Chapter 1170

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Wang Changgen brought Wu Banxian over to the haunted house.

One could see the house's exterior had already been weathered by wind and rain into a somewhat mottled, dilapidated state.

The installed doors and windows were still quite new, though, and looked rather out of place against the walls.

Wang Changgen looked at this house, his heart filled with deep emotion.

He had spent no small amount of time, energy, and money to build this house.

If it weren't for Zhou Aidi suddenly hanging herself to death in this house back then, he would have moved in long ago!

But now that a Western-style building even more spacious and luxurious than this house has been erected on the Liang family's former homestead land, it counts as having no regrets!

Wu Banxian held a luopan compass and walked a circle around the haunted house, his expression turning grave.

He muttered to himself:

"Huh, how strange..."

Seeing Wu Banxian like this, Wang Changgen immediately tensed up:

"Wu Banxian, what's the matter?"

Wu Banxian did not answer Wang Changgen's question right away, but said:

"Let me walk two more circles and see!"

He then circled the haunted house two more times, and his face grew even graver.

Wang Changgen hurriedly asked:

"Wu Banxian, how is it?"

Only then did Wu Banxian speak:

"I detected no trace of any ghost here; that hanged evil ghost has most likely moved its nest."

Wang Changgen was immediately shocked:

"It can still move its nest?"

Wu Banxian instantly glared at Wang Changgen with a displeased face:

"Are you questioning my professional competence?"

Wang Changgen hurriedly waved his hands:

"That's not it, I'm just curious — Zhou Aidi hanged herself in this house, and now she's not in this house, so where did she run off to?"

Wu Banxian said:

"I'm not too sure about that right now either; I'll have to investigate."

Wu Banxian then began investigating with the luopan compass.

The investigation led all the way to an abandoned dirt mound near the Wang Family Building.

"That evil ghost is right here!"

Wu Banxian suddenly spoke with a tone of absolute certainty.

Hearing this, Wang Changgen was greatly startled, and at the same time, he trusted Wu Banxian completely:

"This pile of abandoned construction materials came from tearing down the old house Zhou Aidi lived in when she was alive!"

Wu Banxian said:

"The place where your house stands is precisely that evil ghost's residence when she was alive; this is also the reason she has been pestering your Wang family. Now you've hung peach branches and lemongrass on the doors and windows, and a bagua mirror and cactus at the main gate — she can't get in, so she's attached herself to this pile of abandoned construction materials!"

Wang Changgen suddenly realized:

"Then, Wu Banxian, does she still need to be transcended?"

Wu Banxian said:

"Transcendence is definitely necessary; if not transcended, your Wang family members pass by this waste pile every day coming and going, and will all be influenced by this evil ghost! But since the evil ghost is here now, there's no need to go to the haunted house side to perform the transcendence — setting up an altar and performing rites on this pile of abandoned materials will do!"

Wang Changgen nodded:

"That's even better; the haunted house has been given to someone else now, and I haven't gotten the key for that side yet!"

Seeing Wang Changgen had no suspicions about these words, Wu Banxian said:

"I still have business to attend to, so I'll leave it at that; see you tomorrow morning!"

Wang Changgen hurriedly said:

"Alright, alright, then you go attend to your business!"

After seeing Wu Banxian off, Wang Changgen returned home and told Wang Erhai they didn't need to get the key from Liang Xinghua.

Wang Erhai deliberately feigned a puzzled look and asked:

"Dad, why not? If we don't go into that haunted house, how do we transcend the evil ghost? I'll try contacting Uncle Xinghua again in a bit!"

Wang Changgen said coldly:

"You don't know shit! Wu Banxian just investigated and found that evil ghost actually ran out of the haunted house and is now attached to a pile of abandoned construction garbage near our Wang family!"

Wang Xiaohua deliberately questioned:

"How did it run out? Could Wu Banxian be deceiving us?"

Wang Changgen stated categorically:

"Impossible! Wu Banxian never deceives us! That pile of construction garbage is from the Liang family's old house; Zhou Aidi's ghost attaching herself there is perfectly reasonable — after all, she surely wishes to return to her old house!"

Wang Changgen also said:

"Additionally, Zhou Aidi probably also wants to retaliate against us, so that's why she moved to live near our house!"

Wang Erhai then said:

"Dad, what you say is very reasonable. Then tomorrow let Wu Banxian set up an altar and perform rites facing that pile of construction debris. I won't go contact Xiong Hua Shu."

Wang Zhanggen nodded:

"Mm, no need for you to contact Liang Xinghua again. Liang Xinghua really is something else. Even if he's busy, seeing your missed call, he should call back!"

Wang Zhanggen couldn't help but have some complaints about Liang Xinghua:

"You should know we've helped him quite a bit. That haunted house was sold to him, and he still owes us fifty thousand yuan, and hasn't given it to us all this time!"

Wang Xiaohua then said:

"Dad, how about waiting until Spring Festival when Xiong Hua Shu returns, and I'll go press him for you?"

Wang Zhanggen waved his hand instead:

"Press someone for this bit of small money, I'd lose all face!"

Wang Xiaohua dry-laughed, utterly speechless inside.

This old thing, at a time like this he actually thinks fifty thousand yuan is small money?

Initially when Du Xiaojuan did postpartum confinement, she told him it only cost twenty or thirty thousand yuan, and he was so distressed he insisted on making a scene to make Du Xiaojuan return the postpartum center package!

Li Xiulan couldn't help but speak up at this point:

"How is fifty thousand yuan small money? Back when we earned several tens of thousands, how many years did that take! I see you just want to save face! Going to press him would be fine!"

Wang Zhanggen, however, said:

"Xinghua is an honest kid. If he has money, he'll definitely return it to us at the first opportunity!"

Then he also said:

"Erhai, didn't you go to Town yesterday? He said New Era Restaurant was run into bankruptcy by Xinghua and his wife. I look at the two of them, husband and wife, and estimate they've run into some economic problems!"

Wang Xiaohua then said:

"Indeed there's this possibility. Maybe Xiong Hua Shu is afraid my second brother will press for the debt, so he doesn't dare pick up my second brother's calls!"

Wang Zhanggen at this time said to Wang Erhai:

"You also don't go press him too hard. Right now they have difficulties. If you can help, then help a bit. After all, they're from the same village, and Xinghua this person is honest and simple. He definitely won't forget kindness and betray righteousness!"

Wang Erhai heard these words, somewhat wanting to cry and laugh at once.

Can only say his own father's vision has always been like this. In this life, his judgment of people has never been accurate.

If he were to learn that Liang Xinghua has already forgotten kindness and betrayed righteousness, who knows what he'd think!

But still better not let him know, just afraid he can't take the shock.

So Wang Erhai then agreed:

"Dad, you're right. I also feel Xiong Hua Shu isn't someone who forgets kindness and betrays righteousness. So later I helped him out with several tens of thousands more, and haven't pressed him to return it all along."

Li Xiulan was immediately surprised:

"Erhai, why did you lend him so much money? You and Yueran will have many places to spend money in the future. If you have money, keep it yourself. Don't lightly lend to outsiders!"

Wang Zhanggen immediately scolded Li Xiulan:

"You, a woman with long hair and short knowledge, know nothing! Xinghua doesn't count as an outsider, okay! He's in such difficulty, we should help if we ought to help!"