The books are in excellent condition, showing signs of being thumbed through but otherwise intact. The picture books are all original hardcover editions, and the magazines include many popular limited editions. It's clear that the owner of these is a child from a wealthy family.
There was a sticky note inside the magazine, which listed the rewards my parents would give me if I passed every subject. After Dad, I wrote "a family trip," after Mom, "a guitar," and after Grandma, "anything."
One can almost imagine the old lady with wrinkles on her smiling face, happily taking a pen to write at the child's request.
Even Aunt Chen and Aunt Liu's names are on it.
Aunt Chen wrote that she wanted to buy a big box of ice cream, and Aunt Liu wrote that she wanted to make cola chicken wings.
The last signature is "Yu Huan". The crooked handwriting must be the granddaughter Huan Huan mentioned by the old lady. Living in such a family, she must be a very happy person.
His gaze returned to the books on the shelf and suddenly froze.
No, those magazine comics suddenly stopped for some reason, and the serialized comics had no sequels, but she had clearly bought all the previous ones...
My chest felt strangely tight. Was it because her interests had changed and she no longer liked these things, or was it because she moved back to the city with her parents and no longer kept her things here?
But why?
There were a lot of things in the attic, including electronic puppies, roller skates, various dolls, and carousel figures... Chi Jing guessed that these were all the things of the old lady's grandchildren.
But this had nothing to do with what he wanted. He was already under a lot of pressure, and because he got nothing, he became a little anxious.
At the very edge of the desk, there is an inconspicuous box without a padlock.
Chi Jing guessed that there were things inside related to his grandmother's grandchildren. This trip might have been in vain as he didn't find any clues about ghosts. He was a little discouraged, but he still opened the box.
There were many upside-down photo frames in the box.
It should be a photo of grandma and her family.
The one at the bottom is a large one, which looks like a family portrait, and the ones above are smaller, with two or three photos in a row.
"Why are you hiding such good photos?" He complained carelessly and turned the photo frame over.
The photo sealed in the solid wood frame was well protected, and even after some years, the surface was still smooth. The person in the photo was sitting on the stone beside the fountain outside the villa, looking up and bending over to look at the person taking the photo.
His eyes were bright, and there was a lively smile at the corners of his eyes and eyebrows, as if he was proud of discovering someone taking a secret photo of him.
Chi Jing's pupils trembled and a layer of sweat seemed to appear on his back. He stared straight at the person in the photo, wanting to speak but no sound came out.
After pausing for two seconds and recovering a little, he hurriedly called them over: "Here, look, it's the ghost that Ah Chao drew."
"I knew they must be hiding some secret. She'd indeed been to the villa, and the photos were even received here. She must be closely connected to them..."
Qi Yan'an and Jiang Wenchao walked over quickly.
The one in the photo is indeed the little devil.
Jiang Wenchao subconsciously looked around, not knowing whether he was angry or not, as he didn't come over at this moment.
"Are there any other photos? Are there any with multiple people? I still think that at her age, she should be friends with her grandmother's granddaughter." Qi Yan'an urged.
"There should be." Chi Jing ignored the small photo frames and took the one at the bottom first, pressed it at the bottom, and took some effort to pull it out.
Chi Jing straightened the photo frame, and a photo of six people appeared in his dark eyes.
Aunt Chen and Aunt Liu were both on top, and grandma was in the middle with a child lying on her knees. Next to them was a young couple, dressed appropriately.
Maybe the photographer said something funny, and everyone in the photo is laughing.
The gentle and beautiful woman laughed so hard that she could hardly stand. She held her husband's arm. The man smiled so widely that his teeth were exposed.
Aunt Liu may have never taken photos before, so she smiled a little stiffly. Aunt Chen was not shy and laughed so hard that she almost couldn't breathe, and the old lady's crow's feet were raised.
They were all laughing, laughing happily.
A few years later, the three boys who brought this photo to light felt their hearts sinking and could not smile.
The rain was sometimes heavy and sometimes light, and the usual sound of the rain made people feel as if someone was crying.
Suddenly there was a loud thunder and a flash of dazzling light, and they came back to their senses from the dizzy state of almost suffocating.
The corners of Qi Yan'an's mouth couldn't stop trembling and twitching. He wanted to say something but couldn't utter anything. Chi Jing was breathing rapidly, and the hand holding the photo frame was shaking.
Jiang Wenchao's throat tightened and he stared straight at the person in the photo frame, even reaching out to wipe the glass of the photo frame.
But nothing works.
She is the only child in the family photo.
It was she who was carefree and loved by her family, and it was also she who turned into a ghost and stayed here...
It is impossible to imagine what a happy family this was, nor is it possible to feel how painful her family must have been after losing her. I don’t even know why she stayed here.
The regrets brought by life made people so sad that they wanted to cry. Chi Jing finally uttered a sound, "How could this happen..."
She was the granddaughter the old lady had mentioned. He had previously thought that she was unfilial and playful, and that was why she didn't want to come back to see her grandmother.
He misunderstood her, he didn't know that she could not come back.
Jiang Wenchao took a deep breath, his heart aching. He turned around, but still didn't see her, and his heart ached even more.
"Let's go talk to grandma and tell her that her soul is still here." Qi Yan'an said in a low voice.
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