Chapter One: The First Encounter

  Zhao Qing felt her body was constantly shaking, trying to open her eyes but couldn't. She managed to open a small slit, and everything in front of her was still blurry. Just as she wanted to ask her grandmother if she should be taken to the hospital, all that came out was a faint cry. Zhao Qing was slightly stunned, her body uncomfortably twisting and turning, only to find her hands and feet tightly bound. Had her father tied her up? Was he preparing to send her away? What to do, what to do. As Zhao Qing grew anxious, her voice rose, but the sound that came out was still just a faint cry.

  However, this has attracted other people's attention.

  "Qing'er, don't move. Mother will take you to a safe place." A gentle voice sounded, and Zhao Qing's body shook even more violently.

  Mom? Why is it mom? Shouldn't I be calling her mother? What's going on? Is Mother holding me?

  "Qing'er, remember. Live well, live on." A gentle female voice said with a hint of sobbing. A teardrop fell onto Zhao Qing's face, and at this moment, he could see the person in front of him clearly.

  This was not his mother, but a beautiful young woman. The woman was very pretty, although her face was covered with tears, her eyes were full of determination. She saw the woman inject something into Zhao Qing's body. Zhao Qing's body suddenly shook violently, and then he felt his body falling, falling. Everything in front of him went black...

  "Master, it's so cold!" a soft and gentle voice of a young boy called out.

  "You should know, Gui Sheng, that this is also a form of cultivation, one that can greatly temper your willpower. In the future, if you are to inherit the family business and become a great ghost catcher, having an unsteady will makes it easy for female ghosts to deceive you." A short old man said slowly, with a smile on his face and a benevolent appearance that easily made people feel at ease.

  "Master, there's no outsider here, you don't have to pretend anymore." The little boy said with a hint of helplessness. It seems that the previous time he brought himself to eat and drink everywhere, there was no remaining money to hire a horse carriage. In the cold winter, he could only rush to the client's place in the snow, alas, it's not easy being young, this time when he gets the commission again, he must let Master save some. Thinking about it, he didn't notice his feet and directly fell to the ground with a thud. "Hey, Master, come quickly and take a look." Guisheng suddenly shouted loudly.

  "What's a ghost?" The old man patted his own chest and said discontentedly.

  "Master, look quickly, here, under the snow is buried a baby." Guisheng cried out. Then he hurriedly got up and swept away the excess snow to the side.

  The old man took a closer look and indeed it was an infant, probably just born not long ago, wrapped in thick clothing. The small face was frozen red, eyes tightly closed, but breathing steadily. The old man gently picked him up, his hand touched the baby's forehead, feeling some slight fever. At this time, the baby seemed to sense something and slowly opened its eyes. "So that's it, no wonder, no wonder."

  "Master, was he also abandoned?" Guisheng asked.

  "Ah." The child's pupils had a circle of red patterns around the iris. At first glance, it was indeed a bit frightening, no wonder he was abandoned not long after birth.

  "Master, his eyes?"

  "Reincarnation eyes."

  "Huh?"

  "This is a rare encounter in a hundred years." The Wheel of Reincarnation eye, no need for any method, can directly see the ghost.

  "Master, let's adopt him. I can eat a little less." Guisheng said with a choked voice as he looked at Xiaobudian's bright red face.

  The child still in swaddling clothes slowly turned his head towards the ghost birth, with a slight smile at the corner of his mouth.

  "Master, he smiled at me!" Guisheng exclaimed happily.

  "Well, I've seen it, let's adopt her. From now on, she'll be your junior sister: Ghost." The old man said with a smile. Then he held the baby tightly and said to Guisheng, "Let's hurry up and find a doctor, this child has a fever."

  "Master, do we still have money?" Gui Sheng asked.

  "Well, it seems that today's wine is hopeless." The old man said with a sigh. He looked at the baby in his arms and slightly curled up the corners of his mouth, but he had picked up a treasure after all.

  "Uh, don't want this one, or this one, or that one. Bring everything else." An old man with raised eyebrows and upturned eyes smiled as he tapped on the menu a few times.

  "Excuse me, are all of these needed?" The waiter carefully asked again.

  "En en, all want, all want." The old man continued to say happily.

  The waiter looked at the smiling, kind-hearted old man, then glanced at a handsome-looking man beside him, and finally gazed at a girl who had been keeping her head down all along. He couldn't help but say: "But you won't be able to finish it, in that case..."

  "It's all right, it's all right. That's all." The old man said with no impatience and still in a happy tone.

  "Alright then, just a moment." The waiter said and left the private room.

  "Master, isn't this too much?" the man said helplessly.

  "Not much, not much, it's not easy for your junior sister to bring us out for a meal... " said with a pitiful expression that almost brought tears.

  "Hmm, I suppose so." The man also had a resentful expression as he stared at the girl who kept her head down.

  "Is anything wrong?" The girl looked up and asked softly.

  "No!"

  "No!"

  "Oh." The girl responded lightly and continued to lower her head. It turned out that she was reading a book, but there were no words on the book, only some strange symbols. The girl's hand was white and slender, and all she saw was her fingers slowly practicing along the symbols drawn on the book.

  "Soul, you've already seen up to the third page!" The old man exclaimed in surprise.

  "En." The girl responded, but her head remained down.

  "Smarter than a ghost, can't even finish reading the first page." The old man said with a smile.

  "Master, we're fifty paces apart, but it's as if we're a hundred paces away," Gui Sheng said with a smirk.

  "That's more than fifty steps." The old man said with satisfaction.

  "Master, it's time to eat, all the dishes are ready. After finishing, we still have to go to Shucheng." The ghost said slowly, raising its head.

  "Junior sister, can't you just call me senior brother or Ghost Sheng Gege?" Ghost Sheng said with a hint of resentment.

  "That's because you're too weak." The old man, who was also their master, said with a big laugh.

  "Master, you're not doing much better either! Most of the tasks were completed by Master's sister!" Ghost Birth shouted loudly.

  "Those small tasks can be handled by your junior, no need for me to take action." Guī Yǎn grabbed a chicken leg and took a big bite, putting the other one into the ghost's bowl.

  "Sister, shall we hire a carriage?" Guisheng asked with an expectant gaze.

  "Ah, Shu City is too far away." The ghost said, carefully closing the book and putting it in his cloth bag.

  "It's great." said the happy Ghost. When did this good day start? Probably when the five-year-old ghost could complete tasks for the first time, or maybe when the ghost managed finances. Anyway, they are now much better off than before.

  "Soul, tomorrow is your 16th birthday, what gift do you want?" Guī Yǎn asked with a sly smile.

  "Yes, anything you want, little sister." Guī Shēng patted his chest in guarantee.

  "A gift, well, that's Master abstaining from wine for a month and Ghost producing 100 talismans to ward off fire." The ghost said with a smile. Normally always quiet and not talkative, the ghost now had an astonishing aura when smiling. His eyes narrowed into crescent shapes, his pink lips slightly curled up, giving off a feeling that could melt all coldness.

  "One month!"

  "One hundred yuan!"

  "Master, didn't you and Guisheng just promise to give me a gift?"

  "Uh, soul, let's discuss it, half a month, uh, or twenty days?"

  "Sister, eighty pieces will do, you also know that drawing Li Huo Fu is difficult, one hundred pieces and you'll be fine, but I'll be in trouble... Sister..."

  "Words must be followed by deeds." The ghost said with a faint smile.

  ……

  "The flavor of this house is still as good as ever." Gu Yan walked out of the wine building with a satisfied look.

  "It's just a bit pricey, but it's really worth it." Guisheng said with a smile as he followed behind.

  The ghost looked up and gazed at the two figures in front of it, smiled slightly, and quickly followed. "Ah."

  "Miss, are you alright?" a magnetic voice sounded.

  The ghost took a step back and casually brushed away the hand that was supporting his shoulder. "It's nothing." He said, then left directly.

  "Sir, why doesn't that girl even lift her head?"

  "I don't know," the man said with a smile.

  "But it's probably going to be a big crash, should we?"

  "Never mind, Mugen. Didn't you see which girl was following whom?"

  "Sir, isn't it?!"

  "En." The man gazed at the departing figure and smiled slightly. "Go in."

  "Yes."

  ……

  "Master, what are you looking at?" Gui Sheng followed Master's gaze and looked back.

  "Nothing. Say, are you alright, Soul?" Ghost Eye asked with concern.

  "It's nothing." The ghost said faintly.

  "What can a junior sister like her have to do with anything? It's only people who run into her who have problems." Ghost Birth said nonchalantly.

  "That's true." Gui Yan smiled and replied. "Let's hurry along."

  "Yes."

  Ghost: "Yes."