A faint smile

  "It's great that you can help, I like your straightforwardness." After hearing what I said, Yuan Lei's mouth curled up in praise, with a strong smile. However, he didn't immediately respond to me, but instead thought for a long time before speaking: "I heard you've met my daughter?"

  "Yes!" I recounted the events of the day of the car accident and what happened that morning when we were mourning, saying cautiously: "A knowledgeable friend told me that ghosts linger in this world for only two reasons. One is that they have an unrelenting obsession, and the other is that they are carrying a grievance that won't let them rest. Yuanxue told me she had tried to send you a dream, but after waking up, under someone else's persuasion, it was dismissed as just a product of nostalgia. She couldn't get through to you, so she came to me instead, because I can see her."

  "Is she here now?" Yuan Rui started looking around and asked me, with some expectation in his eyes. It seems he cares about his sister Yuan Xue a lot. I looked around and shook my head: "No, my friend told me that when she returned to the Yang realm, her primordial spirit was injured by the sunlight, so she can't be out during the day. However, if you want to see her or have something to ask her, I'll help you convey your message, and you can meet in your dreams at night."

  Yuan Lei seems to be somewhat unbelievable, perhaps because of doing business, he will go to worship Buddha and gods, but really involving ghostly talk, he still can't accept it!

  Moreover, I can see that this man is still hesitant in his eyes, perhaps there is some secret that cannot be known to outsiders, and he will not tell me so easily as a stranger. After all, this is our first contact, and he cannot trust me so easily.

  Thinking of these, I stood up and bid farewell. Yuan Wei just stood up to show his gratitude and told me to take some time to consider it.

  After walking out, the pressure in my heart suddenly disappeared. I let out a long sigh of relief and said to Ming Yan: "It's really tiring to deal with such a cunning businessman who wants to know the truth but doesn't want others to know his secrets. It seems that Uncle was right, one should live an upright life, otherwise, if you've done something wrong, you'll get a headache when things happen."

  "This is also inevitable, everyone has some helpless secrets, especially for those who are wealthy and powerful, there must be more secrets behind them." Ming Yan seemed to understand and be very open-minded.

  I stood still with my head tilted, staring at him for a while before asking: "Do you know something or have you already figured out who the real culprit is?"

  He stopped in his tracks and looked at me strangely, shaking his head. "How can I be so amazing? Why would you think that?"

  "It's just that I feel your secret is even harder to guess than theirs, like a riddle, making people want to keep guessing and searching for the truth." I'm also curious because he understands many things, the reason of being human, the helplessness of being a ghost.

  We continued walking forward, he followed me at a steady pace, looking at me with a calm expression on his face, and said to me: "I have no more secrets to tell you, the reason I know all this is because I've been in this world for too long, and I've experienced many things with my master, and I've seen all sorts of different people, that's all."

  I shrugged and smiled ambiguously, "Believe you, but I've made it clear that our relationship is just friends, there's no master-slave relationship here."

  His faint smile, like a gentle spring breeze, made me feel very comfortable. It made me a little distracted and produced an inexplicable palpitation in my heart, a strange feeling.

  "What's wrong? Thinking of something and spacing out?" Ming Yan saw me lost in thought, waving his hand in front of my eyes, which finally made me realize that I had just been infatuated with a ghost's smile.

  Her cheeks were slightly hot as she turned her head away, saying it was nothing, but in her heart, she scolded herself for being so weak and actually being infatuated with a man!

  Just as I was thinking of a way to divert Ming Yan's attention, footsteps came from behind. I turned my head in surprise and furrowed my brow, how did he chase out?