The next day, Chi Shen went to work as usual.
Although he had worked overtime yesterday and did not have enough sleep, he still happily got up, packed up and went out when he thought about facing a clean company today.
Since the Bai family's old house is located in a remote area and a bit far from the bus stop, the commute takes an hour, so Chi Shen would catch up on his sleep on the shaky bus. He was not afraid of oversleeping and Ji Xingchen waking him up.
Chi Shen slowly fell asleep on the bus, and the Bai family’s old house, which had been noisy all night, also fell into a deep sleep.
The autumn sun slowly climbed up every mossy and gray-tiled roof of the old house. The yellow flowers growing on the moss bloomed brilliantly in the sun. A gentle breeze blew, and the flowers and weeds swayed gently in the wind.
In the breeze, a pale hand closed the door of Chi Shen's room, and then everything returned to silence. The headless ghost who was looking for his head in the corridor also stopped his actions and dragged his axe into a room. The door of the room was closed and it was quiet inside. Bai Wan's room also became dilapidated. The red candles and wedding curtains disappeared, and only a tablet was quietly placed on the rotten bedside... Countless ghosts returned to darkness and hid in the shadows. They didn't even have eyes to peek into the world, but chose to sleep in the abundant sunshine.
This old house full of ghosts seems quiet and peaceful at this moment, just like every old house in the south, full of the warm breath of time, as if a handful of sand lost in the long river of time.
Soon, a group of people entered the old house and broke the tranquility.
They carried the soul-altar table, candlestick offerings, the golden statue of the Bai family's ancestor, and the remains of a broken old-fashioned telephone into the old house.
These are all people from the Bai family.
The current patriarch of the Bai family is Bai Ximing, but he cannot make the final decision on his own when it comes to moving the old house. The clan is a very complicated thing, and a large family like the Bai family, which walks between yin and yang, is even more troublesome.
Yesterday, the family meeting alone took a whole day. Although Bai Ximing's father died, he still has several uncles who are still alive. Not only uncles, but also elders who are younger than him but whom he still calls grandfathers. There are also people who hope that Bai Ximing will die soon so that they can give up the position of clan leader. All kinds of messy relationships are involved, and it is very difficult to explain them clearly in a meeting.
However, Bai Ximing was still a man of means. He spent a day sorting out the mess of opinions, and then he used his status as the patriarch and the Bai family's inheritance to force the other party to open the Bai family's old house.
Even so, there were still people who disagreed. After all, it was Bai Ximing who died, not them. If they forced their way into the Bai family's old house and released the old ghost who hated the Bai family, it might lead to the extermination of the Bai family.
It was finally agreed that the person who would come to perform the ritual was not Bai Ximing, but one of Bai Ximing's uncles. He was considered the most prestigious person among the older generation and had almost become the head of the Bai family. However, in the end he chose to follow family tradition and gave the position of head to his brother's son, Bai Ximing, who was also the legitimate son of the Bai family.
They are particular about the time of moving the magic tools. They choose a time when the sun can completely shine on all the roofs of the Bai family's old house. At this time, the ghosts in the old house will calm down and will not go out, so it is the safest.
As an office worker, Chi Shen had already gone out to work before that, so he naturally missed them.
Chi Shen was in a good mood. When he arrived at the company, he first cleaned his workstation, then happily turned on his computer to start today's "study".
The colleague arrived at the company later. After punching in, he came over to chat with Chi Shen, handed a bun to Chi Shen, and then ran to the toilet.
In just one day, Chi Shen felt that he was very familiar with his colleague. His colleague was called Ma Caijin. Chi Shen even knew that he had a nickname called Ma Wencai. However, because his colleagues repeatedly emphasized that they were not allowed to call him by that nickname, Chi Shen just called him Brother Ma.
Chi Shen felt that the reason why he became familiar with Ma Ge was not his problem, but because Ma Caijin was a social savvy. This person was so outgoing that he didn't seem like a copywriter in a gaming company. He was more like a public relations person and could chat with anyone.
Chi Shen had just opened a horror game when he saw Ma Caijin coming from the direction of the toilet. He walked slowly towards him with a frown, as if he was constipated, and walked right up to Chi Shen's side.
Ma Caijin approached him and asked mysteriously, "What did you do in the bathroom yesterday?"
Chi Shen glanced sideways with the expression you mentioned.
Ma Caijin continued to speak: "I found a half-burned candle on the sink, and a whole unpeeled apple peel in the trash can! Someone lit a candle and peeled an apple in the bathroom last night. Awesome!"
Chi Shen also nodded: "Awesome."
"You didn't listen to me and went to the toilet, right?" Ma Caijin continued, "After the boss and I left, you were the only one left in the company. The cleaner had already come to collect the garbage, so the trash can in the toilet should be clean. If someone else went to the toilet to throw away garbage, it could only be you. You did it, right?"
Chi Shen had no choice but to nod: "It's me."
He had never expected that his seemingly unreliable colleague could be so observant and connect all the clues together. Although it didn't matter if he refused to admit it, there was no need to, so he admitted it.
Ma Caijin slapped his thigh and said, "I knew it was you. Come on, Brother Li is looking for you!"
Chi Shen followed Ma Caijin to Li Xu's office.
Now the entire Ledao Culture company is much brighter and the cold atmosphere that you used to feel when you entered the company has disappeared. Even the girl at the front desk looks more energetic. The atmosphere of the entire company is different from yesterday and has become much more down-to-earth.
Chi Shen quite likes this place. The salary is high, the colleagues are easy to get along with, the boss is not a troublemaker, and after he cleans things up, the environment is also good. If he doesn't have to work overtime... it would be even better.
After pushing open the office door, Chi Shen paused.
The temperature in Li Xu's office was at least one degree lower than outside. There were a bunch of ghosts lingering on him, and behind him, there was a new ghost that Chi Shen had not seen yesterday. It was an old man, very old, who could hardly walk properly, but was still trying hard to climb onto Li Xu.
Chi Shen fell into deep thought. If he wanted the company environment to be always bright and clean, he had to solve the source of the bad company environment. However, the source was the boss, and he couldn't solve the boss...
Dead loop.
Forget it, let’s just find out why Li Xu attracts ghosts and solve this problem.
Seeing Chi Shen coming in, Li Xu pulled his collar and asked with some concern: "You were peeling an apple in the toilet last night, and nothing strange happened?"
"have."
Since they all knew there was something fishy going on in the toilet, Chi Shen did not hide it. He said gently, "The person in the mirror smiled at me."
When these words were spoken, both people in the office gasped.
Li Xu leaned forward slightly, and the old man who had just climbed on Li Xu fell down with a plop. Looking at Chi Shen worriedly, Li Xu asked, "What happened next?"
Chi Shen recalled: "He grabbed my neck and tried to drag me into the mirror."
Li Xu's office was already cold, and when these words came out, Ma Caijin shivered directly and said, "You are really brave. You can still come to work in one piece. What happened next?"
"I called the police." Chi Shen said.
Both of them: “……?”
An unimagined path!
"They saved me and kindly sent me home," Chi Shen said, "and told me that the ghosts in the company had been cleared out, so I could go to work normally."
"Is it...still possible to do this?" Ma Caijin showed an incredible expression, as if his three views had been shattered.
Li Xu nodded in understanding: "It seems that calling the police is still useful."
"But if a ghost chokes you, isn't it too late to call the police?"
Li Xu: "Maybe the police are downstairs."
"Maybe he has stronger Yang energy and can last longer?"
Chi Shen didn't say anything else, just watched quietly at the side. The two horror game planners quickly came up with the story themselves, and they all agreed that Chi Shen had a unique imagination and was a talent.
"I was originally trying to convince you to switch to programming, but now it seems that you are indeed suitable for plot planning," Li Xu breathed a sigh of relief, smiled, and took out a document from the drawer, "This is the information for the game we are going to make, take a look first."
Ma Caijin patted Chi Shen's shoulder. He felt his hand was a little cold again, so he had to take it back. He smiled and said, "If you don't understand, you can ask me. I'm also a three-year veteran planner who is scolded by players every day!"
Chi Shen nodded: "Thank you Brother Li, thank you Brother Ma."
Before leaving, Chi Shen took another look at the old man behind Li Xu. After the old man fell to the ground, a ray of sunlight happened to shine on him. His originally transparent body quickly dissipated, leaving nothing behind.
Holding the materials, Chi Shen returned to his seat. With some regret, he turned off the "study materials" on the computer, knowing that because of his initiative to work overtime last night, his study career was over and he should get back to work.
Chi Shen opened the file bag and took a look. There were two documents inside. One was a plan for a horror game. It said that a horror game would be made based on a real serial murder case, and the material chosen was the Hong Kong City serial murder case.
There is also a document that contains detailed information about the Hong Kong serial murder case. It not only includes the course of the case, but also photos of the victims and the psychological process of the murderer. There are many photos taken by Li Xu himself. In order to make this horror game, he went to the field to collect materials.
Chi Shen also knew that he had been to the scene and that the floral skirt was brought back at that time.
Through this information, Chi Shen discovered more things.
He found that the clothes of one of the dead looked familiar, as if they were the clothes worn by his headless neighbor. He took a look at the deceased's information.
Zheng Ming was beheaded.
The weapon that chopped off Zheng Ming's head was a smaller version of the axe that the headless ghost was dragging.
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