Chapter 6: Ghost Errand and Ghost

  Mr. Ma looked at Hua Qi with an incredulous gaze and said in surprise: "You say you saw those two ghostly messengers?"

  Hua Qi didn't understand Mr. Ma's meaning, and Mu Mu nodded and said: "What's wrong with that? What's the difference between those two ghosts and other ghosts?"

  Mr. Ma sat down on the sofa, stroking his chest, and Huaji finally realized that Huao was also standing, so he asked him to sit down too. He moved a chair to sit beside them, eager to hear Mr. Ma explain what was going on.

  Mr. Ma, who had been calm and composed, slowly said: "Your uncle said you have a special physique, and indeed you are very special. You saw the two ghostly shadows that entered this house, they are ghost enforcers from the underworld, specializing in capturing souls to bring them to the underworld. Those who should go to hell will go to hell, and those who should be reincarnated will be reincarnated. Generally, people with lighter eight characters or weaker bodies may see some ghosts, but as you get older, the chances of seeing ghosts decrease. It's even rarer for someone like you, who is physically fine, to easily see ghosts. As for those two ghost enforcers, almost no one has ever seen them before, and I don't know if it's good luck or bad luck that you can see them. The black and white impermanence and the cow-headed horse-faced creatures that people often talk about are all passed down from ancient legends, and it's hard to say what's true or false. I've also been in this line of work for many years with my master, and only when I feel a chill all over my body and can't move do I know that the ghost enforcers have come to handle a case. You're really a special kid, I think you often see ghosts, but your body hasn't been affected, so there must be some kind of extraordinary encounter. How about I take you on as an apprentice?"

  Hua Qi was about to respond, but Hua Ou interrupted her in time and said to Mr. Ma: "No way, absolutely not, I still have lingering fears from what happened earlier, I absolutely cannot let my own niece take this risk."

  Hua Qi hastily glared at him, telling him not to speak, and turned her head to take a look at Mr. Ma, fearing that he would change his mind.

  But Mr. Ma didn't insist, he just said: "Since you don't agree, then forget it, no big deal, this matter will be decided by fate. Today's matter has been settled, it's getting late, go to sleep."

  "Hey, since the problem is already solved, why don't we just sleep here tonight? It's too far to go back to your village home and it's also too late, it would be a hassle for your family. We can just sleep in one room, okay?"

  Mr. Ma nodded in agreement, went into the master bedroom to put away his things, came out after a while to wash up and then went to sleep. By this time it was already twelve o'clock, and the middle-aged man's body could no longer hold on.

  Hua Qi watched him enter the room, then remembered to find Hua Ou to settle accounts and said: "Why didn't you help me speak up, and stopped me? Didn't you see that I really wanted to learn how to catch ghosts from him?"

  Hua Ou said seriously: "I can see that, but I just don't want you to learn. You're not unaware of the situation earlier, humans and ghosts are different paths, you're always seeing ghosts and catching them, don't you know it's bad for your health? How many people in this line of work end up well? Besides, if you can see ghost messengers handling cases, what if they find out you've leaked their secrets and come after you to silence you? Are you stupid? Don't even think about it, do you think this is a good thing? Normal people wouldn't do this job unless they couldn't do anything else. Alright, go sleep, you're still staying in the same room as yesterday."

  Huaji wanted to say something, but Huao rushed her into the room and didn't give her a chance to speak. Huaji pouted and went in to sleep very unhappily, but because she was angry, she couldn't fall asleep until after 2 o'clock.

  The next morning, Huaji wanted to bring up the matter of taking an apprentice and becoming a master again, but Huaou always changed the subject and didn't give her a chance. Mr. Ma also pretended not to hear or see anything and never mentioned it again. Huaji had no choice but to give up.

  After having breakfast at the restaurant, Hua Ou sent Mr. Ma back home, and Hua Qi stayed in the house to continue cleaning up. Hua Qi slept late that night, didn't tidy up a bit and went back to sleep again, completely ignoring the layer of dust on the floor.

  At night, Hua Qi brought up again that Hua Ou didn't speak for her, and pestered him to buy all sorts of snacks for herself. They ate until their stomachs were stuffed and couldn't eat anymore before stopping. That evening, the house was very quiet, with no dirty things anywhere. The next morning, Hua Ou let out a happy howl that woke up Hua Qi, and after they quarreled for a while, they each went to work.

  This time's encounter with the ghost was resolved so simply, Huaji felt very unfulfilled. The next day at work, she heard that over the weekend, plus Monday, the whole company had a big party, playing all night on Sunday and taking a full rest on Monday. Huaji almost shouted out loud in anger, originally her boss had also invited her, but she declined to help her younger uncle move house, it turned out that her boss had made such arrangements, and she missed it.

  Hua Qi sat alone at the front desk, feeling bored and distracted, thinking about what happened that night when they caught ghosts.

  The ghosts she had seen before had no connection with her, and other people's encounters with ghosts or other things had nothing to do with Huaji. This time, she finally experienced it personally, but it ended so abruptly.

  Even Mr. Ma, who was specially invited, did not show off his skills, and when Mr. Ma wanted to take her as an apprentice, Hua Ou stopped him, which made Hua Qi very dissatisfied, so she took advantage of the situation to freeload, bully Hua Ou.

  However, Huaji thinks of that night every time she returns to Huao's house. She still has many things she doesn't understand, such as why those ghosts all died two years ago and only then did the ghost messenger come to take them away, and why they couldn't enter the underworld in Huao's house?

  Later, Hua Qi looked up a lot of information, bought back many books, and after a long time, she finally understood that there was a situation where ghosts didn't know they were dead. Their emotions and memories remained in the state at the time of their death, turning into a kind of "魇" (a type of supernatural being). Moreover, every day at the time of their death, they would repeat the cause of their own death.

  To restore the normal cycle of reincarnation, someone needs to break this balance and make them understand that they are already dead. These ghostly messengers won't do such a thing; they're too busy, need to maintain their dignity, and there's no benefit for them to stoop to help. They'll only come to reap the benefits after humans have done all the work.

  After understanding, Hua Qi snorted with her nose, laughed and sighed at the irresponsible ghost difference, then ate a lot of snacks before going to sleep. Hua Ou took the opportunity to tease her: "Eat full sleep, sleep enough eat, this is the rhythm of raising pigs."

  Hua Qi listened and viciously threw a pillow at the door, after which there was no more movement, apparently she had really fallen asleep.

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