Psych Hunter (Haunted House Notebook) : Book 1

Chapter 6- A Night of Fright

Qin Yi Heng was busy when I brought back the paper money for the joss sticks and refused to let me help. I have been watching him burning incense and paper money, and I grumbled for a long time. When everything was done, he smiled at me and told me that he had read it wrong before. He didn't know how to properly use the tortoise shell and that the hexagram was accidentally reversed. There is actually nothing in this room now, but because it has been empty for too long, occasionally spirits passing by like to stay here, and that this would be solved if we could find a young man with a strong life force to stay overnight.

After hearing what he said, I felt cowed with fear. He obviously meant that I should stay overnight. Even though he said there was no issues, but to stay overnight in such a house, the heart would be unsettled. But, fortunately, I am already currently residing in a haunted house, after staying for so many days nothing happened. It was nothing more than a matter of overcoming psychological fear. People die for money and birds die for food, so I can only persevere. Qin Yi Heng helped me clean the house briefly and moved back the bed which had been moved. He also bought me a quilt and placed the bed in the middle of the living room.

Now, the house had no furniture except for this bed, so it is a bit scary to look at during daylight. I thought to myself that I would take two sleeping pills during the night and it should be easy to overcome this during the night.

When it was dark, Qin Yi Heng said that he could not accompany me. Before leaving, he gave me a plastic-framed mirror. The quality looked as if it was bought in a street stall, and there was a photo of a beautiful woman with thick makeup on its back. He tied it with a thread so that I could hang it around my neck and told me to put the mirror in my face's direction, and to lie down when I sleep and to never turn over and not let the mirror turn its direction. I couldn't say no.

After Qin Yi Heng left, I immediately lied on the bed obediently and hide myself in the quilt. I was getting dark soon and I opened a small slit from the quilt and looked at it, and the whole room was soon swallowed by darkness.

As he told me not to turn over, my plan to take sleeping pills were thwarted. In case I fall asleep and did not follow, I am afraid bad things would happen. I can only assume an uncomfortable position, and lied on the bed while playing with my phone to pass my time. Almost two or three hours later, when I looked at my watch, it was just over 10 o'clock in the evening. It was really boring. If the night goes on like this, it would be too uncomfortable, so I just lifted the quilt and stretched my body. Qin Yi Heng had already sad that there was nothing wrong with this room and there would only be one or two small spirits passing by and is likely not to cause harm to people.

As I thought of that, I became more relaxed and started to feel sleepy. As soon as I closed my eyes, I instinctively shuddered. There was no cause for me to shiver, so I continued to sleep, after which I was immediately awakened again. I thought of closing my eyes, yet I suddenly noticed that I could not move my body. This caused me to panic, this must be sleep paralysis. I have experienced sleep paralysis before, so I did not panic that much. I thought of methods to cure sleep paralysis that I saw in TV, such as cursing, swearing, or moving my toes. Yet, it didn't work.

I couldn't move for god knows how long. Just as I was about to give up, the phone on my pillow suddenly rang, and the pressure on my body suddenly disappeared.

I was finally able to move and when I touched my forehead, it was covered in sweat. I could careless about wiping it. I picked up my phone and looked at it. Qin Yi Heng actually called.

I picked up the phone and Qin Yi Heng asked me, do you feel someone blowing in your ear?

This time I was stunned by the question, but I answered no.