Siheyuan: At the beginning, I can integrate everything!

Zhang Huaimin hummed a song as he stepped through the hanging flower gate of the courtyard house.

Then a series of heart-wrenching howls came from the front yard.

"My dear grandson! What's wrong with you?!"

"Good heavens, I can't live like this anymore!"

Zhang Huaimin slowed his pace and walked around the screen wall to take a look.

really.

A group of neighbors had already gathered at the entrance of the east wing of their house to watch the spectacle.

In the center of the crowd.

Jia Zhangshi was sitting on the ground, holding a stick in her arms that was rolling its eyes and foaming at the mouth.

He slapped his thigh and cried so miserably.

The appearance of the stick-like creature at this moment was indeed somewhat frightening.

Her hair stood on end, like a black sea urchin.

His face was blackened, with a faint wisp of burnt smoke rising from it.

He was still tightly gripping the rusty wire he used to pick the lock.

Even a fool could see what this kid was up to, and he got what he deserved.

but.

In this era of extreme lack of scientific knowledge and frequent power outages.

No one could imagine that a doorknob could suddenly discharge electricity.

Therefore, the fear brought by the unknown instantly enveloped the entire front yard.

"Did this... did this Korean meme get struck by lightning?"

The three women hid behind the crowd, their voices trembling.

"Where did this thunder come from in broad daylight? This is really weird!"

"He looks like he's possessed. Look at his hair, it's like a hedgehog's."

The neighbors whispered among themselves, their eyes filled with undisguised fear as they looked at Zhang Huaimin's front door.

If Jia Zhangshi was sent flying backwards earlier, it could be explained by coincidence.

If a stick-like creature were to pick a lock now, it would be electrocuted and knocked unconscious.

This is truly unbelievable.

Hearing the neighbors' gossip, Jia Zhangshi grasped at the straw.

She pointed to the tightly closed solid wood door of Zhang Huaimin's house and shouted hysterically:

"It's haunted! There's a ghost in this house!"

"That damned Zhang Dashan has appeared again, trying to harm my grandson!"

"This house is dirty; there's something filthy in it!"

Jia Zhangshi's voice was sharp and piercing, echoing in the empty courtyard, sending chills down one's spine.

Yi Zhonghai also arrived at the front yard at this time.

He was inside pondering how to restore his reputation when he heard the commotion and came out to see what was happening; his face turned ashen.

He walked to the front of the crowd and looked at Bang Geng with a frown.

He looked up again at the gleaming brass lock and the unremarkable doorknob.

Although he did not believe in ghosts or gods.

But this gate does indeed have an eerie feel to it.

"Grandpa, come quick! This house is haunted! They've even chopped up the rice stalks!"

As if she had grasped her backbone, Jia Zhangshi grabbed Yi Zhonghai's trouser leg and cried out.

Yi Zhonghai stood with his hands behind his back, about two meters away from the gate.

"Don't panic, everyone. It's broad daylight, where would ghosts or gods come from?"

Yi Zhonghai forced himself to remain calm, trying to maintain his dignity as an old man.

"It might be...it might be that the lock is old and rusted, and that's why the kid dropped it with too much force."

This explanation is utterly weak and unconvincing.

Even Yi Zhonghai himself didn't believe it.

Can you throw your hair so hard it stands on end? Can you throw it so hard it makes your whole body smoke?

"Sir, if you don't believe me, go touch that doorknob and see!"

Someone in the crowd shouted out.

Yi Zhonghai's face stiffened.

He looked at the brass lock, and his throat involuntarily moved.

Let him touch it? Are you kidding me?

This method is incredibly strange. What if he gets electrocuted like Bang Geng and foams at the mouth? Where would he put his old face then?

"Ahem... This door is the Zhang family's private property, how can I just touch it?"

Yi Zhonghai found a plausible excuse, but honestly took a half step back.

Now, the beasts in the compound were even more convinced.

Zhang Huaimin's house is absolutely a terrifying forbidden zone!

Even an old man wouldn't dare go near it; who knows what deadly thing might be hiding inside.

Just as everyone in the hospital was pointing and whispering at the gate, their faces filled with terror.

Excuse me, excuse me, please let me through.

A clear, childlike voice rang out from the edge of the crowd.

Everyone turned around and looked.

Five-year-old Zhang Huaimin was seen carrying a net bag full of White Rabbit milk candies.

He casually pushed through the crowd and walked in.

Zhang Huaimin appeared.

The previously noisy crowd instantly fell silent.

Everyone automatically made way for him, creating a wide passage.

That look in his eyes was as if he had seen some indescribable, terrifying being.

Zhang Huaimin walked to his front door and looked at Bang Geng lying on the ground and Jia Zhangshi throwing a tantrum.

He feigned surprise and widened his eyes.

"Oh dear, why is Brother Banggeng sleeping in front of my house?"

"Aunt Jia, the ground is cold, please carry him back inside."

Zhang Huaimin's tone was innocent and carefree, without the slightest hint of panic.

Jia Zhangshi glared at him fiercely, as if she wanted to devour Zhang Huaisheng alive with her eyes.

"You little bastard! Your house is haunted! You've ruined my grandson like this!"

"You need to give me an explanation today!"

Zhang Huaimin blinked, looking completely bewildered.

"A ghost? Auntie, animals aren't allowed to become spirits after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Where would a ghost come from?"

"Besides, this is my house. How come I don't know there are ghosts?"

Done.

Under the horrified, breathless gazes of over a hundred pairs of eyes in the entire hospital.

Zhang Huaimin turned around very casually.

He stretched out his fair, chubby little hand.

Without warning, he grabbed the brass doorknob that had just electrocuted the stick!

"hiss--"

The surrounding neighbors all gasped in shock.

The woman was so frightened that she closed her eyes.

Yi Zhonghai's pupils also contracted sharply.

however.

The anticipated scene of flashing lightning and Zhang Huaimin foaming at the mouth did not occur.

Zhang Huaimin's hand was firmly gripping the doorknob.

He even idly fiddled with the brass lock for a bit.

A crisp "click" sounded.

Zhang Huaimin took out his key and easily unlocked the door.

They pushed open the solid wood door that everyone saw as the gates of hell.

Completely unharmed!

Nothing's wrong!

Everyone in the hospital was dumbfounded.

What's going on?

Does this gate recognize its owner?

The stick turned to charcoal the moment it was touched, but Zhang Huaimin was perfectly fine when he touched it.

Zhang Huaimin ignored the ghostly expressions on everyone's faces.

He strode into the house with his short legs.

The door was wide open, and everyone could clearly see the furnishings inside.

Clean, tidy, and full of life.

There was nothing scary or dirty at all.

Less than half a minute later.

Zhang Huaimin came out of the house again.

In his hand, he was holding a bottle of Arctic Ocean soda that was still emitting a slight chill!

This is what he put in the system space yesterday (disguised as a small freezer).

Zhang Huaimin moved a small stool and sat down at the door.

Use a screwdriver to open the bottle cap with a "bang".

In front of the horrified, confused, and even bewildered beasts filling the courtyard.

Zhang Huaimin tilted his head back and gulped down a large mouthful.

"Ah—so refreshing, it tastes so good!"

Zhang Huaimin let out a satisfied burp.

She also peeled a White Rabbit milk candy from her hand and stuffed it into her mouth.

He crossed his legs and leisurely looked at Jia Zhangshi on the ground.

"Auntie, look, my door is perfectly fine, where did this ghost come from?"

"Did Banggeng try to steal something, and then fainted from fear because he felt guilty?"

Zhang Huaimin's tone was full of innocence and a perfectly timed hint of mockery.

A striking contrast!

A forbidden land filled with terrifying sorcery in the eyes of beasts.

At this moment, however, it has become a vacation cabin where a five-year-old child leisurely drinks soda and eats candy!

The immense visual and psychological impact left everyone present feeling breathless.

Jia Zhangshi stared blankly at Zhang Huaimin, who was drinking soda.

My brain completely shut down.

Why?

Why is it that this little brat is fine when he touches the door?

"I don't believe it! You must have sabotaged the door!"

Jia Zhangshi was enraged and ashamed.

She figured that Zhang Huaimin must have turned off some kind of mechanism when he opened the door.

She's going to prove now that there's something wrong with this door!

Jia Zhangshi suddenly got up from the ground.

Her obese body burst forth with astonishing speed.

She rushed toward Zhang Huaimin's door without a care in the world, stretching out her strong hand to grab the door frame.

They wanted to go inside and search the house.

however.

Jia Zhangshi forgot.

Last night, Zhang Huaimin sprinkled a circle of "powerful bad luck incense ash" around the windowsill and threshold.

Just as Jia Zhangshi's hand was about to touch the door frame.

At her feet.

It seems I stepped on the rusty wire that the stick stem had fallen to the ground yesterday.

"Sizzle—"

The wire slipped.

The immense inertia that Jia Zhangshi had been carrying forward caused her to lose her balance in an instant.

"Oh my goodness!"

Jia Zhangshi let out a cry of surprise and lunged forward uncontrollably.

Her body, weighing over 150 pounds, traced a heavy parabola in mid-air.

impartial.

He crashed headfirst into the slop bucket outside Zhang Huaimin's house, the one he usually used to empty dirty water.