Chapter 16 The Underworld
"Little boss, I think you're not that old, and you're quite sensible. In this way, we won't be so estranged. Just call me Brother Jian."
Along the way, I just catered to him and chatted for a few words, and he began to call me brothers.
And he also told me all the trivial things inside and outside his home, for fear that I wouldn't know what a good big brother he is.
There are three brothers in their family, his name is Lu Changjian, and his two younger brothers are named Lu Changye and Lu Changfu respectively.
In his description, he is a good old man who worries about his younger brother every day and even helps with things like marrying a wife. He is also the one who takes care of his father on weekdays.
"These two boys have no conscience all the time. Our father has brought us up so hard, and they are not willing to help him take care of him in his old age! At first, they wanted to put the burden of taking care of him on me, but luckily I didn't this time
If we let them go again, we will take turns taking care of him."
Along the way, my ears almost became calluses listening to his complaints.
But I didn't show it. The more people like this talk, the easier it is for flaws to appear.
The human heart is far more difficult to guess than the ghosts and gods. On the contrary, the ghosts and gods are more particular about the responsibility for wrongdoing.
After listening to Lu Changjian's statement, I already had a rough estimate of this matter.
"Okay, we've arrived at our house. Little boss, please get off the car."
The car stopped outside a luxurious western-style building.
The western-style building looks very elegant. Although there is vine-like greenery climbing from the second floor to the ground, and ancient mottled green moss is everywhere. Although it can be seen that this western-style building must have been exquisite and valuable in the past, but now it is not.
Just eerie.
When I got off the bus, the temperature outside was so low that the hairs on my back stood up.
"Brother Jian, this is an old house? It looks like it has been there for a while."
Lu Changjian nodded and began to boast again: "That's not true. My two younger brothers and I grew up here. I heard a Feng Shui master say that our place is a treasure land of Feng Shui."
It's midsummer at this time, so it stands to reason that it shouldn't be much cooler even in the middle of the night.
So this cool feeling is definitely not normal!
As for Feng Shui...it's dark now and I can't see clearly, so it's hard for me to judge.
After getting off the car, Changjiang Lu immediately took me directly into the hall of the villa, which had been decorated like a mourning hall.
As soon as I walked in, I felt something was wrong: "Brother Jian, how long has it been since your father passed away?"
The huge mourning hall was empty, and no one was seen.
Lu Changjian gave me a strange look: "It didn't take long, only three days."
"Then why didn't you see the children and grandchildren keeping vigil?" I stopped a dozen steps away from the coffin placed in the center.
According to our customs, if someone in the family dies, the children and grandchildren should keep vigil within three days.
But... I reached out and touched the futon placed in front of the coffin. There was already a thin layer of dust on it. It was obvious that no one had used it.
Lu Changjian immediately showed an angry look: "Those two bastards! After my father died, I cried twice on the first night and made a show of it. After that, I haven't been here since. I just said something about how it was too late at night."
If you don’t want to come because it’s cold.”
Although he said this, he had no intention of kneeling down and lighting incense now. Instead, he lit up a cigarette as if it had nothing to do with him.
I could clearly feel that when he lit the cigarette, the surrounding temperature dropped significantly.
I frowned.
I looked around again.
"Is there anyone living upstairs?"
Ever since I entered the door, I have always felt that something was staring at me, and that kind of gaze made me feel very uncomfortable.
Lu Changjian was shocked when he heard this and did not dare to continue smoking the cigarette in his hand: "No...no, little boss, why are you asking this all of a sudden?"
Seeing him so panicked, I thought there must be something wrong, so I pretended to be casual and said, "Then you and I can go upstairs and have a look. I think there may be something wrong up there."
Hearing what I said, Lu Changjian's face darkened instantly: "No... no, you can't go in upstairs now. The old man died inside. We haven't cleaned up his room yet, so we can't see anyone yet."
After saying that, he seemed a little guilty and glanced at me quietly.
That's right, there must be something fishy upstairs.
"Okay, let's not watch it today. I'll come back tomorrow." After saying that, I stared upstairs for a while, then turned around and prepared to go out.
Seeing this, Lu Changjian hurriedly followed up, stubbed out the cigarette in his hand, and asked hurriedly: "What's going on? Little boss, didn't you say on the way here that it should be solved tonight? What's going on?
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I didn't look back, frowned and went straight to the car: "No... your problem is much more serious than you thought. It can't be solved in a day or two. You can't come at night no matter what."
Lu Changjian became obviously frightened after hearing what I said. He hesitated beside the car and said, "Then... what should I do?"
I subconsciously took another look at the second floor from the outside, and suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a dark shadow in one of the windows.
The moment I raised my head, I happened to look into his eyes!
Not good.
I quickly urged: "Get in the car first and leave quickly!"
Lu Changjian was already frightened, but when he heard my shout, he immediately got in the car.
"Hurry up! Something is coming." I glanced at the second floor again, and the thing had disappeared. He must have noticed me and is now chasing me!
Lu Changjian panicked and stepped on the accelerator a few times, but the engine just roared and would not start.
"Ah!" Lu Changjian, who was sitting in the front row, suddenly screamed: "Something is grabbing my feet!"
After hearing this, I immediately went to take a look. His foot on the accelerator was now grasped by a translucent black hand, but he couldn't see it.
At the same time, regular tapping sounds began to sound on the windshield.
"When, when, when..."
The sound was like someone wanted to come in!
I gritted my teeth and said, no, this car seems to have been targeted by him.
"Get off the car! Run out the door and don't look back!"
As I said that, I took out a yellow paper charm that I had been practicing drawing these days from my bag, and pasted it on the ankle of the foot where Lu Changjian was caught.
"Ouch!"
After a scream, the ghost hand disappeared.
Lu Changjiu immediately broke away, jumped out of the car, and started running out the door.
This villa is located in the suburbs, at least a few kilometers away from populated areas.
Along the way, we could hear faint cries from behind us from time to time, sometimes far away and sometimes close. Lu Changjian, who was next to me, also let out a few screams from time to time because he was touched by that thing.
This guy is not trying to chase us at all!
He just wants to play tricks on us!
Chapter completed!