Chapter 25 Call Me Grandma.

The weasel followed Shi Qi and poked its head out to look.

Two heads, one above, one at the bottom, stuck out near the wall of the stairs and Ning Meng seemed to have detected this. When she suddenly turned over to look, she couldn’t help feeling surprised.

Seeing that he was discovered, Shi Qi’s face turned red and he ran back up.

Ning Meng was befuddled by his actions and asked the system, “Why is the little brat watching me secretly and even bringing the weasel along with him? Was he appreciating my profile?”

The system cut her thoughts off directly, “Don’t forget. You’re currently in the body of a grandmother. What profile could he be appreciating?”

That’s true.

Ning Meng held much trust in the system’s advanced technology. Not only was it able to let her transmigrate, it also allowed her to possess a body. One could tell with just one glance that it was superior than time and space, and at present, no one had discovered its presence.

Although systems were usually quite expensive and could only provide an encyclopedic use, it was also able to help relieve boredom. Take the present situation as an example, when the little brat had discarded her.

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A knock resounded on the door.

Li Chun was carrying a fruit platter, “Master Qi, are you there? I’m coming in.”

As soon as she came in, she saw a small figure sitting on the bed. In front of him laid all the books she had bought for him today and they had all been flipped open.

Shi Qi couldn’t help asking: “Where did these books come from?”

Li Chun hesitated for a moment before explaining briefly: “The old lady had instructed me to buy them.”

A string of dots appeared in Shi Qi’s thoughts. He knew that a stray ghost was currently in possession of his grandmother’s body, but why did she ask to buy such books for him?

Seeing him go off in a daze, Li Chun asked carefully: “Master Qi, have you been troubled by anything lately? You haven’t accompanied the old madame for several days. I even saw the old madam crying about it last night.”

Shi Qi was startled upon hearing this and asked unconsciously: “Cry?”

As soon as he thought of his grandmother, the picture of the stray ghost waving her hand at him and even calling him “Great Grandson”, popped up in his head.

Li Chun thought that the Old Madame might not ask him what was going on with him, so it should be fine to fabricate a story: “Yes, she likes you the most. In the beginning, she wanted to raise you by her side, and even fell ill because of it.”

If she said it like this…the old lady probably wouldn’t blame her.

Seeing Shi Qi’s face contort into a tangled look, Li Chun secretly smiled, and placed the tray on the table before softly leaving the room.

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Not long after, Shi Shanjin came from the mansion.

As soon as he entered the living room, his gaze landed on the pixiu figure, a flash of surprise appearing across his eyes.

The dragon gave birth to nine sons, among which, the pixiu has been the luckiest of beasts since the ancient times. People have used their figures to turn disasters into auspiciousness, and to ward off evil spirits. Regardless of whether it was the emperor or the common people, they have all used the pixiu.

Not only that, but it also functioned as a house guard, a Tai Sui¹ Tai Sui: powerful deities replacement, and a tool to promote chances of getting married. It was a beast that many people specially preferred to possess in their homes.

It was not that he had never gotten a portrait of a pixiu, but this was one of the best ones he had ever seen. It excelled in all aspects. If it were to be leaked outside, there would perhaps be many people who would try to fight over it.

Ning Meng waited for him to sit down before explaining the situation.

Since his mother was rescued and the benefactor was asking for help, Shi Shanjin had no reason to refuse.

Li Hui said quickly, “Mr. Shi, this is for you.”

She didn’t know what a pixiu was. She only knew that it was kept in her own home for a long time. She’s had it since she was very young and she heard her parents say that it had been there with them since they were young as well.

As for specifically how many years it has lived with their family, she simply had no idea.

Shi Shanjin said, “Take this back and tell me about your problem.” He didn’t have any thoughts of ​​taking the treasure for himself.

Yin Qin, or its more commonly known abbreviation, Ghost Marriage.

In ancient times, a profession was even born to manipulate corpses to kneel at the worship halls to get married, and people with formidable skills could even make them walk to the bridal chambers.

However, this was against the morals of heaven, and gradually, the practice occurred less and less until the modern age arrived, and has now become very rare.

Now that Shi Shanjin had encountered it, he didn’t find it odd.

Although Ning Meng agreed to her request, she didn’t specifically say that Shi Shanjin was going to agree to help. After all, she didn’t know whether Shi Shanjin could find the corpse or not. If he was somehow unable to find it, wouldn’t she be making others feel happy for nothing?

Shi Shanjin said: “I’ll try my best. At the moment, the matter looks complicated.”

There could only be two possible reasons for how the body was lost..

One was that it was stolen by others, and this situation was pretty common, but he was more inclined to believe the other, that was, the corpse had walked away by herself.

Shi Shanjin thought for a while before asking, “Do you still remember what happened before the corpse was lost?”

Li Hui nodded quickly. Of course she remembered what happened at the time, and her memories were very deep, so she couldn’t forget it at all.

After organizing her words, she recalled: “At that time, the bride’s side sent the corpse over on the 13th day because that day was the 7th day of my brother’s death. They were going to be sent for cremation the next day and we were preparing to send them there together.”

Because of their customs and current reasons, they spent money and the body was sent here, so it was considered to be part of their family now.

Shi Shanjin interrupted her: “Why hasn’t the woman’s body been cremated for that long?”

Li Hui said: “Actually… the woman was killed by someone so the body had just been retrieved from the government, but because we couldn’t find any other people at the time, we had no choice but to agree to it.”

Killed… Shi Shanjin sank into a deep ponder.

He asked again: “How did she die? Who killed her? Has the murderer been caught?”

Bombarded with three questions in a row, Li Hui was a little stunned, and it took a long time to come back to her senses, “I heard from the in-laws that the woman was strangled outside and the murderer has not been found.”

As she mentioned this, she also shivered a little.

Once the corpse was sent over, their family opened the coffin for inspection. There was indeed a very clear mark on the neck which were purplish-red thick finger marks.

Thinking of this, Li Hui took out two photos.

She whispered: “This is a picture of the deceased sent by our in-laws…and this one was taken by us.”

Ning Meng couldn’t hold back her curiosity and leaned over to take a look.

In the first black-and-white photo, the shot was very clear. The delicate girl smiled lightly, looking very gentle and quiet.

The second photo looked a bit scary. The pale corpse laid in the coffin with her eyes closed, the scars on her snow-white neck very prominent.

Ning Meng turned to look at the face again, and felt as though she was going to open her eyes immediately. It made her hair stand on end.

Shi Shanjin carefully observed the photos, “Go on.”

Seeing that he didn’t ask any more questions, Li Hui said, “During that night, I was keeping guard of the coffin. My house is a very ordinary earthen house, with two rooms and a living room. Brother’s coffin and her coffin were situated in the living room.”

Her mother was getting older so she pushed her into the room to sleep and rest, leaving herself alone in the living room.

The village had practiced ghost marriages for many years and Li Hui was very courageous and didn’t believe that anything could happen. She even fell asleep on the chair.

“Back then, I couldn’t burn the midnight oil. There weren’t many mosquitoes biting me so I couldn’t help but fall asleep. By the time I woke up, it was already midnight, and the moon could be seen outside, that’s when I realized that the coffin was opened.”

As she arrived at this point, Li Hui’s eyes revealed fear.

It was reasonable to say that if the coffin was opened and the corpse was taken away, there should’ve been noises produced from the actions, but she did not hear anything at all. It was as if it had disappeared in thin air.

Ning Meng’s scalp felt numb when she heard this, and she snuggled up against the system: “Do you know what’s going on? How did the body escape?”

The system said: “The corpse has legs, so it’s normal to be able to run.”

It had said this so naturally that Ning Meng was actually frightened.

For some odd reason, Li Hui actually felt very safe staying here, and started warming up not too long.

“At first, we thought it was because our in-laws regretted it, so they took their daughter’s body away. But when we asked them about it, we learned that their home had also been trespassed and that a few things in their daughter’s room had gone missing. After dawn broke, the whole village lent a hand to find the corpse but soon, it started to rain outside. In the end, we didn’t manage to find anything.”

Just before coming here, they were still looking for the corpse.

They stole the corpse, and even stole the things the corpse had used before.

Shi Shanjin had a vague guess, but he was not too sure. If it was the same as he thought, this matter was really a bit tricky, and the other party must be someone capable.

Ning Meng asked in a low voice, “If you’re not sure, why don’t we just refuse it?”

Shi Shanjin chuckled, “Don’t worry, mom, I know my limits.”

He turned to Li Hui, his expression turning serious: “I will go to your village tomorrow. Where do your in-laws live?”

Li Hui said quickly: “They’re in our neighboring village, not far at all. It’s only a few steps away.”

Shi Shan nodded, “Okay, we’ll be leaving tomorrow.”

Seeing him look so affirmative, Li Hui was overjoyed.

Sure enough, she didn’t find the wrong person, her gaze fell on the figure of the pixiu, thinking in her heart that since they thought that this pixiu was really good, she must leave this behind when she departs with them. After all, she couldn’t ask people for help without repaying them

Li Chun took her to a room to rest, leaving Shi Shanjin and Ning Meng behind in the living room.

“Where is Shi Qi?”

Ning Meng was discussing the matter of the ghost marriage with the system, and was taken by surprise by this question. She replied with rue, “Reading in his room.”

He’s probably reading the books she asked Lichun to buy for him.

Just as he was talking, the sound of footsteps rang out at the top of the stairs, and Shi Qi’s figure appeared there. It was unknown what he was thinking, but he appeared stunned.

Shi Shanjin called out, “Come here.”

Ning Meng whispered to herself. Let’s see if he dares run back. These days, he’s been looking at her as if he had seen something unspeakable. It was too frustrating for her.

Shi Qi slowly passed by, and sat beside Shi Shanjin.

He looked at Ning Meng secretly, it was obviously a young shadow, but only one person was reflected in his eyes.

Shi Shanjin said, “Tomorrow you will be leaving with me, and I’ll ask your school for a leave.”

Shi Qi obediently responded: “Okay.”

At this moment, he suddenly heard someone calling out next to him: “Great Grandson, come here.”

When he glanced at who it was, it was the stray ghost possessing his grandmother.

Shi Shanjin also felt his awkwardness, and thought it a little strange, “Since grandma has asked you to go over, you should go and sit there.”

Shi Qi bit his lip and slowly headed towards her side to sit.

Seeing this, people who didn’t know anything would think that something had happened between them. Ning Meng pinched his face with her hands, “Call me grandma.”

Shi Qi struggled slightly, reaching out to pull her hand, but retracted halfway, his face turned flushed, looking like a ripe peach.

After a long time, Ning Meng heard a particularly small voice uttering: “…Grandma.”

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Say it….just say it.

Otherwise, you’ll cry.

——”Shi Qi’s secretly hidden little diary”

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