The Ghost Infant in the Dream

"What did you do after the child died?"

"Yingzi called Zhiguo. Where we're from, we believe children who die young shouldn't be kept too long. Zhiguo came, took one look, and then they burned and buried him. Zhiguo even bought a grave, a really nice one, for a little child… It felt like a piece of my heart was ripped out, my good child just like that… Later, one night, I heard a child crying. It was… it was his cry… just like his crying before, like he was hungry, needed milk… I was half-asleep, didn't react at the time, got up to feed the baby. By the time I'd prepared the formula and returned to the room, I remembered he was already dead! I jolted awake and didn't hear the crying anymore. I thought I was groggy from sleep, dreaming. But the next day, I heard it again. I was sitting in the living room watching TV and heard a child crying from the bedroom. It was broad daylight, and I got goosebumps from fear. I didn't dare look, so I found Yingzi. My daughter is very capable, knows a lot of people. She asked around and got me some talismans. That night, I pasted the talismans on the bed. Yingzi helped me put them up, burned incense, and then I went home with her to spend the night. I slept in her bed, and her husband slept in the next room. As soon as I fell asleep, I heard the crying again. I nudged Yingzi, and she nudged me back. She heard it too. Later, her husband knocked on the door, asking what we were doing. We screamed in fright and rushed out of the room. The sound had disappeared by then."

"The sound was coming from your