The stall owner refused to accept the money, saying he would give it to Mingzhuo.
Not only that, she also took out a blank postcard and asked Mingzhuo to sign it.
"Consultant Ruan, I really like you! Seriously, you're so amazing, I feel so safe with you around!"
As the stall owner spoke, she packed the books and dolls into a bag for Mingzhuo and handed it to him. A soft click sounded in her ear, and she paused, looking at the puppet in Mingzhuo's hand.
The puppet was incredibly lifelike, with a handsome face and dark eyes staring at her.
Stall owner: "Wow, what character is this? So handsome, even more handsome than Young Master Luo!"
The young master Luo in the book is the young master of the Demonic Sect. With his ambiguous temperament, he has won over many fans and become the most popular male character in the book.
The fact that he ultimately sacrificed his life for the female lead made it even more captivating for fans.
The stall owner initially thought the doll of Young Master Luo was very well made, after all, it was drawn by a famous female artist in the comic book circle.
Unexpectedly, an even more handsome one has appeared, just like Young Master Luo, who is both righteous and wicked—no, even better.
The other party's aura was clearly holy and restrained, like a high priest or great priest in a novel, yet their eyes carried a hint of evil and danger.
Mingzhuo casually stuffed the little wooden thing that had run out into his pocket. "This is the Ghost King, don't bother with the powder."
"Ghost King?" The stall owner was taken aback, but he was still knowledgeable after all. "But the patterns on its clothes look like they are for serving gods."
Mingzhuo nodded: "Yes, it used to be a high priest."
The stall owner thought to herself, "Just as I expected! This aura, both sacred and evil, is absolutely amazing." She instantly imagined a novel of millions of words.
Her gaze fell on Gu Xu, and her eyes instantly lit up. "Oh my god, is this your new partner? He's so handsome!"
He was so handsome she wanted to scream; she felt like she'd instantly found a new crush!
What demonic sect young master, what high priest ghost king, none of them are as good-looking as the person in front of you!
This face is so sacred that one dares not harbor any blasphemous thoughts, yet one also wants to pull him down from his pedestal and drive him mad!
A girl dressed in Hanfu next to him had been observing Gu Xu for a while, after all, her body proportions were too excellent, and even just her back view made people's imaginations run wild.
Seeing the stall owner ask, she simply smiled and chimed in, "Sir, could you please sign my autograph? I'll definitely treasure it and wait until you become a big star, please!"
She's a very cute girl, and usually when she makes such a request, almost no one will refuse.
Unexpectedly, this time they suffered a major setback.
Gu Xu's tone was polite yet distant, clear and cold like shattered jade floating on ice, "I'm sorry, I can't."
Mingzhuo also spoke up to explain: "He is neither a Taoist master nor a sorcerer. He doesn't know magic, he won't appear on TV shows, and he's not in the entertainment industry. You've got it wrong."
The girl glared at her: "What's it to you? Don't make decisions for him. He hasn't said anything himself."
Mingzhao: "..."
Beautiful lady, you're so cute, why are you so fierce!
"This has nothing to do with you either, right? But I can tell you, she has the right to make any decision for me." Gu Xu scanned the code to pay, took the items, and pulled Ming Zhuo away.
Mingzhuo was quite surprised. Ah Xu had always been quite mild-mannered. Although he was a bit cold and distant, he would never show a cold face to people in public.
She looked down at the hand that was gripping her wrist; it was long, slender, fair, and strong, and the bulging veins on the hand seemed to indicate the owner's restless heart...
"Have you forgotten there's still one person?" Li Wenhe's other wrist was also grabbed, and he pressed against her.
Mingzhuo quickly said, "What are you doing? This is outrageous! Let go, let go!"
Li Wenhe gripped his hand even tighter, his gaze fixed on Gu Xu.
Mingzhuo never expected that she, who had dealt with so many ghosts and evil spirits at will, would find herself in such a passive situation for the first time.
"I need to go back to the hotel, something bad is about to happen!" Mingzhuo urged.
Gu Xu looked at Li Wenhe for a moment, then looked away and let go of his hand first.
Once Mingzhuo's hand was freed, he immediately slapped Li Wenhe's hand several times, quite hard, and shouted, "Let go!"
Li Wenhe let go in pain, his hand was red from the beating.
——
Liu Shuang was in a low mood all day and felt completely out of sorts.
She parted ways with He Wangyao and Pei Di, preparing to go straight back to her room.
Instead, He Wangyao called out to her, "We're in the next room. Remember to call us if anything happens."
Liu Shuang nodded casually, went inside, closed the door, and habitually locked it from the inside.
After washing up, she lay in bed and forced herself to fall asleep, but she kept tossing and turning and couldn't fall asleep...
She didn't know how much time had passed when there was a knock on the door. She instinctively rolled out of bed to open it.
As her hand touched the doorknob, she suddenly remembered something and asked, "Who is it?"
"It's me." He Wangyao's voice came from outside the door. "We just bought some mangoes and brought some for you. Please open the door."
Just as Liu Shuang was about to open the door, a question suddenly popped into her mind: how did he know that she liked to eat mangoes?
She carefully reviewed what she had said and confirmed that she had not mentioned to this group that she liked mangoes.
Out of caution, Liu Shuang glanced at Maoyan again.
The peephole was blocked by something, and it was pitch black; I couldn't see anything.
"Forget it, we meant well, who knows what she's thinking? She might even think we have ulterior motives." Another voice rang out, sounding like Pei Di.
Liu Shuang was immediately embarrassed. She turned the doorknob and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..."
"Don't open the door!" He Wangyao's urgent voice rang out.
For a moment, Liu Shuang was still wondering why his voice, which had been right by the door, now seemed so far away.
The next second, the door was slammed shut, and a hand resembling a steel claw reached in through the crack, trying to grab Liu Shuang.
Fortunately, she forgot to remove the door chain, which blocked the other person's movements.
When the opponent missed his first strike, he suddenly reached out to grab the door chain.
In a moment of quick thinking, Liu Shuang slammed his fist against the door. The impact was heavy, but the person's hand was deformed from being caught, yet he didn't utter a sound of pain. Instead, he seemed enraged and pounded on the door even more frantically, as if he were about to break it down at any moment.
Liu Shuang desperately braced herself against the door, staring at the hand stuck in the crack. She hadn't noticed it before, but now she realized what it was.
That was no longer a human hand; the entire palm was bluish-black, and the long fingernails were like steel knives.
So what exactly is that thing outside...?
Just when she was about to lose control, a strange howl came from outside the door, and the hand finally withdrew.
Liu Shuang hurriedly closed the door and locked it.
"It ran away, don't come out, close the door, and don't open the door no matter who comes!" He Wangyao's voice rang out from outside the door.
Liu Shuang then realized that the peephole was working again. Through the peephole, she saw He Wangyao and Pei Di standing outside the door.
Her voice trembled as she asked, "What was that just now? It just pretended to be your voice to trick me into opening the door."
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