After Swapping Identities With My Archenemy - Chapter 9

Chapter 9: I’m Sorry, Sir, I Really Need This Money

Thanks to the ghosts from before, Jiang Huaiyi wasn’t scared senseless this time.

She noticed that the ghosts around her scattered as soon as Bai Wuchang appeared, and Bai Wuchang put some distance between himself and her.

Jiang Huaiyi carefully said, “Sir, why have you come?”

She had clearly summoned the “soul walkers” she knew. She didn’t know how she had managed to invite this big shot.

All “soul walkers” are commonly referred to as “Lao Ye” (sir) in the human world, not to mention a Wuchang. This is the same as the collective term for local deities in some southern regions.

Afraid of seeing his ghostly appearance, Jiang Huaiyi consciously lowered her head to show her respect.

Bai Wuchang was fishing for souls when he was summoned for no reason. He was a little impatient. When he turned his head and saw Shen Wensi beside him, he almost blurted out “Great Emperor.”

But then he saw the warning in Shen Wensi’s eyes. Heaven knows why his boss would appear here.

Although he could tell that this was just a small avatar in the mortal world.

Seeing that the Wuchang didn’t answer for a long time, she couldn’t help but secretly look up.

She saw a stiff smile on his pale face. His red lips looked extraordinarily terrifying, and his eyes were staring straight at her.

Jiang Huaiyi felt a lump in her throat. Her heart raced, and her breathing became a little rapid.

She felt like she was really going to faint from fright. She didn’t know why Bai Wuchang was making such a terrifying expression. His smile was even more frightening than his poker face.

Jiang Huaiyi felt unsteady. She stumbled and felt like she was about to fall to the ground, but someone supported her from behind.

She turned her head and found herself leaning softly in Shen Wensi’s arms. Her mind immediately went blank.

She completely failed to notice Shen Wensi’s commanding tone: “He asked you why you came.”

Bai Wuchang subconsciously replied, “This one was nearby and saw a large number of paper ingots in the hands of the ghosts, so I came to take a look.”

So, he came because he was greedy for money.

Shen Wensi was very speechless about her subordinate. Although some underworld officials would be greedy and pick up paper ingots, how could he, as a supervisor, do such a disgraceful thing?

After Jiang Huaiyi calmed down, she stood up on her own.

She could even see a hint of an embarrassed expression on Bai Wuchang’s face. She hadn’t heard their conversation clearly. Not only was her mind blank, but her ears also felt as if they were blocked.

Just as she was about to ask again, she heard Bai Wuchang say, “Since I’m already here, I’ll take these souls with me.”

He didn’t want to stay here for a moment. Who would have thought that he would just come out to occasionally pick up some strays and get caught by his boss fishing on the job?

A strong wind blew. The fallen leaves from outside were swept in, and all the lights in the hall were blown out.

Jiang Huaiyi was blown so hard that she couldn’t open her eyes. When she opened them, she found that the once magnificent Ge family mansion had become a desolate ruin.

The moonlight poured down. The ghosts in the room were trembling and locked under Bai Wuchang’s iron chains.

Even the most powerful Miss Ge was now chained and couldn’t move. Her head was still dislocated.

But her face was not as terrifying as it was just now. It seemed that she had deliberately scared Jiang Huaiyi.

Bai Wuchang gave them another stiff smile. Although it was still not very good-looking, Jiang Huaiyi now inexplicably felt that he was a pretty nice ghost.

He glanced around. When he came, he had already sealed all the ghosts here, waiting for them to confiscate their property.

He hadn’t expected the interruption of his boss. Now it was all good. He would take these souls away so that his boss would have nothing to say.

Jiang Huaiyi waved at him politely and said, “Sir, please take care.”

Bai Wuchang smiled, and a long tongue dropped out, scaring Jiang Huaiyi into grabbing Shen Wensi’s arm.

The force was so great that Shen Wensi felt like her arm was in a vise. Her face twisted, and she glared at the troublesome Wuchang.

Bai Wuchang moved his eyes, casually put his tongue back in, and began to organize the large group of souls in front of him.

Shen Wensi suddenly bent down and was almost right next to Jiang Huaiyi’s ear: “Do you know? There’s a folk legend.”

Jiang Huaiyi pricked up her ears, secretly looked at the Wuchang who had his back to her, and used her bag to block her view.

“What is it?”

Bai Wuchang could naturally hear the two of them talking. His body stiffened slightly. He felt as if something bad was about to happen.

Shen Wensi smiled mischievously: “Do you know why Bai Wuchang’s hat says ‘Encountering wealth at first sight’? It’s because anyone who sees him can throw a stone at him, and he will leave behind a lot of treasures for the person who saw him to use.”

Jiang Huaiyi looked at Bai Wuchang suspiciously. There was a look of eagerness in her eyes: “Is that true? Wouldn’t that be a little bad? What if I hit him, will he get angry?”

She doubted the truth of what Shen Wensi said. Although there was such a rumor in the folk, she had very little contact with official underworld officials, so there was no way to verify it.

She had often heard of bribing underworld officials. The underworld also needed to make a profit. Her friends did it to accumulate Yin merit.

In the human world, they could also make a living by passing messages to the deceased and collecting money from the human world to make a living.

Seeing her waver, Shen Wensi said seductively, “Why don’t you try it and see? At most, you can just burn some more paper ingots for him. How much money would that cost? Isn’t there a saying that says, ‘Money makes the ghost work’?”

Bai Wuchang had been dead for many years. Although he no longer knew what human emotions were, he still felt a sense of profuse sweating for the first time in a long time.

He really couldn’t figure it out. He just came out to fish for a while, and not only was he caught by his boss, but now he was going to bleed a lot of money.

Jiang Huaiyi was still a little hesitant. Shen Wensi had already found a stone from the side and put it in her hand.

Jiang Huaiyi looked up at her with a worried expression and said, “Is this really okay? After all, he’s an underworld official. I’ll definitely meet him again in a few years when I pass away.”

Bai Wuchang let out a sigh of relief. He thought, “This kid is still on the right track.” He sped up the process of organizing the ghosts.

He whipped them with his stick, and the ghosts that were moving around and trying to escape immediately quieted down a lot.

The scene was filled with the wailing of ghosts.

“Sir, I don’t want to leave yet! I don’t want to be reincarnated yet boo-hoo-hoo”

Bai Wuchang scoffed: “It’s not your turn to be reincarnated. The staffing down there is tight. Wait a few more years!”

“Sir, I still have a wife and children at home. I can’t leave, sir!”

Bai Wuchang was furious. He was already annoyed that he was caught by his boss while working. “You’re a lonely ghost, and you’re lying to me. Let’s see how I deal with you!”

Jiang Huaiyi held the stone in her hand with a slightly innocent look, a little at a loss. Shen Wensi was thinking about how to persuade her.

Then she saw the look in Jiang Huaiyi’s eyes become resolute: “Anyway, we’re all going to die. I’m sorry, sir, but my wallet really needs you!”

She threw a stone at Bai Wuchang. The stone passed through his body. Bai Wuchang’s body stiffened, and he mechanically turned around.

The hall was instantly silent. All eyes were on him.

Jiang Huaiyi was looking at him nervously. The boss behind her had a cold face, and she kept rubbing her index and middle fingers with her thumb, signaling for him to hurry up and give her the money.

Bai Wuchang felt that his face had never been so ugly. He opened his mouth to say “Great Emperor,” but then he saw Shen Wensi put her finger to her mouth, warning him not to speak.

He could only pat his clothes dejectedly, and a few crumpled wads of cash fell out.

Ghosts also kept up with the times. Before, they would give gold and silver, but now they dropped red bills.

Jiang Huaiyi’s eyes widened. Before Shen Wensi could say anything, she picked up the stones on the ground and threw them at Bai Wuchang. The fear in her eyes was completely replaced by excitement.

The stones were thrown relentlessly. Money fluttered down from the sir’s body. His terrifying face also became a little friendly in Jiang Huaiyi’s eyes.

Bad news: The sir became an ATM and completely lost face.

Good news: She got a lot of money.

Jiang Huaiyi looked at Bai Wuchang with a look of guilt, but her hands didn’t stop.

After all the stones on the ground were thrown, she started searching in the ruins.

A large brick appeared in front of her. She hardened her heart, hugged both sides of the brick, and after a long time of trying, she finally moved the brick and carried it with great effort. This scared Bai Wuchang so much that he quickly disappeared from the spot.

Jiang Huaiyi was still huffing and puffing, trying to pick up a stone, until Shen Wensi patted her shoulder and signaled that Bai Wuchang was gone.

Only then did Jiang Huaiyi put down the stone, looking up with some disappointment. She didn’t even dare to imagine how much money she could have gotten if she had used that large brick.

The red bills on the ground were still crumpled. Jiang Huaiyi went forward and picked them up one by one, unfolding them in her hands, not missing a single one.

She counted them carefully a few times, confirmed that they were indeed real money and not underworld money, and then her face broke into a smile.

This was simply a windfall. The total was one thousand eight hundred dollars, which was enough for her living expenses for several months.

The fear in her heart was mostly washed away by the joy of picking up money. She handed half of the money to Shen Wensi.

The other person was stunned and pushed her hand away, refusing. Only then did Jiang Huaiyi notice that she was wearing gloves.

Jiang Huaiyi insisted on putting the money into her pocket: “No matter how you look at it, I’m the one who benefited. I know you don’t lack money, but this is what you should get. If you hadn’t told me, I wouldn’t have gotten this money.”

Jiang Huaiyi felt that she was a person who knew how to repay kindness. She forcefully stuffed the money into Shen Wensi’s trench coat pocket.

Shen Wensi looked at the crumpled money in her pocket, which was not even a fraction of the cost of her clothes, and said nothing.

She seemed to be a money-grubber who was clearly short on cash. When they were taking a cab, she had seen Jiang Huaiyi’s empty wallet.

She didn’t care about these worldly possessions because she had plenty, but why was she so happy even though she only got half the money?

Shouldn’t people be greedy?

Shen Wensi looked down at the paper money in her pocket. Even through her gloves, she could clearly feel the friction of the paper.

The sky outside was getting brighter. A silvery-white color appeared on the horizon, and the sun slowly rose. The entire Ge family’s courtyard was revealed in front of the two of them.

Jiang Huaiyi put her bag on her back, and her tense mood relaxed. The money the main family gave them was also real. Including the nine hundred dollars from just now, the total was two thousand. This trip was very profitable.

After Miss Ge’s soul was taken, her body was left in the middle of the ruins.

The corpse without Yin energy quickly decomposed. It was as if it was on fast-forward. Soon, it became a pile of white bones.

The red wedding dress on the bones also faded into a few pieces of old cloth.

Jiang Huaiyi only glanced at it and then walked out with Shen Wensi.

So many wandering spirits were related to her. At the entrance of the Ge family, an old man was sitting.

He was leaning on a cane, and she could vaguely see that he was Ge Shihong, their main client.

He was leaning against the wall. His clothes were tattered. It was a long-worn indigo-blue mourning shroud.

Jiang Huaiyi went up and checked his breath. She found that the old man had been dead for a long time. He should have left with Bai Wuchang.

The once bustling street behind them was now a desolate scene. The collapsed houses were overgrown with weeds, and every household had a few coffins.

Some were exposed and left in the wilderness. There was not a single living person left in Xinmin Village.

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