"Is there anything else you've been hiding from us?" Wu Ling asked.
Qin Kai looked up and shook his head frantically. "No, that's all! That's all... We were deceived! We were completely deceived! It can't be... It can't be that... I..."
"This is a protective charm made by our agency." Wu Ling handed it to Qin Kai. "It should offer you some protection. Your wife has been killed. You need to call the police now."
"I... what am I supposed to... How do I explain this to the police? Something like this... Something like this..." Qin Kai clutched the charm in his hand.
"Don't worry. We'll stay here," Wu Ling said.
She glanced at the camera, and it tilted down. The image shifted to the coffee table in the living room. At the same time, the video reached its end.
March 12, 2006. Analyzing video file. Audio file 03120060311G.wav.
"...She was too strong. I couldn't pull her away. I hit her, but it didn't work..."
"There's no sound coming from the room. That thing... could it be the person in the ghost marriage?"
"We'll know when they come back."
"Hey, let's make a bet. I bet it's the person in the ghost marriage. If I win, you run errands for me for a month."
"What if you lose?"
"Uh..."
March 12, 2006. Investigating Xiaohé Village, Jishan. Audio file 03120030312.wav.
...Rustle...
"...Oh, you're looking for that old immortal... Ah, haha, he's definitely no real immortal. He's just very old, over a hundred and thirty, I think. Pretty amazing."
"Is he here now?"
"Probably not. He went out. Sometimes we see him, sometimes we don't. Why don't you try knocking? His house is over there..."
"Do you know anything about him? We only heard about him from someone else, so we don't