She lit a talisman, and in the dim blue light, the puppet's face became even more lifelike, as if it would speak at any moment.
The thought popped into Ruan Mingying's mind, but she immediately dismissed it. How could that be? She must be overthinking it.
The next second, her eyes widened—
Suddenly, the puppet stood up, stretched its body with a click, gave her and Mingzhuo a graceful bow, then jumped off the coffee table and disappeared into the vast night.
Ruan Mingying: "..."
Someone, please come quick! She's about to faint.
Is her sister truly practicing Taoism legitimately, and not raising a ghost?
This was completely different from the monks and Taoist priests she knew!
——
The following day, Mingzhuo went to school to register.
After she disappeared, her family went to the school to arrange for her to take a leave of absence, telling the school that she was sick and needed to rest.
Pear Blossom Valley is far away in Qinghai Province. At that time, the "Spirit Inquiry" program made a big splash, but it was quickly taken down. People who don't use the internet much have no idea about it.
Besides, the school's teachers are all staunch materialists who never believe in these things and therefore don't watch these kinds of programs.
So the school actually believed this reason.
When Li Huili saw Ming Zhuo reporting for duty, she was immediately thrilled. "Great! Their top student is back!"
However, there's another problem: "You've missed too many classes, and the college entrance exam is just around the corner. Do you think you should repeat a year to prepare more thoroughly and then try again next year?"
This is a prudent consideration, after all, Mingzhuo was originally a potential top scorer in the college entrance examination. It would be such a pity if he lost his top scorer position because he missed too many classes!
Mingzhuo thanked Li Huili for her kindness and repeatedly assured her that he could take the college entrance examination without any problem, which dispelled Li Huili's doubts.
As the group walked out of the teachers' office, Li Wenhe suddenly said, "Is it because you don't want to be our junior that you didn't repeat a year?"
Pei Di: "If the boss has to repeat a year, then I'll repeat a year too. You won't become my junior; you'll always be my boss!"
During the past six months that Mingzhuo was away, he really suffered enough from studying!
Li Wenhe is a monster. While he's frantically stirring up internal family conflicts, he still manages to find time to supervise his drawing of talismans and reading!
The key point is that when Mingzhuo is around, this guy, although occasionally sarcastic, is still relatively mild-mannered; when Mingzhuo is not around, this guy completely degenerates.
Pei Di spends his days either frantically working on his homework or practicing drawing talismans. He even dreams about doing practice problems. Thinking about it, I can't help but shed a tear for myself.
Pei Di looked at Ming Zhuo with anticipation.
Mingzhuo ruthlessly shattered his hopes: "You're overthinking it. I didn't repeat a grade because I genuinely can keep up; it wasn't forced."
He glanced at Pei Di and then said, "But you've been studying Taoist magic for so long and have already laid a foundation. Your grades should have improved quite a bit, right?"
Li Wenhe said coldly, "He only improved from third to last in the class to tenth from last."
Mingzhao: "..."
She coughed lightly to cover her mouth. "It's alright. Now that you have a little bit of magical power, I can help you open your spiritual aperture, so that you can learn twice as well with half the effort in the future."
She had previously said she had a way to help Pei Di open his spiritual aperture, and now it's almost time.
Moreover, thanks to Li Wenhe, the "King of Scrolls," Pei Di's frantic talisman-drawing over the past six months has not been in vain; his current level is far better than Ming Zhuo had predicted.
She explained the situation again, and finally added, "If you work hard for these last three months, you should have no problem getting into a top-tier university."
When Xie Xiao heard that Ming Zhuo had returned, she excitedly ran to find him and happened to overhear this.
She was somewhat shocked; she hadn't realized that studying Taoism had such benefits.
Mingzhuo saw her and walked over naturally, saying, "Long time no see. Let's go, time for class."
Xie Xiao nodded and obediently followed behind Ming Zhuo, before realizing what was happening a few seconds later.
She sighed. The big boss was indeed a big boss; his aura was as powerful as ever.
She originally wanted to ask if the other person needed help, since they had missed so much class and were probably falling behind. She had prepared notes and was eagerly waiting to use them every day.
It seems that it's completely useless.
However, she had expected it, so although she was disappointed, she wasn't too shocked. Instead, there was something she didn't know how to tell Mingzhuo.
Xie Xiao was conflicted all day, but Ming Zhuo noticed something was wrong the next day.
"Is there something you need me to help you with?"
Xie Xiao hesitated for a moment: "It's like this, a relative of mine wants to buy a talisman..."
Li Wenhe glanced at her. "Didn't you already buy a few amulets from me?"
Xie Xiao chuckled awkwardly, worried that the effect wouldn't be good enough.
Last year, she watched the live stream of "Only Three Fortune Tellers" and saw that the amulet the host was giving away was exactly the same as the one Mingzhuo sold to their family. She immediately concluded that "Only Three Fortune Tellers" was Mingzhuo!
Later, Mingzhuo dropped out of school, ostensibly to recuperate, but Xie Xiao was interested in these paranormal events and had watched the most sensational episode of "Inquiry into the Spirits."
She knew that Mingzhuo had been left on that ghost train.
So when the live stream room that only offered fortune telling stopped broadcasting fortune telling and started selling amulets, she knew that the person behind the account had changed.
As luck would have it, she had also seen the talisman drawn by Li Wenhe, and immediately knew that Li Wenhe had taken over Mingzhuo's account.
Xie Xiao quickly added, "If it doesn't work, then forget it."
She felt quite embarrassed, but it was her beloved aunt who had come to her door, and she felt awkward refusing.
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