FV CH 15

Ghost baby

Chapter 15: “He keeps laughing and crying.”

It was taboo to drop the coffin on the ground, and there were whispers all around.

The eight coffin bearers sweated profusely and replaced new ropes, but when eight people carried the coffin together, they could not lift it.

The discussion in the funeral procession became louder and louder. Some people scolded the coffin bearers for only collecting money and not doing anything. A young coffin bearer was impatient and retorted to the sarcastic person on the side, “You come and carry it! See if you can lift such a heavy thing—”

Before he could finish his complaint, he was stopped by the older coffin bearer.

When carrying a coffin, it is taboo to say such words like “heavy”

The older coffin bearer said something to the eldest brother of the Lu family. The eldest brother of the Lu family looked very ugly. He found eight young and strong people from the funeral procession, a total of sixteen people to carry the coffin.

This time, after lifting it up and walking a few steps, the rope broke again.

The muffled sound of “bang” hit everyone’s hearts. The people who came to help carry the coffin were frightened and refused to help anymore.

In the end, the Lu family had no choice but to give up the traditional local method of carrying a coffin for burial, and found someone to carry the coffin into a funeral car and drive it all the way to the funeral parlor for cremation.

Tang Ning was sitting in the accompanying motorcade and secretly called Boss Hao to tell him about the abnormality of the funeral. Boss Hao comforted Tang Ning with a few words and told Tang Ning to accompany him all the way and pick up a handful of earth^[1] from Lu Yingxing’s grave after the burial, in order to resolve this disaster.

Tang Ning nodded desperately, but in the middle of nodding, he realized that Boss Hao couldn’t see him, so he lowered his voice and whispered in response.

Before Lu Yingxing’s body was sent for cremation, everyone could say goodbye to Lu Yingxing in the farewell hall. Tang Ning, like everyone else, stood in the farewell hall filled with wreaths. The atmosphere in the farewell hall was filled with sorrow and joy, and the atmosphere was solemn and sad.

For some reason, Tang Ning always felt like someone was looking at him. He turned around and looked at the people around him. Everyone was wearing black clothes and looked up at the photo of the deceased with expressionless or sad expressions. No one was looking at Tang Ning.

However, the feeling of being noticed became more and more intense, as strong as a ray of light on his back, which made Tang Ning extremely uneasy. He suspected that he was nervous and kept taking deep breaths to calm down.

After a while, Tangning got used to the creepy feeling of uneasiness. Like everyone around him, he raised his head and looked at the black and white photo of Lu Yingxing’s body.

In the photo, Lu Yingxing showed no expression. He looked directly at Tang Ning with his dark eyes. He was wearing a formal suit. He lost the informal temperament in Tang Ning’s impression and looked as cold as a different person.

Looking at this portrait surrounded by white chrysanthemums, Tang Ning felt as if he was in another world.

When the mourning was finally over, the staff removed Lu Yingxing’s body for cremation. Tang Ning breathed a sigh of relief, but the feeling of being stared at before turning around and leaving still lingered.

Tang Ning couldn’t help but turn around and didn’t see anyone staring at him. There was only Lu Yingxing’s photo hanging behind him.

He must have been nervous during this period, which is why he was so suspicious. Tang Ning shook his head and walked to the left side of the hall. When he was about to leave, Tang Ning looked back unexpectedly.

Under the cold light, he saw Lu Yingxing’s eyes in the photo moved to the left and met his gaze.

Tang Ning’s muscles tensed up in an instant. He suspected that he was being deceived. He rubbed his eyes and looked at the photo of the deceased again. Lu Yingxing’s eyes returned to the center.

It was indeed an illusion.

Tang Ning stepped out of the threshold, and a cold gaze crawled up Tang Ning’s back like a poisonous snake. Tang Ning told himself not to think so wildly, but he couldn’t help but look back—

He saw Lu Yingxing on the portrait slowly parting his lips and giving him a weird smile!

At that moment, a shuddering cold surged from the soles of his feet to his head. Tang Ning’s scalp exploded and he broke into a cold sweat on the spot!

Tang Ning ran out of the farewell hall in a panic, trying to get rid of the portrait. He ran to a place where the portrait could not be seen, shivering, took out his mobile phone and called Boss Hao. After hearing his breathless plea for help, Boss Hao calmly said, “It’s okay. As long as you worship him as I said, there won’t be any problems.”

After receiving Boss Hao’s assurance, Tang Ning managed to calm down.

Next, Tang Ning and the funeral procession took Lu Yingxing’s urn to the cemetery. The cemetery was very close to the villa area. When climbing the mountain, Tang Ning kept Boss Hao’s instructions in mind and turned back every seven steps. After Lu Yingxing was buried, Tang Ning wanted to get a handful of soil from the grave. However, the current cemetery was too well-maintained and was surrounded by ceramic tiles. The only place where soil could be obtained was the place where green plants were planted next to the tomb.

Because to get the soil, you have to wait for everyone to leave.

Tang Ning waited for almost an hour. Everyone else left one after another, but Lu Junchi was still standing in front of the tomb.

Lu Junchi looked even more haggard than yesterday, and the green and black stubble that popped out had not been cleaned up. He was wearing a black suit, black tie, and black leather shoes. The oppressive black color was sinking from beginning to end, and his whole person was filled with deep sorrow.

“Tang Ning.” Lu Junchi looked at Lu Yingxing’s tomb and said slowly, “I don’t know if Yingxing has told you some things. I don’t think he has. Although he seems to be a man who doesn’t keeps his mouth shut, but he keeps some secrets better than anyone else.”

Tangning was a little confused.

“During the time when you and Ying Xing were quarreling, Ying Xing encountered a series of strange things. He would hear strange women crying when he slept at night. This sound could not be isolated even if he wore earplugs and noise-canceling headphones. It seemed to be ringing in his mind.”

“When he was in the elevator, the elevator door opened and closed for no reason, and then he heard the elevator overload prompt.”

“He was taking a shower in the bathroom, and the water coming out of the shower was red. He is a boy with short hair, but the pipes at home are often blocked by long black hair.”

“They are probably ordinary little things in life. When he told me about it at first, I thought he was being talkative again. After all, you know that he is always out of shape.”

“Then one time I went to look for him at the place where he rented a house, and I saw his hands squeezing his own neck. He looked like he wanted to strangle himself to death.” Lu Junchi said in a low voice, “Tang Ning, do you think it’s weird or not? How could a person strangle himself to death?”

Tang Ning stared blankly at Lu Junchi. Lu Junchi’s next words sent shivers down his spine: “But he almost died in front of me like that.”

“I took him to the hospital for a check-up, but it didn’t work. Then I found some experts, but it was of no use. Then Ying Xing broke up with you on the phone. I looked at the phone call he made, and his voice was smiling at you the whole time, but do you know?”

“He was laughing and crying.”

Tang Ning was stunned. As Lu Junzhi narrated, a chill of death could be heard from the words. The portrait with a weird smile in the farewell hall seemed to appear in front of his eyes. If that portrait could shed blood and tears, it must also look like he was smiling and crying.

Lu Junchi continued, “Ying Xing told me that he didn’t want to get you involved in such a weird thing.”

“Then some time passed, maybe because the new master was so powerful that he got rid of these things. Unfortunately, you got a new boyfriend at that time, and your fate with him was cut off.”

“I have no purpose in telling you these things. People are dead, dust returns to dust, dirt returns to dirt. I just don’t want his feelings for you to be buried in the soil like dust.”

After Lu Junchi said this, he turned and left, leaving Tang Ning alone in the cemetery.

The wind blew through the empty cemetery, letting out a faint whimper. Even in broad daylight, Tang Ning felt a refreshing chill.

Is Lu Yingxing’s obsession his?
So you won’t leave even if you die?

Tang Ning was extremely flustered, not to mention that the next thing he had to do was collect soil from the grave.

If he were “Tang Ning” in the dungeon, he might be moved by her ex-boyfriend’s affection, but Tang Ning had no feelings for Lu Yingxing. What he felt most was guilt. He suddenly learned of so much affection, and felt that these friendships were so heavy that he couldn’t breathe.

“I, I will definitely burn more paper for you in the future.” Tang Ning said in a panic, lowering his voice. He muttered some words of apology, then opened his handbag and took out a small shovel and a plastic bag. Then he secretly retrieved the soil like a thief. The moment he retrieved the soil, the feeling of being stared at spread throughout his body again.

Tang Ning knew that Lu Yingxing’s photo was also posted on the tombstone.

Is Lu Yingxing also looking at him sideways in this photo? Is there a weird smile on the pale face? Will the photos shed tears of blood?

Tang Ning didn’t want to think about this, but the more he let himself think about it, the more thoughts he started to think about it uncontrollably.

The hand holding the shovel was shaking like crazy, shaking so much that the soil spilled out. Tang Ning didn’t dare to look at Lu Yingxing on the tombstone. He gritted his teeth and quickly took some soil, then closed the bag, picked up the bag and left quickly.

Tang Ning’s messy footsteps echoed in the dead silence of the cemetery.
Swish swish swish.
Swish, swish.

As they were walking, the sound of footsteps suddenly became strange. It seemed that there was an extra person walking behind Tang Ning.

A gust of cool wind blew across Tang Ning’s neck. It was so cold that it could blow through the flesh and into the bones. Tang Ning shivered. He changed from walking to running. He heard his own rapid footsteps, bang bang, bang bang, bang bang. After his running footsteps, there was another shadowy voice.

That thing started running too!

The soles of Tang Ning’s feet were cold, as if something was stepping on Tang Ning’s heels with every step.

what to do? what to do!

His heartbeat kept accelerating, so fast that it seemed to jump out of Tang Ning’s chest. Tang Ning was almost out of breath. His legs were as heavy as lead. As his speed slowed down, the cold feeling approached from his heels and spread like a tide, catching up with Tang Ning’s body bit by bit.

It was an extremely familiar feeling, just like when I went to the community to find Lao Liu and he jumped up the stairs with Lu Yingxing’s body on his back. It was just as cold and bone-chilling as it was now.

With his vision blurred by cold sweat, Tang Ning saw an old man walking out of the forest next to the cemetery. It was an old man wearing a Chinese tunic suit. He shouted at him with a straight face, “No running around in the cemetery!”

When the old man appeared, the coldness receded like a tide. Tang Ning stopped, feeling dizzy and almost collapsed to the ground.

The old man walked up to Tang Ning, stretched out his hand and patted Tang Ning’s shoulders.

Tang Ning originally had little strength, but after being patted a few times by the old man, his energy perked up and he seemed to come back to life. He heard the old man in front of him say coldly, “Next time, run slower, don’t let your soul escape!”

This was an old man who seemed inhumane, but Tang Ning felt that he was the kindest old man in the world at this moment. He quickly said, “Grandpa, can I go down the mountain with you?”

The old man nodded.

Tang Ning and the other party walked down the mountain side by side. He found that the old man’s legs and feet were very neat and he walked as fast as flying. The moment he reached the exit of the cemetery, the old man stopped.

Tang Ning was stunned for a moment, then turned around and saw the old man turning towards the cemetery, “Aren’t you going out with me?”

The old man said seriously, “I am the tombkeeper here.”