Chapter 1 I Saw Jasmine

I tore open the envelope and saw a photo inside. A young girl was tied up with ropes and thrown in a dark, damp corner. Looking closer, I realized this girl was the jasmine flower who had told me stories yesterday.

Yesterday, I saw that this girl would have a disaster recently, and told her not to go near the moat and not to take jobs from people with moles between their eyebrows, but she just wouldn't listen to me. If she hadn't taken the job from someone with a mole between their eyebrows, this would never have happened.

"What are you doing? Kidnapping!" My expression turned ugly.

Secretary He still had that polite and refined look, telling me that they weren't kidnapping, just filming a TV series.

"You're in real estate, aren't you? When did you start filming TV series? That's obviously an excuse!"

"Master Wan doesn't know, but nowadays, very few large groups only do one thing. When they encounter a profitable industry, everyone wants a piece of the pie. Besides, the people previously in charge of real estate were all Wang Boss's confidants. They and Chairman Bai were never on the same page. If Chairman Bai can't find a breakthrough in another way, I'm afraid his position as chairman won't be stable."

I suppressed my anger, calmed myself down, and then asked him, "Where are you filming the TV series? Is it in that house you're planning to have me look at the feng shui of?"

Secretary He immediately smiled. "As expected of Master Wan, you get it right away. That house is newly acquired by our chairman. He just wants it because it's been abandoned for several years and has rumors of being haunted. Ghost movies filmed in such houses are more like ghost movies. There's also a gimmick for publicity. If something supernatural really happens during filming, or even someone goes crazy or dies, the gimmick will be even bigger, and it will definitely be a big hit.

This little girl is lucky. She was chosen by our Chairman Bai to be the female lead. When this drama becomes popular, she'll be a top-tier star. She won't have to take customers in small alleys anymore. Tell me, how grateful should she be to our Chairman Bai?"

"Even if she wants to thank your Chairman Bai, she at least has to come back alive to thank him, right? Quickly tell me where the house is. I'll go look at the feng shui for you now."

I didn't waste any more words with Secretary He. The photo was full of ghostly shadows. At first glance, it seemed like just a deliberately created terrifying atmosphere with light and shadow, but I knew that the ghostly shadows in the photo were real. Now it's daytime, and those ghosts don't dare to be too presumptuous, but once night falls, who knows how those ghosts will ravage that pitiful jasmine flower in the house.

I didn't have much of a relationship with that jasmine flower woman, just a brief encounter. However, if she hadn't met me yesterday and entered the room with me, she wouldn't have encountered such a thing today. I couldn't let Bai Tingting leave her in the haunted house and ignore her. Even knowing it was a trap, I had to go.

Secretary He no longer concealed his triumphant smile and handed me another envelope, which contained the address of the haunted house.

I glanced at the address, pointed to the door, and signaled Secretary He to get lost. Then I went upstairs to explain to the evil spirits, telling them that things might not be peaceful recently and asked them to watch the house for me. If anyone came to the shop to cause trouble, just drive them away. They could use ghost walls, illusions, or whatever they wanted to trap people for a few days, but it was best not to harm anyone.

The evil spirits were immediately happy when they heard I was going out, asking me how long I would be gone. Some were even rubbing their hands, preparing to make a big show.

I glared at them, "What? Don't think you can mess around just because I'm not in the shop. If you cause trouble, no one will clean up your mess. Behave yourselves."

The little evil spirits immediately smiled apologetically, all saying that they were good family children and would never do anything to harm people.

I was too lazy to argue with them, gave them a few more instructions, and then went downstairs.

Secretary He really didn't stay long. After completing his mission, he scurried away. I locked the door, got in the car, and drove straight to the haunted house address.

The location of the haunted house was awkward, not quite a village, not quite a suburb. A few years ago, it seemed like a development zone was going to be built there, and some people said that the city center would move there as a whole, and that area would soon become prime real estate, so many developers went there to build buildings.

As a result, before the buildings were even built, the policy changed first, and it was no longer developing in that direction. Without policy support, the surrounding facilities couldn't keep up, and slowly it lost its heat. Only a few buildings were completed and occupied, and most of the others were left unfinished.

The residents who moved in couldn't stand the ghostly desolation, and later they all moved out. Now the price per square meter has fallen to one thousand yuan, but it is still listed online, and no one buys it.

The haunted house where Jasmine was trapped was in that unfinished building complex, a relatively unique existence in the unfinished building complex. The other buildings were all high-rise or small high-rise, only the haunted house was a villa, so I didn't think of this location at first. Now that I knew the specific location, I remembered the story of this villa. It used to be a hot topic online. The few residents in the unfinished building area moved away, largely because too many people had died in that villa.

The first owner of the villa was an old man who used to live in that village. He was an old bachelor with no children, no occupation, and a dilapidated courtyard with several houses half collapsed. He was so poor that no one in the village wanted to give him a second glance.

But it was such a lazy man who made a fortune during the demolition. The combined value of his several dilapidated courtyards could buy half a building.

The old bachelor felt that he used to live worse than anyone else, so this time he had to live in the best, so he took down this villa. But the old bachelor didn't seem to have the fate to enjoy wealth. Even if he got the most impressive villa, he couldn't live well.

First, a worker died during the decoration. Although the old bachelor wasn't responsible and didn't have to pay compensation, it was still very unlucky. The villagers advised the old bachelor not to live in that villa, saying that it was unlucky because someone had died there, but how could the old bachelor listen to those words? He scolded those villagers for being jealous of him and still moved in after the decoration was completed.

The old bachelor was unwilling to work and earn money even when he was poor, let alone now that he had made a fortune and didn't have to worry about food and clothing. Every day he was either eating and drinking extravagantly or looking for young girls. There were indeed women who didn't mind that the old bachelor was old and ugly and followed him back.

After less than a year of indulgence, the old bachelor killed himself. He had no children, so the house naturally belonged to the wife he had married only a month ago.

The wife's character was similar to the old bachelor's. After outliving the old bachelor, she began to keep young gigolos. That's why they say people of the same kind attract each other. The wife's way of dying was actually the same as the old bachelor's. She also died from excessive indulgence, exhausted in bed.

Then, the young gigolo found a young girl again, and then died in bed. After seven or eight such deaths, finally no one dared to throw themselves into the trap.