Chapter 10: The scam

Although Su Rou is very timid, he has been my friend for many years and knows me very well. He also knows how to cooperate with me. He knows that I want to enter the factory to find out the truth.

So, in the end, under the persuasion of Su Rou’s three-inch-long tongue, the two security guards actually agreed to let us in. But afraid that we would steal something, one of the security guards even had the courage to accompany us in. What made me unhappy was that because I yelled in the guard room that I was a handsome guy, the security guard looked at me like a fool.

As for Su Rou, he was shaking his fat face, and it was hard for him to hold back his laughter. He said to me as he walked, “Sanwa, you’re not just a handsome guy, you’re also a beautiful girl. The most beautiful people in the world are you. I’ll buy you a mirror some day.”

I was speechless because I had shouted the words myself, and now I was being ridiculed by Su Rou. I felt that I had gone crazy at the time and had shouted those words, or that deep down inside I had always thought of myself as a handsome guy? I didn’t dare to think about it, so I just asked casually, “Why are you giving me a mirror?”

“Oh, so you can ask the mirror: Mirror, mirror! Tell me, is Chen Chengyi the most handsome man in the world? Ahahaha…” Su Rou started laughing hysterically as soon as he finished speaking. Who doesn’t know the story of Snow White? He compared me to the witch queen in the story.

My face turned white and then red, and I finally couldn’t help but kick Su Rou in the fat butt.

But then I heard a “puff” sound, and the security guard behind me couldn’t help laughing.

I felt that I had lost face this time, and cold sweat was coming out. Fortunately, there were no girls there, which was a blessing in disguise.

There was a faint sound of crying all around the factory, but after this commotion, the atmosphere was not so tense! Even the security guard, who had been scared to death, could straighten his back and light a cigarette.

I had just heard the loudest sound from outside the wall, and I was sure it was coming from inside the wall, in this factory. So I took the security guard and headed in that direction.

The factory was not big, and soon we were close to our destination. However, the louder the sound got, the closer we got to our destination. It sounded so scary in the dark factory. Sure enough, the security guard couldn’t hold out first, and said to us, “Young man, you are brave and young, you can go and have some fun. I have a wife and children, this is not allowed.”

Su Rou didn’t let him argue, grabbed him by the arm and said, “Uncle, aren’t you afraid we’ll steal something? I told you, don’t be afraid. Where in the world are there ghosts? We’re good young people, and we’re here to show you the truth.”

In fact, Su Rou himself was not sure whether it was a ghost, and I didn’t have time to explain it to him in detail. He just trusted me very much, and I could handle it even if there was a ghost. We have been friends for so many years, and I can understand every move he makes. The reason he had to hold onto the security guard was to get a witness. If there was a fake, it would always be good to have a witness, right? Otherwise, even if we found evidence, what if someone said that Su Rou and I did it? This kid is just too smart.

In this way, the security guard was dragged by me and Su Rou to a small vacant lot behind the factory. This vacant lot is behind the factory building, not large, just the size of a room, overgrown with weeds and very desolate.

When we got to this empty lot, the crying was already very obvious, like crying right next to your ear. To be honest, this is also the same as the haunted places in people’s hearts, desolate and remote. So, as soon as we got here and saw the situation, the security guard was about to cry, hiding and looking at me and Su Rou with a sad look.

This kid, Su Rou, wasn’t scared when we got here. He’s a joker, but Su Rou is a man of insight. The crying ghost was so obvious, and it was on her turf, so why didn’t it show itself? It obviously didn’t.

Su Rou dragged Brother Security, and I began to search around. Finally, I found something in a corner full of weeds. I held it up and walked over to Brother Security, put it in front of him, and asked, “Are you still scared?”

The security guard cowered with his neck tucked in and his glasses closed, waving his hands and saying, “Don’t come over, don’t come over…”

Su Rou looked at him and said, “Uncle, what are you afraid of with a portable radio?”

“No, no, I’m afraid of ghosts. What are you talking about? A Walkman?” The security guard finally recovered from the state of extreme horror, and then looked at the Walkman in my hand with a rather unnatural expression on his face.

It turned out that he was already scared when he saw me looking around, and when I stood up, he heard the crying sound and thought it was coming from me. He was scared that a ghost was going to harm me, but it turned out to be a small recorder. The sound really scared a lot of people in this quiet factory area when it was turned up to the maximum.

I pressed the stop button and took out the cassette tape inside, and said to the security guard, “After the tape is finished, the walkman will stop automatically. Then you will think it is crying at night. If you don’t mind the trouble, those people will climb over the wall in the morning to take the recorder away. If you don’t mind the trouble, just leave it here, you won’t find it, and at worst, you can just come back at night to rewind the tape and press a button.”

When the boss heard this, he said in a daze, “Damn, genius, this works! After this commotion, the bosses can’t help but believe it.”

I said, “Yes, if you go to every factory and plant, you can cause panic. Then let someone with a heart to spread the word that it affects business, and the bosses will have to keep it a secret. This way, you can control the scope and not be afraid of being investigated.”

“That’s a really good trick,” said Su Rou.

In this way, Su Rou and I sang and sang, and the security guard listened to our nonsense until this time, when he reacted and couldn’t help but ask, “Who are you people? How do you know all this?”

Oh, I forgot about this! When Su Rou asked the security guard to let us in just now, he was trying to convince the two security guards that the female ghost in the factory had a connection with us, and that maybe we could solve it. This commotion was fake, and we really had to give someone an explanation.

Su Rou was thinking of an idea, but I suddenly realized what was going on. So I adjusted my facial expression and said very seriously to the security guard, “Brother, to be honest with you, my identity is just a poor person. A poor person who was almost cheated by those fake Taoist priests to the point of losing his family and his life.”

This is a good argument. Su Rou’s eyes lit up at once, and I grabbed the security guard’s hand and said, “Do you know that my family was cheated out of 30,000 yuan by these fake Taoist priests, and we are really going to be ruined! I have no other pursuit in my life, I just want these people to be brought to justice.”

Brother Security Guard was obviously moved by me and was about to believe my story, but he stared at Su Rou for a while and suddenly said, “I think this kid looks familiar. Didn’t he come to us a while ago? It seems like he wanted to get a trademark.”

I looked at the fat man with great resentment. This fat man, his fatness was so obvious that no one could ignore it.

At this time, Su Rou said very seriously, “I am actually a member of the anti-counterfeiting team. I heard that the fake Taoist priests’ next target is your boss. So, I came here a year ago to get familiar with the environment.”

Damn! Su Rou is really good at acting. Look at that dignified look. He has literally transformed himself from a fat man into an undercover agent.

The truth was right in front of us, and the security guard believed us 70-80%. He just said hesitantly, “The crying sound is fake, but Lao Sun saw the skeleton walking with his own eyes. Lao Liu was sleeping that day and was awakened by the sound of someone knocking on the window. He saw a skeleton face pressed against the window. What’s going on?”

I couldn’t answer him at the time, so I could only say to the security guard, “This is a group of liars, and they have many tricks. You saw the evidence tonight, and the skeleton must be a hoax. I’ll think about it and tell you later. Or maybe I’ll stay for a few more days and catch the skeleton alive and show it to you.”

The reason I was so patient and explained so much to Brother Security Guard was because he was my important witness! I wasn’t meddling in other people’s business, and certainly not for money, but because I had been influenced by my master since childhood, and I hated these dogs that tarnished the reputation of Taoism to the extreme.

At that time, I thought it was Jiang Xiangpai who sent the hand, and they have always existed! Later, I learned that this kind of childish scam was not done by Jiang Xiangpai, but by someone else, and this person was the main reason for me and Su Roukeng to go to Miaojiang. Life… After my explanation, Brother Security Guard definitely believed me. I asked him to put the recorder back in its original position and not make a sound, otherwise the skeleton would not be hooked.

Even if the skeleton was hooked, I still felt that I should stay put, because my anger at these “dog thieves” made me swear to beat them in their faces in front of them! It was obvious that just exposing them like this was not enough to make my brother happy! He had to step on them hard once. So, at my behest, Brother Security Guard decided to keep this a secret.

But Su Rou was not at ease. He said, “If you expose this, your boss will definitely promote you. If not, the bonus will be no less. So don’t really say it.”

Obviously, the words of the crispy meat are closer to the heart of the security guard. The security guard promised that he would not say anything more. Of course, to be on the safe side, we still talked to the other security guard waiting in the guard room, otherwise it would be difficult to explain if he made a noise the next day.

After hearing all this, the security guard was stunned, and finally said, “I know that Taoist priest, he’s quite reputable! Our boss also revealed some news, several very reputable antique dealers in Chengdu have all sought them out to perform rituals, they trust them very much, they practically worship them as gods. I didn’t expect that they were actually frauds?”

I snorted in my nose and said, “Real Taoist priests who can cast spells to exorcise ghosts are very low-key, because these things are bound to cause karma and harm themselves! They won’t easily make a move unless they have no choice. To make a move, they can’t do it without two little yellow fish.” Of course, I was talking about my master, Old Li.

The security guard asked, “What are little yellow fish?”

“Gold bars.”