T

wo happy events 

took place

 during this time. First, Ru Xue 

gave

 birth to a baby girl. In memory of 

Li Mazi’s

 late wife, Chu Chu, he named the little girl, Nianchu – 

remembering Chu.

 I then became Nianchu’s uncle. Second, after a few months of fleeing, 

Senior Shu

 had finally escaped from his enemy. He swaggered

 and came 

to my shop. He stayed half a month here before leaving. 

After 

Senior Shu

 left, my life became boring. Yin Xinyue was 

so

 busy with her work that she couldn’t make enough time to stay with me. Li Mazi had transformed into an old eunuch that served Ru Xue twenty-four hours a day.

I had stayed idle

and bored in my shop for three days, and I couldn’t stand it anymore. I called 

Senior Shu

. “H

ey

, 

what

 are you doing?” 

“Why 

did

 you call me? I’m busy making money. I

 don’t have the time to

 play with you

,”

Senior Shu

 answered 

crudely

. “I’ve accepted many cases while 

I was on the run

. I have to solve these problems, you know.” 

It seemed 

Senior Shu

 was busy. “

Senior

, if you have too much on your plate, you can share one or two cases with me. I’m so bored right now

 that

 I 

might as well

 be your footman.” 

“Really?” 

Senior Shu

 was so happy when he heard that. 

It sounded as

 though he was worried that I would change my mind in the next second

, so he hurried to say,

 “There’s a tea merchant named Lu Ming in Fujian. He called me a few days ago! I will give you his contact. Thank you, thank you so much, grandson!” 

After saying that

, he shamelessly hung up the call. 

In the

 next second, 

I received his

 text message. 

When I 

saw that 

the address was in Quanzhou, Fujian, I 

thought

 I was fooled. That old man must have given me the farthest case he had received. 

But since

 I was bored

 to death,

 I shouldn’t be picky. I called Lu Ming

 and asked 

if he needed help. 

At first, Lu Ming sounded cold. He only changed after I told him 

who I was

. “Oh yes, oh yes sir, I need help

!

 When can you come here? I’ll personally come to fetch you.” 

His attitude toward me was even better than that of a 

son

with

 his 

father

. I knew this merchant 

was in

 big trouble! I told him to wait one day. After finishing the call, I directly booked 

a

 flight ticket to Quanzhou.

I arrived at Quanzhou

airport the next morning. This was the first time I 

had come

 to Quanzhou. I didn’t call Lu Ming 

immediately

 but toured around. 

Perhaps it was 

due

 to my profession

, but

 I adored and cherished Chinese culture. Quanzhou 

had a rich

history

. I went to visit 

Guan Yu

 Temple, Haiyin Temple, and other ancient structures. 

As I stood

 in between 

these

 archaic structures, I felt the rich history of the city of Quanzhou. Unfortunately, I still 

had a job

 to do. 

Around

 evening, I reluctantly called Lu Ming. 

The guy

 was so excited when he 

learned

 I had arrived in Quanzhou. 

He soon

 came to pick me up. 

As I waited

 for him, I pictured him in my head. I thought he 

would be

a

 big-bellied rich businessman. But 

w

hen he arrived,

I

 discovered that I

 was wrong. 

He looked similar to the movie 

star

 Chen Daoming. He had a nice body and was 

in his 

late thirties 

or early

 fort

ies. His eyes looked

sharp, and

h

is shiny leather shoes fit his tailor-made suit very well. However, he 

had

 dark circles under his eyes. I guessed he was troubled by something. 

While we were on the way to his house, I asked him for more details. 

“You 

don’t know 

what has happened?” He sounded surprised. 

I was speechless

 and cursed Senior Shu

 under my breath.

I 

said embarrassedly

, “When 

Senior Shu

 told me about you, he didn’t give me many details.” 

“E

mh

, understood.” Lu Ming frowned.

He 

was

 doubting my skills

, but h

e still 

p

olitely

gave me a nod. I felt much better with his mannerisms. 

Lu Ming’s family 

had worked

 in th

e 

tea industry for generations. However, 

they

didn’t have

much luck until 

Lu Ming’s generation. With his extraordinary 

I

nternet marketing skills, he made 

his family’s

 tea brand

famous nationwide. He even brought his business across the border to Japan and

other Southeast Asian countries. He 

became

a

 tea tycoon.

W

ith these achievements

 and his young age,

 Lu Ming had become the new star in the industry. He sometimes thought that his life was already perfect. Unexpectedly, after the Lunar New Year, some strange incidents started to happen in his house. 

At first, the best quality tea he had put in 

his

 drawer 

went

 missing. He thought 

one of the

 guests 

might

 have

 taken part of it

 to try it

, so h

e didn’t mind it. But 

f

rom that day onward, almost every few days, part of his best tea would disappear. He wanted to 

catch

 the thief, so he quietly installed cameras in his house.  

When he came to this part of the story, Lu Ming gulped

. His 

face 

turned

tense and h

is eyes 

became

 fearful. He looked as though the event he was about to tell me was terrifying

. It seemed h

e didn’t want to disclose it. 

“Don’t worry. I’m here to help you solve the problem!” 

He was really scared

, so

 I had to

 ease his worries

. Lu Ming’s face turned better. “

The day after I installed

 the cameras, three bags of my tea, which w

ere

 worth hundre

ds of thousands of renminbi, were

 gone. I couldn’t wait anymore

 and checked 

the video. I 

looked at

 the drawer where I had kept the tea. 

It

 opened by itself

. T

hen, the bags of tea 

flew

 up. It looked like 

an

 invisible man 

took 

the tea away...” 

I closed my eyes to picture the scene in my head. My scalp 

went numb

 afterward. I opened my eyes

 and asked, 

“Before you 

went

 to 

Senior Shu

, 

did

 you 

ask

any

 other masters?” 

I was sure something foul 

was 

troubling him

, but

 Fujian had many famous Daoist 

priests

 and monks

. 

Lu Ming belonged to the high class in this society. It shouldn’t be difficult for him to invite a master to help. 

Why did he

 invite 

Senior Shu

 who lived so far away? 

Lu Ming’s face grimaced when I asked that. “A

fter I saw that, 

I 

knew

 there

 was 

something foul in my house. I asked 

geomancers

 with high reputation in Fujian to come to my house to check. However, they all rejected me after a few minutes 

of stepping into

 my house. They said they didn’t dare to 

accept

 my case. 

A 

master adhered a few yellow talismans in my house. He didn’t charge me and told me that if the talismans didn’t work, I should invite someone stronger.” 

After 

that

 master left, Lu Ming became more anxious. He was really worried that the talismans wouldn’t work. On 

the

 day 

when

 the tea 

was supposed to

 disappear, he didn’t dare to stay home. When he came back the next morning, he found that all the yellow talismans had burned into ashes. His heart chilled at that moment. He hurriedly pulled the drawer to check

, and t

he tea was gone

.

Lu Ming left the house immediately, 

found

 th

at

 master, 

and implored

 him 

for his 

help. However, the master 

no longer

 wanted to put his hand in this

.

Eventually, Lu Ming used his connections

 and asked 

around. 

That’s how he learned about Senior Shu

. He offered a large sum of money to 

Senior Shu and begged 

him to help. Unfortunately, 

Senior Shu

 was on his run at that time

and had forgotten abo

ut 

Lu Ming’s case

.

I thought something terrifying 

must have

 happened afterward. If it 

was

 just tea thievery, Lu Ming wouldn’t have been so frightened. 

“Nobody agreed to help me

, but 

I didn’t 

lose hope

. I thought it wasn’t 

a big deal

that

 my tea was stolen like that. However, the day after the yellow talismans were burned, for seven nights in a row, 

I’ve dreamt

 of a white-bearded old man! He wore black shrouds and 

looked furious. He used 

his staff to knock my head until I woke up

. 

I 

thought

 those talismans provoked a wandering soul, so I burned a lot of paper money for him. I even moved out of my house. However, no matter where I slept, I 

still dreamt

 of that old man. He scared the wits out of me then used his staff to knock me until I 

woke

 up. 

Now, 

I have started to sleep during the day and stay up at night. It has gradually turned better for me…” 

After telling me his story, Lu Ming still looked scared. I now knew why he 

had

 dark circles under his eyes. He hadn’t slept at night for a few months

. Instead, he took 

naps during the day. Even if he 

was

 an immortal, he wouldn’t be able to endure this! 

From what Lu Ming had told me, I guessed that the old man wasn’t someone 

too evil

. Otherwise, he would 

have 

dreamt of that old man during the day as well. Moreover, the old man didn’t seem to want to hurt Lu Ming. He used his staff to knock Liu Ming’s head to give him a lesson. 

I had a feeling that Lu Ming had done something wrong. I decided to ask him directly. “Mr. Lu, have you offended someone? Or, did you do something 

immoral

?” 

“I…” Lu Ming kept silent for quite a long time. In the end, he shook his head. “I’ve always been busy with my tea business. I didn’t have time to do anything 

immoral

. Although I have many competitors, 

it's

 normal when you do business. I 

don’t

 think I have done something 

bad enough

 that 

caused someone 

to send an old ghost to deal with me.” 

Lu Ming sounded reasonable. However, I still stuck to the idea that the old ghost wouldn’t 

have

 hit him in the head without reason. “Mr. Lu, could you think about it carefully? The old man has come to your dream many times

. Has he ever 

said anything?” 

“Oh, he did talk. He yelled at my face the entire time, but I couldn’t understand what he was saying!” Lu Ming almost cried

.

 “I 

don’t

 know what to do after all of 

this...

” 

After hearing him, I felt much more determined. If the ghost of the old man talked to him, it proved that we 

had 

a chance to talk him out of this. 

P

erhaps the ghost didn’t have enough Yin energy, which made his talking inaudible to Lu Ming. I needed to 

go

 there and arrange something to enable his voice. When Lu Ming could finally understand him, we could solve this problem.

Lu Ming 

soon 

stopped his car in front of a villa. When he 

went

 to open the gate and the double-door to the house, I saw spider webs 

all over

 the place. Lu Ming felt a little embarrassed. “Since 

there were

 paranormal activities in this house, no one dares to live here anymore.” 

I just gave him a faint smile to encourage him

. Then, I 

followed him into the villa. I pulled myself together and carefully assessed the interior of the villa. The arrangement of the rooms 

wasn’t bad

.

“When you built this villa, did you consult 

a

geomancer

?” 

“Yeah, I did. 

That’s

 why I’m puzzled. My house has great 

geomancy

, as you 

can s

ee

. H

ow could it attract 

some

 unknown ghost

?

” Lu Ming looked begrudged. 

I also had a big question mark in my head. There was a small stream in front of his villa and lush

 and

 green hills behind his house. Together, they formed a great 

formation

 that could gather fortune. The interior of his house, including the arrangement of the tables, chairs, beds, and other furniture followed the common 

rules

 of 

geomancy

. There was no reason 

for

 the villa 

to

 attract some ghosts.

 T

hat ghost 

c

ould only be a spirit dwell

ing

 in 

an

 otherworldly item in Lu Ming’s villa. 

However, I had checked all the corners of 

the

 villa and 

didn’t find a

 wisp of Yin energy! Everything looked normal. It seemed the possibility of having an otherworldly item wreaking havoc was small. 

Suddenly, Lu Ming screamed. I followed 

his

 line of sight. He was shakily sitting in front of a cabinet

. O

ne of 

the

 drawers was pulled open. The bags of tea inside were torn

, and the t

ea leaves 

scattered

 around messily. 

“Something’s missing again?” I asked. 

From his appearance, I knew the ghost had taken his tea again.

Lu Ming dumbly nodde

d

. Then, he put on a wry smile. “I’ve been out of this villa for three months. Twelve tea 

bags were taken. 

It seems he didn’t even miss a day! I admire this ghost now. Where else 

could

 we find a tea

maniac ghost like 

this one?” 

I had 

accepted

 dozens of otherworldly item cases, big 

and

 small. The

spirits I knew had 

done a lot

of 

horrible things. However, I had never encountered 

a

 spirit that loved to steal tea leaves. This ghost was odd. 

After Lu Ming pulled himself together, I asked

,

 “Have you ever bought or brought any antiques to your house?” 

He 

immediately shook 

his head. “I don’t have a hobby of collecting antiques.” 

It was really weird then! For the time being, I didn’t have 

a

 clue. However, luckily 

for 

me, the old man 

visited

 Lu Ming’s dreams every night. I wasn’t afraid 

of losing sight of him

!