Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio

  After finishing speaking, Ge Fei hung up the phone and handed me the mobile phone saying: "You don't have to go to work anymore. After this matter is over, you can come to my company to work."

  "...I'm now full of questions, from Ge Fei's tone, he knows Ye Jingchen, and how did he know our general manager is Ye Jingchen, and...he just said, he didn't die, Ye Jingchen was very disappointed."

  Ge Fei saw the doubt in my eyes, a pair of good-looking peach blossom eyes staring at me, rarely serious: "After this matter is over, what do you want to ask, I will tell you, okay? Now, let's invite the ghost first."

  He said, looking at his watch on his wrist: "It's now half past eleven. If we ask her out at twelve o'clock sharp, even if there is a real dispute, our chances of winning will be greater."

  When Ge Fei and I asked the ghost, it was 12 o'clock noon. Ge Fei's way of asking the ghost was very simple, just pulling up the curtains and leaving the lights on. Then he silently recited something in front of that red skirt, looking like a wizard.

  After chanting for about a few minutes, the surroundings suddenly became chilly, and then I felt gusts of cold wind. It was obviously summer, and it was noon, even if the wind blew in from outside, it wouldn't be this cold.

  I'm so cold that I have goosebumps all over my body. Ge Fei, who was sitting next to me with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them and stared straight ahead.

  We were sitting on the sofa in the living room, and on the opposite sofa was that red skirt. With a puff of smoke, a woman slowly appeared before our eyes.

  She looks like she's around 24 or 25 years old, wearing a red skirt from the 70s and 80s, with long black hair draped over her shoulders. She appears to be about 165 cm tall. I shivered as I looked up at her face. Her face didn't have any maggots on it; instead, she had an absolutely stunning complexion... was this yesterday's female ghost?

  Her eyes are beautiful, bright and watery, but also with a hint of seductiveness. Her delicate nose and red lips make her look like a big star, if not for her pale complexion that's almost translucent.

  She glared at me and Ge Fei, saying word by word: "Do you think that by forcing me out in this way, you can escape? No one can escape."

  I was very scared before, but now I'm not as afraid as I used to be. Some things are hidden in the dark and can scare people out of their wits, but when they're put on display, they don't seem as frightening as they did in the dark.

  Indeed, I'm not that scared anymore, but I don't dare say much. Instead, I glance at Ge Fei, who has one hand leaning on the tea table, his eyes locked onto the female ghost. Yet, he doesn't show any fear, and his tone is as if he's the ghost instead.

  Ge Fei's mouth curved into a smile: "You think that by doing this, you can shake off the person who controls you? Judging from your appearance yesterday, it seems like you should have been killed. And...you were even dismembered, right? You being sealed in that apartment was also done by that person, wasn't it?"

  "You..." The female ghost's eyes suddenly turned fierce, but seemed to be a little afraid.

  I remember when I was young, the old lady next door would often say that if you encounter a ghost, never ask about its cause of death. But Ge Fei is different, he directly pokes at people's wounds without any reserve. Anyone would get angry, thinking about it, I'm a little scared, and subconsciously moved closer to Ge Fei, what if the female ghost in front of us suddenly rushes over and strangles me to death?

  Looking at the expression of this female ghost, Ge Fei had guessed it right, she was indeed the one who was killed.

  Although the female ghost's appearance was very ferocious, and her face even began to change, as if she wanted to become the same eerie figure as yesterday. But Ge Fei remained calm: "You are a victim, and she is also a victim. You harm her, but you won't gain anything good from it. Perhaps, you will be sealed in another place again. And because of your numerous evil deeds, you will never be reborn, stuck in this endless cycle. The one who harmed you, however, is carefree and at ease. Why do you linger in the mortal world, unwilling to leave for so long? What is it that you're after?"

  Ge Fei's way of speaking reminds me of Xu Changqing from the Legend of Sword and Fairy, serious and with a hint of transcendent flavor.

  The female ghost, who originally had a ferocious and malevolent face, gradually lost her anger, replaced by confusion: "What was I for? Why can't I remember..."