bookcurios Chapter 159 Going to see the kids next door
Chapter 159 Going to see the kids next door
Ge Hao had a conflicted expression on his face, and the cigarette butts in the glass ashtray on the bedside table behind him had piled up into a small mountain, showing how anxious he was.
Just then, a woman's voice was heard from outside the door.
"Xiao Hao."
Ge Hao looked over in confusion: "Mom, what's wrong?"
"Auntie Li next door is going out soon and won't be home until the evening. Her daughter has fallen asleep, so she wants to ask our family to help look after her. I'm going to your grandparents' house soon and won't be back until the evening. You're on winter vacation and don't have anything to do, so please help look after her."
Ge Hao felt as if he was facing a great enemy, he asked in a low voice.
"Anchor, should I go?"
Ji Chu smiled and said, "Let's go. It's a good opportunity to let everyone see what kind of monster it is."
Ge Hao was full of resistance: "Anchor, I'm scared!"
Ji Chu smiled: "Don't worry, you will be fine!"
With Ji Chu's assurance, Ge Hao reluctantly crawled out of the bed and walked out the door with a box of cigarettes.
In the corridor, two women were chatting.
Although Ge Hao still had some reservations, he still politely greeted Aunt Li.
Aunt Li said apologetically, "Xiaohao, I'm sorry to wake you up so early in the morning and disturb your rest. Here is my WiFi password. There are also snacks on the coffee table. Please feel free to eat them."
"Also, don't worry about my daughter. She's usually too tired. She finally has a day off and can sleep for a day. If you hear her get up, just tell her I'll be back in the evening."
Ge Hao nodded: "Do you need me to order some takeout for her lunch?"
Aunt Li waved her hand: "No need, she just ate, and there are still a lot of snacks in the room. Here, take this 200, order yourself a takeaway at noon, and the rest of the money is your hard work fee."
Ge Hao's mother, Lv Juan, quickly stopped him: "We are neighbors. My little Hao is on winter vacation and has nothing to do. How can you still give him money?"
Aunt Li stuffed the money and keys into Ge Hao's pocket and said politely, "Why are you arguing with me? This money is for Xiao Hao, not for you. I know you think we are an orphan and a widow and can't make any money. You don't have to feel sorry for me. I still have 200!"
After saying that, Aunt Li waved and ran towards the safe passage.
Lu Juan looked at Aunt Li's departing back and said angrily, "Why are you being so polite? It's just watching the kids, it's not a big deal."
Ge Hao took the money and asked in confusion: "Mom, why did Aunt Li take the stairs? Isn't there an elevator?"
Lu Juan poked her son's forehead with her finger and said, "Do you think everyone is like you? You would rather wait for the elevator for 5 minutes than take the stairs. Our house is only on the 4th floor, so it's not hard to climb up and you can also exercise. How great!"
Ge Hao asked back: "Then do you climb the stairs?"
Lu Juan curled her lips and said, "No!"
After she finished speaking, she walked towards the elevator, leaving Ge Hao speechless.
"Speaking of me, I would rather wait for the elevator!"
After Lu Juan left, Ge Hao looked at the keys and 200 yuan in his pocket and fell into deep thought. Then he looked at the comments and saw that they were all praising Aunt Li for her ability to do things.
[If you give me 200, let alone taking care of a ghost child, even if the paper clothes the child is wearing are torn, I can glue them together for her! ]
[I don't want 200, 100 is enough for me! ]
【Don’t scroll upstairs! 】
[Mr. Ge, what are you waiting for? Come in quickly. You have to take the money to do the work, so don't be passive and lazy! ]
Ge Hao was speechless for a while and could only use the key to open Aunt Li's door under the urging of netizens.
The room was pitch black, with only a ray of sunlight coming through the gap in the balcony curtains.
Thanks to a ray of sunshine, Ge Hao was not completely in the dark.
The furnishings in the house are similar to those in Ge Hao's house. There is a kitchen at the entrance, and through the kitchen is the living room. There are very few things in Aunt Li's living room, just a sofa, a coffee table full of snacks, and a Buddhist shrine in the corner opposite. No one knows which god is being worshipped in the shrine.
There were three incense sticks burning in the incense burner in front, and the aroma was lingering, filling the whole room with a faint fragrance, which was quite pleasant.
Compared to the group of people in the barrage who were just watching the fun and not minding the trouble, Ge Hao, as the person involved, was extremely nervous.
He stretched his neck to look at the two bedrooms. The one on the south should be Aunt Li's room. At this moment, the door was open. From the door, he could see that the room was very clean and the quilts were neatly folded.
The door of the room facing north was closed. It should be Aunt Li’s daughter’s room.
Ge Hao sat on the sofa nervously. He didn't even dare to open the bag of snacks because he was afraid of waking up the people inside. He could only put on his headphones and sit on the sofa silently.
[Ge Hao, you're just sitting there like this? ]
Ge Hao typed in a comment: "What can I do? Aunt Li also said her daughter fell asleep. I can't just knock on the door and wake her up, right?"
At this moment, Ji Chu, who had been silent, suddenly asked, "Mr. Ge, can you point the camera at the shrine?"
"No problem!" Ge Hao responded while pointing his phone at the shrine and zooming in.
Sitting in the shrine was a deity dressed in purple and with an animal head. It had a stern expression and held an iron chain in its hand. Ji Chu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he saw it.
"Host, I've seen people worshipping Guanyin, Buddha, the Jade Emperor, the God of Wealth, and Guan Gong. The gods in this shrine don't look like the ones I mentioned. Do you know who Aunt Li's family is worshipping?"
The statue was indeed rather abstract, but based on the purple clothes and iron chains, Ji Chu could guess who it was.
"Soul-binding ghost!"
"What? A ghost?" Ge Hao was a little surprised.
[Chinese people have always worshipped Buddha for a purpose. I have seen people praying for marriage, academic success, fortune, etc. But what is the purpose of worshipping the soul-binding ghost? How come I have never heard of it? ]
Ji Chu explained: "The Soul-Catching Ghost is one of the high-ranking ghost messengers in the underworld. He is a colleague of the Black and White Impermanence. He is not very famous, so not many people know him."
"Soul-binding ghost, soul-binding ghost. As long as he sets his sights on a ghost, there is no ghost he cannot take away. Because of his strong ability, the underworld rarely sends him to deal with evil ghosts and fierce ghosts!"
[Okay, well said. Now the question is, why did Aunt Li worship a ghost messenger? ]
Just now, when Ge Hao was outside, he did not use his mobile phone to take pictures of Aunt Li, so Ji Chu did not notice anything, but now, she seemed to have guessed something.
"Ge Hao, open the curtains!"
Ge Hao pointed at himself, looking surprised: "Me?"
"Yes, go and open the balcony curtains."
"Anchor, this family has never opened the curtains since they moved in, including the curtains in Aunt Li's bedroom, which are all drawn. If anything happens, I can't afford it!"
"It's okay, just pull away!"
Ge Hao had no choice but to step forward and pull open the heavy curtains.
At the moment the curtains were drawn open, there seemed to be some noise coming from the north-facing bedroom with its door tightly closed, which frightened Ge Hao so much that he shrank back.