The next day, after get off work, Ge Zhu asked me to go to Dalai Restaurant.
When I went over, there was a girl sitting on the side. She looked a bit like the dead girl, but not as pretty as that girl.
We sat down to eat and I told her what we were going to do and the girl nodded.
After dinner, the girl left. I went to Ge Zhu and asked her where the girl was from.
"The city dance troupe invited me here, one hundred dollars."
Oh my god, this price is really high, one hundred yuan. At that time, I was only offered more than sixty yuan as a refiner. It was quite amazing. Even the director only made more than fifty yuan.
I looked at the finger painting again. I was still inside. It seemed that the girl still didn't believe it. I didn't let her go. I had to re-enact the scene. It seemed that I had to do it.
In the evening, we arrived at Chonggong Street. The girl came and wore the photo of the girl when she was alive as requested. Another man was brought in by the girl. Everything was explained clearly. Seeing that it was almost time, I put the candy wrapper back where I picked it up.
I saw the ghost of that girl standing not far away and watching. She wanted to see it all clearly.
It started. I was walking over there, passing the alley of Chonggong Street, and I heard a scream and a shadow. The ghost of the girl suddenly ran into the alley, and I told Ge Zhu.
"Hurry up, don't let her in, stop her."
I rushed into the alley like crazy, because Ge Zhu's voice had changed, and I knew something had happened, and it was not a small matter.
When I went in, I was stunned. There was blood all over the floor, the girl was lying there, and the boy was holding a knife.
"I killed her, I won't run away, you call the police."
The police came and took us all away. We told the truth. In the end, the boy said that he had loved this girl for a long time, but when they were about to get married, she suddenly fell in love with another boy, who was also in the dance troupe. So when he had this opportunity, he didn't think about it at the time. It was just a sudden thought and he killed her.
Ge Zhu and I are fine now, come out, she said.
"This is all our fault. The girl's ghost was killed by the boy. Her ghost has become perverted. We killed the girl.
I was dumbfounded, I didn't expect this.
"What should we do then?"
"She won't retaliate against you, but, but it's hard to say about this girl. This matter has become so troublesome, it's completely unexpected."
I had not expected this at all, so I ran to He Dana, who was sitting in the yard drinking tea.
"Godfather."
I told him what happened and he was stunned for a moment.
"I'll say less. If something like this happens again, it will irritate her. You should have scared the ghost in advance. Don't you know? Don't you know what old man Yun Zheng taught you?"
He Dana was a little angry, towards his master, not towards me.
"What should we do then?"
"Pay it back. What you owe must be paid back. This girl will be sent to the morgue tomorrow night. When the time comes, you just need to take me there. You don't have to worry about other things."
I didn't expect that as soon as one thing was settled, another one would arise. I shook my head. It seems that no matter how hard it is to guess people's hearts, you will never understand even the thoughts of ghosts.
The next day, I pushed He Dana to the crematorium. It was around nine o'clock in the evening. The eternal light in the morgue was swaying, which looked a bit scary, but I was used to it.
"Look for it."
I found the girl in freezer number 9. Her face was pale, the wound on her neck was wrapped in gauze, and she had no makeup on.
I pushed He Dana over and he took a look and said.
"Her life span has come to an end. Even if she doesn't die this way, she will die that way. The difference is only a day or so."
"How did you know that?"
"I'll teach you when I have time."
"What should we do then?"
"She herself doesn't know that her life span has come to an end. She just thinks that you and Ge Zhu have harmed her. After seven days, her ghost will come to find you or Ge Zhu. You can talk to her then. Of course, it will be useless if you talk to her. Her resentment is hard to resolve. Bring her to me then."
I pushed He Dana home and I went home, said my father.
"A murder occurred on Chonggong Street today. This seems to be the second time, right?"
"Um."
I just said "hmm" and went into the bedroom. I didn't want my father to ask more questions.
My father said this when he called me to eat.
"I'll pick up Xiaozhe tomorrow. Yunbai said he has something to do and will be out for two days."
That's a good thing.
"But there is a condition. You can't hug him. If you do, Yun Bai said that you will never see your son again. Please understand."
I didn't say anything, Yunbai, I hate you.
I really started to hate Yun Bai.
I was distracted at work, so Zhao Tie stopped me from working and made some tea, then sat aside and watched me.
It seems I have to bring up the matter of divorce with Yun Bai. No matter what, it will not benefit anyone to continue like this.
After get off work, I took some wine and food to Master Yunzheng's house. When he was drinking, I mentioned the matter of divorce. He lowered his head for a long time without moving, and finally finished the wine.
"Leave! I agree too."
"I'm sorry, Master."
"I'm sorry, it should be me and Yun Bai who should talk."
The master cried that day, and I really regretted saying this.
Yun Bai is back. I didn’t mention divorce, but Master Yun Zheng did. He knew I mentioned it, but he wouldn’t mention it.
Yunbai came to my father's house.
"Divorce is impossible unless you die or I die."
Yun Bai would not leave. This was something I had not expected. It was me who proposed it. I didn't want anything, just to let me see Xiaozhe. But she disagreed.
This nominal married life annoys me.
I went home and talked to her that day, and she said I could find someone outside, but she just didn’t want a divorce.
After she said this, I asked her why, but she didn't say anything. She just shook her head and didn't tell me.
I really couldn't figure out where the happy Yun Bai had gone, and why he suddenly became like this. It was so scary. Something that I couldn't even imagine actually happened to me.
A week later, the ghost of that girl was sitting on the couch in my father's house and I saw it when I got home.
"You come with me."
The ghost followed me and went to He Dana.
"This is what happened..."
He Dana said it, the ghost said it.
"I don't believe it. Anyway, it's because of him and Ge Zhu."
"I'll let you reincarnate in thirteen days. Is that okay?"
"No, I want this life, and this world has the one I love."
"That's impossible. Even if you come to this world, you won't have the same love as before. Everything will be new."
"No, I love him and I can't live without him."
"If you insist, there's nothing I can do. Think about it again."
"I just love him."
She was screaming, and the sound of the ghost's screaming was so harsh and unpleasant that it made people faint. He Dana couldn't stand it anymore, so he took out a stick from behind and hit the ghost. The ghost fell down immediately and then disappeared.
"You are..."
"A hit with a peach wood stick will only make her soul scatter for a few years. The ghost injury will heal in a few years. By then, she will have figured it out."
I shook my head. What is love? I don't know, but everyone will get hurt.
Master Yunzheng went home early, and Zhao Tie took over Master Yunzheng's position. I was left alone on a shift, and the manager brought someone to me the next day.
"This is your apprentice. Follow you and sign the contract."
I took a look and saw that it was a female apprentice. Not pretty, but cute.
"Find someone else. I won't accept it."
Thinking of Bai Jie makes me sad.
"There is no plan. There is no one else but you. You have to accept it. I will give you a raise."
"I won't do it even if you give me eight years old."
"Two levels, signed."
The manager held my hand and wrote my name on it, writing it in a way that I could hardly recognize it. The manager held the contract proudly.
"Her name is Xia Chun."
When I saw the girl's clothes, I knew her family was not well off. She was clutching the corner of her clothes, which showed that she was nervous. I didn't want to teach her, but I had a contract and I had no choice but to teach her. But looking at her, I softened my heart.
"Okay, get familiar with this place today, but don't walk around. Just look around the yard and then go home. I'll be there at six tomorrow morning."
Xia Chun nodded, her face flushed.
After finishing my work, I got two sets of work clothes and some supplies for Xia Chun, put them on the desk, and went to Bai Jie.
Bai Jie was doing handicrafts with her child, and she didn't recognize me. It seemed that she had forgotten me. I knew that she would forget me because she was no longer the same Bai Jie.
"Who are you looking for?"
"I'm looking for you. I'm your husband's friend. Come over and take a look. Here's fifty dollars. Take it."
"No, no, thank you."
"Here, I borrowed money from your husband. I just found out about this today, so I came to pay it back."
Bai Jie looked at me blankly.
"So much money? I didn't hear him say that either."
I left, feeling extremely sad. Bai Jie was exhausted by life and already had white hair. She was only in her twenties.
I went to the farm manager's house and told him about Bai Jie.
"That's not Bai Jie. She's not an employee of our farm. Bai Jie is dead."
"Manager, I want her to come to work in the field."
"Well, there just happens to be no makeup artist here, and no one wants to work for us. What's the big deal? I'll beg you to burn me when I die."
I know it's not easy to find people to work here. Recruiting is like seeing a ghost, no one comes.
I went to see Bai Jie the next day.
"I found a job for you. The salary is quite high. You don't have to work so hard. You can send your child to the nursery in the farm."
"Oh, what job?"
"It's not a very good job, a crematorium makeup artist."
"Will they want me?"
"I know the manager of the field. I will be a formal worker in two months."
"Then I'll go."
Bai Jie was a little excited.
I really need to do this. How will I feel when I see Bai Jie every day? I don't know, but I don't want to see her suffer so much. I can't give her money, and she can't take it even if I give it to her.
When I went to work, Xia Chun came early, cleaned the office very well and made tea.
"Your clothes and some supplies are on the office table. They are yours. The dressing room is next door. This cabinet is yours, and that table is yours."
After Xia Chun changed her clothes, I hesitated whether to bring her into the refining room, and she noticed it.
"Master, I am brave and not afraid."
I didn't expect that Xia Chun would cause me trouble on the first day he entered the refining room. (To be continued)