Chapter 135 A Talented Actor Used as Cannon Fodder (Part 32) My First...

Grandpa Niu, who was seeing a ghost for the first time in his life, only realized what was happening after Xue Ziqi poked him twice. Lü Guoqiang's appearance in this form meant that he was already dead.

Fortunately, the old man was not only old but also quite brave. He was able to calmly chat with the ghost: "Guoqiang, you've been gone for seven or eight years. Why are you still here? Is there some unfulfilled wish?"

The chubby Lü Guoqiang scratched his head, still looking simple and honest. "Hehe, boss, we were in a car accident before, weren't we framed by someone? I was afraid that bastard would harm you again, so I stayed with you for a few days. But somehow, I couldn't leave."

After saying that, he subconsciously took two steps forward, but was blocked by Lin You's barrier. Only then did he realize what was happening and quietly pulled his foot back.

Lu Guoqiang glanced at Lin You cautiously. Seeing that Lin You still had no expression, she obediently squatted down to the side with her head in her hands. But that posture looked rather strange.

Taking advantage of being the shortest, Xue Ziqi hid behind everyone. However, he was also very curious, so he tugged at Wei Chengzhi's clothes and peeked out.

"Why does he look like he's been arrested by the police? Are all ghosts this sensible these days?" Xue Ziqi couldn't help but mutter under her breath as she looked at Lü Guoqiang's appearance.

The others then realized that this was exactly how she looked after being taken to the police station. Could this ghost have mistaken her for a police officer?

Old Master Niu knew some of the past events and explained to the others, "Back then, because someone was bullying his wife, Old Lu accidentally killed the person and was convicted of excessive self-defense, spending five years in prison."

Upon hearing this, Lü Guoqiang couldn't help but raise his head and add, "I was sentenced to five years, but I behaved well in there and was released after four and a half years."

After he finished speaking, seeing that Lin You did not reprimand him and that the others all looked like they were waiting to hear gossip, he explained his situation.

About twenty years ago, due to financial difficulties, 21-year-old Lü Guoqiang brought his newlywed wife from the countryside to the big city, hoping to find a place to make a living.

He wasn't highly educated and could only earn money through manual labor. Fortunately, the real estate industry was booming at the time, and there was plenty of work on construction sites. As long as he was willing to work hard, it would definitely be enough for the young couple to make a living.

Fortunately, Lü Guoqiang found work on the Niu family's construction site. Old Master Niu was a good person and never delayed paying his workers' wages. In addition, he received subsidies when the weather was cold or hot.

With his salary, Lü Guoqiang and his wife Liu Xiaomei settled down in the city. His wife was also hardworking and set up a small food stall near the construction site, selling pancakes, braised noodles, and free clear soup every day. The business gradually improved.

Liu Xiaomei is as beautiful as her name suggests. She also knows how to take care of herself, and she becomes more and more beautiful every day after she has more money.

There are always more men than women on construction sites, and good-looking women are even rarer. Lü Guoqiang and his wife are not very shrewd, and their secrets were quickly revealed by those with ulterior motives.

An honest, uneducated country boy with a delicate wife trying to make a living in a big city, all alone and without any relatives or friends, isn't he the perfect target for bullying?

At first, it was at Liu Xiaomei's stall that some people ate without paying. A couple of days later, someone else made some lewd remarks while eating, and Liu Xiaomei just swallowed her anger and accepted it.

Of course, bad people won't stop just because you tolerate them. Instead, they'll take advantage of you and bully you even more. One time, when Lü Guoqiang was getting off work late, Liu Xiaomei, who was about to close up shop, was surrounded by three men.

"In a moment of anger, I grabbed some scrap steel bars from the construction site and smashed the heads of all three of them. I was then convicted of excessive self-defense and imprisoned."

When Lu Guoqiang talked about it, he showed no regret whatsoever: "Since they dared to bully my wife, of course I had to take action!"

Grandpa Niu continued, "After such a big incident, I strengthened the security management at the construction site. I specially installed a lot of cameras around the area and hired several security guards to patrol."

Their predicament is somehow connected to my construction site. Since Lao Lü went to jail, I had Liu Xiaomei take charge of providing boxed lunches for the two construction sites, so they could at least have a way to make a living.

When Lu Guoqiang heard him mention his wife, he couldn't help but beam with pride. "My Xiaomei was just pregnant with my daughter back then. She was really capable. By the time my daughter was born, she had turned her boxed lunches into a fast food restaurant."

Seeing that he didn't seem angry, Old Master Niu tentatively asked, "So you're staying here instead of being reincarnated because of your wife's remarriage? Liu Xiaomei waited until your daughter finished her college entrance exam and got into a top university before finding a new boyfriend."

Upon hearing this, Lü Guoqiang quickly waved his hand, "When I was in prison, she was working hard on her business and taking care of the children. I always advised her to remarry. Now that I've been dead for seven or eight years, why would I care about this?"

After saying that, he looked at Old Master Niu and said, "If it weren't for the boss's help back then, my wife and children probably wouldn't even have been able to put food on the table. Later, when I couldn't find a job after I got out, it was you who asked me to be your bodyguard and paid me so much money, which gave me a stable life."

I said back then that I must protect the boss's safety, even if I'm a ghost now, I'll still protect the boss's safety!

Honest people are single-minded, and it was because of this obsession that Lü Guoqiang stayed in the human world. He also became a level seven ghost by helping Old Master Niu, which can be considered as complementing each other.

Boss Niu never expected that this person wouldn't reincarnate because of this matter. He couldn't help but look at Lin You, who nodded decisively.

“His aura is peaceful, without a trace of ferocity. Although he has taken three lives, he is not entangled in any grievances. Moreover, there is a faint aura of merit that is intertwined with yours, as he has saved you at least three times.”

With Lin You and Lü Guoqiang's story coming to an end, they used him as a ready-made example to teach their three little cowards a lesson.

Taking out his notebook, Song Yu wrote down the lesson content before asking, "If this level seven ghost is a good ghost, then what's with the lights at the banquet? Is there another ghost present?"

"Oh, the chandelier's hanging wires were mostly bitten off by something, and this Lü Guoqiang had been using yin energy to maintain the lamp's balance." Lin You smiled, and later she took over the balance and used spiritual energy to keep it hanging.

She even casually added a small protective array to prevent the lamp from falling down for the next thirty to fifty years.

"It was the hamster that the boss keeps that likes to escape. I don't know how it climbed onto the roof. I wasn't watching it for a moment, and it ran to the chandelier and chewed the string. I've put the hamster back in its cage now."

Grandpa Niu finally understood how his hamster had managed to open the cage, run out, and then crawl back in – it turned out Lü Guoqiang had helped him.

Of course, he also understood that his several near-death experiences over the years were not due to good luck.

Grandpa Niu wasn't particularly afraid of Lü Guoqiang to begin with, and after learning the truth, he became even less wary of him. He walked directly to the barrier and earnestly advised him:

"Old Lu, I'm retired now, and there's nothing dangerous for me anymore. If you have the chance, you should reincarnate. Being a ghost isn't a long-term solution."

Lu Guoqiang shook his head. "I originally planned to reincarnate after my daughter finished her college entrance exam. I even asked around for the right opportunity. But Gu Yunting, who keeps contacting you lately, seems to have a problem. I'm worried about him."

After he finished speaking, he realized that he had been arrested. He gave Lin You a pitiful look, then squatted down to the side with his head in his hands.

This behavior makes it seem like Lin You is a major villain.

Lin You looked at him and asked curiously, "Who did you ask about reincarnation? You're a level seven ghost now, stronger than an ordinary soul hunter. How could you just reincarnate like that?"

If the soul energy is too strong, it will not only be incompatible with the body during reincarnation, but it will also easily render the Meng Po soup ineffective. Therefore, people like Lü Guoqiang, if they have not committed any evil deeds, are often directly recruited.

These little bits of common sense were recorded in Song Yu's cultivation manual. According to A Piao, he specially compiled them based on the current situation of the world. Lin You also read them through from beginning to end.

“At the intersection of the third street to the east, there’s an old fortune teller. He told me that as long as I exhaust all my power, he can perform a ritual to send me to reincarnation,” Lü Guoqiang hurriedly explained.

His daughter did very well on the college entrance exam, and his wife found a great partner. He was relieved. If he hadn't seen Gu Yunting, he would have gone there a couple of days ago.

Xue Ziqi suddenly remembered something, took out her phone and searched, "You're not talking about that fortune teller on Yunqing Road, the one who was hit and killed by a terminally ill patient four years ago after swindling someone out of their life-saving money, are you?"

Song Yu had also heard about this: "I heard that more than 20 people were cheated, and the amount involved was more than 400,000 yuan."

Perhaps it was because Lü Guoqiang's aura was relatively friendly, or perhaps it was because his intelligence was so impressive, but Song Yu and the others were no longer afraid of him and could even communicate with him normally.

This could be considered a desensitization method. Lin You felt that this classmate, Lü Guoqiang, was perfect as a sparring partner for her timid little ones.

It took Lü Guoqiang a while to realize that he had almost been scammed again. He tugged at his hair in frustration, still somewhat incredulous. "He's only been dead for four years and he's already a level five ghost. He seems to know a lot. How could he be a liar? Besides, what could I possibly be worth scamming now?"

Even Wei Chengzhi understood now, "You are now at level seven, the most powerful in this area, equivalent to the Ghost King of this city. Isn't it natural that he wants to get rid of you and become the Ghost King?"

Even after becoming a ghost, Lü Guoqiang, who still didn't understand the wickedness of human nature, was scolded by several novice Taoist masters and then dejectedly crawled back into the bottle.

Of course, before going in, he didn't forget to remind Grandpa Niu to be careful of Gu Yunting. He was quite the bodyguard.

Even if Lü Guoqiang had no intention of harming anyone, humans and ghosts are different, and too much contact is not a good thing, so Lin You took the jade bottle away directly.

Besides packing up a lot of delicious food for them, Grandpa Niu also transferred a large sum of money to Lin You's account, calling it a "hardship fee".

In addition, they thoughtfully gave Lin You a VIP membership card, which would allow her to enjoy a 30% discount for life when buying a house in the community developed by the Niu family.

The gift was very thoughtful, and Lin You immediately took two peace charms and two amulets as a return gift. Old Master Niu smiled so much that he got two more wrinkles on his face.

Grandpa Niu personally escorted them to the car, and just as the car started moving, Lin You received another message from Director Yu.

The Zhang family thanked the group for their help and prepared a generous gift for each of them.

Song Yu landed the male lead roles in a TV series and a movie, both with excellent scripts and well-known directors. It's said that the Zhang family directly acquired the rights and invested in the production.

Xue Ziqi received two orders, which were exactly what the Xue family needed most. As long as they did a good job, the Xue family could open up new markets and their assets would multiply several times over in no time.

Wei Chengzhi received a plan that detailed his development path in the entertainment industry, from acting teacher to gradually progressing to various roles, all laid out clearly.

Even Wu Shuang, who was just there for a cameo role, got a spot as a special guest on a music program.

As for Lin You, she received an offer of employment, asking her to be the chief consultant of the National Institute of Customs and Folklore. Of course, the salary and benefits were quite generous.

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Author's Note: Ahhh, I fell asleep when I was almost finished writing yesterday, and I'm missing one of my little red flowers, sob _(:з」∠)_

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