Right after my interview ended, a call from Wei Yuan brought me a truly terrifying piece of news.
Song Yixuan wasn't sent to my new place by him!!
I had been artificially led into a mental blind spot. The anxiety in my heart almost made me lose the ability to make a calm judgment. The feeling of being watched made me feel as if there were thorns on my back.
"Ring, ring, ring..."
The phone rang again.
My hands were holding the compass, so I had to answer with the Bluetooth earpiece.
"Hey! Enough already!!" I roared.
I originally thought it was Wei Yuan calling persistently again, but the other person hesitated for a moment and said, "Excuse me, is this Miss Du Xinghe?"
It wasn't Wei Yuan. It was a strange man's voice.
"Uh... Who are you?"
I immediately became vigilant.
"I'm the HR from Hanyu Planning. You came for an interview for the executive department today..."
The voice on the other end sounded very mature and steady. "We think you're quite suitable for this job. When can you start work?"
I was stunned for a moment...
What? I passed just like that?
At that time, I just saw that this company was located in the Haiyue Building and that the job requirements were barely within my reach, so I casually submitted my resume.
Actually, I just wanted an opportunity to get into the Haiyue Building.
"... I can start work at any time!"
I was just worrying about how to sneak into the building again to find Du Wenzhong's trace, and this company just gave me the opportunity to clock in for work there every day legitimately!
"Tomorrow is the weekend..." The other person pondered for a moment and then said, "Please come to work on Monday morning."
"Thank you."
As long as I have the company's access card, I'm sure I can rescue my grandfather's soul in the shortest possible time!
I put away the phone and the compass. After a brief thought, I decided to go back immediately to pack my things and flee again.
It was obvious that the room was no longer safe. Whether Song Yixuan was sent there by Si Jiangchen or not, I couldn't stay there any longer.
When I got back to the small street behind the hospital, it was already noon.
The sun was baking everything in the sky, and the cicadas on the street trees were chirping noisily, which annoyed me.
The noodle restaurant run by the landlady was still bustling with customers. I casually found a seat in the corner and ordered a bowl of noodles.
"Miss Du."
The landlady came out from behind the cash register. Holding her phone with a look of disbelief on her face, she sat opposite me. "That damned 'playboy' got his comeuppance!"
"Really?"
I glanced at the phone she pushed in front of me. The entertainment news on it reported that the newly - rising singer Song Yixuan, who had emerged from a talent show, had fallen off the stage during a rehearsal for a road - show event and injured his lumbar spine. All his current performances and meet - and - greets had been temporarily suspended. They were looking forward to his early recovery and return to the stage, etc.
"That scumbag. Why didn't he end up with a high - level paraplegia... 'Early recovery'... "
The landlady spat on the ground and cursed angrily, "Humph! It would be better if he became paralyzed soon!"
"He fell in the Lvyuan Apartment."
I poured myself a cup of tea and took a sip. "He was pushed off the third floor by Wang Yingxiu."
"Ah?!"
The landlady looked shocked.
The crisis - public relations team of Taoran Media, where Song Yixuan worked, was extremely powerful. Song Yixuan had sneaked out at night to meet an ordinary person and had been seriously injured. If this news got out, it would definitely have a great negative impact on the company's reputation.
So, they must have spent a lot of money and used various means to suppress this incident.
Even the landlady, who lived on the same street, hadn't heard a single word about it!
"Yingxiu, she... she saw him?!"
The landlady knew how much her daughter had loved Song Yixuan. She would even want to see this heartless man again even if she were a ghost. How could they turn against each other?
"Yes, she also learned about the situation when she fell from the building."
After thinking for a while, I decided to tell the landlady the truth. "It was Song Yixuan who pushed her off the building."
"He pushed Yingxiu?!!!"
The landlady was so shocked that she almost jumped out of her chair. "I... I just knew my daughter wouldn't be so disobedient as to jump out of the window to escape... It was that scumbag who killed her. It wasn't my fault! Yingxiu won't blame me for locking the door and not letting her out, right!"
As she said this, a look of remorse flashed across her face. Then she clenched her fists tightly and said, "I'm going to call the police! I'll send that scumbag to jail and make him pay with his life for Yingxiu!!"
I gave her a cold look and shook my head. "Don't talk nonsense. Do you have any evidence to arrest Song Yixuan now? Besides, Wang Yingxiu is going to have a ghost marriage with him."
"What ghost marriage?! It's too good for that scumbag!"
The landlady cursed angrily. But then, a look of venomous hatred flashed across her face. "But it's also good for Yingxiu to haunt him for the rest of his life! Let him have no descendants. I hope he'll die a miserable death!"
As we were talking, the waiter brought the noodles.
"Landlady, could you please go to my room and get my backpack for me... and the moon - white porcelain jar on the bedside table?"
I casually mixed the noodles and said to the landlady, "I want to arrange the ghost marriage today to avoid any more troubles."
"Sure! !"
Hearing that I was so concerned about Wang Yingxiu's matter, the landlady immediately stood up. "You just stay here and eat. I'll go get the things for you right away!"
"Okay, thank you."
After thinking for a while, I said to her again, "No matter who asks you about my whereabouts, don't tell them. Those people might be from Song Yixuan's company and they'll affect my plans."
"Understood!! I understand! I won't say a word!"
The landlady raised her eyebrows. "People associated with Song Yixuan can't be good!"
...
The landlady gave the waiter a few instructions and then left the restaurant.
Today's call from Wei Yuan made me realize that I had been as naive as an idiot. I thought I had hidden myself thoroughly, but in fact, I had left traces everywhere.
There wasn't anything valuable in my luggage. Only the soul - storage jar containing A Jian and the porcelain bottle containing the female ghost were the most important things to me!
For safety's sake, I had already put Wang Yingxiu into the soul bottle and was just waiting for an opportunity to find Song Yixuan again.
As long as the landlady could bring these three things out for me, I could abandon everything else.
My phone kept vibrating. Wei Yuan's WeChat messages and voice calls were bombarding me one after another.
[Du Xinghe, answer the phone!]
[You're going back on your word, aren't you? Didn't you say you'd exorcise the ghost for me? That ghost has been haunting me every day!]
[Where are you! I'll come pick you up!!]
[Song Yixuan is already paralyzed. Don't you want to go and see him?]
Looking at the messages flashing on my phone, I had an urge to block Wei Yuan. But his last message made my heart skip a beat.
I'm afraid I still need his help if I want to see Song Yixuan again!
[Have you found the female ghost's family?]
I sent this message on WeChat, and Wei Yuan immediately replied.
[What do you mean? Why do we need to find them?]
[The female ghost is lingering because no one has performed a Buddhist rite to release her soul, so she's been haunting you!]
I remembered that Wei Yuan had forgotten his experience when his soul left his body, so I had to remind him again.
[When you've fully recovered and can travel long - distance, we'll go to the female ghost's hometown together.]
[I've already recovered. I can go at any time!!]
Along with the text message, Wei Yuan's voice call came in...