Chapter 2: Living with Ghosts

  As she walked into the living room, Huaji clearly felt that even the magnetic field was different from the bedroom, as if she had entered another space. Everything became blurred, and all she could see was a group of shadows in the middle of the living room that looked like people entangled together, as if they were fighting.

  It sounded like the voices of people quarreling, and four or five people were arguing about something. Huaji heard words like "You owe me money", "Don't touch my wife", "I'll pay you back", "The little girl looks good" and so on.

  By the time Hua Qi heard this, she roughly understood what had happened. It was just a financial dispute that involved the debtor's woman. Probably the creditor had taken a liking to the debtor's woman and wanted to use her as collateral for the debt. The debtor disagreed and they got into a fight. In the end, either the debtor was outnumbered and killed or the creditor accidentally got killed by the debtor. This kind of thing easily gives rise to resentment, and if it becomes entangled, it will be trapped in this house, reliving the events of that day every day.

  The ghostly shadows in the living room are invisible to ordinary people, who may only hear the sound of quarreling. Prolonged exposure to such sounds can drive a person to neurasthenia, and combined with this eerie magnetic field, they will eventually fall ill. Huaji has seen many ghosts and unknowingly became an expert herself.

  Having determined that the ghosts wouldn't harm anyone, at most they were just noisy, Huaji quietly returned to her room. After closing the door, Huaji leaned against the door panel and took a few deep breaths, she really was "bound to see ghosts whenever she went out", no matter where she went she would run into these "good friends", it was just pitiful for Huao, his newly bought house was haunted, what bad luck.

  The next morning, Hua Qi had just gotten out of bed when Hua Ou asked her, "How was it? Did you see anything else later on? Will those ghosts harm people? Can't this house be lived in anymore?"

  Hua Qi, because she slept very late last night and wasn't feeling well, replied to Hua Ou's question in a very low voice: "I don't know either, but being with ghosts is never a good thing. You should find a master to take a look as soon as possible and get rid of the ghost quickly, otherwise your house will be ruined."

  Rumor has it that there's a ghost, Hua Ou became serious and thought for a long time before saying: "It seems like someone at home can collect this kind of dirty thing, looks like we need to go back home."

  Hua Qi's spirits lifted immediately after hearing this, as no one had ever believed she could see ghosts. Moreover, she had never been possessed by a ghost or scared by one before, so her family had never taken her to see Mr. Hei. Upon hearing Hua Ou's words, Hua Qi hastily urged him to return home and let her take a look at what Mr. Hei was like.

  In fact, Hua Qi's younger uncle, Hua Ou, is only a few years older than Hua Qi, and the two can be said to have grown up together. Hua Ou's father and Hua Qi's grandfather are paternal cousins, his parents divorced when he was in his teens, and soon after remarried a city girl and had a daughter named Hua Yang, also known as Hua Qi's younger aunt.

  This time Hua Ou bought a house and moved out of the family home, and the down payment was all earned by Hua Ou himself. Originally, his family members were still very happy for him, thinking that he had finally made something of himself.

  Even some relatives who like to watch the excitement and don't mind their own business said with a sneer: "Look at Hua Ou, he's only a few years older than you, didn't even attend college, yet he became a deputy general manager and bought a house. When will you, a university graduate, be able to buy a house in the city?"

  Whenever someone says that, Hua Qi would give them a white eye and say: "If you like high-rise buildings, tell your kids to buy one, what's it got to do with us?"

  When everyone was congratulating or envying Huawe for moving into his new house, no one could have imagined that something like this would happen.

  While eating, Hua Ou said: "I should have brought Hu Qi along when looking at the house, it wouldn't be so troublesome." After finishing speaking, the two people lowered their heads and sighed together.

  After dinner, Huaji hurriedly pulled Huaou back to their rural hometown, Huajiacun.

  Back home, everyone was surprised. Originally thought Hua Ou wouldn't come back and would stay in the city to collect the new house. After listening to Hua Qi's account of what happened, they finally understood. Even a few aunts agreed with Hua Ou's point of view, saying that if they had known earlier, they should have brought Hua Qi along to look at houses together.

  Hua Qi felt a bit uncomfortable in her heart. What's the use of saying this now? Who would have thought that something like this would happen? Hua Ou said so, they also said so, are they taking Hua Qi for some kind of "ghost detector"?

  Hua Qi quickly changed the subject to avoid their endless chatter, asking: "Can you guys think of a solution? Is there some kind of expert? It's too late for anything else now, exorcising the ghost is the priority."

  In Huaji's hometown, the term "Mr." usually refers to a geomancer who combines yin and yang with feng shui. He can help the deceased find a burial site and handle funeral arrangements, as well as diagnose and treat various unconventional and difficult diseases that hospitals cannot cure.

  Of course, if it's something like late-stage cancer or AIDS, then don't bother trying to join in on the fun, after all, Mr. is not omnipotent.

  Men like him usually have a few methods to drive out ghosts, because when the living are possessed by ghosts, the final solution is always to send the ghost away. Powerful men can not only send ghosts away but also things like fox spirits and yellow-skinned children. In rural areas, these things are on par with ghosts as the three most talked-about legendary creatures.

  So when Hua Qi and her family heard about the ghost, the first thing they thought of was to invite a master back to drive out the ghost.

  At this time, Hua Qi's uncle finally put down the cigarette in his hand, coughed twice and said: "I think we should go find Mr. Ma to take a look. Among the masters we know, only Mr. Ma has some real talent and learning. However, Hua Qi, did you see clearly? Or have you also had too much wine and your eyes are blurry?"

  Hua Qi was suddenly depressed to the extreme, as for her seeing ghosts, she had been told by her family since childhood that it was just a hallucination. Although most of the time Hua Qi's words about ghosts would come true, there was still that old problem - no one else could see them, and what she said was never believed until proven by facts.

  When the eldest uncle asked her, Huaji decided to tell what happened after Huaou fell asleep last night. After Huaji finished speaking, Huaou was almost stunned. This is more serious than that shadow. Others also blamed Huaji: "You're a girl with too much courage, seeing such things and not even waking up your little uncle, what would you do if something happened?"

  Luckily, Hua Qi was a professional at seeing ghosts. Having seen too many ghosts, she had become accustomed to treating them like old acquaintances. It didn't matter if there were a few more ghosts around; all that mattered was calling Mr. Ma to clean up the mess.

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