Chapter Fourteen: Exploring the Haunted House
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The next day,
Fang Yi, carrying his luggage, said goodbye to his parents and got into
Xiao Zhang's car, which had come to pick him up, heading towards the city. He had decided that today he would first help Chen Jin's friend look at houses, and then head straight to Longhu Mountain.
Fang Yi had originally thought that Chen Jin would introduce him to that Mr. Zhu.
However, to his surprise, as soon as they arrived in the city, Xiao Zhang picked up Mr. Zhu and put him in the car.
Mr. Zhu was a short, thin man in his sixties, but he was quite polite. He immediately shook hands with Fang Yi with great enthusiasm, "Master, hello, I'm Zhu Licheng, a friend of Old Chen."
Fang Yi responded politely, "Mr. Zhu, hello."
After the brief introduction, Zhu Licheng went straight to the point: "Master, let me tell you about the situation."
Fang Yi nodded slightly, "Hmm."
Zhu Licheng said, "That villa was bought by me years ago when my business hadn't grown much, because I was looking for a bargain. It's said that the previous owner was a writer of supernatural novels, who later passed away from illness. His wife, fearing that seeing the house would remind her of him, decided to sell it at a low price. Someone once told me that the house was haunted, but I'm not superstitious, so I didn't take it seriously and bought it because it was cheap."
Fang Yi listened quietly.
Zhu Licheng continued, "When we first moved in, nothing seemed wrong, except we'd occasionally hear noises at night. My family and I thought it was rats or something, but then things started to change. My wife said she sometimes saw kids playing in the house, but they wouldn't answer when we called them, and then they'd just disappear in the blink of an eye. Even now, I still don't believe it's ghostly; I just thought it was some kind of prank."
Fang Yi asked, "When did you finally realize it was ghostly?"
"A few years ago, one night I was working late at the company,"
Zhu Licheng recalled. "My wife, daughter, and son-in-law were all asleep. You know how it is in this small town; there aren't many places to eat at night. So when I got home, I wanted to cook something. But suddenly, a terrifying female ghost appeared in the kitchen, her face covered in blood. She was floating in mid-air. I was scared half to death. And that wasn't all. From that night on, the ghosts became more and more frequent. Almost every few days, there would be very scary scenes. One night, my family was having dinner when crimson blood started spreading down all four walls. It almost scared my family to death."
He spoke with a look of fear on his face.
It really didn't sound like he was lying.
Xiao Zhang added, "Yeah, back when Mr. Zhu was still living in that villa, my boss asked me to deliver something. I ran into a kid there. At first, I thought he was Mr. Zhu's grandson, but after asking, I found out he wasn't. I told you about this yesterday, it was really creepy."
"Sigh, I was thinking of selling the house, but the ghost rumors have spread, and nobody wants to buy it." Zhu Licheng sighed, then said expectantly, "If you can exorcise the ghost for me, I'll give you 500,000 yuan as a reward."
Although the two spoke convincingly and didn't seem to be lying,
Fang Yi still didn't believe in ghosts.
He had seen what the "real world" was like.
"We'll talk about the reward later, I'll go check it out first."
Fang Yi neither refused nor agreed.
He was just curious and wanted to find out what was going on with Mr. Zhu's villa.
After an hour's drive,
the three arrived in the city.
Soon after, the car drove into a residential area.
Zhu Licheng pointed to a villa ahead and said, "That's it, Master. Don't blame me for being a coward, I really don't dare to go in."
Xiao Zhang mustered his courage and said, "I'll go in with you, Master."
Seeing Xiao Zhang's frightened look, Fang Yi thought for a moment and then waved his hand
, saying, "No need, give me the key, I'll go in alone to see what's going on." Zhu Licheng quickly took out the key and repeatedly warned, "Master, you must be careful. If you can't exorcise the ghost, don't force it. I'll just give up this house."
"Okay."
Fang Yi didn't say anything more, took the key, got out of the car, and walked towards the villa's main gate.
He opened the door and went inside.
To be honest, the house was quite luxurious.
Perhaps because no one had lived there for a long time, the furniture was covered in dust.
He didn't rush to leave his body, but instead wandered around the house.
He looked upstairs and downstairs.
In the end, he didn't find anything unusual.
He went back downstairs.
Fang Yi was about to leave his body to see what was going on
when suddenly, he saw a little old lady sitting on the sofa.
This little old lady was dressed a bit strangely.
It was autumn, not yet that cold, yet she was wearing a floral cotton-padded jacket.
Fang Yi thought he had really seen a ghost and immediately wanted to project his consciousness to see the ghost's true form.
But unexpectedly, the old woman suddenly turned her head and smiled, saying, "Young man, this house has been uninhabited for a long time. Are you the owner? I live next door and saw the door open, so I came to see if it had been burgled."
Oh, a neighbor.
Fang Yi didn't think much of it and casually replied, "I'm not the owner of this house; I'm just back to get something for him."
"As long as it wasn't burgled, I'm relieved." The old woman said, standing up and walking outside. "Okay, if there's nothing else, I'll go back now. You continue with your work."
Then she walked out with unsteady steps.
Fang Yi only projected his consciousness after watching her leave.
He checked upstairs and downstairs.
He didn't find anything strange about the house.
Nothing wrong.
Why is it said to be haunted?
He felt something was off, so he returned his consciousness to his body.
Then, Fang Yi returned to his car.
As soon as they got in the car, Zhu Licheng eagerly asked, "Master, did you see anything?"
Fang Yi shook his head, "No."
Zhu Licheng said,
puzzled, "That's impossible, I definitely saw a ghost with my own eyes." Fang Yi chuckled, "Maybe you're hallucinating due to work stress."
Zhu Licheng said, both amused and exasperated, "If I were the only one seeing a ghost, that would be one thing, but my family, Xiao Zhang, and the neighbors have all encountered ghostly situations to varying degrees. Even the residents of the two villas next door couldn't stand it and moved away. Do you still think it's a hallucination?"
"I don't know..." Fang Yi started to say, but suddenly felt a chill down his back. "Wait, you just said the two families next door moved away?"
"Yes, what's wrong?" Zhu Licheng looked at him strangely.
Fang Yi quickly recounted what had happened with the old lady in the house.
Xiao Zhang hissed and said, "Mr. Zhu and I have been sitting in the car the whole time, we didn't see anyone come out."
Zhu Licheng also looked terrified and said, "Yes, we didn't see anyone come out, and no one lives next door, how could there be an old lady?"
What?
No one lives next door?
And neither of them saw anyone come out of the house?
Fang Yi felt a chill for the first time, thinking, "
Are there really ghosts in this world?" But he really refused to believe it, after all, he had indeed used the model constructed by the statue to observe the true appearance of this world and had not found any ghosts.
What about the old lady?
Fang Yi was still a little skeptical, "I'll go in and take another look."
This time he was determined; if he couldn't see anything by astral projection, he could simply expend more energy to use the model constructed by the replica statue to check the house again.
He wanted to see what the so-called ghost's true form was.
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