Chapter 1 I Was Right

I guessed right. The lowest one really was a mouth. When it spoke, I could vaguely see the teeth and tongue inside. The teeth were black, and the mouth was full of fangs. The tongue was like a snake's forked tongue.

This woman was already hard to accept when she wasn't speaking. But once she opened her mouth, even I wanted to kick her out the door.

"Master, save me!" the woman said again, and even grabbed my arm.

"Tell me what happened to you, and what specific help you're looking for from me." A customer is a customer, no matter what they look like. Since my shop is called the 'Unbiased Funeral Shop,' I have to treat all customers equally. I can't discriminate against someone for not having a face.

"My face was stolen. Please, Master, help me find it," the woman said with difficulty. Her mouth was such a strange shape that it was quite difficult for her to make sounds like a human.

I looked at the woman's face again carefully. "Are you saying that your face was originally normal, and it only became like this after encountering something evil?"

"That's right. The one who stole my face is my roommate."

A look of sorrow appeared on the woman's face, which was already distorted. It seemed like there was a long story to tell. Seeing how difficult it was for her to speak, I didn't let her continue. Instead, I led her into the shop and directly entered her request on the abacus, which surprised me once again.

"You want to get your face back, and you need to pay with thirty years of lifespan from each of your parents."

This was the first time I had encountered such a condition. Worried that I had calculated it wrong, I calculated it on the abacus several times, but it definitely showed this result. If the woman wanted her appearance to return to normal, in addition to paying me a 20,000 yuan operating fee, she also had to pay with thirty years of lifespan from each of her parents.

I had seen all kinds of bizarre prices before, but what was usually demanded was everything that the person involved owned. This kind of thing, which directly asked for the parents' lifespan, had really never happened before.

The woman's face was very strange, and there was no way to directly tell her age, but from her figure, it could be seen that she was an adult. So her parents were at least forty years old. Taking thirty years of lifespan from a forty-year-old person was basically directly killing them. Even if they didn't die immediately, there wouldn't be many years left for them.

When the woman heard the result I calculated, she wasn't very surprised. Only the color of sorrow on her distorted face was heavier, and she was so sad that she almost despaired of the entire world.

I asked the woman, "Do you want to consider it? Within three days, this condition will be the same. Whether or not to do this transaction is entirely up to you."

The woman hesitated obviously, lowered her head, and her narrow eyes stared at her toes.

"Can you give me a little discount? I, I know I shouldn't say this, but I really have difficulties." Tears fell from the woman's face, and the tears were mixed with blood, dripping down one by one.

"Sorry, the price is not set by me. Whatever the result is, that's the result. If you want to get your face back, you can only pay with thirty years of lifespan from each of your parents."

"No, I'm not talking about this. I know that these thirty years of lifespan can't be reduced. I'm talking about the 20,000 yuan operating fee. Can you charge me a little less? I, I really don't have any money. Treat it as if I'm borrowing it from you for the time being, okay? The way I look now, anyone who sees me will be scared by me. I can't go to work, I can't make money. I promise, after I return to normal, I will definitely pay you back when I earn money, double the amount," the woman shouted helplessly, saying each word so difficultly.

"You should consider it again," I said, not agreeing to the woman's request.

Sixty years of lifespan was for the evil spirits doing the work, and 20,000 yuan was for me. In terms of operating fees, I did have the right to be flexible, but I was instinctively repulsed by this business, so I didn't give her any room for flexibility.

After all, it was her parents' thirty years of lifespan, which was equivalent to taking her parents' lives. I still couldn't quite accept the idea of taking her parents' lives for her own face.

The woman didn't say anything more, turned around, and left my shop.

I was drunk for a day, and now that I'm awake, I don't want to sleep anymore. I sat in the chair, wanting to read a book, but I couldn't read it at all. My mind was full of the faceless woman just now. She successfully made me feel disturbed.

I'm not someone who gets disturbed easily. I'm not disturbed because the woman's face is gone, but because of the price that the abacus calculated.

The prices given by the abacus are indeed what evil spirits need, but the abacus won't ask for things randomly. Basically, the things calculated are related to cause and effect. Just like Zhao Tian cut off the tongues of those coffin carriers, the abacus wanted his tongue. Although I can't understand the logic of the abacus every time, there has never been a situation where there was no relationship at all for so long.

The abacus calculated that restoring the woman's face required her parents' lifespan. Could it be that the loss of her face was caused by her parents? Was it that her parents planted evil causes and got evil results? I've seen parents who favor sons over daughters and sell their daughters, but I've never seen parents who ruined their daughter's face. Moreover, if the woman's face wasn't like that from birth, it must have been caused by evil spirits. What does it have to do with her parents?

Like this, I pondered until late at night, and I didn't even close the door of the shop. The lights inside were always on, and the "Open for Business" sign was always hanging outside.

Unknowingly, it was twelve o'clock. I just looked up at the time when a gust of wind blew the shop door open, and a woman in black clothes and black hair, holding a black umbrella, stood at the door.

My heart skipped a beat. Damn it, the faceless woman is back again. But now, she's no longer human.

"Shopkeeper, now I have money. Can you take my business?" the female ghost slowly put down the umbrella in her hand, revealing that distorted face, and held out a large handful of gold ingots with both hands.

"Humans pay with money, and ghosts pay with ingots. Shopkeeper Wan, you can't refuse my business just because I'm dead, right?" The female ghost held the gold ingots and walked into my shop step by step, putting the ingots on the counter.

"You chose to die directly in order to get your face back?" I looked at the female ghost in front of me in surprise.

"Yes, with such a strange appearance, what's the difference between being alive and being dead? I know why you're not willing to help me, not because I don't have money, but because I need my parents' lives. You think it's unfilial and outrageous for me to want my parents' lives for a face, so you rejected me. But things are not what you think at all.

Don't you think I don't have the right to take my parents' thirty years of lifespan for nothing? Now I've paid for my own life as well, so I don't owe them anything, right?"

I woke up with a start, looked at the time, and it was only half past eleven. There was no female ghost in the shop. I felt a little more at ease, but I didn't dare to hesitate, and quickly chased out of the shop.

What I just experienced was indeed a dream, but if I don't do anything, that dream will soon become reality.