Chapter 194: Ghost Market Part 3 Ii (1/2)

Uncle Fu walked into a room, leaving the door open behind him for us.

We noticed that the people behind us did not follow.

”You're not coming?” Dahai asked them.

”It's Uncle Fu's personal s.p.a.ce so no one's allowed in there,” a lady replied faintly.

”What's in there?” I questioned.

”Only important guests know,” she answered before walking off.

Dahai and I entered the room. The special thing about wooden rooms is that they block out sunlight.

Uncle Fu flipped a switch and his work desk lit up.

We finally caught a glimpse of the interior of the room. It wasn't big and its decor was minimal and plain, but everything that was necessary was present.

From razor knives to magnifying gla.s.ses, from cleaning clothes to alcohol burners, Uncle Fu has them all in his workstation.

”Bring it over,” he said, pointing at the watch. ”What do you want me to do?”

”You fixed it before, right? How did you do it?” Dahai inquired.

Uncle Fu opened the watch up and nodded. ”This is the one I've fixed for him previously.”

”Just briefly explain the steps to us and what you saw when you opened it up,” Dahai continued.

”There was something strange inside this but Pang Guang only told me to get it fixed so I did not mention it to him.”

”Strange? How so?” I immediately asked.

”He brought this watch over and asked a bunch of questions that I really don't remember now. However, I remember getting a shock upon opening it because there were many odd inscriptions on the inner sides. It is a pointless design, especially since it's an old model and the inner sides can't be seen anyway,” he shared.

”Pointless design,” Dahai repeated.

Without responding, Uncle Fu put on an eyepiece and started dismantling it.

He opened a small crack and said, ”You'll understand soon.”

After prying both sections open, we saw that the inner sides were black.

”Look at this,” Uncle Fu called out.

Uncomprehending, Dahai asked, ”What about it?”

Uncle Fu took his eyepiece down. ”Clip this on and you'll see even more clearly.

After trying it, Dahai's eyes widened and he quickly handed me the eyepiece.

I got a shock too, upon realizing that there were black silhouettes.

”What are these?” I questioned.

”Human figures. This watch seems rather old and it doesn't look fake, but isn't this redundant? I was surprised too when I opened this,” Uncle Fu explained.

Dahai turned to me and murmured, ”These figures are so vivid. Do you remember Pang Guang's looks?”

”Big bald head?”

He pointed to the inside of the watch. ”Look at this black silhouette.”

I followed his finger and felt every hair on my body stand up.

It was exactly the same as Pang Guang's figure.

”I'm not sure if I'm remembering correctly, but there are a lot more black figures now,” Uncle Fu mused in confusion.

I quickly diverted the topic by pointing at the meter dial. ”How did you fix the needles?”

Uncle Fu pointed at a display wall and said, ”I opened up another similarly sized watch for its needles.”

Dahai leaned in again and whispered, ”He said that the shapes have changed. I think the additional figures are all members of the Pang family.”

I shuddered at his conjecture.

”There's something else that's different about this watch,” Uncle Fu supplemented.