Chapter 56. Pick pick me up

Xie Fei nodded nonchalantly, sat back on the beauty couch, and asked calmly: "What's going on?"

Hei Wuchang glanced at the girl kneeling on the ground and explained, "When we were escorting her back, we passed the Netherworld Bridge. She saw the large gilded words of the Soul Pawnshop from afar, so she asked curiously. I was rash and told her the function of this cave. After listening, she was silent for a moment, and when we were not checking, she broke free from the soul sail and ran straight towards us."

After saying this, the two men knelt on one knee, touched their foreheads to the ground, and said, "We are incompetent and have disturbed you, sir. Please forgive us, sir."

"It's okay." Xie Fei waved his wide sleeves and said without much emotion. Then he turned his gaze to look at the girl who was still kneeling on the ground.

She looked young, probably just in her early twenties, with willow-shaped eyebrows, bright eyes, red lips and a delicate nose. Her black hair was tied into a ponytail and held up high with a black rubber band. There was a tear on her smooth forehead, and blood had stained most of her cheeks and hair red, which greatly reduced her beauty. The girl was wearing a loose black T-shirt stained with blood, and loose linen gray pants, which covered her graceful figure, leaving only her slender waist barely visible.

"What do you want from me?" Xie Fei looked at her for a moment and asked calmly.

"I just want to have a passionate love affair." The girl raised her head, looked straight at Xie Fei, and said in a loud voice.

Xie Fei couldn't help but look at her in surprise. For such a small thing, she was willing to exchange her soul for it?

"You know, if you pawn your soul, there will be no past life, and no afterlife." Xie Fei opened his lips to remind him, "If you want to fall in love, you can reincarnate after--"

"I don't care about the afterlife. I only want this life. The me after reincarnation will not be the me now. I don't know what regrets I will have in the afterlife. I only know that I want to have a passionate love in this life." The girl interrupted Xie Fei and said firmly, "Let's finish this life and don't expect the afterlife."

Xie Fei was startled. This kind of courage and decisiveness was the first time he had seen in a mortal soul. He admired her very much, so after a moment of silence, he smiled and said, "In this world, there are very few people who know what they want. You are the most special one I have ever seen. In view of this, I agree to your deal..."

At this moment, there was a slight ripple in the air, and Judge Cui appeared in the blink of an eye. He bowed and interrupted, "Lord Ksitigarbha, would you like to reconsider this matter? After all, the purpose of your establishment of the Soul Pawn Shop is to eliminate evil spirits. Isn't it not worth it to delay for these trivial matters?"

Xie Fei's slender fingers tapped gently and orderly on the rosewood table. He agreed to this transaction not only because he liked the girl's personality, but more because he wanted to do an experiment - if it was an ordinary transaction, would he still be able to meet her, that mysterious soul.

Thinking of this, Xie Fei raised his hand and said calmly: "No need to say more, let's make the deal."

"Sir..." Judge Cui frowned and wanted to persuade him again.

Xie Fei's expression turned stern, and he said in a cold voice: "In your eyes, her wish is not only a trivial matter, but may even be a little ridiculous. However, you are not her. This trivial matter that you think is of little value is a big deal for her, so big that she is willing to sacrifice her soul for the deal."

After a pause, he stroked his clothes calmly, with a faint glow between his eyebrows: "The same principle applies to cultivation. You must remember that there is no absolute size, it just varies from person to person."

The voice is clear, yet deafening.

When Judge Cui and Black and White Impermanence saw this scene, they suddenly widened their eyes in surprise and gasped.

Holy light appeared on Lord Ksitigarbha's forehead, which showed that what he said was the truth of heaven, and that they who heard this truth with their own ears would also be improved to varying degrees. In an instant, the three of them were filled with surprise and admiration. After looking at each other, they bowed to the ground with respect and said in unison: "Yes, we will remember it. Thank you Lord Ksitigarbha for your teachings."

Xie Fei was also stunned for a few breaths, and then he waved his sleeves and lazily leaned back on the beauty couch: "Get up, Judge Cui is going to record the transaction, if you two have nothing else to do, please leave."

The three of them responded and stood up. Judge Cui waved his sleeves, and the Judge's Pen and the Book of Fiendish Souls appeared in his hands. Xie Fei glanced at the stool next to him and said to the girl, "Stand up and sit down and talk slowly."

The girl smiled gratefully, sat on the stool and began to tell the story -

The girl's name is Chu Ran. She is a senior student at the Central Academy of Drama. The most special thing about her compared to other students is that she is very beautiful. She is so beautiful that she can still stand out among so many good-looking girls in a school like the Central Academy of Drama. So soon after she entered the school, she was voted as the "most beautiful campus beauty of all time" by the nosy boys.

It is inevitable that a beautiful girl has many admirers, especially with the title of "the most beautiful school beauty of all time", but Chu Ran is a girl with high IQ but low EQ.

At the age of eighteen, when she should have been beginning to fall in love, she was still ignorant about love. It was understandable that she could not see through the various romantic tactics designed by those boys. She even became good friends with these boys naturally. Of course, it was unknown whether they had given up on her or not.

Generally speaking, girls who are popular with boys will be ostracized by other girls, but Chu Ran is not like that because she has a straightforward and generous personality. She does everything by herself and does not rely on her good looks to act like a spoiled child and ask boys for help. She even often helps other girls with heavy work. Therefore, she is very popular with girls and is the big brother in everyone's mind. People look for her when they have difficulties.

Yes, it’s the big brother, not the goddess.

Even though Chu Ran was very pretty, she always dressed simply all year round, wearing a T-shirt and long pants in the summer and even wrapped up like a ball in the winter.

Because she is too tall and not used to it, her shoe cabinet only has canvas shoes and sneakers.

She has smooth black hair, but she thinks it is in the way, so she always ties it into a high ponytail. If her mother hadn't forced her, she would have wanted to cut it off directly.

The little face is bare-faced all year round, and there is nothing on the cabinet except a bottle of facial cleanser and baby cream.

When hanging out with girls, everyone likes to hold her hands and act coquettishly, lean on her shoulders and act nice, because they say that her height is like that of a boyfriend, and she will even take care of them in every possible way.

Chu Ran was a rough guy among a group of beautifully dressed girls. Over time, the boys who had pursued her began to shift their targets and gradually became good friends with her. They would often complain to her, eat barbecue, and watch movies with her...

By the time Chu Ran came to her senses, the boys' impression of her was already - a good person, honest, a big brother, a close friend...

Girls treat her as a close friend and imaginary boyfriend.

Just when Chu Ran was worrying about how to solve this problem, the well-known domestic Jinjiang Entertainment Company launched a variety show called "Let's Be Together", a dating reality show in which three men and four women go on a romantic date for a week at the beautiful beach.

Couples who are successfully matched can directly enter another connected imaginary couple life program called "Sweet Newlyweds", and their vacancies will be filled by newlyweds. After the imaginary married life ends, they will make one last choice. If successful, they will hold hands and leave. If unsuccessful, they can choose to re-pair or leave.

The biggest gimmick of this program is that couples who enter the life of a virtual couple will be obstructed by the male and female guests of the "Let's Be Together" program, which is a test of love. If they fail the test, they will also need to be re-paired.

Chu Ran was discovered by the program producer because of her beauty, and she was strongly invited to participate in the program. Chu Ran also happened to be thinking about falling in love, and she was in her senior year and had a relatively free period, so she agreed after hesitating for a moment.

Unexpectedly, this was the source of her pain.

After the program was prepared, Chu Ran was taken to the destination by the program crew. On the first day of the program, Chu Ran immediately amazed everyone as soon as she appeared. Because she was beautiful, and the program makeup artist put on makeup for her, she was even more stunningly beautiful. So all the male guests that day surrounded her, wanting to chat with her alone.

Because the pairing of the program group is random and voluntary, after the male guests and the female guests spent two days together, Chu Ran's popularity plummeted. Because she speaks bluntly and doesn't like to dress up, she makes the atmosphere of the date like a gathering with brothers, and the words she often says are "I'll do it", "I can do it", and "No need".

In comparison, the other three female guests are either fond of acting like a spoiled child, are good at dressing up, or are good at creating an atmosphere, which makes Chu Ran look like a vase. Apart from her good looks, she has nothing to attract men. Although the other three female guests cannot compare to her without makeup, they are not much worse after putting on makeup.

So in the following few days, except for the random pairing where Chu Ran was paired with a male guest, during the rest of the free activities or independent pairing time, almost no male guests asked her out for a chat or a date. They would only call her when they needed help.

In the final selection stage on the seventh day, although Chu Ran guessed in her heart that no one might choose her, she still had expectations and a good impression of one of the male guests named Yu Yiyang, because in the bedtime talk session arranged by the program team every night, he spent most of the time asking Chu Ran to chat and talk, and he even chose Chu Ran several times in the independent pairing, and the two of them went to the movies, ate barbecue, and traveled together.

However, after the results were announced and the confession video was released, Yu Yiyang looked at Chu Ran in shock, not understanding why she chose him. Later, he even took the female guest who successfully matched with him to her and said with displeasure: "I think you misunderstood. I have never liked you. I talked to you to understand Xinyi's hobbies. I went to the movies and ate barbecue with you to thank you for providing me with Xinyi's information. I don't like girls like you. You are not feminine at all."

As he said this, he looked her up and down with disdain: "I don't think any normal boy would like you, do you understand what I mean?"

If it were said in real life, she would not care about it with Chu Ran's personality. However, this is a program that will be broadcast nationwide, so not long after this episode was broadcast, rumors suddenly spread in the Central Academy of Drama.