[Ding! Huahua called out to the host in a friendly manner]
[Host gains System Points +1]
The cat was well-behaved, lazily sprawled on Grandma's shoulder.
It looked a bit chubby, like a miniature version of Nyanko-sensei from Natsume's Book of Friends.
Following the meow.
Zhang Wei smiled in response.
This scene.
Was seen by Grandma and the others, who subconsciously followed Zhang Wei's gaze.
"What are you looking at?"
Auntie asked with a shiver.
She noticed Zhang Wei wasn't looking at Grandma, but at the spot on Grandma's shoulder.
There was clearly nothing there.
Yet this young man was showing Grandma's shoulder a 'creepy' smile.
Auntie felt an inexplicable chill.
Let alone Auntie, even Grandma Qiu Xiaolin and the others were startled.
However.
Zhang Wei completely ignored Auntie's question.
He continued chatting with Grandma.
As they talked.
Qiu Xiaolin and the others learned.
Grandma wasn't a local; she had only moved to Lusha City in the past two years, and it was her first time here. It was because of her son Azhou's work that they had relocated.
In other words.
The tabby cat had never been brought to Lusha City.
And no one knew that the tabby cat had died of illness in their hometown three years ago.
"Mom, did you tell anyone about Huahua?"
Auntie, as if remembering something, shot Zhang Wei a fierce look.
Clearly, she thought Zhang Wei had heard about it somewhere and was now pretending to be supernatural.
However, the next second.
Grandma shook her head:
"No, I haven't told anyone."
"When I chat with other old ladies in the neighborhood, I talk about other things."
"Rongrong, you told me not to talk about Huahua, so I didn't."
Grandma said with a hint of sadness on her face.
Although Auntie disliked Grandma keeping cats, thinking they were dirty,
Grandma loved Huahua dearly, raising it like her youngest son.
When Huahua died of illness, she was heartbroken for a long time.
How did Zhang Wei know about Huahua?
This question.
Filled Qiu Xiaolin, Auntie, and the others with dread.
"Young man, how do you know about my Huahua?"
Unlike Auntie.
Facing Grandma's question, Zhang Wei smiled slightly and responded.
"My eyes are special. I can see things others can't from birth."
Before he finished speaking.
He pointed to Grandma's shoulder.
"I see a tabby cat on your shoulder, Grandma."
His words were soft, but they exploded in everyone's ears like a bomb, making their scalps tingle and even raising goosebumps.
"Ah!"
Auntie was so scared she jumped up and cried out.
Then, as if remembering something, she pointed at Grandma angrily:
"Mom, I told you long ago not to keep cats. Cats are dirty and shed a lot of fur."
"Now it's fine, the cat is dead and still bothering us. I think Azhou's car accident might have been Huahua's doing."
"Yes, it must be. I always said my shoulder felt heavy lately. I saw a doctor and had an X-ray, and the doctor said there was nothing wrong, but it just felt heavy and painful."
"So it was Huahua pressing on our shoulders. Mom, you..."
She became angrier as she spoke, her voice rising.
Everyone in the surrounding cars heard her and couldn't help but frown and look over.
But before she could finish.
"Shut up!"
"You idiot, if you don't speak, no one will think you're mute."
"Use your walnut-sized brain to think. If Huahua wanted to harm you, it would have done so three years ago. Why would it wait until three years later to press on your shoulder?"
"Don't push everything onto others. Haven't you ever thought about yourself? Do you have any idea what wicked things you've done?"
After being rebuked by Zhang Wei.
Auntie was stunned and raised her hand to point at Zhang Wei, furious.
"You..."
But the next moment, she chickened out.
Looking into Zhang Wei's eyes, she felt a chill.
Then.
She reacted, her expression freezing, but she still stubbornly said:
"What do you mean? You said yourself that Huahua was standing on my mom's shoulder."
Zhang Wei didn't indulge Auntie:
"I said Huahua was standing on Grandma's shoulder, does that mean it was pressing on your shoulder and hers?"
"Then what was Huahua doing?"
Zhang Ya, standing nearby, couldn't help but ask curiously.
Feeling the gazes of Grandma, Qiu Xiaolin, and the others.
Zhang Wei said directly:
"Huahua was protecting Grandma and the whole family."
He glanced coldly at Auntie, then smiled at Grandma.
"Grandma, you raised a good cat."
"The heaviness and soreness on your shoulders weren't caused by Huahua."
"On the contrary, Huahua was protecting you. Otherwise, you wouldn't just have sore shoulders. Perhaps your son Azhou being in a car accident and being fine also has to do with Huahua's protection."
At this point.
Zhang Wei's expression changed again, and he looked coldly at Auntie.
"You should thank Grandma."
"If Grandma hadn't treated Huahua kindly, Huahua wouldn't have thought of protecting Grandma after death, preventing your family from being harmed by evil spirits."
"It was Grandma who saved your whole family, understand, you loudmouth."
"Honestly, if you weren't Grandma's daughter-in-law, Huahua would have been afraid of you, and Grandma would have been sad, so it protected you incidentally."
"Otherwise, you should be checking in with the King of Hell right now."
Auntie fell silent, frozen there.
Grandma's old face, however, was faintly teary.
"Huahua, my Huahua."
Grandma murmured, reaching for her shoulder.
She wanted to see Huahua, wanted to touch Huahua, but she couldn't see.
"Grandma, don't be sad. Huahua is on your shoulder right now, rubbing your neck. If you're sad, it will be sad too."
Zhang Wei noticed Grandma's action.
He reached out and gently patted Grandma.
Grandma's body trembled at his words, her lips trembling as she nodded heavily.
"Thank you, young man."
She made a decision.
No matter what her daughter-in-law said this time, she would properly make a small tablet for Huahua when she got back to offer it, so it wouldn't become a lonely ghost.
At this moment.
"Meow~"
Huahua meowed at Zhang Wei.
[Ding! Huahua thanks the host for defending it]
[Host gains System Points +2]
[Ding! Huahua thanks the host for comforting Grandma]
[Host gains System Points +2]
[Special Reward Triggered - Ghost Back Tattoo]
A cold system notification sounded in his mind.
Zhang Wei smiled and nodded slightly.
He hadn't expected his unintentional actions to bring him unexpected system rewards, and even a special reward.
He couldn't help but.
He glanced at the information for the 'Ghost Back Tattoo' rewarded by the system.
[Ghost Back Tattoo: The host can imprint captured ghosts onto their back, empowering themselves, gaining the ghost's abilities, and also summoning ghost followers from the back tattoo to fight.]
"Good stuff!"
Zhang Wei exclaimed in surprise.
Just then.
"Brother Wei, what is harming Grandma and the others?"
This was Li Junfei asking.
Compared to others, Li Junfei knew Zhang Wei best. He knew Brother Wei must have discovered something.
Instantly.
Grandma, Qiu Xiaolin, and the others all looked at Zhang Wei.
Qiu Xiaolin's beautiful eyes flickered. She never expected this 'bad guy' to have such an unknown side.
"It's an infant ghost."
Zhang Wei looked at the footprints on Grandma's and Auntie's shoulders.
The footprints were small, not adult footprints, but those of a baby.
And...
Zhang Wei said, looking at Auntie, his gaze fixed on the infant footprints on her shoulder.
Compared to the footprints on Grandma's shoulder.
The footprints on her shoulder were deeper and clearer.
"Infant ghost?"
Li Junfei and the others were startled, inexplicably thinking of the creepy infant ghosts from movies.
Zhang Wei nodded:
"Yes, it's an infant ghost."
"Originally, the infant ghost intended to kill Grandma and the loudmouth, but with Huahua around, the infant ghost was temporarily driven away."
"However, although the infant ghost fled, it still left footprints on Grandma's and the loudmouth's shoulders. That's a ghost's curse."
Grandma was terrified.
Her aged face turned pale, and she tightly gripped Zhang Wei's hand.
"Young man, what's going on? Why would my family attract an infant ghost? Is there any way to save us?"
Zhang Wei patted Grandma's hand.
"Don't worry, Grandma, I'm here."
[1000 System Points added to host's hands]
As he spoke.
With the system notification,
Zhang Wei reached out and lightly brushed Grandma's shoulder. The infant ghost's footprint was easily wiped away.
"Ah—"
As the footprint was wiped away, a piercing infant cry was heard.
[Ding! Infant ghost screams, my ghost curse has been removed?!]
[Host gains System Points +3]
Even Grandma, Auntie, and Qiu Xiaolin vaguely heard it, and their bodies shivered in shock.
Then.
Zhang Wei looked at Auntie.
"Your turn, loudmouth."
He said, raising his hand high and patting Auntie's shoulder forcefully.
*Slap!!*
His slap almost dislocated Auntie's shoulder.
Auntie rubbed her shoulder in pain but dared not scold Zhang Wei anymore. Because after Zhang Wei patted her, the heaviness and soreness were indeed gone, and after the previous events, she had already recognized Zhang Wei's power and didn't dare to make a fuss.
After doing this.
Zhang Wei clapped his hands and opened his phone's contacts to call Captain Lin Tong.
"Grandma is fine now. Later, you can call this Mr. Lin Tong and tell him about the situation."
"He will help you deal with the infant ghost."
"As for Grandma, you asked how you attracted the infant ghost."
"You'll have to ask your loudmouth daughter-in-law."