Chi Shen smiled, took out a tissue from his pocket, made a paper candy, thought for a while, then took out a pen and wrote two words on it: milk candy.
After lighting the paper candy, Ji Xingchen stretched out his hand, and the paper candy appeared in his palm.
For Ji Xingchen, who is a ghost, this is a real candy.
He peeled off the candy wrapper and put the candy in his mouth.
Sweet.
Seeing Ji Xingchen's surprised expression, Chi Shen also smiled and walked towards the old house. After taking two steps, he suddenly stopped and looked at the bushes across the street.
"Has anyone been here?"
Ji Xingchen blended into the darkness with the candy in his mouth. After a moment, he appeared and said, "The Bai family has been here. They want to arrest you and ask about what happened last night."
The toffee rolled around the tip of the tongue, and the rich milky flavor spread out. Ji Xingchen was smiling while speaking.
Chi Shen nodded, looked at Ji Xingchen again, and then turned back to look in the direction of the woods.
In the shadow of the trees, a ghost with a bloated upper body stood there, looking over here, as if he wanted to move forward but didn't dare to. Until he saw Chi Shen's calm eyes, he finally mustered up the courage and took a step forward.
As he walked over, there was also a stench of rotting flesh. Chi Shen looked at him without showing any fear or disgust because of his tumor-covered appearance. When he came closer, Chi Shen pushed open the door of the Bai family's old house and said, "Come in."
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Bai family.
Several disciples from other families who escaped from the old house trembled as they accepted the reprimand. When asked about the ghost outside the old house, each of them showed a horrified expression.
"That was the scariest ghost I have ever seen."
"His body is deformed. He doesn't look like a human. I have never seen anything like that."
"From what I've learned, ghosts usually remain in the same appearance as when they died. I can't imagine a person dying like this."
"Maybe he wasn't a human when he was alive!"
As a member of the Bai family, Bai Ran was listening nearby even though it was late at night. He was playing with two wax beads in his hands and felt a little bored. Most of these people had never seen the world, so they had such thoughts.
These people are such good-for-nothings. He glanced at the bones sealed in the wax beads. They were just as good-for-nothings as Lu Xiangyang.
"Master, how do you think they should deal with this?" the person in charge suddenly asked Bai Ran.
Bai Ran came back to his senses, still looking well-behaved: "It must be that the old house is too scary, I can't blame them."
Several people immediately looked at Bai Ran, all with expressions of gratitude on their faces.
"If you have any questions in the future, you can ask me," Bai Ran smiled innocently, "It's too late today, let's go back and rest."
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Chi Shen sat at the table in his bedroom and poured a cup of hot tea for the visitor.
The female ghost in red also placed herself on the edge of the table, propped up her head and looked at the ghost curiously.
The ghost with tumors all over his body seemed a little uncomfortable. He took the tea with his hands a little stiffly and thanked her. He obviously had a weird appearance and was more terrifying than the female ghost in red, but he showed a frightened expression and moved a little further away from the female ghost in red.
The female ghost in red rubbed towards him, and the visitor stepped back a little. Finally, Ji Xingchen couldn't stand it anymore, so he lifted the female ghost in red off the table. This made the guest feel a little more comfortable and he didn't move his stool anymore.
The mist from the hot tea soon dissipated, and the visitor finished explaining the purpose of his visit.
Chi Shen shook his head: "I'm sorry, I can't help you."
The monster was hiding in a pile of rotten flesh with begging eyes.
Although he looked horrible, his eyes were full of human emotions, even more touching than those of many living people.
"I am a good citizen who abides by the law. I don't kill people. You can seek revenge on your own," Chi Shen looked at the monster and suggested seriously, "I can also call the police for you."
Chi Shen took a red paper phone from the red-clothed ghost, and handed it to her as she leaned on the edge of the table and looked at him eagerly: "Or you can call the police yourself."
The monster made a few groaning sounds from its huge mouth, as if it wanted to beg for something. Seeing Chi Shen's calm look, he didn't say anything else. In the end, he shook his head, bowed to Chi Shen again, and left.
The red-clothed female ghost immediately took back her paper phone, cheered, and searched everywhere in the house, trying to hide the paper phone.
Chi Shen stood up from the table only after the guests left.
His cup of tea was still hot, but the monster's cup was cold. That was because the monster had sucked away all the essence of the tea, leaving only a bowl of tasteless tea.
Chi Shen poured the tea by the door, and stood there for a long time, looking in the direction where the monster went away.
After hiding the paper phone, the female ghost in red crawled out from under the table and looked at Chi Shen's back, seeming a little lonely.
She hesitated for a moment, then slowly crawled towards the bottom of the pool.
"Is it because I'm not good enough to you and haven't made you feel the warmth of spring, so you don't want to follow me and protect me?" Chi Shen suddenly turned around and looked at the hand extended by the red-clothed female ghost, as if thinking about something very difficult to understand. "As a friend, should I give you more help? I see that your hair seems to be too long, how about I help you trim it?"
The red-clothed female ghost paused as she stretched out her hand towards Chi Shen. The next second, she disappeared from the spot, crawled into the closet at an unprecedented speed, and slammed the door shut.
Ji Xingchen pushed his glasses, walked over and put his hand on Chi Shen's shoulder.
Chi Shen became happy.
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