Chapter 16: Did You See a Ghost?

“Of course, it’s true.”

Lin Xi turned around, “However, you need to pay more.”

Sun Tianlong asked, “How much?”

Lin Xi held up five fingers, “Five hundred.”

Sun Tianlong nodded frantically, “Okay, okay, no problem.”

Seeing them leave, the grandpas and grandmas quickly asked, “Master, will you be back?”

Lin Xi waved her hand, “Wait ten minutes for me.”

They came to a relatively dark place.

Sun Tianlong became increasingly afraid, trembling constantly.

Although he was about to see his father, his father had become a ghost.

The thought of seeing a ghost terrified him.

Lin Xi took out a white bowl, filled it with water, and placed it on the ground.

Then, she took out three chopsticks and handed them to Sun Tianlong.

Lin Xi said, “Use the chopsticks to stand vertically in the water and keep calling your father’s name; when the chopsticks stand up, you’ll be able to see your father.”

Sun Tianlong trembled even more, stammering, “Master, I, I, I’ll go by myself…”

“Hurry up.” Lin Xi gave him a push.

Separated by yin and yang, this was the simplest way to allow the living to meet the dead.

Other methods weren’t impossible, but they cost more.

Sun Tianlong trembled and kept chanting, “Dad, Dad, I’m Tianlong, Dad, Dad…”

With trembling hands, he took a deep breath and inserted the chopsticks into the water.

Miraculously, the chopsticks stood upright.

Suddenly, a pale face appeared in the water, two dark eyes staring straight at him.

Sun Tianlong’s voice trembled with fright, “Dad, Dad… is that you?”

Sun Rui glared at him, “Sun Tianlong, it’s fine if you kowtow and burn paper for others, but I’ve called you several times to come and recognize my grave, and you just wouldn’t come!”

“Dad, I’m sorry; I didn’t know that was you.”

Sun Tianlong apologized frantically.

Woo woo woo, he was so miserable.

Which normal person would think that their father would send a dream asking them to recognize his grave?

Sun Tianlong pretended to be calm, “Dad, I’ll go back to my hometown to find a better place for you.”

Sun Rui said, “No need to be so troublesome; just clean the weeds around my grave and plug the hole where the water is coming out; I don’t want to move after all these years.”

“Okay, okay.” Sun Tianlong was a little puzzled, “Dad, why haven’t you been reincarnated all these years?”

Sun Rui angrily shouted, “That’s none of your business; hurry back to your hometown; go straight up the mountain; at the fork in the road, turn left, then right, then left again; there’s a peach tree in front of the grave.”

Sun Tianlong nodded, “Okay, Dad.”

As soon as the words fell, the three chopsticks fell, and the face in the bowl disappeared.

Sun Tianlong sat down on the ground, almost knocking over the bowl.

He was extremely frightened, “I’m sorry, Master; I almost broke your treasure.”

“It’s okay.”

Lin Xi put away the bowl and left, “Actually, this is just an ordinary plastic bowl.”

This bowl was the one she used to eat porridge this morning; unexpectedly, it came in handy.

Sun Tianlong wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at Lin Xi’s back, feeling emotional, “Master, your skills are truly profound.”

Lin Xi returned to her stall and continued to tell fortunes.

She then handled five more ordinary problems: studies, marriage, family, etc.

Lin Xi raised her hand, “Last reading; I’ll pack up after this.”

“Master, I, I, I, I need your help.”

Liu Yang gave her the fortune-telling fee and swallowed his saliva, “Master, I suspect my house is unclean.”

Lin Xi looked him over, “Did you see a ghost? Or dream of a ghost?”

“Neither.” Liu Yang frowned, “I’ve been extremely unlucky recently; I step in dog poop when I go out, bird poop falls from the sky, and I even choke when I drink water.”

“Yesterday, I even fell at home.” He showed the bruised wound on his leg, “Master, look, my leg is bruised from the fall.”

Liu Yang lowered his voice, “Master, did an unlucky ghost come to my house, causing me to be so unlucky?”

Lin Xi shook her head, “You don’t have the yin energy of a ghost; it’s not a ghost doing this.”

Liu Yang’s eyes widened, “Impossible.”

The onlookers thought, here it comes, another person shouting “impossible,” who will be slapped in the face by the master.

“Young man, you have to believe the master.”

“The master is never wrong.”

The grandpas and grandmas had become Lin Xi’s fans, constantly praising her.

Liu Yang didn’t have time for others; he continued to speak.

“Master, not just me, my mom, my dad, and even my mother-in-law and father-in-law have been very unlucky recently.”

“My mom accidentally twisted her waist, and my dad broke his arm; they’re both in the hospital. My mother-in-law and father-in-law are fine, but the chickens at home died mysteriously.”

“And my wife and unborn child…”

Remembering this, Liu Yang’s eyes welled up.

“Xiao Man and I have been married for five years and haven’t had a child. Two months ago, Xiao Man got pregnant, and both families were very happy; we made various preparations for the upcoming child.”

“Xiao Man quit her job to focus on taking care of the pregnancy.”

“But, Xiao Man suddenly had a miscarriage at home and is still in the hospital recovering.”

Liu Yang swore, “Master, if it’s not a ghost, then someone is deliberately harming our family.”

Lin Xi discovered the problem, “You, your wife, your father and mother, your mother-in-law and father-in-law, all live in the same house?”

Liu Yang honestly replied, “After Xiao Man got pregnant, my mom and dad came to take care of her; my mother-in-law and father-in-law brought some eggs to see her and stayed overnight.”

Lin Xi frowned, “The problem is your house.”

Liu Yang stammered, “Impossible, I bought this house three years ago, and there were no problems before.”

Lin Xi explained, “Your father-in-law and mother-in-law only stayed for one night; their problems are the least severe. The longer someone stays in that house, the more serious the problem becomes; your wife’s problem is the most serious.”

“It’s probably a problem with the feng shui of your house; you probably offended something; the simplest way is to give up that house and move somewhere else.”

Liu Yang’s heart skipped a beat, “Master, you must save me.”

He had worked for so many years and finally established himself in Di Jing and bought this house.

Three years ago, they moved into the new house, and the whole family was very happy.

Now, asking him to give up this house was like killing him.

Liu Yang asked, “Master, is there any other way?”

“Of course, there is.” Lin Xi said lightly, “I’ll go to your house to check the layout, figure out what’s wrong with your house, and adjust the feng shui.”

“Thank you, Master, thank you, Master.” Liu Yang quickly expressed his gratitude, “Master, as long as you solve this problem, I’m willing to pay whatever it takes.”

Lin Xi stood up, “Let’s go; you’re the last reading; after checking the feng shui, I’ll go home for dinner.”

“Okay, okay.”

Liu Yang drove over to take the master to his house to check the feng shui, hoping for a good result.

…

At Antique Street, Dedao Hall.

Qian Fugui stared out the door, “Where are they? Tell me, where did everyone go?”

The blond young man said weakly, “They’re all over there.”

“This little girl has some skills!” Qian Fugui cursed, “Where did the person I asked you to find last time die?”

The blond young man touched the wound on his head, “Master Qian, Wu De said he had an epiphany, and then beat me up, warning me not to disturb that person.”

“He also said he changed his name; don’t call him Wu De anymore; call him Wu Qide.”

Qian Fugui scolded, “Useless! You’re all useless!”

The blond young man suggested, “Should we send someone to destroy her stall?”

“Go to hell!”

Qian Fugui kicked him on the butt, “The Art of War says that in this situation, one should remain unchanged to respond to all changes; wait for that little girl to expose herself, and we’ll reap the benefits.”

The blond young man gave a thumbs-up, smiling obsequiously.

“Master Qian is brilliant.”