As I thought of the crucial point, my hair stood on end, not to mention my face, even the sweat 'hair' felt upright.
No way...nothing's wrong, right?
I swallowed a big mouthful of saliva, not daring to turn my head to look at Huang Xin, who was lying on my shoulder.
"No, no, I'm a person who attracts 'yin' energy, those evil things should be afraid of me, I attract 'yin' energy...I attract 'yin' energy." I used a lame excuse to deceive myself.
Then, I bit my teeth and slowly turned my head.
Little by little...little by little turning my head.
Until I could completely see the left half of Huang Xin's face, I breathed a sigh of relief, her face was still Huang Xin's, beautiful, with tight and fair skin.
"D*mn, maybe I've been scared for too long and had a hallucination." I wiped the cold sweat off my forehead.
It may be that I wiped off too much sweat, Huang Xin woke up, she looked at me with a bright smile, and said, "Are you looking for something else?"
"Hell yeah, I'm looking for the lighter." I sighed heavily.
Suddenly, Huang Xin sneered and said that I wasn't looking for the lighter, she said I was looking for a face.
After speaking, Huang Xin suddenly turned her head.
In an instant, I saw the whole of Huang Xin's face clearly.
I saw the right side of Huang Xin's face just now, it was still her, but the left half of her face was an old lady's face, covered with wrinkles, just like a piece of old tree bark.
In that moment, the right half of Huang Xin's face actually changed to another appearance.
Appearing in front of me, it was no longer Huang Xin, but an old lady floating in mid-air, wearing funeral clothes, with a dark face, and grinning at me.
"Damn it."
My buttocks seemed to be spring-loaded and I jumped up from the chair.
Due to the excessive shock, I even knocked over the table as I took several steps back, "Don't come near me." I shouted at the old lady in funeral clothes, and I even felt like my voice had completely changed, rough and hoarse, while at the same time, a thought arose in my mind - there isn't a single good person in this room.
Cheng Yan is possessed by a fox spirit, Huang Xin is possessed by an old lady's ghost.
Huang Xin called this person who attracts 'yin' energy to come over, could it be to kill me?
I even thought, who the hell is the despicable person, planning to harm me.
Now, there's a spirit of a fox outside, and a spirit of an old lady inside, where the hell can I escape, what to do? My mind is in chaos.
"D*mn it, d*mn it, get the hell away from me." My cursing voice became louder and louder.
The floating old lady stood still in place, looking at me...smiling kindly.
Yes, she was smiling kindly.
I found out...although this old lady scared me like a drowned dog, it seems she didn't intend to harm me.
Otherwise, in the state that I was just now scared out of my mind, I would've been the easiest to be possessed by a ghost.
I began to clear my mind and kept telling myself: stay calm, stay calm.
In a critical moment, maintaining composure in the face of danger is the best way for me, who has been attracting 'yin' energy for so many years, to come out unscathed.
While staring at the kind old lady in funeral clothes, I pondered: even if Huang Xin intended to harm me, it didn't make any sense, I haven't really offended anyone, and to be honest, I often help some lonely and helpless ghosts and spirits, not entirely in opposition to them.
I and the evil spirits are class enemies.
Moreover, I didn't burn your fox spirit, didn't eat your fox spirit 'meat', how did I provoke you?
Thinking this way, I feel that Huang Xin's plan to harm me is not true.
Since it's not true, how did Huang Xin turn into an old lady in funeral clothes?
Thinking of this, a thought flashed through my mind, "fox spirit bewitching".
Yes, fox spirit bewitching, fox spirit bewitching, it must be like this.
I had once chatted with the Northeast fox raiser, known as the "Northeast Fox King", he told me that foxes are naturally able to bewitch, it's the fox's talent.
He had encountered his own fox bewitching.
It was on a cold winter day, he forgot to feed the fox in the evening, only remembered late at night, and when he went to the fox pen, at the door of the fox pen, he saw a seductive woman, very seductive, a local beauty.
The beauty actively seduced Dulong, who is a member of the Ewenki 'Chun' ethnic minority.
The Ewenki 'Chun' people are more open-minded about "matters between men and women" than the Han Chinese. That night, he and the beautiful woman "messed around" at the fox den entrance all night.
The next day, as he was leaving to handle some business, he passed by the beautiful woman's house and wanted to see her again. As he entered her courtyard, he discovered that the beautiful woman's family was holding a funeral, and the one laid out on the altar was the beautiful woman.
As it turned out, the beautiful woman had died in a car accident the previous afternoon.
The one who had a passionate night with Dulong was none other than the ghost of the beautiful woman.
Afterward, Dulong reflected that it might have been the fox that resented him for not feeding it, so it brought the wandering spirit of the beautiful woman to play with him all night, to get back at him.
Dealing with spirits can drain some of a person's vitality，Dulong felt unwell for more than a month after this incident. From then on, he never forgot to feed the captive fox.
Now I understand the "seduction of the soul by the fox spirit." It seems that the old lady came to me because of the fox spirit at the entrance, who specially lured a passing wandering spirit to scare me.
Darn! After realizing this, I respectfully said to the old lady's ghost: "Old lady, there is a road leading to the afterlife for the departed spirits, you should go there."
The old lady glanced at me, smiled kindly, then turned and walked away.
After taking two or three steps, she disappeared without a trace, as if she had never appeared at all.
While Huang Xin stood straight, she suddenly collapsed again.
I hurriedly helped Huang Xin onto the bed, and as for Changyan outside, I didn't dare to go out at all.
Who knows what other trick she might play.
I covered Huang Xin with a blanket and curled up on the floor, quickly falling asleep.
I think I know who I will find to treat the fox spirit in Changyan's body tomorrow.
...
When I woke up the next day, the sun was already high in the sky, and I wasn't lying on the floor, but on a soft sofa.
Huang Xin and Changyan were having breakfast at the table.
Next to them was a bowl of soy milk and two fried breadsticks.
Seeing me awake, Huang Xin motioned for me to have a breadstick.
I was hungry too, so I went over and started to eat greedily.
Huang Xin asked if I had a way to help Changyan.
I said, of course, I have a plan. I have thought about inviting an "Yin person" to come and resolve her problems. We will have to take Changyan to Qiqihar in Heilongjiang later.
"I want to go too," Huang Xin said she wanted to go with me.
Perhaps Changyan now knows how much trouble she has caused us, so she behaved quite confused and did not say anything.
I glanced at Changyan, then glared at Huang Xin, and said, "Why do you want to join in the confusion? I'm taking Changyan for business."
"I have to go, I'm worried about her in this state," Huang Xin insisted.
Well, if you have to go, then go.
After finishing breakfast, I told Huang Xin, "Go and book three train tickets to Qiqihar."
"Why not book plane tickets?" Huang Xin asked.
It's quite far from here to Qiqihar. It will probably take a day by train, while by plane, we will get there in the afternoon if we take the morning flight.
I glared at Huang Xin and said, "If something happens to Changyan on the plane, the plane won't be able to land. Let's take the train. We'll book a soft sleeper compartment for three people, buy four consecutive tickets for the three of us. If anything happens, we can get off the train."
"Okay!" Huang Xin agreed and took out her phone to book the tickets.
I left with my bag.
When I came back, it was already noon, and Huang Xin wanted to take me to a restaurant near the door for lunch.
I said it's too late, we need to go to Qiqihar tonight, and we can buy boxed meals for dinner on the train.
"Okay."
Huang Xin and Changyan wanted to leave with me.
"Wait!" I called out to Changyan, asking her to wait for me.
With that, I took out a black necklace from my bag.
Though it was called a necklace, it was actually a black rope with a red bead on each side, and a bronze totem hanging from it.
I took it out and wanted to put it on Changyan.
Changyan was not happy, saying the necklace was ugly.
I told her the necklace is called 'Yin and Yang Crown', the totem is Yang, and the beads represent Yin. When worn around the neck, it can help her suppress the fox spirit for three days.
On hearing that it can suppress the spirits on her body, she reluctantly put it on.
The moment she put it on, an image of a fox's face suddenly appeared on Changyan's face.
The shadow disappeared in an instant.
After putting it on, Changyan said she no longer felt as hot inside and instead felt a cool sensation.
I smiled and said, "Yin and Yang crowns were obtained from a shaman in our city. She offers them at a discount, and it's only five thousand yuan!"
"Five thousand?" Cheng Yan widened her eyes.
"What's wrong with five thousand? These things are very expensive." Then I calculated the bill again: five thousand for the 'Yin' person, twenty thousand for me, five thousand for this chain, totaling seventy-five thousand. As for other expenses, we'll calculate them later.
Cheng Yan was almost dizzy.
Huang Xin, on the other hand, was generous. She said as long as I get the job done, money is not a problem.
I understood in my heart – Huang Xin is not an ordinary person. Just judging from her leather pendant and bronze horse, I felt that this girl is not short of money. As for why a girl with money would become a model... that's not my business, and I won't think about it.
Then, I left with the sullen Cheng Yan and Huang Xin.
Perhaps Huang Xin didn't tell Cheng Yan the extent of her situation, because she was not very happy on our way out of the community.
In reality, my price was really a fair offer. The commotion yesterday was simply disastrous. I only asked for twenty thousand from you, is that too much?
How much money can compare to one's life?
As we were about to leave the community, I saw a memorial set up in an alley in the community.
Huang Xin said it was bad luck, wondering how we encountered a memorial at noon when leaving the house.
"What's bad luck about it? Birth, old age, sickness, and death are natural states of life. Don't take it to heart," I comforted Huang Xin. Then I casually glanced at the memorial and suddenly, I froze.
I saw a picture of the deceased in front of the memorial.
That picture...