第四章

After Lin Qinghe finished speaking, Shi Yu did not immediately agree.

"There is another very important rule," Shi Yu said.

Lin Qinghe was a bit tired.

She had already heard many rules: going back to the past cannot change reality, after returning you cannot leave your seat, and there is a time limit. Now there is another new rule.

But she could not give up.

"Go ahead," Lin Qinghe said.

Shi Yu looked at that seat, which was at the very back of the cafe.

"Only by sitting in that seat can you go back to the past."

Lin Qinghe followed her gaze.

The woman in the white dress was still sitting there, quietly reading.

"Is that the seat she is sitting in?" Lin Qinghe asked.

"Yes."

Lin Qinghe immediately walked over.

She tried to be polite and said, "Excuse me, can I sit in this seat for a while?"

The woman in white did not look up.

Lin Qinghe waited for a moment and asked again, "Can you hear me?"

The other person still did not respond.

"It's useless," Shi Yu said behind her.

Lin Qinghe turned around and asked, "Why?"

Shi Yu said, "Because she is a ghost."

Lin Qinghe was stunned.

She looked at the woman in white. That person really sat there, looking very real. She didn't seem like a ghost.

"Are you joking?" Lin Qinghe asked.

"It's true."

Lin Qinghe still did not believe. She stepped closer and reached out to touch the shoulder of the woman in white.

She touched it.

The clothes were real, and the shoulder was also real.

Lin Qinghe was even more confused.

She began to suspect that this shop was probably deceiving people. Maybe they said the woman in white was a ghost just to make customers give up.

She said to the woman in white again, "I'm really sorry. Can I sit in this seat for a while?"

The woman in white still did not answer.

Lin Qinghe finally got angry. She reached out and grabbed the woman's arm, trying to pull her up.

"No!" Shi Yu shouted.

But it was already too late.

The woman in white lifted her head and looked at Lin Qinghe.

Lin Qinghe immediately felt her body become very heavy. It was as if something was pressing on her. She could not stand and soon fell to the ground.

She wanted to move, but she could not.

"What is this?" she asked fearfully.

Shi Yu said, "This is a curse. Whenever someone tries to force her to leave the seat, this happens."

Lin Qinghe lay on the ground, truly scared.

Just now she thought the shop was deceiving people. But now, her body really could not move.

The woman in white looked at her coldly.

"Help," Lin Qinghe said.

Shi Yu did not immediately help her. She held a coffee pot, walked to the woman in white, and asked, "Would you like some more coffee?"

Lin Qinghe could not believe it.

But the woman in white spoke.

"Please."

As soon as she said this, the force on Lin Qinghe disappeared.

She gasped for air and slowly sat up. The woman in white took the coffee and lowered her head to read again, as if nothing had happened.

Lin Qinghe finally understood that she was not an ordinary customer.

When Shi Yu came back, Lin Qinghe asked in a low voice, "Is she really a ghost?"

"Yes," Shi Yu said.

Lin Qinghe was silent.

If she could not force the woman in white to leave, how could she sit in that seat?

Shi Yu seemed to know what she was thinking.

"You have to wait," Shi Yu said.

"Wait for what?"

"She leaves her seat once a day. At that time, you can sit on it."

Lin Qinghe looked at the woman in white. She was still quietly reading.

This rule was troublesome and strange.

But Lin Qinghe already believed. This really was not an ordinary coffee shop.

She took a deep breath.

"Okay," she said, "I'll wait."