Gu Zhisang: “Is this your home?”
Laughing Mouth Always Open said: “Yes, this is the house that was expanded on the homestead of our hometown. My father-in-law has been living here for more than 10 years since he returned to the countryside for retirement.”
“We originally stayed in this old house when we returned to our hometown for the birthday. But after something happened to Xiao He, we no longer dared to live across from Old Wang’s house.”
According to her, ever since they found out that there was a ghost in the dilapidated house opposite her father-in-law’s house, they didn’t dare to let their son Xiao He get close to it anymore. Even they were frightened and didn’t dare to live in the old house anymore.
Now, the four of them were forced to stay in a hotel near the entrance of the village.
Her father-in-law lives in a room by himself, and ‘Laughing Mouth Always Open’ also lives in a single room.
To facilitate the practice of forming formations to exorcise evil spirits, Xiao He was arranged to live with the shaman in the largest room in the hotel.
Although this shaman was very prestigious in the neighborhood, their family was still worried, so Laughing Mouth Always Open‘s husband also lives in this suite.
Gu Zhisang was deep in thought and then asked Laughing Mouth Always Open to hold the equipment and enter this old house.
When the other party approached a side room in the house and before opening the door, Gu Zhisang suddenly said:
“This room is where your son lives.”
‘Laughing Mouth Always Open‘ was stunned for a moment and said: “Yes, this room, the kitchen inside, and the small yard outside were all newly added after the old house was expanded and renovated. During the previous renovation, my father-in-law said that he would give his grandson his own.”
As she spoke, she opened the door.
The room on the screen was warmly decorated, with blue and white wallpaper on the walls and several children’s toys.
It was morning now, so the sunlight outside shone into the room through the window at the end of the bed.
There was bright sunshine and a warm layout, but some viewers in the live broadcast room who had sensitive physical constitutions and had a strong sense of unnatural forces felt inexplicably uncomfortable.
[Is it just my imagination? This room feels stuffy. As soon as the person asking for help walks in, I feel uncomfortable…]
[Damn it, sister, I also feel uncomfortable. I feel the same way! I felt a little cramped beyond words, and the room felt damp and depressing.]
But the vast majority of the audience didn’t feel anything, and they didn’t think there was anything wrong with this room.
Gu Zhisang squinted her eyes slightly after seeing the layout and situation in the house.
At this time, there was a knock on the door of the lounge from outside. She pressed the live camera down a little: “Wait a minute, I want to get something for a small ceremony.”
“Come in.”
Assistant Xiao Zhou unscrewed the doorknob and poked her head through the crack of the door, holding a document bag in her hand.
After she quickly handed the bag to Gu Zhisang, she turned around and left, closing the door behind her.
Gu Zhisang took out a just-printed paper from the bag that was still warmed by the machine and put the camera on it.
The audience in the live broadcast room could only see her gently rubbing her palms, then pressing a piece of paper into the palms of her hands, and whispering an incomprehensible spell.
None of the other viewers knew what she was holding, but ‘Laughing Mouth Always Open’ guessed what it was from the flash of gray edges.
Gu Zhisang probably printed out the portrait of Old Man Wang.
A few minutes later, Gu Zhisang put down the photo, took out her ancient coins, and made two hexagrams.
After seeing the hexagram, Gu Zhisang knew what was going on.
“Master Gu, how is it”
Hearing the question from Laughing Mouth Always Open, Gu Zhisang raised her eyes looked at the camera, and said with determination:
“You are going in the wrong direction. Although your son did get into trouble, it’s not because of the old man living on the opposite side of your old house. It’s because of something much bigger problem in your own family that is causing trouble to your son.”
Laughing Mouth Always Open: “?!!”
The Audience: “?!!”
Gu Zhisang’s words made Laughing Mouth Always Open, look confused and stammer:
“I, it’s our own family’s problem? It’s impossible, Master Gu. My father-in-law has lived in this old house for several years, but he has never encountered any supernatural events.”
Gu Zhisang’s tone was calm: “That’s because the biggest problem is in the room where your son lives.”
“Do you rarely bring your child back to live here, and even if you do, you rarely let your child live in this room?”
When she asked her this question, she thought about it carefully and found that this was indeed the case.
This room was expanded when the old house was renovated. At that time, their son Xiao He was still nursing, and the family of three didn’t live in the countryside very often, so it was estimated that they didn’t need this room in previous years.
So after discussion, they decided not to install air conditioning in this room.
In the past few years, the old man would go to the city during the New Year and holidays, and they would take their son Xiao He back to his hometown during the summer vacation. But at that time, her son was still young, and the weather was hot, so he always shared a room with the couple.
It was true that her son never lived in this room alone before.
This room was used by her father-in-law to store sundries.
So to say, their return this year was quite special. The weather had turned colder and her son was getting older, so they tidied up this room and let her son live in it.
Laughing Mouth Always Open looked around and said: “Master Gu, do you mean there is something wrong with this room that caused those things to happen to my son?”
Gu Zhisang nodded slightly: “That’s right.”
“I looked at the house where your father-in-law and you and your husband live. Those two rooms belong to the original homestead. The layout is in good feng shui. Although it cannot attract wealth and bring happiness, there is no problem.”
“But your expansion rooms a few years ago changed this mediocre situation.”
While Laughing Mouth Always Open was in a daze, Gu Zhisang explained.
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