Pei Huai looked Jiang Yue over and nodded when he saw that she was indeed alright. He then said to the other person, "You can go now. Be careful when you walk next time."

"Thanks."

The other person smiled apologetically and turned to leave.

Jiang Yue turned around, touched her arm, and suddenly called out to the person again.

"Wait a moment."

When the other person heard Jiang Yue call out to him, he paused slightly, turned around and looked at Jiang Yue with apprehension in his eyes, "Is...is there anything else?"

Jiang Yue smiled and walked towards him, taking out a few ten-yuan bills from her bag and handing them to him. "I'm so sorry, my bag scratched your clothes. Take this money and buy yourself a new outfit."

She smiled very politely and kindly, with a hint of apology.

The other person looked at her, then at the money in her hand, his eyes filled with apprehension, as if he was embarrassed to accept it.

Jiang Yue stuffed the money directly into his hand, "What happened just now wasn't entirely your fault. I didn't see you either. Your clothes are damaged, so it's only right that I compensate you. Just take this money."

After saying that, without giving the other party a chance to refuse, Jiang Yue gave him the money and left with Pei Huai.

Pei Huai looked at Jiang Yue with a puzzled expression. After entering the restaurant, he asked her in a low voice, "Why did you give that person money? You didn't do anything wrong. He was the one who bumped into you because he wasn't looking where he was going."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yue curled her lips into a cold laugh, "You think he bumped into me because he wasn't looking where he was going?"

Pei Huai was taken aback by the question and subconsciously asked, "Isn't that right?"

"Of course not."

Jiang Yue touched the spot on her arm where she had been bumped earlier, her smile growing colder. "The hotel we booked today isn't your average hotel. Besides, there aren't many buildings around here, so most of the guests who come here are pre-booked."

How could someone happen to be passing by here in such a hurry, and just happen to bump into me?

"You mean he bumped into you on purpose?"

Pei Huai's expression changed instantly. "Why would he do that?"

After he bumped into you, are you feeling alright?

"You don't need to get so agitated, I'm fine."

Jiang Yue took out a talisman from her body and handed it to Pei Huai, saying, "Take this safe; it will keep you safe."

That guy was probably sent by the ghost who'd been plotting against me and the returning thing. He bumped into me, trying to do something to me, but I was prepared and didn't let him succeed.

“I also tampered with the money I gave him. While I was giving him the money, I also put something in his hands. When I get back tonight, I will ask my master to help me find where he is. Now let’s go see the client.”

The tricks she's played with that person and the money aren't working yet, so going back won't help. Let's talk about the cooperation first.

...

On the other side.

After the man left the hotel with the money, a car stopped in front of him shortly after he left. The car door opened, and a pair of hands reached out and pulled the man inside.

"Immortal, you...you've come in person!"

When the man saw the person in the car, he instinctively wanted to kneel down, but the other man pressed his shoulder down and made him sit on the back seat.

"Have you done everything I asked you to do?" The man was wearing a black cloak, so no one could see his face. His voice was rough, hoarse, and somewhat harsh.

If Jiang Yue were here, she would recognize at a glance that this was the ghostly thing that kept appearing in her dreams.

Upon hearing this, the man, who had been pressed into the seat, immediately nodded obediently, "My lord, I have done everything you asked me to do, and that woman did not suspect anything."

As he spoke, the man quickly took out the few dozen yuan that Jiang Yue had given him and handed it to the man in the black robe. "She tore my clothes, but she still gave me a few dozen yuan to buy new clothes. Look!"

"money?"

The man in the black robe looked at the money in the other person's hand, smiled coldly, and did not take it.

"Since she gave it to you, you should keep it."

Jiang Yue is being far too naive to think she can find him with such a small trick.

The car door opened quickly, and the man in black robes said to the other person, "Alright, things are done now, you can leave."

Looking at the bustling city outside, the man hesitated before getting out of the car. Instead, he cautiously asked the man in black robes, "Immortal, I've completed all the tasks you entrusted to me. What about my son's illness..."

"Don't worry, since I promised to cure your son, I definitely won't go back on my word. You can go back now."

"Once I'm done with my work, I'll come to your house tonight and cure your son's illness."

The man in the black robe waved his hand, his tone tinged with impatience.

Treating illness?

Oh!

He can't cure any diseases.

...

After we finished discussing the cooperation and left the hotel, it was almost noon.

Jiang Yue rubbed her temples and said to Pei Huai.

Are you really sure you can handle things on your own?

Pei Huai smiled and nodded, "Don't worry, if I can't even handle this little thing, what qualifications do I have to be your partner?"

Don't worry, I can handle everything else by myself. You should go home and rest.

"Then I'll be going now. Call me if you need anything."

Because she hadn't slept well the night before, Jiang Yue had been feeling a headache and urgently needed to go home to rest.

After Pei Huai's car arrived, Jiang Yue got into the car and had Cheng Wei take her home.

When she got home, her family had already eaten lunch.

Lu Jingnian was not at home.

Jiang Yue asked around and found out that Lu Jingnian had gone out on business, so she stopped worrying about him and went to find Old Man Chen instead.

Upon seeing Old Man Chen, Jiang Yue immediately said, "Master, please take a look at me quickly. I feel like that ghost has done something to me. My head has been hurting since this morning, and..."

She recounted what had happened that morning to Old Man Chen, then showed him the marks on her arm, saying, "These are the marks left on my arm when that person bumped into me today."

If Jiang Yue hadn't been prepared, this thing would have immediately disappeared into her body if it had remained on her arm, and she wouldn't have been able to tell at all.

Old Chen looked at Jiang Yue's arm, immediately took out a very small peach wood sword, and quickly made a cut on Jiang Yue's arm. Soon a drop of blood fell from Jiang Yue's arm, and the mark disappeared.

Jiang Yue found it fascinating. Her arm had been bleeding, but she couldn't find any wounds and it didn't hurt.

"The mark has been broken, but I don't see anything wrong with the headache you mentioned."

Old Chen frowned as he looked at Jiang Yue. "You mentioned a headache, but I didn't see anything else wrong with you. Could it be that you haven't been getting enough rest?"

Didn't you get enough rest?

Jiang Yue frowned. "But I didn't have a headache when I woke up this morning. It started after I had that dream."

She felt it wasn't as simple as just not getting enough rest.