Chapter 10 An Encounter with Death

We hadn’t walked far when we saw a funeral supply shop by the side of the road. It was the same one that had appeared in our dreams. The proprietress was sitting at the door, beckoning to us, saying, "You're here to pick up your clothes, right? Someone said you’d be coming today."

I was completely stunned. I really didn't want to wear funeral clothes. I had a feeling that the dream wasn't a good omen.

But Yun Ya insisted on getting the clothes. I couldn't stop her.

I don't know where Yun Ya got such strength, but she pushed me aside and rushed into the funeral shop, picking up a set of funeral clothes and putting them on.

At that time, the proprietress of the shop was helping her change in front of the mirror, but… but there was only Yun Ya in the mirror!

I stood in the sunlight, shivering with fear. The proprietress turned around and sneered at me, "Come in! See how well her funeral clothes fit? Your set is ready too. Come in and try it on."

I suddenly remembered the talisman you had given me. I searched for a long time but couldn't find it. I guessed I had dropped it in the hotel.

I ran back to the hotel in one breath, "Boss, I want the same room as yesterday, hurry!"

The boss turned his back to me and walked upstairs, "Okay, you can have that room."

As I followed him upstairs, I felt something was wrong, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it.

When he reached the door, the boss raised his hand and knocked a few times. I was surprised, "Boss, isn't the room empty? Why are you knocking?"

The hotel owner lowered his head slightly and said, "You stayed here yesterday, the human qi hasn't dispersed yet, I can't go in."

My head buzzed.

The boss chuckled, "People are afraid of the qi of the living when they first die. You were breathing so heavily behind me just now, I could barely walk straight. How dare I go into the room now!"

Then I understood why I felt something was wrong with the boss. As he walked upstairs, he looked like a paper doll being blown by the wind, swaying from side to side.

I blew a breath at him as hard as I could, not caring what happened to him, and turned to run downstairs.

As I came down the stairs, I tripped and fell. When I got up, I saw a foot sticking out from under the counter that had tripped me.

Just as I was about to run to the door, I heard someone say, "Tripped by a dead person, and you still want to run?"

It was the funeral shop proprietress!

The proprietress who had stopped me at the station was now standing in the shadows of the hotel entrance.

She was pressed against the wall like a piece of paper, her toes perfectly aligned with the shadow of the wall. The sunlight couldn't reach her, but she was twisting her neck to stare at me through the crack in the door.

She sneered at me, "If you're tripped by a dead person, you must never run. If you do, the dead person will chase you from behind. Do you still dare to run?"

As she spoke, I felt someone sitting up behind me, sitting right against my back. Even though they weren't moving, I felt a chill running down my spine.

I couldn't care less about being afraid. I rushed upstairs like a madman, kicked open the door, and found the talisman you had given me.

When I turned around, the proprietress was at the door, holding a set of funeral clothes with both hands, "Your funeral clothes, I've brought them to you. Put them on here!"

I didn't know how to use the talisman, so I threw it at her face.

I didn't even look at her face when I threw it. After I threw the talisman, I heard a scream. When I looked at the door, there was only a burning set of funeral clothes left in the corridor.

I hid in the room and called my dad. He brought people over and took me out of the hotel. When we found the funeral shop, Yun Ya was sitting in the proprietress's chair, already turned into what she is now.

Xiang Yunshang stopped there. I stared at her and said, "Why didn't you come to me in the first place? Why wait until now?"

Xiang Yunshang shook her head, "To be honest, I don't know what my dad and that woman were thinking. They argued about finding you for a long time."

"I vaguely heard Dad say: You are the most suitable person. But that woman said: You are not suitable. Why use you when there are so many experts?"

"That's roughly what they said!"

"Mm!" I nodded slightly.

From this, Meng Qingqiu’s idea seemed reasonable, but Xiang Yue's attitude was puzzling.

I lit a cigarette, "Ye Yang, what do you think of this?"

Ye Yang said, "I think someone is making us look for the Black and White Clinic!"

I nodded slightly, "I think so too."

"If I'm not mistaken, the person really forcing us to find the Black and White Clinic should be the hanged ghost the supermarket owner mentioned."