Folk customs begin with the entire funeral procession

Chapter 38, Fourth Stage: Hide and Seek (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
"Lin Ziyang, what are you doing!"

Sitting on the edge of the garden, Lin Ziyang turned his head and looked at his friend Li Lei, who was running towards him.

"I'm in a bad mood."

"what happened?"

Li Lei sat down next to Lin Ziyang and asked.

"My parents are getting a divorce."

"Divorce? What is divorce?"

"It means that Mom and Dad will be living separately from now on."

"Oh, is that so? It's okay. My dad sleeps on the sofa every day. It's fine if we're separated. Let's go play."

Lin Ziyang shook his head.

"It's not the kind of separation you're talking about, it's that we're not living in the same house anymore, and when we go out to play in the future, only one person will accompany me."

"Oh! I see... It's alright, I have a plan!"

Lin Ziyang turned his head and looked at Li Lei.

"You have a way? What way?"

"Hehe, whenever my dad wants to go inside to sleep, he buys my mom a gift. My mom is happy and lets him in."

"Do you just need to buy a gift?"

Lin Ziyang asked with sparkling eyes.

“Hmm…” Li Lei thought for a moment, “No, a few times when Dad bought gifts, Mom didn’t let Dad in.”

"I remember now, I need to buy a gift, but it has to be a surprise!"

Li Lei looked at Lin Ziyang.

"Do you know what a surprise is? It's receiving a gift without your mom knowing!"

Lin Ziyang thought for a moment and said sadly, "But Dad and Mom are both very angry, and Dad can't possibly give Mom a surprise."

Li Lei patted Lin Ziyang on the head.

"Are you stupid? Why don't you just go buy a gift? As long as your parents are happy, and you tell them you don't want them to separate, they'll definitely listen to you!"

"If you don't have enough money, I have more!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Ziyang finally smiled and jumped down from the edge of the garden.

"I have money, Li Lei, thank you! I'll go buy gifts right now, one for both Mom and Dad! I'll surprise them!"

"I'll go with you!"

"Need not!"

Lin Ziyang waved and ran away quickly.

When Lin Ziyang got home, he only saw his father at home. After greeting him, he put his piggy bank on the bed, covered it with a blanket, and smashed it.

He was afraid that the noise would be too loud and his father would hear it.

What you don't know is what brings surprises; what you do know is not.

After filling the piggy bank with all the money, Lin Ziyang was about to run outside again.

"Where are you going!"

His father's voice called out to him, and in his nervousness, he stammered and didn't dare to speak.

But his father didn't seem to notice his nervousness, and simply asked, "Will you live with Dad or Mom from now on?"

Lin Ziyang was stunned, and then said, "I'll stay with Dad and Mom!"

"No, you can only have one!"

"No, I want two!"

"I said no!"

Lin Ziyang was frightened by his father's yelling and ran out of the house.

He stopped crying after a short while.

Because he also wants to buy gifts and surprise his parents.

As long as they have a surprise, they won't separate.

Wiping away his tears, Lin Ziyang ran out of the residential area.

He quickly selected two gifts.

A cosmetics set and a razor.

Mom puts on makeup and face masks every day, and always complains that Dad doesn't care about her and doesn't buy her anything. Mom will definitely like this!
Dad's razor keeps pulling on his beard. He's told me several times, but Mom hasn't changed it for him. So I'm changing it for him!

Lin Ziyang excitedly returned home with the gifts he had bought with all his money.

Fortunately, no one was home.

But looking at the gift in his hand, he was at a loss.

Now that you have the gift, how can you make it a surprise?

Lin Ziyang searched the room for ways to turn a gift into a surprise.

He found it very quickly!
It's the wardrobe in Mom and Dad's room!

While his parents were out, Lin Ziyang hid in the closet with the gifts.

When Mom and Dad get home, they'll find a surprise when they open the closet!

Then he can get his parents to listen to him.

With this thought in mind, Lin Ziyang waited quietly in the cabinet.

Lin Ziyang fell asleep, though he didn't know how much time had passed.

He was later woken up by the noise.

Mom and Dad came home, but they were arguing.

Lin Ziyang listened for a while and realized it was about him.

It turned out that Mom was scolding Dad for yelling at me because he couldn't find me and Mom was worried.

Lin Ziyang was secretly delighted and obediently hid in the closet, waiting for his parents to open it.

But the argument grew louder and louder, and suddenly, Lin Ziyang heard a scream.

He wanted to go out, but stopped before his hand touched the wardrobe door.

There will be no surprises once he goes out; his parents will separate.

So you can't go out!
But not long after, Lin Ziyang smelled a pungent odor of smoke and the temperature was gradually rising.

He didn't know what was happening. He wanted to find his parents, but he was afraid of losing them. He endured it until he saw the firelight outside through the crack in the wardrobe.

Thick smoke billowed in, and Lin Ziyang coughed violently.

Nevertheless, he was still suppressing his coughs, afraid that his parents would hear them.

He wants to wait until his parents come and open the door!
As the smoke kept entering his mouth and nose, Lin Ziyang felt a burning sensation in his chest.

His vision began to darken at the edges, and his eyesight gradually became blurry.

He felt like he couldn't breathe, and he reached out to knock on the closet door.

In the end, however, he did not continue filming.

The moment the camera hit, Mom and Dad separated.

"I want to surprise my parents..."

Consciousness, plunged into darkness.

Lin Ziyang didn't know how much time had passed.

When he opened his eyes again, he saw a man with triangular eyes.

The man smiled and said to him, "Good boy, be a good boy from now on."

Lin Ziyang didn't know who he was, nor did he know who he was.

He only remembered that he still had something to do, something important that he needed to do!
No matter how he ran, he could never escape that man's house. Every time he was caught and brought back, the man would beat him with something wrapped in yellow paper.

He was afraid of pain, but he wanted to finish the task even more.

Seemingly sensing his obsession, the man said to him, "Be good, listen to me, and I'll help you fulfill your wish."

Lin Ziyang understood, and he chose to believe this man.

After that, Lin Ziyang listened to that man and did many things.

He was either trying to scare people or doing things that Lin Ziyang didn't understand.

He didn't know how much longer he had to obey, but if he didn't, he would be beaten.

On one occasion, Lin Ziyang went out and scared someone under the bed. Not long after he returned, he was suddenly engulfed by a cloud of smoke.

Lin Ziyang seemed to have experienced that feeling before, but he couldn't quite remember it.

The smoke comes in quickly and goes out quickly.

Afterwards, he became very weak, and it was that man who helped him recover.

During this process, he felt that the heat he disliked emanating from the man's body had lessened considerably.

Perhaps, we can escape?
Lin Ziyang thought to himself.

This opportunity didn't keep him waiting long.

Once again, when he saw the man stagger back into the house, he prepared to act.

He was ready to overturn the jar that bound him and leave.

But before he could make a move, the smoke that had burned him earlier attacked him again.

This time, the smoke was very thick.

After being enveloped in the smoke, Lin Ziyang felt as if he had returned to that day.

Looking at the wardrobe door so close to him, Lin Ziyang raised his hand and held it in mid-air for a long time.

The hand did not fall until his body disappeared.

"If you push it away, it won't be a surprise anymore."

……

Chen Miao woke up again the next day.

Perhaps because he had a night to process it, Chen Miao's feelings this time were not too profound.

However, the burning sensation in his chest after inhaling the thick smoke remained a vivid memory for him.

"Sure enough, it was Zhong Fa who killed Wang Dong and then turned him into a zombie."

Through Lin Ziyang's memories, he confirmed that Wang Dong's death was related to Zhong Fa.

Chen Miao finally understood why the Emergency Management Bureau had been concerned about whether Lao Wang's death was related to him.

When someone like him decides to do bad things, how can an ordinary person stop him?

“Wang Dong and Lin Ziyang… perhaps using the reconciliation mantra would be better.”

The first five of the Six Secrets of Subduing Evil correspond to different situations, while the sixth secret, the Suppressing Evil Mantra, is more like a general mantra.

The first five techniques help ghosts and spirits transcend, while the sixth technique involves indiscriminately killing them.

Logically speaking, Chen Miao could use the sixth technique in any situation, which would save him trouble.

However, Chen Miao still felt that if the situation wasn't that urgent, it would be best not to use the sixth technique.

On the one hand, as a funeral director, Chen Miao is quite meticulous in his treatment of the deceased; otherwise, he wouldn't write different eulogies for each different deceased person.

On the other hand, the incantation for suppressing evil spirits is certainly not a panacea; otherwise, why would it be called "Six Secrets of Subduing the True" instead of simply "The Secret of Subduing the True and Suppressing Evil Spirits"?
Just like Qian Xiaomei's situation at the beginning, Chen Miao's bringing incense ash actually provoked Qian Xiaomei.

If the incantation for suppressing evil spirits is used in the future but fails to resolve the problem and instead stimulates the evil spirits to become even stronger, then death may be the only outcome.

We need to pay more attention to this matter.

After all, it concerns his life.

He doesn't want to die yet.

Chen Miao got up, picked up "Notes on Becoming a God in the Mundane World," and flipped to the author information.

Name: Chen Miao

【Age: 24】

[Occupation: Funeral Director]

[Virtue in secret: Seven coins]

[Current Status: Ice Heart, Telepathic Connection, Gathering Yin, Hide and Seek]

The fourth state has appeared.

Hide and seek: When you want to hide, your presence is reduced.

……

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