Ten Thousand Soul Banner: Deceased, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?
Chapter 54 A Husband

Chapter 54: Chapter 54 A Husband

After lunch, Tingting considerately helped her dad clean up.

"You put that down, go rest in your room for a bit so you’ll have energy for class this afternoon."

Hearing this, Tingting didn’t insist further; she put down the dishes and asked, "Dad, what time will you be back tonight?"

"I’m not sure, but definitely before eight."

Although they stop taking orders before six o’clock, that only applies to individuals; some businesses only start to prepare their goods for delivery when it’s almost time to close.

These big clients naturally get different treatment—they must receive their goods and ship them out via courier on the same day, so this usually runs quite late.

"Okay, I’m going back to my room." Tingting turned and walked towards her room.

Zhu Guangfa scratched his head—his daughter was growing up and their conversations were getting fewer. He faintly felt that there was something wrong between them but couldn’t pinpoint the problem.

After washing the dishes, Zhu Guangfa came out of the kitchen, approached the bedroom door, reached out to knock but hesitated. Concerned about disturbing his daughter’s rest, he put down his hand.

He went to the bathroom, dampened a towel slightly to hastily wipe his face and neck, then brewed a big cup of coarse leaf tea in his large mug and set it aside to cool; the weather was too hot, he’d take it with him to drink at work in the afternoon.

Resting on the sofa, he, tired from a day’s work, felt as if he were sitting on a cloud, light and airy, and soon began to snore loudly.

In a daze, Zhu Guangfa seemed to hear the sound of a door closing. He suddenly woke up and realized that at some point he had fallen asleep on the sofa. Thinking of his daughter, he attempted to sit upright.

Then he saw his wife sitting beside him, smiling at him.

He instinctively said, "Tingting has gone to school..."

Before he could finish his sentence, he realized something, his eyes widened with a look of surprise.

He reached out and hugged his wife, exclaiming with joy, "Xiu Zhi, I’m dreaming of you again."

Du Xiuzhi patted his broad back gently without any explanation.

The two embraced each other tenderly for a while until Zhu Guangfa seemed to come back to his senses.

He pushed Du Xiuzhi away, saying, "Xiu Zhi, I forgot—I’m all dirty and sweaty."

"It’s okay, didn’t you always say that’s the scent of a man?"

"Haha, Xiu Zhi, you remember." Zhu Guangfa laughed heartily, delighted like a child.

But still he said, "Wait for me, I’ll go take a shower."

Saying so, he hurriedly stood up, and in his haste, accidentally kicked the leg of a table.

The pain made him inhale sharply, and he was about to look down at the injured spot when he suddenly realized, his head buzzing.

He turned around sharply to see the smiling, gentle, and graceful woman still sitting on the sofa.

Then, limping back, he said with a trembling voice, "Xiu Zhi, I... I’m not dreaming, am I?"

Du Xiuzhi nodded lightly and then asked with a smile, "Aren’t you afraid of me?"

Hearing this, Zhu Guangfa burst into tears like a child, chokingly saying, "Why... why would I be afraid of you?"

"I’m dead, I’m a ghost now, aren’t you afraid, brother?" Du Xiuzhi spoke softly.

Zhu Guangfa shook his head quickly.

"Of course not, you are my wife," he said.

Du Xiuzhi took Zhu Guangfa’s hand, asking him to sit down and talk.

Zhu Guangfa’s hands were thick and rough, while Du Xiuzhi’s fingers were delicate and slender, like green onions.

The two hands clasped together, yet surprisingly harmonious.

"You still have such rough hands, does it hurt?" Du Xiuzhi looked down at his toes.

"It doesn’t hurt, hehe..." Zhu Guangfa smiled and shook his head, his face covered with tears but his smile radiantly bright.

"You’re such a grown man, how come you’re still a crybaby?"

Du Xiuzhi reached out to touch the tears on his face, but Zhu Guangfa held her hand.

"I’m not crying, I’m... I’m just happy to see you again," Zhu Guangfa said.

"Aren’t you curious why you can see me?"

Zhu Guangfa shook his head, then nodded.

"What do you mean by that?" Du Xiuzhi asked with a frown.

The burly Zhu Guangfa, in front of Du Xiuzhi, was meek and submissive.

Upon hearing this, he hurriedly explained, "Shaking my head because seeing you again is all that matters, but I am a little curious..."

Hearing this, Du Xiuzhi took the initiative to explain, "It’s because I happened to meet Mr. Shen."

"Mr. Shen?" Zhu Guangfa was somewhat puzzled.

"It was this morning, the company you went to..."

Du Xiuzhi roughly explained what had happened.

Then she said, "Mr. Shen is a capable man, and he pitying your devoted love, that’s why he let me meet with you."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Guangfa suddenly realized and then happily said, "So you’ve always been by my side, I knew it."

"How did you know?" Du Xiuzhi gave him a glance, her eyes like autumn water.

"Because every day when I work, I’m full of energy, I have endless strength all over, it must be because you are with me..."

"Nonsense, are you silly or what, not taking care of yourself at all. If you wear yourself out, who will Tingting rely on?" Du Xiuzhi said annoyedly, poking his forehead.

"Right, Tingting."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Guangfa then remembered his daughter, hurriedly stood up, and wanted to go find her.

But Du Xiuzhi stopped him.

"Tingting has already gone to school," Du Xiuzhi said irritably.

"Right, I vaguely heard the door closing just now," Zhu Guangfa said with a silly smile.

Speaking of his daughter, Du Xiuzhi couldn’t help but sigh. Zhu Guangfa didn’t know what was going on, but she did.

So she said, "Take some time off with the teacher and pick her up this afternoon. Let’s have a good gathering, the three of us."

She also had many things she wanted to say to her daughter.

"Good, good..."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Guangfa immediately stood up, then took a sharp intake of breath, only then did he realize, his toes were still hurting.

"Look at you, does it hurt a lot?" Du Xiuzhi asked with concern.

"No problem, it will be fine in a bit."

Saying this, he limped to the doorway to put on his shoes, but the hand holding Du Xiuzhi’s, he never let go.

As if he was afraid that if he let go, she would fly away.

Du Xiuzhi didn’t struggle, letting him hold her.

After putting on his shoes, Zhu Guangfa seemed to think of something and turned back to ask, "Can Tingting see you too?"

Du Xiuzhi nodded, her lips parted slightly, and a wisp of pale blue breath emerged from her mouth, swirling around her like it had its own spirit.

"Mr. Shen gave me two wisps of energy, and with this wisp, you can see me," Du Xiuzhi drew the wisp back into her mouth with a breath.

Shen Siyuan had also learned from the lesson with Jiang Wenxin, using another method to give Du Xiuzhi two strands of Netherworld Energy for her to ingest and nurture within herself.

The Netherworld Energy mingled with her breath, and when passed to the person who wishes to see her, that person could see her.

There wouldn’t be incidents of ghosts bumping into people all over the world.

Hearing this, Zhu Guangfa felt relieved, continued to walk out with his wife, but just as they reached the elevator entrance.

He suddenly expressed his concern apprehensively, "Is Mr. Shen really just being kind? Could he possibly..."

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