I was stunned, let go of my hands, looked him up and down, and said with a wry smile: "Since you're hungry, why don't you go out to buy something to eat, why don't you go out to work?" Do you have to hide in this room and pretend to be a ghost? ”

Seeing that I had no ill will towards him, the man grabbed his sparse hair and muttered: "I don't have money to buy anything to eat, and I can't do anything, and the bosses dislike me for being clumsy when I find a job. I really don't know where to work. If I wasn't hungry and had no choice, I wouldn't have cheated people by pretending to be a ghost. ”

I could hear him say this, and I could already guess why this room was reported by the tenants that there was a ghost. Apparently because he has no job and no food and clothing, he deliberately pretends to be a ghost in order to steal the food of the tenants.

I frowned, seeing that he looked ragged and unkempt, and it was clear that he hadn't eaten in a long time. I cleared my throat and asked him, "What's your name?" ”

The man pursed his mouth and slowly spit out three words: "Qi Baima".

As soon as I heard his name Qi Baima, I couldn't help but laugh mischievously: "Qi Baima, ride a white horse, hahaha......"

Qi Baima scratched his hair awkwardly, and smiled: "Originally, when I was a child, I wanted to change my name and change my name to Qi Tiansheng, but my family never agreed...... So I couldn't change my name......

I saw that this person was quite interesting, and I was very impressed, so I patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "Okay, don't scare you, I was joking with you just now, seeing that you are young, and how did your family fall into this shabby appearance now?" ”

Qi Baima lowered his head and said, "Originally, when I was at home, I was fine, living a privileged life like a rich second generation, but later my hometown encountered a catastrophic flood, and all my family members were scattered by the flood. In order to earn a living, I worked everywhere, but I was idle since I was a child, I couldn't do any work, clumsy, I suffered from the eyes of the bosses when I was working, and I couldn't find any job, and no boss was willing to let me do it for a long time after I finally found it. They're all stupid......"

After I saw him look depressed and inferior, I spread my hands and hurriedly comforted: "Don't be discouraged, as the old saying goes: I am born to be useful, everyone has their own advantages and strengths, as long as you are willing to work hard, down-to-earth, and aggressive, one day you will find a job that suits you." ”

When Qi Baima heard me say this, his eyebrows immediately became active, and he smiled: "I think you are a very good person, why don't you introduce me to a good job?" ”

I smiled wryly, thinking to myself that this man was so casual. I had only met him for the first time, and he asked me to introduce him to work. If this kind of thing were to be done to someone else, I would not have paid any attention to it. But for some reason, I have an inexplicable sense of closeness to the person in front of me.

Although I thought this person was funny, I didn't say that, and I joked at him, "I don't know you, how do I know what job you're suitable for?" ”

After Qi Baima heard my words, he immediately became sad.

To be honest, I have a very strange impression of him, although he pretends to scare me, I don't think he is annoying to me at all, and I feel very sympathetic to him when I see him looking melancholy now.

Everyone's youth has a time when they are confused, wandering, and don't know what to do. At this moment, I suddenly remembered the cruel picture of myself when I was looking for jobs and being rejected repeatedly before I started a detective agency. Perhaps because of empathy, I have developed great sympathy for the current predicament of the person in front of me. I suddenly felt a strong determination to help him with practical actions.

I patted him on the shoulder and smiled, "I'll invite you to a big meal first, and then I'll introduce you to a job, what do you think?" ”

When Qi Baima heard that he was going to be introduced to the job, he was immediately overjoyed, he swallowed his saliva, nodded again and again, and said, "Okay, okay...... Eat a big meal first......"

I took him to a restaurant near the hotel and ordered a dozen side dishes. He ate all the dishes on the table in three strokes and divided them by two, and even licked the plates shiny.

I smiled wryly at him, "It feels like you've just been released from hell with a starving ghost." ”

Qi Baima ignored my words, and stuffed his mouth full, and after a long time, after he was full of wine and food, he hiccuped three times in a row, and then he said to me: "It's been a long time since I've eaten such a delicious meal, even if I die, it's worth it." Hey...... Brother, you are so bold, by the way, what job are you going to introduce me? ”

I smiled and said, "Would you like to follow me?" ”

Qi Baima was stunned when he heard me say this, and suddenly his face changed greatly, and he asked in a lost voice, "You...... What do you do? ”

I knew he must have thought that my job was not a legitimate profession, so I was shocked, but I didn't expose him, just laughed and said, "Private detective." ”

Qi Baima breathed a deep sigh of relief and said with great joy: "It's good, it's good!" This profession is so majestic, Lao Tzu has envied those private detectives since he was a child, but unfortunately he has never had the opportunity to meet detectives. ”

I couldn't help but laugh, and I thought he was funny more and more. Funny is funny, I still have to give him a job. It occurred to me that one of the photographers in my detective agency had quit his job, and that position was vacant. I think this Qi Baima in front of me is very competent for this job. First, he is very capable of hiding and dodging, and secondly, he is extremely good at escaping, even if he is discovered in the process of candid photography, he can quickly escape. Thus ensuring that the whole body escapes. These two advantages of his are no longer suitable for my job. It was a pause and said, "Would you like to be one of my candid staff?" ”

Qi Baima blurted out without thinking, and immediately agreed. After a little grateful, he asked about the work.

After I had told him everything about the nature and content of the work, I took him back to the hotel to rest.

By the time we arrived at the hotel, it was two o'clock in the afternoon. Qi Baima made a bunk in the room and quickly fell asleep peacefully. While I was lying in bed and couldn't sleep, I suddenly remembered the letter that Saburo Watanabe had given me.

When I opened the envelope, I was immediately dizzy by the contents of the letter, which said that Keiko's father was likely to die within a week, and that she asked me to find her mother and take her to the hospital within that week.

After reading the letter, I stayed for a long time, and I couldn't calm down for a long time. I kept imagining what it would be like if Mieko knew that her mother had become a ghost.

After putting away the letter, I have decided to go back to Mitsuko Yamada in the evening to have a good talk. Let her find a way to go back to her husband. I knew that as long as there were no charms, portraits of ghosts catching ghosts in the sun, and various bodhisattva pendants, she would be able to return to the hospital at night now, because she was now half a human after all.

After making up my mind, I decided to get some rest, so I immediately fell asleep with my head up. Just as Qi Baima and I were falling asleep in a daze, there was a rapid and violent knock on the door, which was so loud and chaotic that I woke up at once.

Get dressed and open the door. Looking up, the knocker turned out to be the immature young man who had been chased by Saburo Watanabe and his gang before.

When the young man opened the door, he rushed into the room without waiting for me to finish his question.

I frowned and said angrily, "Is there something wrong?" ”

The young man ignored my words, and just laughed vigorously.

Faced with such an inexplicable scene, I yelled at him: "What the hell are you doing, what's so funny? ”

The little boy still laughed to himself: "I'm sorry, it's funny, it's funny, I can't help it......"

I could hear him babbling like this, and I couldn't bear it anymore no matter how good his temper was, so I pointed at him indignantly and cursed: "Fuck, you say...... What's so funny. ”

The little boy smiled and said, "Don't scold me when you hear it, it's not me who said it, all this is what my master and his old man said." ”

As soon as I heard him talk about his master, I immediately remembered what the innkeeper said about the number one god in the world. The innkeeper said that this man was a very accurate fortune teller and had a strange temper. I thought that he must have seen me when I was chasing Qi Baima in the hotel, so he calculated a hexagram for me, and this hexagram must have been so absurd and outrageous that his apprentice thought it was very funny after hearing it.

I was also very curious about what the fortune teller had said to the young man in front of me. I waved my hand and said, "Say it!" You say! I don't blame you, I really want to hear if your fortune teller is really a miracle teller. ”

At this moment, Qi Baima also suddenly woke up, he rubbed his hazy sleepy eyes, and looked up at me and the little boy.

He stretched, yawned and asked, "What are you two arguing about?" Can you tell me about it? ”