At Xia Yan's bedroom door, a red background with black lettering displayed a letter of engagement, still and silent as last night's dream.

Xia Yan picked up the letter and looked at the three characters "Lu Bingwen" signed on it. His fingers couldn't help trembling.

He hit on a ghost and this ghost who wants to marry him is seemingly quite powerful.

In his confused state of mind, the pair of eyes he saw yesterday appeared involuntarily. The other person's gaze seemed to have seen through everything. In front of the powerful ghost, Xia Yan had no room to struggle.

"Button."

A knock on the door brought Xia Yan back to his senses. He opened the door and his mother looked at him worriedly.

The mother's voice was trembling, and she was holding an engagement letter exactly like the one in Xia Yan's hand.

She said: "Xiao Yan, your grandma picked up an engagement letter at the bedroom door this morning. It seems to be for you. Your father and I checked the surveillance video. Last night... no one... came into our house. Are you feeling uncomfortable? "

Seeing Xia Yan shake her head, Xia's mother breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at Xia Yan's bare neck.

"...Xiaoyan, where is your amulet?" Gu Lian was shocked, "Where did you put it?"

Seeing that he could no longer hide it, Xia Yan said, "Mom, when I woke up this morning, the blood jade was completely broken."

In Gu Lian's eyes, her son was able to live safely today thanks to this amulet. Now that the amulet is broken, the son is in danger.

She almost fainted. Xia Yan supported her and comforted her: "It's okay. I'll be nineteen next month. Maybe... after my birthday, I won't need this amulet anymore."

"How can that be done!"

Gu Lian felt a bit lightheaded. Xia Chao rushed from downstairs, patted his wife's back comfortingly, and then said to Xia Yan: "Xiao Yan, don't go anywhere today, Daoshi Liu will be here soon."

Today in Binhai City, heavy fog caused the charms on the Xia family's door to fall to the ground, where they mixed with yellow and green leaves and piled up outside the entrance.

Liu Daoshi discovered a torn piece of talisman. The moment he touched it, he displayed a terrified expression.

"Mr....?" he ignored Xia Chao's efforts to stay and left hurriedly.

Every day, several spiritual leaders visited the Xia family for a week.

In the courtyard, spiritual masters have arranged various formations to exorcise ghosts, and in the house too, various evil objects were hung.

Xia Yan leaned against the second-floor window all day long and watched the spiritual Master perform his tricks. He quietly watched the yellow paper money flying all over the sky as if he was also enjoying some kind of amusingly weird show.

At the desk, he saw two letters of engagement lying. On the cover of those letters, there was a charm made of human blood affixed to it. 

A week later, Xia's father spent a lot of money and invited a very eminent monk.

The eminent monk was very old, with shriveled skin, and his robe hung loosely on his body as if a gust of wind could blow him away along with his robe.

He gave Xia Yan a bracelet of Buddha beads scented with sandalwood and asked him to use the beads to protect himself for the time being.

Xia Yan's parents asked: "Master, what should I do with this devil's letter?"

"If you don't want to get married,...." the eminent monk looked at Xia Yan, "....then burn it."

Xia Yan was confused and threw the two letters of appointment into the fireplace.

The black writing on the letter gradually disappeared in the flickering firelight and turned to ashes.

Before leaving, the eminent monk said again: "It's a blessing, not a curse. It's a curse that cannot be avoided. I think the young master's life should not be cut off. There will be a turn for the better."

After that, the prayer bead bracelet seemed to work, and the letter of appointment and the ghosts were all gone.

After the struggles of two weeks, this matter seems to have just passed.

Gu Lian breathed a sigh of relief and thought she had found Xia Yan's new amulet. She joked to her husband: "Our son's luck in love is too good, right? Even ghosts want to marry him."

Xia Chao clicked his tongue and said, "He is handsome but, still a male ghost."

Xia Yan covered his face with a drawing board. Although he was frightened, he also thought this was ridiculous.

When Gu Lian laughed, the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes were raised. She whispered to Xia Yan: "Xiao Yan when you go out, you can't just take off the beads,  even when taking a bath. You must also take your medicine with you. Do you remember?"

"Yeah, I got it." Xia Yan said softly, "Dad, Mom, don't worry about me, I'll be fine."

It was the midsummer after the college entrance examination, and the students of Class 2, Grade 3, decided to go on a graduation trip to the waterfall scenic resort in the next city.

Xia Yan hasn't stepped out of the house for half a month. His parents didn't want him to go, but Xia Yan felt that it was the last gathering. He had a good relationship with his classmates, so he still wanted to get together with everyone.

For this reason, Xia Yan's parents asked Taoist Liu, who had seen Xia Yan grow up, to tell Xia Yan's fortune, and the result turned out to be good luck.

Liu Daoshi said that judging from the hexagrams, Xia Yan could meet the noble person in his life during this trip, and he might be able to change his destiny. This is a great opportunity.

Xia Yan's parents decided to take a gamble and let Xia Yan travel with everyone. If he meets a noble person, then the trip will be worthwhile.

As soon as he got on the bus, Xia Yan's deskmate Chen Tong stood up and waved to him: "Xia Yan, over here!"

Xia Yan sat over, and Chen Tong said to him happily: "Xia Zai, I saw on the school's honor list that you were admitted to T University. Our Xia Zai is a real talent. After three years of college entrance examination and one and a half years of self-study, we still couldn't go to T University."

"Thank you." Xia Yan smiled at him, "What about you? Where are you going?"

"Me, I plan to stay in Binhai City to study in college. I copied your homework for three years, but I didn't copy any of your essence. But I also mixed it up. Nevertheless, my parents are always happy." 

Chen Tong said, "By the way, I asked you to hang out recently, but I didn't see you coming out. Are you feeling unwell?"

"There is something urgent at home." Xia Yan rolled his eyes, "I will go play with you next time."

"Oh, that's fine, I thought you were sick again." Chen Tong's expression was like a dotting parent, "As long as you're not sick."

"Wow, Xia Yan is here!"

Jiang Ruoruo was Chen Tong's girlfriend. She got into the car with her bag and sat in front of Chen Tong.

She knelt on her seat, hugged the back of the chair, looked at Xia Yan, and said, "Xia Yan, congratulations on getting admitted to T University! Did you know that our class is a star class in the college entrance examination this year, and Han Zheng has also been admitted to T University? Department of Physics, you two are fighting for the 'face of the class' title."

Xia Yan didn't know how to answer. His beautiful eyes looked at every classmate who interacted with him gently, and he would show a smile from time to time.

He was like a beautiful cat being watched by a crowd, sitting demurely with his tail curled.

Because of his introverted personality, he passively chooses friends most of the time. He doesn't talk much among people, and he even has mild social anxiety.

"What are you talking about? It's so exciting." Si Jiankong sat diagonally in front of Xia Yan, "Xia Yan, what are you majoring in?"

Before Xia Yan could answer, someone else answered: "Architecture."

The person who spoke was Han Zheng, who was about to attend the same university as Xia Yan.

He sat across the aisle to the right of Xia Yan and kept listening to the exchanges between Xia Yan and his friends.

Si Jiankong stood up, changed his seat, sat down next to Han Zheng, and said with a smile: "How do you know so clearly? I'm also going to city B to study in college, and from now on I will be in the same city as Xia Yan."

"Not only are he and I in the same city, but we have also been classmates for four years." Han Zheng took out his headphones and put them on his ears, "So of course, I know."

Jiang Ruoruo and Chen Tong had embarrassed looks on their faces at the same time.

Everyone in the class knows that Si Jiankong and Han Zheng are old rivals in love.

Han Zheng has been secretly in love with Xia Yan for more than a day or two. Although he has not confessed his love, everyone can see that he likes Xia Yan.

Si Jiankong confessed his love to Xia Yan last semester, but Xia Yan politely rejected him.

Xia Yan noticed something was wrong in the atmosphere, and silently took out a pack of lemon candies from his bag and distributed the candies.

Chen Tong threw the jelly beans high and opened his mouth to catch them.

Jiang Ruoruo was amused and said, "Be careful of choking yourself."

"That's the point? It's fun." Chen Tong then discovered Xia Yan's Buddhist beads bracelet, "Baby, when did you start wearing Buddhist beads?"

Xia Yan lowered his head looked at the beads and said, "It is a gift from my parents."

"Your college entrance examination gift is quite special." Chen Tong marveled, "But these Buddhist beads are also quite beautiful."

Xia Yan smiled. Si Jiankong still wanted to talk to Xia Yan, but Xia Yan had already turned sideways and looked at the scenery outside the window.

He is very thin, with light-colored pupils reflecting the green reflection of the trees, like a beautiful kitten basking in the sun, and his aura has a strange and mysterious feel.

At half past nine, the bus left the school.

Xia Yan leaned on the seat and took a nap. When he woke up again, the car had reached the mountains.

The mountain is covered in mist with low visibility. The branches of the ancient trees loom in the mist, creating an eerie atmosphere.

Chen Tong was looking curiously at the strange-shaped ancient trees outside the window. Seeing Xia Yan wake up, he said, "Xia Yan, it would be quite cold in the mountains. Did you bring a coat?"

"Yes, I brought it." Xia Yan looked out the window, "Is the hotel we are staying at night at the bottom of the mountain?"

"It should be halfway up the mountain, and it's not a hotel, just an ordinary guesthouse." Chen Tong said, "I heard that no one has lived on this mountain for a long time. It was our senior brother who opened a resort here for us. We provide a one-stop service for travel, catering, and daily life, so we can take care of Laoban's business."

Jiang Ruoruo closed the window and said: "Don't you two think... the yin energy in this mountain is a bit heavy? It's different from the promotional materials that my boss showed us."

Maybe it was because it had just rained last night, and there was heavy fog in the mountains. It was noon in the summer, but it was way too cold. The cold wind seeped into the vehicle through the windows, making the temperature inside drop a few degrees.

"What are you talking about? It's weird. Maybe it's because of the bad weather. I don't even dare to watch ghost movies. Don't scare me." Chen Tong hummed a little tune, "Let's eat lamb chops for lunch and afternoon. Watching the waterfall, there is also a bonfire festival in the evening with a flowing water banquet. The event arrangement is very earthy. The flowing water banquet is said to have twenty dishes, isn't that quite awesome?"

Xia Yan raised his eyes and smiled: "Awesome."

The bus finally stopped in front of the "Shanjian Hotel".

Class 2, and Grade 3 students share a room in pairs, while Xia Yan and Chen Tong get to live in one room.

Xia Yan got out of the vehicle with the box. Si Jiankong and Han Zheng rushed to help him carry the box. He quickly said: "The box is not heavy, I can just do it myself."

Si Jiankong also wanted to show off his physical strength as a sports student. Seeing that Xia Yan was unwilling, Han Zheng let go of his hand.

"Okay, if you need anything, call me." Han Zheng kicked Si Jiankong moderately, "You can leave too."

Xia Yan thanked him and followed Chen Tong into their room.

There was a bit of a musty smell in the room. Chen Tong looked around and said, "Tsk, this hotel must be old. The sockets are still on the table."

Xia Yan opened the window for ventilation and felt his scalp was a little numb. He said, "Yeah, but it's quite clean."

The mountain is indeed very dark, and Xia Yan has felt uncomfortable since entering the mountain.

Fortunately, in the afternoon, the fog in the mountains finally dissipated and the temperature increased a lot.

The magnificent waterfall is gushing down with force, creating a stunning display of water droplets that sparkle in the sunlight. The sound of the water crashing against the rocks below is deafening, making a constant rumbling sound that echoes throughout the surrounding landscape. The sea of ​​roses next to the waterfall is very beautiful.

"Wow, rainbow!" Jiang Ruoruo shouted, "Everyone, come around, I will take pictures for everyone."

Xia Yan stood at the edge and was pulled to the middle by Chen Tong.

Chen Tong said with a smile: "The class's darling should stand in the middle."

Xia Yan was a bit shy. Although he had a cold and beautiful appearance, his smile had a very sweet little pear dimple. Jiang Ruoruo, who was taking the photo, couldn't help but laugh along with him.

"Ruoruo, why did you suddenly look like you were patting a puppet cat in a cat cafe?" A female classmate said, "You looked like an aunty when you smiled just now."

"Hehehe, these photos I took are really good, even the rainbow is captured."

Jiang Ruoruo squinted her eyes and prepared to take another photo, but through the lens, she suddenly saw a translucent hand on Xia Yan's shoulder.

"ah!"

Jiang Ruoruo was startled and turned pale with fright. If the camera hadn't been hanging around her neck, she would have dropped the camera for sure.

Chen Tong on the side was busy asking the head teacher if they could have some beer in the evening. When he heard Jiang Ruoruo's cry, he quickly walked to Jiang Ruoruo's side.

"What's wrong?" Chen Tong leaned over and asked, "Are there insects?"

Jiang Ruoruo shook her head and took a closer look at the camera.

In the photo, Xia Yan is gentle and quiet, and the translucent hands have disappeared.

"It's nothing, I was just a little dazed." Jiang Ruoruo rubbed her eyes, "Maybe I was too excited last night and didn't sleep well."

Chen Tong said: "It's okay, then stand over and I will take pictures for you."

Jiang Ruoruo looked at Xia Yan with lingering fear and said, "Okay."

Xia Yan walked up to Chen Tong and whispered to him: "I'll take the photo. If you let Ruoruo stand in my position, she should want to take the photo with you."

Chen Tong scratched his head in embarrassment, handed the camera to Xia Yan, and said with a smile: "my Xia Zai, who knows how to worry about Dad's marriage."

At night, all the cabins in the resort are decorated with beautiful lights.

Xia Yan sat in the crowd drinking some nonalcoholic drinks and watching the bonfire party. Although he was introverted and often missed classes due to his illness, he got along well with everyone in the past three years, and he was a little reluctant to say goodbye.

As the squad leader, Chen Tong was toasting everyone with a beer glass. When he walked up to Xia Yan, he was already a little tipsy.

"Xia Yan, thank you for teaching me the questions. You didn't think I was stupid. You even taught me the questions ten times, and I... I just passed the exam." Chen Tong raised his head and drank the beer. "Then I didn't congratulate you either. If nothing else, I wish you better health and immunity from all poisons."

Xia Yan was amused by him and shot back: "Aren't you too polite? I wish you a bright future and everything you wish for."

Before ten o'clock, Chen Tong, the squad leader, toasted with wine and squatted on the side of the road to vomit.

The Yin Qi in the mountains became heavier at night, and Xia Yan felt a little uncomfortable, so he decided to go back to the hotel room to rest.

Xia Yan and Jiang Ruoruo helped Chen Tong get on the tricycle provided by the resort. The tricycle drove to the forest path. Jiang Ruoruo said, "Uh, Xia Yan, do you think that's a cemetery?"

Xia Yan followed Jiang Ruoruo's gaze and quickly looked away.

The woods were deeper than he thought, and it was a full moon, so it was really easy to attract dirty things.

The bonfire party is still going on, Si Jiankong leads a group of men and women to play truth or dare.

Han Zheng was unlucky tonight. He would lose to Si Jiankong every time. He took a big risk every time and did not give Si Jiankong a chance to ask questions.

When Si Jiankong noticed that Xia Yan was gone, he frowned and said, "It's so boring."

"Boring?" Han Zheng smiled, "Then let's play something interesting. Tonight is the fifteenth day, and the night with the full moon is the most gloomy, which is suitable for playing psychic games. We are in the deep mountains and old forests, maybe we will be able to summon something."

"Hey, it's so scary." A classmate said, "I'm too scared to play."

"Those who are timid and afraid of ghosts should stop playing." Han Zheng looked at Si Jiankong, "If you are timid, it's too late to quit now."

"Just play!" Si Jiankong slapped the table and stood up, "Who else wants to play?"

"I'm coming too~" Ren Xiaoping raised her hand.

"Me too!" Peng Hao also raised his hand.

This group of youngsters had recently completed their exams and were now seeking excitement. Eight of them chose to participate, and only four of them did not want to play and became bystanders.

"With so many people, we can play Dishian." Ren Xiaoping suggested, "If Xiaodishian comes, maybe he can help us answer our questions!"