Folk customs begin with the entire funeral procession

Chapter 54 The Ghost from One Year Ago
On the second floor of the medical aesthetics center, Chen Miao followed behind Chen Guokun. Every time he followed Chen Guokun into a room, he would glance at the book in his hand.

Chen Guokun and Tong Yu were used to Chen Miao's behavior and were no longer surprised.

Before long, the three of them arrived at the operating room at the end of the corridor.

As soon as he arrived at the operating room door, Chen Miao let out a soft exclamation.

"The yin energy here has become heavier."

Because of the Yin energy gathering state, Chen Miao was able to sense changes in Yin energy.

Throughout the entire medical aesthetics center, from the first floor to the second floor, Chen Miao didn't sense much yin energy. At most, it was a little stronger than outside, roughly the same level as a funeral home at night.

By the time we reached this point, the concentration of yin energy had risen to level two.

Chen Guokun was somewhat surprised after hearing Chen Miao's words.

Although he and Tong Yu were both Level D investigators, they did not actually possess the inherited 'skills' of Zhong Cai and Chen Miao.

Their ability to deal with ghosts and evil spirits relies entirely on some of the things developed by the Administration Bureau, the experience shared by their predecessors, and the information on paranormal events that the Administration Bureau is constantly updating.

Chen Guokun and Tong Yu knew that the operating room was filled with a heavy, yin energy because they had tested it before.

But how did Chen Miao find out?
Putting aside everything else, even Zhong Cai would find it difficult to clearly perceive the concentration of yin energy in two places with similar yin energy levels without using any special methods.

Chen Guokun glanced at Chen Miao.

He held a sword in his left hand, a book in his right, two wooden plaques hanging from his waist, and there seemed to be some things in his backpack.

However, according to Zhong Cai's previous statement, Chen Miao's skills should lie in 'incense', but he didn't even bring out the incense.

For ordinary people, the temperature change caused by this slight change in the concentration of yin energy is completely imperceptible.

Is it a special physique?
Chen Guokun didn't ask about it, but explained to Chen Miao, "Three people have died in succession, so the yin energy is a bit stronger than in other places, but the thing's true form isn't here."

The 'body' refers to the thing that the ghost attaches to; Chen Miao had seen related terms in the Corpse-Driving Secret Records.

Most of the ghosts are actually their corpses, but a small number, due to special reasons, are actually something else.

When the object is not a corpse, the situation becomes somewhat complicated.

Because at this point, you can't deal with the ghost by disposing of the corpse, and the ghost in this situation will also have some special abilities.

The Secret Records of Corpse Transport mentions a supernatural event.

It is said that when they were transporting corpses, they passed through a town that was haunted.

Whenever someone dies, a pair of embroidered shoes appears on the deceased's feet.

Burning it, throwing it away, hiding it—it's all useless.

The final solution is not mentioned in the Corpse-Transporting Secrets. Fearing something might happen, the compiler of the Corpse-Transporting Secrets fled with his guests overnight.

While Chen Miao was recalling the events, Chen Guokun had already pushed open the operating room door.

Chen Miao followed him inside.

Upon entering, Chen Miao saw a surgical preparation room. Through the large glass window of the preparation room, he could see the operating table inside, the place where three people had died so far.

There were still some bloodstains on the operating table and the floor, which didn't match the overall cleanliness of the operating room.

It's probably because no one dared to clean up after the accident.

Chen Guokun opened the door to the inner room and stepped inside. Immediately afterward, Chen Miao sensed an increase in Yin energy, rising by one level to about three levels.

It's far inferior to the eighth level after the Yin-Gathering Talisman is gathered, not to mention the concentration of Yin energy gathered in the palm during the Yin-Gathering process.

"What did you find?"

Chen Guokun looked at Chen Miao and asked.

"The concentration of yin energy is higher here, but it doesn't seem like a place where ghosts and spirits could be born?"

Chen Guokun nodded, then asked, "Is there any way to find clues about that thing?"

Chen Miao glanced at Chen Guokun and shook his head.

"I can't offer you any help in a place without ghosts."

Chen Guokun was taken aback and subconsciously looked at Tong Yu.

After Tong Yu nodded to indicate that what Chen Miao said was true, he fell silent.

He brought Chen Miao here in order to find traces of the ghost and thus track down its true form.

But according to what Chen Miao is saying now, there's no way without ghosts, so... is Chen Miao still needed?

Chen Guokun felt that he had been a bit too hasty this time, bringing Chen Miao over without clarifying Chen Miao's specific abilities.

However, Chen Guokun quickly sensed something was amiss. If Chen Miao didn't have the ability to find that thing, why didn't he say so beforehand, and instead came with them?
Just then, Chen Miao spoke up.

"Brother Kun, since you've already arranged everything at the funeral home for me, I'll stay with you for the next couple of days and hopefully be of some help."

Chen Miao's words stunned Chen Guokun and Tong Yu.

They really didn't expect that Chen Miao, who always acted quite cautiously, would take the initiative to ask to work with them.

This contrast caught them off guard.

Chen Miao was unaware of their thoughts, but staying was a decision he made after weighing the pros and cons.

With two bodyguards around, solving paranormal events will definitely be much simpler than if he were to do it alone.

Taking the opportunity to accumulate some good karma is not a bad thing.

In this way, he won't feel bad about exchanging for talisman-making materials later.

Furthermore, being with these two professionals allowed Chen Miao to learn a lot of information he had never encountered before.

This is important!

"Well then, thank you for your hard work."

Chen Guokun did not refuse Chen Miao's help.

However, since they couldn't rely on Chen Miao, they could only wait for news from the Administration Bureau. The Administration Bureau hadn't sent over the specific information about the salesman who died in the early morning, and they didn't know if they could find any clues.

The three of them then returned to the lobby on the first floor and found a place to sit down.

After waiting for about half an hour, I finally received a message from the management bureau.

Tong Yu took out his tablet computer, and his eyes lit up after looking at it.

"Brother Kun, the bureau has finished sorting out the information for us. There is one noteworthy piece of information in the screening of the salesman who died in the early morning."

"A year ago, salesperson Ji Jia was involved in an incident where Future Medical Aesthetics Center used a customer's post-surgery appearance as a selling point, which resulted in the customer's privacy being violated."

"Because the contract that the medical aesthetics center had signed with the customer included a clause on cooperation in promotion, that customer was unable to successfully protect their rights. In the end, that customer committed suicide by jumping off a building in their own residential community."

"After investigation, we found that the salesperson, Ji Jia, was the same salesperson who had served that customer, the surgeon was Li Ming, and the nurse was the one who died!"

Chen Guokun took the tablet.

After reading it, it was passed on to Chen Miao.

Chen Miao carefully read through the details of the incident.

The person who jumped off the building was named Yue Na. At the time, she was a minor internet celebrity who had made a lot of money through live streaming and had amassed a group of influential figures.

Those older men were willing to spend money on Yue Na not out of kindness, but because Yue Na had exquisite features and a hot figure.

Under these circumstances, Future Medical Aesthetics Center posted Yue Na's photo on its bulletin board and even used screenshots of Yue Na's live streams as advertisements.

If that's all, it's not a big deal.

The key point is that the Future Medical Aesthetics Center displayed photos of Yue Na before her cosmetic surgery.

Someone in Yue Na's fan group happened to see it and posted the photo directly in the group.

This immediately stirred up a hornet's nest, and a third of the people in the group ran away, most of whom were big spenders and loyal fans who frequently gave tips.

Without her big brother and loyal fans, Yue Na's live streaming career plummeted.

After that, Yue Na sought an explanation and compensation from Future Medical Aesthetics Center, which then produced the cosmetic surgery agreement that Yue Na had signed.

Some lines of text stated that signing the agreement meant allowing the cosmetic surgery center to use her information for advertising.

Thus, even though Yue Na went to court, she couldn't win. In the end, she only managed to get the medical aesthetics clinic to remove the intercepted live stream footage.

And just like that, Yue Na lost her fans and, still unable to win the lawsuit, jumped off a building in despair.

Her death did not affect the future of the medical aesthetics center.

Today, the before-and-after photos of Yue Na are still displayed in the promotional area.

After his initial reflection, Chen Miao had some questions.

If it really is Yue Na, then she's been dead for a year!
He died for a year before returning as a ghost to seek revenge, which seems to be different from what Chen Guokun said before?
Chen Miao turned his gaze to Chen Guokun.

At this moment, Chen Guokun was frowning deeply.

"There's some trouble."

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(End of this chapter)