Six Ways of Fumo

Chapter 30 Paper Man, Rouge

"No, this really doesn't happen!" Wan Shugao waved his hands to deny it.He wanted to shake his head, but unfortunately Ding Ermiao pinched his neck too tightly and he couldn't shake it.

Ding Ermiao thought for a moment and slowly let go of his hand.Last night, I had an encounter with that ghost. It was indeed a newly dead ghost, less than 49 days old.Judging from the time, it is impossible for the Wan Shugao in front of him to kill the Wan Shugao and then pretend to go to college, because he has already studied for three years and started an internship.

"Go on." Ding Ermiao sat back in his seat, holding the wine glass, but he was no longer in the mood to drink, as if he was hesitating about something.

Wan Shugao took a breath and continued:

"Actually, you may have guessed it. I did come here to study under the name of Wan Shugao. That Wan Shugao was admitted to university because of his poor family, but he had no money to pay for the tuition and other expenses. . So..., after friendly negotiation with his father, my dad bought his admission notice, admission ticket, score slip, and forged household register and other materials. Coincidentally, his appearance is similar to mine. They were very similar, so I just pretended to be a fake person and successfully became a college student in the Logistics College."

Having said this, Wan Shugao laughed self-deprecatingly, picked up the wine glass and took a sip, causing tears to flow from his eyes.Ding Ermiao looked at him coldly and said nothing.

"I didn't go to college. I thought it was sacred. After I went to college, I realized that it was nothing more than that!" Wan Shu laughed sarcastically and shook his head: "What do you think I got from studying in college for three years? It's not as soon as I graduate. Are you about to lose your job? Why don’t you have to find a job by yourself and then be as tired as a dog?”

Dang dang dang... Ding Ermiao knocked on the table: "Say something useful, don't talk nonsense."

Wan Shugao nodded, sorted out his words a little, and continued: "Ever since I first encountered a ghost in my dream a month ago, I felt that that guy seemed a bit familiar. Then I called home to inquire, and found out that the man I was replacing The famous Wanshu Gao is dead."

"How did you die?" Ding Ermiao asked.

"After graduating from high school, he stopped studying and worked as a construction worker, a bricklayer. More than a month ago, he died on a demolition site. The building collapsed and he was beyond recognition... After he was rescued, he was still alive. When he was conscious and dying, he said something."

"What are you talking about?" Ding Ermiao asked.

Wan Shugao sighed, licked his lips again, and raised his head: "He said - I really want to go to college!"

Ding Ermiao also sighed, the truth of the matter was already clear.It seems that this ghost is more pitiful than a human being.The same thing happened to Xiao Wan in front of me. He just decided not to go to college if he couldn't get into college, so he just borrowed someone else's name to study.

"But... Brother Ermiao. His death has nothing to do with me. I don't understand why he wants to ask for his life from me. Every day he stands beside my bed in my dream and says, 'Give me back my life.' I also went back to my hometown and burned paper to worship in front of his grave. My dad also asked some so-called experts to do exorcisms, but it had no effect. I really went crazy!"

Wan Shugao looked at Ding Ermiao pitifully and said: "If you want to blame him, you can only blame him for his bad luck and not being born in a better family. If he had gone to college, he would not have died on the construction site. .”

"I understand, I understand what that ghost said." Ding Ermiao stood up, walked back and forth a few steps, and suddenly stood still and said, "He didn't say 'give me back my life,' but 'give back my life.'" My name is here'!"

"Name?" Wan Shugao was taken aback for a moment, then clapped his hands together: "Why didn't I think of that?!"

Ding Ermiao then analyzed: "The person you named Wan Shugao was crazy about studying, but he didn't have the opportunity to enter a college. Now he is dead, and he still misses studying, so he just wants you to give him his name back and let him study. , to fulfill his dream. He even wants to possess you to fulfill his dream of studying. Last night in dormitory 414, I found that he was very resentful and had lost his true nature. "

Wan Shugao was trembling: "What will happen if you lose your true nature? Will you strangle me to death?"

"He doesn't have this energy yet, but... in time, he can kill you." Ding Ermiao said: "Your nature is not bad, so it's no big deal to be haunted by this ghost for a month. It's a bit scary. But he follows you every night, and sooner or later one day, the evil wind will penetrate your bones, and you will end your life."

"Brother Ermiao, please save me!" Wan Shugao begged again: "I don't want to die. I am the only son of my parents. I am their hope."

Ding Ermiao looked at her watch. It was already past one in the afternoon.He said to Wan Shugao: "Seeing that you have nothing to hide, I will help you this time. Come with me to the city to buy some things first, things for catching ghosts."

Wan Shugao did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly cleared the dining table, opened the door, and followed Ding Ermiao downstairs.Ruping and Xiaohan were still busy, Ding Ermiao said hello, took Wan Shugao out of the restaurant, and stood on the roadside to take a taxi.

After getting in the car, the taxi driver asked: "Where are you going?"

"Take me around, street by street. When I find a place, I will let you park." Ding Ermiao said.

The car master was delighted when he heard this. What a good business this is.

Looking at Ding Ermiao in the rearview mirror, the driver understood that he must have come from the countryside and had never seen the world. He wanted to take a taxi to go shopping and see the colorful world.I'm a bastard if I don't make money, but as long as you give me money, I'll have no problem taking you around the country.The driver stepped on the accelerator and drove away with Ding Ermiao and Wanshu flying high.

Wan Shugao was puzzled and asked Ding Ermiao in a low voice: "Where are you going and you don't know?"

"Look to the left, and I'll look to the right. If you find a funeral supplies store, let me know." Ding Ermiao didn't answer the question, and instead gave Wan Shugao a task.

The taxi drove very fast. More than an hour passed and almost half of the entire mountain city's streets were swept away.There were dozens of funeral supplies stores, but Ding Ermiao shook his head and refused to stop.

Half a day later, Ding Ermiao suddenly shouted stop in front of an alley on the side of the Third Ring Road.

Wan Shugao followed Ding Ermiao out of the car and found a wooden sign tied to the ancient locust tree at the entrance of the alley.The wooden sign said "Old Han Funeral Supplies Store", with a red wreath painted underneath, and then an arrow pointing into the alley.

Ding Ermiao stood at the entrance of the alley, looking at the surrounding environment, then looking at the small compass on the umbrella handle, and nodded: "This is it, it's really hard to find."

The two walked into the alley, and Wan Shugao realized that the alley was very dark.Although it was three or four o'clock in the afternoon, the sun was shining brightly, but this alley ran north-south, and there were many big trees on both sides to cover it, so the sun could not shine in at all.Occasionally a gust of wind blows, making it cool.

Wan Shugao shuddered: "Why do you feel so eerie?"

"This is the feeling I want." Ding Ermiao smiled and strode forward.

After walking for tens of meters, a funeral store with its door ajar appeared in front of him.The storefront is gray and dilapidated, except for a wreath of red flowers leaning against the door, which looks quite conspicuous.Ding Ermiao stopped and looked in.

"This is a dead end alley, there is no road ahead. I really don't understand, can there be business in such a place?" Wan Shugao also looked around and muttered.

"Push the door open and go in." Ding Ermiao pointed at the door and said to Wan Shugao.

Wan Shugao didn't dare to disobey. He coughed twice to gain courage and reached out to push the door open.There was a creak and the door was pushed open.The room was dimly lit, with no lights or people in sight.Two life-size paper figures, their faces heavily rouged, with half-smiling expressions.

"Is anyone there? Someone..." Wan Shugao was shouting. He suddenly turned his head and found a large black coffin lying in the room on the right. He couldn't help being startled, and his voice suddenly stopped.

"Who...?" A hoarse voice came from behind the coffin. It was intermittently breathy and had no warmth, as if it was floating out of the eighteenth level of hell.

(End of this chapter)