Resurrection Takeaway

Speaking of which, this is the first time I’ve seen a young girl delivering food.

After working overtime today, I came home and was craving for ribs but was too lazy to cook, so I simply opened a food delivery app. There was a rib rice restaurant not far from me, which had very good reviews, saying that the ribs were cooked just right and the portion was large enough to fill you up. So I ordered a rib meal and waited to see if it would bring me any surprises.

I didn’t expect that half an hour later, this surprise actually came from the food delivery rider——

Why is it a young girl delivering the takeaway?

The girl had a fair complexion and a thin figure. She was wearing a floral dress that looked a bit old and very retro.

Should it be delivered by the merchant?

I paid more attention to the girl. Unfortunately, she looked cold and said nothing. She just handed me the takeaway and left.

It turns out to be a cool and cool style…

I shook my head and sat on the sofa watching Go Fighting while eating my takeaway. When I was almost done, I suddenly heard two sobs beside me.

I lowered my head and saw my golden retriever, Ah Huang, lying there drooling and looking at me eagerly.

“It’s for you!”

I was both angry and amused, and threw the last two ribs to it. When I turned around to clean up the garbage, I found there was a doll in the takeaway bag.

It was a carp doll, as long as an index finger, black in color, with only a pair of pale white eyes.

I picked it up and felt a very slippery feel, as if it would slip out of my hands in the next second.

This feeling made me feel very disgusted, and I quickly threw it back into the bag with disgust.

I don’t like fish.

Or maybe it’s fear. Every time I see those lifeless eyes and wet bodies, I stay away from them.

MD, why do you give away carp dolls with your pork ribs takeout?

unlucky!

I cursed as I put the takeout bag in the kitchen, grabbed a few cans of beer and went back to continue watching, then went to bed drunk.

“Why……”

I couldn’t tell how long I slept when a hoarse voice suddenly popped up in my mind.

It’s like… someone is speaking in your ear.

what why?

Dreaming? I subconsciously reached for the water cup on the bedside table, waved my hand, but caught nothing.

I was a little annoyed, so I stretched out my hand and unexpectedly touched something very unfamiliar. It felt cold and slippery at my fingertips.

Holy shit! What the hell?

I was startled and quickly retracted my hand, turned on the bedside lamp, and turned my head to look at the place where I had just reached out.

A fish.

The carp doll was lying on the bedside table, staring at me with its lifeless eyes.

I swallowed.

I threw it back into the takeaway bag, didn’t I?

I endured the headache from drinking, got up and went to the kitchen, only to find that the takeaway bag had inexplicably fallen to the ground, with soup spilled all over the floor.

Did I accidentally knock it over because I was drunk?

But there’s no reason to dig out that carp doll, right?

I turned around in confusion and saw Ah Huang standing at the bedroom door, looking at me pitifully.

“Ah Huang, don’t rummage through the garbage next time!”

I cursed it and went back to bed.

2

I work as a content director at a new media company.

The main focus is the emotions between men and women and creating explosive content, which can be said to be a job of trying to figure out and play with people’s hearts.

After a day’s work, I returned home exhausted both physically and mentally, and I thought about the pork ribs takeaway from yesterday.

I don’t know if I will meet that girl today. Should I seize the opportunity to get out of being single as soon as possible?

Thinking of this, I placed another order for the pork ribs meal.

Speaking of which, I have been having a lot of romantic luck recently: these few days, every time I go to the company, a girl from which department always prepares a bowl of soy milk and fried dough sticks for me.

Unfortunately, I don’t really want to find a girlfriend in the company.

But the girl from yesterday, although a little cold, her looks and figure are exactly my ideal type…

Half an hour later, she was the one delivering the takeaway again.

This time, she handed me the takeaway and I decisively grabbed her hand.

It was very cold, so cold that I was stunned for a moment.

Then I pretended to be a gentleman and said: Hello, can you please leave your contact information?

The girl panicked and tried to break free from my hand, but her movements seemed a little uncoordinated.

I also knew that I was a bit abrupt, so I let go of her hand. Just as I was about to say something, the girl shook her head and ran away with her head down.

Isn’t this too embarrassing?

I sighed, ate the takeaway with little interest, checked Weibo for a while, and then went to bed.

Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, the hoarse voice appeared again!

“Why……”

Half asleep and half awake, I heard the voice again and swallowed.

Because I remembered the strange things that happened yesterday, I didn’t even open my eyes and tried to continue sleeping.

“Why……”

Then the voice appeared again.

I even felt like someone was talking to me face to face, and I could almost feel the breath coming towards my face.

My whole body was hot and itchy.

Maybe it was my subconscious mind at work, but the oncoming breath seemed more real.

This can’t go on any longer.

I closed my eyes, made full mental preparation, tensed my whole body, clenched my fists, and suddenly opened my eyes.

A fish.

That familiar carp doll actually lay directly on my pillow!

It’s even close to me face to face!

What the hell! What the hell… Whose prank is this?

I ran to the living room in a panic and dialed the merchant’s number.

“What the hell is going on with your shitty doll?”

“Hello, who are you?”

“801, Building 8, Mingjing Community. I ordered takeout from you for two days!”

“Oh, I remember that. But… my family doesn’t give dolls as gifts?”

“You’re talking nonsense! Do you want me to show it to you? And your delivery guy is also creepy, trying to scare me!”

“The takeaway was delivered by my nephew, is there any problem?”

“Damn it! Is your nephew a transvestite? A grown man wearing women’s clothes to deliver food?”

“Excuse me, please wait a moment…”

There was a conversation in dialect coming from the other end of the phone.

“By the way, was it your girlfriend who put it there? My nephew said that both times your girlfriend was downstairs getting takeout.”

What? Girlfriend? Where the hell do I get a girlfriend?

For a moment, I thought of the girl in the long skirt, and then I remembered that the boss said that the takeaway food these two days was delivered by his nephew.

So, did that girl deliberately wait for the takeaway downstairs of my house and then deliver it to me? Or was she the girl who ordered breakfast for me?

Is she secretly in love with me?

Is there such a secret crush?!

3

After dawn, I lost my doll and went to the company to look for it all day, but I couldn’t find the girl who ordered takeout for me.

When I got home from get off work, I deliberately walked around downstairs a few more times, but still didn’t see any suspicious girls.

I sighed, feeling that she might not bother me anymore, and turned to go upstairs.

As a result, when I opened the door, my heart was lifted again.

The door didn’t open, it seemed like it was blocked by something.

I took a deep breath, leaned against the door, and pushed it open with all my strength.

I used the briefcase as a weapon and just as I stepped into the room, I felt my foot hit something. I looked down and got goose bumps all over my body!

Behind the door, there was a pile of carp dolls as densely packed as a small hill!

I even smelled a strong fishy smell!

That girl came to my house?

What the hell does she want to do?

I carefully checked the living room, bedroom, and bathroom, and even lay on the ground looking for unfamiliar footprints, but I didn’t find any traces of the girl.

Except for the stench that permeated the house.

So where does the smell come from?

I opened the window in confusion, hoping to get some fresh air.

The moment the sound of traffic rushed into the house, I finally realized something was wrong.

The room was so quiet.

I slowly turned around and looked around the room, calling Ah Huang’s name.

There was no sign of Ah Huang in any corner.

I stood in the living room and had a bad thought in my mind.

Inside the silent house, I looked at the pile of carp dolls at the door.

My scalp tingled, but I still mustered up the courage to pick up the hanger and approach the pile of dolls. However, after just a few scrambles, my heart almost stopped.

Buried under the doll is my Ah Huang.

It accompanied me through three years of my working life as a corporate slave.

Now, its skin has been stripped off and it is buried in the fish school, covered in blood. It has died long ago.

Heartache and fear surged up in me, and I stepped back tremblingly. Suddenly, I felt a sharp pain in my ankle. Maybe I was tripped by the chair, and my body fell backwards uncontrollably.

I immediately put my hands up to protect the back of my head.

As a result, the expected pain did not come.

I didn’t fall.

I was actually supported by someone.

Cold sweat soaked my back, and I didn’t even dare to look back. I only dared to look down tremblingly.

There were only two wet handprints left on my waist.

I turned around suddenly and found the room was empty.

I couldn’t help but tremble all over.

That girl, has been in my house all the time?

4

Can’t stay in this house for another second!

I picked up Ah Huang’s body, rushed out of the house, ran to the nearest park, and buried Ah Huang with great pain.

This is the park it has visited most times and is its second home.

Then, I went to the supermarket to buy a paper cutter, went out, hailed a taxi, and told the address of the pork chop shop.

When I arrived, a middle-aged boss was pulling down the roller shutter.

I rushed to the boss, pressed the paper cutter against his abdomen, and yelled hysterically, “Tell me! What’s wrong with that woman?”

The boss was so frightened that he stammered, “You are…”

“I called you yesterday!”

“…Ah, I told you, the meal was sent by my nephew!”

“Fuck! I’m talking about that woman! What does she have to do with you?”

“Brother! My nephew is only in high school. He must be innocent with your girlfriend. I guarantee it for him!”

What the hell? You’re innocent?

If you promise for him, why don’t you die for my dog?

I was so angry at my boss that I choked and was about to continue asking questions, but he kicked me hard in the stomach, allowing him to break free and run away.

Seeing my boss riding on his electric bike, I rushed over and grabbed him: “If you don’t explain clearly, don’t even think about running away!”

“Brother, can you two please not involve me in your quarrel?”

“Who the hell is married to that woman?”

“But your girlfriend has been laughing behind your back…”

I was stunned and the middle-aged man found an opportunity to drive away.

I turned around slowly, and my lonely figure was reflected on the glass door of the store.

So what did he mean?

That woman, right behind me?

5

After wandering on the street until after ten o’clock, I decided to go to the nearest police station to call the police.

As I was walking through a quiet shortcut in the park, I suddenly heard a hoarse voice shouting:

“Young man, you’ve got something dirty!”

I turned around and saw a middle-aged Taoist priest packing up his stall and waving at me.

I was stunned: “What do you mean?”

“You can just call me Taoist Zhang.” Taoist Zhang came forward, looked me over, shook his head and said, “You should know it very well, why don’t you tell me about it.”

I was a little suspicious, but I still told him about the strange things that happened in the past two days.

Taoist Master Zhang frowned as he listened to me, then asked carefully, “Do you feel any discomfort in your cervical spine?”

I was stunned and thought to myself, yes, that’s true, but isn’t this just a common problem among office workers?

Is this old Deng setting a trap for me?

Taoist Zhang looked at me, smiled bitterly and said, “It seems so. You don’t have to be suspicious. Feel the back of your neck carefully to see if there is any wound.”

I stared at him, but my hands involuntarily touched his back.

There’s nothing unusual.

After all, who wouldn’t notice that they were injured?

I frowned and was about to ignore him and turn away when I felt a sharp pain in my back.

To be precise, what I just touched was the protruding bone of the cervical vertebrae behind my neck.

There actually appeared a thin wound there, as if it had been cut by a sharp blade. Only when you rub it carefully can you feel the uneven texture of the skin.

I panicked a little and tried to pry open the wound, and instantly felt a sharp pain.

This wound has not healed yet! I don’t even know how deep it is!

I moved my hands tremblingly downwards slowly.

The wound had actually spread to one-third of the back!

I looked at Taoist Zhang and spoke with difficulty: “What is going on?”

“Your dog saved your life.”

“What’s the meaning?”

Taoist Priest Zhang looked at me with pity and said:

“That thing, she wants to skin you alive.”

6

“In ancient times, the executioner would make an incision on the back of the prisoner’s neck, following the spine down to the coccyx. This incision would make skinning easier.”

In the park, Taoist Master Zhang carefully explained to me the origin of the wound.

“So…why did she come to me?”

“Yes, there are few ghosts in this world who create trouble out of nothing, but only you can understand the reason.”

After Master Zhang finished speaking, he hesitated to continue.

Seeing this, I wisely handed all the cash to Taoist Zhang and said anxiously, “Master Zhang, you have to help me!”

After Taoist Zhang took the money, he took out a bag of medicine powder from the cloth bag.

“This is Yin-removing powder. Take it three times a day. It will be enough to keep you safe today and tomorrow. I’ll contact you about the rest.”

I took the so-called Yin-removing powder, thanked him repeatedly, said goodbye to the Taoist priest, and hurried back home, intent on studying this packet of medicinal powder with the scent of jasmine.

Although I was still a little skeptical, on the one hand, Taoist Priest Zhang did seem to have some abilities, and on the other hand, I had had enough of the strange things that had happened in the past two days, so I simply followed Taoist Priest’s instructions, divided the drink into three portions, and drank it mixed with water.

Thankfully, I did get a good night’s sleep that night.

When I woke up the next day, I hesitated and decided to take a leave.

I must find out as soon as possible why the female ghost came to me?

First of all, I basically parted ways amicably with my ex-girlfriends, and I have been single for a long time now, so it is definitely not a debt of love.

Secondly, I have become more and more smooth over the years. I have never offended anyone, let alone killed anyone.

So, why did you choose me?

Until dark, I had looked through all the QQ, WeChat, and even company groups from high school to the present, but I didn’t find any girl who had any conflicts with me.

After quickly making a bowl of noodles, I set my sights on high school.

My memories of that time are too vague, but I still have a few childhood friends and I can ask them about it.

I did what I said. I looked up Xiao Zhangqing’s phone number and dialed it.

As a result, the person who answered the phone was Zhang Qing’s mother.

I greeted him and asked in confusion, “Where’s Zhang Qing?”

The aunt was silent for a moment, then said, “Zhang Qing has passed away.”

“What?” I was stunned. “When? Why?”

“This March.”

That was two months ago.

I was a little dazed. After comforting my aunt for a few words, I realized that she didn’t answer my question.

“Auntie,” I pressed, “So, how did Zhang Qing die?”

“Xiaoshan, don’t ask anymore. The police said it can’t be made public yet.”

“It can’t be made public? What is this? Is this a criminal case?”

I was full of questions, but my aunt begged me not to ask any more questions and then hung up the phone.

What kind of death would prevent relatives from making it public?

I angrily called several other childhood friends, ready to ask them if they knew about this and why they hid it from me.

As a result, the phone number of the second childhood friend Sun Xin has been deactivated.

The third one is Yu Xuezhi, shutdown.

The fourth one was from Li Yuanlin. This time the call went through, but it was Li Yuanlin’s mother who answered.

I was overwhelmed with an inexplicable fear and asked in a trembling voice, “Auntie, why did you answer the phone?”

“Xiaoshan, Yuanlin passed away.”

7

At night, I sat on the sofa in a daze.

Since I made those phone calls, I have gradually found the contact information of the parents of two childhood friends who had lost contact.

Sun Xin and Yu Xuezhi have also passed away.

These are my four best friends from childhood.

After junior high school, we left our hometowns. Some went to the provincial capital, and some moved to the south.

Now, without exception, they have all died one after another within two years, and the details of the cases have not been made public.

I didn’t have time to feel sad, so I found a policeman friend to inquire about the news. After confirming my relationship with several of the dead, my friend finally agreed.

He looked through the electronic files and then sighed over the phone, “No wonder, this is a really bad case.”

My friend paused and said, “All four of the victims were skinned to death.”

I unconsciously clenched my phone.

“Okay, thank you.”

I hung up the phone and looked out the window at the dark night, my face vaguely reflected in the window.

I found myself laughing.

I couldn’t tell whether it was a bitter smile or a grim smile.

That female ghost not only came after me, she wanted to kill all the children from that year.

She has been eyeing me for a long time! And she has no intention of letting me go!

After figuring out what was going on, I dug out all the tape and gauze I had at home and spent two hours wrapping myself up tightly.

Then before going to bed, he took the medicine powder given by Taoist Zhang.

I looked at myself in the mirror and raised my middle finger to the air. I didn’t know if the female ghost was still in the room and whether she could see me.

But since this female ghost is haunting me, and since she has brutally killed my childhood friend.

No matter what deep hatred she had in her life, there is no room for me to compromise now!

I raised my middle finger, sneered at the empty bedroom in the mirror and said, “Don’t be too proud too soon. I won’t die that easily.”

Fuck you！

8

I slept until noon.

I don’t know if it’s because of Taoist Zhang’s powder or because the little ghost is also afraid of bad people.

All in all, I woke up refreshed and feeling like I had won a battle.

I got up triumphantly, picked up the water cup on the table, and just after taking a sip of water, I felt a stinging pain in my lips, burning like a cramp.

I hurried to the bathroom to see what happened to my lip.

The bathroom mirror reflected my ridiculous mummy appearance and my terrified face.

The skin on my upper and lower lips has been peeled off.

I looked at my bloodshot lips and forced myself to suppress the fear that was surging in my body.

I know this is just the beginning. As long as I don’t die, my fight with the female ghost will never end.

Coming out of the bathroom, I noticed that the familiar carp doll was placed on my bedside again.

Still coming? Don’t you think it’s old-fashioned?

I walked over, picked up the carp doll silently, and stared at it for a long time.

It’s still just as gross.

I lit the lighter, burned the carp doll, and threw it into the toilet.

Then, I took out a pen and paper and started doing something.

I drew a picture that listed the relationships between me and several of my childhood friends. I still had to figure out who we had offended.

Unfortunately, I had not been in touch with them for a long time, and our relationship only lasted until college.

Due to this limitation, I can only list the information of each of my childhood friends’ ex-girlfriends, and even my female classmates from college.

Things have come to a standstill.

Just like before, I didn’t find out which girl they had offended.

This was not a solution, so I dug out Taoist Zhang’s phone number and called him.

Taoist Master Zhang told me that he was not ready yet.

After hearing that the powder was no longer effective, he taught me to draw a few talismans with chicken blood and stick them on the door.

I did as I was told and pasted talismans all over the door.

For the rest of the time, I sat on the sofa with a sullen face, staring at the door.

I want to see how powerful she is.

God will not let down those who work hard.

At three o’clock in the morning, my eyelids began to droop and the door rang.

Knock knock.

Knock knock.

I suddenly became alert, but I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t know if the talisman had worked. The female ghost was using force before she treated me with courtesy?

Boom, boom, boom.

The knocking on the door was continuous and the rhythm was clear. I seemed to see a girl behind the door, knocking on it expressionlessly.

However, does this mean that she really can’t get in?

Suddenly, I became bolder, especially when I thought of my wounded body. I became more and more fearful and shouted, “Stop knocking!”

Then, I plucked up my courage and walked to the door, took a deep breath, and prepared to look through the peephole of the door to see if it was the girl who delivered the takeaway that day.

The girl with the retro dress, cold skin and dead expression.

I put my eyes to the cat’s eyes, but found that I could not see anything.

Instead, the corridor was dark, with only one scarlet light left.

Strange, who is knocking on the door? And how is he knocking on the door?

I stared at the cat’s eye, moving my eyeballs vigorously, trying to change the angle up, down, left and right.

But except for that light bulb, everything else was dark.

Not only that, the circuit doesn’t seem to be in good condition either, it keeps flickering every few seconds.

Boom, boom, boom.

The knocking on the door hasn’t stopped yet.

MD, is it just a soul?

I was so angry that I put my hand on the door handle, but suddenly I realized something.

From the angle of the peephole, you shouldn’t be able to see the lights hanging on the ceiling of the corridor.

I lay back down in the cat’s eye again.

It was dark all around, with a scarlet light in the middle.

wrong.

That’s not a lamp.

It was a scarlet eye.

The female ghost was sticking her head close to the cat’s eye and looking at me.

My heart skipped a beat and I turned around hastily. Then, I couldn’t move at all.

At some point, a skinned head appeared behind him, and only a pair of empty eyes could be made out.

He was facing me, only a palm’s length away.

9

I collapsed directly to the ground.

How did this guy get in?

A body with all its skin peeled off stood in front of me, with muscles, fat, and even some black blood lipids hanging on it, just like the most disgusting zombie in a plasma film.

The sudden fear caused me to feel so uncomfortable that I actually vomited all over the floor.

Boom, boom, boom.

Behind the door, the knocks continued, and a feeling of despair like a tsunami spread through my heart.

“It’s me, Xiaoshan.” At the same time, the bloody corpse in front of him also made a voice.

Xiaoshan is what my childhood friends called me.

I suddenly recognized that this was Zhang Qing’s voice.

Those childhood friends were named Zhang Qing, Li Yuanlin, Sun Xin, and Yu Xuezhi.

When I heard the familiar voice, I instantly regained a bit of my sanity.

I spoke with difficulty, almost pleading, “Zhang Qing?”

Only then did I realize that my voice had become extremely hoarse.

Zhang Qing’s bloody corpse nodded and stepped back a few steps, giving me space to stand up.

“Fuck…”

However, there were three bloody corpses standing behind Zhang Qing!

One was standing in front of the window, one was standing next to the sofa, and another was walking out of the bedroom.

They are clearly human-shaped, but each one exudes the smell of death, like the broken dolls in a shopping mall, weird and scary.

At this moment, they were all staring at me, without saying a word.

I realized that they might all be my childhood friends who had died, so I asked, “Who…killed you? I will avenge you!”

In the end, they didn’t respond, but walked towards me with uncoordinated steps, like clay statues without skeletons that were about to melt. Some fell and crawled towards me, leaving a pool of blood on the floor.

Until it surrounded me.

I was at a loss, beads of sweat the size of beans dripping from my forehead.

At this time, Zhang Qing’s blood corpse spoke again: “Xiaoshan, why are you not dead?”

What?

For a moment, I didn’t know how to answer, and the four bloody corpses didn’t give me any room to answer.

Zhang Qing’s words were like an order. As soon as he finished speaking, the four bloody corpses immediately pounced on me.

In my sight, everywhere I looked, there were bloody hands.

A bloody hand came towards me, carrying the smell of decay and foul-smelling flesh, and covered my mouth tightly.

I just reached out to move the bloody hand away, and I felt a sharp pain in my thigh again.

The bloody corpse lying on the ground bit me hard.

My legs went limp and I was pinned to the ground by several pairs of bloody hands.

Then, I don’t know which bloody corpse’s hand reached into my back.

It touched the stitched wound on the back of my neck, broke the threads, and violently ripped the wound open.

“ah!!!”

The severe pain hit me in an instant and I let out a scream.

I recalled what Taoist Zhang had told me about the torture of skinning.

So am I going to have to endure this kind of torture next?

As soon as this thought came to my mind, I wanted to commit suicide!

Unfortunately, I was restrained, my face pressed tightly against the floor, pain emanating from my entire body, and I could see nothing but the stench of decay. I had no time to even think about resisting.

“Woof!”

Just when I was about to lose consciousness, I heard a familiar voice.

The force acting on me seemed to be a little smaller.

I looked up in a trance and found Ah Huang leaping out of the window.

“Woof woof!”

It pounced on the bloody corpse and kept biting it.

I saw the blood corpse trying its best to shake it off. Even though it was thrown far away, it still quickly pounced on another blood corpse.

I had some space to breathe, so I climbed up, picked up the stool beside the table and smashed it at the bloody corpse closest to me!

Bang!

My palms trembled, but I endured the pain, picked up the stool, and smashed it at anything bloody in my sight.

“Woof woof woof!”

The barking of dogs, knocking on the door, and the dull thump of chairs banging mixed together, and I could no longer hear any other sounds.

My vision is becoming blurry and my strength is gradually fading.

I swung the chair again, but missed and fell heavily to the ground.

It was only then that I realized that the bloody corpse was gone, the lively Ah Huang was also gone, and the incessant knocking on the door had stopped.

Only the severe pain in my back, the blood on the floor, and the messy and damaged walls and furniture told me that everything that just happened was real.

I came to my senses, and before I could even congratulate myself for surviving the disaster, I smelled a fragrance in the room.

Following the smell to the kitchen, I found a head lying in a pot without fire.

That was Ah Huang’s head that I buried with my own hands.

There is still fresh soil on it.

It saved me once with its life, then turned into a soul and died together with those bloody corpses.

It may never appear again.

Maybe, I will go to another world to see it soon.

Perhaps, there is another possibility. It is in another world, watching its master defeat the female ghost and live well.

If it was the latter, it would definitely stick out its tongue and smile foolishly like it did before.

In the pot, Ah Huang’s empty eyes were still staring at me.

Suddenly, I felt like some clues were connected.

Unfortunately, the feeling was fleeting and I was unable to capture it.

I can only wait until dawn and go to the hospital for another bandage.

10

After the bandage, I took a nap in the hospital. It was already afternoon.

Taoist Zhang was lucky to have fulfilled his mission, and it may also be due to my continuous transfer of funds today, and he finally delivered some of the magic weapons he mentioned as promised.

When we got home, he introduced to me one by one, such as incense, sticky rice, and talismans, which are all basic magic weapons to ward off evil spirits. In addition, Taoist Zhang also brought a group of magic weapons specifically for female ghosts, all of which are the things that female ghosts are most afraid of.

Some debris from wood struck by lightning are sprinkled at the door to prevent female ghosts from entering.

Placing a child’s hair or a rooster’s comb in the house can ward off evil spirits and also frighten female ghosts into appearing.

Finally, there is a mirror facing the sky.

According to Taoist Zhang, as long as you shine the light on the female ghost, she will retreat.

“If you still can’t solve it, you can stay with me for a few days.”

Taoist Priest Zhang seemed very satisfied with the layout of the house. After explaining everything, he collected the money and left.

I was left alone, standing in the room in silence.

Today I recharged my account and bought some items, so I am considered a RMB player. There is no reason why I cannot have a real fight with that female ghost!

So until midnight, I was fully focused and waiting for the female ghost to arrive.

It was soon three o’clock in the morning. I suddenly felt the temperature in the house drop sharply. Realizing that the female ghost was coming, I immediately looked at the door nervously.

As a result, the female ghost did not knock on the door this time.

Squeak.

The door opened by itself.

There was an extra footprint among the debris of lightning-struck wood on the ground.

Not too big, not too small, and wet.

Then, another one, and another one…

The ghost is walking towards me!

However, the female ghost did not show up, and was still walking on the debris of some damn lightning-struck wood as if nothing had happened!

Bastard…that Taoist Priest Zhang is simply a liar!

How could it be possible that just drawing a few talismans would give me the power of a god? I’m afraid the female ghost didn’t come in yesterday because she was just teasing me!

So, humans still can’t fight against ghosts and gods, right?

I’m desperate.

But I didn’t want to give up the life that Ah Huang saved me, so with the last glimmer of hope, I picked up the Chaotian mirror and shone it in the direction of the female ghost.

But the footprints on the ground are still moving towards me step by step.

it’s useless.

It’s all useless.

Seeing the female ghost coming in front of me, I wailed and used all my strength to smash the mirror forward. Then a strong force grabbed my arm and fixed me in place. No matter how I struggled, I could not escape.

Suddenly, I felt a piercing pain in my fingers.

I looked to my left hand in horror.

My nails were pulled out by a female ghost.

Although I couldn’t see the ghost girl’s appearance, I could feel that she was lowering her head and carefully peeling off my skin starting from the wound on her nails.

The tearing pain gradually spread along the wound on his left hand.

I could only lean against the wall helplessly, watching the thin skin on my left index finger being peeled off inch by inch.

Seeing that the skin of the index finger had been completely peeled off, the nail of the ring finger was pulled out by a strong force!

“What the hell—!”

This time, the piercing pain once again aroused my desire to resist.

Even though the female ghost was still holding me tightly, I still used all my strength to pull my hand free and ran out the door!

In an instant, a long strip of skin on my left hand from the ring finger to the forearm was torn off!

Thanks to this, I also felt the force that was holding my arm disappear.

I felt like I was reborn and ran out in a hurry.

I ran to the door, turned around to take a look, and suddenly my legs went weak.

The mirror that I threw on the table reflected the appearance of the “female ghost”.

She was skinny, wearing a wet white dress, and her pale face was covered with corpse spots. Although she looked a bit like the young girl delivering food I had seen before, she was completely different.

——She only has short, messy hair, “she” is a man!

This is a male ghost!

In the mirror, I could see he was still smiling evilly at me.

“Why……”

I finally heard what he said in person, and it was the same hoarse voice that I had heard over the past two days.

Without time to think, I pinched my thigh and rushed out of the building almost crazily.

11

When I went back to the hospital, I was given anesthesia and pushed into the operating room.

I was lying on the operating table, illuminated by the strong light of the operating lamp, and I could only close my eyes. The effect of the anesthetic also came, and my consciousness became groggy.

In the last moments of my coma, I finally remembered the most important thing.

In the small county town where I lived as a child, there was a boy whose every move was like a girl.

Now I know that it’s called gender identity disorder.

But the kids back then didn’t understand anything.

Although the boy was very quiet and kind, he was like an outlier among the local boys. My childhood friends always ganged up on him and bullied him.

One winter, they stripped the boy of his clothes, forced him to wear a tattered flowery skirt, and then threw him into the frozen river.

In the cold winter in the north, several boys stood on the river bank and laughed, while the boy in the flowery skirt could only helplessly flutter in the frozen river. After that, the boy disappeared and his mother went crazy.

The childhood friends never mentioned what happened that day. Perhaps only the carp in the river knew the truth.

Now I finally understand that it was that boy who came back for revenge.

Why……

I also understand that what he said should be –

Why, bullying me?

12

The next day, Taoist Master Zhang also came to the hospital and I told him everything.

“What about you?” After listening to this, Taoist Master Zhang asked with a complicated look, “What about you? What were you doing at that time?”

I sighed and said, “I couldn’t bear to watch it, so I ran back home.”

“Understood……”

“Master, what should I do? I am innocent!”

I placed all my hopes on Taoist Zhang. After all, everything that happened yesterday proved that Taoist Zhang misjudged the gender of the ghost because he believed me, but the mirror facing the sky was at least effective.

“Try to apologize. Think about the bullying he suffered before and what he wants.” Master Zhang said this and asked me, “Didn’t he give you any hints?”

I thought hard and finally remembered the carp doll that appeared strange at the beginning.

That’s right!

Whenever he comes over, he always brings something!

The first and second times, they were both carp dolls. The third time, there were piles of carp dolls. The fourth time, it was my beloved dog Ah Huang, which I had already buried.

This is the clue that flashed in my mind that day but I didn’t grasp it!

A clue that connects these events together!

I excitedly told Taoist Zhang about this discovery, but found that his face changed.

“This is the Rebirth Curse…” He looked at me, his face turning pale.

I had a bad feeling: “What is the Reincarnation Curse?”

“The food and dolls that the ghost gave you are actually offerings for the seventh day. According to legend, after a wandering ghost finds a target, it will offer seven days of offerings to the target, and then after a ritual, it can use the target’s body to revive from the dead.”

Then, Taoist Master Zhang frowned and said, “It’s very strange. Since you didn’t do anything to me back then, why did they use such a vicious spell on you?”

“…How should I know?”

I looked directly at Taoist Zhang and it took me a long time before I said this.

Actually, I know.

That winter, I really didn’t do anything.

But I was the boss of those childhood friends, and it was me who ordered them to put skirts on boys.

It was only natural for the boy to seek revenge on me.

However, I didn’t tell these things to Taoist Zhang. After all, I couldn’t tell what Taoist Zhang’s character was. If he was a kind-hearted person, he might want to take me away for the male ghost first.

At this moment, I suddenly remembered that the reason I ordered takeout for the second time was because I mistakenly thought that my romantic luck was at its peak.

That mysterious girl who ordered takeout for me for two consecutive days, if “she” is also the male ghost…

Two days of breakfast, three days of carp, and one day of Ahuang.

I quickly told Master Zhang about this concern.

After hearing this, he said solemnly, “He didn’t succeed yesterday, so today may be the last day.”

13

Saving my life was the most important thing, so I refused to be hospitalized and followed Taoist Master Zhang back to his Taoist temple on the mountain.

On the way, I bought generous tributes, just hoping that the other party would let me go.

Although I know that this will have little effect, after all, the other party has made up his mind to take away my body from the beginning.

Left arm, back, lips…

There was almost no good place on my body, and I was enduring pain almost every minute and every second.

Fortunately, after we got to the mountain, Taoist Priest Zhang kept me company and told me some ghost stories from time to time, which helped distract me.

In the side room of this Taoist temple, Taoist Master Zhang hung many mirrors facing the sky. Apart from that, there was only an eight-person table and a few benches. We gathered around the table and listened to Taoist Master Zhang’s chat.

He told me that ghosts are actually neither good nor bad, and once they have a source of revenge, they will usually continue to do evil. He also told me that you can’t reason with ghosts, and you need a strong fist to beat them. After a long and eloquent speech, he once again sold me his ancestral copper coin sword, which cost 100,000 yuan.

I felt like crying but had no tears, thinking that even at this time, this old man still wanted to make money from me.

Soon, it was three o’clock in the morning.

“It’s coming.” Taoist Master Zhang said to me with a serious expression.

I immediately placed the skirt and the offerings on the table, lit the incense, and knelt on the ground devoutly.

“That day, they were the ones who did it. If you recall, you’ll know that I wasn’t involved…”

“Come to think of it, I have forgotten your name, but I know it is not your fault. It was a tragedy caused by prejudice due to the times…”

“Actually, I remember you were very kind! You definitely didn’t want to kill innocent people, right? At that time, when we were filling the ant hole with water, it was you who stepped forward to stop us. That was the first time you shouted at us, and it scared us…”

“This is the skirt I bought for you. It’s very pretty. I hope…”

I kept talking about random things until Taoist Zhang coughed. I looked up and noticed that he had come.

The mirrors in the room reflected a white figure, who was staring at me. I didn’t know how long he had been there.

I took a deep breath and was about to continue speaking when I noticed the male ghost slowly walking towards me.

“Why……”

“Why……”

“Why… do you want to bully me…”

The male ghost finally uttered a complete sentence, but it sounded aggrieved and crying.

For a moment, I was at a loss for what to do and could only observe him through the mirror.

The male ghost suddenly stopped where he was and stopped walking towards me.

I seemed to see again the little boy who was isolated and ridiculed many years ago. He was like this at that time, standing outside the crowd.

I don’t know why, but I always feel that he doesn’t want to hurt me at this moment.

“I won’t bully you anymore! And them! You’ve done enough!”

I saw a glimmer of hope and hurriedly shouted at him.

In the mirror, the male ghost raised his hand and made a gesture of wiping tears.

Then he turned around and faced away from me.

I felt relieved, and my tense body suddenly relaxed. However, at this moment, I felt a sharp pain in the back of my head.

I turned around slowly and saw Taoist Master Zhang standing there with a cold face, but his words were not directed to me. He said,

“Come back, son.”

His eyes were fixed on the male ghost behind me.

“Why are you always disobedient?”

14

I fell to the ground, my head was in a fog, and I no longer had the strength to get up.

Taoist Priest Zhang cast some spells and nimbly “sealed” the male ghost next to the Eight Immortals Table.

Normally, it looked like just a few talismans were pasted on the Eight Immortals Table, but through the Heavenly Mirror, one could see that the male ghost was trying to dodge in panic, but Taoist Zhang skillfully covered his head with the talisman.

At that moment the male ghost could no longer struggle. Then, Taoist Zhang lifted me up and placed me on the Eight Immortals Table.

I was no longer able to speak and could only look at Taoist Zhang with a questioning look.

Taoist Priest Zhang first took out a box of medical supplies, then looked at me coldly and said, “I am his father.”

I was stunned.

This is something I never thought of.

This is the worst case scenario I’ve heard.

I wanted to argue, but Taoist Zhang had already picked up the scalpel and moved it towards my face.

“After getting married, I devoted myself to the pursuit of Taoism, abandoned my family and children, and delved into the study of immortal arts. But no Taoist temple took me in, and some even slandered me as a heretic.”

Taoist Master Zhang spoke lightly of the past while operating the scalpel and slowly cutting off my ear.

The pain overwhelmed my consciousness but could not inspire the little strength I had left.

Even though I was full of resentment and anger, I could only let them do whatever they wanted.

“I had no choice but to go home, but I learned about this tragic case. Do you know? My son died unjustly, and his soul could only linger on that frozen river. In order to avenge him, I detained his soul and have been looking for the murderer.”

“I’m not afraid of you laughing at me. He’s a loser. He only wants to be reincarnated. How can that be possible? You guys are living well.”

Through tearful eyes, I saw Taoist Zhang with a perverted smile on his face.

He had already cut off one of my ears and was moving on to the other.

The pain was so numbing that I could only vaguely hear Taoist Master Zhang’s calm voice.

“So for the past eighteen years, I had to keep my son sealed by my side at all times. I tortured and refined him, just to make him listen more to me as a father. I did it for his own good!”

“Eighteen years later, I finally succeeded in developing the Rebirth Curse. Revenge begins!”

“I ordered my son to kill those little beasts one by one, and finally decided to use you as a vessel for resurrection. You are not wronged, because it was you who came up with the idea, right?”

Under the dim light, I finally knew the truth about the tragedy in the past two years, but I was powerless to change it.

But this bastard, how can he be so sure that that damn rebirth spell will work?

There is absolutely no such thing as resurrection in this world. How many emperors have dreamed of this? How could Taoist Zhang have solved it so easily?

Now I don’t have the energy to discuss the right and wrong of the Rebirth Curse.

Moreover, I also understood that Taoist Zhang had long been obsessed with studying evil methods, and he even imprisoned the soul of his own son by his side and tortured him for eighteen years, and he still enjoyed it.

I couldn’t help but start hating myself. I should have noticed something strange when I heard the Rebirth Curse that day.

——The anti-rebirth spell requires someone to cooperate in the ritual after the ghost has delivered the tribute. Who will perform the ritual?

Isn’t it Taoist Priest Zhang?

Now, no matter how hard I struggled, I couldn’t exert any strength because of the severe brain injury.

I could only watch as Taoist Master Zhang picked up a pair of pliers, pried open my mouth, and started pulling out my teeth, one by one.

“Only when all five senses are lost can the soul be successfully resurrected.”

Taoist Zhang spoke in a calm tone, but there was a perverted smile on his face.

I have lost count of how many there are.

I passed out in the middle of the process, but was woken up by Taoist Zhang pouring a basin of cold water on me.

Taoist Priest Zhang was putting down the basin of water and picking up other surgical instruments.

“Don’t worry, you still have a pair of eyes.”

The cold water just now awakened the last bit of strength in my body. I was finally able to use my right hand.

But what can I do with a chained and broken body and a weak right hand?

I can’t even give myself a chance to be happy!

etc.

As soon as this thought popped up, I immediately thought of something.

I turned my head and saw in the mirror that the male ghost was sealed on the table next to me by Taoist Zhang’s talisman, twisting his body in pain.

Seeing this scene, I figured out many things.

I can’t give myself a happy ending, but he can.

I raised my right hand and moved to the table next to me, then grabbed the talisman that sealed him.

Taoist Master Zhang noticed my actions and asked sternly, “What are you doing!”

I sneered – of course, I didn’t know if the smile on my bloody face was a standard sneer.

But I still yelled incoherently: “Fuck you, I’d rather die at the hands of your son!”

Give me a quick death!

I was determined to die, and without waiting for Taoist Zhang to stop me, I tore off the talisman resolutely.

15

In his sight, Taoist Zhang hurriedly picked up the talisman at hand and tried to subdue his unconscious son’s soul again.

I glanced and saw that the male ghost in the mirror, after regaining his freedom, was still looking at Taoist Zhang pounce on him in confusion.

Just like a child who suffers domestic violence, he will always just bow his head and endure it.

How can this be possible?

Feeling very disappointed with him, I used all my strength to stand up, pounced on Taoist Zhang, and bit his arm hard with my few remaining teeth.

“Let me go!” Taoist Zhang slapped me hard and threw me to the ground.

“Don’t be afraid!” I fell to the ground and hugged Taoist Zhang’s thighs tightly.

“Don’t be afraid if someone bullies you!”

I stared at the direction where the male ghost was. Without the mirror, I could only see nothingness.

“We bully you, your dad bullies you, don’t be afraid!” I shouted, “You have to learn to fight back!”

“Protect yourself like you protect those ants!”

I shouted almost beggingly, and let Taoist Zhang step on my head and my wounds again and again.

In the gap, I saw the trembling figure of the male ghost in the Chaotian Mirror, and the talisman held high in Taoist Zhang’s hand.

I let out a strange cry, and when Taoist Zhang was about to attack me, I stood up with pain, hugged his arm with one hand, and tightly grasped the talisman in Taoist Zhang’s hand with the other hand.

I knew that the male ghost was right in front of me.

I turned my head and looked at a mirror facing the sky. Inside the mirror, the male ghost also turned his head and looked at me in the mirror.

“You are not a ghost, nor a monster. There is no reason for you to be bullied!” I cried loudly, “Kill us all! This is what you should do!”

“You farted!”

Taoist Zhang broke free from me and ignored me, then immediately pasted the talisman down.

However, nothing happens.

The spell failed.

We all turned our heads and looked towards the Chaotian Mirror.

In the mirror, the thin figure sat on Taoist Zhang’s shoulder in an extremely strange posture.

“Why… left us…”

“Son…listen to what daddy is saying…”

“Why did you abandon us?!”

The male ghost cried as he said this, then he exerted force with both hands, and Taoist Zhang’s head turned, with a meaningless gurgling sound coming from his throat.

Then the male ghost lay on Taoist Zhang, cut a wound starting from his face, and kept peeling off his skin.

This seems to be the only way he knows how to take revenge.

16

Not long after, Taoist Zhang died. I collapsed on the table, sighing with relief.

I said, “If possible, please give me a quick death, okay?”

I looked at where the male ghost was standing.

It was like a heavy burden had been lifted from my heart. Even though I was about to die, I felt very relieved.

it’s all over.

For a long time, I didn’t feel any pain in my body except for the pain from before.

Am I dead?

That would be so refreshing, there wouldn’t even be any pain.

I couldn’t understand it, so I turned and looked at the Chaotian Mirror.

But he found in the mirror that the male ghost was just standing there, looking at the bloody Taoist Zhang, without saying a word.

It was not until a rooster crowed that the man in the mirror turned his head, looked at me deeply, and then disappeared.

I was the only one left. I sat at the table for about half an hour before I got up and called the police.

I gave a statement, and because I had no motive for committing the crime, the police didn’t believe my story about ghosts and gods, but they still detained me for seven days, gave me some simple treatment for my injuries, and then let me go home.

it’s all over.

Legally, I am not a murderer.

As for the ghost, maybe he didn’t kill me in the end because I gave him the final relief.

Thinking of the tragedies that have occurred in the past two years, I can’t help but sigh.

I thought of a saying: I can ensure integrity, but I cannot guarantee the absence of bias.

This is an era full of prejudice, but it is because we put prejudice into action and constantly release pleasure on the suffering of others that we have encountered a tragic ending.

Taoist Priest Zhang abandoned his family and son when they were young and was obsessed with evil ways. Even though he wanted to seek revenge for his son later, he ultimately used the wrong method and ignored his son’s true wishes, and ultimately died at the hands of his son’s out-of-control soul.

These are the two questions that ghosts cannot rest in peace after death.

Why, bully him?

Why, abandon them?

I once again remembered what Taoist Priest Zhang had said to me: You can’t reason with ghosts.

He can’t reason with me, isn’t it because he abandoned his family and children and feels extremely guilty? !

Otherwise, why did the ghost let me go that day?

As I walked on the brightly lit street, I felt a sigh in my heart. I wanted to express something, but due to my limited vocabulary, I didn’t know what to say. I was afraid I could only keep this experience deep in my heart.

17

Returning to my familiar home, I had a good meal, climbed into bed as night fell, and couldn’t help but utter the most pragmatic sigh: I can finally have a good night’s sleep.

I turned off the lights and fell asleep peacefully.

As a result, in the middle of the night, I was woken up by the sudden drop in temperature in the room.

I didn’t dare to make any move.

Because behind me, I could hear bursts of breathing sounds.

“Why, stop me…”

This is the voice of Taoist Priest Zhang.

This was also the last sentence I heard.