Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio

  My heart tightened: "What happened thirty years ago!" Thirty years ago I wasn't even born yet, and I didn't know what I was nervously tense about.

  The fear in Fang Jun'an's eyes grew thicker, as if he was very unwilling to recall. Could it be that thirty years ago... something supernatural happened, and could scare a ghost into such a state, what kind of evil person would that be?

  Jian Jun An didn't respond, and Ge Fei asked again: "Thirty years ago... what happened?"

  His face didn't look as kind as before, it looked like... just like Yanluo Wang interrogating a little ghost. I suddenly felt that Fang Junshan was quite pitiful, obviously a ghost, and yet he let the two of them bully him so much. Uh... I forgot, Ge Fei wasn't human either, bullying ghosts came naturally to him.

  "Fang Jun's hollow voice trembled: 'Fang Zhi... she's not human...'"

  "Isn't Fang Zhi a human? Isn't she the daughter of Old Master Fang and Fang Zhiling's twin sister?" I asked in confusion.

  Fang Jun's pale face slightly lifted, his eyes fixed on me and Ge Fei, saying word by word: "I don't know what she is either. Thirty years ago, she wanted to trap Fang Zhi Ling's soul, I discovered her, and she wanted to kill me!"

  I was even more confused: "Kill you?" Fang Junan was already a ghost, how could Fang Zhiwan kill him again.

  Fang Jun's expression turned solemn: "She wants to devour me and increase her cultivation."

  Damn it! Isn't that Zhong Kui's job? In this era, even a rice bowl like this is being snatched away. However, if what Fang Jun'an said is true, then Fang Zhiyan isn't human and wants to trap Fang Zhilian's soul, so Fang Zhilian's death might have something to do with her.

  "Could it be that Fang Zhi's death was caused by Fang Xian?" Ge Fei, who had been deep in thought, suddenly spoke up, snatching away the words I wanted to say.

  Fang Junan didn't respond, he just nodded silently. Fang Zhiwan suspected that the reason for harming Fang Zhiling was because of He Yichu? The two sisters fell in love with the same man, so the sister killed her younger sister. Of course, this is just my speculation, and it's very likely to be the case based on the content of the letter left by Fang Zhiwan to Fang Junru.

  If that's the case, then where did Fang Zhi Pan go? She is not with He Yi Chu now, and He Yi Chu said he has never seen her. This matter is getting stranger and stranger.

  Ge Fei's face grew increasingly solemn, and he slowly opened his mouth: "Could it be that Fang Zhiyuan and Shi Yuanling are related?"

  "What's a Food Spirit?" Fang Junshan asked, blinking his semi-transparent big eyes.

  Ge Fei glanced at Fang Jun'an and said: "It's... a demon that improves its cultivation by absorbing grievances."

  Ge Fei said with a serious expression, Fang Jun'an stared at Ge Fei in surprise: "I've been wandering the world for almost a hundred years and didn't know about this thing, how did you know?"

  "It's because you're stupid!" Ge Fei said disdainfully.

  Fang Jun'an glared at Ge Fei with a mixture of anger and frustration, then fell silent. Ge Fei didn't notice Fang's expression and asked nonchalantly, "Little ghost, I think you're not a vengeful spirit either, so why haven't you reincarnated after all these years?"

  As soon as Ge Fei's words came out, Fang Jun'an's eyebrows furrowed in an instant, looking quite perplexed: "I don't know either... Since the year I left this world, I've been drifting around at home... until now."

  When Fang Jun said this, I felt that things were not so simple. My intuition told me that there might be some conspiracy starting from over a hundred years ago.

  Ge Fei's eyebrows were tightly furrowed: "This is strange, did the Food Grudge Spirit take a liking to your Fang family over a hundred years ago? Did I also..."

  Here is the translation:

  At this point, Ge Fei suddenly stopped and seemed to have no intention of continuing. I opened my mouth to ask him, but ultimately didn't speak up - if he wanted to say more, he would have already done so. Besides...I'm not even his friend or family, why should he explain things to me? At most, our relationship is just that of old classmates and a thread connecting ants on a string. I don't need to get too involved in his affairs; my priority is to protect my own life.

  "What's next? Are we going to find Fang Zhitian or go look for He Yichu?" I don't know much about ghosts and spirits, nor do I know what to do, so I can only ask Ge Fei.

  Ge Fei sank into thought for a moment, then suddenly raised his eyes and stared at Fang Jun'an standing opposite him. A smile played on the corner of his mouth, and his crescent moon-like eyes gleamed with subtle calculation: "Little Fangzi, how about we make a deal?"

  Can't help but say, Ge Fei is really familiar with himself, especially when he has a request. Xiao Fangzi... how to listen to it sounds like a eunuch, Xiao Fangzi's face slightly twitched, probably being scared by Ge Fei's 'familiar' title. After scanning Ge Fei for a long time with his big eyes, Xiao Fangzi said seriously: "What deal?"

  Ge Fei smiled harmlessly: "You help me bring out Fang Zhi Ling, and I'll help you reincarnate, how's that?"

  As soon as he heard about rebirth, Xiaofang's eyes lit up: "Can you really help me be reborn?"

  "What do you think?" Ge Fei's face still wore a smile, full of confidence.

  Xiao Fangzi's expression was very entangled, staring at Ge Fei: "The transaction is possible... but why should I trust you? What if you don't help me when the time comes? Nowadays people are too untrustworthy... Thirty years ago, a woman promised to help me with my reincarnation, but after I helped her with her affairs, she actually disappeared..."

  Xiao Fangzi's words were cut off by Ge Fei, who coldly interrupted: "I, Xu Shiwei, have always kept my promises. If you don't want to make a deal, that's fine too. I guarantee you won't even be able to become a ghost."

  Ge Fei's words sent a chill down my spine, this didn't sound like something Ge Fei would say, it sounded more like... that dead brother of his. For an instant, I felt the man sitting next to me wasn't Ge Fei, but rather his deceased twin brother.

  Xiao Fangzi hesitated for a moment, her tender voice filled with reluctance: "You'd better keep your promise, don't be like that woman..."

  "That woman, you... you look like that woman! No! You're exactly the same!" Xiaofangzi suddenly stared at me and exclaimed.