Chapter 40: The Little Devil Comes Knocking

  I've had a few encounters with ghosts, I know that ghosts are yin and have a very heavy yin energy on their bodies, and the cold air is overwhelming. That's why some places where ghosts appear are so chilly. I immediately took a glance outside the door, but didn't find any ghost. Out of conditioned reflex, I retreated back into the house and slammed the door shut.

  Zhong Ling'er's face changed slightly, I asked her if she had noticed anything, and she nodded.

  "Bang! Bang! Bang!" Three knocks on the door suddenly rang out, and the lights in the room also went out abruptly. My heart sank, had the power gone out? Just as I was about to ask Zhong Ling'er, I saw her light a candle with a lighter. The candlelight wasn't bright, but it was enough to illuminate the entire room, except that there were constant gusts of cold wind blowing in from outside, making one's hair stand on end.

  "Who is it?" I asked.

  Zhong Ling'er said it was a ghost.

  Although I had already guessed it was a ghost, when she said that, my heart still skipped a beat because the yin-yang knife wasn't on me. Zhong Ling'er stood in place, staring at the door with her eyes wide open and motionless. I asked her what to do, and she replied calmly: "Wait and see."

  The ghost has arrived, and she's still calm and composed. I have to admire her, while secretly wiping the sweat from my palms. Of course, I also feel ashamed - Zhong Ling'er is just a girl and isn't afraid, but I'm a grown man and I'm scared like this!

  "Bang! Bang!" Two more knocks on the door came, the sound slightly louder than the previous three. My heart skipped a beat again, this ghostly knocking was really getting to me. I looked at Zhong Ling'er, wondering how she would react, but she remained still, her eyes fixed intently on the door.

  I feel the atmosphere in the house is too depressing, so I ask if the person knocking on the door might be a human. Why don't we open the door and take a look? Zhong Ling'er says: "Don't open the door, as long as we don't go out, the ghost can't do anything to us."

  So that's why Zhong Ling'er is fearless, I reckon Li Shenpo has invited the door god to block the entrance or set up a heavenly net in this house, so ghosts can't come in and don't even dare to.

  But we can't stay in this house for a whole night, can we?

  Actually I think it's pretty good this way, spending a night in the same room as the goddess in my heart, even if we don't sleep.

  Suddenly, a gurgling sound came from my ear, and I looked up to see another surprise. This door was a wooden door with a gap of about half an inch from the threshold, and at this moment, water was constantly pouring in from that gap!

  Zhong Ling'er also saw this, her face slightly changed. I said, "This ghost is not simple, it knows how to let water go, we can't just sit and wait for death, let's go out and fight with him!" Before Zhong Ling'er could respond, I opened the door with a creak, and the sound of flowing water suddenly stopped. Outside the door, a man appeared abruptly.

  The man was dressed in black, with long hair and a pale face. He looked to be seventeen or eighteen years old. When he saw me open the door, he let out a cold laugh. I thought this guy seemed human, but also somewhat familiar, so I asked: "Are you human or ghost?"

  "It's a ghost," he replied.

  Claiming to be a ghost, how can it be human?

  There are many people in this world who scare others with ghosts.

  "You're a ghost, what are you doing here? And why did you let water into the house?" He said gloomily: "I think I'm happy." Then he pointed at me and said: "You - come out."

  He was a meter away from the door, and I keenly felt a chill emanating from him, but at the same time, I discovered that he was actually standing there, unlike the red-clothed female ghost who gave people a vague floating feeling. Was he just someone with a heavier yin energy?

  Actually, I still feel that he is a ghost in my heart, because just now Zhong Ling'er said that the one knocking on the door was a ghost. But how can I say it, people always have a lucky psychology, and I think to myself, he's not a ghost, and he even dares to point at me with his finger and call me out, too arrogant! What if I go out? Thinking of this, I take a big step towards the door.

  "Don't go out!" Zhong Ling'er rushed over, grabbed my wrist and pulled me back with force. I was unprepared and almost fell to the ground. A strange feeling surged up in my heart, it felt so sweet. I concentrated all my feelings on my wrist, but Zhong Ling'er quickly let go of my hand. I wasn't satisfied and touched her hand, asking "Why can't I go out?"

  Zhong Ling'er didn't answer me, but instead said to the little ghost outside: "You've already become a ghost, why are you still lingering in the mortal world? What do you want to do by coming here?"

  That little guy said in a gloomy tone: "I don't want to stay in the human world, I want to go to the underworld. However, I couldn't get there. Aren't you guys eager to play with me? Now that I've come to find you to play, why are you afraid and hiding like a turtle, not daring to come out?"

  "Who's playing with you? Do we know each other?" I was a bit annoyed.

  "You are the Water Saint Child."

  "Yes, I am the Water Saint Child." The other party replied without any concealment.

  My heart sank again, was he the Water Saint? No wonder he looked a bit familiar, but I had only seen him twice before and he was just a kid. How did he grow up overnight? However, his appearance was indeed very similar to that little devil I saw before, especially the contours of his face, it was like an enlarged version of that little devil.

  It seems he has come to take revenge on us.

  I subconsciously blocked the way in front of Zhong Ling'er, reached into my pocket and slowly took out the talisman, just thinking of rushing out unexpectedly to stick it on his body. Suddenly, a splash of water rushed towards us, and with a loud "splash", I and Zhong Ling'er became two drowned chickens, our whole bodies soaked wet.

  "Damn your mother!" I was furious, raised my hand to stick the symbol on, but Zhong Ling'er pulled me back again. I said let go of me, I'll deal with this scourge! Zhong Ling'er wiped the water from her face with one hand and still firmly grasped my wrist with the other, coldly saying: "What are you going to collect? Your symbol is already wet."

  I looked at the symbol in my hand this morning, I bought a watch last year, and the symbol was indeed wet!

  Shuishengzi hummed and took a step forward, pointing at me fiercely: "What, you think you can use talismans to capture me? Come on!"

  I crumpled up the paper into a ball and threw it at his face, pointing at him and shouting: "You've got guts, come on in!"

  "Come out."

  "Come in!"

  Zhong Ling'er let go of my hand and said, "Don't go out, I'll change into another set of clothes." I glanced at her, the water earlier was too sudden, getting Zhong Ling'er's hair and clothes all wet. This little girl has developed quite well, looking extremely charming right now. I didn't dare look more, saying "You quickly go change, don't catch a cold."

  As soon as Ling'er went in, I took a good look at Shui Shengzi and felt that it was too unbelievable. What kind of ghost can actually spit out water? Is he a water ghost? I asked him if the well water in our village was sucked up by him, but he just hummed and ignored me, asking gloomily: "Do you dare to come out?"

  "Get out of here!" I grabbed a stool and threw it over, but it was empty, and the Water Saint also disappeared suddenly.

  Zhong Ling'er came out quickly, changed into a new set of clothes, and handed me a suit of mourning clothes to change into. I took it and looked at it, asking whose it was. She said it was her father's. I suddenly remembered that I had come here so many times, but seemed to have never seen her father before, so I asked where her father was. She sadly said: "My father has passed away."

  I was taken aback and said sorry, it's a pity that things have changed. Then I looked at the clothes in my hand and hesitated. Since her father had passed away, I didn't dare to wear these clothes. Zhong Ling'er saw the concern in my heart and said, "Don't worry, you can wear them, my father never wore this before." I said, "Then I'm even more afraid to wear it, what if your father finds out that I wore something he's never worn before and comes back to settle accounts with me?" Zhong Ling'er glared at me, I was extremely embarrassed, and said, "I'd rather not soil your father's clothes, let me give them to my future father-in-law instead." As I spoke, I handed the clothes over to Zhong Ling'er, who looked at me once but didn't say anything else before taking them.

  At this moment, my mobile phone suddenly rang. I took it out and saw that the whole screen was covered with water, but surprisingly, it didn't break. This more than 100 yuan phone is really good quality. Seeing that it was my mother calling, I thought to myself "this isn't good", so late at night without returning home, my mother must be worried, hurriedly answered the call.

  As expected, my mother asked me where I was, and I hesitated to say that I was at my wife's place. Zhong Ling'er heard this and her expression changed immediately. I quickly whispered to her, "Just kidding, just kidding, coaxing my mom..." My mother angrily said, "You're still lying?" I said no, I never lie, thinking to myself, could it be that my mother is also a mind-reader? Unexpectedly, I heard my mother hum, "Le Le is here with me, and you say you didn't lie?"