The main roads in the port city were very congested during the evening rush hour. It was normal to drive 500 meters for half an hour. When the driver heard Xu Xiuyun say that she would not take a detour, he was ready to be stuck in traffic for an hour. He did not dare to talk to Xu Xiuyun, nor did he dare to ask why she would not take a detour. Having been in the Bai family for a long time, he already understood that he just had to listen to his boss.
Suddenly, a brake sound pierced the eardrums. The driver looked to the side and saw a truck rushing out from the side. When it was about to reach the main road, it turned a corner and hit the guardrail directly.
A huge crash was heard. Xu Xiuyun's car was driving slowly in the rightmost lane of the main road because she wanted to take a detour and there was a traffic jam ahead. The truck swept the car body directly when it turned. Xu Xiuyun felt a huge force throwing her up. Fortunately, she fastened her seat belt when she felt uneasy, otherwise she would have been thrown out by the collision.
Xu Xiuyun held on to the seat in panic and looked in the direction of the truck. One of the doors had been deformed and the seat was covered with shattered glass. There was blood on Xu Xiuyun's hands from being cut by the glass. If they had changed lanes just now, the truck would have collided with them directly and the outcome would have been unimaginable.
The truck hit the back seat when it was turning, but the driver was unharmed. He immediately turned around to look at Xu Xiuyun, and his voice was filled with fear: "Sister Xu, are you okay?"
Xu Xiuyun did not respond to her, she just looked straight in the direction of the truck.
The truck driver looked at the accident scene as if he had just woken up from a dream, with great fear and confusion in his eyes. He seemed to have no idea what he had just done and why he had crashed into this place. However, Xu Xiuyun could see that in the driver's seat of the truck, there was a white shadow staring at her with strong resentment in its eyes.
She was being watched by something.
Was it Chi Shen who did it?
Xu Xiuyun could not help but start to suspect that although the Bai family was often targeted by something unclean, accidents rarely occurred because once discovered, they would deal with it quickly and would bring some amulets or substitute wooden figures with them when they went out. This time she did not find that she was targeted by dirty things when she went out. When she returned, she heard Chi Shen say that an accident had occurred. She began to suspect that it was Chi Shen's problem.
After all, he is a person who can communicate with the ghosts in the old house. It is normal for him to call one or two ghosts to deal with them.
But she is Chi Shen’s biological mother. How could he do this to his biological mother?
"Sister Xu, what should we do now?"
The driver's voice rang in her ears, bringing Xu Xiuyun back to her senses. She was in shock again, and it took her trembling eyes a while to find their focus. She said slowly, "Help me down, call someone to pick me up, and tell them I'm being targeted."
"Okay, okay!" The driver roughly understood what it meant to be targeted. He carefully looked towards the truck but saw nothing.
Xu Xiuyun also looked over and saw that the white ghost had disappeared.
At this time, Chi Shen had already got off the subway. He was looking at his mobile phone, trying to find where Hong An Trading was.
Hong An Trading was the company where Ji Xingchen worked before his death. According to Ji Xingchen's memory, he worked at Hong An Trading after graduating from university until his death, or in other words, until he lost his memory of when he was alive.
Ji Xingchen's last memories were all vague, and his memories of Hong'an Trading were from two or three years ago. He didn't know the exact time. When Chi Shen checked his memory, he couldn't find the exact time, so he could only vaguely attribute it to two or three years ago.
This place is close to the suburbs of the port city and is a commercial area close to the port. Many foreign companies are here. It is the rush hour after work and the subway station is crowded. After he walked out of the subway station, he found it deserted not long after walking.
There aren't many entertainment facilities here, so it's not very lively except on weekdays.
Chi Shen also talked to Ji Xingchen leisurely: "They seem to want me to go back to the Bai family."
Ji Xingchen did not remain silent at this time. He seemed to think that there was no problem answering this question, and answered him in the shadow: "Yes."
Chi Shen followed the navigation slowly: "This is very strange. When Bai Ran was still here, they didn't want me to go back."
Ji Xingchen said: "My guess is that they are impressed by your abilities."
Chi Shen thought: "It's possible, but I always feel it's a little strange. They are a little too anxious. It makes me very curious. And if I ask them directly, they will definitely not tell me the real reason."
Ji Xingchen: "If it's not a normal reason, they won't tell you. If it's a normal reason, they should tell you directly and ask you to go back."
"That's right," Chi Shen's voice sounded extremely regretful, "I still want to ask in a peaceful and friendly way."
Gui Lian felt that this was the time for him to speak. He finally found a place to speak, and immediately jumped up and said, "The peace and friendship you mentioned, is it the same as the method you asked Bai Ran about before?"
Chi Shen smiled and nodded: "I think this is a communication method that everyone can accept."
Ghost Face: "...then they definitely won't tell you the truth!"
Chi Shen smiled and said, "So we need to use some other methods."
Ji Xingchen didn't say anything, as if he was helping him think of some other methods.
Instead, Ghost Face said, "I always feel that this other method would not be a good method."
"I'm a good person, don't worry, I won't use extreme methods." Chi Shen smiled.
Ghost face…Ghost face: I believed your lies!
While chatting, Chi Shen had already found the location of Hong An Trading. As a large company, Hong An Trading occupies an entire building. Although the building is not tall, it is very large in scale.
Chi Shen stood downstairs of Hong An Trading and confirmed with Ji Xingchen: "Is this the place?"
Ji Xingchen came out from the shadow of Chi Shen, looked up at the big words "Hong'an Trade", and said, "It's here."
His expression was calm, and he did not show any joy of finding the place he remembered, even though the place of his death was likely related to this place. After all, this was the last place he remembered.
"It doesn't look strange." Chi Shen looked at the building. There was no ghostly aura in the entire building. If it was an ordinary ghost, a ghost whose aura he could not detect, it should not cause much harm to people.
"My memories of being here are all very normal," Ji Xingchen said. "It was just normal work, nothing strange happened."
"Let's go in and take a look." Chi Shen walked towards the Hong'an Trading building.
From Ji Xingchen's memory, Chi Shen learned that the management of Hong'an Building was not strict. He went in and walked around all the places he could go and asked Ji Xingchen if he had any impression. Ji Xingchen said yes to some and no to others, but it was obvious that he had indeed worked here before, otherwise he would not have felt familiar with it and this place would not appear in his memory.
Some of the arrangements were still the same as what Chi Shen had seen in Ji Xingchen's memory, even the security guard in front of the company had not been changed. Chi Shen wandering around in the building finally attracted the security guard's attention.
The security guard came over and asked Chi Shen what he was doing there, his tone full of suspicion, probably thinking that Chi Shen was a commercial spy.
"I'm here to look for someone. Do you know Ji Xingchen?" Chi Shen's voice was full of sincerity and emotion. "He once helped me. It can be said that he saved my life and let me live again, but I only know his name and company. Today I finally found this place and wanted to find him to thank him in person. I just graduated this year and just found a job. I came to Hongcheng after earning enough money for the trip. I just wanted to find my benefactor. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't even be able to graduate."
The security guard was a little skeptical at first, but after hearing Chi Shen's sincere and emotional words, he became moved. With tears in his eyes, he held Chi Shen's hands and said, "Classmate, wait here. I'll go to the front desk and ask for you. I'll help you find your benefactor!"
"Thank you, brother! The four seasons of the seasons, the moon setting and the stars sinking!" Chi Shen thanked the security brother in a more sincere tone.
"Ji in Four Seasons, Xingchen in Moonfall and Stars Sink!" the security guard repeated, turning around and muttering in a low voice, "Ji Xingchen, Ji Xingchen... Is there such a person in our building?"
Looking at the back of the security guard walking towards the front desk, Chi Shen's sincere gratitude slowly faded, and he said softly: "I remember you knew this security guard."
Ji Xingchen stood beside him and looked in the direction the security guard left. That was the security guard who had been there when he was still working at Hong An Trading. He was usually very enthusiastic and a nice person, and had good relationships with many employees. Ji Xingchen did know him, and he could even call out the other person's name.
"His name is Zhou Botao, and we all call him Brother Zhou." Ji Xingchen said. He still looked calm, and did not waver or doubt his memory just because the other party did not remember him.
Soon the security guard came back and told Chi Shen that he had asked the front desk to help check, but there was no such person as Ji Xingchen. He worriedly asked Chi Shen whether he had remembered the wrong person. The worry on his face was more than Chi Shen acted, and it was obvious that he was really worried that Chi Shen would not be able to find his benefactor.
Chi Shen expressed his gratitude to the security brother and said that he would confirm again whether this was the place. Then he asked the security brother's name, saying that he wanted to know the name of the person who helped him.
“Hahaha, it’s just a small favor, why should I thank you? I didn’t help you this time, I really hope you can find your savior soon.” The security brother laughed heartily, “My name is Zhou Botao, you can just call me Brother Zhou. If you come to look for someone again in the future, you can find me.”
"Thank you, Brother Zhou. I will go back and carefully confirm the name and address of my benefactor." Chi Shen and Zhou Botao thanked him and left the Hong'an Trading building.
After leaving the building, the place became even more desolate, with even fewer people getting off work. Chi Shen was walking alone on the street, and it didn't seem strange for him to talk to two ghosts.
"You're so skilled," Ghostface was the first to speak, "Are you the reincarnation of a social awkward person?"
When he was caught wandering around the company just now, he wanted to find a hole to crawl into, but he didn't expect Chi Shen to be able to perform on the spot to turn the embarrassment into something, and turned from defense to offense, directly asking if there was a person named Ji Xingchen.
"If you do this kind of thing a few times, you will get used to it. It's no big deal." Chi Shen said calmly.
Ghostface wondered, "Why does it sound like you've done this many times?"
Chi Shen: "It's just so-so."
Ghost Face: "What do you mean by average?"
This time Chi Shen ignored him and looked at his own shadow. The street lamp was behind him and his shadow was right in front of him.
"They don't remember you." Chi Shen said.
His shadow moved slightly, and Ji Xingchen said, "I don't know the reason, but I did work here."
Chi Shen laughed: "I believe you, but this clue is broken. If we want to know how you died, we must first know what kind of person you are. Your university is in another city, maybe we can go to your high school to take a look?"
Ji Xingchen said, “Wait until you finish your work first.”
Chi Shen nodded: "Okay."
He continued to look at his shadow.
It has to be said that Ji Xingchen gave him a big surprise. He thought that in this situation, Ji Xingchen would panic, doubt himself, or even doubt the world, but he didn't. He remained calm, just like Ji Xingchen usual.
He is a very powerful man.
In the urban area of the port city, at the intersection of the main road, sirens were blaring. A traffic accident had occurred and needed to be handled.
The traffic police quickly counted the injured and found only a few people with minor injuries. The truck driver braked and steered in time to make the truck crash into the guardrail, avoiding crashing into a slow-moving vehicle and causing a large-scale accident.
Xu Xiuyun stood on the sidewalk next to the truck, the wound on her hand still dripping with blood. The traffic police advised her to go to the hospital for bandaging, but she did not move and refused to leave no matter what they said.
"I'm waiting for someone to pick me up. Don't worry about me." Xu Xiuyun seemed to be in shock from the car accident. She looked at the people around her, even the police, warily, and tried to stay away from each of them.
Since Xu Xiuyun looked quite rich and had just gotten out of a luxury car, everyone just thought she was a rich person with some quirks. They tried their best to persuade her, but when that didn't work, they just let it go.
The Bai family did not arrive very quickly. The traffic accident was almost dealt with before they arrived. Xu Xiuyun explained the reason to them and then anxiously looked for the white shadow in the cab of the truck in the crowd, but she never saw it again.
The man who came to pick up Xu Xiuyun was in his forties. It was late autumn now. He put on a down jacket, zipped it up to the top, and tightly wrapped his neck and below. After listening to what Xu Xiuyun said, he didn't say anything, nor did he look for the white ghost. He just opened the door of a van he drove and said in a cold voice: "Get in the car."
Although still in fear, this voice calmed Xu Xiuyun down a little. She glanced at the van with some disdain: "Is this car safe?"
"Don't worry," the man sneered, "It's safer than your Mercedes-Benz."
Xu Xiuyun had no choice but to get in the car. She was still a little dissatisfied: "Why are you the one to pick me up? Bai... is there no one else?"
The man said, "I'm the closest to here."
Xu Xiuyun wanted to say something else: "Is that ghost Chi Shen..."
"It's a minor problem left over from the previous project, and it will be solved soon."
The man got into the car, stepped on the accelerator and turned into the alley. Before Xu Xiuyun could sit still, she was thrown aside and hit her head. She wanted to curse, but immediately considered her image and swallowed the curse. She decided to go back and talk to Bai Ximing about how the man who came to pick her up was so ignorant.
Xu Xiuyun held the seat of the van. She thought about how something like this had happened before. At that time, Bai Ran came to pick her up. He first treated her wounds and comforted her, telling her not to be afraid, that he was there and would protect her. Obviously, Bai Ran at that time was just an adult.
Thinking of this, Xu Xiuyun began to worry again. She thought they still had two years of mother-son relationship, but now Bai Ran was suddenly imprisoned. She had to think of a way to keep Bai Ran by her side.
Chi Shen has returned home and is discussing something with Ji Xingchen at the door.
It’s not quite right to say that it was the door of his house. Every time Chi Shen walked to his door, the door would open automatically. This time, in order not to alert the enemy, he stood outside the elevator and discussed with Ji Xingchen.
Chi Shen: "Once the case at the Gangbei construction site is closed, I will go with Li Xu to exorcise the headless ghost."
Ji Xingchen: “Yeah.”
Chi Shen: "So I want to learn how to transcend."
Ji Xingchen: “Yeah.”
Chi Shen: "I haven't successfully saved a single ghost yet. Oh, physical salvation doesn't count."
Ji Xingchen: “Yeah.”
Chi Shen: "I think I have to try harder and at least successfully save the soul of one ghost."
At this time, Gui Lian couldn't stand it anymore, and immediately tore himself off Chi Shen's clothes, shouting: "I tried very hard! I tried hard every day! I tried hard during the day and at night! It's not my problem that I didn't get saved! It must be your method that's wrong! So you can't add--"
Chi Shen looked at him: "Indeed."
"——You want to change my study load... Eh?" Ghostface suddenly stopped his tearful accusation, and his pale face twisted into a hill. "You're not going to come up with some new way to torture me, are you?"
"I give up on you," Chi Shen announced calmly, "There are so many ghosts in the house, I decided to find someone else."
"Good... Yeah?" Gui Lian wanted to be happy, but it sounded like, since you are not good at studying and can't get into a key university, then just give up studying and go to a construction site to carry bricks - at least try your best to get into a junior college! How can you just give up!
When Gui Lian felt that something was wrong, Chi Shen had already cast his gaze on his own shadow: "So I need you to do me a small favor."
After hearing what Chi Shen said, Ji Xingchen came out from the shadows and pushed up his glasses: "No problem."
After the discussion, Chi Shen walked towards the door of his home.
The gate opened automatically, Chi Shen walked in, and the gate closed automatically.
The red-dressed female ghost appeared first. She hung herself on the chandelier and stretched her head to look at Chi Shen's hands. She felt a little disappointed when she saw his empty hands, but she still shouted, "Welcome home!"
These four words were taught to him by Ji Xingchen.
Bai Wan appeared at the door holding her own tablet. She didn't say anything, but expressed her welcome with practical actions. She stood at the door waiting for Chi Shen to come back and opened the door for him.
Chi Shen said calmly: "I'm back."
The red-clothed female ghost was suddenly stunned. She looked at Chi Shen's shadow carefully and said in surprise, "It's gone, gone! It's gone!"
Even Bai Wan lowered her head, which was covered with a red veil, slightly, as if she was looking at Chi Shen's shadow. She tilted her head to express her confusion, as if she wanted to ask something, but did not ask it.
Chi Shen went to the kitchen first. He raised his hand and touched the bridge of his nose, then said to the cupboard: "I have something to discuss with you."
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