Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio

  Because I was startled, my conditioned reflex made me take a step back, almost falling down. Luckily, Ge Fei caught me. Ge Fei pulled out the red cloth from the outer package, and what entered my eyes was an opinion-rich, age-sensing red garment... no... it was a red skirt, so red that I felt goosebumps all over my body.

  I think Ge Fei's feeling at this time is similar to mine, that female ghost, he saw it too, and he must recognize this dress, which is the one the female ghost was wearing.

  As soon as I saw this bright red dress, I couldn't help but think of last night's scene, the image of that female ghost deeply imprinted in my mind.

  If it weren't for what happened last night, I would have thought this was just someone playing a prank. But what happened last night made me unable to think of it as a prank. My mind went blank and I trembled with fear, answering Ge Fei: "No...it wasn't me."

  "Ge... Ge Fei! Is she... is she after me? What do I do now, maybe I should leave! Yeah, I'll leave right now..." I was so scared that my soul was gone, I left, and maybe there wouldn't be any trouble with Ge Fei.

  The atmosphere in the room became eerie, and I always felt that the female ghost was beside us. Ge Fei's face was gloomy, his eyes fixed on the red skirt, and he said to me in a serious tone: "She's probably got her sights on you... If I'm not mistaken, she might come knocking tonight."

  My mind was a complete blank and I didn't have the energy to think about why Ge Fei knew all this, so I asked him nervously: "What... what does she want to do?"

  Ge Fei shook his head: "I don't know either, but it looks like a fierce ghost."

  That's not right, I've been living in Cuimeng Garden for a while now, how did we just run into each other yesterday? I leaned in closer to Ge Fei and asked suspiciously: "But I've lived in that apartment complex for over a year... why haven't I seen you before?"

  As I spoke, I unconsciously pulled Ge Fei's arm, perhaps because holding onto him made me less afraid.

  I thought Ge Fei might say he didn't know what was going on, but what he said next left me confused, that's something only a god would say.

  "He said with a serious expression: 'Perhaps she was sealed before and you happened to release the seal that day.'"

  I stared at that crimson dress and asked Ge Fei: "I helped her break the seal, but she still wants to harm me!"

  I'm really at a loss for this matter, if I put this bridge segment in the TV series or not, I've already explained it to her, shouldn't she be grateful and help me make a fortune instead of trying to kill me? Just look at her attitude yesterday, she was going to strangle me to death. As expected, those TV dramas are all deceiving.

  Then will she kill me, what should I do? I shook Ge Fei's arm nervously: "What to do now, will she come to find me at night? Does she want to kill me?"

  "I think we should ask her out," Ge Fei said with a serious expression.

  "What! Are you crazy? What if she wants to kill us?"

  Ge Fei glanced at the red dress, his eyes fell on me, and his expression was very serious: "Even if we don't look for her, she will find us. If she finds us at night, it won't be easy to handle."

  Ge Fei's expression was very serious, but the words that came out of his mouth still made me feel like he was being careless. I nodded: "Then how do we invite her out? What if she doesn't come out? What if she insists on coming out? What if she wants to kill us, what can we do? Do we have any way to deal with it, or should we just fold a paper hat and fly away like in that Stephen Chow movie?"

  When talking to Ge Fei, I seem to be less afraid, and unknowingly said so many irrelevant things.

  "If she dares to mess around, I won't let her off easy either." Ge Fei said with a slight glance at the red qipao.

  "This guy has changed too much, I couldn't help but despise him: 'Don't even know who was scared to death with a pale face just now, and yet he won't let her off...' "

  I hadn't finished speaking, when Ge Fei interrupted me in a huff, his face full of anger as he rushed at me saying: "I'm scared for your sake! I'm afraid she'll harm you! With a body like yours that attracts ghosts, if I weren't around, you'd have been done in by her long ago!"