Greed

The wooden building stands on the corner of the street, like a piece of chocolate mille-feuille. The clean and thick glass isolates the hustle and bustle of people and cars outside. The interior is filled with the aroma of coffee and people's meditation, chatting or whispering among the sparse seats.

As soon as He Ping walked in, he saw Wu Ming, his buddy who was as strong as a bear. Wu Ming's expression was very bad, and he shrank in the corner as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight. With a look of pleading for help, he motioned for him to come over quickly.

"What the hell are you wearing indoors?"

Wu Ming's face turned pale with fright, and he exclaimed, "How do you know, I'm just a ghost."

He Ping looked at him strangely, put his backpack away and ran to order a cup of coffee before returning to his seat to continue chatting. He has always respected ghosts and gods and stayed away, but recently he became an employee of Yijiu. Hearing ghosts is like finding a bonus Opportunity, restrained the subconscious sense of expectation and asked: "Please explain clearly, I may have someone I know who can help you deal with it."

Wu Ming seemed to shiver for a while, and he took a sip of his cold drink before he began to explain the whole story.It turned out that in the apartment where Wu Ming lived, the neighbor next door often committed suicide due to relationship problems, and seemed to be a third party involved in other people's marriages. Leaving this aside, he was kind and polite. He was a simple-minded person, but his personality was a bit paranoid.

"She was very strange before she died. Sometimes the door was not closed. When I was at work, I would see her talking to a corner where no one was around. She seemed to have some mental problems. I don't know if she was adopted or something. After she died, she had no relatives. I came to deal with the funeral, but I couldn’t contact relatives and friends. Later, the old policeman gave the landlord a business card of Yijiu, which is the company you applied for. After all, it happened next door to my house, and then the incident gradually subsided, but..."

He Ping got up and went to serve drinks and cakes, and when he came back, he cut the cakes and echoed, "But what?"

Wu Ming showed a frightened expression, scratched his temples a little irritably, and replied: "There are a lot of children making trouble. Many, many children. They are very noisy. Every time I am tired and want to sleep, I will hear their voices, and then Miss Xu responding to them."

He Ping reacted quickly, and answered, "Infant Spirit?"

"I can't think of any other possibility."

"Hmm... will it go through the wall to your house?"

"Are you kidding? It's okay if it really becomes like that. I'm afraid that sooner or later I'll talk to you. You belong to Yijiu too. Do you have someone to introduce you to?"

"It's not impossible for you to rely on me to give you a discount at such a moment." He Ping thought to himself that even if people turned into ghosts, women and children shouldn't be too scary.Miss Xu, whom Wu Ming talked about before, seems to be a poor person.

"It doesn't matter if there is no discount." Wu Ming looked a little sad, sighed and said, "Actually, I hope that Ms. Xu can take a step and go to where she should go, and those children too. I heard that she didn't know her It's the third party, the man on the other side lied to her, because she had a child, and the man wanted her to get rid of it. She seems to have taken a lot of children, and was forced to take them away by the man a few times. That man is really not a thing!"

The more He Ping listened to it, the more he couldn't understand it. He couldn't help but raise his voice and asked, "It's so bad, why is she with that scum?"

"There is no way to fall in love."

"Bah." He Ping couldn't agree with it at all. "Let me ask you, if the woman you love wants you to have a hysterectomy after marriage, would you consider it?"

"Uh... um..."

Seeing that Wu Ming was actually thinking seriously, He Ping gave up asking, "Forget it. I'll go over with you tonight to have a look."

"Ah Ping."

"Why? You don't need to say thank you, the money card is really useful."

"No, I just want to ask you if you can borrow me for a few days. I can't be distracted by that because I have to catch up with my work recently."

"Wow, that's awesome."

"Please! You know I work. I have to run around to discuss with clients during the day, and I have to continue to revise the design draft at night. In addition to personal projects, there are also group construction projects. It will really explode. You don't want me to die. Is one looking for you?"

"Tsk, you actually threatened me." But the threat was effective. He Ping knew that most of Wu Ming's friends were wine and meat friends, and the only thing he could rely on right now was himself, so he could only agree softly.

Wu Ming was so moved that he immediately grabbed He Ping with both hands and looked at him with tears in his eyes: "You are indeed my true friend and brother. Ah Ping, you will definitely be rewarded!"

He Ping's face twitched, and he was so disgusted that he pulled his hand back and wiped his shirt with disgust, "Don't do this, big man, it's so disgusting."

"Hey, what's the matter. Take a closer look, your eyes are pretty pretty."

Wu Ming started talking nonsense after a little peace of mind, He Ping felt nauseous, got up and said, "Go back to my place first, and then I'll ask the rescuers." Who else to ask, only Xing Jiuye, the evil ghost warlock.

Before, he asked Chen Chu how to contact that ghost partner. Chen Chu said that some ghosts could sense other people's thoughts and move.From then on, Chen Chu always made fun of them as the most tacit partners, because of the "spiritual connection", which made He Ping very troubled for a while, and he didn't dare to think about anything.

While Wu Ming was taking a bath, He Ping went to the balcony to gather his mind, and said silently: "Xing Jiuye, I have work coming, come here quickly. And if you want to show up, please don't show yourself dead, I won't be able to bear it." "Oh, You don't know how I died, maybe my death is very ordinary." Xing Jiuye's voice suddenly rang in He Ping's ear, causing He Ping to bump his waist into the guardrail when he dodged.

Xing Jiuye stared at He Ping, gloated and said, "Be careful, the man is leaning on his waist."

"Let, lean on my waist...it hurts to death."

Without waiting for He Ping to open his mouth, Xing Jiuye went through the glass and entered the room, and said in his low voice without emotional ups and downs: "Go over there tonight to see the situation. There is a female ghost who committed suicide over there, and there are five or six more Infant spirits. One of them was stillborn."

He Ping said, "Would you like to go and have a look? Thanks──"

"Let's go together." Xing Jiuye looked back at him coldly, and said without refutation: "Right, you are my assistant, monitor and partner." He raised a smile that seemed malicious to He Ping.

He Ping was depressed and hated his ghostly smile, so he simply explained to him: "Since I am the selected monitor, don't blame me and go back to the company to file a complaint if anything goes wrong."

Xing Jiuye looked at him expressionlessly, a faint smile gradually appeared in his eyes, and he responded slowly with a calm and magnetic voice: "Oh, I didn't expect you to have such courage, and you are not as brave as I was before. You're so useless. By the way, I suggest you get your hair trimmed when you have time. I saw that bird's nest and wanted to break your neck. Also, it's better to be more polite to me, don't you just say " Respect ghosts and gods and stay away"? The premise of suing is that you are safe and sound..."

"To each other, to each other." He Ping couldn't go on being reminded like this. He asked for a step and said, "I believe you still have professional ethics, otherwise you wouldn't be so bad all the way to become like this."

Xing Jiuye was too lazy to argue with this coward again, and said coldly with a gesture of giving instructions: "At 01:30, you drive there by yourself, and I will wait for you there." After Xing Jiuye finished speaking, he disappeared immediately, and Wu Ming happened to come out of the bathroom When asked who He Ping was talking to, He Ping lied to him that he was talking on the mobile phone, but Wu Ming teased him that there was no one to talk to in such a narrow life circle.

He Ping was upset, turned on his laptop and started writing novels to vent his frustrations, substituting Wu Ming into the role and writing it as a feeble idiot.

While Wu Ming was sleeping peacefully, He Ping took the key he borrowed from the landlord and went to the scene to wait for the so-called supernatural phenomenon.

He Ping didn't feel much when listening to ghost stories during the day, but when the night was dark and the sound was quiet, his senses seemed unusually sensitive. The sound of showers, the sound of rain hitting the window eaves and awnings is very noisy.

The sound of rain is like the noise of the communication, isolating the living room from the outside world. The program broadcast on the TV in the middle of the night coincides with the ghost moon. Something weird.

He Ping frantically pressed the remote control with shaking hands, muttering: "Jiu Ye, the death penalty, is still here."

Frequent thunder and lightning affected TV reception, and the picture was occasionally distorted.A crooked line was torn out from the eyes and nose of the beautiful actress, and it trembled wildly. Anyone who saw it would feel uncomfortable. He Ping was so frightened that he pressed the number to hop to the Animal Planet channel.

It’s so good, the animal channel is broadcasting the special abilities of animals, and one of them is telling a story about dogs that can see ghosts, oh my!

After spending half an hour in such a hurry, He Ping became more and more sleepy, and the supernatural phenomenon Wu Ming mentioned did not appear at all. The pure rain and lightning, the sound of the TV and the fan running, made the weird atmosphere of the night more fermented.

Although the sound of the rain cut off the outside world, the monotonous sound was like hypnosis, so He Ping dozed off on the sofa.In his light sleep, he still couldn't help thinking about borrowing money from Wu Ming to spend this month, and the economic crisis would be resolved when the money came in next month.

"Hello." Xu Weijie, the neighbor next door, smiled brightly and greeted Wu Ming who was about to leave for work.In this estranged and indifferent society, many people do not deal with neighbors, but Xu Weijie is generous and kind, and always greets people with a smile.

Speaking of which, she is a good neighbor, a good tenant, and a pretty person, but he doesn't know her usual work. Wu Ming only knows that she goes out every day dressed up and comes home at eleven or two in the evening, with a slightly drunken face. It looks feminine.

Although he had never seen anyone coming in and out of Xu Weijie's house, occasionally, Wu Ming would hear her talking to a man, and the smell of cigarettes would often waft from the balcony.

Wu Ming guessed that she was probably the mistress of someone who took care of her.And he guessed really well, she chose this way of life, and carefully maintained her own life.

However, she didn't know when, her smile became less, and her whole body suddenly became haggard, like a flower in a sculpture, as if something bad was growing in her body and mind, eroding her life.Occasionally, Wu Ming would hear her throwing things or crying on the balcony late at night.

The behavior of the neighbors became more and more out of control and derailed, and Wu Ming was helpless, because they were actually strangers and couldn't control much.

"I'm sorry, have I caused you trouble recently?" Xu Weijie apologized to Wu Ming when they met at the door once.

Wu Ming smiled wryly, and took the opportunity to think about it: "Are you in any trouble? Do you want to talk to your friends, it's always bad to be bored by yourself."

Xu Weijie's smile became shy and bitter. "I have no friends, no family. There won't be any in the future, and I... can't have children of my own."

Wu Ming didn't know what to answer, so he could only listen helplessly, avoiding meeting her eyes.

"Sorry." She apologized again. "Thank you for listening to me. Even a parasite of society can't help but have some hope, I really want to cheer up. Mr. Wu, you are the only neighbor who hasn't complained to me about my recent behavior You are gentle and will find a good woman.”

"what?"

"I started talking nonsense. I'm so sorry. I'm sorry..."

In my impression, Xu Weijie seemed to have changed from a cheerful and friendly woman full of smiles to a woman who kept apologizing.She felt guilty and ashamed, but couldn't stop the hurt until she succeeded in swallowing pills to commit suicide.

"sorry.Who are you to embarrass me?sorry.sorry.However, I really hate it.You men... always embarrass me, I'm sorry, I really hate you, I'm sorry...』

He Ping took a sharp breath and woke up from the dream. There was still darkness in front of him. The lights and electrical appliances in the living room were all turned off at some point.The rain outside had stopped, leaving only a lonely drop of water slowly dripping from the edge of the shed.

Tick, tick.Tick, tick.

He Ping could clearly hear his uncontrollable breathing, and his whole body tensed up, not daring to move rashly. "Xing Jiuye, Xing Jiuye, call Xing Jiuye and you will die quickly──"

A dark red glow appeared in the dimly lit floor-to-ceiling window, and a pale woman's face rushed towards him. He Ping exclaimed, "I didn't call you!"

"I'm sorry, it turned out to be Mr. Wu's friend." Xu Weijie climbed onto He Ping and pressed his shoulders. The air was filled with the strong smell of corpses and medicine.He Ping was surprised to find that there was a deep black hole in her abdomen, and a piece of flesh fell out of it, and the lump of flesh spread out like a fetus crawling towards his face.

"Xu, Miss Xu Xu, you, your child..."

"He's not fully formed yet." Xu Weijie took the fetus back into her stomach, sat on the other side of the sofa, covered her face with one hand and cried, "I'm sorry."

He Ping carefully sat up and retreated to the other end, the air unknowingly dropped a few degrees, and goose bumps appeared all over his body.Can you faint?He didn't dare to faint, who knows what this ghost wants to do, if it faints, it will be slaughtered by it, so he can't faint.

Xu Weijie kept murmuring words of apology, holding her "fetus" and slowly disappearing into the darkness, the light in the entrance flickered a few times and turned on, and a small light in the living room turned on in the same way.He Ping was so frightened that he couldn't make a sound and his whole body was sweaty, even his underwear was wet.

The cold sweat and chills are far better than the coolness after the rain. I don't know if the time is flowing in the quiet and frozen living room. The clock on the cabinet is approaching four o'clock. He Ping calms down a little, thinking about the way to deal with the impending bladder explosion.The layout of the room is the same as Wu Ming's house. Originally, He Ping could walk to the toilet with his eyes closed, but he couldn't hook the slippers with his feet, so he pushed the slippers out of the sofa with a small hand.

"Pound!" The door of the toilet was pushed open and then closed again. He Ping was stunned for a while, and reflexively rushed forward to pull the door open to escape. After turning the door lock for a long time, he finally escaped from the toilet and fled back to the living room. All lit up, suddenly someone pushed his butt, causing him to stagger forward a few steps.

As soon as I turned around, I saw a big meat ball rolling towards the toilet. It was a ball made by several children. They yelled and laughed, and quickly rolled towards He Ping.Creaking, creaking, the sound of children's bones clinking, it's creepy to hear.

He Ping lost control and cursed: "Damn it!" Then he rushed out, almost crawling and rolling to the door, and the meat ball disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Instead, there was a well-dressed man blocking the door, and beside him was a middle-aged gentleman in a Chinese tunic suit, holding a talisman paper and a pen in his hand. They were surprised that He Ping rushed out from Miss Xu's house in embarrassment, and the three of them exchanged words. Take a look.

"This gentleman lives next door?" the gentle man spoke first.

He Ping shook his head, not intending to explain anything, just said: "That's my friend, it's not convenient for me to say more."

"Oh, that's just right. I talked to the landlord and the tenants this afternoon. My friend, Ms. Xu, has caused a lot of trouble for everyone recently. She has left, so I am responsible for paying some compensation. Some tenants have already accepted my compensation The landlord also entrusted me to handle the follow-up for the relocation, and you can convey it to your friend. It just so happens that I don’t have a business card with me now, so your friend can get a business card from the landlord.”

He Ping nodded blankly, responded casually, and then thought that something was wrong, it was early in the morning.

The man in the tunic suit reminded the other party: "The time has come."

He Ping stopped the two of them and asked, "May I ask what you are here at this time... What are you going to do?"

The gentle man walked back to the door, shook hands with He Ping and said, "I forgot to introduce myself. My surname is Dong, and I have been a good friend of Ms. Xu for many years. I brought my teacher to save her today."

When He Ping heard him mentioning the children, he said excitedly: "Mr. Dong, you came at such a coincidence! I think Miss Xu needs to be rescued, as well as her children." He was almost frightened by those children!

Mr. Dong's face changed abruptly, and he asked, "Do you know she has a child?"

He Ping's smiling face froze, and he hesitated to answer: "Oh...she mentioned it to my friend."

Mr. Dong smiled a little strangely, looked at He Ping a little bit, his eyes seemed to say that this is just a dead commoner, but the contemptuous eyes flashed away. "Excuse me, do you know who I am?"

He Ping laughed. "I don't know you. Hey, wait a minute, I think it looks familiar when you mention it like that."

Mr. Dong raised a thankful smile and waved his hands in response: "This teacher and I will deal with it first. Thank you for talking about this with me. Remember to tell your friend that Dong Weijun is willing to accept reasonable compensation claims."

The two entered Xu Weijie's house one after the other and closed the two doors, looking mysterious, He Ping tilted his head and muttered to himself: "Dong Weijun, I seem to have heard the name... hiss... where have I heard the name."

"Isn't that the upstart in the financial world in recent years?" He Ping shook his whole body, turned from fear to annoyance, and turned his head to stare at Xing Jiuye who was wearing a black suit.

"Why did you show up now!"

"Afraid of beating grass and scaring snakes."

"Listen to your nonsense. I've been fucked by a ghost!"

Xing Jiuye completely ignored He Ping's protest, and came to the conclusion: "We've just waited for a key role. It's just women and children, don't be too uncommon."

He Ping was dumbfounded. "How strange is it that I don't see it? At least you still look like a human being, and you have feet, not the one just now. And..."

Xing Jiuye resisted the urge to roll his eyes and waited for him to finish, secretly sneered at how stupid this guy was, he had to take him to work to serve his sentence, he began to feel happier going straight to hell.

"And you don't look scary, you're clean."

"Thank you for the compliment." Xing Jiuye was perfunctory.

He Ping stammered, "I'm not boasting, boasting──"

"They're going to beat the soul inside."

"Who?"

"Dong Weijun. He wants to completely wipe out women and children. According to his style, most of them are just cutting grass and roots."

He Ping looked at Xing Jiu Yejun's cold and ruthless face, and asked him blurted out, "Do you know Mr. Dong?"

"Ah." Xing Jiuye responded casually. "A customer from a long time ago. It's really a fate, don't you think?" After he finished speaking, he smiled a little unfathomably. He Ping had no reason to think that this guy was really dangerous, because it was difficult to understand his thoughts.

"Miss Xu and her children are pitiful enough. You should find a way to save them."

"Who said just now that you were angry when you were tricked by a ghost?"

"I don't care about women and children." He Ping changed his attitude quickly and immediately supported the weak.

"Ring the bell."

"Alas?"

Xing Jiuye finally showed his impatience, rolled his eyes at him and ordered coldly: "Ring the doorbell. The pig teacher knows what I mean after a long time, press it quickly."

"Oh." He Ping backed away in fright at the knife light from his cold eyes. He didn't even respond to several presses. Then the doorbell clicked like a phone inside, and the intercom began to rustle.

"My child—my child—ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh," the ghosts tearing their throats and screaming.

Xing Jiuye sneered and walked in through the door. He Ping suddenly realized that he was left outside by his partner. He rang the doorbell and shouted: "Hey, open the door for me! Hey, hey!"