BXBX NOVEL Chapter 63: 63 Relying Entirely on Acting Skills_1
Chapter 63: 63 Relying Entirely on Acting Skills_1
But by night, I found it eerily unsettling and quite frightening.
The surroundings were deathly silent.
The weak, red candlelight flickered like will-o’-the-wisp. Even before I approached, I heard the Taoist invoking spirits with his Soul Summoning Banner.
“Oh soul, come back, Song Yun, come back!”
This sent chills down my spine.
In front of the candlestick, a stern-faced Gu Yuanzhou, dapper in his suit, was surprisingly paying respects with incense.
His behavior took me by surprise.
In my mind, Gu Yuanzhou never believed in ghosts and gods.
Once, I had heard from a friend that offering the first incense of the New Year can bring better fortune to one’s company.
Even after several times of me persuading him to offer incense with me, he ruthlessly rejected the idea and even mocked me for it.
More than once, he asserted to me that strong people do not believe in ghosts and gods.
Seeing him so devout now, I couldn’t help but wonder, what exactly had changed his faith?
“President Gu, I’m here!”
I walked up to him.
He ignored me, carrying out the entire incense burning ceremony under the Taoist’s guidance.
Seeing his cold, stern face left me with a lingering unease.
There were many uncertainties to come.
For example, if he found out that I could indeed be possessed by a ghost, would he kill me to cover his tracks?
My phone rang, seeming to break the awkwardness of the ritual. I made an apologetic face and moved away to answer the call.
“Hey, Wenya, didn’t we tell you to text if there was anything? Why did you call?”
“Ayun, don’t be afraid. I’m currently on top of Beilu Hill. If anything happens to you, just give me a call. We can be there in ten minutes!”
“You all?”
“Yes, me, Jian Jing, Su Fagun and Ding Yinuo are all here… We’re all worried about you.”
Even before Wenya finished speaking, Su Peisheng’s extremely displeased voice came from the receiver,
“Can you show some respect? Who are you calling ‘Fagun’?”
“Did I mention any names? If you choose to take it personally, that’s on you.”
“Okay, Wenya, I’ll remember this! One day when you fall into my hands, I’ll make you pay.”
“Oh, Su Fagun, you want a fight, huh? Come on…”
I felt a headache coming on. What were they doing here?
I raised my head and glanced uphill, spotting several beams of flashlight cutting through the night, and the faint silhouette of a drone hovering in the night sky.
“Wenya, when you’re done playing around, go back. I’m fine. I’m hanging up now.”
As soon as I ended the call, Gu Yuanzhou called for me.
“Let’s go inside!”
“Sure!”
The interior of the house was just as I remembered.
For a moment, it felt like coming home.
Except for the red candlelight on the altar, constantly reminding me that all of this was nothing but a dream.
Under the Taoist’s guidance, I took a seat on the sofa.
He then took my bag and phone away.
“Close your eyes and clear your mind!”
“Okay!”
I did as told.
The Taoist swung the Soul Summoning Banner in his hand, while reciting something under his breath.
I didn’t understand what he was saying. I simply kept my eyes closed. Eventually, when he finished chanting and pointed the Soul Summoning Banner at me.
I trembled on cue,
Then, jumping up to pretend to be a vicious ghost, I grabbed Gu Yuanzhou’s neck.
I’m possessed by a ghost?!
Even though I’ve never seen it with my own eyes, I’ve seen enough from TV and movies.
As long as one has thick skin and strong psychological quality, one can pretend.
Gu Yuanzhou didn’t dodge, but just let me grab him, motionless, as he kept staring at me.
“Gu Yuanzhou, you should die, why don’t you die! You have such a cruel heart, you killed both my child and me, how can you live on by yourself so shamelessly?”
In reality, I didn’t need to act out these feelings, they were truly my own.
Usually, I would suppress all my sadness deep inside and dare not show it.
But at this moment, taking advantage of being ‘possessed by the ghost’, I vented all my dissatisfaction towards Gu Yuanzhou.
The heartache was real.
The sense of grievance was real too.
I devoted everything, gave him the best years of my youth.
Gave him the deepest trust and love of this life.
But he, not only betrayed me, but also killed me.
This anger, disappointment, and painful feeling made me suffer endlessly.
I hit his chest with both hands, pouring all my anger onto him,
“You jerk! How could you do this to me! Gu Yuanzhou, you jerk!!! Why should you do this! You got a mistress, you don’t want me, you don’t love me anymore, you could divorce me! Even if you killed me it would be bearable, why would you kill the two future children!! They are innocent! They are so tiny, so pitiful. They say even tigers don’t eat their offspring, how could you put your own flesh and blood through such harm?”
My anger, my accusations, Gu Yuanzhou didn’t refute any of them, just stood there letting me hit him……
Until I was too tired to vent.
He suddenly hugged me tightly into his arms.
His voice was hoarse, and he kept repeating over and over in my ear,
“I’m sorry, baby! I’m sorry, I let you down!”
Just like in the past, he would always comfort me, apologizing to me after we had a small quarrel.
Over and over again, mechanically repeating.
I saw his red eyes and hoarse voice.
He didn’t even doubt me.
He even invested all his emotions into it.
At that moment, I gradually calmed down.
Seeing this opportunity, I decided to strike while the iron was hot.
“Gu Yuanzhou, why did you set the fire to kill me and the two kids? I’m now a ghost, you have to tell the truth, if you don’t, I can’t reincarnate!”
Gu Yuanzhou immediately retorted without hesitation:
“Not me, I love you so much, I love the kids so much, how could I possibly do such a thing?”
“You’re lying, even now when I’m dead, you still continue to lie! You still can’t tell me the truth?”
“It is really not me! But, rest assured, I will make it right for you.”
I never expected Gu Yuanzhou to deny so stubbornly, no matter how intensely I played my part.
He never gave in! He refused to confess.
“And how will you make it right?”
“I am investigating, I will find out who did it pretty soon, and I will make him pay the price. Baby, just give me a little more time.”
Seeing his sincere feelings and deeply invested expression, I began to ruminate again, could it really not him who did it?
But, I still lashed out at Gu Yuanzhou and vehemently accused him.
“Gu Yuanzhou, I hate you, I hate you, I despise you! I regret marrying you, I would rather not have met you in the first place!! If there is a next life, I will never see you again. Don’t set up a shrine for me, I don’t want to see Mrs. Gu even after I am a ghost, I don’t want to be Mrs. Gu…”
I criticised Gu Yuanzhou’s many wrongs. When my ire started to ebb, I feigned fainting and fell onto the sofa…
After all, my acting skills are limited, and it’s easy to be found out if I overdo it in front of someone as smart as Gu Yuanzhou.
Since I couldn’t get any useful information out of him, I had to bring it to a close.
Then, I slowly opened my eyes to look at Gu Yuanzhou, and then at the Taoist, but feigned amnesia with a confused look on my face,
“Uh, what just happened?”
Gu Yuanzhou glanced at me worriedly and then said to the Taoist,
“Alright, your task is done, you can leave now!”