Chapter Summaries

After hearing more gossip about the Xu family, Xiao Lin helped her sister weigh her university choices, and her sister chose Minqing University. The chapter ended when Director Mao called to report that Xu Guangzong had been taken away in an ambulance.

• The old auntie told the skinny guy that the Xu family had long been headed for conflict, then gossiped with Director Mao about Xu Tie's son and Xu Gang.
• Xiao Lin returned home and learned that her sister had passed Minqing University's independent admissions selection, though she still had to decide on her preferences and major.
• Xiao Lin discussed career options with her sister, who decided to choose Minqing University.
• Director Mao called Xiao Lin late at night and said Xu Guangzong had just been taken away in an ambulance.

After Xu Guangzong was taken to the hospital and died, Lin and the demolition office prepared to visit his family and handle the fallout carefully. As the team headed to Workers and Peasants Sixth Village, Lin wondered whether Xu Guangzong would be able to rest peacefully.

• Director Mao told Lin that Xu Guangzong had been taken away in an ambulance, and Lin called his former supervisor before the team received targeted training from the Publicity Office.
• Director Mao later told Lin that Xu Guangzong had died and that Xu Tie had brought his body home with a funeral service; Lin notified the junior employee and the rest of the team.
• The junior employee reported that the police had talked Xu Tie down for the night and that Xu Gang seemed shocked and sad.
• Director Ma and Lin's former supervisor told the team to visit the mourning hall, offer incense, bring condolence gifts, and avoid upsetting the family.
• Lin, the Fatty, the Thin One, Chen Xiaoqiu, and Guo Yujie drove to Workers and Peasants Sixth Village, where Lin wondered whether Xu Guangzong could move on peacefully.

The narrator and the demolition office team went to pay their respects to Xu Guangzong and found Xu Tie accusing Xu Gang of causing their father's death while the family argued over the apartment. Inside the crowded Xu home, the narrator sensed a strange aura and spotted a flash of blue-green near the ceiling.

• Director Mao told the narrator that Xu Tie blamed Xu Gang for Xu Guangzong's death, while Xu Gang had seemed deeply shaken and wanted to keep vigil.
• The narrator and the demolition office team waited at the residents' committee until Xu Gang's car arrived, then headed to the Xu home to offer condolences.
• On the stairs, the team heard Xu Tie accuse Xu Gang of angering their father to death and refuse to move out, while Xu Gang's wife defended him.
• The narrator sensed an unusual aura as people argued and hurried into the crowded Xu home, where a flash of blue-green appeared in a corner of the ceiling.

Qi-ge witnessed the Xu family arguing over Xu Guangzong’s death, then spotted a Green-Faced Ghost fleeing the house. He and his companions suspected the death was murder and decided to pursue whoever had raised the ghost.

• Xu Tie accused Xu Gang of driving their father to his death, while Xu Tie’s wife and another woman nearly came to blows.
• Qi-ge saw a patch of green flee through the window and noticed the malice in the room fading, but found no yin energy on anyone.
• Second Uncle stopped the argument and told Xu Tie and Xu Gang to attend to their father’s funeral before settling their dispute.
• Qi-ge left the house and told the Skinny Guy, Chen Xiaoqiu, Guo Yujie, and the Fatty that he suspected a Green-Faced Ghost.
• The group considered whether Xu Tie, Xu Gang, or their wives were involved, and Qi-ge said they could catch the ghost and trace it to whoever raised it.

Qi-ge checked on the Xu family after work, then told his friends he had decided to stop running from supernatural incidents and face them instead. Chen Xiaoqiu warned that the Xu family’s inheritance conflict could lead to another impulsive killing, leaving the group worried that one of them might be next.

• Qi-ge returned to the residents' committee and reported on the Xu family while the group finished work.
• Qi-ge found smoke pouring from the Xu family home, but a relative said the family was still discussing matters and would not let him inside.
• Qi-ge updated Director Ma, then met the others for dinner to discuss his decision to confront supernatural threats.
• Qi-ge explained that he wanted to gain control of his abilities rather than wait helplessly for another incident.
• The skinny guy warned that they could face someone as dangerous as Celestial Master Tianyi, while Guo Yujie urged them to stand their ground.
• Chen Xiaoqiu suggested Xu Guangzong's death might have resulted from an impulsive inheritance dispute and warned that one of them could suffer the same fate.

Lin Qi and his friends decided to train and investigate the Xu family's Green-Faced Ghost, though they had no clear lead and planned to approach the family again. Lin Qi fell asleep hoping to dream of Xu Guangzong, then found himself in a misty vision of the Xu family living room.

• Chen Xiao Qiu suggested Lin Qi could see the Green-Faced Ghost because he had trained more, and the group considered committing to training.
• Lin Qi, Chen Xiao Qiu, the Skinny Guy, the Fatty, and Guo Yujie agreed to be more careful and help when they encountered paranormal incidents, rather than seek them out.
• The group discussed the danger posed by the Green-Faced Ghost and decided to try sounding out the Xu family again the next day.
• Lin Qi went home exhausted and fell asleep, thinking he might visit the hospital where Xu Guangzong had died to look for his ghost.
• Lin Qi awoke in a hazy vision of the Xu family's living room as Xu Tie and his wife complained about being left out of a family vote.

The narrator possessed Xu Gang and searched the Xu family apartment for the Green-Faced Ghost, but found nothing while Xu Gang argued with Xu Tie and Xu Guangzong over the family’s demolition compensation. Xu Gang left for home, and the narrator was left wondering whether the dream’s next events would reveal the ghost.

• The narrator searched every room in the Xu family apartment but found no Green-Faced Ghost.
• Xu Tie and his wife pressured Xu Guangzong and Xu Gang to change their votes and divide the compensation more favorably toward Xu Tie’s family.
• Xu Gang remembered offering to let his parents move in with him, while Xu Guangzong had refused and continued to favor keeping the family together.
• Xu Gang’s wife called and urged him to stop arguing with his father and younger brother, so Xu Gang said he would return home.
• Xu Guangzong followed Xu Gang downstairs, made emotional promises about sharing the compensation, and showed shock when Xu Gang turned away.
• The narrator severed the connection to Xu Gang’s memories, searched again for the Green-Faced Ghost, and realized the dream had changed.

The narrator follows Xu Gang and learns of his resentment toward his father and his guilt over the family inheritance dispute. After sensing the Green-Faced Ghost at the memorial hall, the narrator reaches for it, but it lunges at them.

• Xu Gang’s wife complained that his father favored Xu Tie and that Xu Gang had spent his life giving way to his younger brother.
• Xu Gang thought it would have been better if his father had died before his mother, then blamed himself for what happened to his father.
• In a smoke-filled gathering, Xu Gang gave up his share of the house, compensation, and inheritance to Xu Tie, and relatives left while criticizing Xu Tie.
• The narrator sensed malice and returned to the Xu home, where the Green-Faced Ghost clung to Xu Guangzong’s portrait.
• The narrator touched the Green-Faced Ghost, which bared its fangs and lunged at them.

The narrator fought the Green-Faced Ghost in the Xu family’s home, but the old man interrupted the dream before the narrator could learn more. Suspecting the old man was targeting him, the narrator went to the Greenleaf Paranormal Agency and found Ye Qing surrounded by blood.

• The Green-Faced Ghost attacked the narrator, scratched his arm, and escaped through a broken window as the Xu family panicked.
• The narrator recognized Xu Tie’s frightened son, but the dream ended abruptly before he could investigate.
• The narrator concluded that the old man had anticipated his ability and might be as powerful as Ye Qing or stronger.
• The narrator rushed to the Greenleaf Paranormal Agency and found blood covering the sofa.
• Ye Qing spoke from a blood-red, blurry outline as the narrator tried to tell him about the Xu family and the Green-Faced Ghost.

After Ye Qing told Lin Qi that Bai An and all the Green-Faced Ghosts were dead, Lin Qi learned that Xu Tie’s son had died after falling from a window. At the Xu home, Lin Qi saw the dead young man’s ghost kneeling beside Xu Tie and his wife.

• Lin Qi told Ye Qing about the Xu family and the Green-Faced Ghost, and Ye Qing said Bai An and the ghosts were dead.
• Director Mao told Lin Qi that Xu Tie’s son had died after falling from his room’s window the previous night.
• Lin Qi accompanied Director Mao to the Xu family’s building and heard that Xu Tie’s family believed Xu Guangzong’s ghost had returned.
• Lin Qi entered the Xu home and saw Xu Tie’s son’s ghost kneeling and trembling beside his grieving parents.

Lin Qi witnessed the Xu family’s grief and accusations after Xu Guangming’s death, while the police investigated whether his fall was suicide. The group considered the deaths and the Green-Faced Ghost’s role unresolved, though Chen Xiaoqiu expected Lin Qi to learn more the next morning.

• Xiao Gu explained that police were investigating Xu Guangming’s fall because signs of a disturbance made suicide uncertain.
• Xu Tie and his wife fought and blamed each other while Xu Guangming remained terrified, deepening Lin Qi’s suspicion that he had seen something frightening.
• Xiao Gu learned that Xu Gang had killed himself, and Xu Tie’s wife accused Xu Gang of killing Xiaobao.
• Police took Xu Tie and his wife to the station for statements, and Lin Qi later told his family and friends what had happened.
• Lin Qi shared his dream and Ye Qing’s words with the group, while Guo Yujie questioned whom the Green-Faced Ghost had followed and Chen Xiaoqiu expected Lin Qi to learn more in the morning.

The narrator dreamed through Xu Guangzong’s memories and learned how Xu Guangming had grown up in a cramped, resentful household while Xu Guangzong quietly cared for him. The dream then revealed that Xu Guangming relied on money Xu Gang secretly gave Xu Guangzong, before shifting to the image of a girl.

• The narrator fell asleep after lunch and heard Xu Guangzong recalling the money and support he had given Xu Guangming.
• The narrator witnessed Xu Tie and his wife arguing over their cramped home and their son’s lack of space.
• Xu Guangzong offered to give up his bedroom so Xiaobao could sleep in it, while Xu Guangming resented his visits and belongings on the balcony.
• Xu Gang visited with his family and gifts, which Xu Tie and his wife took for themselves despite Xu Guangzong asking that some go to Xiaobao.
• Xu Guangzong secretly pressed more than three thousand yuan into Xu Guangming’s hand, and the narrator understood that Xu Guangming depended on the money Xu Gang gave his uncle.
• The dream shifted to a girl.

Xu Guangming pursued a wealthy girl while hiding his family’s cramped living conditions and the bitter demolition dispute from her. As the Xu family argued over their shares, Xu Guangzong suddenly clutched his heart and collapsed.

• Xu Guangming paid for the girl’s salon visit, dinner, and movie, then continued buying her clothes, handbags, and cosmetics as their relationship grew closer.
• The girl invited Xu Guangming to meet her parents, who welcomed him but said they wanted to meet his family before considering marriage.
• Xu Guangming worried that his family’s living conditions and the demolition dispute would embarrass him, and he invented a story about his uncle neglecting his grandfather.
• Xu Guangming imagined that a demolition payout would let him bring the girl home and escape the cramped apartment, while his desire for her shifted toward wealth and status.
• After Xu Gang left a family argument, Xu Tie and his wife pressured Xu Guangzong to change his vote, and Xu Guangzong clutched his heart and slumped to the floor.

The narrator witnessed the Green-Faced Ghost attack Xu Guangming after Xu Guangming imagined the benefits of Xu Guangzong’s death, while Xu Tie and his wife delayed helping Xu Guangzong. Xu Guangzong died in the hospital, and at his wake the narrator recognized a familiar argument and saw himself among the mourners.

• Xu Guangming thought Xu Guangzong’s death would end the family conflict and benefit him, as the Green-Faced Ghost climbed onto him and slowly bit his neck.
• Xu Tie and his wife ignored Xu Guangzong as he collapsed, then panicked and called an ambulance after he passed out.
• Xu Tie and his wife discussed finding Xu Guangzong’s bank card and blamed Xu Gang for causing the collapse.
• The ambulance took Xu Guangzong to the hospital with the Green-Faced Ghost clinging to him, but resuscitation failed and Xu Guangzong died.
• At Xu Guangzong’s wake, Xu Tie argued with his second granduncle, and the narrator saw himself behind Xu Gang and Xu Tie.

The narrator witnessed Xu Guangming’s resentment grow as Xu Gang surrendered Xu Guangzong’s inheritance, and saw the events repeat the previous dream, including the narrator’s own soul appearing. That night, Xu Guangming saw the blue-faced ghost on the ceiling, and both he and the narrator heard it cry out after something struck it on the balcony.

• Xu Tie slapped his wife after she insulted Xu Gang, while the younger Xu relatives whispered about how Second Uncle had once punished Xu Tie for similar words.
• Xu Gang gave up Xu Guangzong’s inheritance, leaving Xu Guangming angry at his family and their estrangement.
• The narrator saw their own soul appear beside Xu Gang, charge the blue-faced ghost, and vanish as the scene repeated the previous dream.
• Xu Tie’s family burned paper money and incense, and Xu Gang’s wife took Xu Guangming away from the mourning hall.
• That night, Xu Guangming and the narrator heard the blue-faced ghost move across the ceiling; when footsteps approached, it darted toward the balcony and cried out after a bang, and Xu Guangming saw it get up.

Xu Guangming was trapped with the Green-Faced Ghost until Ye Qing arrived and destroyed it. Xu Guangming fled through the window, while the narrator was pulled into another vision of Ye Qing killing Green-Faced Ghosts and confronting a terrified old man.

• The Green-Faced Ghost attacked Xu Guangming as Ye Qing’s footsteps approached the bedroom.
• Ye Qing seized the Green-Faced Ghost, broke its limbs, tore out its heart, and crushed it until both it and its blood disappeared.
• Xu Guangming fled through the shattered window, and the narrator fell with him but did not wake.
• The narrator saw Ye Qing standing among disemboweled Green-Faced Ghost corpses as a terrified old man cried out.
• The narrator was forced to look up at Ye Qing as he stood before them.

After waking from a dream in which Bai An forced him into Ye Qing’s body, the narrator feared Bai An had been plotting against him and worried that Ye Qing was nearing his breaking point. At dinner, the news reported Bai An’s decomposed body as a suspected heatstroke death, leaving the narrator to wonder whether Ye Qing had concealed the murder.

• The narrator woke sweating after experiencing a dream he believed Bai An had manipulated, and recalled Ye Qing’s claim that his suffering was a vicious cycle.
• The narrator considered what Bai An meant by calling Ye Qing a sinner for a hundred lifetimes and wondered whether Ye Qing was close to losing control.
• The narrator joined his family for dinner after showering and watched the local evening news.
• The news reported that Bai An, who lived alone, had been found dead at home, with heatstroke suspected as the cause.
• The narrator recognized Bai An’s house on the broadcast and wondered whether Ye Qing had cleaned up the body to hide the murder.

Lin Qi discussed his dream ability and Ye Qing’s dangerous role with his companions, then learned that the remaining Xu family members had died. As the Demolition Office prepared for media scrutiny, Lin Qi revealed a family secret that could shift attention toward the Xu family’s disputes.

• Lin Qi withheld details about Ye Qing’s past-life punishment, then discussed his dream ability and its possible limits with Chen Xiaoqiu, Guo Yujie, the Skinny One, and the Fatty.
• Chen Xiaoqiu warned that Ye Qing could help Workers and Peasants Sixth Village but might lose control if he kept killing.
• Lin Qi learned that Xu Gang had died by suicide and Xu Tie and his wife had been murdered, and his group suspected Xu Guangming’s ghost was responsible.
• Director Ma told the Demolition Office staff to tell Minqing TV the truth about the Xu family and prepare a statement.
• Lin Qi told Director Ma that Xu Gang had not been raised by Xu Guangzong, giving him a possible angle for the interview.

The narrator’s team helped prepare for a television interview about Xu Gang’s family tragedy while Workers and Peasants Sixth Village’s demolition vote remained stalled. At the end, the narrator saw videos of his younger sister at a crowded film studio, where fans chanted “Nantian” as a vehicle arrived.

• Director Ma told the narrator that the television program would focus on left-behind children and feature the former leader instead of the team.
• The narrator’s team appeared briefly in a staged office scene for the television crew, while the vote in Workers and Peasants Sixth Village was paused.
• The narrator’s younger sister left for a film studio, and he dropped her at the subway station before going to work.
• At Workers and Peasants Sixth Village, Director Mao and residents discussed the Xu family, while the narrator worried about low turnout for the vote.
• During lunch, the narrator watched his sister’s videos of fans crowding around a vehicle and chanting “Nantian.”

After recognizing Mo Wen in a video of Nantian, Qi-ge found him in Greenleaf’s files and realized he was the evil ghost who had escaped Gejiamu after killing twenty-seven members of the Ge family. Fearing for his sister Xiaoyun, who was at the same film studio as Mo Wen, Qi-ge hurried out to find her, but she did not answer his calls.

• Qi-ge recognized Mo Wen in his sister’s video and asked Xiaoyun to leave the film studio, while Tan Wenrui warned her about dangerous Nantian fans.
• Qi-ge searched Greenleaf’s files at home and found Mo Wen in the final video from “Haunted House.”
• Qi-ge recalled that Mo Wen was the evil ghost who escaped Gejiamu and killed the entire Ge family.
• Qi-ge rushed out to find Xiaoyun, but his calls to her went unanswered.