[Folklore Mystery + Chinese-Style Horror + Deduction + No Female Lead + A Tight-Knit Trio]
My name is Han Ye. I've been pretending to be a master for fifteen years.
I read the feng shui of burial sites, exorcise spirits, summon souls, and relay messages from the dead. If the pay is good enough, there's no job I won't take.
Everyone says I can communicate with the world of the dead and understand ghosts and spirits.
Only I know the truth: I have no idea whether ghosts even exist.
I only know how to make the living believe they do.
With that one skill, I've made my way in the underworld for fifteen years without ever causing any serious trouble.
That is, until the ritual at Gujiagou.
One family paid me 8,600 yuan to summon their daughter, who had been dead for three years.
That night, the knock at the door was supposed to come just three times.
But a fourth knock sounded anyway.
At first, I thought someone had added an extra beat to the act at the last minute.
Then I heard a woman's voice from the main room, and a trail of unexplained wet footprints appeared on the floor.
That's when I realized this job might not end so easily.
Worse, the Gu family seemed to be hiding a lot from me.
I've fooled countless people and exposed plenty of tricks meant to make people think they were seeing ghosts.
But this time, I couldn't even tell whether I'd encountered a real ghost or fallen into someone else's trap.
