Chapter 132 The Old Hospital (ETL) Part 2
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Chapter 132 A Hundred Ghosts Watching – So Exciting!
The next morning, Gu Ye was woken up by a phone call from Mrs. Gu.
Gu Ye was still sleepy and could barely open his eyes1. “Mom?”
Mrs. Gu said with a hint of annoyance, “I couldn’t get through to you last night, and you’re still not up. Did you go clubbing last night?2”
Hearing that, Gu Ye thought to himself that he’d rather go clubbing3.
It was unusual that Yu Ze didn’t get up early this morning. Still on the bed, he put his arm around Gu Ye. Resting his chin on Gu Ye’s shoulder, he smiled as he watched Gu Ye’s drowsy state4.
Gu Ye reluctantly opened his eyes and asked, “Is something wrong?”
Mrs. Gu whispered, “Your older brother came back last night and said he’d give you a whole apartment complex. You should call him and ask.”
Gu Ye chuckled, shaking off his drowsiness. “Why would my brother give me an apartment complex if nothing’s wrong?”
“Never mind that, get it first. He’s your brother, would he harm you?”
Gu Ye smiled. “Okay, I’ll call my brother after I’ve slept enough5.”
After hanging up the phone, Gu Ye turned over. He wrapped his arms around Yu Ze’s waist and snuggled his head against his chest. He slept for another 2 hours before calling his older brother. “I heard you’re going to give me an apartment complex. What kind? Where is it?”
“Come to my company, I’ll tell you.”
Gu Ye yawned and sat up, telling Yu Ze, “My brother definitely has something waiting for me. Why would he give me an apartment complex for no reason?”
Yu Ze thought for a moment and smiled, “Go check it out, you might find something unexpected.”
Gu Ye narrowed his eyes. “How did you know?”
“It wouldn’t be fun telling you now.”
“Alright then,” Gu Ye got up and got dressed. After washing up, he ate something for breakfast and drove to his older brother’s company.
As luck would have it, his father wasn’t coming today. Gu Ye didn’t need to worry about his father seeing anything wrong and scolding him. He drove straight into the company’s parking lot and strolled upstairs. When he found Gu Sen, Gu Sen had just finished a meeting and was packing up. Seeing Gu Ye, Gu Sen asked gently, “Did you come alone?”
Gu Ye shrugged. “What else? You didn’t even send a car to pick me up.”
Gu Sen said dismissively, “Dream on.”
“Big brother, you’re not as good as second brother in this respect. When second brother asks me for favors, he always treats me to good food and drinks, and even provides snacks. He also picks me up from home. You just act stern at me.”
“How much did your second brother pay you? Did he give you a whole apartment complex?”
“No, not at all.” Gu Ye asked in surprise, “You really gave me a whole apartment complex?”
“Yes, come with me.” Gu Sen led Gu Ye back to his office and opened the digital map on the wall. “Didn’t Dad buy a piece of land a while ago? Right next to this Swan Park, he bought this plot. This small piece is where we’ll build our new home, and beyond that is a villa area. Then your second brother bought a piece of land here,” Gu Sen pointed to a slightly further away, “He wants to build a film studio city. I bought this area to build several commercial streets. This is a commercial building; we’ll make this the most luxurious location.”
Gu Ye exclaimed in surprise, “That’s a big investment!”
“Then Yu Ze bought this entire area.”
Gu Ye wondered, “What’s Yu Ze buying this land for?”
“He wants to build a high-tech electronics city, the largest electronics technology exhibition center in the country, which will also be close to home in the future.”
Gu Ye was both amused and exasperated. “You guys are really something. So you guys bought this whole area in the middle while you were at it.”
“Yes, this whole area, if you connect it all together, it will have a park, a villa area, a residential area, a commercial area, and an electronics and technology exhibition area. It will develop very well in the future.”
“What’s this area marked with an X?” Gu Ye pointed to a large area marked with an X on the map.
“This is the site of an old hospital, which has since moved. Because it was surrounded by our land, I bought it as well. It’s said that before the hospital was built, it was a mass grave.”
Hearing that, Gu Ye said disdainfully, “How can anyone live in a place like this? It was a mass grave, full of Yin energy. The hospital must have had bad business before, which is why they moved the address. Like, won’t the doctors and nurses see wandering ghosts every night?”
Gu Sen chuckled, “It’s said that the hospital moved because they kept seeing strange things.”
“If you built a residential complex here, it definitely wouldn’t sell. People would definitely ask around before buying a house. Knowing it’s haunted, who would buy it?”
Gu Sen laughed, “That is why I gave it to you6.”
Gu Ye’s lips twitched. “You’re really my brother, can’t you give me something nicer?”
“This area is actually in a very good location; otherwise, the hospital wouldn’t have been built here. Actually, I didn’t believe those rumors before, nor did I believe in any ghosts. It’s just that there were some problems during the demolition and reconstruction process.”
At this moment, the secretary brought Gu Ye a chair, and Gu Ye sat down to listen to his elder brother’s explanation. But Gu Sen glanced at his secretary, signaling for him to speak.
The secretary quickly took over the conversation. It was already quite impressive that their President Gu could talk this much; he was only in such a good mood when the second and third young masters were visiting.
The secretary started with a smile, “So, this is what happened. Due to President Gu, the Second Young Master, and President Yu being all involved in this area, President Gu was particularly attentive, sending reports daily.”
“This land is in the process of being demolished. To avoid attracting crowds and creating a hazard during the day, we’re doing the demolition at night. At first, nothing happened, but things started to go wrong in the middle of the night. The demolition team kept noticing onlookers, and the number kept increasing each day. They were wearing clothes from all sorts of eras. The team leader, worried they might get too close and be dangerous, sent people to drive them away, only to discover they weren’t human at all.”
“Imagine that, a whole bunch of ghosts, all watching! At that time, a commotion rose from the workers! Rumors of this place being haunted have been circulating for a long time, and they wouldn’t do the job even for more money.”
“After this was reported, we sent people to investigate, but they couldn’t find anything wrong. The next day, we brought in another demolition team, but unexpectedly, this team also ran away; everyone preferred to resign rather than continue the job. The problem now is that the news has spread that the demolition team would rather resign than continue the job.”
Gu Ye was puzzled after hearing this. “A lot of people are watching?”
“Yes, I heard there are over a hundred.”
“That shouldn’t be the case. Normally, after this much time, the deceased should have been reincarnated. Even if there were a crowd, it couldn’t be that many. I’ll go check this afternoon.”
Gu Sen said worriedly, “Have my secretary go with you. Go early and come back early.”
“We can’t be back early as we need to wait until tonight. Just show me the way.”
Next, Gu Ye called Xie Cheng. He told him to come in the afternoon and arrive by evening.
It was just 6.00 pm in the winter, and it was already dark outside. Following Gu Sen’s secretary, Gu Ye and Xie Cheng arrived at the abandoned hospital. Only 2 buildings had been demolished, and a large area remained to be demolished. Before they even got out of the car, they were startled by the Yin aura outside.
Xie Cheng asked, puzzled, “With so many residents (human) around the area, how can there be such a heavy Yin energy? There’s no malevolent energy, though. If there are ghosts, they are ordinary ones.”
Gu Ye was also puzzled. “If it’s a ghost from a mass grave, it couldn’t possibly be without malevolent energy.”
“That means the ghosts only came about after the founding of the People’s Republic of China? That’s strange.”
The secretary felt a chill run down his spine from hearing the conversation. “Third Young Master, are there really ghosts?”
“Not only are there, but look at this Yin energy, there’s quite a lot of it.”
As they spoke, a gust of cold wind blew by, and in the distance, Gu Ye saw a little boy carrying a basket run into the wall.
Gu Ye and Xie Cheng exchanged a glance, both intending to get out of the car to investigate. The secretary was completely bewildered. “What did you see?”
Gu Ye laughed. “It’s better if you can’t see it. You can leave now, we’ll go back ourselves.”
“I can’t explain this to President Gu.”
“I’m telling you to go, so you can go. Just say it was me who said it.”
The secretary had no choice but to tell Gu Sen. After receiving Gu Sen’s permission, he left.
As Gu Ye and Xie Cheng entered the abandoned hospital, they felt a chill in the air. “It’s only 6.00 pm, and it’s already like this. What will it be like in the middle of the night?”
Gu Ye chuckled, “I heard there were hundreds of ghosts watching; it must have been incredibly exciting.” He glanced at the surrounding terrain. “Mass graves are naturally places that accumulate Yin energy. The hospital was built there before, making it a place where Yin and Yang meet, further accumulating a large amount of Yin energy. What’s keeping this Yin energy from dissipating year after year?”
Xie Cheng also looked around. “Is there a building blocking the sunlight? I don’t see any though.”
Gu Ye stopped by the roadside, secretly breaking off a willow twig. His eyes turned cold, and he said with a sinister air, “I’ll catch a few ghosts tonight and ask them. This is my territory now. If they don’t listen, I’ll beat them up.” Willow branches are considered as Yin element and can ward off ghosts.
Xie Cheng snatched the branch from Gu Ye’s hand, exclaiming in shock, “Gu San’er, wake up! You’re already out of the Ghost Market! You’re not the Ghost King anymore, you’re Gu San’er!”
[Banana: Gu San’er means something like Lil Gu the Third but it’s so mouthful and not accurate so let’s just use Gu San’er XD]
The author has something to say:
Gu Ye: This is my territory now! Get out of my way!
Raw word count: 6584 (whole chapter)
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