Heavenly Eyes 4: The Haunted Building
CHAPTER 4
18.
Once we were in the garden downstairs, I released Fu Ziming's hand.
Fu Ziming, his face flushed, looked at me. “Shen Tong classmate... Why did we run?”
I casually said, “Oh, the ghost messengers were catching someone. If they saw Jiang Mingyue, they might take her away.”
Fu Ziming looked at my sleeve, his face full of admiration. “Shen Tong classmate, you're amazing! What was that move just now? How did you stuff that aunt into your sleeve so quickly?”
I didn't have time to explain much to Fu Ziming. I just said, “Magic, magic. Even if I told you, you wouldn't understand.”
Fu Ziming nodded thoughtfully and asked me, “But my grandfather had a stroke and can't speak, and my grandmother doesn't seem to want to mention it. How can we find out what happened to Jiang Mingyue now? Are we just going to leave it at that?”
I curled my lips and smiled.
“Of course not!”
Then I pulled a piece of talisman paper from my pocket.
Before Grandma Fu kicked us out, I slipped a sound-transmitting talisman under Fu Haisheng's bed. Combined with this one, we can hear what's being said in the ward.
Faintly, we could hear someone crying.
Fu Ziming exclaimed in surprise, “That's Grandma's voice.”
Grandma Fu's voice came from the talisman.
“You good-for-nothing old man, why don't you just die already?
You're already like this, lying in bed, why does that woman still come to bother you?
I'm telling you, I'm not going to divorce you and let you be with that woman!”
Fu Ziming's grandfather's voice followed. “Ah... ah…”
Grandma Fu's voice became sharp and sinister. “You're thinking of her? You're still thinking of her? Then go down and join her!!!”
Fu Ziming's grandfather's heavy breathing immediately rang out, like an old, broken bellows, filled with terror.
Hearing this, both Fu Ziming and I turned pale.
Grandma Fu is... trying to kill Fu Haisheng???
I immediately said, “No good, your grandfather is in danger!”
Then I turned and ran back towards the hospital building.
Fu Ziming didn't say anything, following closely behind me.
“Grandpa! I'm here to save you!”
However, when Fu Ziming and I got off the elevator and stepped out, we saw two men in black and white robes carrying someone out of the ward, bound in iron chains.
It was Fu Ziming's grandfather!
He was dead.
19.
Fu Ziming rushed over to Fu Haisheng.
“Grandpa! What happened to you?”
In the ward, Grandma Fu was lying on Fu Haisheng's body, crying her heart out.
“Old man, how could you be so cruel and leave me like this? Wake up! Wake up and look at me!”
Anyone seeing this would say it was a testament to their deep love as a couple.
It was completely different from the vicious and cruel persona we heard through the talisman.
I was confused, and Fu Ziming was confused too.
He blocked the path of the black and white impermanence. “Where are you taking my grandfather?”
The two ghost messengers laughed ominously upon seeing Fu Ziming blocking their path.
“Kid, do you know who we are? You dare block the path of the ghost messengers?”
Fu Ziming was slightly intimidated by their words.
“You... you're ghost messengers? My grandfather... is he really dead? No! You can't take my grandfather away! He was murdered!”
Fu Haisheng, however, seemed completely unresponsive, only staring blankly at Fu Ziming, his eyes vacant, as if lost in thought.
Fu Ziming looked at his grandfather excitedly.
“Grandpa! Say something!”
I quickly said to the black and white impermanence, “My lords, my friend is just emotionally distraught over his grandfather's passing. He doesn't intend to obstruct your duties.
But we have some very important questions to ask his grandfather. Would you be so kind as to grant us a moment?”
I immediately offered a stack of ghost money!
The black and white impermanence recognized me and smiled.
“Little Tongtong, is it? Alright, we'll just smoke a cigarette over here. Be quick. As the saying goes, if Yama wants you dead at three, he won't let you live till five.”
I quickly nodded. “Understood, understood!”
Fu Ziming looked at me with admiration again. “Wow! Shen Tong classmate, you even know people in the underworld?”
I didn't have time to listen to his praise right now. I quickly turned to Fu Ziming's grandfather.
“Mr. Fu, how did Jiang Mingyue die back then?”
Upon hearing Jiang Mingyue's name, Fu Haisheng's old and cloudy eyes flickered.
The next second, I was plunged into a wave of memories.
20.
It turned out that while Fu Ziming's grandfather, Fu Haisheng, had an extramarital affair with Jiang Mingyue, he didn't want to divorce Fu Ziming's grandmother, Wang Huiwen.
Jiang Mingyue had been causing a lot of trouble for him during that time. One time, after Fu Haisheng got drunk, he accidentally pushed Jiang Mingyue, causing her to hit the back of her head and die instantly.
Unexpectedly, Wang Huiwen, who had come to catch them in the act, witnessed the whole thing.
Fearing that his crime would be discovered, Fu Haisheng desperately begged Wang Huiwen not to call the police.
He told Wang Huiwen that if she called the police, he would go to jail, and their son would become the son of a murderer, ruining the Fu family's reputation and their child's future.
“Huiwen, don't call the police!”
“If you call the police, our whole family will be ruined!”
“If not for me, not for yourself, then don't you think of our son?”
“He's still a child! Do you want him to know that his most admired and beloved father is a cheating, murdering scum?”
Wang Huiwen, distraught and at a loss for what to do, listened to Fu Haisheng. She didn't call the police.
Fu Haisheng then moved Jiang Mingyue's body to the foundation of the Fu Shi Construction building under construction, specifically positioning it above the elevator shaft.
Afterward, Fu Haisheng fled overseas with his wife and children. He only returned to China after he suffered a stroke and was bedridden.
I never expected the truth to be like this!
Jiang Mingyue, in my sleeve, seemed to have felt that memory as well, sobbing uncontrollably, soaking my sleeve.
I released Jiang Mingyue from my sleeve, and Fu Haisheng, who had been expressionless, instantly looked terrified.
“Mingyue? It's you! Are you here to kill me? I don't want to die! I don't want to die!”
Jiang Mingyue, unable to contain her resentment, was about to strangle Fu Haisheng to death.
“You scum! You killed me and buried me in the elevator shaft, leaving me alone there for over thirty years, while you enjoyed a life of wealth and happiness with your children!”
“I will never let you go!”
Fu Haisheng was already trembling with fear. “I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was the one who killed you!”
I tentatively said, “Um... is there a chance... that he's already dead?”
Hearing my words, both Jiang Mingyue and Fu Haisheng froze.
After a long moment, Jiang Mingyue shouted, “Even as a ghost, I won't let him off!”
21.
Visiting hours were over, and the black and white impermanence took Fu Haisheng away, with Jiang Mingyue insisting on going with him.
Before leaving, she told me,
“Tongtong, I'm gone, don't leave dinner for me! That scum, he wanted to abandon me when he was alive, so I won't let him rest easy in death.”
I thought to myself, this woman died too young; she's still full of energy.
Fu Ziming, however, was quite upset. “I really feel sorry for my grandmother! She worked her whole life for my grandfather, for this family, and he just leaves so easily, leaving my grandmother to deal with everything?”
I comforted him, “At least Jiang Mingyue's resentment is gone, and the elevator in that building won't malfunction anymore. Now that your grandfather is gone, your grandmother is finally free.”
Saying this, I extended my hand towards him.
“So, boss, can you settle the bill now? Considering we're former classmates, I'll give you a discount!”
I'm planning on charging five hundred yuan! To give to Xia Shang, that debt collector, so he can buy a gift for his sister!
Although he's a bit naive, he's still from a wealthy family, so he's quite sensitive about money.
“What's the pricing standard?”
I could see him getting a little nervous, so I smiled and hinted, “You do own a whole building, you know! And, I also have to help you retrieve Jiang Mingyue's remains. Otherwise, once the building is demolished, it'll be almost impossible to find them.”
“She's gone with your grandfather now, but what if she changes her mind?”
Fu Ziming understood the pros and cons. Without a word, he transferred ten thousand yuan to me.
“Shen Tong classmate... no, Master Shen, you're right!
Please continue to help me retrieve Jiang Mingyue's remains and find someone to perform a ceremony to help her transcend.
Although she was a mistress who ruined my grandparents' relationship, she was still killed by my grandfather.”
I stared at the ten thousand yuan transferred to my WeChat, dumbfounded!
Ten thousand yuan! A fortune!
Although my parents give me and Shen Chen living expenses and pocket money, it's only two or three thousand, just enough to get by.
And my five thousand yuan a month temporary security guard job, I haven't even received my salary yet!
Fu Ziming's image in my mind instantly grew taller.
“Don't worry! I'll definitely take care of this!”
Taking someone's money, I'll solve their problems.
Fu Ziming informed his parents of his grandfather's death, had the funeral home take Fu Haisheng's body away, and then followed me to find the construction crew to dismantle the old elevator.
The people in the building were surprised to see someone dismantling the elevator.
“This old elevator, it's been here for decades, finally they're going to replace it!”
“Yeah, yeah, it always malfunctions, it's really inconvenient!”
“Didn't they say this building is about to be demolished? Why bother installing a new elevator?”
Fu Ziming, as the owner of the building, answered righteously, “Although this place is about to be demolished, everyone has lived here for decades, and we all have feelings for this building. I want to do a good job of providing service during its last days, so everyone can have a good memory of this building!”
As soon as he finished speaking, the elevator worker shouted.
“Boss, it seems like there's something!”
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