Chapter 297 Burying the Past

"Fortunately, the cursed old house was disposed of by the Secret Keeping Bureau many years ago."

"It was disposed of many years ago?" The detective touched his chin uncomfortably, "So, this curse has a long incubation period and will not break out immediately..."

"Okay." The young Secret Keeper did not confirm, but stopped in time and said:

"I have already violated the regulations of the Bureau a little bit, mainly because the case of the old house has been closed for many years, and I still need your cooperation, so I will reveal some to you, but you can't inquire about it anymore."

Ancient house...Curse of the Cannibal...Bai Zhi continued to "flip through" the detective's previous memories with a heavy heart, and after basically understanding the strange events that his family had been involved in, he ended the "Crimson Ingestion".

Bai Zhi passed two thoughts to the agent through the ‘ghostly thread’ in her hand:

“You found a suspected wanted criminal, chased him, but lost the target and got lost here…”

“You will wake up in two minutes…”

These two thoughts will be implanted into the agent’s subconscious mind like hypnosis, making him think that everything just now was self-directed behavior, and he will not realize that he is affected by an unknown existence.

After passing the thoughts and confirming that the agent’s mental state was normal, Bai Zhi disappeared from behind him and returned to the hidden corner.

Two minutes later, the agent’s eyes suddenly became lively, and he looked around. There was no other emotion on his face except some annoyance. He stayed there for a while and then left.

On the other side, Bai Zhi also turned out of the alley and quickly rushed to the residence of his father and brother in his previous life based on his memory.

As expected, she did not see the two familiar figures in her memory.

In addition, the windows of the house were wide open, and the furniture and floor were covered with a layer of dust, as if no one had lived there recently.

"Missing... Really missing..." Outside the door, Bai Zhi had to accept this fact from the bottom of her heart.

The feeling of depression and blockage surged up instantly. She did not stay for too long and left here like escaping, and then walked straight to the largest and only cemetery in the southern area.

—— Before leaving in the morning, Bai Zhi entered the spirit world for a short divination and confirmed that the tomb of her predecessor was there.

Because she chose to walk, it was already night when Bai Zhi arrived at the cemetery. There was no one in sight, and this was exactly what she was happy to see, because she would put the black jade urn in it.

Also through divination, Bai Zhi easily found the location of the tombstone of her predecessor, saw the familiar name on the tombstone, and the familiar face in the photo.

Bai Zhi kept his body slightly bent, quietly looking at the stone tablet, and did not move for a long time, as if he had become a statue.

She thought of many things, including the memories of the past decade, the strange yet familiar family of four, and every bit of the past. Details of life in Xiaoshi Town and Yucheng City emerged in her mind, and the memory conversation she heard in the afternoon rang in her ears:

"When I beg you... to find my child, if he leaves me, then I will really be the only one left..."

"Her misfortune essentially comes from Xiaoshi Town where her family once lived, where they were cursed with bad luck..."

"The name of the curse... Cannibal..."

"...Once the cursed person dies, the curse will be transferred to the next generation..."

After a long time, she slowly straightened up, her eyes turned blood red, her hair was dyed with snow, and she had entered the "half-demon" state.

As the spiritual power was mobilized, a black illusory curtain opened, and skeletons and undead walked out of it.

Then, these underworld creatures worked together, and without much effort, they dug up the hard stone and soil, exposing the coffin inside.

With a click, Bai Zhi opened the cabinet door and saw a white jar inside. If she guessed correctly, the jar should contain ashes burned by the authorities to replace the broken limbs of the previous body.

—— Because if the authorities really discovered the spiritual essence hidden in the broken limbs, they would definitely keep it in its original place to avoid the spread of mysterious power and other bad effects.

But Bai Zhi has never had the desire to seek the truth of the spiritual essence in the previous body, just wanting the past to get a real rest.

She stroked the ring on her hand, took out the black jade square box, put it next to the white jar, and then ordered the dead to restore the scene as soon as possible.

Looking at the closed coffin lid, the soil piled up again and submerged the coffin inch by inch, Bai Zhi closed her eyes and sighed, as if talking to herself, and as if asking a question:

"You say, should I help you?"

...

At noon the next day, Bai Zhi came to the cemetery again.

On the one hand, it was to confirm whether anyone had found anything unusual just in case; on the other hand, it was to ask the question from last night.

Unexpectedly, Bai Zhi saw a familiar female figure in front of the tombstone of her predecessor.

The lady was wearing a thick black suit and even had a scarf wrapped around her neck. She was nearly 40 years old, and her wrinkled face vaguely showed the beauty of her youth.

Old... Mom? Bai Zhi stood far away, almost unable to control the sound that spilled out, and her eyes were slightly sore.

She subconsciously wanted to turn around and leave here, but Bai Zhi changed her mind in an instant. She thought about her current appearance and temperament, which were almost not similar to the past, so she walked over relaxedly.

But when Bai Zhi stood behind the lady in the black suit and opened her mouth, she couldn't read a single word of the sentence she had already drafted.

After a full ten seconds, the lady in the black suit realized that there seemed to be someone behind her. She looked over with weathered and tired eyes, and tapped her chin politely:

"Who are you?"

At this moment, Bai Zhi's heart was pounding, and his words came out quickly and uncontrollably:

"Me? Well, hello, auntie, I, I am his high school classmate, my name is Ye Zhi. I have been studying out of town. I heard from other classmates that I came back to see him during the early vacation..."

"Him?" The lady in the black suit turned her head and looked at the stone tablet below as if she had realized something, and then a kind smile appeared at the corner of her mouth:

"Hello, maybe I'm old and don't remember that there was a beautiful female classmate like you in his high school class."

If Bai Zhi hadn't been wearing a mask, covering part of her appearance, the middle-aged lady might have been even more surprised.

Before Bai Zhi could respond, the middle-aged lady smiled self-deprecatingly:

"Of course, it may be that the generation gap is too big. This child is unwilling to share many things with us parents. He is very introverted at home and is only more active at school and among friends."