Chapter 44 Becoming Lady Xiao's Bodyguard
The moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and the night wind is blowing.
Shen Zhiyi sat cross-legged opposite his master, Taoist Qingshan, holding a black chess piece. After a little thought, he chose a suitable position to put down the chess piece.
"Oh no, you lose, you lose. One, two, three, four, five, hahaha, it's all in a line! Master wins!"
The chess game, which had been deadlocked for half an hour, ended with Shen Zhiyi's defeat.
She struck a good balance and released the water at the right time, neither too early nor too late.
"Master, can you tell me now what the possible sources of the evil spirit in Xiao Lanting are?"
Taoist Qingshan put away the black and white chess pieces and didn't answer her. "Come on, let's play Go next."
"Master, I'm here for this purpose. Please tell me."
Taoist Qingshan glanced at me gloomily. "Why didn't I notice you were so nosy before? Don't you always say 'let everything be done' as a catchphrase?"
The Taoist elder narrowed his eyes and said, "Tell me, who is this man to you?"
Shen Zhiyi: “…”
After all, he is the one who raised me, so I can’t hide anything from him.
She said truthfully, "He has done me and my family a favor, and he likes me, so I want to help him."
"He likes you?"
"Although I haven't officially confessed my feelings, but..."
"Stop, since you haven't confessed your feelings, it doesn't count. Don't be so self-indulgent, or you'll end up getting killed in the future."
"That's not the point, Master. Please help your disciple."
She walked over and sat down beside him, shaking his arm and acting coquettishly like she did when she was a child.
Taoist Qingshan put on airs, twirling his beard and coughing softly: "I am old, and my shoulders have been a little sore lately."
acid?
Chen. Goutui. Zhiyi transformed into a little boy massaging his legs, kneading them with all his might.
The master looked relaxed, with his eyes half-closed, enjoying himself.
Half an hour later, Shen Zhiyi heard a slight snoring sound.
“…”
She closed the door and went out so as not to disturb her master's rest.
Her master has always had a changeable temper. Sometimes he is as childish as a child, and sometimes he is deep and serious. Once he is annoyed, it will take a year to appease him.
She should go back to sleep first.
The long-lost familiar feeling of the hard bed enveloped her, and her sleepiness grew stronger.
But I still hold the phone and can't bear to put it down.
She was cramming information on Xiao Lanting.
Somehow, she suddenly had a desire to know all about his past.
Through online information, she learned that he started his business in college, combining management and technical talents, and in a short period of time led "Huasheng Technology" to make a name for himself in the field of intelligence.
Last year, Huasheng went public and has been developing rapidly.
Although it developed rapidly, everyone speculated that it was because the Xiao family was backing him up behind the scenes.
In this regard, Xiao Lanting never gave any explanation, and used his actual combat results to slap those people in the face time and time again.
Seeing this, Shen Zhiyi inexplicably felt a sense of pride, and the corners of his mouth rose.
In his private life, Xiao Lanting has not yet admitted to having a partner, but he has many crazy suitors.
One of the suitors even made the news.
That man, a former Huasheng employee, fell in love with Xiao Lanting at first sight and pursued him madly. Not only did he publicly declare his feelings within the company, he also secretly followed him home and was arrested as a pervert.
Most of the other suitors also deliberately approached Xiao Lanting on his way to and from get off work, causing a lot of jokes. Some people even picked up Xiao Lanting's used tissues from the trash can and took a deep breath.
Shen Zhiyi: “…”
So perverted.
After being fascinated by it, she sent a message to Xiao Lanting in a madman.
[(Link) Teacher, be careful after work. You'd better hire a bodyguard. There are too many perverts these days. I saw a news report last time that someone actually likes to eat feces in public toilets! And they especially like to grab the hot ones that come out of the oven, and won't let people who are squatting in the toilet flush them!]
The latter sentence was said deliberately by her to prove that "there are too many perverts".
If you need it, I can introduce you. I know a fellow practitioner who specializes in this field. He has a very good foundation in martial arts, and the price is negotiable.
After waiting for a while, Xiao Lanting replied -
【The gentle and weak Lady Xiao: What about you? 】
she?
Shen Zhiyi sat up and instantly became alert.
Why did Xiao Lanting ask her?
【Teacher, do you want me to be your bodyguard? 】
[The gentle and frail Lady Xiao: I don't need to be wary of perverts. But the evil spirit you mentioned requires observation. You can name your salary as you wish.]
Shen Zhiyi thought this was a good idea. She could stay by his side and study evil spirits openly without having to use the excuse of tutoring to go and see him.
She agreed immediately.
[Okay! From today on, I'll be your bodyguard. I promise to be there whenever you call!]
[The gentle and frail Lady Xiao: Go to bed early.]
【good! 】
After talking about it, Shen Zhiyi felt at ease.
I slept very well. When I woke up, it was already dawn and the smell of incense wafted in.
Just by listening to the sound, you can tell that there are many pilgrims coming to worship today.
A certain smell wafted over mixed with the fragrance, and Shen Zhiyi was not surprised.
She quickly got up, washed up, and went out to call a fellow apprentice to ask, "Is there anyone outside looking for me?"
The younger brother nodded hurriedly: "Yes, I'm waiting here to tell you. The people who came are a family of three. They want to ask you to tell their fortune. They arrived before dawn. I didn't dare to wake you up, so I asked them to wait in front."
Shen Zhiyi nodded: “Well, I’ll go and take a look.”
The fish is hooked.
Anyone who can control the life-extending lamp is definitely not an ordinary ghost, but most likely a person who has been possessed by the devil. Her trip was not only to earn life, but also to enforce justice on behalf of the heavens.
Arriving at the front hall, she saw Qin Xiaoyi and her family of three waiting there. As their eyes met hers, they all stood up and walked towards her, their faces full of eager smiles.
"Ms. Shen, I'm Qin Xiaoyi. I'm from the same school as you and was also ranked second last night. I came here this time to ask Miss Shen for help in solving a problem."
Qin Yong: "Miss Shen, I watched your live broadcast last night. To be honest, my symptoms are exactly the same as the scholar's. Please help me, Miss Shen!"
Shen Zhiyi said: “Whatever I ask, you must answer, and you cannot hide anything.”
Qin Yong glanced at his wife beside him and nodded reluctantly.
"Before you first developed these symptoms, where did you go, who did you come into contact with, and what did you bring home?"
"I……"
Qin Yong hesitated for a moment, then, at the urging of his wife and daughter, he awkwardly recounted what happened that day: "I was on a business trip that day and was staying at the Langyue Hotel in Ling'er Mountain. I heard there was a special song and dance performance, so I went to see it. But I definitely didn't go alone; President Pei was there too!"
To prove his innocence, he emphasized this.
But the wife's face still darkened, but she did not lose her temper because of the occasion.
Qin Xiaoyi was shocked when she heard this and asked hurriedly, "Uncle Pei is going too?"
"Yes! We weren't the only ones there, there were other people we didn't know, but we had to queue up to get in. We were greeted by a very young girl, and she was the only one in the room. I still remember that the room smelled really good, and there were gauze curtains everywhere. She danced in the gauze curtains, singing lyrics we didn't understand, and the melody was a bit strange. During the dance, she pulled us to interact and painted a flower between our eyebrows with red powder. I don't remember how it disappeared later. After the dance, she gave me a box of scented candles. Not long after I came back, I fell ill."
Qin Yong added, "Now that I think about it, there must have been something strange in the room, because as soon as I entered I felt groggy and half-drunk, like I was drunk."
Shen Zhiyi: “Where are the candles?”
"I brought it. You said you wanted to destroy it, so we crushed it. But I thought it might still be useful, so I brought it here." Qin Xiaoyi opened a box, revealing a box full of pink candle crumbs.
(End of this chapter)
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