Moonlight scatters, love is gone (Part 1)
The third day.
During the day, Chang Le Street is bustling with traffic, and Zhou Ziqiu sits in the shop flipping through a book.
Despite its unusual name, the shop offers exquisite and reasonably priced goods. Many customers come to Wish Pavilion by word of mouth, and there are also many repeat customers. This is because the prices are cheap, and the owner is good-looking and dedicated. The owner of Wish Pavilion will gently accompany customers to look at the products in the shop, without caring whether they will buy anything or not.
However, a special guest arrived today, as Liu Mei brought Yangyang with her.
Yangyang's complexion was rosy, and you couldn't tell that just a few days ago she was a child who was in a coma in bed.
Zhou Ziqiu put down his book and looked at the child in Liu Mei's arms with a smile. The child was cute and looked like a little angel. Zhou Ziqiu liked the child at first sight.
“Handsome brother!” Yangyang shouted, hugging Liu Mei’s neck and pointing at Zhou Ziqiu. He was still wearing the red string that Zhou Ziqiu had given him.
This was the first time Yangyang had seen Zhou Ziqiu while he was awake. Usually introverted, he was very excited today and showed no signs of shyness. He eagerly ran from his mother's arms to Zhou Ziqiu's arms, clearly remembering what happened in his dream a few days ago.
Zhou Ziqiu took Yangyang from Liu Mei's arms, bent down and kissed the child's cheek. The child was still small and had chubby cheeks. Zhou Ziqiu greeted Liu Mei happily, "Good morning."
Liu Mei nodded to Zhou Ziqiu: "Good morning."
Yangyang couldn't wait to say to Zhou Ziqiu, "Handsome brother! I dreamed about you a few days ago!"
Zhou Ziqiu laughed and said, "Oh? Really? What did Yangyang dream about?"
Yangyang waved her little hand cutely: "I dreamt that Grandpa took me out to play! He took me to so many places!" The child's voice was excited, but also a little sad as she continued: "But when I woke up, I asked Mom to take me to find Grandpa, but Mom wouldn't take me. Handsome brother, can you take me to find Grandpa?"
Liu Mei looked at Zhou Ziqiu with a troubled expression. She didn't know how to explain it to her child, so she could only keep it from him.
Zhou Ziqiu didn't find it difficult to answer the child's question: "Your brother can't take you with him. Your grandfather has gone to a very good place. We can't go there, but he asked me to tell you that you should grow up well here first. When the time comes, you will naturally know where your grandfather went."
This trick worked perfectly; Yangyang's attention was immediately diverted: "Grandpa's so naughty! He doesn't wait for Yangyang when there's something fun to do!"
Liu Mei laughed, tears welling in her eyes: "Yes, Grandpa is naughty."
Afterwards, Liu Mei told Zhou Ziqiu about some of the things that had happened in the past few days. For example, her husband, who originally disagreed with the divorce, suddenly agreed. Moreover, the efficiency of the Civil Affairs Bureau seemed to have improved, and the divorce procedures were completed very quickly. Her husband left with nothing, and she had custody of the child.
Zhou Ziqiu nodded after listening: "That's great. You will live a happy life from now on."
Liu Mei nodded, then continued, looking somewhat hesitant, "Um, Master..."
"Um?"
"Do you think Yangyang... has any talent?"
Seeing that Zhou Ziqiu was still confused, Liu Mei gritted her teeth and said, "Do you think Yangyang has the talent to learn from you?"
Zhou Ziqiu couldn't help but chuckle: "How could a guest have such an idea?"
"Because you're so amazing..." Liu Mei explained.
Zhou Ziqiu shook his head: "My magic cannot be taught, but if you really want your child to learn it, I can help you write letters of introduction to those aristocratic families."
Before Zhou Ziqiu could finish speaking, Liu Mei immediately interjected, "I want my child to learn."
Zhou Ziqiu glanced at Yangyang: "Please let me finish. I do not recommend that your child study it. I hope that your child will make his own choice about what he wants to do in the future, rather than having someone else make the choice for him, even if that other person is his own biological mother."
Liu Mei fell silent for a moment, seemingly lost in thought.
Zhou Ziqiu smiled again: "Of course, if he becomes interested in these things when he grows up, he can naturally come to me, and I will still help him write a letter of introduction."
"letter of introduction?"
A questioning voice suddenly came from outside the door.
Liu Mei and Zhou Ziqiu looked towards the doorway together. Standing there was a middle-aged man who looked refined and gentle, with an elegant demeanor.
Upon seeing the newcomer, Zhou Ziqiu greeted him, "You've arrived."
The man walked into the house, looked at the child in Zhou Ziqiu's arms and thought he was adorable. He couldn't help but reach out and tease the child: "What were you talking about, a letter of introduction?"
Liu Mei hesitated for a moment, unsure whether to speak up, but Zhou Ziqiu had no reservations: "Write a letter of introduction for this child to study magic in those aristocratic families."
The man looked at the child and thought carefully for a moment: "Going to a powerful family is not an option. You don't know, those powerful families are becoming more and more inhuman, each one more despicable than the last."
"Hmm?" Judging from his words, it seemed that the man had another conflict with those aristocratic families.
The man got angry as soon as this was mentioned: "Didn't Qingdeng recently get a new compass? It's incredibly effective at finding ghosts. Recently, the Sun family took advantage of the fact that their ancestral home burned down and they lost everything, so they took most of our ghost-finding compasses! We don't even have enough!"
"Green lamp?!" Liu Mei listened silently to the conversation between the two until she heard the familiar words and couldn't help but exclaim in shock.
The man looked Liu Mei up and down and then asked, "Are you also from 'Qingdeng'?"
Liu Mei shook her head: "I am not, but I met Master Zhou through 'Qingdeng'."
The man then looked at Zhou Ziqiu, his tone clearly showing delight: "You're taking orders again?"
Zhou Ziqiu sighed: "I just picked one up on a whim."
I was just browsing the website out of boredom at the time, and after seeing Liu Mei's message, I casually replied.
The man laughed heartily and patted Zhou Ziqiu on the shoulder, completely ignoring the denial in Zhou Ziqiu's words: "Now that you've started taking orders, then our 'Green Lantern' is definitely better than those damn aristocratic families!"
Liu Mei looked surprised.
Looking at Liu Mei's questioning face, the man enthusiastically explained, "You don't know, Xiao Qiu is incredibly skilled! The most skilled in Qingdeng! It's just that he's been lazy lately and hasn't taken on any work in a long time. He's turned down all the jobs that people have asked him for."
Zhou Ziqiu quickly signaled to the man to stop talking.
The man stayed at the Yuange Pavilion for quite a while before leaving. Seeing this, Liu Mei, holding Yangyang, also planned to leave. However, just before leaving, she remembered the purpose of her visit to Zhou Ziqiu today, and hurriedly took out a small stack of RMB from her pocket and handed it to Zhou Ziqiu.
"What's this?" Zhou Ziqiu raised an eyebrow but did not take the money.
“I saw your price list on the website. I don’t know how much to give you, so I’ll give you this first. If it’s not enough, I’ll transfer more to you.”
There was indeed a price list for each Taoist priest on the green lamp, but he didn't pay much attention when he filled it out; he just wrote down the numbers casually.
"No need. You heard it yourself. I just picked it up casually. I don't need you to give me money."
"No, no, no, I'm so grateful to you, Master. You must take this money." Liu Mei ignored Zhou Ziqiu's words.
However, after a lot of pushing and shoving, Zhou Ziqiu still didn't accept the money, and instead asked Liu Mei to take the money to buy Yangyang a few more toys.
After Liu Mei left, Zhou Ziqiu breathed a sigh of relief.
The man we just saw was the president of the Ghost-Catching Association behind the Green Lamp. His surname was Cui and his given name was Yongle. Although his name was not particularly remarkable, he was one of the most influential people in the entire ghost-catching industry and one of the few people who had contact with Zhou Ziqiu.
Zhou Ziqiu sat in the house, looking at the bustling street with mixed feelings.
For some reason, he had a strange premonition that something would happen in a few days.
Sure enough, Cui Yongle called him the very next day.
It was midday, and two girls were looking at bracelets in the shop. Zhou Ziqiu was standing next to them, looking at bracelets.
Suddenly, the cell phone on the front desk rang.
When Zhou Ziqiu heard the bell, he frowned slightly, then relaxed his brows and smiled apologetically at the two girls. He picked up the bracelets that the two girls had been looking at for a long time and placed them in their hands: "Sorry, something came up, so these two bracelets are a gift for you."
Before the two girls could say anything, Zhou Ziqiu went to the front desk, picked up his phone, and went upstairs to answer a call.
The caller was Cui Yongle.
Zhou Ziqiu had set a special ringtone for Cui Yongle, so when he heard the phone ring, he knew it was Cui Yongle calling him.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Ziqiu asked.
"Didn't you see the green lamp?" the voice on the other end of the phone asked.
"No, I'm not taking orders right now, and I don't look at that."
The person on the other end of the phone said quickly, "Then I'll be frank with you. I saw a request for help on Qingdeng and took it on in your name."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Ziqiu frowned: "I told you I don't take orders."
"Hey! I know you don't take orders, but lately everyone in Qingdeng is out there, no one's in Luoqi."
Zhou Ziqiu frowned deeply and asked, "What about you? Aren't you in Luoqi?"
A voice responded, "I'm in charge of Guanxing."
Zhou Ziqiu's face scrunched up even more: "The Sun family's affairs?" Cui Yongle mentioned a few days ago when he came over that the Sun family had some trouble recently, and the Sun family's location was in Guanxing.
“It can’t be explained in a few words. This matter is very complicated. You should deal with Luo Qi’s request for help first. Quite a few people from Qingdeng have come out with me.”
"...Oh." Left with no other choice, Zhou Ziqiu could only accept the task. After all, the other party had asked for his help, and he couldn't refuse.
After hanging up the phone, Cui Yongle had already sent him the contact person's phone number and told him the meeting place: the Municipal First People's Hospital.
Zhou Ziqiu's expression darkened further.
To be honest, the hospital was the place Zhou Ziqiu least wanted to set foot in, because the hospital was a place of life and death, where people died every day and every hour, and many of their spirits lingered there, unwilling to leave.
Although the place was filled with yin energy, it didn't bother Zhou Ziqiu. Besides, those people had all died of natural causes, and their ghosts wouldn't be as terrifying as those innocent, tragically killed vengeful spirits. Even though he would be stared at by those non-human beings, who could no longer be considered living beings, with their empty eyes when he stepped into the hospital, it didn't matter to him.
Even during the Ghost Festival, when the gates of hell are wide open and all kinds of ghosts roam at night, he feels nothing.
What he disliked about hospitals was the somber atmosphere, which reminded Zhou Ziqiu of many unpleasant things.
Even if Zhou Ziqiu was unwilling, he had no choice but to go to the hospital now.
He went downstairs, but the two girls in the shop were no longer there.
After closing and locking the shop door, he hurriedly hailed a taxi and rushed to the hospital entrance. The driver, seeing his anxious expression and knowing that his destination was the hospital, sped up and arrived at the hospital in ten minutes.
Zhou Ziqiu got out of the car and called the contact person. He met the contact person at the entrance of the hospital. The contact person was a middle-aged woman named Wang Qiuyang.
Wang Qiuyang looked very unwell, and Zhou Ziqiu could see a cloud of black mist gathering between her eyebrows.
The situation is very serious.
Only powerful ghosts with a certain level of spiritual cultivation can influence those around them.
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