Chapter 0404: Sorry

　　The cell phone ghost timidly looked at Chen Ge, hands cupped the old-fashioned cell phone on his neck, the greenish screen showed 99 missed calls, and the note of each missed call was – old mother.

　　Chen Ge felt that the cell phone ghost didn’t look like a spiteful spirit either, and he couldn’t feel a bit of hatred or malice from him, just like a little kid who didn’t understand anything.

　　”You want me to help you find your mom?”

　　The cell phone ghost nodded, he raised his dry and thin arm and gestured something at Chen Ge.

　　After half a day of figuring it out and realizing that Chen Ge still didn’t understand, he suddenly picked up the cell phone hanging around his neck and edited a message to send to Chen Ge.

　　The phone gently vibrated, and Chen Ge slid the screen of his own phone and tapped on the message that the cell phone ghost had sent him.

　　”My mom has been looking for me, I want you to use my cell phone and send a message to my mom, my cell phone is in the eastern suburb of Liwan Town.”

　　”Your wish is to send a message to your own mother?” Chen Ge nodded, every ghost had its own story, it was because they were too unwilling to let go in life that they could not really let go, that was why they lingered on earth.

　　Putting the cell phone ghost away, Chen Ge was ready to go and make his wish come true today, “It’s a waste to put such a special ghost in the hands of the Weird Tales Association, only I can bring his abilities into full play.”

　　The cell phone ghost was of great use to Chen Ge’s haunted house, as long as the cell phone ghost helped him wholeheartedly, then in the future there would be fewer and fewer tourists who dared to use their cell phones to take pictures and videos in his haunted house.

　　After taking a cool shower, Chen Ge changed into a clean set of clothes and then simply cleaned the haunted house.

　　At 9:00 a.m., the park started to open for business, the sky was a bit cloudy, but this didn’t affect the enthusiasm of the tourists in any way, compared to the previous days, the number of tourists today had increased a lot more.

　　The one-star scenes were no longer attractive to the familiar guests, most of the tourists started to visit the two-star scenes, and the top group of tourists started to challenge the three-star scenes.

　　In one morning’s time, there were already six or seven waves of tourists who had entered the Living Coffin Village and the Third Sick Building to visit the two scenes, and the tourists’ ability to adapt to the new scenes was stronger than Chen Ge thought.

　　Everyone had a fear threshold in their hearts, and as they continued to experience the horror scenes, this threshold in the hearts of the tourists was increasing, which also made Chen Ge feel the pressure.

　　”The reward for the third sick building trial mission is those ten psychopaths, if I really want to put them in the middle of the third sick building, I don’t need any other arrangement to scare the tourists directly to tears, the key problem now is that I can’t guarantee that the souls of those psychopaths are 100% following my orders, they’re too crazy.”

　　In order to ensure the safety of the tourists, Chen Ge did not use the case list of the third sick building.

　　”There’s no better way for the time being, so when someone is about to pass, we can only let Old Zhou and the three of them go in first to warm up the tourists.”

　　Chen Ge’s concern for the tourists was reflected in every aspect, as he dug in his heels trying to scare the tourists while worrying about their safety, “It’s too hard to do business these days.”

　　Sitting in the middle of the haunted house, Chen Ge leaned to the side and rested after sending the tourists into the underground scene.

　　His current work schedule was already similar to Zhang Ya’s, reversing day and night, living and breathing at night, and sleeping during the day.

　　Taking out his cell phone, Chen Ge searched the internet for information on Liwan Town, which was just a very ordinary town.

　　”The cell phone ghost’s cell phone is in the eastern suburb of Jiujiang, and the place where he first appeared should also be in the eastern suburb, but why did he fall into the hands of the Weird Talk Association? The Weird Talk Association and the eastern suburb of Jiujiang are also connected?”

　　Chen Ge shook his head, thinking that it was unlikely.

　　After a busy day, the haunted house closed down at around six o’clock in the evening.

　　When Xu Wan and Gu Feiyu got off work, Chen Ge first called Li Zheng to inquire about how he was going to cooperate with them.

　　Li Zheng’s reply to him was not to act rashly for the time being and to wait for their notification.

　　Since the police had said so, Chen Ge naturally wouldn’t go over and cause trouble.

　　He entered the staff lounge, packed the skull crushing hammer, repeater, and other things into his backpack, and after making sure he hadn’t missed anything, he closed the door to the haunted house and took a taxi to the eastern suburbs of Jiujiang again.

　　Unlike last night, Chen Ge was now fully energized, and not only was there no fear in his heart, but there was also a hint of expectation.

　　Liwan Town was not too remote, and the cab only drove for more than thirty minutes before delivering Chen Ge.

　　When he got off the car, the sky was drizzling, Chen Ge didn’t bring an umbrella, paid for the car, and hurriedly ducked into a cell phone business hall next to him.

　　”Sir, how can I help you?” The attendant looked at Chen Ge’s alternative dress and asked cautiously.

　　”It’s fine, you can go about your business.” Chen Ge took out his comic book and looked for a corner where no one was communicating with his cell phone ghost.

　　Not a moment later, his phone received a new message sent by the cell phone ghost.

　　”The roof of Pu Ming Apartment on East Street in Liwan Town? Is this the address?” Chen Ge looked at the message on his cell phone and found the attendant from earlier, “Please ask, how do I get to Pu Ming Apartment?”

　　”Go straight along this street, the most dilapidated ones.” The attendant was quite nice, thought Chen Ge was an outsider renting an apartment, and specially explained a few words, “The East Street side is a bit messy, and the hygiene is poor, you’d better live on the West Street, the rent isn’t much more expensive.”

　　”Thanks.” Chen Ge carried his bag on his back and headed to Puming Apartment in the rain, he jogged all the way and spent ten minutes to finally find the apartment building that the cell phone ghost had mentioned, the building was estimated to be more than thirty years old, and it looked very shabby.

　　”Is this the place?”

　　Chen Ge entered into the middle of the apartment building, there were hardly any tenants to be seen in this place, and many of the room doors were covered in thick dust.

　　He climbed to the top floor in one breath, and the door leading to the top of the building was locked.

　　The lock was covered in rust, and the lock eye had rusted over.

　　”It seems like no one has been here for a long time.” Chen Ge took out the skull crushing hammer from his backpack, smashed the lock down, and pushed the door open.

　　There was some garbage piled up on top of the apartment building, and there were rows of flower pots against the wall, but the plants inside had long since died.

　　”The cell phone ghost’s cell phone fell here?”

　　Chen Ge looked around and finally placed his eyes on a few water tanks.

　　The water tanks seemed to be used by the tenants in the building to pickle pickles, and each of them was sealed with stones pressed on top.

　　Chen Ge approached slowly with a skull-crushing hammer in hand, he moved the stones away from the water tanks and opened the first water tank.

　　It was empty inside, there was nothing.

　　Immediately after that, Chen Ge moved the stone on the second water tank, and as soon as he did, a strange odor floated out from the tank.

　　Lifting the lid, Chen Ge’s eyelids gently fluttered as he looked inside.

　　Inside the water tank was a bony child whose body had already dried out, its face profile resembled that of a cell phone ghost, and there was an old cell phone hanging from its chest.

　　Chen Ge stood next to it and watched silently for a while until his hair was wet from the rain, “Found you.”

　　He took out his own cell phone and was about to call the police when the cell phone ghost suddenly sent him a message.

　　”Before I tell the police, I want to use my cell phone and send a message to my mom, she must be worried sick.”

　　”Do you have to use your cell phone?” Chen Ge didn’t know why the cell phone ghost didn’t allow the police to be called, but he respected the cell phone ghost’s idea: “Okay.”

　　Not wanting to destroy the scene, he took a few pictures of the water tank and took out the cell phone from the boy’s body.

　　After all these years, the phone had long since stopped turning on properly.

　　He put the lid of the water tank back on, ready to come back after fulfilling the cell phone ghost’s last wish.

　　Putting away the skull crushing hammer, Chen Ge hurried downstairs and ran back to the cell phone business hall where he had taken shelter from the rain earlier.

　　The rain was slowly getting heavier, and his coat was already soaked through.

　　”Sir, may I help you?” The attendant had just met Chen Ge and didn’t expect the other party to come back so soon.

　　”Can you charge cell phones here? This type of model? If there’s no way to use this phone, then take out that card inside first.”

　　Chen Ge handed the phone to the clerk, and the man looked at it with some difficulty, rummaging through the counter for a long time without finding a working charger: “Sir, this phone of yours looks a bit old.”

　　”I haven’t used this phone for years, it’s fine if I really can’t turn it on, take out the card, I need that phone number inside.” Chen Ge understood the cell phone ghost’s thoughts, his mother had been looking for him, so he wanted to use his phone to send a message back to his mother.

　　”It hasn’t been used in years?” The attendant shook his head, “When a user’s cell phone is in arrears for more than three months, the number will be recalled, and this number of yours has probably been written off.”

　　”Logged off?” Chen Ge stood next to the counter, his hand gripping the comic book in his pocket tightly.

　　”Let me check it for you.” The attendant was very patient, she opened the back case of the cell phone, took out the SIM card inside, and through the 20-digit number on the big card, she found out the information of this cell phone card.

　　Looking at the computer screen, the attendant was a bit surprised, “This card of yours can really work.”

　　”It can be used? Didn’t it say that the number will be canceled in three months? This phone hasn’t been used for at least a few years.” Chen Ge looked at the computer screen, he also found it unbelievable.

　　”It will be canceled after three months of arrears, but this cell phone number of yours has been charged by someone every month from the time you got the card seven years ago until now, and this is the bill.”

　　The computer screen clearly displayed the number’s bill payment records over the past seven years, with the most recent payment made just yesterday!

　　The attendant looked at Chen Ge, a smile on her face, “Sir, although you yourself have forgotten this number, someone else hasn’t, it’s really quite hard for her to hold on for seven years.”

　　”Thanks.”

　　Chen Ge directly purchased a cell phone that could insert a large card in the business hall and walked out with his bag.

　　He inserted the card into the phone, looked at the opaque sky outside, and drilled into the back alley to conjure up the cell phone ghost.

　　”This is our agreement.”

　　Chen Ge handed the cell phone to the Cell Phone Ghost, and the skinny Cell Phone Ghost hugged the phone, his body shivering.

　　The rain got heavier and heavier, Chen Ge silently squatted in front of the cell phone ghost and looked at his face, “How about I take you to see her once?”

　　The cell phone ghost shook his head, he didn’t dare to send a message even though he was holding the cell phone, and after a long time, he returned the cell phone to Chen Ge.

　　”She’s afraid that after her phone is canceled, you’ll never be able to contact her again, so she’s been charging this number every month, and she’s been waiting for you.”

　　I don’t know if Chen Ge’s words worked, but the cell phone ghost sent Chen Ge a message and then directly disappeared.

　　Clicking on that message, on it was an address – Tong Tong Flower Shop, No. 37 Pu Yuan Road, Eastern Suburbs.

　　Without stopping, Chen Ge stopped a cab and rushed to the place the cell phone ghost had said.

　　At almost eight o’clock, Chen Ge found No. 37 Puyuan Road, and by this time, the rain was already pouring down.

　　Chen Ge’s jacket was wet, he stuck to the side of the street and finally saw the flower store on the corner.

　　The area was small, but it was decorated in a very cozy way, and when he walked up to it, he could smell a faint scent of flowers.

　　Pushing the glass door, the wind chime rang with it, and a woman who looked to be in her thirties was holding a basket as if she was thinking about how she was going to match the branches and leaves, the main flowers and the lining flowers.

　　When she heard the wind chime ringing, she hurriedly put down the basket in her hands and stood up.

　　Chen Ge sized up the woman in front of her, very ordinary and plain: “Hello, I’d like to order a bunch of carnations.”

　　”For your mother? What flower color does she like?” The woman led Chen Ge to the side.

　　”I don’t know much about it, just make it the way you like it.”

　　”Then come pick it up tomorrow morning, or I’ll send you pictures then, and when you’re satisfied, I’ll send it to you.”

　　”Good.” Chen Ge looked around and realized that there was a small wooden sign in front of the florist’s counter with a picture of a very cute boy attached to it, “Is this your child?”

　　The woman nodded, her gaze a little complicated, “His name is Tong Tong, he disappeared near the flower store six years ago, and the police suspected that he was abducted by human traffickers.”

　　”Human traffickers?” Chen Ge didn’t continue, he took advantage of the woman running away and quietly placed the money for the bouquet of flowers on the counter, “Your child will be fine, maybe he’s thinking about you too.”

　　Without bothering the woman anymore, Chen Ge walked towards the outside of the store.

　　”Wait!” The woman suddenly shouted towards Chen Ge as she drilled into the inner room.

　　”What’s wrong?”

　　While Chen Ge was surprised, the woman took out an umbrella from the house, “It’s raining outside, take it first and give it to me tomorrow when you come to pick up the flowers.”

　　Chen Ge said thank you, but didn’t take the umbrella and walked straight out of the flower store.

　　The wind chimes were drowned out by the heavy rain, Chen Ge circled around and walked into the cafe opposite the flower store.

　　He picked a window seat and conjured the cell phone ghost out.

　　”Have a word with her, she’s been waiting for you.”

　　Chen Ge handed that newly purchased cell phone to the cell phone ghost, and this dry, skinny, pitiful-looking little guy, holding the phone in both hands, stood next to the window glass, silently looking across the street.

　　The lights in the flower store went out, and the woman walked out with her bag and umbrella.

　　She locked the door of the flower store as she usually did, and then walked towards the distance.

　　Watching her back getting blurry, the cell phone ghost finally took out his cell phone, and after thinking for a long time, he used his own cell phone number and sent a message to the woman.

　　”Sorry.”

　　Across the street, the woman heard her cell phone ring, and at first she didn’t care.

　　Holding an umbrella with one hand, she took out her cell phone with the other, but when she saw the message on her cell phone screen, her body seemed to freeze.

　　The umbrella fell, and she stood alone in the middle of the rain holding her cell phone.

　　In the cafe, the cell phone ghost lay on the window and cried out through the cold glass.