Ghost Messenger's Case - The Tale of a Soul Leaving the Body

The Ghost Messenger's Case - The Tale of a Separated Soul, Chapter One: Chu Luyu

As soon as I got home from Niutou Village, I heard my parents shouting, "Son, where have you been? You left a note and you've been gone for so long!" I waved my hand without answering them, ran into the house, and went straight to sleep.

The next day I found Ahan and Ajie and asked them where Axi and Ajue were buried, but they told me that the two of them had already gone home.

I exclaimed in surprise, "What? Their souls go home to live?"

Ahan said, "I don't know the specifics either. You should ask them."

I used a summoning spell to summon them, but they didn't appear for a long time. Just as I was getting disappointed, I heard their voices say, "Ah Ming, are you looking for us?"

Ah-happy and Ah-Jue suddenly descended from the sky, and there was no ghostly aura about them. I asked curiously, "Weren't you dead? How come you don't have any ghostly aura?"

They looked at each other and laughed, saying, "Although we are dead, we will not go to hell or become ghosts. We will go back to where we were before."

"What place was the original place?"

"Heavenly secrets cannot be revealed. Ah Ming, you will know in due time."

"Oh, but you two went home, is that true?"

"Yes, we weren't supposed to return to the human world, but we were afraid of upsetting our families, so we begged and pleaded for six days off to return and reunite with them. Although our physical bodies have perished, we can still manifest as physical beings to be with our families."

I said, "But there are only six days. What should we do next?"

They both laughed and said, "Six days is enough for us, and our families will be satisfied too."

I understood somewhat and said, "So, your place is heaven..."

They both hurriedly shook their heads, saying, "Shh, the Buddha said: 'It cannot be spoken, it cannot be spoken.'"

I smiled and nodded, saying, "If that's the case, then I'm relieved."

They said, "We came here to tell you to cheer up and not to be sad for us."

I said, "I will."

They nodded and then disappeared. I said goodbye to Ahan and Ajie, returned home, and with my regrets resolved, I slept very soundly that night.

When I got up in the morning, I prepared myself for a scolding before going to work. Sure enough, as soon as the editor-in-chief saw me, he started yelling, "You're really something! You've been gone for half a month without even asking for leave. What do you think this magazine is? So disorganized and undisciplined!"

I explained, "I asked for leave. I had my dad call the company to ask for leave."

The editor-in-chief glared at me and said, "Does one phone call count as asking for leave? You can't even say how many days you'll need. Besides, are you really that busy? Why don't you call and ask for leave yourself? Why have your family ask for it for you?"

I pleaded, "Editor-in-chief, please don't scold me anymore."

The editor-in-chief shook his head and said, "If it were anyone else, I would have fired them long ago."

"Yes, yes, I know the editor-in-chief is the best to me."

He cursed, "Stop flattering me," then pulled out a stack of folders and said, "This is your work. Finish it in three days."

I stared at the pile of documents and said, "This is...too much."

"Then why don't you go to work?"

"But..."

"Do you think the workload isn't enough? There's more here."

"No, no," I hurriedly grabbed the documents and fled to my studio.

Just as I was working myself to the bone, the editor-in-chief brought in a pretty girl I'd never seen before and said, "Ah Ming, this is our magazine's new colleague, Ah Yu. I've decided to have her learn from you for a while." Then he said to the girl, "Ah Yu, this is Ah Ming, the editor of the magazine's fashion section. You'll be learning from him from now on."

Ah Yu smiled and extended her hand, saying, "Senior brother, hello. My name is Chu Luyu. You can just call me Ah Yu."

I quickly grasped her hand and said, "Hello, my name is Qu Ming, you can just call me A-Ming."

Ayu said, "That won't do. I have to call you senior brother no matter what."

I smiled and said, "Whatever you want." Then I said to the editor-in-chief, "Thank you so much, boss. You felt sorry for me because I was so busy, so you found me an assistant."

The editor-in-chief said, "Stop being so conceited. I don't care about you at all. Let me tell you, with one more person, the workload has increased by half."

I cried out, "No way, editor-in-chief, you wouldn't be so heartless, would you?"

The editor-in-chief smiled and said, "Let's get started." Then he left my studio.

I looked at Ayu and asked, "Are you majoring in aesthetics?"

Ayu said with a slightly strange expression, "Aesthetics...hehe...I don't really understand it."

I nodded to myself, thinking, "How modest." Then, without any hesitation, I handed her half of the documents on my desk, saying, "Look at these first, and then come up with a plan for each one."

She clicked her tongue in amazement: "So many!"

I waved my hand and said, "Half for each of us."

"But..."

"Hurry up, the director is a vampire, he won't stop until he's drained us dry."

Ah Yu smiled, then carefully looked at the document. After a while, I said, "Ah Yu, you stay here and look at it. I'm going to go for a walk outside."

Ayu said, "Oh."

I walked out happily, thinking to myself, "Great, someone's covering for me at work, so I can happily skip work."

As I walked into the garden in the city center, munching on ice cream, a ghostly figure suddenly flashed before my eyes and ran swiftly in front of me. I sighed and thought to myself, "Why are there ghosts out in broad daylight? I can't even find peace of mind."

I followed the scent left by the ghost to a dead end, when I suddenly heard a girl's angry voice say, "You dare to steal my things? Are you out of your mind?" A man begged for mercy, "I won't do it again, I won't do it again, please, miss, spare me."

I turned around and saw a girl beating up a male ghost. I coughed and they all looked up at me. When I saw the girl clearly, I was shocked and exclaimed, "Ayu, what are you doing here?

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