Chapter 601 - He Wants to Push Open the Door in Western Jiujiang (1/2)

Translator: Lonelytree  Editor: Millman97

“A shadowless man?” If it was a living person, he should have had a shadow, unless he was not a living human, or he was someone’s shadow out on a ride. Chen Ge decided to confirm it with the old lady again. “Granny, are you sure you’re not mistaken?”

“Yes.” In the old lady’s memory, that person looked just like Chen Ge. She stared at Chen Ge, and a weird feeling overwhelmed her. “That day, he was just standing outside the door. I asked him what he was doing, but he didn’t reply. He carried on mumbling someone’s name on his lips.”

“Someone’s name? Can you remember what name it was?” To clarify the suspicion in the old lady’s mind, Chen Ge took out his phone and shone the light on himself to show that he still had his shadow with him. “Granny, I come with a shadow. Look. The person you saw merely had the same face as I do.”

“My memory eludes me. I’ll call you to tell you if I remember it.” The old lady exchanged phone numbers with Chen Ge.

“Granny, other than this, can you remember anything else about this person? How long did he stand at the door? After he left, were there any changes at this building?” Chen Ge was afraid that the shadow might have left a trap in the building. After all, his adversary had the whole of Eastern Jiujiang roped into his plot, so Chen Ge could not be too careful.

“After Jia Ming ran out, the person outside the door disappeared. After he left, I checked the building and couldn’t find anything missing. Strangely enough, I was left with this feeling that something was amiss, but I couldn’t tell what it was. It was as if something important had been taken away by that man.” The old lady sighed. With a curved back, she shuffled around the room. “I looked around the building, but nothing was missing. Yet, that feeling wouldn’t go away, and I wouldn’t say it wasn’t responsible for my lack of sleep.”

“You feel like something is missing?”

“I’ve told you everything I need to. When you leave, remember to close the door for me.” The conversation with Chen Ge seemed to remind the old lady of her sad memory, so she shuffled out, unwilling to continue the conversation anymore. Chen Ge was about to leave with the old lady when he felt a tug on his shirt.

Turning back to look, he saw five crooked fingers holding the edge of his shirt, and then the woman crawled out from underneath the coffee table.

“I’m not going to harm her…” Chen Ge’s eyes scanned the woman and the boy; he was suddenly reminded of something. After he entered this building, he had only encountered the woman and the child, but he did not come across the old lady’s son. “A family of three got into a car accident. The wife and the son remained in this building, so there is no reason for the husband not to be here as well.”

He related that to what the old lady had said earlier. After the shadow left, she had felt like she was missing something important. Could the spirit of her son have been kidnapped by the shadow?

Chen Ge intended to find out. After a moment’s silence, he asked, “A few years back, you should have encountered an evil spirit that looked like me. Can you tell me everything you know about him?”

The two ghosts stayed away from him. Their eyes studied Chen Ge closely, and they were thinking about something.

“If I don’t kill him, one day, I’ll be killed by him. If you were once harmed by him, then we should be friends because we have the same enemy.” Chen Ge leaned down and actively reached out his hands to hold the woman’s bloody and deformed fingers. “I can help you, and I’m not just staying that for fun.”

When the female ghost sensed Chen Ge’s intention to shake hands with her, she immediately retreated. Seconds later, the boy ran into the bedroom and dragged out a broken schoolbag from under the bed. He took out a pen and paper and placed them on the coffee table. The woman’s hair curled around the pen, and crooked words started to form on the paper.

“He’s alive, not completely dead. The shadow is just a part of him. My husband told us to leave, and he stayed back to help us escape. He ate my husband—he’s growing stronger.” Chen Ge read the words on the paper.