Chapter 10:
The more tragic the death, the more professional the burial

Jing Qizhen was planning to talk to the female ghost directly through the radio. Naturally, everyone was not as afraid as before and they were careful not to make any noise while typing on their mobile phones.

Gold Chain Brother winked at the foreigner, Yun Shuanghua, and Old Xiao. They cooperated and directly moved the single bed in the duty room to the door, and quickly blocked the door completely. Gold Chain Brother also planned to move the table there in case the single bed was not heavy enough.

Manman’s boyfriend was still adjusting the broadcast microphone with Jing Qizhen.

Seeing the movement, Jing Qizhen temporarily stopped and reminded Gold Chain Brother, [There is no need to pile the weight on the bed. There are metal cabinets here! Take down the metal cabinets one by one and put them next to the bed. They’ll be enough to block the door to the wall.]

While Jing Qizhen was typing, he had already moved the chair over, stepped on it, and quickly moved down the top set of metal cabinets.

The metal cabinet was full of things and they were heavy. Seeing this, Brother Gold Chain quickly went over to help.

With the sound of people moving heavy objects in the room echoed, the increasingly restless ‘security guard’ outside the door suddenly stood up and rushed to the door.

The ‘security guard’ took out the key again but it could not be inserted into the keyhole filled with chewing gum. It roared in anger and threw away the key, beating the duty room’s door hard with its frighteningly muscled arms. With a ferocious ‘bang!’, the stainless steel door panel vibrated violently under the impact, almost being shaken off the door frame.

Old Xiao was so startled that he trembled all over and immediately sat down on the single bed. He felt the bed vibrate with the door panel. The cold sweat on his face was almost unstoppable and the soles of his feet were pressed firmly against the floor, not letting the door be knocked open.

Yun Shuanghua followed suit and sat on the bed to add weight.

“Oh, God– ah, no, we should call Heavenly Emperor in China. The monster outside sounds so scary!” the foreigner said, every word heavy with a strong Sichuan hotpot flavor, but the expression on his face and the movements of his hands said otherwise.

Unlike Old Xiao and Yun Shuanghua, this foreigner chose to stand by the door with a kitchen knife in hand, waiting for an opportunity. As soon as the ‘security guard’ came in, he would attack.

Seeing the man holding up the destructive tool, Old Xiao trembled in silence.

After Gold Chain Brother and Jing Qizhen moved the stacked metal cabinets down, Manman and the cashier girl directly rolled their sleeves up and stepped forward to help.

There was indeed a significant difference in strength between most men and women, but obviously, Manman had been exercising all year round, while the cashier girl had been working since she was a child, so both of them were quite strong.

Manman specifically confirmed, “Put the metal cabinet on the floor to block the space between the bed and the wall, right?”

Jing Qizhen nodded, “Yes, that’s what I mean!”

The reason was very simple. When the things are piled at the door, they only rely on the friction force generated between the heavy objects and the ground. If the creature outside was strong enough, it could still knock the door open. However, when the space between the door and the wall is filled, it either needs to crush the bed and the metal cabinets in the middle or knock down the opposite wall to enter.

If it had so much strength, the ‘security guard’ outside the door might as well have just broken through the wall from the beginning. This way, it only needs to break through one wall to get in successfully!

The Earth was shocked when it saw the situation and said, “In the movies and TV series I’ve seen, cabinets, tables, chairs and benches are all used to block the door! Then the people hiding in the house would stand on those heavy objects in fear while pushing the door with their own strength later.”

Jing Qizhen nodded while moving the metal cabinet, “Yeah, thank you for the compliment, I’m such a clever little guy! Anyway, if it were me, I would have piled things up the wall too.”

The Earth: …

The ball originally wanted to to scold Jing Qizhen for his shamelessness but thinking more, it didn’t seem to be a big deal. The Earth and humans were also on the same side, so the Earth swallowed its words again.

Seeing that Jing Qizhen, Gold Chain Brother and the others had neatly arranged two rows of metal cabinets between the bed and the wall, Old Xiao and Yun Shuanghua also started to stand up from the bed.

Now, when the ‘security guard’ outside the door rammed into the door again, the door panel shook with the single bed and two whole rows of metal cabinets.

Manman thought the sound of it hitting the door was too noisy, so she picked up the sheets from the single bed and placed them between the iron cabinets at the right time, thinking it was useful for shock absorption and noise reduction.

As the noise caused by the ‘security guard’ became louder and louder, the female ghost who was calmly walking towards their direction seemed to speed up.

The old lady definitely couldn’t compare with a group of young people in terms of physical strength, so she had been watching the surveillance video carefully from the beginning and reminded them at the right time, “The female ghost must have realized that something is going on here.”

Almost at the same time, a high-pitched loudspeaker noise ‘wooo–!’ was heard. Manman’s boyfriend turned around, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, “The broadcast has been adjusted, and you can use the microphone to test the sound!”

Jing Qizhen nodded, took the microphone and said, “Hello”.

The female ghost who had arrived in the corridor where the duty room was located suddenly raised her head.

Manman’s boyfriend stood next to Jing Qizhen, pointing to a neat row of small green lights on the surveillance station and reminded him in a low voice, “These should be the indicator lights of each loudspeaker. If it lights up, it means you can speak normally. But we don’t know where the loudspeakers are installed in the store at the moment. The female ghost– Well, the direction the lady is looking at should be one of them.”

Jing Qizhen made an ‘ok’ gesture towards him.

Ignoring the ‘security guard’ who was still banging on the door, Jing Qizhen cleared his throat and spoke into the microphone, “Hello, madam.”

After saying that, he turned to look at the cashier girl and covered the microphone with his hand. He asked in a low voice, “By the way, what is your boss’s surname?”

The cashier girl was stunned for a moment and quickly said: “Her surname is Li; Li Jiangli.” After saying that, the cashier girl added one more sentence, “My manager’s husband’s name is Liao Bailong and they have a daughter studying in high school and her nickname is Shanshan.”

Jing Qizhen nodded slightly and spoke to the microphone again, “Hello, Ms. Li, I’m sorry to disturb your work tonight. Can we have a chat?”

The female ghost stared in the direction of the loudspeaker. The expression on her face changed from dark to bright. Even through the somewhat blurry surveillance camera, they could see that the female ghost’s eyes were bloodshot. Even the blood-stained professional woman’s skirt seemed to have changed from before. The staleness turned to the freshness of the moment it was stained with blood.

Everyone stood in front of the surveillance screen, looking at the current scene nervously.

However, Jing Qizhen’s words seemed to greatly stimulate the female ghost. Just like the ‘security guard’ just now, it also became restless and let out a frightening roar.

Because the distance between the two parties was not very far, everyone in the duty room could clearly hear the sharp roar of the female ghost coming from the corridor.

While taking photos for comparison, Manman murmured to her boyfriend, “The female ghost has really changed. It’s a pity that we didn’t see the security guard during the day, so we don’t know how it has changed.”

Her boyfriend originally nodded in agreement when he heard this but suddenly he reacted, “Wait, there are previous surveillance videos here! Not just for today.”

Everyone became energetic.

Gold Chain Brother whispered decisively, “Can you export the surveillance video? Everyone here has a mobile phone. Divide the surveillance video between us. If you see any problem, just call.”

Everyone nodded.

Jing Qizhen was still searching for topics to communicate with the female ghost, even though the other party was not very willing to cooperate at the moment.

However, he was obviously listening to his companions’ words. Although he didn’t say anything, he took out the charger and USB cable from the backpack he had thrown next to him. They were useful whether the phone was running out of battery or simply to export the surveillance video.

Thanks to the large-screen smartphones that consume astonishing power these days, several people present carry charging cables or power banks with them.

Manman’s boyfriend quickly exported the recent surveillance records by time, renamed them clearly, and then sent them on to different people.

While everyone else was looking for clues from the previous surveillance videos, Yun Shuanghua, the only one without a mobile phone, was originally standing next to Jing Qizhen, watching him insistently talking to the female ghost alone. As a result, Jing Qizhen glanced at him and handed over his mobile phone.

Yun Shuanghua: …

Jing Qizhen held the mobile phone in his hand and gestured with a smile.

Yun Shuanghua took a deep look at Jing Qizhen, silently took his mobile phone and left.

Because the metal cabinets were neatly placed on the floor, it now became a ready-made place to sit.

Old Xiao had brought all the things he had purchased from the supermarket. Now that he had some free time, he simply distributed all the snacks to everyone. While wiping the cold sweat on his head, he said with pleasure, “Eating some sweets can relax your mood.”

As the tempting smell of various snacks spread in the duty room, the mood of the ‘security guard’ outside the door became more manic.

However, it can’t open the door anyway. After getting used to the noise it made, they can simply pretend that nothing happened.

Manman held a pack of crispy seaweed flakes and calmly complained, “It’s not as good as the sound of electric drills when decorating my apartment upstairs.”

At this time, when the communication with the female ghost failed, Jing Qi Zhen became concerned and immediately launched his attack, “Ms. Li, is it because your husband cheated on you and colluded with his mistress to physically harm you that directly led to your death?”

The female ghost suddenly stood still and the next moment she rushed towards the duty room fast, as if she had seen Yun Shuanghua again who she had mistakenly thought was a thief.

As the female ghost arrived, the ‘security guard’ who had been banging on the door suddenly let out a frightened and weird roar. The next moment, it seemed to be terrified as its extremely heavy footsteps ran away ‘Dong! Dong! Dong!’ in a hurry.

Everyone in the duty room: …???

The foreigner put down his snacks, “Aren’t they on the same side?”

Manman hesitated and shook her head, “Why do I feel like the security guard didn’t dare to see the female ghost and worry about a mistake it had made?!”

Seeing that the female ghost had taken over the position of ‘security guard’ and arrived at the door of the duty room, Jing Qizhen no longer needed to broadcast to speak to the other party, and everyone’s hearts were tight again.

The Earth asked Jing Qizhen, “Why do you want to stimulate the female ghost?”

Jing Qizhen answered, “We’ve been exposed anyway; so let’s destroy and then reconstruct!”

The Earth asked, “What are you going to say if she doesn’t respond?”

Jing Qizhen blinked and blinked, “I was originally going to say, ‘Do you remember that you have a daughter named Shanshan? How is the little girl now?'”

The Earth gasped, “You vicious man!!!”

Jing Qizhen: “…? Actually, I want to awaken her.”

The Earth: “Are you a liar?”

The Earth is disdainful of this!

The female ghost was standing at the door. She didn’t hit the door but kept groping at it. Her movements were weird and creepy.

After a long time of confirming that she could not come in, the female ghost finally pressed her face tightly against the gap of the door and asked in a hoarse voice, “What do you all know?”

Jing Qizhen also put down the microphone and walked to the door and asked in a gentle voice, “Ms. Li, maybe you need a little help?”

The Earth was puzzled, “How can you help it?”

Jing Qizhen explained, “According to my basic understanding of domestic feudal superstition, if we want to deal with a fierce ghost, the most important thing is to resolve their resentment or influence them with their obsession. The more tragic the death, the more professional we handle the burial. For many mothers, their child is indeed the most important thing.”

The Earth: …

The female ghost’s mouth twitched and her pale teeth seemed to have clear blood stains. She opened her white eyes and showed an extremely weird smile. She said with a pitiful voice and a strange smile, “How can you help me?”

Jing Qizhen also said in a serious and warm voice, “The day you were killed was March 19th. We can give you a reminder on February 22nd that in 26 days, you will be harmed by someone close to you in your office.”