Chapter Seventeen: Borrowing Flowers to Offer to Ghosts

  Mr. Du looked at Yu Ming with a slanted eye, how about it, do you know what level is now? Don't drink Coke for nothing. Then he saw Yu Ming quietly entering the tea room and holding up a completely transparent **. Damn, people without taste.

  "Congratulations, congratulations." Liu Mang's voice came over saying: "Congratulations to Xingxing Investigation Company for becoming the recent news hotspot."

  Mr. Du said: "Liu Mang, you've come at just the right time, take a cup and try this bottle of champagne."

  "Obedience is better than sacrifice." Liu Mang picked up a glass of champagne, took a sip and nodded: "BRUT, this is a high-quality wine brewed in the cold season of France. Made from grapes that have been pressed twice. Grand Cru."

  Du Qingqing, Ni Qiu and Yu Ming cursed in unison in their hearts: damn it.

  "Li Fu, how do you feel?" Liu Mao asked.

  "Uh... I'm not familiar with champagne." Li replied: "I basically don't drink alcohol either."

  "Li Fu is too polite, I heard that the local TV station will also conduct a special interview with you. Is it this afternoon?" Liu Mao patted Li Fu's shoulder: "Young and promising."

  "Thank you for the compliment, Director Liu."

  Du Qingqing finally found an opportunity to speak up: "Director Liu came to our company, it can't be just to taste champagne, right?"

  "No, of course not." Liu Mang opened his briefcase and pulled out a document: "We received an order worth 600,000 last month, but our capabilities are limited. Who let us not have someone as excellent as Li Fu, an overseas returnee? So I think we should transfer this commission to Brother Li Fu... no, to Miss Du."

  "Director Liu, do you want to see us make fools of ourselves?"

  "Absolutely not, if you can't then forget it." Liu Mang wrinkled his nose and leaned in close to Du Qingqing: "Qingqing, what perfume are you using? It's so special?"

  "Do I need perfume?" Du Qingqing asked with a smile.

  "You're done."

  "It's useless."

  "You're useful."

  "It's useless."

  Yu Ming said in a low voice: "Miss Du, he is fooling you."

  Liu Mang spread his hands and said: "Since Miss Du has loudly admitted her uselessness in front of Mr. Du, I won't make things difficult for Miss Du. I'll take care of this matter myself."

  "...Du Qingqing gritted her teeth and grabbed a handful of documents, Yu Ming hurriedly pressed down on the documents with his palm: "Impulsiveness is the devil."

  "Ah, so the boss of Xingxing Investigation Agency is actually Yu Ming's brother. My apologies, my apologies."

  Du Qingqing patted Yu Ming's hand, and Yu Ming dodged. Du Qingqing picked up the documents and said, "I've taken this order."

  "Good, indeed a heroine among women." Liu Mang raised his cup: "I toast you."

  "Competition is good, but it should be benign competition." Mr. Du raised his glass: "Let's all drink together."

  Liu Mang smiled and looked at Du Qingqing, then drank it all in one gulp.

  ……

  Mr. Du and his party left, and everyone looked at the materials together. The client was a local wealthy businessman who had an ancestral property in a mountainous area thirty kilometers away from City A. Near this ancestral property were the tombs of the businessman's ancestors, and this house was also considered a guardian tomb house. A few years ago, the businessman's business prospered, thanks to the feng shui, so not only did he expand and renovate the ancestral property, but he also connected water and electricity. Every Qingming Festival, he would stay overnight and worship his ancestors.

  However, two years ago, after the caretaker who lived here resigned, a wealthy businessman drove by and found lights on inside the ancestral hall. He was quite bold and went to take a look. Then he knew nothing more. When he came to, he found himself lying naked in front of his grandfather's grave. He figured it out and immediately called the police. The local police station sent two officers to check the inside and outside of the ancestral hall, but they didn't find anything unusual. Since there were no stolen goods or injuries, they didn't investigate further.

  A wealthy businessman hired three strong young men to live in his ancestral home. The first three days were normal, but on the fourth morning, the three young men found themselves lying naked in front of their employer's grandfather's grave. The businessman did not give up and sent four more people, but they met with the same fate. The businessman himself was also afraid, so he held a three-day Buddhist ritual to appease his ancestors. One of his subordinates, named Dabao, volunteered to live in the ancestral home. Dabao was a retired special forces soldier, agile and calm-headed.

  But the next day, the rich merchant went to check and found that Dabao's upper body was buried in his grandfather's grave. When Dabao woke up, he was terrified and fled from the tomb, shouting: "Ghost! Female ghost!"

  Du Qingqing shivered at this point and looked at the three men. Nie Qiu suddenly said: "There are no ghosts in this world."

  Unexpectedly, Li Fu, a Ph.D., disagreed: "If you acknowledge the existence of God, then you must also acknowledge the existence of the devil."

  Several people looked at Yu Ming, and Yu Ming asked: "What did you dare say?"

  "He said......" Du Qingqing flipped to the next page: "Blood, so much blood, red-clothed female ghost. Then nothing is remembered. The doctor said it might be due to shock-induced protective amnesia."

  "Then did the all-powerful send someone to check? What was the result of the inspection?"

  Du Qingqing looked down, then gathered the materials and turned pale. Yu Ming picked up the materials and said: "Wang Chao led the team with two investigators to investigate the ancestral house. They installed several cameras. The next day, they were found dead in the tomb. After checking the camera footage, there was almost nothing gained. It captured Wang Chao sitting on the ground, suddenly his body leaned back as if he was scared stiff, and then he left the screen. At the same time, a red shadow appeared at Wang Chao's position. And... that's it?

  The data is gone, and the last page has a USB drive inserted. Yu Ming inserts the USB drive into the computer and opens the video. The video shows the main hall of the ancestral house. An investigator is walking around on patrol when suddenly a faint blue flame appears in the main hall, surrounding the investigator. Then the ground turns red, as if blood is constantly overflowing. In the top left corner of the screen, there is a faint red object. The investigator screams and runs out of the video.

  Yu Ming turned his head and looked at Du Qingqing, who was hugging her chest with both hands and trembling all over, and said: "Miss Du, trouble is big."

  "Boss has assigned tasks to us. I'm in charge of finding cats, dogs and people. You're responsible for taking photos of infidelity. Li Fu is responsible for investigating various truths. I think a company's rules must be followed, don't interfere with each other's work, lest it affects business. You Ming, let's go have a cup of hot water. The 10% commission on the 60,000 yuan is gone, and we won't get the 6,000 yuan." With that, Niu Qiu put his arm around You Ming's shoulder and headed to the tea room.

  "This...". Li Fu wanted to stop the two of them, but he didn't know what to say. He looked at Du Qingqing.

  Du Qingqing said: "You... are in charge of a good 10% commission." After speaking, she fled back to the office like an escape. Sitting in the office, her heart was still racing violently. Damn it, there's such a ruthless order on hand.

  Yu Ming poured a cup of Coke and asked: "Nai Qiu, do you believe in ghosts?" Mr. Du was true to his word and really sent over ten Cokes. These past few days, everyone in the company, including Li Fu, has switched to drinking Coke to cool off.

  "It's better to believe it exists than not. Ni Qiu said: "Both Li and Fu believe in ghosts, he is a high-level intellectual, scientist, mathematician. Don't you believe?"