The moment they received the Fatty's message, Li Bai and Yao Shunyu crowded around him and stared at the phone screen. After thinking it over for a moment, Li Bai seemed to suddenly realize something. Her face changed drastically. "No! Whatever you do, don't touch that threshold."
After sending Fatty a message, Jiang Cheng finally had time to ask, "What's going on?"
"This is another taboo. It has nothing to do with this mission, but it does concern our other task tonight." Li Bai spoke quickly. She could more or less guess that this had been Luo Tianhe's idea.
Yao Shunyu frowned. "You mean seeing Mr. Wu off to his burial?"
"Exactly. Tonight's coffin-carrying is different from before. Once we dig up the vengeful infants' remains, someone with Luo Tianhe's abilities will surely be able to contain them for a while. And as long as the infants are contained, Mr. Wu's corpse won't return to the manor to cause trouble."
"In other words, tonight is the last time we'll carry Mr. Wu's corpse, and this time we'll be carrying a coffin for a proper burial. There are five major taboos for carrying a coffin properly, especially for people like us who have to travel at night."
"The first is that you must never touch things like doorframes or thresholds before carrying the coffin. Touching a doorframe can affect your fortune, even that of your descendants. A threshold is even more sinister. If you touch one, ghosts may grab your feet on the way to the burial. In other words, you might suddenly trip over a stone or tree root, even though there was nothing there a moment earlier."
A coffin had to be carried steadily and level; the worst thing was to let it sway from side to side. And