Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio

  With Ge Fei's words, I felt a lot more at ease. However, after all, she was a ghost, and I still had some lingering fears: "What if she wants to harm us? Will she harm my parents...and my sister?"

  In such cases, I always recall those terrifying rumors, and then think of raising ghosts. Some people are careless in their operations, resulting in the whole family encountering disaster, with no one surviving.

  Before this, I always thought I was very strong, I thought that no matter what happened, I could handle it. But now I realize, I am not as strong as I imagined myself to be. In the face of such things, I am simply a fool, if I hadn't met Ge Fei, I would have been left with nothing but death.

  Ge Fei shook his head and said: "I don't know either. We have to invite that female ghost out first and talk to her."

  He finished speaking and suddenly walked to the head of the bed, opened the bedside cabinet, took out a red rope from inside and tied it around my wrist. I was perplexed: "What's this for?"

  "This is a red string that has been stained with tea and rice water, wear it to ward off evil."

  What the...! How can this thing be in his house? I'm getting more and more confused, and I feel like something is off about Ge Fei. Specifically what's off, I don't know. Is this man in front of me really Ge Fei? The Ge Fei I remember was a materialist who didn't believe in ghosts or gods, and even said that superstitious people should be taken away to be educated.

  "Alright, this red string mustn't be taken down, got it?" Ge Fei tied the red string for me and instructed me in a gentle tone.

  In front of Ge Fei, I couldn't hide my words very well. After hesitating for a moment, I stuttered: "Ge Fei... how did your family have these things, and you can even touch ghosts..."

  "After this matter is over, I'll tell you, okay?" Ge Fei's eyes stared at me, extremely serious.

  He said so, and I could only nod in response. Anyway, let's solve this matter first. If it can't be solved, then dying would be fine, but if one is still bound after death, how miserable that would be.

  Ge Fei carefully picked up the blood-red skirt and put it in the outer packaging of the box, then turned to me and said: "You'd better not go to work for now, wait until this matter is resolved before going."

  I sighed helplessly: "I guess I won't be able to go even if I want to. Our chairman's daughter has been looking for trouble with me for some reason, and I haven't gone to work until now, so I'm probably already fired."

  Although I may have been fired, I still need to call my boss and hand over the work properly. After all, I am a responsible person.

  Ding ding ding...... I had just taken out my phone when it rang. The screen displayed three words: General Manager.

  I'm puzzled, although I didn't go to work, but it's not necessary for the general manager to call me, I haven't made any mistakes recently...... He won't scold me again, will he?

  The general manager's surname is Ye, his name is Jingchen, he is 28 years old this year, and he looks like a talented person. His abilities are all top-notch, but his personality is very annoying. Hmm, typical idol drama male lead. Unfortunately, I am not the female lead of an idol drama. I'm especially afraid of this general manager.

  My heart racing, I answered the phone, ready to be scolded.

  As expected, I had just connected the phone when Ye Jingchen's gloomy voice came from inside: "Lin Sijia, what's going on!"

  "I... I... had a bit of an incident yesterday..." Every time Ye Jingchen gets angry, I stutter.

  I hadn't finished speaking when Ye Jingchen cut me off in a rage: "Lin Sijia, don't you know to ask for leave when something comes up? Do you know how important this meeting is today?"

  "......Sorry......Yesterday......" I continued to stutter. I found that in front of Ye Jingchen, I was just a coward, my tongue was like a knot.

  I was still explaining when Ge Fei suddenly snatched my phone away and said coldly, "She saw a ghost yesterday."

  After a few seconds, he said: "I... am Ge Fei, uh... I should say, I am Xu Shiwei. I didn't die, how disappointing! Ye Jingchen..." As he spoke, the corners of Ge Fei's mouth curled up into a smile that sent chills down one's spine.