The crying sounds coming from the kitchen were mournful and mournful. The wind from the balcony of the living room blew through the hall, as if it was blowing through frost and cold. Footsteps were heard in the living room.
Hearing the landlord's footsteps disappearing in the corridor, Chi Shen slowly turned around. He seemed not to notice the strange movements in the house and went to close the balcony door.
"It will be troublesome if it rains at night." Chi Shen sighed and walked slowly towards the door.
A cold chill approached Chi Shen, but Chi Shen did not react at all. He walked to the door, turned back and slowly turned off the light in the entrance hall, and then slowly closed the door.
The landlord has left, and he is not a formal resident now. It is not good to stay in someone else's house for a long time. If something happens, he may not be able to explain it, so it is better for him to leave early.
The crying and footsteps in the house stopped for a moment.
This seems... a little different from what was expected!
After a while, the sound of footsteps leaving was heard outside the door, the crying stopped, the footsteps stopped, and the house fell into the quiet night again.
Chi Shen had already walked outside the elevator and was waiting for it. This floor was dark and deserted. Chi Shen was the only one waiting for the elevator at this moment. It was the rush hour after get off work, so he had to wait for the elevator for a long time.
"It's so lively here. I feel my future life will be very interesting." Chi Shen looked at the elevator, as if talking to himself.
His shadow moved, and a voice answered him: "Everyone on the upper and lower floors, including this floor, has moved out. It's more suitable for you."
At this point, the voice in the shadow paused: "Mainly because the rent is cheap."
Chi Shen nodded in agreement: "The rent is cheap, which is very suitable for me."
He was halfway through his words when the elevator opened. A man inside was playing with his mobile phone. Seeing Chi Shen talking and no one around him, he subconsciously glanced at Chi Shen's ears, but did not find any Bluetooth headphones.
The man had a strange expression on his face. Perhaps because there were many people talking to themselves, the man did not pay attention to it. Instead, he subconsciously looked to see where the elevator was and saw the blood-red words "13th Floor" at a glance.
Looking at the number, the man's hand trembled, and the phone fell to the ground and slid to Chi Shen's feet. Chi Shen picked it up for him and handed it to him.
"Thank you..." The man took the phone and his fingers touched Chi Shen's fingers. He immediately retracted his hand and without even finishing his thank you, he jumped up and wanted to leave the elevator. But he didn't know what he thought of, but he didn't go out. Instead, he chose to shrink into the corner of the elevator.
Chi Shen tilted his head and glanced at the man. The man looked even more frightened. In order not to scare the man, Chi Shen had to retract his gaze and give up his concern.
He always felt that if he asked a man if he was feeling unwell, he would beg for mercy.
The elevator reached the first floor, and the man fled from the elevator. Chi Shen walked out of the community and said in a deserted place: "I think he has some misunderstanding about me."
Ji Xingchen: "Maybe it's not a misunderstanding."
Chi Shen: "?"
Ji Xingchen: "It's time for dinner."
As soon as he heard about eating, Chi Shen gave up his exploration and ate happily.
After dinner tonight, Chi Shen did not go home immediately. He felt that he was about to leave and had to be nicer to everyone in the old house. He went to the supermarket to buy some colored cardboard, some drinks, snacks and fruits, and went to a funeral shop to buy incense, candles and white paper to take back.
When paying, the funeral shop owner said "My condolences" to him. Chi Shen just smiled and didn't say anything.
"Actually, I've always had a question," Chi Shen started to explore in the car. This time, at Ji Xingchen's suggestion, he put on his headphones before speaking, "Is there any difference between the offerings I make for you and the things I fold out of paper and burn for you?"
Ji Xingchen glanced at the passenger who was standing a little further away from the pool. His usually calm face showed an expression that could almost be described as frustration, but the expression on his face was fleeting, and he quickly replied, "I don't know. I haven't eaten the offerings."
"You're so miserable." Chi Shen really felt pity for Ji Xingchen.
Ji Xingchen did not answer Chi Shen immediately this time. He was silent for a long time before he said, "I...actually I don't have any tragic memories. I don't remember all the things that would make me suffer. Death would make me suffer, so I don't have any memories of death. I remember that my mother died, but I don't remember how she died. That should have been a very sad thing, but I don't remember anything."
"This is very strange." Ji Xingchen added.
"Yes, usually ghosts are filled with painful memories, but yours are filled with beautiful memories. This is very strange." Chi Shen said. The aunt sitting next to him had moved herself half a seat away. If the carriage had not been full of people, she would probably change seats immediately.
The bus stopped and Chi Shen saw an old man get on the bus. He stood up and gave his seat to the old man, and the aunt breathed a sigh of relief.
Ji Xingchen glanced at the auntie. This time he did not answer Chi Shen's question. Instead, he said, "Let's talk about it when we get back."
There were still people guarding outside the old house. When they saw Chi Shen coming back, they all moved away. They all knew that Chi Shen was carrying an evil spirit, and they were afraid that they would do something to provoke Chi Shen, and then they would die without knowing how.
Chi Shen was in a good mood. He was leisurely walking towards the old house carrying several large bags of things. Halfway there, he thought for a moment and felt that his brothers outside the door had worked hard, and it was not easy in such a cold weather, so he went over and gave them some fruit.
At first, the people guarding the old house didn't dare to take it. Seeing their hesitation, Chi Shen said, "Don't worry, it's not poisonous. I won't need to poison you to kill you."
Several people: “…Oh.”
After hearing these words that they could not refute, they took the fruit and felt that they should say something. Before they could organize their words, they saw Chi Shen happily enter the old house.
Several people looked at each other in bewilderment: "Is he really living in that haunted house that everyone is afraid of?"
Someone holding the fruit hesitated and asked, "Should we report this?"
Others have already started to nibble: "No need."
The man thought about it again and made a decision: "We should report it. Nothing has happened these days. Otherwise, we will be accused of taking the money but not doing the work."
Chi Shen returned to the old house and began his experiment between food offerings and origami offerings.
He put out the things he had bought, and the female ghost in red immediately appeared, looking at the food on the table with sparkling eyes. Even the ghost in the cupboard opened the door, and the ghost face was revived in an instant from the state of being hollowed out, looking at the food on the table with shining eyes.
Chi Shen followed the usual way of offering sacrifices, inserted incense and candles in front of the table, bowed to them, and then said, "Please accept these offerings, ghosts in the Bai family's old house."
The red-dressed ghost and the ghost face both showed expressions of enjoyment. Suddenly, various noises came from the old house, including whispers, footsteps, and Chi Shen even heard the sound of chains colliding. A vague voice sounded outside the door: "Thank you."
That was the voice of the headless ghost.
Except for the headless ghost, no other ghost dared to come over to thank him in person. The rustling sounds in the old house lasted for a while, and then became quiet again.
Chi Shen picked up the apple on the table and smelled it. The apple had no fragrance anymore.
It turns out that this way you can worship all ghosts. Of course, they have to buy into it.
Chi Shen smiled and turned to look at Ji Xingchen: "How does the offering taste?"
Ji Xingchen looked at him, his eyes dark as ink under the frame: "Delicious."
A banquet was being held in the old house, but Bai Ximing, who had received the report, became restless. He wandered around the house, and suddenly a question popped into his mind: Chi Shen was living so happily in the old house, would he really stay there for a month?
He looked through the Bai family's ancestral precepts again, which clearly stated: If anyone can live in the ancestral home for more than a month, he will have the ability to resolve the crisis of our Bai family and should be immediately welcomed as the patriarch to lead our Bai family out of the predicament.
Bai Ximing stared at the word "immediately" on the ancestral precepts for a long time, then he snorted and laughed, throwing the family precepts on the ground: "I can also solve the crisis of the Bai family, and I don't need him to replace me!"
Xu Xiuyun advised him, "Wait a little longer. Letting that child become the clan leader might be a good idea. If he dies, you will still be the clan leader. Don't worry."
Bai Ximing finally calmed down a bit. He took a sip of tea and then said, "He is unwilling to come back to the Bai family as the heir, but still wants to live in the old house. It seems that he really wants to replace me."
The Bai family did not monitor Chi Shen, mainly because the Special Security Bureau had taken over Gangcheng and their activities had become somewhat difficult. Bai Ximing had originally planned to do so but later gave up the idea, so he did not know about Chi Shen's visit to see the house.
Chi Shen didn't know what the Bai family thought of him. He went to get off work and came home as usual and chose a time with the landlord. Chi Shen had solved the problem, but the landlord was very slow. He first discussed the water, electricity and property issues with Chi Shen. Chi Shen said that he would pay for them himself. Then after signing the contract, the landlord said that he wanted to pick an auspicious day and move in when it was easy to move. Chi Shen felt that he needed to give the landlord some psychological comfort, so he agreed.
Of course, the main reason is that it is too difficult to find a house in the city center with a monthly rent of 500 yuan.
Chi Shen had just agreed on the moving time with the landlord. When he was carrying his things back to the old house, he met the gatekeeper who was carrying a bag of fruit. He had become very familiar with these people in the past few days, because he always bought some things back for his friends in the old house to try. Chi Shen would also give some to them, and they could talk to each other after a while.
The man handed the fruit to him and smiled a little embarrassedly: "Don't worry, it's not poisonous. You can become the clan leader in the future, so we will definitely not poison you."
Chi Shen took the fruit, exchanged it for two bags of snacks for them, and said calmly: "I never thought about becoming the head of the Bai family."
The man was puzzled when he heard this: "Then why are you living in this godforsaken place? Is it really not for the ancestral precept that one can become the clan leader after living there for a month?"
Chi Shen suddenly laughed and looked at the man.
The man suddenly felt creepy and leaned back slightly.
Chi Shen laughed and said, "Is there such a thing?"
"Yes, yes." The man looked even more embarrassed. "In fact, the clan leader asked me to warn you to move out in time and come back to the Bai family. Don't covet the position of clan leader. But I don't think it's a good idea to say this. I feel you are qualified to be the clan leader."
Chi Shen looked down at the bag of fruit in his hand, his pretty eyebrows slightly curved: "Thank you for reminding me, I will move out immediately."
"Oh...ah?" The man was confused and wanted to say something, but Chi Shen had already waved his hand and walked away.
In Bai Hengqing's house, Bai Hengqing stood in front of the almanac and tore off today's page in advance, thinking happily that it would not be long before he could tie Chi Shen back to be the patriarch!
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