Chapter 108: A Mysterious Visit

I instantly felt a chill run down my spine.
I had just bought this incense holder yesterday.
Besides the carpenter and Xiao Qing, no one else knew about it, let alone would come to my house specifically to pay respects to Xia Yubing’s parents.
And I couldn’t even think of what the point of doing this would be.
To come to my house just to worship a ghost?

At this moment, a thought suddenly struck me.
Could it be the carpenter’s doing?
Did he deliberately lie to me and say that this was the Gate of Death, and leave behind the Pixiu statue, just to set up some Vanquishing Sorcery in my house for some unknown conspiracy?

I cautiously went to open the door of the study, which the carpenter had called the Gate of Injury.
I gripped the jade pendant tightly, ready to face a sudden attack at any moment.
But after opening the door, I saw that the Pixiu statue was still in its original place, untouched.

Strange.
Could it be that the carpenter hadn’t done anything?
Or had I missed something?

Just as I was racking my brains trying to figure out what was going on, I suddenly heard a few knocks on the door.
I hadn’t closed the door when I came in.

“Coming, who is it?” I walked towards the door, my guard not letting down in the slightest.
I cautiously walked to the door and opened it.

Outside the door were a middle-aged man and woman.
They looked like they had proper jobs.
There was no ominous aura on them; they seemed to be living people.
When the man saw me open the door, he asked, “Excuse me, are you Miss Xia?”

“Yes, may I ask who you are? Eh? How do you know my name?” I asked in confusion.

“My name is Xu Zhengguang, and this is my wife.”
“We are the tenants of apartment 12-2,” the man said.
The woman also smiled and nodded at me.

“As for your surname, Miss, since you are Mr. Xia’s daughter, I shouldn’t be mistaken, right?”
“Your esteemed father and mother came to greet us today.”
“They said you would be moving in here and asked us to take good care of you, so we came to pay a visit.”

“Huh?!” I exclaimed in surprise, completely unable to understand what he was saying.
What did he mean, my esteemed father and mother had specially come to greet them and said I would be moving in, and it was today?!

Xia Yubing’s parents had died long ago.
Even their remaining ghosts were now sealed in the paper figures.
It was impossible for them to go and see them, let alone greet them.
Could someone be impersonating Xia Yubing’s parents?
Was he the one who had entered my house?

The couple in front of me didn’t seem to notice my shocked expression.
The woman was still smiling and said, “Speaking of which, you’ve been living here for a few days, and we haven’t had a chance to come and say hello.”
“We thought you were a tenant like us.”
“It was only when Mr. Xia came to greet us that we found out.”
“We saw you come home just now, and the door was still open, so we came over to visit.”

“Wait a minute.”
“Are you sure you saw Xia… my parents?” I asked, forcing myself to remain calm while suppressing the unease in my heart.

“Hmm? What are you talking about?”
“How could we not recognize our own landlord?”
“Didn’t Mr. Xia tell you that they would come and greet the neighbors?” Xu Zhengguang asked in confusion.

“That’s right, he also brought us some gifts.”
“I said it was too polite, but they insisted on giving them.”
“They were so enthusiastic that we couldn’t refuse.”
“Look,” Mrs. Xu said, holding up a cloth bag and opening it.

Inside were some fruits and tea.
Cold sweat instantly dripped down my back as I looked at them, because these few gifts were none other than the offerings I had presented to Xia Yubing’s parents.

These fruits were exactly the kind I had bought, including bananas, oranges, and dragon fruit.
Because dragon fruit was quite rare, and I had never eaten it before, I had specifically bought it to try, so I remembered it very clearly.

And I had also specially chosen the brand of that tea.
It was originally a large bag with small packages inside.
When I offered it to Xia Yubing’s parents, I had opened a small package and placed it on the offering plate.
Now, the small package brought by the Xu Zhengguang couple was the same, and I even remembered the pattern on the packaging.
It was indeed the one I had bought yesterday.

After these offerings were placed on the altar, they would disappear by the time I got home.
This was a sign that the offerings had been accepted.
Mo Qingyan had already told me that only if Xia Yubing’s parents accepted my offerings would they stop bothering me, so I wasn’t the least bit afraid.

However, if these offerings appeared in someone else’s hands, that was a completely different concept.
In a very short time, I had a fierce brainstorm, quickly connecting a few things.

Although it was unbelievable, after eliminating all the impossible, what remained was the possible.
These offerings were personally delivered by Xia Yubing’s parents.
The double-locked door of my house, and the incense holder, were all opened by them.

Why were they alive again?
The ghosts of the two elders were clearly residing in the paper figures now, but what the Xu Zhengguang couple saw were living people, or at least they had disguised themselves as living people.

And why did they go and give things to the neighbors and ask them to take care of me?
What on earth did Xia Yubing’s parents want to do?!

Just as I was drenched in cold sweat, Xu Zhengguang’s words interrupted my wild thoughts, “Miss Xia, what’s wrong with you?”
“You look so pale, are you not feeling well?”

“Uh, no, I’m fine.”
“That, did my parents say anything else to you?” I asked in a stiff tone.

“Hmm, they also said that you can just give the rent to you from now on.”
“Could it be that your parents are letting you live alone to train your abilities?” Xu Zhengguang’s wife said with a smile.

“I guess that’s about it,” I felt that my smile was very forced.
‘Why would they ask the tenants to give the rent directly to me?’
‘They’re not going to try and sell my life again, are they?’

“That’s really strict.”
“But it’s good to start training early.”
“Right, honey, we also brought some return gifts, hurry up and take them out,” Xu Zhengguang’s wife also smiled.

“Mm, here you go.”
“This is a cake from Xiyuan Cake House.”
“It tastes pretty good.”
“My daughter loves it.”
“You should try it too,” Xu Zhenggthere’s a cake from Xiyuan Cake House. It tastes pretty good. My daughter loves it. You should try it too,” Xu Zhengguang said, handing over a box of cake.

“Thank you, thank you,” I mechanically took the cake.
Seeing me accept the gift, Xu Zhengguang smiled, “Then we won’t bother you any longer.”
“If you have any trouble, just come and find us.”
“We’ll do our best to help.”
“Well then,” he said.

After speaking, they turned and left, returning to apartment 12-2.
I immediately closed the door, and carrying the cake, I went to the master bedroom.
I looked at the two paper figures in the incense holder.
They were still lying there quietly, like ordinary, lifeless objects.

I knelt down directly in front of them and also placed the cake in front of the incense holder.
I lit a few more soul-pacifying incense sticks, kowtowed to them respectfully a few times, and then said, “You two, please rest in peace and stop playing jokes on me.”
“I will definitely bring you more high-end offerings!”

When I looked up, the cake I had placed in front was also gone.