Family Of Ghosts

Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

In a small department store on City West Liberation Road, Li Huazhen wore a headscarf and a pair of sunglasses. She probed around furtively and picked up the phone on the counter.

“Chunhua, I’m Li Huazhen. I’m a little tight on cash lately. Can you lend me some money?”

Li Huazhen called her best friend, Zhang Chunhua. She had been arrested for child abuse and was sent to the women’s jail after her sentence.

On the way, she found an opportunity to escape while the car was malfunctioning. She only had ten yuan in her pocket left.

“It’s you, Huazhen? I heard you made a lot of money. Why are you borrowing money from me?”

Zhang Chunhua was changing her clothes. She had just found a nurse’s job. She had heard that the hourly salary was very high, but it was a pity that it was a short-term job.

“A lot of money my ass.”

Li Huazhen rolled her eyes. At the thought that she could not withdraw a single cent from that five hundred thousand yuan bank card, her anger rose.

“Let’s not talk about this anymore. Lend me some first. I’ll pay you back double later.”

When Zhang Chunhua heard that she would pay double, she stopped what she was doing and said regretfully, “Sigh, I really don’t have money. Why don’t you wait for me for two days? I just found a job and will only work for two days. After I’m done, I’ll pay.”

Li Huazhen was a little impatient. “What job? How much can you lend me now?”

In order to make Li Huazhen believe that she would be able to borrow money from her in two days, Zhang Chunhua explained the work she had found in detail to Li Huazhen, including the details of the work and the address.

Li Huazhen was not concerned about what job Zhang Chunhua had found, but when she heard the Ye family’s address, she became cautious and her pupils dilated.

After finding out the Ye family’s basic situation, Li Huazhen’s attitude towards Zhang Chunhua changed instantly.

Li Huazhen, with the excuse that she did not have any money and could not find a place to stay, proposed to stay at Zhang Chunhua’s house for a few days and help her with some household chores.

Zhang Chunhua could get one more person to help her and receive compensation in the future, so she agreed readily.

Half an hour later, Li Huazhen appeared at Zhang Chunhua’s house.

Zhang Chunhua was waiting to rush to work after giving Li Huazhen some instructions. Unexpectedly, just as she invited her in, she was hit on the back of the head and fainted.

Li Huazhen took off her nurse uniform from Zhang Chunhua, who had fallen to the ground. She put on her clothes and a medical mask before heading to the Ye family’s home.

Ye Xiao was not around. Li Huazhen entered the Ye family’s house without any obstruction. Under the butler’s lead, she entered Cen Pan’s room with another nurse called Zhao Ni.

Li Huazhen glanced at Cen Pan resentfully. Seeing that she was lying on the bed and unconscious, she cursed her for getting what she deserved.

Li Huazhen sent Zhao Ni to the bathroom to get water and took the initiative to wipe and massage Cen Pan.

She twisted a wet towel and walked to the bed. When she was wiping Cen Pan’s face, she pinched Cen Pan’s face with force. Seeing that Cen Pan did not react, Li Huazhen was delighted.

She thought of the hardships she had suffered in jail these days and thought of the bank card in her hand that she could not spend a single cent of. Li Huazhen was filled with hatred.

Li Huazhen looked around the room and her eyes landed on Cen Pan’s slender neck. If she suffocated to death at this moment, she wouldn’t even struggle and no one would notice her.

“Zhao Ni, the butler asked you to go downstairs just now. I think he wants you to take something. Hurry up and go..” Li Huazhen shouted at Zhao Ni, who was busy in the washroom, and carefully wiped Cen Pan’s hands.