Chapter 28: The Old Man in the Mirror
Shirley Lai searched frantically on her computer, her expression filled with anxiety.
“That’s not right, it was just here a moment ago. Where did that photo go?”
As Shirley Lai examined the computer, Qin Liu watched her from closely behind.
She scratched her head but remained silent.
After all, she was a ghost, and speaking suddenly could easily startle someone.
So, when others were present, Qin Liu rarely spoke.
However, seeing Shirley Lai’s anxious state, Qin Liu was genuinely baffled.
From her perspective, there was indeed a very strange photo in that folder.
The photo showed an unfamiliar man, possibly Shirley Lai’s father, but upon closer inspection, one would find something unsettling.
His face began to show wrinkles, aging bit by bit, until black, unknown liquid started oozing from his features, and his eyes stared directly at the three of them outside the screen.
But if one looked away, those abnormalities would instantly disappear.
This photo made Qin Liu a little scared.
At this moment, Shirley Lai was busily explaining the supernatural events she had encountered in her room to Liu Haoyu.
Qin Liu was able to stand in front of the computer again and carefully examine that strange photo.
The more she looked, the more an inexplicable unease grew in Qin Liu’s heart.
It felt as if the man in the photo would rush out at any moment.
She hesitated for a second and sat down on the chair.
She clicked to open the photo, and as expected, the man’s face was aging bit by bit, eventually transforming into an old man with black liquid oozing from his features.
Qin Liu suppressed her fear and observed the photo closely.
During the slow aging process, Qin Liu noticed that the mirror behind the man seemed to reflect something blurred.
Upon closer inspection, it looked like a figure?
Who was this figure?
Qin Liu zoomed in on the image.
When she clearly saw the face of the figure, she froze.
The blurred face in the mirror was precisely the ghost-faced old man she had encountered before.
His eyes were long gone, leaving only two black holes. He was pressed tightly against the mirror, looking at her from the other side of the screen.
In Qin Liu’s ears, the old man’s voice echoed again.
“Don’t forget your mission… Don’t forget your mission…”
This voice sent a chill down Qin Liu’s spine, as if the person was standing right behind her, speaking to her.
The young girl turned around, but the space behind her was empty.
Inside the room, only Liu Haoyu and Shirley Lai were discussing the events that had transpired.
Next to Shirley Lai was the very mirror from the photo.
And at this moment… in the mirror, the old man’s face slowly appeared, and he was smiling at Qin Liu.
However, neither Liu Haoyu nor Shirley Lai noticed the anomaly in the mirror.
Qin Liu swallowed nervously.
This mirror had a problem.
At this moment, Liu Haoyu also noticed the fear on Qin Liu’s face. Following the girl’s gaze, he looked at the mirror placed beside Shirley Lai.
It was an ordinary mirror, the kind commonly hung in rural homes for warding off evil spirits and pacifying the house.
But what had Qin Liu seen?
As Liu Haoyu pondered, his phone rang.
Judging by the sender with garbled characters, it should have been sent by Qin Liu.
It briefly and clearly stated one sentence.
“The old man is inside the mirror!”
Upon seeing this message, Liu Haoyu’s body jolted. He immediately pulled Shirley Lai behind him, clutching a talisman, and vigilantly stared at the mirror on the bed.
However, the inside of the mirror was empty, with nothing there.
“Wh-what’s wrong?”
Seeing Liu Haoyu in such a prepared stance, Shirley Lai was naturally terrified.
“Could it be that the ghost hasn’t left yet?”
Liu Haoyu did not offer much explanation. He walked step by step towards the mirror, picked it up, and confirmed its contents repeatedly, while glancing at Qin Liu by the computer desk.
The latter nodded repeatedly. Seeing this response, Liu Haoyu took out an exorcism talisman from his pocket and attached it to the mirror.
Soon after, he saw Qin Liu breathe a sigh of relief, indicating that whatever was in the mirror had disappeared.
“Don’t worry,”
To reassure Shirley Lai, Liu Haoyu said.
“There’s just some evil energy inside the mirror, it’s not a big problem.”
“Really…”
Shirley Lai looked at him with some doubt, because judging by Liu Haoyu’s reaction just now, it was definitely not just a little evil energy.
“Is there really no ghost?”
“No, don’t worry.”
Liu Haoyu looked at the mirror again, and with Qin Liu’s reaction, he concluded that there should be no problem.
Therefore, Liu Haoyu nodded affirmatively again, pretending not to know anything, and said:
“If necessary, I can set up a formation for you.”
After repeated confirmation, Shirley Lai’s hanging heart finally settled.
But even so, she felt her bedroom still lacked any sense of safety.
If Liu Haoyu left, she would definitely go to sleep in the same room as her mother.
At this moment, from Qin Liu’s perspective, the old man in the mirror had indeed disappeared.
However, Qin Liu had no idea where this persistent ghost-faced old man had gone.
She shifted her gaze back to the computer screen.
Liu Haoyu’s spiritual sight ability was not very strong, so he did not see the ghost-faced old man in the mirror, which indirectly proved that the man’s strength was absolutely not weak.
But since the other party was so powerful, if he truly wanted to kill Shirley Lai, why didn’t he act personally, but instead sent a ghoul to cause trouble?
Qin Liu couldn’t quite understand. Perhaps it was because the other party also had some limitations?
Just like she couldn’t leave that haunted house without the help of Hong Yu.
At Liu Haoyu’s request, she examined the files on the computer to confirm the reason why the ghost-faced old man was targeting Shirley Lai.
She clicked open the files and examined their contents one by one.
The files inside were messy, containing all sorts of things.
After a long time, Qin Liu finally found a work record.
Although she was a Feng Shui Master, leaving behind work records was a good habit.
Qin Liu carefully browsed through the work records. To find out where the person had eventually gone, she directly scrolled the file to the very end of the work records.
“Name: Zhenhua Lai”
“Date: July 9, 2011”
“Project: Relocation of graves in Qinglin Mountain, Lingnan Town,”
“Work Record: …”
The file only contained these details, and the work record ended abruptly there.
According to Shirley Lai, her father had died of illness in his room. Therefore, it was possible that something happened while he was writing the work record.
But Qin Liu did not know what had happened.
What she could be sure of was that Zhenhua Lai’s death was undeniably related to this commission.
Furthermore, Qin Liu found a recording in the same folder.
It appeared to be last words left by Zhenhua Lai before his death.
