Just as I had driven Si Tong away in my dream, I turned around and saw Granny Wu, who had come to buy ghost money last night, standing outside the counter.
"Girl, do you sell burial clothes?"
The old woman's gaunt figure looked even more desolate in the shop where the sunlight hadn't reached yet.
"Granny Wu, this is a shop for incense and candles, not a funeral supplies store," I sat up and smiled at the old woman. "You should go to the small street behind Jishuitan Hospital if you want to buy burial clothes."
Jishuitan Hospital was the nearest hospital to our place. The small street behind it was full of shops selling burial clothes, urns and other funeral items.
"..."
Granny Wu's face was ashen. She forced a bitter smile and said, "I... I'm not familiar with the way, and I don't have any money..."
"Ask Wu Mingyu to take you there!"
I was a bit angry. I thought Wu Mingyu, as her granddaughter, had been too harsh on her grandma.
I got up and was about to get my phone from the counter.
Suddenly, I stumbled and almost hit my head on the edge of the counter. I quickly steadied myself by holding onto the countertop. My eyes fell on the glass surface of the counter. By then, the morning light had shone in, and the glass reflected Granny Wu's figure like a mirror.
She had no head.
To be exact, Granny Wu's head wasn't on her neck. It hung on her back. At the position where her head should have been, only a section of white vertebrae covered with red streaks was exposed. Blood was constantly splashing out from her neck, soaking the old woman's half - worn cotton silk shirt dark red.
I was stunned for a moment before I realized.
That was why Granny Wu had only stood outside the door last night and could only come in after I invited her!
That was why she had no money and wanted to use a helmet as collateral!
It turned out that she was already dead! She might have died in the accident caused by Wei Yuan and his hooligan gang who liked street racing...
Otherwise, how could Wei Yuan's helmet have ended up in Granny Wu's hands?
Wei Yuan and his kind, those crazy guys who sought thrill regardless of their lives, owed the old woman a life, whether they were alive or dead!
Seeing me staring fixedly at the glass counter, Granny Wu hurriedly took a few steps back to the door. "Sorry, girl. I didn't mean to scare you..."
She waved her hands repeatedly and turned around to back out.
"Granny Wu, wait!"
I quickly looked up and wanted to jump over the counter to stop her.
Unexpectedly, my arm was suddenly grabbed. Then I heard a loud shout in my ear, "Du Xinghe, who are you scaring?!"
I suddenly woke up and found that I was still lying on the chair, with my hands still outstretched. My wrists were being held by a girl.
"Wu Mingyu?!"
I frowned when I recognized the girl.
That Wu Mingyu, who claimed to be a white - collar worker in a high - class office building, was actually wearing an extremely revealing black see - through dress. The thin spaghetti straps could hardly cover her "assets". She only put on a suit jacket she got somewhere to barely cover herself.
I had seen this kind of dress and remembered it clearly!
It was the uniform for the staff on the first - floor lobby of the Noble Feast Club. I had seen it when the little ghost Si Tong took me to get the access card.
At that time, I thought those waiters were really well - endowed. They could swagger around in public in lingerie without blushing.
I never thought there was such a person right beside me!
Wu Mingyu saw the strange look in my eyes. A look of embarrassment flashed across her face. Then she grabbed my hand and dragged me up from the reclining chair, scolding, "Du Xinghe, are you so eager to make money that you've lost your mind? I thought you were my friend, but you even cheat your friends!"
"Hey! What are you talking about?!"
I struggled to free my painfully grabbed wrist and asked, "What have I cheated you of?!"
"What have I been cheated of?!"
Wu Mingyu took out her phone, flipped to the shopping list I sent her and said, "Look for yourself! The things my grandma bought: seven bundles of incense, seven stacks of yellow paper, a pair of white candles..."
The angrier she got, the louder she spoke. Finally, she slapped her brand - new Apple phone on the counter and cursed hatefully, "My grandma died in a car accident last night. You said she came to your shop to buy things just before dawn. I think you've seen a ghost!"
Wu Mingyu had always been working at the Noble Feast Club. She was out at night and slept during the day. What kind of white - collar worker in a proper office building would work such hours?!
People in our yard could more or less guess what kind of job she did, but no one was willing to expose her lies.
She received a call from the traffic police at 3:30 a.m. and was asked to go to the accident scene!
It was exactly the time when she was serving a customer. She was so angry that she was about to explode.
She was so annoyed with that old hag.
If it weren't for the ten thousand yuan from the rental of the family's farmland in her hometown that had all gone to her, she wouldn't have let that old burden live in her rented apartment!
That old woman must have been rummaging through the trash cans for scraps in the middle of the night and got hit by a car!
By the time she arrived at the accident scene, Granny Wu's body was already cold.
The driver who hit Granny Wu had been sent to the hospital. Only a mess was left at the scene.
Wu Mingyu didn't even have the time to look at her grandma. She was attracted by the un - towed motorcycle...
It was a limited - edition Dodge Tomahawk!!
The person who could ride a motorcycle worth millions must be someone of great influence.
Wu Mingyu's mind was already on the driver who hit Granny Wu. She pestered the traffic police, insisting on getting the information about the motorcycle owner.
The traffic police thought she was too sad and wanted to fight the driver. They refused to give her the information and just told her to go back and rest. They said everything would be handled by the police.
Wu Mingyu was so frustrated that she almost quarreled with the police officer.
This might be her only chance to get in touch with the wealthy. She refused to accept defeat!!
She shed tears as she got into the police car to handle the aftermath.
Others thought she was heart - broken because of her grandma's death, but only she knew that she was crying tears of joy!
Even if she couldn't get close to the rich, she would ask for sky - high compensation.
After finishing all the procedures at the police station, it was already broad daylight.
It wasn't until she was on her way home that Wu Mingyu saw the bill I sent her on WeChat.
She didn't even go home. She went straight to my shop to question me.
I wasn't going to tolerate her temper.
I reached out and patted the scratched helmet. "This was left by your grandma last night, and just now..."
I pointed to the door and said, "She was standing there, saying she wanted to buy burial clothes."
"Burial clothes?!"
Wu Mingyu was stunned for a moment and then exaggeratedly shouted, "You still want to lie to me? That old hag should have died long ago. She never even wore new clothes when she was alive. She wants to be fashionable after death? Don't even think about it!!"
"Humph."
From Wu Mingyu's words, I more or less understood why Granny Wu had come to buy things even after she became a ghost.