Near Fugang River in Nanjing

  Actually, I can tell that Xu Shiwei didn't want to ask about this matter himself, he was just helping me ask. Since he helped me ask, I had to listen carefully, at this moment I deeply felt the pain in my feet, and cautiously moved my body closer, afraid of missing a single word.

  Xu Shiwei gave me a white eye, turned around and perked up his ears to listen to Shunzi's answer. Shunzi's eyebrows were tightly locked, and after recalling for a moment, he slowly opened his mouth: "That day, Zhang Chengfu sneaked out of school, I thought he must be doing something bad again, so I quickly followed him. I followed him all the way to Guangfu Bridge, but suddenly he disappeared. When I was searching for him on the street, a hearse suddenly came and hit me. When I woke up, I saw my own body lying in a pool of blood. Although I was killed instantly, I clearly saw the person driving the car... it was Zhang Chengfu. I think he might have discovered that I was pretending to be crazy, and was afraid that I would expose his ugly deeds, so he deliberately lured me out and killed me to silence me."

  At this point, Shunzi's eyes were filled with confusion and a hint of fear: "But... later the police investigated, everyone said it was a garbage truck that hit me to death, and... the perpetrator was someone else. I clearly saw it was..."

  "It's possible that you were really killed by a garbage truck, and when you saw the hearse, you were already dead. Zhang Chengfu was trying to scatter your soul." Xu Shiwei spoke with great certainty, followed by a face full of worry.

  Shunzi was shocked: "What? I...I was already dead when I saw the spirit car!"

  Xu Shiwei sat slowly in the chair, his arms folded in front of his chest, his face heavy: "Hmm, I think Zhang Chengfu wants to thoroughly destroy you. Although he's dead, his soul is still there, and it's still a great threat to him. But...he's just an ordinary person, how can he start the Lingjie's spirit car? Is it He Mengyan again?"

  Xu Shiwei's words were a question, but his tone was very affirmative. If that spirit car really had something to do with He Mengyan, then Ge Fei's death... wasn't it also related to He Mengyan? And He Mengyan was in cahoots with He Yi Chu, and He Yi Chu had a deep connection with the Food Grudge Spirit. He Mengyan was also in league with that Food Grudge Spirit! In other words, Ge Fei might have been killed by the Food Grudge Spirit. And the Food Grudge Spirit used Zhang Chengfu's greed to create resentment... Good heavens! What kind of sinister plot was hidden behind this?

  Xu Shiwei seemed to have realized this too, his face getting increasingly ugly. I exchanged a glance with Xu Shiwei, and it looked like he was thinking the same thing as me. Shunzi saw our expressions and asked in a daze, "What's wrong? Is this matter... very serious?" Shunzi's expression was full of fear, he was already a ghost, if he died again, then there would be nothing left. He naturally felt fearful.

  "It's not that serious, I asked you, where did you see the hearse disappear?" Xu Shiwei replied calmly, but despite his calm tone, I still saw the anxiety in his eyes. In fact, compared to him, I was even more anxious. Now it seems that things are not as simple as they seemed, it's as if someone had designed a conspiracy and was waiting for us to fall into it. Ge Fei has already fallen into it, Shunzi has fallen into it, and Xu Shiwei and I seem to be falling into it step by step. So who will be the next one? The enemy is in the dark, and I don't know if the next person to be harmed will be my loved one.

  My heart was filled with anxiety, but I remained calm on the surface, quietly watching Shunzi, hoping he would say something about Ge Fei. Even though Ge Fei had told me that his body had long been reduced to ashes, my heart still held onto hope that I could find something, even naively thinking that Ge Fei could come back to life. A woman who has lost her loved one is like a madwoman, and at that time, I was a thorough madwoman, with too many unrealistic thoughts, even though I knew it was impossible, I still tried my best to do so, just to give myself a spiritual support.

  But Shunzi's words were not the answer I wanted. He narrowed his eyes, recalling as he spoke: "I was very resentful at the time, and followed that hearse, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get close to it. I could only follow like that, all the way until we reached the vicinity of Fusan River... That hearse suddenly vanished, just like it had never appeared in the first place."

  "Fu Nan River? Which part of Fu Nan River?" My temper was getting more and more impatient, as long as there was a clue, I couldn't wait to catch the murderer immediately.

  Shunzi looked out at the high-hanging moon and continued to answer: "In the vicinity of Hejiang Pavilion in Jinjiang District, when the hearse arrived nearby, it disappeared. I remember a bus blocking the hearse, and after the bus passed by, the hearse was gone without a trace."

  So, Shunzi followed the spirit car all the way, and he must have seen something inside. Did he see Ge Fei? I wanted to continue asking, but was interrupted by Xu Shiwei, who yawned while speaking to Shunzi: "Where is the specific location of Zhang Chengfu's transaction with Longhu Hall, and what time?"

  As soon as this matter was mentioned, Shunzi suddenly became like a hot-blooded young man, and his spirit instantly rose: "Five days later, at 3 pm, go out from the north gate of Chuan Shi, then about 3000 meters away, there is an abandoned factory nearby." After telling us, Shunzi seemed to be afraid that we couldn't find it, so he added another sentence: "I can take you there, others can't see me."

  Upon hearing this, Xu Shiwei thought for a moment and nodded, saying: "Alright, you go back first, let's meet outside our neighborhood in five days."

  "Alright!" Shunzi responded to Xu Shiwei and then disappeared. I stared blankly at where Shunzi had vanished, but there was nothing I could do - I hadn't even finished asking my question yet, how could he just leave like that?

  "Hey! I haven't even finished asking my questions yet! How could you just let him leave?!"

  "You've had plenty of chances to ask, what time is it now? Are you going to talk with him all night? Hurry up and rest!" Xǔ Shì said as he covered me with the quilt. Although it's summer now, at night we still need to cover ourselves with something or else if our stomach gets cold, we'll definitely get diarrhea in the morning.

  But now I don't want to cover myself with a quilt at all, because I simply can't sleep. My heart is always thinking about Ge Fei's affairs, and Shunzi said a lot of things but didn't finish speaking before leaving, which would make anyone anxious and unable to fall asleep.

  Anyway, I can't ask Shunzi now, so I'll just ask Xu Shiwei. I'm really puzzled, he's supposed to be very capable, how come he doesn't even know that Shunzi is following him?

  I lay on the bed, looking at Xu Shiwei with a sideways glance: "Hey, aren't you very powerful?"

  "It's okay!" Xǔ Shì Wéi slowly put his phone into his pocket, with a rare show of humility. I thought he would say something like: "Of course! My skills are extremely advanced." His reaction now is really unexpected.

  As expected, you can't judge a person by just one side. Xǔ Shì Wéi is actually two extremes. Sometimes he's completely arrogant and plays with racial discrimination like a spoiled rich kid, but sometimes he's got a heroic and kind-hearted appearance.

  But how he is has nothing to do with me, I only care about the people I care about. I put my arm under my head and looked up at Xu Shiwei: "Huh? You're so capable, why didn't you notice that Shunzi was following us all along?"

  "I'm always followed by so many weird things, how would I know it's him?!" Xǔ Shì Yuī replied with a nonchalant expression.

  Damn it, are there usually a lot of those things following him? Are they here now? I quickly looked around, after all, I'm not that kind of person with yin-yang eyes, right? If they're really here, I should be able to see them.

  Xu Shiwei saw me looking around and gave me a dismissive glance: "Don't worry, I'm here now. Those shrimp soldiers and crab generals wouldn't dare get close to you. Just go to sleep quickly."

  "Where are you sleeping?" It's almost twelve o'clock now, it's time to sleep, but where is he going to sleep? Can't be that he wants to stay in the same room as me! A man and a woman alone together in one room, it feels awkward no matter what.

  Actually, it was the same when I was at his house before. Hmm, no, there was a door separating us at his house, but now... not to mention a door, there isn't even a piece of cloth.

  I think he might go back to sleep, after all, he's still a rich family's second generation, can't bear to sleep on a chair for a night! I don't think he wants to suffer either, and besides, we're not related, sending me to the hospital is just so as not to delay things. But this guy's thoughts are really weird, his foot stretched out onto the bedside, eyes closed, saying: "I'll just sleep here?"

  "Aren't you going back? Are you just sleeping on the chair?" I asked him tentatively: "Aren't you afraid of getting a stiff neck?"

  He didn't even move, lazily replying: "I'm not a rookie at sleeping like this, don't worry about the pillow, I won't do anything to you! I'm a decent guy, besides, even if I wanted to do something, I'd have to find someone with a good figure, not you."

  If it were Ge Fei who said that, I reckon my lungs would have exploded from anger. But since it's Xu Shiwei who said it, I don't feel anything. I just let out a cold snort: "Do whatever you want then!"

  After finishing speaking, I turned over and faced my back to him. Xu Shiwei didn't say anything else, seemingly really treating the chair as a bed. I tightly closed my eyes, trying to make myself fall asleep quickly, but no matter how hard I tried, it was difficult for me to fall asleep. It's said that at night, negative emotions easily emerge, and before I didn't believe it, now it seems it's true.

  Once it's late at night and everyone is quiet, I start to feel uncomfortable, and all sorts of things come flooding in. But even crying doesn't work, I can only stare blankly at the wall, with Ge Fei on my mind.

  "Hey, Lin Sijia, you're not asleep, are you? You... just like him that much, what's so good about him?" Xu Shiwei's voice broke the silence in the room.