Folk customs begin with the entire funeral procession

Chapter 123 Don't open your eyes while washing your hair.
"Mr. Chen? What are you doing here?"

Xie Songde looked surprised when he saw Chen Miao.

“My friend bought a house here, so I came to take a look.”

"Oh, Mr. Chen, I have something to attend to. Let's talk another time."

After Xie Songde finished speaking, he left in a hurry.

Chen Miao was taken aback for a moment, but didn't pay too much attention. The other person seemed distracted, so he must have something on his mind.

……

Xie Songde's steps were not large, but they were very hurried.

He's been incredibly busy with family matters these past few days, but he can't tell too many people about it.

He soon returned home.

As soon as I got back, I couldn't find anyone.

"Where are they? Where did everyone go?"

After Xie Songde called out, his son Xie Yun came out of the room.

"Dad, Mom said she went out to pick someone up and will be back soon."

Upon hearing this, Xie Songde sat down on the sofa.

Xie Yun walked over and said mysteriously, "Dad, I heard Mom say that she asked someone to find a high-ranking Taoist priest to come and perform a ritual for the family!"

"Dad, do you think the person Mom found is reliable?"

Xie Songde frowned and said, "How would I know who your mother contacted!"

"Dad, your business is so big, don't you know any masters?"

Xie Songde replied, slightly annoyed, "Those masters aren't so easy to invite."

Xie Songde also felt somewhat uncomfortable about this.

He used to be the least skeptical of these things, and even when his friends talked about them, he would just listen to them as stories.

But who would have thought that he, who was the least likely to believe in such things, would actually encounter this situation? Who can he reason with now?

If you don't pray for good fortune in ordinary times, how can anyone expect you to agree to it when you finally do?

Fortunately, what happened at his home wasn't too serious.

If the person his wife chose isn't good enough, he'll be willing to swallow his pride and ask his friends for help.

Thinking of the potential price to pay and the ridicule he might face, Xie Songde couldn't help but feel heartbroken.

When business reaches this level, there are only two words that matter to business associates.

Benefit!

However, his true friends do not reach his level and are unable to help him.

Hey!
Ever since the old man passed away, nothing I do has gone smoothly!
Is their family's luck about to end with him?
Thinking of the old man, another face suddenly flashed through Xie Songde's mind.

A face I just recognized!

Suddenly, Xie Songde remembered how the old man had come out of retirement.

On a sudden impulse, he stood up from the sofa and was about to leave.

"Dad, where are you going?"

Xie Yun's words made Xie Songde stop in his tracks again.

Yes, where to?

He didn't even ask Chen Miao's friend's house location!
In his frustration, he remembered that he seemed to have saved Chen Miao's phone number when he left last time.

He took out his phone and started searching.

Soon, a contact name named "Chen Miao, Director of Tianmen Funeral Home" appeared in his field of vision.

Relieved, he made the call.

The phone rang for less than five seconds before the other end answered.

"Mr. Xie?"

"Yes, it's me, Mr. Chen. Where are you now?"

“I’m at my friend’s house, number 1314.”

"Okay, okay, wait for me a moment, I'll come find you."

After hanging up the phone, Xie Songde turned to ask his son.

"Xiaoyun, where is number 1314?"

"Huh? Number 1314? Never heard of that!"

Xie Yun often played in the villa area with his friends, so he knew most of the house numbers because he used to play games with his friends and specifically look for and record those special house numbers.

Logically speaking, he couldn't possibly not know the address 1314.

"Dad, wait a minute, let me ask him for you."

Seeing that Xie Yun didn't know either, Xie Songde remembered that Chen Miao had mentioned his friend had just bought a house.

"Don't ask anymore, I'll ask the property management, it should be a new number."

Xie Yun nodded upon hearing this.

"I knew it was impossible; I didn't even know."

Ignoring his son, Xie Songde had already learned the original number of the villa through the property management.

"Number 38? 38... uh!"

Xie Songde was taken aback, then quickly walked towards the door.

He opened the door and stepped out into the yard, where he saw Chen Miao admiring the flowers in front of the neighboring villa. "Mr. Chen!"

Chen Miao turned his head and looked at Xie Songde with some surprise.

"Mr. Xie, you live here?"

"Yes, what a coincidence!"

Xie Songde walked over with a smile on his face.

"Mr. Chen, come on over to my house."

Seeing Xie Songde, who had seemed somewhat absent-minded when they first met, now beaming with smiles, Chen Miao felt something was amiss.

However, Xie Songde's gentle kindness was genuine.

Does this mean they need something from me?
Has someone died in Mr. Xie's family again?
As soon as Chen Miao thought of this, he realized that he had gone a bit too far.

Soon, Chen Miao followed Xie Songde to his home.

"Xiaoyun, pour some tea for your Uncle Chen."

Chen Miao's lips twitched as he looked at Xie Yun, who was over ten years old, and wanted the other boy to call him "brother".

But then I thought, with a ten-year age gap, it doesn't seem wrong to call him uncle.

"Boss Xie called me here, there must be something you need, right?"

Chen Miao didn't know when Xiang Shang would return, so he decided to get straight to the point.

Upon hearing this, Xie Songde's smile vanished.

"That's right, Mr. Chen, you're the corpse carrier, aren't you?"

"Uh……"

Chen Miao was somewhat taken aback by Xie Songde's words.

"Mr. Xie, I'm not."

"Really?"

Xie Songde was somewhat skeptical.

Judging from his expression, Chen Miao felt that Xie Songde seemed to really hope that he was the one.

"Mr. Xie, why don't you tell me what it is?"

Chen Miao thought about it and figured that Xie Songde must have a similar need for asking such a question.

Although he wasn't a corpse carrier, he could accept the task if the body was to be 'transported' out like last time.

After all, Mr. Xie is a generous person.

Xie Songde sighed.

"My family... something's happened!"

"I really had no other choice, so I thought of you, Mr. Chen, thinking you might know something about this, or at least know someone in this field. That's why I hurriedly called you over."

Chen Miao looked at Xie Songde.

"What are you referring to, Boss Xie?"

Just then, Xie Yun brought over the tea. After setting it down, he casually remarked, "What else could it be? We've encountered a ghost!"

Chen Miao glanced at Xie Yun's eager gaze, then at Xie Songde's furrowed brows.

The attitudes of this father and son are a bit hard to fathom!

"Mr. Chen, we did indeed encounter that thing..."

Xie Songde sighed and told Chen Miao what had happened.

The incident occurred a week ago.

Xie Songde was reading in his study when he suddenly heard his daughter scream.

After rushing over, I saw my daughter running out of the bathroom wrapped in a bath towel.

The daughter ran while shouting that someone was in the bathroom!

Xie Songde thought he had encountered a thief, so he immediately grabbed an ashtray and rushed over.

The huge bathroom was completely empty, and even the windows were closed from the inside because showering was done from the inside.

Afterwards, Xie Songde inquired about what had happened from his daughter's perspective.

The daughter said that when she was taking a shower, just after she had applied shampoo to her hair and there was a lot of foam, she felt like someone was watching her.

She initially thought it was just a hallucination from washing her hair, but as she continued washing her hair, the feeling became stronger and stronger.

Feeling flustered, she immediately wiped her eyes and opened them.

Although she opened her eyes for a moment before the shampoo stung them and she quickly closed them again, she still saw a dark figure standing in the corner.

But by the time she screamed and wiped her eyes dry, the dark figure had vanished.

Terrified, she screamed and ran out.

Xie Songde's daughter had always been well-behaved, so it was impossible for her to lie. Therefore, he kept an eye on her all night.

But there was nothing in the villa.

He initially thought it might be an illusion caused by his daughter's eyes being covered.

But the very next day, when Xie Songde was taking a shower and had just lathered up his shampoo, he remembered his daughter's words.

As if possessed, Xie Songde endured the burning sensation of the shampoo and forced his eyes open.

A figure with disheveled hair stood quietly in the corner of the bathroom, watching him!
The sound of blood dripping from his wrist mingled with the sound of water dripping from Xie Songde's body, indistinguishable from each other!

……

(End of this chapter)