Volume 1: Die with Unclosed Eyes 22. Crossing the Infant Soul

I was relatively natural, but Sisi was extremely cautious. She took every step carefully, as if she was afraid of stepping on something. However, the journey was relatively peaceful and we didn't encounter any unexpected situations. We arrived at the orchard in the suburbs.

Because it was winter, every fruit tree in the forest was bare without even a leaf, so there was no one looking after the orchard. However, another problem arose here. Since more than a year had passed, Sisi could not remember the area where the child's body was buried. She only vaguely remembered that she walked north for about ten minutes after entering the orchard.

As for the surrounding terrain features, she had no idea what kind of fruits were growing there.

Wu Tianxiong sighed and said, "I should have brought Uncle Qi with me earlier. I don't understand this kind of feng shui positioning."

Just when he was in trouble, Luo Tianbao said, "I have a way that may help me find the child."

"What method?" Wu Tianxiong was cheered up.

Luo Tianbao turned to Sisi and asked, "Can you feel the child's presence now? If so, tell me what it feels like."

"I just feel like there's always a cold chill wandering around my body, and from time to time it would go through me."

"Okay, from now on, you'll walk north first, and we'll follow you at a distance. If you feel any changes in the situation around you, let us know immediately."

Luo Tianbao is really smart. The infant spirit must be able to feel the burial place of its own body. So Sisi walked north alone trembling with fear. We kept a distance of more than ten meters from it. Maybe because we walked slowly, we walked for more than twenty minutes. Sisi stopped and said, "Yes, this is it. I, I..." Her tone was full of fear .

We hurried forward, and Wu Tianxiong asked, "What?"

"I saw him lying on my stomach." Sisi's face was covered in cold sweat.

We were currently in a circular area within an orchard. Wu Tianxiong turned around, looked around, and sighed, "You young people are truly reckless. You actually buried your dead child in a peach orchard. It would be truly strange if he could rest in peace."

I looked at the fruit tree next to me and found that it was indeed a peach tree. Peach wood is a ward off evil spirits and must never appear in a cemetery . What's more, if a corpse is buried in a peach forest, the deceased will surely not be able to rest in peace.

"I, I was so confused at the time that I didn't even think about this." Sisi explained with a pale face.

Since it was in this peach forest, it was easy to find. I carefully identified it in a small area and found an area with a different color of soil from the surrounding soil. So I used a shovel to dig. I dug down about half a meter deep and saw a jade-like box corner exposed in the soil.

Wu Tianxiong dropped his shovel and jumped into the mud pit. He used his hands to brush away the loose dirt on the lid of the box, revealing a rectangular jade box made of what looked like Kunlun jade. He didn't open the lid. After confirming that this was the container Sisi had used to store the child's body, he took off his coat, wrapped it around the jade box, and held it in his hands. I said, "Will this matter be resolved after we bury the child?"

"It's not that simple. The most important step has not been done yet. If the infant spirit is to be saved, we have to perform a ritual to summon the soul, and then invite a high monk to perform a 49-day salvation ceremony. A full round of rituals will probably cost at least hundreds of thousands of dollars. Can you accept it?" Wu Tianxiong asked Sisi.

"As long as my child can be at ease, I will do it even if it means losing everything." Sisi said without hesitation.

"Although spiritualism can be performed anywhere, it works best in the house where you gave birth to your child."

"Sure, that was my own house." Sisi was haunted by a baby spirit after she gave birth in the house Wu Xinwei bought for her. She thought she could get rid of it by moving out, so she rented a house outside for the past year.

So we packed up and went straight to Sisi's own house, which was a villa in the suburbs and belonged to a wealthy residential area, so the security was very strict. When we arrived, we were actually "stopped" because someone else lived in the house.

Needless to say, you can guess who this person is. Wu Xinwei is back.

After all, Wu Xinwei is not a big shot and his income is actually limited. Buying a villa in Shanghai is an unavoidable expense for him, so he moved in after Sisi moved out. Every time he goes back to Shanghai to visit relatives, he still lives in this villa. We happened to meet him today.

The worst thing was that Wu Xinwei didn't want Sisi to go in at first. Later, Sisi threatened to cause trouble at the gate of the villa area and reveal the relationship between the two of them. Only then did he agree to let us in, but only one of the three of us could accompany Sisi in.

He thought of us as Sisi's helpers.

We entered the villa under the guidance of the security guard. The decoration of the house was not luxurious. The worst thing was that there was a young woman wearing a facial mask sitting in the living room watching TV.

If it were a few days ago, Sisi would have definitely made a scene when she saw this, but today Sisi just asked calmly, "When did you come back?"

Sisi's reaction was completely unexpected by Wu Xinwei. He was stunned for a moment before saying, "I called you last week, but I couldn't get through."

Sisi nodded and said, "I changed my number."

"Oh." No one spoke after that, and the atmosphere was inevitably awkward.

"What's your name?" Wu Xinwei asked me.

"My name is Yu Zhen, and I'm Sisi's friend." I thought for a moment and added, "Just an ordinary friend."

Wu Xinwei looked at me suspiciously, his expression very unfriendly. Sisi said calmly, "Don't worry that I'm here to blackmail you. I was with you because of love, but now that love is gone, everything is gone. I won't take a penny of your house or money. I just hope you won't continue to harm other women."

Wu Xinwei looked very embarrassed, but the woman watching TV was indifferent, as if she didn't hear us at all.

"Sisi, why did you come here today?" Wu Xinwei asked after a long silence.

"For our children."

Wu Xinwei's eyes widened as he asked, "Isn't this child dead?"

"It's gone for you, but he's always by my side. Dawei, this is our child. I don't want him to suffer any more. This time I want to send him off peacefully. Are you willing to help me this time? This is the last time I'll look for you."

"Are you mentally ill? You aborted our child a long time ago. Where are you going to send him?"

I was worried that she might not be able to explain herself clearly, so I said, "Mr. Wu, I'm here for this matter." Then I explained the whole story in detail.

The woman who had been sitting there calmly watching TV ripped off her facial mask and said to me with an extremely exaggerated expression, "You still want to do something like this? Are you two crazy?"

This girl was also very beautiful, and she bore a striking resemblance to Sisi. It seemed Wu Xinwei "just liked this type." However, her aggressive, accusatory attitude infuriated me, so I said, "Girl, you're definitely not the first person to live in this house. At best, you're just a replacement. I'm even sure there will be a second, third, or even numerous other women moving in to replace you in the future. Why bother with such insults over a temporary residence and a temporary male companion?"

My words were quite mean. This woman was obviously not as well-mannered as Sisi. Her face instantly turned the color of liver. Seeing that the "storm was about to hit", Wu Xinwei said, "Xiao Xin, can you go upstairs first?"

"Why go upstairs? This is my house."

"I'll go upstairs and explain it to you later, but can I ask you to go upstairs first?"

"I'm not going. Why should I make room for these two psychos? They should be the ones to leave."

"Please understand one thing, this is my home, I bought this house, I invite you to come up."

"Mr. Wu, what is your relationship with this woman? Why did you drive me away for her?" The woman instantly became like a shrew.

"Xiao Xin, my patience is limited. Please don't challenge my bottom line." Wu Xinwei was really angry, and his voice was trembling.

"You bastard." The woman screamed angrily and ran upstairs crying.

Wu Xinwei waited until her figure completely disappeared around the corner of the stairs and then turned to us and said, "You are not kidding me, are you?"

"Who wants to joke with you? What I said is true. The reason why Sisi moved away was to avoid the baby spirit."

"Dawei, I don't want to blame you anymore, but the child is innocent and he is so pitiful." Sisi sobbed softly when she said this.

"So you are just like me, haunted by the baby spirit for the past year." After saying that, Wu Xinwei unbuttoned his shirt, and was shocked to see a black mark on his left chest, but the mark looked like a fuzzy imprint of a child's palm.