This is an old story I heard from a taxi driver in Beijing.
About 20 years ago, I was sent to Beijing for a short company trip to attend a meeting. After the meeting, I took a taxi to the Beijing International Airport. Somehow the taxi driver started to chat with me and somehow the conversation veered to ghosts.
Before becoming a taxi driver, Huang was a tour guide. Being a guide he used to stay with his tour group for the entire trip within China.
During one of Huang's trip to Xian (西安) with a group of foreign tourists, they put up with a hotel at night. All of the tourists were given freedom to move around at night but Huang was just too tired for any activities. Besides, Huang has gone to Xian for many times so he decided to take an early rest.
After cautioning his tour members, he went to his room at around 8 pm.
Not long after he retired to the room, Huang heard someone knocking on his room door. He thought it might be some members seeking help. So he opened the door.
There stood a pretty and sexy lady and she said: "Mister, do you want company?"
Huang was feeling quite sleepy so he responded impatiently: "Sorry sister, I am too tired tonight. Bug someone else please!"
And then, he slammed shut the door.
I interrupted Huang's story and jokingly said: "How can you resist a good supper!?"
Frowned, Huang replied impatiently: "Come on, if anyone is caught with calling a hooker in China liable to be fined and labor reformed! Serious matters!"
Huang continued to say that he looked at the watch, it was almost 1 am, so he returned to bed. And, then he was awakened by another round of door knocking sound...
Huang opened the door and there was the same pretty lady again. She begged: "Mister, please let me in... it is very cold outside... please don't be so cruel!"
Now a little impatient, Huang shouted at the lady: "Leave now or I will call public security (公安)!"
Perhaps the threat worked and there were no more knocking on the door.
A few moments later, the telephone near Huang's bed rang. He picked up the phone and it was the same sweet voice of the lady: "Please let me in kind sir... I am cold..."
Feeling agitated, Huang immediately hung up the phone.
Now Huang can't return to sleep after being disturbed a few times. Suddenly his eye sight caught hold of something moved behind the balcony curtain. On second look, it was the lady who begged to be let in.
At this point, her pretty face turned green and grimed with a foot long tongue hanging from her mouth... There was an disembodied voice in the air as if came from the ghostly figure: "Stupid and cursed man! Why didn't you let me in... you took my money and strangled me..."
The dumb founded Huang suddenly felt his throat being strangled by a pair of icy cold hands. He struggled and just as he was at the brink of passing out, there was another knocking on the door...
"Public security room check! Open the door!" Apparently it was the security room check.
Suddenly, the strangling force on Huang's neck was gone and he was able to craw to open the door.
Once the door was opened, Huang saw two public security personnel were standing in front. One of them said that someone lodge a report that a lady went into Huang's room on the suspicion of prostitution activities. Hence they came to investigate.
Huang insisted that he was alone but the public security insisted on searching. Of course, Huang was more than happy to let them search...
After satisfying that there was no lady in Huang's room, the security personnel left.
Finally Huang said: "Mister, I couldn't tell them about the GHOST, could I... Then I might be fined or imprisoned for spreading supernatural rumors! Hahahah!"
I am not sure if the rules in China has relaxed nowadays, but don't entangle with so-called 'improper sexual relationships please!"
Last time I heard that they would stem 'brothel frequenter' (嫖) on your passport once caught...
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