Chapter 7: Ghost Eye

  Inside the Manchu Archives, it was pitch black. The old night watchman in the delivery room was playing a Buddhist mantra of Great Compassion, but I didn't know if it was to calm down the ghosts inside the archives or to avoid evil spirits from disturbing him.

  Qin Zhong stood outside the window of the night watchman and knocked gently a few times: "Geng Dage, I'm Qin Zhong, please help me open the door."

  "Who?" The voice was trembling, and it was clear that the person inside was startled. This old man probably hadn't been out this late to see anyone since he started working here, especially not after dark.

  "I'm Qin Zhong, can you open the door? I've brought a few friends here on some business." Qin Zhong said, but there was no movement inside.

  The pastor shook his head, looked down at his watch in the moonlight: "What kind of person is this? It's only 6:30, it just got dark, and he's already scared like this?"

  "Hehe, I don't know why, maybe it's because this place was haunted before, he got scared," Qin Zhong said, but in fact Qin Zhong wanted to break the door open, yet still chose to wait outside for a while, mainly because he wanted to see what kind of tricks Yu Mu Shi had up his sleeve.

  Meng Na curiously approached Qin Zhong: "Has this place really been haunted by a ghost?"

  "En!" Qin Zhong nodded.

  "That's even better, my dad is the most skilled at dealing with ghosts, you'll see in a moment." Meng Na said.

  The pastor turned back and coldly snorted: "Don't talk nonsense, ghosts also have faces, you have to give people some face. I'm asking you, where did you see your grandfather just now?"

  "Just now it was right here." Qin Zhong said, pointing to the steps at the entrance of the archives: "It was just here that I seemed to see my grandfather, do you see...".

  Pastor Yu nodded, pulled out a Bible from his backpack behind him, flipped through several pages and began to chant a hymn. Christian hymns generally have some beautiful singing methods, but overall Pastor Yu's singing was quite pleasant to listen to, and Mona followed along with the singing.

  The pastor finished singing, put away the Bible, took out a candle, placed it on the ground and lit it with a match.

  Qin Zhong scratched his head: "What's this? Summoning a soul?"

  "No, this is bringing hope to the spirits, it's the warmth and light that God has given them," the pastor said, singing another verse.

  At this moment, Qin Zhong's eyes widened and he suddenly found that in the candlelight, another figure appeared. This figure was his grandfather, who seemed to be talking to Qin Zhong, and Qin Zhong could hear him very clearly.

  "You little scoundrel, what are you doing bringing in some Western priest? Don't you know that your grandfather and our whole family don't like Western religion?"

  Qin Zhong saw the angry look in his grandfather's eyes and was also a bit surprised, scratching his head and saying: "Why scold me little turtle egg? I didn't come to see you? Besides, you came out to see me during the day too. Oh, I understand now, do you have something for me to do? You don't explain clearly, turn around and disappear?"

  "Get out of the way, you little scoundrel. I'll have a word with this pastor." Seeing Grandpa Qin's ruddy complexion in the candlelight, not looking like a ghost at all, after speaking, he turned his head towards the pastor. Suddenly, Grandpa Qin's face changed, becoming ferocious and terrifying, with a savage expression, and his mouth was full of sharp fangs.

  The pastor didn't know why, but he also saw Qin Zhong's grandfather. In the scene, only Meng Na was still in a state of depression. Seeing Qin Zhong and the pastor seemed to be talking to someone, but he himself couldn't see anything except for the candlelight, feeling like he was at a disadvantage: "Hey, what are you all looking at? Who are you talking to?"

  "My grandfather."

  "Where is it?"

  "Ah!" Qin Zhong pointed at the candlelight.

  The pastor took out the Bible: "Mr. Qin, believe in the Lord, and he will take your soul to heaven."

  "Bullshit, I still have so many things to do, go to whatever heaven, see you're not here to bother me. Today I'll spare your life." After saying this, Qin Zhong's grandfather's expression became much more benevolent: "Looking at Pastor Yu's level, it's not ordinary. This old man has only one hope, in the future if my grandson has any matters, please help him out as much as possible."

  "This is certain, we are all children of God, this busy I can certainly help with, besides he is a friend of my family's Meng Na." Yu Mu Shi did not say that he respected ghosts, at least in treating humans and ghosts he was still relatively equal.

  Qin Zhong's grandfather nodded and leaned in close to Qin Zhong: "Hey, you little scamp, this girl is not bad, treat her well. And you, boy, were born to help your grandfather fulfill his wishes. Go back and read my notes, your eight characters are light, you have a natural ghost eye, you can see ghosts that others can't see. Since you saw me today, it proves that your ghost eye has opened."

  "What? Ghost eye? Can I see ghosts?" Qin Zhong felt very surprised at what was happening in front of him: "You said you calculated your fate, but no matter how much you calculated, you still ended up dead. What's the use of calculating his fate?"

  "Cut the nonsense, this doesn't concern you. However, you have a ghost eye, and can see ghosts anywhere, anytime, but you need to distinguish between which one is a ghost and which one is human, I won't say any more about that, just figure it out yourself. Your grandfather doesn't have time to waste here with you all, great-grandson, remember to take a good look at your grandfather's notes and follow them."

  Qin Zhong's grandfather finished speaking and his figure flashed and disappeared. The candles on the ground were also blown out by the wind.

  "Amen, what a good grandfather, alas, unfortunately he doesn't believe in the Lord, I will definitely have the opportunity to make him believe in the Lord, the Lord will bless him." He was a devout Catholic, after saying this, he handed Qin Zhong a Bible: "Child, take it with you, read it when you have a chance."

  Qin Zhong lowered his head and glanced at it, but didn't reach out to take it. He turned his head to look at Yu Mengna: "You didn't see that my grandfather is normal, my grandfather said that I have a light eight characters, and when I see a ghost, I'll be fine." Fulfilling Grandpa's last wish might bring commercial value, if so, he would go for it.

  "What's BaZi? What is this thing?" Mona seemed curious about everything.

  Qin Zhong shook his head: "I'm not too clear about it either, anyway, that's what everyone says." Then he looked at Pastor Yu and said: "Pastor Yu, thank you for coming to help. If you're willing, would you like to go have some coffee with Meng Na and me?"

  "Great, great!" Mona heard someone inviting him for coffee, and he was more than happy.

  The pastor sighed and said, "Forget it, now is the world of you young people, you go ahead, I have to go back and tidy up, tomorrow there is still a worship service, a wedding ceremony for a new couple, I'll leave first."

  The pastor picked up a pile of things in front of him and hurried towards the direction of the church.

  Qin Zhong took a look at the woman in front of him, Meng Na, and thought that this girl was actually quite good, although she was a bit wild, but it depended on what kind of thing, whether he could consider making friends with her. Qin Zhong had already made up his mind.

  "Now you are my friend and I am yours. If in the future there is a place where I, Qin Zhong, can be of use to you, come find me." Qin Zhong's words seemed to be filled with righteousness.

  Meng Na nodded and said, "Of course, I don't have any friends here either, except for those followers who flatter me every day. There's no one else to talk to of the same age as me. You're the first one." Meng Na took Qin Zhong's left arm, and at this moment, they really looked like a couple.

  Qin Zhong's face was a bit fluttering, he didn't know if he should start his feelings like this, but he knew he had to fulfill his grandfather's wish, so halfway through he made up his mind, from the next day on he would be in charge of file management, no matter what gloomy or ghostly things happened, at least he had something to do.

  Qin Zhong and Meng Na walked through the construction site and arrived at Zheng Street, hailed a taxi and found a coffee shop, sat down to chat...

  When Qin Zhong sent Meng Na back to the Catholic church, Pastor Yu was still awake and preparing for the wedding the next day.

  Qin Zhong bid farewell to his parents and got back in the car, heading home. Once he arrived, he tidied up a bit and gazed at his sleeping mother, silently praying: Grandfather, please protect my mother. Starting tomorrow, I will fulfill your last wish.

  The next morning, Qin Mu got up early to buy vegetables. Qin Zhong left a note and hastily went to the archives.

  When he arrived at the archives, he saw that the old man was already sweeping the floor at the entrance, but the old man's face looked very bad, with a pale complexion.

  "Master Geng, starting from today, you don't have to come to work anymore. You look unwell, go home and rest properly." Qin Zhong said afterwards.

  Although Lao Geng's face showed some displeasure, he was still very grateful for Qin Zhong's advice: "Ah, it's time to retire, but you also need to be careful here, this place is really not clean."

  As soon as Lao Geng finished speaking, Qin Zhong saw behind Lao Geng and immediately became extremely alert.