Chapter 005: Encountering a Ghost

I truly cannot answer this, Ning Haoyu, because I myself do not know what my grandfather did before. He said he was just a fortune teller, and quite skilled at it, but how does a fortune teller get involved with ghosts?

Seeing this, I rushed over and grabbed her, saying, "What are you doing? Are you crazy?"

Just as I was astonished to the point of being speechless, the shadow began to move. He suddenly grasped the wall with both hands and then, like a gecko, climbed up the wall.

His speed is extremely fast, nothing like the speed that a crouching cat could achieve

Her eyebrows, which are considered the longevity feature among the five facial features, have shown some signs of thinning. This indicates that the upcoming illness is likely to shorten her lifespan, or even take her life directly

Neither of us slept much that night, constantly thinking about the matter of that shadow. At the slightest sound, we would become suspicious and paranoid. It was only when dawn was approaching that we finally fell into a deep, muddled sleep.

Ning Haoyu said from the side: "I think something is off with her"

Ning Haoyu asked me: "Did you knock her out?"

When I grabbed her wrist, I felt a sudden chill in her wrist, so after I pulled her hand down from the door frame, I quickly let go.

I shot Ning Haoyu a glance and said: "My grandfather taught me, but I used to just listen to it as a story and didn't take it seriously, so I didn't pay much attention to remembering it. Whether it will work, I don't know, but before I prepare to send him off, I still have one more thing to do"

Ning Haoyu still wants to pull me, but I have already stepped onto the stairs

Fortunately, the woman was unprepared. After I touched her, although she did not regain consciousness, she also did not continue to go mad, but instead her body went limp and she collapsed.

I whispered: "I am the landlord"

Upon entering, Ning, Tu Shu, and I discovered that the desk, which had clearly been moved to the side last night, had somehow returned to the exact center of the shop, almost identical to how we had arranged it yesterday, as if what we had witnessed last night was merely a dream

Ning Haoyu pushed me and said, "Let's go downstairs, something is off with her"

I then said, "Enough nonsense, help me carry her into the house, I want to see if the method my grandfather taught me works."

"Hey!" I interrupted Ning Haoyu, saying: "Stop rambling, come upstairs with me and take a look. If you cut off my source of income, even if it's a ghost, I will have to confront it."

Upon seeing the other party flee, both Ning Haoyu and I grew bolder and chased after them towards the corner. As we ran, I cursed, "Damn it, stealing from me, do you know what this place used to be? A funeral clothing store!"

I replied to him anxiously: "Nonsense, this is the first time, bah bah bah, what first time, we are here today to catch ghosts."

The woman at the KTV stopped when I pulled her, but her head remained lowered, silent and motionless.

Not only I, but also Ning Haoyu thought of "funeral clothes," and thus both of us involuntarily took a step back.

Ning Haoyu asked me: "Can you still do this?"

The more I observe her features, the more astonished I become

Everyone says that nothing was lost, and this matter can be considered settled

I had not finished speaking when she suddenly lifted her head

Soon, the two of us arrived in front of the KTV woman's door. The lights inside were off, and it was very quiet, with not a sound to be heard. We had no idea if something had happened.

In the past, I only heard my grandfather talk about ghosts and monsters, and I had never seen a ghost with my own eyes. I always thought it was just a story my grandfather made up or something from books. But now I have encountered it myself

I was startled by her appearance, almost shouting the word "ghost" in front of her.

The two of us stood here for a while, feeling a chill run down our spines, so we hurriedly exited my small shop and locked the door. Ning Haoyu asked me what to do, and I shook my head, saying: "I have never encountered a situation like this; that guy just now must have been a ghost."

At my shout, the person above not only did not stop but instead quickened the rhythm of their stomping: "Dong dong dong ... ... "

While I was chatting with Ning Haoyu in the small shop, I suddenly heard a series of "thud thud thud" footsteps coming from upstairs, as if someone was desperately stomping on the floor

At this moment, I have examined her features thoroughly; her forehead is extremely dark, with a strong presence of moldy energy, indicating an invasion of malevolent forces. In other words, this KTV woman is possessed by a ghost

While I was lost in thought, Ning Haoyu nudged me and asked, "Do you think that guy who crawled into the ceiling will make it to the second floor? Which of your tenants is in the room above your little shop?"

I walked over to the desk and turned around twice, saying: "If this thing is burned, I estimate the trouble will be even greater. That ghost is born from this desk; if we burn it, it will surely haunt us for a lifetime. The best course of action now is to see if we can send that fellow away."

After going upstairs, we found that the doors to the other rooms were all locked, and only her family's door was wide open, brightly lit. She stood alone at the doorway, her hands resting on the door frame, her head bowed, with her hair falling in front of her. Her feet were continuously tapping on the floor near the entrance, making a "thud thud thud" sound.

This sound made me somewhat irritable, and I looked up and shouted, "Are you crazy about books?"

After going downstairs, Ning Haoyu was afraid to sleep alone and said he wanted to sleep with me. I was actually also afraid to be alone, so the two of us squeezed into my grandfather's room and spent the night there

Ning Haoyu quietly asked me what to do. After thinking for a moment, I knocked on the door. Soon, a woman's somewhat frightened voice came from inside the KTV: "Who is it?"

Only Ning Haoyu and I stood there in a daze

The philtrum is the gateway to clarity, capable of awakening a person's spiritual intelligence. My intention in mentioning this is to awaken her true consciousness.

I hurriedly explained, "No, you heard wrong. What we were just discussing was catching thieves. Someone just ran into the small shop below to steal something, so I came up to ask if you have any information about the thief."

Ning Haoyu patted my shoulder with a sympathetic expression and asked me: "What did your grandfather do in the past?"

I shook my head, and Ning Haoyu continued, "It's the first day of junior high, how about this, let's burn this table, it's too eerie, I don't want to harm you, buddy"

Moreover, between his two eyes, numerous fine lines appeared in the area of the nose known as the "Yike Palace," indicating a sign of serious illness. This suggests that the possession by the spirit will bring her a significant affliction.

Upon seeing that shadow, both Ning Haoyu and I exclaimed simultaneously, "Who!"

It seems that she has misunderstood me

Ning Haoyu swallowed and said: "Did you see it, the first day of the new year!"

I let out a sound of "hm," but just as I was about to leave, I suddenly turned around and forcefully pressed my thumb against the crowd of KTV women.

The first thing I do after getting up is to rush to my little shop to see what the situation is.

Seeing that he could not hold me back, he had no choice but to follow me.

This has really upset me; they dare to confront the landlord like this

Since I have said this, I called up all the tenants on the second floor. Each one of them was perfectly normal, and none had seen that shadowy figure. After some commotion, I said that the thief must have run away, and I suggested that everyone check if anything was missing so that we could report it tomorrow.

Who are you? I waved my flashlight a few times at that shadow.

I also swallowed and said, "I saw it, I'm not blind!"

The shadow had white hair and was dressed in a black, thick cotton coat. Wait a moment, a cotton coat? But it is summer now. Could it be... a burial garment

Moreover, this aspect of mine is not an ordinary one; it is imbued with a certain energy. This is also the qigong technique that my grandfather passed down to me. However, at present, I am unable to fully perceive the 'qi', which makes this aspect seem somewhat forced.

Ning Haoyu has reminded me that the guy didn't run away; rather, he might have slipped into the room upstairs, which is rented by the woman who works at the KTV.

Upon hearing this, Ning Haoyu asked me: "There won't be any problems, will there? If someone dies here again, your house will probably never be rented out again."

At this moment, I calmed my mind and took a look; my goodness, the light from my flashlight had already passed through his body and illuminated the corner of the wall, yet there was no shadow left in the corner.

I said with a bitter smile: "This is a rule set by my grandfather. He said that if I ever encounter a ghost and want to send it away, I must first let the ghost see my face. At that time, I thought he was talking nonsense, but now, I feel like I am almost going crazy myself"

"Are you crazy, giving a fortune to a ghost?" Ning Haoyu pushed me.

As soon as I mentioned the three words "funeral clothing store," I suddenly felt a chill run down my back

The shadow did not respond, but with a "clang," it crouched and leaped to a corner of my small shop.

Ning Haoyu walked around the desk twice and said, "What is going on?"

Ning Haoyu looked at me and asked, "Do you come here often?"

As we spoke, Ning Haoyu and I cornered the shadow against the wall, shone a flashlight on it, and discovered that it was crouching there, facing the corner.

By the time we wake up again, it is already noon

Ning Haoyu and I went straight up to the second floor, and then we headed towards the KTV woman's room, as the sound was coming from her room

Without him saying anything, I also noticed it, so I didn't dare to shout at her. I could only calmly ask her: "Hey, beautiful, what's wrong..."

I spoke a bit hastily with Ning Haoyu, and I guess the woman in the KTV room heard some of it, so she asked: "Landlord, is there someone next to you? What were you just talking about catching, a ghost? Do you have a ghost in your house?"

This was not all; after he climbed onto the roof, his entire body disappeared into the ceiling, and he was never seen again

Ning Haoyu asked me what was the matter, and I took a deep breath and said: "Show him the fortune!"

Most importantly, she kept grinding her teeth in front of me, as if she were about to devour me

The woman's voice at the KTV recovered somewhat as she said: "Oh, it's the landlord's younger brother. I'm not available today, come another day."

Moreover, her gaze appeared quite strange; usually, she looks at me with a beaming smile, her eyes nearly squinting into a line. However, today, she was staring at me intently, her eyes filled with an expression of resentment

Ning Haoyu lightly nudged me and said, "Are you scaring him, or are you scaring me?"

Half of her face was made up, one side appeared pale while the other side had a slightly yellowish tint, at first glance I thought it was a yin-yang face