I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse
Chapter 843: House Number 37

Chapter 843: Chapter 843: House Number 37

Xu Hai clutched his forehead, looking at you speechlessly, "Bro, are you even from Eastern Sea? You don’t even know Lujiazui? That’s our Eastern Sea’s CBD, one of the national CBDs of the Three Huaxia Kingdoms!"

"CBD, what does that mean?"

"Central Business District, get it?"

"Not really, but I guess the rent must be pretty expensive, right?"

"Of course!"

"Expensive rent definitely won’t do!" You immediately shook your head.

"Hey, you don’t have to worry about the rent..."

While Xu Hai was still talking, you pulled a bankbook out of your pocket and waved it in front of Xu Hai’s eyes, "This 440,000 yuan is my investment!"

His eyebrows raised, he immediately smiled and said, "Alright!"

He didn’t stand on ceremony and took it from you.

"I forgot the password."

"No problem, I’ll toss it to my secretary later, she’ll sort it out for me." Xu Hai said, grinning at you, "So, with this, I’ll still be the president of Flash Detective Agency, and you’ll be the vice president. I hold 51%, and the other 49% is yours."

"That’s fine."

For some reason, your mind was racing fast at that moment. Quickly, you asked Xu Hai, "Does Eastern Sea City have any famous haunted houses that are uninhabited?"

"I’m really not sure about that."

You thought for a moment and said, "Let’s pull over first and ask around."

The place you rented was in the old district, where you could see many elderly people hanging around the alleys and street corners.

You randomly approached a gathering spot where a few old people were chatting. You and Xu Hai walked over.

"Old man, can I ask you something?"

The moment you spoke out, several old people turned their heads to look at you simultaneously.

"Oh, what’s it?"

"Is there a particularly famous ghost mansion around here?"

"Ghost Mansion?"

"Ah, when it comes to ghostly things, of course, it’s number 37."

"Number 37?" You and Xu Hai exchanged a glance, and the latter immediately asked, "Where’s number 37?"

"There, just over there."

One of the old men pointed casually, "That place has been vacant for over fifty years, and no one who’s moved in there ever had a good ending. Some people even wanted to demolish it, but they only got as far as tearing down the surrounding wall, and then everyone involved had accidents."

"Let’s go, take a look!"

Although the old man’s directions were vague, you didn’t ask for clear instructions. Since such a place was so famous, surely everyone living nearby would know about it.

"Number 37? What are you doing going to number 37?"

"Number 37? My goodness, that place can’t be approached!"

"Number 37? I don’t know, don’t know! Don’t ask me!"

Mentioning number 37, the reactions of those around you varied, with some strongly advising against it, and others avoiding it as if it were a highly dangerous animal.

After roughly fifteen minutes, you and Xu Hai finally stood in front of the legendary number 37.

Just from the outside, it was a Mid-Ancient Western Building, with its own walls. However, the house seemed very dilapidated, the external walls were mottled, and covered with a lot of ivy, the walls were similarly overgrown with ivy, without a trace of wall visible, as if the whole wall was constructed of ivy.

For some reason, just standing outside, a ghastly and terrifying atmosphere enveloped you, as if dissuading you from entering.

"Guu—"

Xu Hai swallowed hard and with some difficulty, spoke to you, "I say Brother Yun, let’s pick another place, this one doesn’t seem like it’s fit for normal people at all."

Looking at Xu Hai, you said in a deep voice, "Who are Flash Detective Agency’s target clients?"

"Do I even need to say it? Obviously, the socialites, crafty merchants, nouveau riche, those rolling in cash, and they all value their lives very much."

Nodding in agreement with Xu Hai’s positioning, you said, "Right, our target is to serve the upper class of society, because that’s how we make money fast! But one thing you have to know: trust between people is fragile and hard to build. If we set up an office in a very ordinary place, how can we make others trust us?"

"But we can’t be here, can we?"

"It has to be here, only this way can our detective agency’s reputation spike immediately, establishing strong confidence in us from the start. Besides, we’re going for a premium niche; where do you think those crafty merchants, celebs, and fat cats get their money? They exploit the masses, so they surely carry with them some supernatural disturbances or even disasters. We’ll use unconventional methods to make them willingly hand over their money, and afterwards, they’ll be grateful to us."

"That does make sense." Xu Hai nodded, "But the problem is, as you can see, this place definitely has issues. Just the two of us, can we handle it?"

You paused, your voice growing heavier, "I have always believed in karma, ghosts are made from humans, and, personally, I think they are more reasonable than humans! With justice on our side, we can convince anyone, even ghosts!"

Saying this, you walked towards the door of number 37 without looking back.

"Squeak—Yaa—Creak, creak, creak..."

The iron gate made a grating noise.

Of course, that wasn’t the point. The point was, the gate opened automatically!

"No way, in this day and age, these ghostly uncles, aunts, grandpas and grandmas have gone high-tech with automatic human body sensors?"

Standing in front of the iron gate, feeling the chilly breeze coming from inside, you turned to Xu Hai and said, "Haizi, stay in the Outer Sect, I can go in by myself."

Upon hearing this, Xu Hai immediately got fired up, "Are you kidding me? I’m the president, you know, and you’re just a little vice president getting ahead of yourself!"

They say coarse language gives courage, and indeed, Xu Hai no longer trembled, and his nerves steadied. Although he still followed you somewhat reluctantly, he dared to enter, which was already a big step.

Standing outside, you could only feel a cooler breeze blowing from the inside. But once you stepped in, you felt the environment around you change distinctively!

"Woo—"

A woman’s sobbing sounded as if it was right next to your ears...

Xu Hai shivered immediately. He looked around but didn’t see anything.

The courtyard was in ruins and overgrown with weeds. It seemed like there wasn’t much there. For some reason, there were two things that caught your eye.

These two items were common elsewhere but stood out in this place.

First, there was an old well, located on the right-hand side once you passed the front gate, only four or five meters from the cobbled stone path down the middle. It drew your attention because, through your eyes, you always felt a trace of yin energy seeping out from the well.