To communicate with a female ghost who could erupt at any moment, I first had to play along with her.
But she asked me to hold her child, and when I looked, there was no child in her arms.
For a moment, I had no idea how to hold him.
She kept staring at me, swaying her head from side to side, seemingly very unhappy with my reaction. "You don't want to hold him..."
Seeing that she was about to get angry, I panicked and hurriedly held out both hands, making a show of taking the child. In reality, I received nothing at all.
I imagined there was a child in my arms, stood up, and cradled that bundle of air as though soothing him.
Only then was she satisfied, and a smile even appeared on her face.
But that face of hers was An Ning's.
I had thought An Ning's face looked quite friendly before. Now it didn't look friendly at all.
"Is he cute..."
"Yes, very cute. I love children."
I hurriedly agreed, then changed the subject. "Ms. Liu, what are your plans now?"
I needed to steer her toward reincarnation, but I couldn't be too direct. She was like a time bomb; if there was even the slightest problem with what I said, she might explode.
Then my life would be on a countdown too.
"Wait for my husband... wait for my husband to come home..."
"This family can't be without him..."
Hearing that, I sighed inwardly.
Her husband was already planning to sell the house. There was no way he would come back.
"Ms. Liu, I saw those potted plants you grew. You must be a kind person."
I steered the conversation toward reincarnation. "But did you know plants have souls too? In their previous lives,