Growth and reproduction were the unique characteristics of living beings in the Yang world. Feng Shui said that solitary Yin creatures didn't grow, which meant that Yin spirits couldn't grow.
On the other hand, from a scientific point of view, matter was conserved. If ghosts and spirits didn't absorb energy from food, they couldn't grow.
However, something that didn't make sense had happened right in front of my eyes.
Since nothing strange happened after that, the school decided that it was Xu Ziyu's case of sleepwalking. They tried their best to cover up the rumors, and the case was left unsettled.
From my knowledge of Feng Shui, I thought that the school's theory was more reliable than the theory that she was the baby girl from seven years ago. However, I didn't know why I believed that she was the baby girl.
To verify my theory, I asked Dai Nanzhou to find the birth date and photo of the girl. I wanted to summon the soul of the girl named Chen Tingting.
Summoning the soul was a necessary skill for Feng Shui masters, and there were many methods recorded in the Death Scripture. With my current ability, it wasn't too difficult.
However, the soul summoning ritual required something that had the aura of the deceased. The best choice would be the undergarments of the deceased. However, seven years had passed, and I couldn't find Chen Tingting's undergarments. Left with no choice, I went to Xu Ziyu's dormitory and collected some blood samples from her mattress.
I was a little skeptical. The little girl had been looking for her mother, which was why she had lured Xu Ziyu to the toilet. But why was Chen Tingting's blood on Xu Ziyu's mattress?
With this question in mind, I prepared the items needed for the soul summoning ritual and went to the female dormitory.
Dai Nanzhou was excited when he knew that I wanted to summon the soul. He insisted on coming with me because I needed him to enter the female dormitory. Left with no choice, I took him with me.
This time, without President Huang and the others leading the way, we didn't dare to pretend to be members of the Student Council. We followed the most common route that boys used to enter the female dormitory, which was to climb over the wall.
At around 11: 00 PM, we climbed into the female dormitory. With Dai Nanzhou's girlfriend waiting for us, it was a smooth journey.
When I saw Xu Ziyu again, I checked her face. Her lower eyelids were still the same as a few days ago. However, after learning about her pregnancy, I understood that this wasn't the face of a child that was about to reach adulthood. It was the face of a child that was about to take shape in her body when she was two to three months pregnant.
A fetus is an adult. In ancient times, the ceremony of coronation was also an adult. Because the fetus's formative period was relatively short, many inexperienced Fengshui masters couldn't think of this and made a wrong judgment, just like what happened to me before.
Xu Ziyu's face was still pale, and it seemed like her body wasn't feeling well.
Because of this incident, her pregnancy was also known by her classmates, and now she was burdened with great pressure.
As a 20-year-old university girl, she would definitely not be able to bear the pressure brought by this kind of thing. In the end, she would definitely abort the child and hide from her classmates. If her mental fortitude was slightly weaker, perhaps the tragedy of Chen Tingting seven years ago would happen again.
Looking at Xu Ziyu, I thought about the fetus in her body, which made me feel uncomfortable.
Although the birth of this child might have been a mistake, abort the child was the same as making up for this mistake with another mistake.
The fetus had to go through a developmental process. From a Fengshui point of view, a two-month-old baby's three souls weren't complete, and it hadn't formed its fate yet.
In layman's terms, it didn't have any vital signs. From a legal point of view, it didn't have the right to life. If the child had an abortion, the parents wouldn't be affected much.
However, after two months, the baby's Heaven Soul would gradually wake up, and its three souls would be complete.
If the child had an abortion at this time, it would be the loss of a life. Moreover, the parents would kill their child, which was a grave sin.
If the child had an abortion at this time, the parents would be affected by the Karma for the rest of their lives.
No matter how I looked at it, I didn't want to watch such a tragedy happen in front of me.
Although it was hard for a female university student to bear this kind of pressure, if she could summon the courage to face it calmly and communicate with her family, there would be a solution.
She was already an adult at the age of twenty. As long as she had the courage, she would have the ability to face it.
Of course, all of this depended on Xu Ziyu's will. Hence, I decided to talk to her.
I asked Dai Nanzhou's girlfriend to talk to Xu Ziyu. Fortunately, she was willing to talk to me even though she was in such a mental state.
I brought Xu Ziyu to the dormitory alone. After we sat down on the stone bench, I asked her if she believed the school's last statement about her sleepwalking.
Xu Ziyu shook her head at first, but she immediately nodded. She wore a self-deprecating smile and said, "If it wasn't sleepwalking, what else could it be?
Could it be like what your Yi Study Society said? That I met a ghost? "
I sighed and told her about the little girl I had met that night. Then, I told her about the things Dai Nanzhou had found about Chen Tingting.
After listening to me, Xu Ziyu's face turned even paler, but her expression became more resolute. The self-deprecating smile on her face became more obvious. She smiled at me and said, "Junior Brother, don't lie to us. Your Yi Study Society always talks about ghosts and demons, but who has ever seen one?
A dead person doesn't have anything left, let alone an unborn child. How could that be? You must be lying. You must be making up a story … "
As she spoke, her voice started to tremble. In the end, she broke down and couldn't speak anymore. She covered her face with both hands as tears flowed down from the gaps between her fingers. She started to cry.
As she cried, she mumbled some messy words.
"If he's dead, he's dead … What can I do … I've heard about what happened to that senior. After the accident, her boyfriend disappeared. What can she do alone … I don't have the heart to do it, but it's the same with her boyfriend. What can I do?"
After a long time, she finally calmed down. I patted her shoulder and sighed. "Come with me to the toilet later. I'll call the little girl out and you can see her again."
Xu Ziyu shuddered and finally stopped crying. She asked me, "Is what you said true?"
I nodded. "You'll know when you see her."
At around midnight, I brought Xu Ziyu and Dai Nanzhou to the toilet again.
Because I wanted to summon Chen Tingting's soul, I had Dai Nanzhou's girlfriend stand guard outside to prevent anyone from barging in.
After entering the toilet, I told Dai Nanzhou and Xu Ziyu to stand in the middle of the toilet while I went to the last cubicle and called out to the little girl.
"Da Gege is here to play with you. Are you still there?"
As soon as I said that, the girl with big eyes and a bedsheet appeared in front of me. She ran over and pulled my arm. She pouted. "Da Gege, it's been so many days. I thought you were lying to me."
I rubbed her head and smiled. "Why would Da Gege lie to you? Come out and take a look. Who did Da Gege bring to see you?"
Hearing my words, she immediately let go of my arm and ran out of the cubicle. She shouted happily, "It's mommy!"
Then, she ran to Xu Ziyu's side. She squinted her eyes and looked very happy.
However, she didn't pounce on Xu Ziyu. She just stood there and smiled happily.
At that moment, Dai Nanzhou and Xu Ziyu looked at me in confusion. It was obvious that they couldn't see the little girl.
I walked over and pulled the little girl. "Why don't you go and hug mommy? Let mommy see you?"
The smile on the little girl's face disappeared. She said sadly, "I can't hug mommy. It's not good for her. I can't let her see me either. Mommy will be scared."
When I saw the beautiful female corpse kill people, I firmly believed that ghosts, no matter what they looked like, were going to harm people.
But looking at the little girl now, my belief was finally shaken.
I rubbed her hair and smiled. "Don't worry. Mommy won't be scared this time. Let mommy see you, okay?"
"Da Gege, really?" The little girl blinked at me.
I nodded. "Of course. You can hug mommy too. With Da Gege here, I won't let mommy get hurt."
"Mm, Da Gege, you're the best."
The little girl rubbed her head against my arm coquettishly. Then, she happily ran over and hugged Xu Ziyu.
The sudden appearance of the little girl scared Dai Nanzhou so much that his face turned pale. He took a few steps back.
Although Xu Ziyu had seen her before, she was still scared. She resisted the urge to retreat and let the little girl hug her.
"Mommy, mommy, I miss you so much."
The little girl snuggled in Xu Ziyu's arms and sobbed.
Xu Ziyu's tears rolled down her cheeks. She hugged the little girl tightly and choked with sobs, unable to speak.
I sighed and asked Dai Nanzhou for a cigarette. Then, we went outside the toilet to let Xu Ziyu and the little girl be alone for a while.
After smoking one cigarette, Xu Ziyu walked out of the toilet. Her eyes were red. She walked to me and thanked me before returning to the dormitory.
I didn't know what choice Xu Ziyu would make in the end, but I had tried my best. The final result would depend on Xu Ziyu.
After Xu Ziyu left, I brought Dai Nanzhou back to the toilet.
The little girl was still standing inside. Her eyes were curved, and her mouth was pouting. She was crying sadly, but no tears came out of her eyes.
I went over and rubbed her head. I sighed and said, "That big sister wasn't your mommy. Da Gege, can you call your mommy out?"
The little girl said sadly, "Mommy said she wasn't mommy, but mommy is mommy … Wu …"
The more she talked, the sadder she became. Eventually, she started crying again.
I hugged her and comforted her for a while. After she stopped crying, I called Dai Nanzhou and took out the things needed for the soul summoning ritual. I was going to summon Chen Tingting's soul.
For the soul summoning ritual, I needed to light three Soul Summoning Incense sticks. Then, I put the mattress with Chen Tingting's blood in a basket and wrote her birth date on a piece of yellow paper. Then, I prepared a bowl of white rice and a white thread.
After everything was prepared, I buried the white thread in the rice bowl. Then, I lit the yellow paper with Chen Tingting's birth date on it and threw it into the basket. Then, I chanted, "Wandering souls, where can they stay? The three souls have long since descended, and the seven spirits have come. By the river, in the wilderness, in the temple, in the village, in the palace, in the forest, in the graveyard, in the forest, in the false alarm, in the lost soul. Today, I invite the Mountain God, the Five Wandering Generals, the Earth God, the Kitchen God, and the Five Servants to gather the souls and gather them here.
After I finished chanting, I slowly pulled the white thread out of the bowl.