I never expected that there would be a lovelorn woman in the rented apartment.
Even after death, she was still waiting for her man.
I rented this haunted house just to save some money, so I had to bear the consequences.
Finding someone wasn't that difficult...
But soon, I realized how naive my thought was.
I couldn't even meet this man named Song Yixuan because he was a celebrity!
A popular idol, which was called an "idol" in internet slang.
This kind of person was always on the move with a packed schedule. I was just a jobless vagrant. It was impossible for me to even get close to him, let alone invite him to this shabby little apartment!
"How did your daughter end up dating a celebrity?"
I ordered a bowl of beef noodles at the noodle shop and asked the landlady while eating.
The landlady sighed and then cursed through gritted teeth, "Song Yixuan is not a good guy! He used to go to the same school as my Yingxiu! I should have let that son of a bitch starve to death!!"
The landlady wasn't from Beijing.
She was from Sichuan Province. Her husband's family name was Wang. Her husband died early, and she had been living with her daughter Wang Yingxiu ever since.
Wang Yingxiu studied hard and was admitted to a university in Beijing.
The landlady simply followed her daughter to Beijing and opened this noodle shop.
Song Yixuan was also from Sichuan Province. He lived in a basement in Beijing as a drifter. When he had no money, he would come to the landlady's noodle shop to eat on credit. By chance, he saw Wang Yingxiu who came back during the holidays to help out. Whether it was for a long - term free meal or he really fell in love at first sight, the two started dating secretly behind the landlady's back.
Because of his good looks, Song Yixuan was spotted by a talent show when he was performing as a resident singer in a bar. Later, he spent hundreds of thousands of yuan to buy a ranking and then successfully signed a contract with an entertainment company. Overnight, he became a star with thousands of fans.
Most of the money for buying the ranking was taken out from home by Wang Yingxiu.
What happened next, as told by the landlady, was just like the story of a modern - day Chen Shimei.
Song Yixuan got Wang Yingxiu pregnant and then abandoned her. He not only didn't pay back the money but also left her. Wang Yingxiu wanted to go find that heartless man, but the landlady locked her at home. Unexpectedly, Wang Yingxiu slipped and fell at home, which caused a miscarriage and heavy bleeding. By the time the landlady got back, she was already gone.
"You killed your daughter and your grandchild."
I stuffed the last bite of noodles into my mouth and glanced at the landlady.
I was a vengeful person. I hadn't taken revenge on her for tricking me into the haunted house where her daughter died.
"How could it be me? It was clearly that son of a bitch Song Yixuan!"
The landlady was about to say something else, but I had already stood up, grabbed the phone beside me, and walked out of the shop.
I had inquired and found out that the entertainment company Song Yixuan had signed with was the newly - popular Taoran Media.
This company started by hosting talent shows. It not only stood out on TV and the internet, but the contestants under it were also extremely popular. Even a nobody like Song Yixuan was frequently participating in various activities.
Taoran Media was exactly the problematic company that Si Jiangchen had warned Wei Yuan about.
Since the Ruiyin Venture Capital of the Wei family was in the process of negotiating an investment, it shouldn't be too difficult for Wei Yuan, the playboy, to meet the artists of Taoran Media...
I stood in the shade of a tree on the small street and sent a message to Wei Yuan on WeChat.
[Are you out of the hospital?]
I had replaced my phone with a new number and a new WeChat account. When I exported the contacts, I blocked all of Si Jiangchen's contact information.
Now there was only Wei Yuan's number in my phone, which made me feel extremely secure.
Soon, Wei Yuan replied on WeChat.
[No, I'm still under observation. How did you know I'm in the hospital?]
Sure enough, my spell had worked. Wei Yuan had forgotten what had happened when his soul left his body.
[Can you help me meet someone? I want to meet Song Yixuan from Taoran Media.]
As soon as I sent the message, there was an immediate reply.
[Are you a fan of his?]
[Yes!]
I only replied with one word.
Wei Yuan seemed a bit anxious. [What about my situation? I almost got drowned by a ghost in the bathtub!]
[What are you afraid of? As long as you're willing to perform a requiem for her, she'll be grateful to you!]
I typed the words slowly.
Wei Yuan was a playboy and the only male heir of the Wei family in this generation. He would probably need some time to recover from this accident.
Fortunately, I had already taken the ghost with me, so she wouldn't try to kill him during this period.
[How can I perform a requiem for her?]
Wei Yuan had completely forgotten the solution we had agreed on before. It was just right. I could negotiate the terms again.
[First, help me meet Song Yixuan.]
After sending the WeChat message, I immediately added another sentence. [I want a private meeting, not some fan - meet event.]
[…]
After a string of ellipses, Wei Yuan still agreed to my request.
The ability of a playboy was truly remarkable. Less than half an hour later, Wei Yuan gave me a definite answer. Song Yixuan had been promoting a coffee brand recently. He would be staying in a reserved room at the Chaoyang Hyatt City tonight.
Wei Yuan had already arranged for his assistant to contact Song Yixuan's agent, and I could meet him.
"Do you need me to send a driver to pick you up?"
Wei Yuan found WeChat troublesome, so he simply called me.
"No, I don't live in the courtyard house anymore."
I didn't want to expose my current address, so I politely declined his offer. "I'll just take the subway there tonight."
"Okay."
Wei Yuan was silent for a moment on the other end of the phone. Just when I was about to hang up, he suddenly said, "Si Jiangchen came to visit me today and asked about you."
My hand trembled, and I almost dropped the phone.
"Did... did you say anything?"
I realized that I had really developed a phobia of that guy. Even hearing his name made my heart pound wildly.
"How could I even bother with him!"
Wei Yuan seemed to sense my alienation from Si Jiangchen, and there was a hint of pleasure in his voice. "He even tried to force me to tell him your new contact information. I asked my mom to drive him out!"
"Don't you ever tell him!!"
I grabbed the phone tightly in a hurry. "You're the only one in my phone book."
So focused on the fear of being tracked by Si Jiangchen, I didn't notice how ambiguous my tone was at this moment.
"Don't worry. I don't need you to remind me."
Wei Yuan took a deep breath and swore to me, "I won't let that bastard find you!"
At noon, I didn't eat at the landlady's shop. Instead, I went to the Hyatt City early.
This was one of the busiest commercial areas in Beijing, filled with luxury brands. It had been bustling with customers since it opened.
But I had never been here to shop.
Because my family was in the business related to the underworld. All our money was either donated to the merit box or spent on the offering hall.
I never went to large shopping areas like this because in order to make money, these places would surely set up large feng - shui formations to attract wealth and people when they were first built. Once you were there, you would feel dazed as if the colorful world was blinding your eyes, and many of your desires would be magnified.
The shopping mall made a fortune every day, and the customers satisfied their desires.
It seemed like a win - win situation, but the Hyatt City I came to today seemed to have set up the feng - shui formation too greedily!
Because in this bustling shopping mall, I saw a ghost!