I picked up a ghost and took it home

It was [-]:[-] p.m. when we got off the train. In order to catch the last bus to Tonggu County, several people packed fast food on the side of the road and finally got on the bus before departure.

Yuan Sen and Mao Shisan sat in the front row. After eating, they fell asleep next to each other.Li Xuan leaned on Ye Fan's shoulder, quietly.Ye Fan checked the map of the scenic spot with the help of the dim lights in the car, and confirmed the number of hotels in the ancient town and the location of the hotels.

It has been half a month. If Pang Guang is still in this ancient town, he must live here.

Finding a hotel is the only and most effective way.

Fortunately, the ancient town is not big, and there are only 13 hotels recorded on the map of the scenic spot, seven of which were circled by Pang Guang with a pen two years ago, and the possibility of staying is very high.Ye Fan is going to find the seven families in this circle first.

He sorted out his thoughts, and put away the map, paper and pen lightly, only to realize that Li Xuan had his eyes open and was not asleep.Ye Fan frowned and scolded softly: "Why don't you sleep, I haven't slept well recently."

Ever since she started having some dreams and recalled those past events, Li Xuan didn't like to sleep much.Every time Ye Fan opened his eyes, or every time Ye Fan thought that Li Xuan was asleep, but in the end he always found that Li Xuan was not asleep, either in a daze, or in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.

Ye Fan stretched out his arms, took Li Xuan into his arms, and asked softly, "Are you afraid?"

Li Xuan listened to Ye Fan's heartbeat, his eyes fell on the passing night outside the window, after watching for a while, he closed his eyes tiredly, and replied softly: "Yes."

Listening to the conversation between the two behind him, Yuan Sen slowly opened his eyes, frowned and became dazed.

When I arrived in Tonggu County, I took a taxi to the ancient town. I bought the ticket at 11:[-] in the evening, and finally entered the scenic area.

The ancient towns in China all look the same, with a meandering river, two rows of crowded white walls and gray tiles, and several stone bridges, outlining some kind of classical poetic and picturesque.During the day, there is a strong commercial nature, and there are crowds and shouts everywhere.At night, the tourists gradually stop, only the sound of water can be heard, and the red lanterns hanging on the river bank can only be seen, so people have the illusion of entering the picture scroll by mistake and being unable to distinguish time and space.

During the hasty transfer all the way, the three people and one cat became tired dogs (Cat Shisan retorted, why am I also tired and turned into a dog? No matter how tired I am, I am still a cat! Meow meow meow!), no one is in the mood to enjoy the scenery , but no one complained, silently followed behind Ye Fan, stepped on the rather uneven bluestone road, and searched for the hotel in a smear.

The hotel is also in an antique style. The boss behind the counter is dozing off. When he sees a guest coming, he immediately wakes up and greets him with a smile.Ye Fan opened Pang Guang's photo from his mobile phone, and asked politely, "Hi, has there been such a guest staying in the last half month?"

Seeing that he was looking for someone, the boss casually glanced at the photo, waved his hand, yawned, and sat back down.

Ye Fan crossed out the first hotel.While looking at the map of the scenic spot, I walked for more than ten minutes and found the second one.The boss's reaction was consistent with the first one.Looking for a third...

At one o'clock in the morning, a group of people came to a hotel called "Past Life and Present Life". Ye Fan looked at the long stone bench outside the door and said to his back, "You guys sit here and rest, I will go in and ask. This is the seventh Home, if there is no one here, we will check in, go to bed today, and continue to look for it tomorrow."

The hotels in the town are quite old-fashioned, but this one named "Past Life and Present Life" is especially old-fashioned. From the inn's welcoming door plaque to the heart-warming quaint decoration inside the inn, it's all eye-catching.But Ye Fan's eyes were not bright enough, he rubbed his sore eyes, and opened the photos on his phone to show the boss.

When the shop owner saw the photo of Pang Guang, he immediately trembled, and was scared away with a drowsy face, as if he had seen a ghost.Ye Fan also shuddered, regained consciousness in an instant, and asked nervously, "Have you seen him?"

The owner of the shop kept a secretive expression on his face, looked around, and then whispered to Ye Fan, "Are you this man's friend? Is this man a lunatic? Ouch, hurry up and take him away. He lives here with me, and he's very scary every day." .”

"...Scary?" Ye Fan asked with difficulty.

"I don't go out during the day, come out to wander around in the middle of the night, and talk to myself, as if I'm talking to someone, oh my god, if I didn't take his money, I really want to drive away..."

"Which room does he live in?! Is he still there now? Is he alright?!" Yuan Sen was thinking about checking in and came in to give his ID card. When he heard what the shop owner said, he lay down on the counter and asked worriedly.

The shop owner looked at the time, "It's coming out soon, it's the middle of the night, and I'm just nagging."

As soon as the words fell, I heard the sound of "creaking" footsteps on the wooden stairs in the corner of the room, followed by Pang Guang's hoarse and cautious voice, "Xiao Ci, slow down, the lights are not on here. , a bit dark."

The familiar voice entered his ears, and Ye Fan breathed a sigh of relief.Yuan Sen was staring at the past, his eyes were hot, and tears fell instantly, and he raised his hand violently to wipe away the tears.

Pang Guang was wearing a wrinkled old suit, his hair had grown a little longer, piled on his head in curls, his chin was blue, and there were stubbles that had not been shaved. There was a smile on the floor, he went downstairs, looked behind him, and said softly, "Look at your feet."

In the eyes of the store owner, this is a psychopath who talks to himself every day and speaks softly in his fantasy.

But Ye Fan and Yuan Sen saw the beautiful and gentle girl in a dark green long skirt and long hair following Pang Guang.

Pang Guang helped Ruan Ci go down the stairs, and when he saw Yuan Sen, he froze at the stairs, his eyes were red.But he quickly came back to his senses, raised his hand to wipe his eyes, and the next moment, he kept Ruan Ci behind him without making a sound, frowned and looked at Ye Fan, "Why are you here?"

Ruan Ci asked from behind, "Guangguang, is that your friend?"

Pang Guang turned around and pushed Ruan Ci upstairs, and said softly, "People I know, I won't go out tonight, you go back and wait, I'll talk to them."

"But—" Ruan Ci didn't want to go up, and said unwillingly, "Your friend, I can meet you too."

"Today I'll chat with them first, and I'll introduce you tomorrow." Pang Guang grabbed Ruan Ci's waist in a panic, sent Ruan Ci back upstairs, and after a while, hurried down.

Ye Fan had just finished checking in, and was waiting by the fish pond in the lobby with Li Xuan and Mao Shisan. When he saw Pang Guang coming down, he pointed to the store door and said, "The original Daoist is outside, go and talk to him." .”

Yuan Sen stood by the water outside the door with a sullen face. Hearing Pang Guang's footsteps, he turned his head with a frown. I can't scold.

Pang Guang moved to Yuan Sen step by step, not daring to look into Yuan Sen's eyes, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Why are you here? Are you here to catch Xiaoci? Can you stop catching her, she didn't harm anyone, she came back to marry me."

Yuan Sen laughed out of anger, "Catch Xiaoci? In your eyes, am I the kind of person who catches ghosts casually?!"

"Then what are you doing here? I... want to marry Xiaoci." Pang Guang lowered his head, staring at his toes.

"Who stopped you from getting married?! Did I tell you not to let you get married? Am I the kind of stalker? Will you die if you tell me if you want to get married? Pang Guang, I will tell you today Make it clear, who you want to marry, who you want to be good with, I have no objection, I promise to shake hands faster than you!"

Yuan Sen roared angrily, but his voice gradually choked up, "But look at you, you made yourself like this, how do you want me to bless you?"

"...What's the matter with me, I'm fine and happy." Pang Guang, a tall man, couldn't lift his head in front of Yuan Sen, and quickly wiped his face with his hands, "You guys go, I don't want to see you."

Yuan Sen turned his head to look at the running water at his feet, took a deep breath, threw out the talisman paper in his hand, and slapped it on Pang Guang's forehead.Pang Guang was so frightened that he quickly took it off, and said nervously, "I can't take the talisman paper, Xiaoci—"

"This is to protect your vitality, so it won't hurt your little porcelain!" Yuan Sen said angrily, and then strode into the inn, "We'll leave tomorrow, do whatever you like."

"I don't use talisman paper. I'm fine. Humans and ghosts can be together. Ye Fan and Li Xuan are fine." Pang Guang whispered while holding the talisman paper.

Yuan Sen stopped and stared back angrily, "Can you compare with Brother Ye? Behind Li Xuan is the judge's sister, and behind Brother Ye is Meng Po's sister. The two of them can't wait for the whole hell to send their blessings. What about you, you have a fart, why do you compare with him!"

Pang Guang was taken aback for a moment, looked at Yuan Sen with melancholy eyes, and said softly, "I have you."

Yuan Sen was also taken aback, and the next moment, he said bitterly, "You're the one!"

Pang Guang shook his head, "No, neither am I."

"..." Yuan Sen felt that he was about to explode, so he stopped taking care of himself and walked into the inn with a sullen face.Pang Guang caught up with him in two steps, pulled Yuan Sen into his arms from behind, and hugged him, "Don't go, Yuan Sen, don't go."

"Let go, go hug your little porcelain!" Yuan Sen wanted to push Pang Guang away angrily, but Pang Guang hugged him tighter and kept saying, "I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry..."

Yuan Sen asked sadly, "I'm sorry who?"

"I'm sorry." Pang Guang said softly.

Yuan Sen let out a weak sigh, and said wearily: "You didn't feel sorry for me, you felt sorry for yourself, you felt sorry for your parents who broke their hearts for you, you felt sorry for Brother Ye who worked so hard for you, and you felt sorry for Li Yuan who worked so hard. Xuan... do you know how worried everyone is about you?"

The next day, everyone slept until the sun was up.It was past nine o'clock when Ye Fan woke up, and he still didn't think of it. He was nestled under the blanket with Li Xuan and looked at his mobile phone. He stroked Li Xuan's back and asked softly, "It's rare to come out, do you want to stay a few more days?"

Li Xuan lay lazily in Ye Fan's arms, looked listlessly at the phone screen, and shook his head.

"Don't like this place?" Ye Fan asked, he thought Li Xuan, an ancient man, should be interested in this kind of classical place.Looking at Li Xuan's expression, he asked carefully, "Do you have any bad memories?"

Li Xuan was silent.

"Then we'll go home after dealing with Captain Pang's matter." Ye Fan said with a smile.

Li Xuan nodded.

"Wake up?" Ye Fan asked.

"Ah."

After Ye Fan finished washing and walked out of the bathroom, Li Xuan was dressed, but with long hair loose, sitting on the bed in a daze like a child with a dazed face. Ye Fan walked over to hug him, and said softly, " Get out of bed."

Li Xuan put his arms around Ye Fan's neck and asked in a daze, "Hang Yi, when will I grow up?"

Ye Fan's heart felt sour, and she patted Li Xuan's back with a warm smile, "Eat more food, sleep well, and you will grow up."

"Yeah." Li Xuan agreed, but hugged Ye Fan's neck and refused to let go, until Mao Shisan's shout came from outside the door, "Brother Ye, don't get up and breakfast is gone!" Li Xuan's body shook slightly, After recovering, he looked at Ye Fan uneasily.Ye Fan kissed his forehead, put on his shoes for him, and pulled him to stand up, "Let's go to eat."

The restaurant is downstairs, and there are two tables of Eight Immortals in a crowded place. Ye Fan and the others got up late, and the other tourists had finished eating early, so there were only a few of them left, so the space was quite ample.Yuan Sen was staring at the stairs, but when he saw Ye Fan and the others coming down, he withdrew his gaze and buried himself in his meal without making a sound.Breakfast is porridge and side dishes, plus steamed buns and boiled eggs.Ye Fan was [-]% full after eating, and walked over to ask the boss beside him, "My friend, has he gone downstairs for dinner?"

Knowing that it was the "crazy person" who asked the question, the shop owner shook his head, "He doesn't go downstairs during the day, but goes out at night. I don't know how he survived."

Ye Fan asked, "Can I bring him some breakfast?"

"That's fine, as long as you don't take it out of the store."

"Thank you." Ye Fan took a tray, filled it with porridge and side dishes, took two boiled eggs, and two steamed buns, walked to the table of the Eight Immortals and said, "Daoist Yuan, can you send it?"

Yuan Sen turned his face away coldly, "I won't go."

"Then I'll go." Ye Fan said, he glanced hesitantly at Li Xuan who was sitting quietly at the table next to him having breakfast, and said worriedly, "You help me—"

"I know." Yuan Sen nodded knowingly.

Ye Fan went upstairs to Room 203 and knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" Pang Guang asked in the room.

"It's me, Ye Fan."

It took a long time for the door to open a crack, and Pang Guang looked at Ye Fan from the crack with a dark expression on his face, and asked warily, "What's the matter?"

"Breakfast." Ye Fan looked at Pang Guang's face and gasped, "Captain Pang, what are you doing?" As he spoke, he smelled the smell of burning incense and burning paper from the crack in the door.He was shocked, and regardless of Pang Guang's obstruction, he pushed open the door abruptly and broke into the house.