The sound of dragging at noon suddenly rang out on the barren scorched earth, and the figure of the headless ghost Zheng Ming appeared in the yard.
Twenty years later, he returned here again, only to find a dilapidated house and a head covered with weeds.
Due to the restrictions of the Special Security Bureau, when he appeared, his body was already translucent, and the evil spirit was almost invisible. Compared with his previous image of a fierce ghost, he looked more like a wandering soul.
Most of his power was sealed in the axe he possessed, and only a small part of it could come out.
The headless ghost was too weak now, and Li Xu couldn't see him at all. He held the ball covered with weeds and ran towards Chi Shen and the others, saying as he ran: "I picked it up over there. I thought there was something in the grass, and it turned out to be something. It seemed to have been buried in the wall before, and then the wall collapsed, and this rolled out - what happened?!"
The ball in Li Xu's hand suddenly trembled.
Under the weeds and moss was a skull filled with dirt brought in by the wind. The skull had been cracked, and weeds that grew in the wind were growing out of the cracks and eye sockets. If an ordinary person saw it, they would not be able to recognize that it was a skull.
But Li Xu knew what they were here for today, and he became suspicious when he saw the round object. He picked it up and looked at it carefully before he confirmed that it was indeed a human head.
The head trembled violently. Li Xu was startled and instinctively wanted to throw the head away. However, as he let it go, he suddenly remembered that it was the head of the headless ghost. He immediately hugged it with both hands and looked around in fear: "He's here?"
No one answered him because there was no need for an answer.
The weeds and dirt in the head were shaken off, and the head flew up in Li Xu's hand and floated in one direction.
Li Xu looked up and saw that the head floated to a certain place and stopped. Then, blood-red muscles grew on the white bones, and then snow-white human skin grew.
From the head down, the figure of a man slowly emerged, he was supporting his head with one hand and holding a huge axe in the other hand. At this moment, he let go of the huge axe, held his head with both hands, and placed his head straight on his neck.
Li Xu saw that the man's neck was covered in blood, and his clothes were also stained red. The bloody red blood dripped onto the ground and merged into the charred soil, looking particularly terrifying.
Just as the man put down the axe and placed the head that had grown new flesh and blood on his neck with both hands, the dripping blood suddenly stopped. He slowly stroked the broken part of his head, erasing the wound bit by bit. He looked as if he had come back to life and merged into one with the head.
"This... is this all that's needed?" Li Xu exclaimed, "Is this some kind of neck-breaking rebirth technique?"
As Li Xu exclaimed, the man moved his neck, as if he wanted to turn his head. There was a clear click, and his entire head fell off from the connection. The man quickly reached out to straighten his head.
Li Xu murmured: "...Forget it, just pretend I didn't say anything just now."
Zheng Ming, whose head was reattached, looked very honest. He looked like a down-to-earth and capable person, and he was easy to get along with. This was completely different from his brutal image of carrying a huge axe and looking for heads everywhere.
At this moment, Zheng Ming held the head standing on his neck with both hands, and used both hands to help it turn its head to face Li Xu. He then held his head fixed on his neck and bowed to Li Xu: "Thank you."
This time his voice was not echoing in the air all around him, but came from the head that had just been placed on his neck. His mouth opened and closed, and it was obvious that he could control his head.
"Do you need a favor?"
Chi Shen kindly reminded him, "It's inconvenient for you to hold your head like this, right? Do you want me to help you sew it?"
Zheng Ming's expression changed immediately. He supported his head with both hands and tried to shake his head to express his resistance: "Thank you! Thank you very much! But no need! This is good enough."
"It's okay. I'm very skilled. I've sewn at least eight hundred heads, if not a thousand. I just happen to have some left over here—"
Zheng Ming immediately said, "Really, it's not necessary. My wish has been fulfilled, my enemy is dead, and several people from the Special Security Bureau told me that my mother has passed away. Now even my missing head has been returned. There is nothing in this world worth remembering, so you don't have to sew my head back for me."
As if afraid that he would be a step slower, Chi Shen would force his way over to demonstrate his skills and sew his head back together. Before he could finish his words, his body began to become more transparent, and the resentment that made up his body slowly turned into spots of light.
Chi Shen's expression looked a little regretful, but there was nothing he could do since the ghost wanted to leave.
“Finally…” Zheng Ming stood in the dim light of the soul, looking at everyone, with a smile on his honest face, “Thank you all, and the time I spent eating candy with everyone in the old house. Those were the happiest days after my death.”
Click.
The white head fell to the ground.
The flesh and blood that had grown disappeared again with Zheng Ming's disappearance, leaving only the half-broken skull falling to the ground.
Chi Shen walked over and picked up the skull.
"I never thought that he would say this at the end." Chi Shen also smiled.
Almost a month had passed in the old house. He never thought that the ghosts there would thank him. He always thought that his departure would make them cheer, but he didn't expect that there were still ghosts who missed that time.
Chi Shen raised his head and found that everyone was looking at him. He laughed: "Why are you looking at me? Go back to what you need to do."
Li Xu breathed a sigh of relief. He had been feeling very nervous just now. Although Chi Shen was smiling, he looked really scary, as if he and mortals like them were in two different worlds. In fact, he still had something to ask, but now it was a little difficult to ask.
"What do you mean by what you said just now?" Yuan Yiping asked first. He looked at Chi Shen with unfriendly eyes.
Chi Shen asked in confusion: "What?"
He said too much just now. Just looking at the previous conversation with Bai Ran, if Yuan Yiping heard any of his words, he would ask him to go back to the Special Security Bureau and drink several pots of tea. However, he would also pretend to be stupid before encountering something. As long as Yuan Yiping didn't say what the sentence was, he wouldn't know what it was.
"You've sewn at least 800 heads, if not a thousand. What does this mean?" Yuan Yiping said in a serious tone, "Tell the truth."
Chi Shen suddenly fell silent. He had never expected that Yuan Yiping would ask this question.
"I thought it was something else..." Chi Shen replied calmly, "I was just kidding. How could I possibly touch so many heads? I just said that to make him feel more relaxed. After all, he looked like he was about to cry. I just wanted to liven up the atmosphere, so I said it a little. Should that be okay?"
Xu Jiayuan laughed at the side: "It's definitely okay. I almost cried just now. The ghost who had been looking for his own head for more than 20 years finally found it. It was such a touching thing. I was afraid that he would say something about accepting the award and make me cry. It's better that Chi Shen changed the subject... At least the deceased didn't leave crying. He left with a smile."
Yuan Yiping stared at Chi Shen: "Is this really a joke?"
Chi Shen just gave up and said, "What else? If I had sewn so many heads, your Special Security Bureau would have definitely made a note of me."
Yuan Yiping looked at Chi Shen several times again. He seemed to feel that something was strange, but he couldn't tell what it was, so he simply didn't ask.
At this time Ji Xingchen took a step forward and stood between Yuan Yiping and Chi Shen. He pushed his glasses down and looked at Chi Shen with calm eyes.
But Chi Shen read a different meaning from it, which was: Don't worry about me doing the job.
Chi Shen suddenly understood, my goodness, even the disappearance of these two people was arranged by you?
Ji Xingchen nodded silently.
Chi Shen understood that this was an admission. He held his forehead and said, "Why does the red candle in Xu Jiayuan's hand look so familiar? It turns out that Bai Wan was also involved and she was also an accomplice!"
At this point, tonight's events came to an end. Yuan Yiping called the bureau and asked people to come back to clean up the mess. While the people from the Special Security Bureau were busy, Chi Shen stepped aside and asked Ji Xingchen in detail about his arrangements to avoid letting anything slip.
Seeing the man and the ghost whispering, Li Xu also grabbed his hair and walked over. As soon as he walked over, he saw that the man and the ghost had stopped talking, and immediately said, "Excuse me, I just want to ask Chi Shen something."
Chi Shen said calmly: "What's the matter?"
Li Xu scratched his hair again. He seemed to feel that it was difficult to talk about this matter, but he was still curious. After hesitating for a while, he asked: "That middle-aged woman, is she your mother?"
Chi Shen said: "My blood mother."
Li Xu paused for a moment, not knowing what he had imagined, and nodded in understanding: "I see, I said he doesn't look like someone who would buy clothes for you."
Chi Shen looked at the bright yellow clothes on his body and smiled slightly: "This was bought by my mother, not that mother."
After getting the answer, Li Xu left, and Chi Shen and Ji Xingchen continued to talk for a few more words.
It was only then that Chi Shen realized that Ji Xingchen had really calculated everything clearly, even the time when Xu Jiayuan and Yuan Yiping would be able to break the ghost wall formation. When the two came out, it was exactly when Bai Ran ate Xu Xiuyun. They were completely unaware of the previous conversation.
So the report from the Special Security Bureau was that Bai Ran committed suicide and became a ghost because he heard that Chi Shen would come to the address of the Hong Kong serial murder case, and also because he heard that there might be an evil god in the form of the God of Wealth here, so he came here, ready to eat the evil god to grow and wait for Chi Shen to come and seek revenge on him.
However, the matter about the statue of the God of Wealth was all rumors, so Bai Ran came to nothing. However, Chi Shen did wait for him. When Bai Ran wanted to take revenge on Chi Shen, he was not strong enough, so he ate his own mother to replenish his strength. Later, because of his many evil deeds, he was devoured by the evil spirits transformed from the people he had killed, and his soul turned to ashes.
Of course, Ji Xingchen could not hide how these people killed by Bai Ran found this place, so Ji Xingchen left a note in the Special Security Bureau's files. That night, Chi Shen accompanied Ji Xingchen back to the Special Security Bureau to take a statement.
On the way, Chi Shen asked Ji Xingchen: "Is it okay?"
If you go to the Special Security Bureau, they will definitely investigate your background, and then you may not be able to hide the fact that your body has turned into a ghost.
Ji Xingchen lowered his head and looked at the seat in the car through the lenses of his glasses. He said, "It doesn't matter. This may be a shortcut."
Chi Shen looked at him for a while, then said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will protect you."
He extended his hand.
Ji Xingchen looked up at him.
Chi Shen tilted his head and smiled, "Aren't you always looking at me?"
Ji Xingchen raised his hand, his fingers seemed to tremble slightly, but he really wanted to do what he had wanted to do but didn't do just now.
At that time, in front of Xu Xiuyun and Bai Ran, when Chi Shen extended his hand to him, he really wanted to hold Chi Shen's hand in return.
He missed it then, but Chi Shen gave him another chance.
Ji Xingchen's hand, as cold as ice, fell on Chi Shen's hand. The two men clasped hands and Ji Xingchen also smiled faintly. He seldom smiled, and at this moment this smile even looked a bit silly. However, he only smiled for a short moment and the smile soon disappeared. He looked into Chi Shen's eyes, as if he wanted to imprint this person in his mind forever.
Chi Shen held his hand. His hand was also cold, but still had a certain temperature. He could feel the yin temperature coming from Ji Xingchen's hand, but he did not let go.
Before, he had always thought that after escaping that death game full of ghosts and no sunshine, he would enjoy life, sleep under the sun, drink double-sweet milk tea, and he would enjoy all the beautiful and warm things.
But he didn't expect that what he was holding was a cold hand.
Just because something is cold doesn't mean it's not beautiful.
Sometimes, he is even warmer than a living person.
In the Special Security Bureau's car, the two chatted as if no one was around. The police comrades driving the car heard it, but Yue Lao's affairs were not their business, so they sat upright and pretended they didn't see anything.
Although according to common sense, there will be no good ending for Yin and Yang to be separated and together, but they have seen this kind of thing many times, and Chi Shen is not a person who does not know the seriousness of the matter. They are too lazy to even persuade him. In this kind of thing, only those who are in it can understand whether they are happy or painful.
So it’s better to just pretend you didn’t see it.
Although the comrades from the Special Security Bureau could pretend not to see anything, there was a ghost following Chi Shen.
Guilian felt that the atmosphere between the two people was weird. He couldn't figure out what the two people meant because he was still thinking about other things. He just felt that the current atmosphere was not suitable for him to speak, so he didn't say anything.
Seeing the two of them fall silent for a short time, Gui Lian felt that it was time for him to speak, so he lay down in the hood of Chi Shen's clothes and whispered, "Why do you have to come here? Bai Ran is dead, can't you just find a random place to bury him? Wouldn't it be better to let his enemies go directly to find him? Why make a special trip? It's such a hassle."
Chi Shen leaned back in his chair, looking down at his and Ji Xingchen's clasped hands, and said absentmindedly, "Because Ji Xingchen feels that I also have the right to revenge."
A gentle expression appeared on the ghost face: "Huh?"
"I am also one of the people harmed by Bai Ran, so he hopes that I can also get a chance for revenge, so he chose this place as the location. Besides, this place is deserted, so it is not easy for irrelevant people to be involved. It is not easy to find an empty place in Gangcheng now. If Bai Ran is given the chance, he is likely to take hostages." Chi Shen shook their clasped hands and looked at Ji Xingchen happily with his head turned to one side. He thought it was not easy for Ji Xingchen to run away now. If he hadn't held his hand, he would have slipped into the shadows long ago. The more he thought about it, the happier he felt.
"Oh, I see." The ghost face folded himself meaningfully, which was considered a nod.
Ji Xingchen exerted a little force and fixed Chi Shen's moving hands. He turned to look at Chi Shen, saw Chi Shen's triumphant smile, and turned his head back silently.
Gui Lian didn't notice the two people's little movements at all. After all, he was lying in the hood behind Chi Shen and couldn't see what was happening in front of them. He suddenly remembered something and asked again, "That handsome Ji is so nice to you!"
Chi Shen tilted his head to look at him: "Isn't that what should be done?"
The ghost face suddenly flattened himself, as if he had shrunk his neck. He certainly didn't dare to refute this. He kept saying: "It should be, it should be, right... The two of you joined together, this is too scary."
Ji Xingchen pushed his glasses aside and said calmly, "I'll give you another chance to organize your words."
The ghost face shrank back into Chi Shen’s hood in a second: "I mean, you two are a perfect match! Together you are the best combination, Watson and Holmes in the Yin and Yang world!"
Chi Shen smiled and said, "Don't scare him. We still need to see why he can't be liberated. This is good research material. Don't scare him away."
Ghost Face: ...I should be under the car, not inside the car.
It is indeed a very long way from the scene of the Hong Kong City serial murder case to the Special Security Bureau. It took them more than an hour to drive here, and it was late at night when they went back. The road conditions had improved, but it still took more than an hour to drive.
This time, Chi Shen did not receive any privileges and was directly separated from Ji Xingchen and entered the interrogation room.
Chi Shen had already discussed what happened with Ji Xingchen. He told him everything in detail, omitting the part about himself being neither human nor ghost. The rest was all true, so it sounded particularly credible. After he finished speaking, he was released. After all, although this matter was closely related to him, it also had nothing to do with him no matter how you looked at it, after all, it was all done by Ji Xingchen alone.
This matter was indeed done by Ji Xingchen alone. Chi Shen didn't even ask Ji Xingchen what happened. Only today did he know what Ji Xingchen had done and how he arranged everything.
However, coming to the Special Security Bureau now, recording the statement is not the most important thing for Chi Shen. He is more concerned about Ji Xingchen's identity.
As soon as he came out of the interrogation room, Chi Shen found Xu Jiayuan to ask about the situation. Now Yuan Yiping had an opinion about him, so Xu Jiayuan was easier to talk to.
Xu Jiayuan did not hide it from him. He was even looking for Chi Shen. Hearing Chi Shen's question, Xu Jiayuan said, "Actually, I also want to tell you about this. We haven't found Ji Xingchen's identity. In the public security database, although there is the name Ji Xingchen, they are not from Gangcheng, and no one matches his situation."
After listening to Xu Jiayuan's statement, Chi Shen did not show any surprise. He nodded in understanding: "So that's how it is."
Xu Jiayuan immediately asked, "So that's what you mean? Did you know this would happen?"
"No, I actually had this guess before. He is not Ji Xingchen." Chi Shen said.
"Wait a minute!" Xu Jiayuan felt that this matter was getting further and further away from his understanding. He said, "What do you mean? The more you talk, the more dizzy I feel."
Chi Shen said calmly: "I went to his company before, and there was no such person as Ji Xingchen."
Xu Jiayuan was shocked and said, "He lied?!"
Then, Xu Jiayuan raised his hands and clasped them together, saying in shock: "Even after the two of you were like this, he still lied to you?"
Xu Jiayuan's loud voice attracted other people's attention, so Chi Shen had to pull him to another place. Xu Jiayuan's words made it seem like something happened between them, and everyone looked at him strangely.
"He didn't lie," Chi Shen said after leading Xu Jiayuan to the safe passage, "In his cognition, his name is Ji Xingchen."
Xu Jiayuan was puzzled and asked, "But there is really no such person in our system. Either he died early, before the founding of the People's Republic of China, or he is an illegal resident and has never been registered."
"But he was able to tell me where he worked, and he had no problem understanding the current situation in Hong Kong City. He did not lie about the time of his death," Chi Shen reminded him.
Xu Jiayuan was even more confused: "Why is that? Since he has a formal job, he must have a file in the public security system."
"He said his name was Ji Xingchen, and he thought his name was Ji Xingchen," Chi Shen said calmly, looking at the busy Special Security Bureau personnel outside across a corridor, "That's what he thinks."
Xu Jiayuan looked at him in confusion: "So... forget it, leave it to Brother Yuan and the others. This matter is not my responsibility anyway."
Chi Shen waited in the Special Security Bureau for a whole night before Ji Xingchen came out of the interrogation room. He looked no different than before, even the straight curve of his mouth had not changed. When he saw Chi Shen, he pushed up his glasses and said, "I'll tell them you're my possession."
Chi Shen laughed: "So they let you go with me?"
Ji Xingchen walked towards him and re-entered his shadow.
Chi Shen smiled and stretched out his hand to his shadow. A gentle breeze wrapped around his fingers and disappeared back into the shadow.
"We're going home."
Before leaving, Chi Shen filled out a bunch of registration forms and wrote some situation reports. The main reason was that there were a lot of ghosts following him now, so he needed to report to the Special Security Bureau. Chi Shen also understood and supported the work of the Special Security Bureau, so he filled out all the forms one by one.
By the time the pool was filled to the depth, it was almost dawn.
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