It's a pity that they had always regarded the former store owner as a benefactor, but he actually concealed these things behind their backs.

Although he did give them a discount of 100,000 yuan at the beginning, the various items in their store that had been damaged in the past month, as well as the frequent accidents that had offended customers, had also affected the relationship between them and their husband and wife.

To be honest, one hundred thousand yuan is not enough for them to "heal".

If I had known this was going to happen, who would have dared to take over this store?

And the most hateful thing is that the old lady just called and asked about the altar. Even at this point, the original owner still refused to tell the truth. It's really too much!

So when the original owner came, he saw the old lady and her family of four glaring at him angrily.

He felt somewhat guilty, knowing that they had probably already learned the truth and that he had deliberately concealed it.

"Well, you're all here."

He gave an awkward laugh and then his eyes began to search around, as if he was looking for someone.

Lin Xi raised his eyes and looked at him.

"Are you looking for me?"

This voice is the same one on the phone who said that strange things have been happening in his family recently!

The former store owner immediately looked over and found that the person who spoke was a girl who was much younger than her husband.

His eyes couldn't help but show a hint of suspicion.

Was that really her who was on the phone just now?

Lin Xi didn't bother to explain and said directly: "The tree spirit was chopped down innocently. You must be the main messenger. If you want to resolve this matter, you must make it apologize sincerely, and then invite the tree spirit back home and worship it for at least a year to appease its anger."

The man was horrified when he heard this.

It turns out that the troubles he had encountered recently were really because of that old tree!

At this moment, he didn't bother to question whether Lin Xi was the person on the phone. He just said with a sad face: "How could I have known that tree could become a spirit? If I had known earlier, I would never have cut it down."

Decades ago, this street was not a street, but a village.

Ever since the man could remember, there had been such a tree at the doorstep of his home. The tree had grown up by then. He only knew that the tree had been alive for at least several decades, but he was not sure of its exact age.

When they were young, this tree was in front of their house. The family would use its shorter branches as clotheslines to dry clothes, and would tie ropes to the thicker branches to use as swings.

In summer, the dense leaves can just provide shade for the whole family.

It can be said that this tree has witnessed the man's growth and brought a lot of convenience to their family's life.

Later, their village was developed, and their old house happened to be planned as a street. And because of the suitable location, the old house was just demolished and rebuilt, and the rest did not change much.

As for the big tree at the door, no one touched it, so it continued to live with their family.

Several decades later, the man took over the family business, but every day when he sat in the store and looked at the street, he gradually found that the light in front of his store was getting dimmer and dimmer.

Even in the bright sunshine during the day, the light at the store entrance is much dimmer than other places.

It happened that the store's business was bad during that period. The man didn't think it was his fault, but only thought it must be a problem with the lighting.

After all, why are the lights in the counters in big shopping malls so bright? Of course, it is because the light can attract customers' attention and better display the products.

Let alone other things about his shop, the darkness at the entrance alone is enough to make passers-by ignore it.

So it must be this tree that blocked the light and also blocked his fortune.

So the man decided to cut down the tree!

If he only trimmed the branches, the main trunk would still grow more branches and leaves, and he was too lazy to clean them again and again.

So we decided to just go all out and cut down the whole tree.

This way it can last at least ten or even dozens of years.

So he just used his tools and spent a whole day to cut down the tree. (PS: The century-old tree is already a protected plant and cannot be cut down privately. It is illegal. This is just for the plot)

When the neighbors learned that he was going to cut down the tree, they were shocked and advised him not to be impulsive. Some elderly people even said that the tree was so old and had already become spiritual, and that cutting it down would bring retribution.

But the man didn't believe it at all and didn't listen at all.

It just so happened that the city was making a greening plan during that period, and they really wanted to move the trees on their street and replace them with trees, so the man thought he had saved a lot of trouble by cutting down the trees in advance.

But the final result was that he found that after the big tree was cut down, the business of the store not only did not improve, but got worse and worse, and even all kinds of strange things began to happen in the store.

At that time, the man did not connect these abnormalities with the tree. He just thought it was bad luck. Also, what came into the store?

He couldn't make much money running the store anyway, and finally he didn't want to embarrass himself anymore, so he decided to sell the store outright.

It could be rented out, but he was worried that if strange things continued to happen after the house was rented out, the tenant would have to keep arguing with him and he would have to keep changing tenants, which would be very troublesome.

So I just sold the store and put an end to it once and for all.

Old lady Lu and her son and daughter-in-law became the "victims".

He thought that everything would be worry-free after he sold the store, but he didn't expect that he would live a peaceful life for a while. However, a few days ago, strange things started happening at home again.

He began to panic again, and at the same time he had a vague premonition that these strange things might really have been caused by the chopping down of the big tree.

"Master, I know I was wrong. Please tell me how to make offerings. I will learn it carefully!"

He now only hopes that this matter can be resolved quickly and he will never dare to do something similar again.

Lin Xi told him the method. The man was afraid that he would not be able to remember it, so he turned on the recording software and took notes in a notebook. His serious look made Lin Xi want to shake his head.

If I had known this would happen, why didn't I check it out in advance or ask more people?

I'm afraid that the things that happened later would not have happened, and the ancient tree would not have died.

After the former shop owner repeatedly assured him that he would enshrine the ancient tree as soon as he returned, it was the turn of the old lady's son and daughter-in-law to argue with him. They simply said that he had deliberately concealed the truth from them, causing them not only to suffer heavy losses in the past month, but also to live in fear every day.

The original store owner also knew that he was in the wrong in this matter, and finally decided to compensate them for part of the loss and apologized to them, and the matter was finally over.

Queen Lin Xi drew out the remaining spiritual energy from the ancient tree under the altar and brought it to the man's home, allowing it to receive offerings.

Although the tree was cut down and almost all of its hundred years of cultivation was destroyed, this trace of spiritual energy was still there. With the offerings of believers, it would not be difficult for it to repair the chain if it wanted to.

After the matter of the ancient tree was resolved, Lin Xi went straight back to the store and started her leisurely rest time.

The next day she lay in the store and watched TV all day. It was not until around four in the afternoon that she got up from the soft sofa and set off for school.

She didn't forget that Zheng Nianhe said in the group yesterday that there would be an event at the Tian Supernatural Society.

She was quite interested in it.

At six o'clock sharp, all fourteen members of the Supernatural Society gathered at the east gate of the school.

Zheng Nianhe called the roll one by one and was very satisfied after confirming that no one was absent.

"Hey, now that we're all here, let's go. Everyone knows how to ride a bike, so scan the shared bikes and ride one each!"

As for why not charter a car?

Of course, their supernatural society doesn’t have enough funds!

Besides, college students should advocate environmental protection. Riding a bicycle is so great!

After saying that, Zheng Nianhe took the lead and went to the place at the school gate to scan the shared bicycles.

The other clubs followed suit and successfully scanned their bicycles.

Only Lin Xi glanced at the shared bicycle in front of him and said nothing.

This was her first time riding a bicycle, but just because she had never ridden one didn't mean she hadn't seen others ride one.

When he was in high school, many students rode bicycles to school. Lin Xi felt that he should be able to do it by watching, but he just didn't have the opportunity to practice.

Right now there was an opportunity to combine theory and practice, so Lin Xi decisively took one.

Then he got on the bike, pedaled hard, and before anyone could react, he rode a long way away, even the owner of the electric scooter next to him was stunned.

Zheng Nianhe: “!!!”

Seeing that the person was about to disappear, he hurriedly shouted at the smaller and smaller figure.

"Lin Xi, stop right there!"

Is there a speed limit for bicycles on the road?

Zheng Nianhe didn't know.

But he knew that if Lin Xi continued to act like this, something would definitely go wrong!

Either she has a problem or someone else has a problem.

Fortunately, this shout successfully called Lin Xi back.

Lin Xi came back on her bike in a flash. Seeing the stunned expressions of Zheng Nianhe and the group of members nearby, she said, "I just want to try it out first."

She didn't even know where her destination was, so Lin Xi certainly wouldn't just ride away.

Zheng Nianhe was in a complicated mood: "You still remembered to wait for me to lead the team. The way you looked just now, I thought you were going to never come back."

Lin Xi: “?”

Why do I feel like his tone is weird?

"Boss, when you ride your bike later, follow behind us. Don't fall behind. Ahem, overtake us. Do you understand?"

Zheng Nianhe was really afraid that Lin Xi would disappear again while pedaling.

He looked down at the bicycle Lin Xi was riding.

Isn't this the same as their bicycle? How come it can run at the speed of an electric scooter?

Could it be that this is not a bicycle, but an electric bicycle?

Zheng Nianhe looked left and right but couldn't find anything different about his car. In the end, he could only attribute the problem to Lin Xi.