Chapter 26: The Ancestral Home is Haunted Three Times

  "What, you want to go in again? No way!" After resting for half a day until evening, Tian Qi brought up the idea of going in again. Pangzi was the first to stand out and oppose it, "We almost didn't make it out last time, who knows what unexpected things we'll encounter this time."

  "Yes, even if we are to enter, let's study it a bit more, who knows what new discoveries there might be, no need to rush for the time being," Chen Tong couldn't help but feel anxious in his heart, but he definitely couldn't say that out loud. In fact, he had already started looking for other people.

  "It's okay, this time I'll go in with Qiu Shen," Tian Qi actually didn't have anything wrong with him to begin with, except for losing that memory, neither physically nor mentally was he hurt, and he had already made arrangements with Qiu Shen.

  After seeing that persuasion was ineffective, and considering everyone saw Ou's deep resentment last night, they felt more at ease and no one opposed it.

  Ready with Ox Tears, carrying a flashlight, Chou Shen in front, Tian Qi holding a black stick, the two entered the east wing room one after another.

  As expected, nothing out of the ordinary happened because of the deep hatred in this place, no hallucinations like yesterday, and the room didn't change at all, it's just a dusty old house that's been abandoned for ages. A stove, a kang, nothing else.

  "Is there anything found?" Tian Qi and Qiu Shen held flashlights to illuminate the surroundings, and he saw Qiu Shen standing still in front of the stove.

  "It's not very clear, but I feel like someone has died here..." Qiu Shen said, suddenly turning around and quickly wiping away a few tears with the back of his hand. His eyes were fixed tightly on the northwest corner of the wall by the stove. Tian Qi also saw it - a man standing there, wearing an old-fashioned long gown and riding jacket. A dead man, because a corner of his head was missing, and the dried blood was starkly visible.

  The flashlight's light had gone out at some point, and the man just stood there, motionless, his eyes fixed tightly on the two of them.

  Tian Qi wanted to walk forward, but was pulled back by Tian Qi, "He seems to be angry, don't go over for now."

  The three of them stood there, frozen in place, with no one making a move. The man seemed to be getting impatient and finally let out an ear-piercing voice that at least reached Tian Qi and Qiu Shen's ears, repeating the same sentence over and over again: "Get lost! Let him come!"

  The sound lasted for about half a minute before disappearing, and the dead man also disappeared. The flashlight lit up again, and the room returned to normal.

  Tian Qi and Qiu Shen checked again and found no other abnormalities, so they went out.

  "How are you? Are you all right?" Chen Tong looked at Tian Qi and Qiu Shenshun coming out smoothly, and the hanging heart also put down a lot.

  "Ah, let's go inside," Tian Qi said.

  Entering the main house, everyone sat down. Chen Tong had someone bring over ginger soup. He didn't rush to ask Tian Qi and the others what they had discovered. Just by looking at Tian Qi's expression, he knew there must be something to say.

  "It's late at night and it's cool, let's drink some ginger soup first," said Chen Tong with a smile.

  "Come on, you two, what have you found out?!" Fatso couldn't help but ask.

  "It's been found, however..." Tian Qi lowered his head and took another sip of ginger soup.

  "Everyone go down first!" Chen Tong knew Tian Qi's meaning, so he not only called away the four bodyguards but also let the beautiful secretary leave, although she was somewhat reluctant.

  "Director Chen, we found a person in the east wing, someone who should have died long ago," Tian Qi could tell from his attire, a long gown and horse-hoof sleeve, which was rarely worn nowadays, and earliest was during the Republic of China era.

  Tian Qi described the appearance and build of the man he saw, after all, it was a dark night and couldn't be seen particularly clearly, but the general appearance could still be described.

  "I don't know this person," Chen Tong said firmly after listening to Tian Qi's description.

  Fatso thought to himself, "This man Tianqi mentioned is a bit like Director Chen." However, he just thought about it in his heart and didn't say anything out loud. Fatso was a clever person; if he said that a big boss resembled a dead person, a ghost, whom he didn't know, even an acquaintance might turn against him.

  It's not just Fatzi, Tianqi and Chou Shen who think so, even Chen himself thinks the same way. He knows what he looks like, maybe this person in the east wing is a relative of his family.

  "Director Chen, I think you can go ask a person, he might know some inside information," Tian Qi thought of the old man with the tobacco pouch they met that day, from his reaction at the time, he must have known something.

  No words were exchanged throughout the night, and early next morning Chen Tong went to visit the old gentleman Tian Qi had mentioned.

  But he had just gone in for a short while, and soon heard several curses coming from inside. When Chen Tong came out, his face looked very bad, and it seemed that he didn't get any benefits but instead got a slap in the face.

  "I'm sorry, Director Chen, I didn't expect it to be like this," Tian Qi felt a little guilty in his heart.

  "It's nothing," Chen Tong's face quickly returned to normal, "It seems that I still need to tell my father about this matter. I'm not familiar with the situation here at all, and my father hasn't told me anything about it either. You could say that my ancestral home is just a concept in my mind."

  Chen Tong went out for a while, and it seemed that he should have gone to call his father. The fat man moved the chair closer to Tian Qi and whispered, "You guys said, will Chen Zong not be his biological father? Is his real father the one you saw?"

  "Don't talk nonsense!" They were all young people, and none of them were very old. It's impossible that Tian Qi never had such thoughts, but he definitely couldn't say it out loud.

  "I'm just saying, don't get angry," said the fatty, who had originally wanted to gossip but ended up being boring instead.

  About fifteen minutes later, Chen Tong walked in from outside and informed everyone of a message. "His father, Chen Jian is coming over personally, and it's today. After hearing what he said, someone immediately booked the earliest flight for today."

  "No need to rush, old man should be very old, right?" asked the fatty.

  Chen Tong sighed, "My original intention was to solve this matter myself and let him move in after the renovation is completed. But I don't know what happened, I told him about the situation, wanting to ask his opinion, but he insisted on coming over personally, no matter how much I tried to dissuade him."

  Tian Qi thought of the man he saw in the east wing, if the time was right, wasn't that exactly during Chen Tong's father's lifetime? Maybe Chen Tong's father knew that person, there must be another hidden story here, and also that old gentleman, if we talk about age, he should not be much older than Chen Tong's father.

  But all of this is Tian Qi's guesswork.

  Before Chen Jian arrived, everyone didn't do anything else, and Tian Qi and others rested in the west wing.

  Nowadays transportation is indeed convenient, before it got dark, Chen Tong's father had arrived at the ancestral mansion.

  "Dad, this is Tian Qi, this is Qiu Shen, they are both students of the Old Man of the Moon, who recommended them to me. They're all very capable. This is their friend Li Gang, and they started a company together." Chen Tong introduced one by one.

  "Hello, you've worked hard," Chen Jian looked like he was in his seventies, leaning on a cane, with an unhealthy flush to his face, it was unclear whether it was due to the fatigue of traveling or health issues, anyway at this age his physical condition must be deteriorating, maybe that's also why he wanted to return to his hometown to retire.

  After exchanging a few words, Chen Jian became restless and said he wanted to go to the east wing personally. At this time, the sun had already set.

  "I'll go in alone later, you all wait outside for me," Chen Jian walked to the door of the east wing with his cane, Chen Tong wanted to support him, but he waved his hand and refused.

  "No way, Dad, it's very dangerous inside, I absolutely can't let you go in alone!" Chen Tong would not compromise on this point.

  "Yes, you don't know, it's really very dangerous inside, if you go in by yourself, you won't be able to come out!" said the fatty at the right moment.

  Tian Qi also advised that he himself had personally experienced it, of course, and couldn't just let the old man go in by himself. He had a premonition that the man inside was Chen Jian, the person he was looking for.

  Just then, a surprising scene appeared, and Old Man Chen suddenly turned sideways and entered the house, throwing his crutch outside.

  "Dad!" Chen Tong was the first to discover the situation and was about to rush into the house when he was luckily pulled back by Pangzi.

  "Don't worry, Director Chen, we'll definitely rescue Old Man Chen!" Before he could say more, Qiu Shen and Tian Qi also entered the east wing one after another.