They Wait

THEY WAI:

Shanghai present day

Oh! I'm sorry. Did I scare you?

- No.

I think " Lights out " means technically

you have to have the lights out,

and you, under the covers.

Sweet dreams.

- Don't!

- Sammy, it's late.

- What wrong?

- Do you believe in ghosts?

- I like the ghosts stories.

- It is ghost's month now.

- Ghost what??

- Ghost's month.

Actually in Mandarin, it is called

Hungry Ghosts Month.

It is the time of the year when

the dead can eat you.

- You know you are too young to have this comics.

- It is not the comics,

- Suzy Chang told me.

- Well the ghosts don't eat you.

Suzy Chang says, if you don't give them sacrifices

they will eat you.

- Suzy Chang likes to scare you.

- Suzy Chang's grandmother did not give them sacrifices,

and they found her with half of the face missing.

They say that a demon bite it right off.

- Ok, that's too much, I am going to call Miss Chang.

- No!

That girl had got you scare half to death

I'll be fine,

please don't call.

- Do you want Reggie? He protects you.

- I am not scare.

Ok, Big guy.

Light, please.

Yes.

What?

When?

Of course, I'll come and tell

Aunt May that I'm coming .

- What is it?

- Uncle Raymond died.

- Oh, no.

- Yes, I need to. I need to go home.

- But, I have meetings all week.

- Jason,

- May raised you, you have to go.

- Yes, I know.

- I am.sorry babe, I'm just..

- We'll go with you.

- No, no.

- You're not going to handle this alone.

We 'll help you, Daddy.

come here.

Thanks Buddy.

Pacific Northwest

- Dad, are those sacrifices for the dead?

- Yeh, how did you know?

- The kids at school told me.

- What is she doing?

It is what they call hell money

for the spirits.

- It's supposed to be ghost money, t's all superstition.

- And what if it's real?

We should burn

money for the Uncle Raymond?

No, honey, I don't think that it is necessary.

Uncle Raymond loves monry so much,

that I don't think he likes to see it burn.

- Are all these people here for the Uncle?

- Yes, he did a lot for everyone.

From the beginning, he made jobs,

from the benevolence society,

it helped anyone who needed it.

He always give back.

That's why they still stuck with him

after all these years.

- I've no idea.

- Did you grow up in here?

Yes I sure did, you should seen

it when the factory was opened,

busiest place in Chinatown.

- My friends were all jealousies.

- Why?

You could play hide and seek all day

and never been found.

Let's go check it up , come on.

This is no place for children.

- Sammy? here you are .

- Oh, then this is Sam.

You must be Sarah.

How noce to finally to meet you.

- Hey, I'm sorry. I don't...

- Xiang Wu, Raymond's partner in crime.

You are even lovely than your wedding pictures.

Thank you.

Sammy, this is daddy's Uncle Xiang,

who worked with Uncle Raymond.

You are such a big boy.

- I think that I scared him.

- Uncle Xiang.

- Hei, Jason.

- Good to see.

- You have a lovely family.

- Thank you.

The bones'collector is dead.

- The end of an era.

- Yes, Uncle Raymond was a great man.

Jason, I'm going to take him for a walk,

he is strange.

- ok, See you a bit.

- Want to go for a squat?

- It was a nice to meet you.

- Goodbye.

- ok.excuses me

- I'm sorry .

- She is the lady of Shanghai.

- The man with the golden lens.

- You look great.

- Thank you.

This must be the heir of the throne.

This is Blake, mummy's friend.

who We used to work in the newspaper.

- Hello, nice to meet you young man.

- Hello. Thank you.

Are you back?

We are here for the

Jason's uncle funeral .

- What are you shooting?

- Spook month or what they call.

One day and a half and as always not at all...

- Can we go?

- Yeah.

He is right, we probably should go.

My head is splitting.

- Do you know where the drug store around here?

- Yes, right at that corner.

- It was you.

- And good to see you too.

- Take care.

- You too.

- Goodbye.

- Goodbye.

- Hello.

- Does it have Hemp Protein?

- Yes, right back that way at the corner.

- I'll be right back. ok?

" Ghosts and Demons "

- Do you like ghosts?

- Yes.

- Do you know waht season this is?

- hungry ghosts month.

That's right,

you even know the proper name for it.

- Do you want to hear a secret?

- Sure.

All those offerings, the fruit,

the cakes, the burning money...

- You know about that stuff, right?

- Yes.

It does count for much.

- Do you want to know what the ghosts really like to eat?

- What?

Children.

Do not worry, it's gone.

- Was that a ghost?

- A Yunguai, a demon.

Angry ghosts can become demons.

That's why we try

to make peace with the dead.

This time of the year, when the dead

walk in the world of living,

they who can see them,

they have to be most careful.

- why can't everyone see them?

- Most people just feel the fear,

but to see them it take a special kind,

A very sensitive soul.

Hello, do you have something

for the headache?

Your colleague said that it was

back there, but I could not find anything.

I see, the gift was passed from mother to son.

What gift?

For your headache, make tea of this,

boiled with fish head.

Thank you, I 'm not a tea person.

Do you have anything like aspirin or anything?

Take pills for what ill you

in this time of the year,

it like using straw

to build a skyscrapper.

We have to go.

Thank you for your help.

Wait!

You are here for the

bones' collector?

For Raymond Tsai's funeral.

How did you know that?

If it's get too much, come and see me.

My door is always open.

Thank you.

Do you like this?

- Thank you, Aunt.

- Tomorrow, I am going to the market.

I can get whatever you like,

they must be in to the Chinese food.

- Or are you already sick of it?

- No, this is great.

We are fine, do not worry about us.

Of course, I'm worry with your uncle...

if I did not worry

we would be living in the street.

- Do you like it? Want something else??

- Please Sammy tries.

You know the rule, you have

to at least try it once.

- She wants to know if you like duck.

- He loves duck.

You don't speak Chinese?

He speaks a few words.

All time time in Shanghai,

and he does not speak Chinese.

He goes to the international academy,

it is a excellent school,

and we wanted him to have good language

skill when were we return back home.

I see.

- This is delicious.

- The spice is delicious.

Are you well?

I am fine.

My head, I'll right back.

- Are you all right, mommy?

- I am fine, he just eat.

- What wrong with her?

- Sometimes, she has migraines.

I am going to check on her.

You mother is fine,

eats your food.

Do you want to know a secret?

There's ice cream for the dessert.

- God dame it, I can't get a signal here.

- This is bizzare,

I not just feel nausea,

it's the food...

it was moving.

- Get some sleep.

- This whole place feel weird.

It is creepy.

Can you feel it?

What's weird is being in my old room,

- with a girl in my bed.

- Your aunt may hasn't changed.

Itstill can't stand me.

- That is not true.

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