"In that case, we need to come to your home and take a look at the situation."
"Of course, of course. Anytime is fine. We can do it today!"
March 6, 2006. Visit to the client's home. Audio file 03120060306(1).wav.
"This is the place. Come on in."
"Thank you."
"My wife probably isn't back yet."
Click...
Creak—
"Um..."
Tap, tap, tap...
"Well? Is it...?"
"It seems he isn't here right now."
"Ah, yes. Basically... We've never actually seen him. I mean, we haven't seen that... We haven't seen him cooking or mopping the floor. Sometimes we just wake up or come home from work and find everything taken care of."
"..."
"Well? Can you... can you help him move on? We know our earlier ideas were wrong. He is dead, after all. Even if he couldn't bear to leave the children... Sigh, we don't even know if that's really..."
"Could we see a photo of your son? Did he leave behind any personal belongings?"
"Yes, yes. We kept most of them."
Tap, tap, tap...
Rustle, rustle.
Clack...
"They're all over here. We haven't touched his room. And also..."
"Is this what he damaged?"
"Yes..."
"Mm."
Rustle, rustle...
"Um, what do you think? Is it... is it very difficult? We've really asked a lot of people for help. We've tried monks, Taoist priests, fortune-tellers, feng shui masters... We've tried all of them. The traditional methods don't seem to work anymore... Everyone talks about science these days, right? You... Uh, you're young. Maybe you have some way to deal with this... like those foreign documentaries on TV, with some kind of equipment or something..."
"Actually, the methods we use are traditional, too."
"Huh?"
"Mr. Cui, we can confirm that a ghost has been appearing in your home, and that you're surrounded by