When in doubt, ask Baidu!
That's a little habit of Xu Yang's.
"How can you scare a ghost?"
Enter the question.
Press search.
Answers jump out one by one.
"You're probably scaring yourself. How can there be ghosts in this world? Relax and believe in science!"
"Don't wear makeup."
"Turn yourself into a ghost first."
"..."
Xu Yang frowned.
What's all this nonsense?!
These are obviously answers from people who don't understand the situation.
Fortunately, there's a wide variety of information on the internet, and Xu Yang soon found a few more reliable answers.
First: an evil person.
A truly evil person who never does anything good is even feared by ghosts.
Xu Yang thought... maybe he could appear more "evil" in front of ghosts?
Second: a butcher's knife.
A butcher's knife, which has killed too many livestock, is stained with a lot of resentment and evil energy. It can even ward off evil spirits at home, so naturally, ghosts would be afraid when seeing it!
"A butcher's knife?"
"Where can I find one this late at night?"
Xu Yang shook his head.
But this answer gave him an idea.
To scare ghosts with something they fear would naturally scare them.
So what are ghosts most afraid of?
Ghostbusters!
Daoist priests!
"Maybe I can try wearing my grandpa's Daoist robe and use the peach wood sword!"
He went back to the second floor and greeted the female ghost, "Lady Ghost, I have to go to Yu Town for a bit... Do you want to come with me? I met you in Yu Town last time, so it's like accompanying you home."
"No!"
Without looking up from the TV, the female ghost wrote two bloody words.
Damn!
Before, she followed me everywhere without leaving my side.
Now that I have something to do, you don't want to come?
Xu Yang complained in his heart.
But he didn't mind too much.
After all, it's just a few minor demons, nothing challenging.
He left the Funeral store, got into his car, and drove straight to Yu Town overnight.
Yu Town is south of Wu City, about 200 miles away. Because it's nighttime and there are quite a few speed traps on the road, Xu Yang estimated that it would take at least three hours to get there.
With his phone secured to the holder,
Xu Yang drove while watching Taozi's livestream.
She had just started not long ago, and since she wasn't familiar with the road, she was driving slowly. Xu Yang reckoned he could catch up with her.
When it was almost 12 midnight, Xu Yang arrived at the small village mentioned on the internet, guided by his navigation.
This village is called "Dawa Village."
The small school is named "Dawa Elementary School."
Xu Yang knew what the abbreviation "Complete School" meant, referring to schools that have complete grades from grade one to grade five.
This kind of name is not seen in urban areas, but quite common in the southern mountainous areas.
This is a mountainous area, and the distance between neighbors can be measured in kilometers.
It's not rare for a village to have only dozens of households. In small villages like this, schools usually only go up to grade three, which means a room with about a dozen students and a single teacher.
After grade three, students who want to continue their studies have to walk back and forth for 60 or 70 miles every day to attend school.
By the time they finish grade five and move on to grade six and seven, they have to go to the township schools to board.
Fortunately, this situation has greatly improved with the implementation of the country's "ecological migration policy." At least, almost all the people in the mountainous areas around Yu Town have been resettled.
Xu Yang knew this so well because Ma Long had been through the same thing.
His hometown was not far from Dawa Village. It wasn't until he had finished grade five that his father made some money outside and the family moved to Wu City.
He parked his car at the school gate.
Xu Yang pushed open the rusty iron fence gate and walked in.
To both sides of the gate, the school's nameplates were lying crooked on the ground. The greenery and trees in the campus had grown wild and huge due to years of neglect, with some dead and some overgrown.
Upon entering the school gate, the first thing you see is a basketball court.
The basketball court is made of hardened concrete, with many cracks. The basketball hoops on both sides have rusted, and the wooden backboards have rotted and fallen apart.
There is a national flagpole next to the basketball court.
Behind it, there are two rows of red brick houses.
The female anchor "Taozi" has her car parked on the basketball court. She is furious at the moment and swears, "What are you guys doing? Can't handle this little thing? Isn't it just about money? If 300 doesn't work, then 500, and if 500 doesn't work, then 1000. It's almost midnight; if the live broadcast effect is ruined, I'll deduct half a year's salary from you!"
"Taozi, we really can't find anyone."
A thin young man smiled bitterly, "There are only a few households left in this place, and they all say the school is haunted. They don't even dare to come near it during the day, let alone come to the school in the middle of the night to pretend to be ghosts."
"It's not about money."
"After all, rural people are superstitious and have limited experience... Or maybe I can dress up as a ghost later?"
"You dress up as a fucking ghost? You're the cameraman. If you fucking dress up as a ghost, how am I supposed to livestream?"
Taozi cursed, "We should've brought someone from the city. Where can we find anyone in the middle of the night like this?"
At this moment.
Xu Yang walked in from the school gate.
The sky is very dark tonight.
But Taozi and the others have set up lights on the basketball court, so at least they can see people clearly.
The young "cameraman" ran over in a few steps and asked, "Brother, are you free? We have a job here that we need your help with..."
"Let me pretend to be a ghost?"
Since he had already figured out their intentions from their previous conversation, Xu Yang couldn't help but say, "This place is already haunted, and you still want people to pretend to be ghosts here? Aren't you afraid of a real accident happening?"
"Ghosts? Where in the world are ghosts?"
Taozi swayed her body and walked over.
Her body is indeed very hot.
Her cleavage is full and sexy, just like in the livestreams.
But her appearance...
Is very ordinary.
Even a little ugly.
But it doesn't matter. After all, live streaming doesn't require face-to-face performance. With the help of beauty filters and a little makeup, even an old lady can turn into Qiao Biluo!
She smiled and said, "I've been doing paranormal exploration for four months now and have been to many haunted places. I've never even seen a ghost's shadow... Don't worry, we have many people here. Even if there's a real ghost, what could it do to you?"
Xu Yang thought carefully, and it seemed to make sense.
He came here to look for ghosts anyway, so what's there to be afraid of?
Besides, he has to ask Taozi for "clues" later, so it wouldn't be good to refuse now. Immediately, he said, "How do I pretend?"
In his heart...
He couldn't help but sigh.
This female anchor would inevitably get into trouble sooner or later.
Paranormal exploration?
Is that something normal people should do?!
Moreover, on this dark and deep mountain, she wasn't even the slightest bit wary when he suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
Good thing he's a nice guy!
Upon hearing Xu Yang's question, Taozi immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Assistant, where's the script?...
"Everything about how to do the livestream later is written down, and you can ask the cameraman if you don't understand anything... Assistant, what's the time? Fix my makeup, the livestream is about to start..."