Hearing Mo Ting mention his girlfriend helped with the cleaning, I gave a wry smile.
"What girlfriend? I'm a lone wolf!"
After saying that, I put on my clothes and walked out of the room.
Mo Ting didn't believe me at all.
"Brother Qin, you're too modest. You didn't clean, and you don't have a girlfriend helping you clean. It's impossible that the landlord cleaned for you, right? There isn't even dust in the corners."
After speaking, Mo Ting looked at me with a strange smile.
"Stop pretending. When can I meet your girlfriend? And can you introduce me to one of your friends?"
Looking at Mo Ting's strange smile, I felt a chill down my spine.
When I used to get home from work, I was either busy cooking or practicing cultivation. I never paid attention to this. Now that Mo Ting mentioned it, I felt something was off. The cleanliness of the room was indeed a bit too much. It was as if a major cleaning had just been completed. Combined with Mo Ting's mention of a "girlfriend," it made me involuntarily think of what happened at the beginning of the month when I was bothered by a ghost, and Aunt Wang said a woman in white followed me into the house. And that mysterious thin blanket that was draped over me. Qing Dai? The name flashed in my mind. Could it really be her? The guardian female ghost who had been protecting me from the shadows for twenty years? My destined "benefactor"? The more I thought about it, the more likely it seemed. Otherwise, I couldn't find any other explanation. It's impossible that the old landlord simply liked me and quietly cleaned for me every day after I left for work. Thinking about it, even I didn't believe it. If not, there could only be one answer. Qing Dai. Not only had she been protecting me from the shadows, but she had also been quietly taking care of my life. If this were true, I really couldn't imagine what kind of connection or fate I had with this female ghost to make her help me and care for me so much? Mo Ting beside me suddenly saw my strange expression and waved his hand in front of my eyes.
"What's wrong? Did you break up? Thinking about sad things?"
I rolled my eyes.
"Break up my ass, we never even started! Let's go to the neighbor's."
Although I had a guess in my heart, I couldn't be 100% sure. However, the most important thing right now was to deal with Wang Qin's matter and handle that ghost child. This kid Mo Ting seemed quite nosy. Seeing me change the subject, he thought he had guessed correctly. He even embellished it himself, thinking that something had happened between me and my girlfriend, a quarrel or a conflict, and I just wasn't admitting it now...
We arrived at Uncle Wang and Aunt Wang's house. Wang Qin was sitting on the sofa, drinking ginger soup at the moment. When Uncle Wang and Aunt Wang saw us enter, they immediately asked us to sit on the sofa and poured us tea. Wang Qin's emotions had stabilized a lot, so I didn't hesitate and got straight to the point.
"Sister Qin, you can rest assured now. We can definitely help you send away that ghost child. We guarantee your safety and that of your family. But you must tell us the basic situation of that ghost child and some of the bizarre things your family has encountered in detail, so that we can formulate a plan to help you."
I said seriously. Mo Ting next to me nodded repeatedly. Wang Qin's eyes still held fear, and her hands trembled slightly. She took a sip of the ginger soup and then began to speak.
"Okay, okay! That, that ghost child, was, was invited back by my husband, my husband..."
Wang Qin began to tell me and Mo Ting everything she knew, what she had experienced, and why she was chased to Shuanghu Park tonight. The earlier content was similar to what Uncle Wang had said. The reason for everything was that her husband had a physiological deficiency. So he went and invited a little ghost to worship. He said this child was a "Three Lives Spirit Infant." All one had to do was kneel and pray for what they wanted. However, every month, blood had to be fed to the golden statue... But in the years since they invited it back, it had basically granted every wish. However, after each request, while the wish would be granted, a greater price would be paid accordingly. For example, one time, her husband asked the ghost child for a raise. The next month, he really got a raise. But with the raise, the entire family fell ill and had to be hospitalized. They spent tens of thousands of yuan, and the people were tormented to the point of near death. Such things were very common in their lives. The greater the request, the heavier the price paid. Furthermore, the bad consequences would easily manifest in her child. Her three-year-old child was already covered in scars and constantly sick. Especially every month, on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, blood had to be fed to the "Three Lives Spirit Infant." And once the blood was fed, it could not be stopped. If they stopped, their entire family would be wiped out. But in the past year, the amount of blood fed each month began to increase. She and her husband had already developed severe anemia, to the point of feeling dizzy even when walking quickly. Wang Qin knew that continuing like this was not an option; they would eventually be drained of blood by that thing. So she wanted her husband to send away the golden statue of the "Three Lives Spirit Infant." But the result was not only that it wasn't sent away, but it also brought a car accident upon their family. After the car accident, the golden statue of the "Three Lives Spirit Infant" reappeared in the house. Their family could only kneel and beg for forgiveness. As a result, as soon as it got dark, the ghost child appeared. It said Wang Qin wanted to harm him and demanded that Wang Qin cut off her own hands as punishment. Wang Qin was terrified. No matter how much she called out to her husband by the bedside, he wouldn't wake up. Seeing that Wang Qin wouldn't move, the ghost child picked up a knife and prepared to do it himself. Wang Qin then used an incense burner bought from a temple to smash the ghost child's head. This completely enraged the ghost child, who declared he would kill her. Wang Qin could only run away, with the ghost child chasing her from behind. It chased her all the way to Shuanghu Park. Finally, by the lake, the ghost child, perhaps tired of playing, pushed Wang Qin into the lake, intending to drown her. Later, Mo Ting and I arrived and witnessed the scene, thus saving Wang Qin's life...