"Qingqing, I have foreseen that your fiancé's family will face a great calamity soon. You should go down the mountain to help him through it and fulfill your engagement!"
Three days ago, Lu Qing had just turned eighteen when his master threw him and his bag onto a bus.
Looking at the bustling street, Lu Qing sighed heavily.
"Coo coo coo..."
Her stomach started rumbling, and all she could do was drink a few mouthfuls of cold water to calm it down.
Her master told her to come and find her fiancé, but he didn't tell her where he lived or what he looked like. All she knew was that his name was Gu Xicheng.
The vast capital city houses tens of millions of people, making it like finding a needle in a haystack.
Lu Qing searched for three whole days, but not only did she not find a single hair of Gu Xicheng, she also lost her last fifty yuan.
In those three days, she only ate one piece of bread, which her master's wife had given her in her bag before she left.
Lu Qing was so hungry that her legs were weak and she felt dizzy, so she could only sit on the curb to rest for a while.
There's an elementary school right across the street. Around the time school lets out, a lot of food stalls come to the school gate.
Fried rice, fried noodles, roujiamo (Chinese hamburger), jianbing guozi (Chinese crepe)...
The aromas mingled together, making Lu Qing's mouth water, and she couldn't help but lean closer.
"Would you like one, young lady? The fried rice smells amazing!" the owner greeted her with a smile as he fried the rice.
Lu Qing was about to nod when he remembered that he was penniless, so he could only turn his head away and not look at the bright yellow fried rice.
"No need, I don't have any money!"
Lu Qing hung her head, about to walk away, when she suddenly saw a primary school student not far away buy a jianbing guozi (Chinese crepe), take only one bite, and throw it on the roadside:
"Pah! This is awful!"
Adhering to the principle that waste is shameful, Lu Qing rushed forward in three steps at a time.
He swiftly snatched the jianbing guozi from the mouth of a stray dog on the roadside and then wolfed it down.
Just as she was happily munching on her pancake, she suddenly felt a figure behind her.
Turning her head, Lu Qing saw an old woman holding a spatula looking at her excitedly:
"You...you...you actually ate my pancake!"
Lu Qing quickly explained, "Grandma, this was thrown away by that child, I didn't steal it!"
The old lady seemed not to understand her words and kept repeating:
You actually ate the pancakes I made!
"You actually ate the pancakes I made!!"
"..."
Lu Qing was puzzled; what was wrong with eating a pancake?
Just as she was wondering, she suddenly looked down at the jianbing guozi in her hand.
"scare!"
Lu Qing was startled; she hadn't looked closely at the food because she was too hungry when she started eating.
Now that I see it, I understand why the old lady was so agitated.
The eerie blue crust, the burnt pork tenderloin, and the sauce that looks like baby poop—it's just like garbage pulled out of a sewer.
Although the pancake looked gruesome, Lu Qing had been starving for three days, and now she would eat anything except shit.
The old lady was so happy that she made two more jianbing guozi for Lu Qing.
"Child, come on! Eat slowly!"
Lu Qing quickly refused, "Grandma, I don't have any money, this is fine with me."
"It's free, this is Grandma's treat for you. I've been selling pancakes for so long, and you're the only one who can eat them!"
Hearing the old lady say that, Lu Qing didn't hold back.
After eating and drinking his fill, Lu Qing let out a satisfied burp:
"Phew~ I'm finally full! Thank you, Grandma!"
Lu Qing smiled and thanked the old lady, but when she looked up, she saw a dark aura flash between the old lady's eyebrows.
A dark aura lingers around the forehead, a deadly ghost laughs!
This old lady is possessed by a ghost.
Lu Qing doesn't easily interfere in other people's affairs, but since the old lady treated her to jianbing guozi today, she must repay this kindness.
So he took out a talisman from his bag and handed it to the old lady:
"Grandma, take this and put it under your pillow tonight when you go to sleep."
The old woman asked, puzzled, "Young lady, what do you mean by that?"
“Grandma, I see your face is dark, you will surely be haunted by evil spirits tonight. I will help you get rid of the trouble, as a way of repaying the kindness of treating me to jianbing guozi,” Lu Qing said solemnly.
The old lady clearly didn't quite believe it, thinking that Lu Qing was either embarrassed to eat her food or wanted more.
So he wrapped up a few more pancakes and gave them to Lu Qing:
"Alright! Child, Grandma doesn't need you to repay my kindness. Anyway, these things can't be sold, so you can eat them all."
"Go home quickly and find a proper job. Don't lie to people anymore!"
After saying that, the old lady smiled and pushed her empty pancake stall away.
Lu Qing wanted to chase after him, but after taking two steps, he stopped and shouted:
"Grandma, I live under the overpass nearby. If you need any help, remember to come find me!"
The old lady turned around and smiled, but said nothing.
Lu Qing sighed. It's hard to persuade a damned ghost with kind words. She was willing to help, but only if the other party believed her and cooperated. Otherwise, not only would things go wrong, but her own luck would also be affected.
Hopefully, the old lady can pull through this ordeal!
...
Back home, the old lady proudly boasted to her family:
"Look! I sold all my pancakes today, isn't that amazing!"
Gu Xicheng glanced at the empty lunchbox and raised an eyebrow:
"Grandma, you didn't have any stock and ended up dumping it, did you?"
The old lady's eyes widened:
“How could that be? Your grandma isn’t the kind of person who wastes food. I swear, all those breads have gone into people’s stomachs.”
Gu Xicheng chuckled and teased:
"I know, that person must not have a sense of taste!"
The old lady was so angry that she grabbed her cane and hit him twice.
"You little rascal, all you do is make fun of your grandma. Instead of wasting your time being so glib, you should find her a granddaughter-in-law!"
"If you hadn't been so unhelpful, Grandma would be a great-grandmother by now, and she wouldn't need to set up a stall to sell pancakes to pass the time!"
Gu Xicheng pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses with an innocent expression:
"Grandma, you can't blame me for this. My parents made a marriage agreement with that old Taoist priest. I'm already engaged, how can I marry someone else?"
Although that's what he said, everyone could tell from Gu Xicheng's nonchalant attitude that he was just using this as a shield.
A marriage agreement? Ha~
If that girl doesn't come, fine. But if she does come, he has a hundred ways to get rid of her!
Gu Xicheng was thinking to himself when Lu Qing, who was sheltering from the rain under the overpass, suddenly sneezed and then wrapped his Taoist robe tighter around himself.
Lu Qing's side remained silent all night, while the Gu family descended into chaos just after midnight.
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