Harbin City, a barbecue restaurant.
"Wunian, what do you want to eat?"
Zhang Chao held a basket, selecting skewers from the freezer shelves.
After finishing the call with Zhang Wei.
They took a car to this barbecue restaurant, waiting for Zhang Wei to arrive.
Before long.
After they finished selecting skewers and chose a table to sit down.
Zhang Chao picked up his phone and sent Zhang Wei a voice message: "Zhang Wei, have you arrived yet?"
As soon as he spoke.
Before he could hit send.
"Zhang Chao, Wunian." Zhang Wei's voice came from behind.
Zhang Chao immediately turned to look. He was stunned for a moment, seeing Zhang Wei holding a little girl, with Lu Lianxue beside him, who was also holding a little girl. The two walked side by side towards them, and Zhang Wei waved to Zhang Chao and Wunian.
Instantly.
Zhang Chao raised his eyebrows: "Good heavens, Zhang Wei, I said I wanted to treat you, and it's fine if you bring companions, but you've brought the whole family."
In his words.
He looked at the little girl beside Zhang Wei and Lu Lianxue, and teased:
"You've only been apart for a day, and you're already parents, having children so quickly."
Zhang Wei laughed heartily:
"Yes, we got the certificate this morning, got married at noon, and had the baby this afternoon."
He said, glancing at Zhou Ying and Xiao Xuan, and continued:
"We're even responding to the call for a second child and had two. Come, Yingying, Xuanxuan, let me introduce you. This is my good brother. Quickly call him Uncle Zhang Chao, kowtow to him for a red envelope. If you don't, I'll cut your hair in the first lunar month and take Uncle away."
There is a folk custom that during the first lunar month, children cannot have their hair cut, as it will cause harm to their maternal uncle.
After some playful banter.
They sat down, and soon Wunian and Zhang Chao learned about Zhou Ying and the other girl from Zhang Wei.
And thanks to Zhang Chao's talkative nature and his easygoing demeanor.
Everyone chatted happily.
Even the introverted Zhou Ying relaxed a little and smiled.
Zhang Chao directly asked:
"By the way, aren't you afraid your families will worry when you follow Zhang Wei out?"
Zhang Wei also spoke up at the right time.
The two of them worked together, trying to get information from Zhou Ying and the other girl. The reason was simple: when Zhou Ying expressed that she didn't want to go home, she seemed very resistant to returning home. Zhang Wei had a hunch that something was wrong.
After all, Zhou Ying and the other four had encountered a ghost. Normally, when children encounter something frightening, they should immediately seek out their parents and close relatives. However, Zhou Ying was the opposite, fearing that the situation was related to the ghost encounter. Zhang Wei dared not overlook it and decided to cooperate with Zhang Chao to extract information.
Soon.
Zhang Wei played with the two girls, Zhou Ying and the other, and easily got the information out of them.
It turned out that the reason Zhou Ying and the other four dared to play Ouija board was not because they really liked to court death, but because they heard that Ouija board could grant wishes.
That's why Zhou Ying and the others wanted to summon the Ouija board.
The purpose was to help Zhou Ying fulfill her wish... to have the Ouija board kill her father!
"I thought only things like this happened in novels," Zhang Chao said, his expression extremely amused.
If it weren't in public.
He would have burst into thunderous laughter.
In response.
Zhang Wei also had a strange expression and said leisurely:
"Sometimes reality is more magical than novels. After all, the national football team can lose to Vietnam. Is there anything more magical than this?"
Not only Zhang Wei and the other two.
Lu Lianxue and Wunian also changed their expressions.
The former looked at Zhou Ying as if she had seen a ghost, while the latter habitually clasped his hands together:
"Amitabha, sin, sin."
At this moment.
Seemingly remembering something, Zhang Wei looked at Zhou Ying and the other girl.
"I don't know what your circumstances were that led you to do such a filial act, but you cannot dabble in the supernatural.
"Even if you have the ability to dabble, you shouldn't solve problems in this way.
"I think Teacher Zhao must have taught you.
"There is no such thing as getting something for nothing.
"You summoned a ghost to kill someone. It seems like you solved the problem, but have you ever thought about why the ghost would help you kill someone? Everything has a price. You reap what you sow. If a ghost helps you kill someone, you will also pay an equivalent price. There is no such thing as getting something for nothing.
"Regardless of the reason, good or bad, if you kill someone, you will bear a sin. You will be punished by law during your lifetime, and after death, you will be burdened by karma, making reincarnation difficult."
Although his words were a bit harsh.
Zhang Wei did not intend to offer comfort; he had to make Zhou Ying and the others realize their mistake.
The next moment.
He stood up: "Zhang Chao, Wunian, we're not eating barbecue for now. Class monitor, take Xiao Xuan home first. I'll take Zhou Ying home now."
From the information extracted earlier.
Zhang Wei learned that Zhou Ying's refusal to go home was her wish, which was for the ghost to kill Zhou Ying's father today. She was afraid of seeing the ghost when she returned home, and she was also afraid that Zhang Wei would intervene when he returned home to stop the ghost from killing her father.
Zhang Chao also understood the seriousness of the matter.
He wanted to go with them.
However, he was stopped by Zhang Wei.
"I will handle Zhou Ying. Zhang Chao, Wunian, you go with the class monitor to find Captain Lin and prevent the ghost from attacking other people's parents."
As a ghost exorcist, Zhang Wei knew better than Zhou Ying and the others that the price ordinary people paid for summoning ghosts to kill was cruel. If you summoned a ghost to kill someone, the ghost would also demand your life, or even multiple lives. If the ghost had already killed Zhou Ying's father, the next step would likely be... Zhou Ying and the other four, or even their families.
As soon as he finished speaking.
Zhang Wei picked up Zhou Ying in a princess carry:
"Time is tight, I'll carry you to run, this way it'll be faster."
Since the barbecue restaurant was not far from the apartment complex where Zhou Ying lived, it would be faster to run home than to call for a car.
The next moment.
[Ding! System points added to host's legs and arms 2328]
With the 'synchronization' ability, Zhang Wei's body synchronized with the system points, but that didn't mean he couldn't add system points to himself.
This was a bug, or rather, a hidden feature, that Zhang Wei discovered after learning about the 'synchronization' function!
Instantly.
In the astonished gazes of Zhang Chao and the others.
Zhang Wei disappeared in a few blinks of an eye, his speed like lightning, incredibly fast.
And he was carrying someone while running!
After that.
Zhang Chao and the others also sprang into action. As they left, Wunian looked in the direction Zhang Wei had gone:
"Amitabha, Zhang Wei, may Buddha bless you. You must stop Zhou Ying from staining her hands with blood. She should not go to Avici Hell after death."
...
At the same time.
In the apartment where Zhou Ying and the other four lived, in Zhou Ying's home.
Click.
The key turned in the lock.
Zhou Ying's father, Zhou Dacheng, returned home from work.
As soon as he got home.
Zhou Dacheng untied his tie, took out a few cans of ice-cold beer from the refrigerator, and then lazily sat on the sofa, turned on the TV, and watched while drinking.
"Hey, wife, is dinner ready? I'm starving, hurry up..."
He was halfway through shouting when he stopped abruptly.
He suddenly remembered that his wife was not at home and was still staying in the hospital.
"Bad luck, I'll order takeout."
Zhou Dacheng picked up his phone.
Tap.
Just as he was about to order takeout, he heard a sound from the corridor, the sound of footsteps.
Zhou Dacheng looked and was stunned.
He saw his wife, Ren Chun Chun, walking out of the corridor from who knows when.
"Huh? When did you get discharged? You scared me to death! Walking out without turning on the lights, I thought a thief had come."