Chapter 172 = Bad Luck

"This is a parking meter. Each color represents the time the car has been parked. If you exceed the time, you will easily get a ticket."

Tang Xue took off her high heels, crossed her legs on the passenger seat, and said happily while holding the ticket in her hand.

"This car is yours, and you're the one who got the ticket, so why are you so happy?"

"I'm not happy about getting a ticket." Tang Xue licked her lips.

Zheng Wenjie slowly parked the car downstairs of a public housing estate.

Tang Xue curiously leaned out of the car window to take a look, then leaned back in her seat and asked curiously, "What's going on here?"

"After seven days, a disobedient ghost will appear here. It will seek revenge and turn into a fierce ghost after killing someone."

Zheng Wenjie confirmed that this was the address where Fang Dawei died as recorded in the Yin Book, and then drove back to the villa.

He was ready to experience the work of a ferryman. He was unwilling to be reincarnated and successfully avoided the evil ghost of the soul-catcher. The evil ghosts that turned into evil spirits after killing people had to be captured by the ferryman and brought back to the underworld.

Just by meeting Fang Dawei once, Zheng Wenjie could be sure that Fang Dawei and Liang Kun were completely different.

No matter how evil Liang Kun was during his lifetime, he just regarded it as a struggle to move up the social ladder and make money.

After he died, he accepted it all and gave up on revenge and murder.

But Fang Dawei and Liang Kun are not the same kind of people. Before he could touch the huge sum of money given by Liang Kun, he was killed by a taxi driver with whom he had no grudge against him. He would definitely choose to take revenge.

In addition, the negative energy from Liang Kun had entered his body during his lifetime, so there was a high probability that he would become an evil ghost after his death. If he killed the taxi driver for revenge, he would become a fierce ghost.

Zheng Wenjie has decided to wait until he kills the taxi driver and turns into a ghost before taking him down to the underworld.

Two days later in the evening, Zheng Wenjie drove his car and parked it in a nearby parking space before arriving at the convenience store.

"Boss! Boss!" Bang Bang

Zheng Wenjie turned his head and looked through the glass at Liang Jiamin who was patting the glass and calling him in the customer area, with a rag in her hand.

Before Zheng Wenjie could say anything, Liang Jiamin couldn't wait to run out of the convenience store, stood in front of Zheng Wenjie, forced a smile and said.

"Boss, you still remember me, right? Liang Jiamin... was fired by you two days ago."

"But I didn't come to you because I was fired by you. I just remember that you said that night that Fang Dawei was dying, right?"

Zheng Wenjie crossed his arms, looked at the No. 138 convenience store uniform Liang Jiamin was wearing, and asked, "It seems that I just fired you, and you joined me right after."

"It's because of Fang Dawei." Zheng Wenjie walked past Liang Jiamin into the convenience store and walked into the study room inside.

Liang Jiamin followed Zheng Wenjie in nervously, and watched Zheng Wenjie take a booklet from the bookshelf near the door and turn a page. A smile appeared on his face, and then she mustered up the courage to speak.

"Boss, I'm a student at HKU. It's summer vacation now, so I have plenty of time. Manager You didn't know I worked here before, but he agreed when I came for the interview yesterday."

"Besides, I am very skilled at my job. I tried out my position for a day yesterday, and today I can work the night shift alone."

"I'm asking you if you're here for Fang Dawei?" Zheng Wenjie said with a smile, putting the Yin Book back on the bookshelf.

His guess turned out to be correct. At that time, A-Cha said that the Yin Book would automatically connect with the underworld. He hadn't been here for two days, but the Yin Book was here, and the dates of these two days were still ticked in the clock-in book.

"Yes, Fang Dawei has been missing since that day. I want to know what you know, boss?"

Liang Jiamin bit her lip. She had never expected that the man in front of her, who looked about the same age as her, was already the leader of a large group like the Sun Group. She had wanted to bring her boyfriend and Fang Dawei's parents along to ask for an explanation, but her plan was aborted.

"He died on his own. He should be discovered in a few days."

After Zheng Wenjie finished speaking, the wind chimes on the door of the store began to ring. Zheng Wenjie raised his head and signaled, "A customer is coming."

Liang Jiamin was about to ask more questions but was bitten back. She could only walk out biting her lip.

Zheng Wenjie sat behind the desk and picked up a paperweight to play with it in his hand. The paperweight was carved from white jade and had a lifelike shape of a fat, lying sheep.

There was no change in this room. Someone had come in and it had been cleaned, but everything was exactly the same as when they had last come in.

After a while, Zheng Wenjie looked up at the door and shouted, "Don't stand at the door, come in."

Liang Jiamin then opened the door and walked in, then stood in front of the desk.

"Last time we met, you thought I was dreaming and even hit me. Why are you so scared to say a word now?"

Zheng Wenjie looked at Liang Jiamin's dreadlocks, revealing her fair and round forehead, and continued, "Your fate is indeed good. No wonder Zhao Wenru let you be the deputy store manager."

"Fate? So my guess is correct. Boss, you are also a special person. Is Fang Dawei really dead? At that time, you also said that Fang Dawei was eight minutes away from death? How did you know that?"

When Liang Jiamin heard Zheng Wenjie talking about fate, she immediately raised her head and asked all her questions out loud.

Zheng Wenjie leaned back on the dark wood chair and asked curiously, "You're not afraid because I'm the special person you mentioned? Then what were you afraid of just now?"

Liang Jiamin couldn't help but take a step back and shrank her slender neck: "My family lives in public housing and has to pay rent to the government every year. My father works in a warehouse under the Sun Group."

"My boyfriend's parents also work at Sun Group. Manager You is my senior. She told me that you, the owner of this convenience store, are the leader of the group."

"I hit you before, but I was in pain for two days. But what if you saw me and I was still angry? So of course I was afraid."

Zheng Wenjie understood: "But you are worried about Fang Dawei and want to confirm whether what I said is true, so you come back to work."

Liang Jiamin nodded repeatedly like a chick pecking at rice, looking at Zheng Wenjie with inexplicable heat in her eyes.

Facing Liang Jiamin's eyes, Zheng Wenjie rejected it and said, "You don't have a problem with Fang Dawei's death. You are interested in me because of what I said."

Liang Jiamin smiled awkwardly and explained, "I am very curious about supernatural powers because I saw a ghost when I was a child, and that ghost saved me."

"If she hadn't shown me the way, I would have died long ago. Even if I hadn't died, I don't know what would have become of me."

"And I'm really worried about Dawei, but from what you said the other day, Dawei has been dead for two days now, right?" As she spoke, Liang Jiamin looked at Zheng Wenjie with a look of confirmation.

Zheng Wenjie snorted: "I didn't see that you cared about him. He's dead, and now even his body has been cut into several pieces."

Liang Jiamin took a breath when she heard this: "Then, then, then... who killed him? The taxi driver you mentioned? But why would he take a taxi? The fare is so expensive." "Aren't you afraid that I killed him?"

Liang Jiamin waved her hands and shook her head repeatedly: "Definitely not, I still remember that day when I wanted to hit you, you just blocked my hand and didn't use any force."

"My hand was still bruised and swollen for two days. And based on my opinion of you, it is definitely not you who killed Dawei. If you did, then you must be a pervert."

"But what you said is the same as what Uncle Zhao said, I have a very strong destiny!"

"Did Zhao Wenru tell you all this? Did he often ask you to work the night shift while he hid here and didn't care about anything?"

"Uh..." Liang Jiamin smiled and agreed with Zheng Wenjie's statement.

"When you were a child, you saw a ghost and it saved you, so you are very curious about these things. You have a strong destiny and can be said to be blessed by the stars."

"Even if you saw a ghost, you couldn't tell it was a ghost. Just like the customer who just came in, that was a ghost."

Liang Jiamin was stunned, pointed at herself, and then pointed outside the door.

"That's the one who's still eating instant noodles in the customer area." Zheng Wenjie said, and snapped his fingers, and the figure of the soul-catcher appeared beside Liang Jiamin.

Liang Jiamin felt her whole body getting cold and she couldn't help sneezing. She shrank her neck and looked around at the chilly surroundings.

"Want to see a ghost? Do you need my help?"

Zheng Wenjie looked at Liang Jiamin with amusement as she looked around.

"So you just snapped your fingers and summoned a ghost? Is it next to me now?"

Liang Jiamin's voice trembled a little, but she remained calm. She thought of the martial arts novels serialized in the newspaper that her boyfriend liked to read. She had read one of the copies, in which a villain named Golden Hook Judge appeared.

He looked at Zheng Wenjie with an uncertain tone and asked, "So you are the judge, so you know the time and manner of Dawei's death. The one you summoned just now is the ghost messenger, and he wants to catch the guest outside."

"You're so calm despite guessing so much. You're worthy of being a student of HKU." Zheng Wenjie teased Liang Jiamin by referring to Liang Jiamin's self-introduction just now. Zheng Wenjie could tell from the self-introduction just now that Liang Jiamin was very proud of being a student of HKU.

"But I'm not a judge, I'm a ghost messenger. What I summoned is a soul-collecting messenger, or a minor official."

Zheng Wenjie leaned on the desk with his chin supported by his hands, looked at Liang Jiamin and asked, "Are you interested in really coming here to work? I think you are very suitable for the night shift."

“I’ve always worked the night shift…”

Zheng Wenjie hummed: "That means I agree. You can continue to be the deputy store manager. You can think of this convenience store as the connection point between the underworld and the world of the living."

"This place easily attracts ghosts, and they will walk in unconsciously. All you have to do is treat them as normal guests, and they won't reveal their true form in front of you, so you don't have to be afraid."

"In addition to the salary, when you are old and die, I will help you with whatever you want to be reincarnated into."

Zheng Wenjie said, took a brush from the pen holder, ground some ink, picked up the brush and wrote a few lines, then turned the paper to Liang Jiamin: "Just like what I said, do you want to sign this agreement? It's up to you."

Liang Jiamin stretched out her hands and took the paper. It was a very simple agreement, with nothing else to say except doing daily work.

“What happens if I quit?”

Zheng Wenjie looked outside the door calmly. The soul-catcher was using chains to tie up a ghost that had revealed its true form and was hit by a car and was passing through the wall. Zheng Wenjie waved his hand to signal him to leave.

"If you resign, then you resign, and everything will be null and void. Or, you can add one more thing: I will give you the same salary as the senior executives of Sun Group, then you will be completely mine, and there will be no such thing as resignation."

Liang Jiamin fumbled with the paper, feeling its rough texture, then looked up at Zheng Wenjie and asked, "To get a high salary means selling your body, right? Then can I have power that exceeds that of an ordinary person, like the wizard in the movie?"

Zheng Wenjie spread his hands and said, "I'm not sure. Maybe one day when I'm in a good mood I'll give you power, but now in my opinion you're just an ordinary laborer, not worth my attention."

"I understand! I'll sign." Liang Jiamin agreed decisively, picked up the brush and signed her name.

"Is it an indenture with additional costs?" Zheng Wenjie asked. After seeing Liang Jiamin nod in agreement solemnly, he put the paper into the red coffin.

Liang Jiamin was visibly more relaxed, and the smile on her face became more natural. She looked at Zheng Wenjie and asked, "Boss, I will definitely do my job well, but what if that kind of evil ghost comes to the store?"

"How long have you been doing this?"

"Um... I've been working here part-time since Form 4, so it's been six years... I know the boss."

Liang Jiamin gave up her little thoughts. She hadn't seen a ghost here in six years, so what else was there to say?

"I'm curious about what you did in your past life. You're blessed in this life, so no ghosts will reveal their true form in front of you."

"Seeing a ghost in its true form is not a good thing. Every person turns into a ghost at the moment of complete death. For ordinary people, seeing a ghost means bad luck."

"Just like Fang Dawei, the guy you called in to cover for you, he saw a ghost that day, had physical contact with the ghost, and accepted gifts from the ghost."

Seeing that Liang Jiamin was listening attentively, Zheng Wenjie continued, "The evil spirit of that ghost has naturally entered Fang Dawei's body. If he's lucky, he'll get seriously ill. If he's unlucky, he'll die like this, with no intact body."

"So it was me who killed Dawei? If I hadn't asked him to cover for me, would he not have died?" Liang Jiamin gritted her teeth and asked, not wanting to get an answer to this question.

Zheng Wenjie nodded: "You can say that if you don't come, you won't see ghosts, and naturally there won't be any subsequent events."

The Yin Book can only communicate between heaven and earth and predict the cause of death of a person within three days. If it is interfered with, changes will occur. Zheng Wenjie understood this the first time he saw the Yin Book, so he threw it into the red coffin to gather ashes.

"Fang Dawei will become a ghost. According to my speculation, he will seek revenge for himself and become a fierce ghost. I will go and take him away when the time comes. You can come with me."

Liang Jiamin wiped away the tears that were flowing from the corners of her eyes, coughed twice, and asked firmly: "If Dawei kills someone and becomes a fierce ghost, will he not be able to reincarnate?"

"Of course you can, but you have to be punished first. If you continue to interfere with the human world after death, the laws of the underworld set by Hades will not let you off easily."

Liang Jiamin raised her head: "How can I see him? I want to stop him!"

"He was killed, so he wants revenge. Why should you stop him? Let go of your desire to help others and live your own life well." Zheng Wenjie stretched out his hand and nodded at Liang Jiamin.

"After a person dies, his soul will return to life seven days later. At that time, his soul will revive his memories and emotions from his previous life."

Zheng Wenjie leaned back in his chair calmly and tapped the table lightly: "I will notify you when the time comes and take you to catch him. As for the rest, you don't have to worry about it. Just work hard and have a good rest."

(End of this chapter)