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    Chapter 54 Chapter 54 Heading Up Rate (12)

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    She could tell that Li Heru didn’t want to talk about it.

    She doesn’t tell, she doesn’t ask, but she can act secretly.

    The next day, Chu Yu called Liang Zhiqiu.

    “You finally woke up. We have been filming other scenes recently when you were away. Just come back. When will you come to the crew?” Liang Zhiqiu said in surprise on the other end of the phone.

    “I can come now. Is Long Chao here? I want to see her?”

    *

    In a corner of the abandoned campus, Long Chao sat astride a painted wooden horse, holding the handle with both hands and sighing.

    “I don’t know the details, I just know that He Ru stayed at the cemetery for five days. One afternoon, she suddenly called me and asked me to drive to pick you up.

    When I arrived, you were covered in blood, which almost scared me to death. I was so scared that I wanted to call an ambulance on the spot, but when I looked carefully, I found that there were no wounds at all on your body.

    On the contrary, Ho Ru, with a pale face and a weak look that is about to disappear, even a third-rate Taoist priest like me can easily capture her.”

    Chu Yu tilted his head slightly, his eyes sharp.

    Long Chao waved his hands quickly: “I’m just making assumptions, don’t look at me like that. I drove you back, and bought a lot of yellow paper and incense candles for He Ru on the way. She was seriously injured, and she entered the bedroom as soon as she got back. The incense mist that overflowed from the crack in the door could kill ten people.

    Fortunately, your home does not have a smoke alarm. When I was abroad, I had to pay a fine every time I cooked a meal. The smoke alarm really hurt me…”

    Chu Yu spoke in time to interrupt Long Chao’s memories: “Do you know how she was injured?”

    “I don’t know, fighting with villains or something like that, isn’t that how it’s shown on TV?” Long Chao shrugged, and when Chu Yu looked at her, he explained helplessly:

    “I just have yin and yang eyes, but it doesn’t mean that I have superb skills. There are many things that people who are not destined to understand cannot understand.”

    “But I have a master who is very good at this aspect. She just immigrated overseas very early. I heard that she has been living in seclusion for many years. She may not be that easy to find.” Long Chao said.

    Chu Yu’s heart immediately fell to the bottom after mentioning it just now, and he lived in seclusion as an expert?This is no different than your dying grandmother telling you that you have a family heirloom but forgot where it was buried.

    Seeing Chu Yu’s frustrated look, Long Chao comforted her again: “It’s okay. You and He Ru have such a good relationship. At worst, you can ask her in person.”

    According to Chu Yu’s experience, if Li Heru didn’t say anything, he wouldn’t reveal anything even if he tried to force her to do so.

    “Auntie!” A clear child’s voice broke Chu Yu’s thoughts. She turned around in surprise, and Meng Wen stood upright in front of her.

    “You haven’t been here for a long time. I guessed it was you as soon as I heard the footsteps.” Meng Wen said with a sweet smile.

    “You still know how to listen to footsteps? Then tell me, what are our footsteps like?” Long Chao deliberately teased her.

    “Aunt Long walks carelessly, with her toes touching the ground first, and before the sole of her foot touches the ground, she steps forward with the other toe, very briskly. Aunt Chu walks steadily, and likes to land with the sole of her foot on the ground, step by step.”

    Meng Wen’s ears moved slightly, and she carefully distinguished the sounds from the ground and the breeze. Suddenly, a very thin sound fell into her ears.

    This person walked without lifting his feet, almost dragging his feet one step at a time, but his steps were very fast. He was an impatient person who staggered when he walked. His age… he must be very old.

    Never heard of it, but somehow familiar.

    Meng Wen’s ears moved again, and a pair of old and rough hands held her shoulders.

    “Granddaughter!!!” Wu Youfang burst into tears. Looking at the thin and deformed Meng Wen, she couldn’t help but feel like a knife, and her knees fell to the ground.

    Meng Wen was stunned in place. She was silent for a long time, and then she asked in a trembling voice, “Grandma?”

    Wu Youfang hugged her and burst into tears.

    Long Chao flirted with Chu Yu, and the two left the scene with a tacit understanding, leaving enough space for the reunion of grandparents and grandchildren.

    “Can you save someone like Meng Wen? I heard He Ru said that you are very capable of saving ghosts.” Long Chao asked.

    Chu Yu nodded lightly: “Yes, but she has to be willing before I can send her away. Is there anything she wants to do?”

    “Can you find Meng Wen’s former class teacher and ask her to sign this informed consent form? This is related to whether our crew can continue filming smoothly.” Liang Zhiqiu handed over a stack of documents and patted Chu Yu on the shoulder.

    “I trust you, and I can rest assured that you and Long Chao will do things.”

    Chu Yu held the document, unable to complain about why such a thing should be left to her as an actor. She asked tentatively: “Do you have the contact information of her class teacher?”

    According to the age at which Meng Wen died, no matter how young her class teacher was, she would be close to old age now.

    Liang Zhiqiu cheerfully showed off his cell phone: “The address and contact information are complete. They are all sent to you. You can go without worry.”

    So easy?Chu Yu turned his gaze to Long Chao in doubt, and Long Chao turned his head humbly.

    Meng Wen’s former class teacher was named Zeng Zhicheng, and she lived in a family home affiliated with a normal university.

    The community is an old Khrushchev-style building with mottled red paint on the window frames. From time to time, there are old people sitting on the stone table downstairs, playing cards and chatting.

    Chu Yu carried two kilograms of cherries and a carton of milk bought from the fruit shop at the door, and looked up at the faded unit number.

    Long Chao walked forward without squinting: “Stop looking, I’ll take you there. Their community is like a maze. The delivery man can’t get out for hours after coming.”

    “Do you come here often?” Chu Yu walked a few steps curiously.

    “Well, since Liang Zhiqiu wanted to shoot this movie, we have been here almost every weekend, but…” She turned back and spread her hands, smiling helplessly: “You will know when you meet people.”

    Walking to the innermost building of the community, several old ladies downstairs smiled heartily when they saw them. An old man waving a fan shouted to Long Chao: “Are you looking for Teacher Zeng again? What delicious food did you buy this time?”

    Long Chao raised Chu Yu’s arm and said, “I won’t give you anything today. We have a sure chance of victory.”

    The crowd burst into laughter again.

    “Are you kidding? You might as well give it to us in advance so that you don’t have to pick it up after it falls on the ground.” The old lady shook her fan and said with a smile.

    Long Chao smiled and waved to the man: “Don’t make fun of me, see you later.”

    Zeng Chicheng lived on the top floor of his house. The musty smell in the old stairs was mixed with a faint fragrance of rice. There were many mud fingerprints on the wall at the corner of the stairs.

    Chu Yu walked slowly behind Long Chao, but saw a white shadow flash past the patio.

    She frowned lightly. She felt cold all over as soon as she entered the house. It was impossible for Long Chao not to notice it. Just when she was about to ask Long Chao, a loud bang suddenly came from the top of the building.

    Long Chao’s upward steps paused for a moment, and she scratched her head in annoyance: “She heard her, if she had known we would have walked more gently.”

    Chu Yu didn’t understand why: “What’s the use of walking lightly? You didn’t go to her house to steal things.”

    Long Chao suddenly turned his head with a serious expression. She looked at Chu Yu. Chu Yu was so frightened by her look that he couldn’t help but take a step back: “What are you doing?”

    “Of course I’m stealing her heart.” Long Chao scratched his fingers twice.

    …so earthy.

    The door was knocked softly, and Long Chao whispered harmoniously, leaning against the ventilation window of the wire mesh and peering in: “Is Aunt Zeng at home? Zeng Zhicheng, is Aunt Zeng here?”

    There was the sound of slippers tapping through the ventilation window, but there was no sound of anyone.

    Long Chao refused to give up and continued to shout against the door: “Auntie, I brought you a gift. Please open the door and have a look. If you don’t like it, tell me and I’ll get something else.”

    Suddenly there was a loud bang inside the door, and a deep voice roared: “Get out! I told you not to come back again! I won’t promise you.”

    Long Chao continued to speak at the door in a sweet and frightening voice: “Auntie, auntie, auntie, please open the door. We don’t talk about work. I can just meet you. I will kiss you when I see you, just like my half biological mother!”

    A face suddenly appeared behind the door. Zeng Zhicheng was not tall, with extremely deep nasolabial folds at the corners of his mouth. His messy gray hair was tied tightly behind his head with a rubber band, and even his eyebrows were lifted up.

    She curled her lips and said with gloomy eyes: “I called the police, do you want to get out?”

    Long Chao looked like a rabbit on stimulants. She immediately posted it on the door and said with a smile: “Mom, you are finally willing to see me. Why do you look so haggard? Are the nutritional supplements I bought you last time still effective?”

    With a clang, Zeng Zhicheng pushed open the door. Long Chao had already had the foresight to do so. She jumped back and dodged the critical strike of the iron door with great foresight.

    Immediately afterwards, Zeng Zhicheng’s eyes flickered between the two of her, and then focused on the fruit bag in Chu Yu’s hand.

    She grabbed the flimsy plastic bag, and the purple-red cherries flew to the ground. She stepped on it a few times, then lost control and cursed: “Get out! You two bastards, if you don’t get out, I’m calling the police now!”

    Chu Yu wore a pair of white pants today, and Che Lizi’s juice splashed on half of her legs. She looked at the mess in silence, and Long Chao ducked in front of Chu Yu and smiled:

    “Auntie, this is a new Taoist priest in our sect. She is very capable in doing things. She has saved as many as eighty ghosts from ten thousand. She will definitely not harm Aunt Ji. If you don’t mind, we will show you today.”

    Zeng Zhicheng seemed to be angry. She turned around and walked into the room without saying a word. Long Chao looked at it and immediately said with great joy: “There is something to do, go in quickly, quickly!”

    “Why do I feel…” Doesn’t it look like an invitation?Before Chu Yu could finish his words, he was half-pushed and half-shoved by Long Chao into the house. In order to prevent the two of them from being kicked out later, Long Chao turned around and locked the door.

    Zeng Zhicheng rushed out with a kitchen knife.

    There was water dripping on the knife. I don’t know if it had just been washed or if the meat had been cut.

    Chu Yu moved quickly against the wall without saying a word.

    Long Chao had a stiff smile on her face. She grabbed a cushion from the sofa nearby and put it in front of her face. She bowed her head in embarrassment and begged for mercy: “Auntie, don’t be like this. We are here on a business trip. It won’t be easy for you if you kill us.”

    “It’s been so many years! How long have I been feeling uncomfortable as long as Xiaoji has been gone? You unscrupulous media are like flies. How long have I refused to be interviewed?

    Huh?Which of you have heard of it?Do you have to make me look like a street rat in the community, and be satisfied wherever I go?”

    “I can’t live anymore. I’ll take you away with me. I don’t care whether my life is good or not. Anyway, after so many years, I am more miserable as a living person than as a dead person! Forget it if I die.”

    Zeng Zhicheng collapsed and shouted, waving the kitchen knife in his hand in a chaotic manner. Long Chao couldn’t resist and backed away repeatedly, almost pressing against the door. Chu Yu saw the right moment and lifted a stool from the ground, preparing to make a decisive blow.

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