A Simple Divination, Confession And Punishment

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Ding Tao's heart was beating like a drum for a while, and in broad daylight, he was so frightened that his forehead was covered with sweat.

　　He raised his hand to wipe it, his tone uneasy: "Dead? No... Isn't it just a ghost?"

　　Chu Yuening nodded and said, "Yes, people eat with their mouths, ghosts eat with their smells. The food that ghosts have eaten will be colorless and tasteless for people to eat, just like chewing wax. In fact, if you were not so careless, you should have discovered the strangeness a long time ago."

　　Ding Tao was speechless.

　　Out of fear, my brain quickly recalled the strange things that happened to me and the old man over the past week.

　　"Yes... The first time, grandpa didn't eat the fried noodles, so I took a bite out of fear of wasting it. It really had no taste at all, and I later fed it to stray cats and dogs."

　　"Another time, the old man insisted on giving me money. I knew he had no money, so I asked where it came from. He said he found it, and I didn't want it, but I couldn't argue with him, so I finally accepted the money."

Ding Tao was about to give the patient an injection and casually put the money into his trouser pocket.

　　"As a result, when I got home from work and changed my clothes the next day, I found that there was paper money in my trouser pocket. At that time, I thought the old man was dazed and mistook the paper money for real money."

　　Many patients die in the hospital every day. Sometimes superstitious patients would secretly burn paper money in the toilet, believing that paper money could help their deceased relatives to appease the Black and White Impermanence and suffer less on the way to the underworld.

　　Therefore, Ding Tao didn't think there was anything strange about the old man picking up paper money.

　　However, when he carefully recalled the old man's face, he felt that there was no change from when he saw him two weeks ago, so he wanted to confirm it again.

　　He asked cautiously: "Master, when did that grandfather die? Could he still be alive before?"

　　Chu Yuening counted on her fingers and said, "The exact time should be last week. What you saw then was already a ghost."

　　Ding Tao still found it a little hard to believe.

　　Why did he see a ghost out of nowhere? There are so many nurses in the hospital.

　　After placing the sugar water on the table, he looked up and saw Zhang's Tea Restaurant with a distressed expression: "Master, I'll go to the tea restaurant first to make a phone call."

　　Chu Yuening knew that it would be difficult for ordinary people to accept seeing ghosts for a while, unless they could confirm it with their own eyes.

　　"Okay, go ahead."

　　Wait until Ding Tao enters the tea restaurant.

　　The neighbors were very curious. In the past, they only knew about the existence of ghosts from movies. How come they really exist in reality?

　　So they started asking.

　　“Do ghosts really exist in the world?”

　　"Yes, Master, what does a ghost look like?"

　　Chu Yuening picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea. She glanced at the emerald green leaves in the cup that were swirling in the rapid waves, raised her head and said, "Yes."