Chapter 3: The Unexpected Guest

  "As soon as Qin Feng brought up this topic, the woman's face suddenly turned pale and colorless. Although she had applied a thick layer of foundation, a hint of fear still appeared on her face, and she was stunned there, only saying one word before losing the courage to continue."

  "What's going on? You have to make this clear before I can help you get out of the current trouble." Qin Feng urged again.

  For Qin Feng, these questions didn't scare him like they did the others, although he had never really seen a crash guest before. However, Qin Feng still had some confidence in his own abilities. After a while, he came to the side of other people and continued to ask.

  This time, Qin Feng came to a thin and bony old man and asked: "Excuse me, sir, do you know about the strange phenomenon of the deceased when he was alive?"

  This old man seemed to be a bit deaf and didn't hear Qin Feng's question clearly. After Qin Feng asked again, the old man thought for a while before answering: "I am Liu Lao Han's friend. You said that if there was anything strange about Liu Lao Han before he died, well, there is one thing. It was on the day before he died, in the morning, when we went out to walk our birds together as usual. But when we got halfway, at Mei Lin Square, he suddenly changed and spoke some strange words."

  "What nonsense is this?" Qin Feng immediately asked back.

  "Liu the old man muttered to himself, saying, 'You've moved my house, I want to ask you for an explanation, and take revenge on you.' After carefully recalling the scene at that time, the old man continued to tell Qin Feng, 'Evil will be punished, what's there to take revenge on you... At that time, I was extremely frightened...' The old man trembled with fear, and didn't dare continue speaking."

  However, for Qin Feng, these words were enough. Talking nonsense before death might mean being possessed by a ghost, and the cause of Liu Lao Han's death could be inferred as being haunted by a vengeful spirit, which confused his mind, resulting in his untimely demise.

  Seeing their frightened appearance, Qin Feng also guessed that continuing to ask would not yield anything. After a while, Grandfather finished arranging the coffin and hurried over. He said to Liu Lao Han's son: "The deceased has been dressed and put in the coffin, have you chosen a good burial site?"

  "It's already been chosen, a good Feng Shui location on the north side of Liu Family Village. A Feng Shui master helped us choose it." Liu old man's son has now caught his breath. Out of filial piety, Liu old man's son spent 5,000 yuan to hire a Feng Shui master to help choose a good Feng Shui burial site.

  After thinking for a moment, Grandfather no longer worried excessively. Because for the colliding guest, the borrower (vengeful spirit) can no longer attach itself to the deceased (within seven days), otherwise it would conflict with its own soul, causing the soul to scatter and be unable to reincarnate. Moreover, as long as they enter the earth at a good time, nothing else will happen. Thinking of this, Grandfather stopped asking questions; "Alright, I'll help you choose an auspicious time, do you want to bury the deceased as soon as possible?"

  "Yes, as soon as possible, it must be quick." The heavily made-up woman's fear and tension, which she could hardly conceal, urged her to finish the funeral as quickly as possible.

  "Then let's follow her wishes and bury Father as soon as possible." Liu old man's son said sadly, "Master, what time is it?"

  "You're his son, how old are you this year? Which month were you born in the lunar calendar?" Grandpa asked in detail.

  "I'm 48 years old this year, born in the year of the tiger, on April 16th of the lunar calendar, on a day with the stem and branch of Renzi. I had someone analyze my eight characters before, so I remember them very clearly."

  Liu Lao Han's son explained it in such detail, which saved Grandpa the trouble of thinking and calculating himself. After careful calculation, today is April 5th, Gengyin day. According to Liu Lao Han's son's birth eight characters, Renzi day clashes with today's Huangdao day, which is unlucky. If it were tomorrow, the 6th, Xinyou day at Weishi (1-3 pm) would be a harmonious and auspicious Huangdao day and time.

  After the burial tomorrow, Qin Feng and Grandpa finally put their minds at ease. Taking advantage of the body still being there, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong with the burial, Grandpa dripped a drop of black dog blood on Liu Lao Han's forehead to ward off evil spirits.

  After helping his grandfather finish all these things, it was already evening. Qin Feng finally had a chance to catch his breath. Sitting on the bus back to school, Qin Feng let out a long sigh and felt much more relaxed, thinking that he had nothing to do, so he started thinking about his beautiful girlfriend Lin Ruochen. He couldn't help but smile excitedly, not knowing what good fortune he had accumulated in his previous life, and was actually able to win over a senior who was one year older than him. It seemed that heaven was helping him in secret.

  As soon as the bus stopped, Qin Feng rushed to his dormitory. It turned out that earlier on the bus, Qin Feng had received a call from Lin Ruochen, saying that he and Fang Yu were already waiting for him in his dormitory. If it was someone else looking for him, Qin Feng would at most drag his feet and perfunctorily put them off, but if it was Lin Ruochen, Qin Feng couldn't help but rush to his side in the blink of an eye.

  The destination was still over 200 meters away from the Jingchuan Normal University, and since Qin Feng's dormitory was in a small wooden house behind the school, it would take some time to get there. So he ran quickly, saying that he would be quick, but after a while, he arrived at the dormitory panting heavily.

  "Huh?" Rushing into the dorm, Qin Feng saw that Lin Ruochen was not there and felt puzzled. He asked Old Fang, a senior who had come with Lin Ruochen, "Old Fang, where's Lin Ruochen?"

  "Damn it! You little brat, how come you're just arriving now? We've been waiting for so long." Typical of Qin Feng's friends, scolding him as soon as he arrived.

  "Please, I'm already in a hurry! Just now I went to Grandpa's place to help him with some things." Qin Feng said, trying hard to explain.

  "Never mind, Lin Ruochen had to leave early because she still had an internship at the newspaper office. Let's go eat together later, she said!"

  "Eating? How come, Lin Ruochen has found an internship place?" Qin Feng was curious at first, then suddenly realized. Because in this university, it's up to oneself to bring the school recommendation letter to find a place for internship, so when students reach their senior year, they become especially busy, running around to find an internship place, including Lin Ruochen.

  Fang Yu fell onto Qin Feng's bed, rummaging through the snacks Lin Ruo Chen had bought and scattered on the bed. He opened a bag of potato chips and munched away, responding with his mouth full: "Mmm... she's currently interning at a newspaper called Huawen News Agency. I reckon her mom is going to be busy for a while again."

  "Is that the Huawen News Agency? The one where someone died last year?" Qin Feng was somewhat surprised, and because of the unjust death of a person last year, Qin Feng didn't have a very good impression of this Huawen News Agency.

  Fang Yu nodded and responded to Qin Feng's words: "That's right, I've also advised Lin Ruochen, but she just wouldn't listen. You know, now finding a job is harder than finding a virgin. It's already good that Lin Ruochen can find a job."

  "This can't be said for certain." Qin Feng had wanted to argue, but after careful consideration, he gave up. He found a chair and sat down, quietly basking in the remaining glow of the late afternoon, lost in thought as he thought about Liu Lao Han's corpse from that afternoon, silently praying that no mistakes would occur.