Chapter 37: The Dirty Old Ghost and a Second Marriage

Chapter 37: The Dirty Old Ghost and a Second Marriage

Zhu Chun’an said, “The yin energy here is too heavy. For the time being, you can see things and people that do not belong to the world of the living.”

So...

The figure he was seeing really was his mother?

The three members of the Lu family hurried over.

“Mom, how are you?”

The fierce ghost’s obsession seemed to be centered on Old Madam Lu. When Lu Jinzhong ran toward her, a whip formed from yin energy lashed toward him.

Zhu Chun’an reacted swiftly and activated the small Five Emperor Coins on his peachwood sword, blocking the strike.

However, the dispersed yin wind still made Mr. Lu stumble.

Miss Lu was also frightened pale and screamed repeatedly.

As a firm believer raised under the red flag, she adhered to materialism and had never imagined she would one day witness a fierce ghost appearing in a spectacle comparable to a special effects blockbuster.

“Dad, are you okay?”

Miss Lu grabbed Lu Jinzhong and supported him. Lingering fear still remained in his eyes.

“You’re fighting me, and you still have the mood to worry about other things?”

Pei Ye felt her dignity was being challenged.

With astonishing speed, she twisted the male ghost’s arms into knots, grabbed the top of his head with one hand, and twisted his neck with the other, as if opening a tin can.

The male ghost howled in pain, and two of his fangs were even snapped off by hand.

He wanted to resist, but Pei Ye possessed immense strength, and the baleful yin aura within her far exceeded that of this ghost by an unknown number of times.

Compared to Pei Ye, his little bit of baleful energy was like clear water meeting ink.

Who was more sinister was obvious at a glance.

The male ghost himself had no idea how he ended up getting beaten down.

All he knew was that he had enthusiastically charged at Pei Ye. His neck stretched out like rubber, and the fangs in his mouth shot forward, aiming at her delicate neck.

In the end, his fierce charge was blocked by Pei Ye’s hand.

Her five fingers spread wide and grabbed his face directly. The instant they made contact, a searing pain like being burned by raging flames erupted across his cheeks.

What followed was exactly the scene from just now.

Miss Lu watched Pei Ye knead, rub, and flatten the ghost as though she were playing with modeling clay, and could not help feeling a tiny trace of strange sympathy.

“He’s screaming pretty miserably. How about not torturing him anymore?”

The moment she finished speaking, the male ghost who had been helped up by Old Madam Lu suddenly roared.

“Girl, what good things are you saying about this beast for!”

The male ghost stormed forward and kicked the fierce ghost several times.

Even that was not enough to vent his anger. He grabbed the other ghost and bit him several more times.

Looking at the male ghost whose face was bruised and swollen beyond recognition, Miss Lu felt somewhat displeased.

At that moment, Old Madam Lu said, “That’s your grandfather!”

Grandfather?

Miss Lu was dumbfounded.

When her grandfather died, she had only been four or five years old. Although she had been very young, she always remembered that her grandfather had doted on her and had been a kind and gentle person.

She had also seen many of the photographs he left behind.

In those photographs, her grandfather wore a suit and glasses. One look was enough to tell he had been an elegant and refined man.

Not long ago, there had been a popular online topic called [Who Hasn’t Been Young Before]. Many netizens posted photographs of their fathers, mothers, grandfathers, and grandmothers when they were young.

Miss Lu had posted some as well.

Her gentle and refined grandfather and dignified, pretty grandmother had even been pushed onto the trending list through likes and comments.

She could never have imagined that this bruised, swollen, irritable-looking male ghost before her would be her grandfather...

Her grandfather had been dead for nearly twenty years.

Why had he still not reincarnated?

Because he could not bear to leave her grandmother?

Thinking of this, an emotional love story rapidly took shape in Miss Lu’s mind.

[#Even after being dead for many years, I still love you as I did at the beginning#]

[#I loved you while alive, I protect you after death, and I will wait to cross the Naihe Bridge together with you#]

Of course, these fantasies slowly cracked into a spiderweb of fractures as the truth was revealed.

“Mom, can you tell us how... how you suddenly...”

Looking at his mother’s pale and lifeless complexion, Lu Jinzhong felt heartbroken. He had wanted to care for her for several more decades.

Generally speaking, outsiders could not directly ask a ghost about the cause of its death, especially a ghost who had died unexpectedly.

Their obsession at the moment of death was often tied to their own demise. If someone recklessly asked about it, the ghost could easily fly into a rage.

Old Madam Lu looked at her husband, who had been dead for nearly twenty years, with heartache in her eyes.

When her son asked this question, she turned and glared at the male ghost who was tied up tightly and had barely regained some sanity.

“Wasn’t it because he was acting like a hooligan!”

The male ghost bared his teeth in pain. Hearing Old Madam Lu’s accusation, he angrily replied, “You’re my wife. How dare you scold me? The world has turned upside down!”

Everyone: “???”

Pei Ye kicked the ghost in the head, signaling him to calm down and speak properly, otherwise he would be beaten again.

Old Madam Lu was so angry her liver hurt. Pointing at him with trembling fingers, she said, “Who is your wife?”

Lu Jinzhong, his wife, and Miss Lu stared blankly at this farcical drama whose tone had suddenly gone off course, not knowing how to react.

“Mom, did you remarry?”

Old Madam Lu and Old Master Lu each slapped their son from opposite sides.

“You’re the one who remarried!”

“Is that any way to speak to your mother?”

Holding his head, which hurt and felt cold at the same time, Lu Jinzhong felt extremely wronged. He had only asked whatever came to mind.

A man in his forties or fifties was still getting beaten by both parents. It was utterly humiliating.

“This dirty old ghost harasses your mother every day and even peeks at Nuannuan. He deserves to be beaten until his soul scatters by the Celestial Master!”

Old Master Lu had died young, and his soul body looked only a little over forty years old.

After absorbing some of the troublesome fierce ghost’s yin energy, the swelling on his face had faded considerably, and his soul body had become more solid as well.

The moment he said this, Miss Lu’s face turned green, while Old Madam Lu was so embarrassed she nearly could not show her face.

As it turned out, shortly after Old Master Lu died, he was taken away by an underworld messenger.

However, reincarnation in Fengdu required drawing a number and waiting in line. Housing and land prices were expensive, so Old Master Lu had simply moved back to the human world to live.

The expressions of the three members of the Lu family became strange after hearing this.

“Dad has been gone for nearly twenty years. He still hasn’t gotten a turn?”

Old Master Lu curled his lip.

“I got my turn three years ago, but then this fellow showed up. I couldn’t rest easy leaving your mother behind, so I gave my reincarnation slot to someone else as a favor.”

Three years ago...

That meant he had waited seventeen years.

That was an incredibly long time!

“This ghost is a lunatic!” Old Master Lu had been a university professor during life and had spent his entire life being refined and scholarly. He never expected that after being a ghost for so many years, he would learn how to curse. Pointing at the fierce ghost, he said, “He suddenly barged into our home and insisted on running up to your mother saying she was his wife. He even said he was waiting for the day your mother died so they could register their marriage together!!!”

Mr. Lu was shocked!

“That shameless?”

Where had this wandering ghost come from, trying to become his stepfather?

Still furious, Old Master Lu got up and kicked the fierce ghost twice more.

At first, this fierce ghost had harassed Old Madam Lu in every possible way, including but not limited to peeping at her while she bathed or used the toilet.

When Old Master Lu returned home and discovered someone acting like a hooligan toward his wife, how could he possibly tolerate it?

He immediately rolled up his sleeves and started fighting.

“He’s an old ghost with no descendants making offerings to him, so of course he couldn’t beat me. I drove him away very quickly.”

As he spoke, Old Master Lu’s gaze toward his son softened somewhat.

Although they were not superstitious, they still prepared food offerings for him during festivals and holidays. Old Master Lu had lived quite comfortably as a ghost over the years.

Whenever he had nothing to do, he accompanied his wife on walks, went square dancing, and wandered around eating street snacks.