Shortly after the related reports were published, Ruan Bei received a call from Shen Linpeng, who expressed his gratitude to them.
Shen Linpeng said on the phone that in this situation, he should have commended them, but it was not a good idea to talk about ghosts openly, so he could only report to the superiors who knew about it.
Their contributions, however, cannot be made public.
Ruan Bei expressed his understanding. He said that if he didn't have the ability to catch human traffickers and rescue abducted women and children, he would let it go. But if he did have the ability, he would be happy to lend a hand.
Shen Linpeng also mentioned Le Yuan's situation. The case has now been submitted to the procuratorate and is awaiting prosecution. Ruan Bei and the others cannot visit Le Yuan again before the trial.
Shen Linpeng said that Le Yuan is doing well and has a positive attitude. The lawyer introduced by Bai Miaomiao is very capable and should be able to help Le Yuan get a lighter sentence.
And then there's Zhang Gulin. Just as Qin Gu had guessed, this guy is staying at the hospital and refusing to leave.
He's a ruthless guy. After being reported by the owners of the lost pets, he deliberately ripped open his wounds to avoid going to the police station to assist with the investigation. He's still in the hospital now.
Ruan Bei was so angry he could hardly contain himself. This kind of person was not only psychologically abnormal, but also shameless. Ordinary people simply couldn't do anything about him.
However, they are no ordinary people, and Zhang Gulin is bound to suffer.
After hanging up the phone, Ruan Bei asked Qin Gu, "How's the situation over there? When can we make our move?"
He can't wait to see Zhang Gulin slaughtered like an animal.
"It should be about time. Given the stability of his soul, it should be within the next day or two."
Qin Gu leisurely prepared the talisman ink, saying nonchalantly, "Didn't you tell Dong San and the others to keep an eye on things? They'll report back if there's any news."
After they found an opportunity to apply the Yin-gathering talisman to Zhang Gulin, they couldn't keep an eye on him all day to see when he would lose control of his soul and leave.
He had two little devils by his side, but Ruan Bei couldn't bear to send either Niu Niu or Pudding out to keep watch for him, so he called over the Five Ghosts from the Eastern Suburbs, with whom he had cooperated well last time.
Only when they called out did they realize that the five ghosts of the eastern suburbs had become the six ghosts of the eastern suburbs. The third ghost was clever; he coveted Zhao Xiuer's Yin Qi Talisman, but he was also wary of Ruan Bei and Qin Gu, so he dared not snatch it.
He changed his approach, tricking the naive Zhao Xiuer into joining them, making her recognize five ghost brothers, and incidentally sharing the Yin Qi talisman with the newly recognized sister.
Ruan Bei had nothing to say about this move.
Zhao Xiuer was overjoyed and kept praising her five brothers. Since they were both willing to give and receive, no one could interfere with them.
Dong San is cunning, but his character is not bad. The last time we cooperated, it was quite pleasant, so this time Ruan Bei entrusted them with the task of surveillance.
Dong San was very willing to do things for them. Although he was not the leader of the ghosts in the eastern suburbs, several ghosts listened to him and he led them to keep an eye on Zhang Gulin.
Once the deed is done, a Yin Qi talisman will suffice as payment.
With Dong San keeping an eye on things, he didn't really need to worry too much. Ruan Bei scrolled through the news, somewhat indignantly saying, "I think those human traffickers were given lenient sentences."
Qin Gu paused for a moment: "I forgot to tell you, I took a few pictures of the bad luck charms on them."
Ruan Bei: "When?"
"On the day of the arrest," he pretended to talk to Shen Linpeng, walked past those people twice, and used up all the bad luck charms he was carrying.
Ruan Bei laughed, gloating, "Serves them right, I hope they all suffer bad luck."
He didn't believe that such a rotten person could have good luck; bad luck plus a curse would be the best outcome—to die a miserable death.
On Friday night, Ruan Bei was packing his things to go home when he suddenly heard someone calling him from outside the window.
He turned his head and was startled to see two ghosts, Dong San and Dong Wu, pressed against the window, grinning at him.
Ruan Bei: "..."
He picked up his phone, pretended to go to the balcony to make a call, and asked them through a Bluetooth headset, "What brings you here?"
Dong Wu clung to the window, staring longingly at the small room on Ruan Bei's table, where the aura of the Yin Qi Talisman emanated.
Dong San was a little better off than him. He pulled his brother aside and smiled ingratiatingly at Ruan Bei: "Master, the person you asked us to keep an eye on has lost his mind."
"Gone? So fast!" Kunkun said there were still two days left.
Dong San laughed awkwardly: "Well, he's been having trouble sleeping lately because of sleep paralysis. He doesn't sleep at night, but he sleeps during the day. We guys crawl under his bed, and as soon as he falls asleep, we lie at the head of his bed. This kid's been so tormented that his yang energy is depleted. When he opened his eyes and saw our ghostly figures, he... he was so scared that he almost lost his soul."
Then he took the opportunity to pull, and he pulled it out.
Ruan Bei: "...Wait a minute."
He ran into the dormitory and whispered something to Qin Gu. Qin Gu immediately stood up and went to the balcony with him.
"Where is Zhang Gulin's soul?" Qin Gu didn't use the Eye-Opening Talisman. He has less time to draw talismans in peace now, and he's used the Eye-Opening Talisman too much, so it's not very handy. He has to save it.
Dong San said, "The remaining brothers will keep an eye on him and won't let him go back."
Ruan Bei relayed the message for him, and Qin Gu, after hearing it, immediately said, "You guys keep an eye on him for now, we'll go over tomorrow."
At this time, the slaughterhouse is not open. Even if it were open, visiting a slaughterhouse in the middle of the night would be considered crazy.
Dong San hesitated and said, "Then his body..."
Zhang Gulin did not die. The so-called "soul leaving" does not mean that his three souls and seven spirits left completely. At least his life spirit is still under control in his body.
His soul left his body, but he wasn't dead. He looked like a vegetable, breathing and having a heartbeat, but he just couldn't wake up.
Once the soul returns to the body, it is certain that the person will be weak and sickly for a period of time.
It would be strange for a hospital if a perfectly healthy person suddenly went from having minor injuries to being in a vegetative state.
Zhang Gulin has a criminal record and is now in a vegetative state, so they have no way to explain it to the police.
"It's alright, we'll handle it."
After Ruan Bei dismissed the two ghosts, Qin Gu called Shen Linpeng and told him not to panic if the hospital informed him that Zhang Gulin had become a vegetable. He told him to keep them calm and that things would be fine by tomorrow.
Shen Linpeng rubbed his temples on the other end of the phone, looking troubled: "Okay, I understand, I'll arrange it."
I regret talking back then; now I'm an accomplice.
Zeng Peng had just finished a game in the dormitory when he turned around and found that his two roommates were gone. Looking around, he saw them standing on the balcony, whispering to each other.
Zeng Peng sighed. These grown men, so obsessed with romance, it's pointless.
The dorm room is so big, but just because of him, they still have to meet secretly on the balcony.
And then there's Bai Miaomiao. As soon as get out of class ended today, her brother cornered her downstairs at the dormitory. It was the first time Zeng Peng had ever seen Bai Miaomiao's legendary brother.
Although Brother Bai spoke to them very kindly and even invited them to his home, Zeng Peng was still intimidated when facing him. Perhaps that's just the aura of a big shot.
Bai Miaomiao was like a little quail, cowering and drooping as her brother carried her away.
Zeng Peng felt that he should no longer discriminate against Bai Miaomiao's intelligence. At the very least, her courage to date someone like that was admirable.
Games are still more fun.
While Bai Miaomiao was taken away by his brother, let's play a few more rounds.
The next day, Ruan Bei and Qin Gu took their two little devils to watch the slaughter of scum.
Originally, Ruan Bei didn't want to bring Niu Niu, but Pudding wanted to go and Niu Niu wanted to go too, so she took them both.
First, they went to the hospital to collect Zhang Gulin's soul. Poor pervert, he may be a pervert, but he has no guts.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have targeted those weaker than him to bully. Whether it was the blind Yue Yuan or the pets that were later killed, they were all vulnerable groups compared to Zhang Gulin, a grown man.
As a result, when his soul wandered, several burly men appeared in front of Zhang Gulin, the thinnest of whom was no shorter than him.
Zhang Gulin was completely bewildered. In an instant, he thought of many things, even suspecting that some pet owner had hired someone to take revenge on him.
Zhang Gulin was so frightened that he shouted for doctors and nurses while trying to run away.
He called out several times but no one came. As he ran, he caught a glimpse of someone lying on the hospital bed out of the corner of his eye. The half-covered profile looked somewhat familiar.
Zhang Gulin thought to himself, "Wait a minute, this is a single ward with only one bed. Who is lying on that bed?"
Zhang Gulin felt a chill run down his spine and peeked out again. Luckily, he was already in spirit form, otherwise he would have been scared out of his wits again.
Dong Er—the largest of the six ghosts of the eastern suburbs—sneered at Zhang Gulin: "Go ahead and run, let's see where you can run to."
Zhang Gulin was so frightened that he collapsed.
Then Dong San took Dong Wu to deliver the message, instructing the remaining brothers to keep a close eye on him.
Dongda took the lead and assured him in a gruff voice, "You go, the rest of us will watch him and let him get away."
This is a treasure that can be exchanged for a Yin Qi talisman; they have to keep a close watch on it.
The group shared the half-yin energy talisman they had used before, and it felt incredibly comfortable, like being in a sauna when they were alive. After using it, they felt relaxed all over, and their strength increased.
Although they only became stronger by a little, ghosts are not tolerated in this world. It is extremely difficult to become stronger. Most of them rely on years of hard work. A few years does not count. It takes eight or ten years to increase by even a little bit.
Having tasted success this time, they worked very diligently. Just as the third brother said, they had met a big shot. If they didn't try to curry favor now, when would they?
When Qin Gu and the others arrived, Zhang Gulin was cornered in the stairwell by Dong Da and several ghosts, who surrounded him so tightly that he dared not move.
Upon seeing Ruan Bei and Qin Gu, Zhang Gulin was initially pleased. He recognized the two and had even helped stop Le Yuan, that crazy woman, back then.
But then he lowered his head in disappointment. He had already tried, and no one could see him at all.
Therefore, when Qin Gu stopped in front of him and his gaze fell directly on him, Zhang Gulin was stunned for a moment before he realized what was happening. Just as he was about to ask for help, he saw those fierce-looking guys bowing respectfully to the two teenagers.
Zhang Gulin: "!!!"
A familiar barking sound rang out, and a large dog lunged at Zhang Gulin.
Zhang Gulin has killed countless dogs; he certainly wouldn't be able to tell the difference between them just by looking at their fur. But the leash on Pudding was too obvious.
Zhang Gulin stared wide-eyed in surprise. How come the dog was still there?!
With both old and new grudges, Pudding rushed over to bite Zhang Gulin, but since they were now ghosts, there was no way she couldn't bite them.
Pudding stopped a moment before its teeth made contact with Zhang Gulin's body. It turned its head and let out a few soft cries.
Niu Niu looked up at Ruan Bei and said, "Pudding asked if we could bite him."
Zhang Gulin scrambled towards Ruan Bei, pleading, "Young man, please let me go, I know I was wrong..."
"Bad guy, don't touch my brother!" Niu Niu and Pudding stood in front of Ruan Bei together, preventing Zhang Gulin from coming over.
Dong San dared not let them do anything. The brothers worked together to pin Zhang Gulin down and dragged him back like a mop.
Qin Gu, impatient with wasting words with him, took out the Soul-Binding Banner and waved it, and Zhang Gulin was taken inside.
This kind of scum doesn't deserve to use Ruanbei's Yu'an umbrella.
"Are you going to wait here, or come with us?" Ruan Bei asked.
Dong San tentatively asked, "Can we follow?"
Of course, the best way is to follow the big shots and show your face more often so you can have a chance to increase their favorability.
Ruan Bei said with difficulty, "But my umbrella can't protect so many ghosts like you."
“Okay,” Qin Gu said. “Make them smaller.”
It is difficult for ghosts to grow larger. All their power is concentrated within their ghost body. The larger the ghost body that can be manifested, the more powerful the ghost is.
But shrinking is relatively simple; just compress yourself. You're just air anyway, so squeeze it and you'll shrink.
After discussing it, Dong San and the others decided to make Dong Da as big as Niu Niu, and the others to become smaller, squatting on Dong Da's head and shoulders, with their brothers carrying them.
Niu Niu found it interesting and made a promise with Pudding. She became tiny and sat on Pudding's back, swinging her short legs happily.
Ruan Bei, holding an umbrella, led the group of ghosts to the slaughterhouse.
Normally, slaughterhouses don't allow visitors, but money talks. They slipped a red envelope to the slaughterhouse manager, made up an excuse, and managed to sneak in.
Before entering the slaughterhouse, Qin Gu released Zhang Gulin and then, during the visit, slapped him into the body of a pig awaiting slaughter.
The pig was quickly taken to the slaughter line and dismembered into eight pieces by the sharp machine blades, so fast that even the pig didn't have time to react.
But Zhang Gulin was a human soul, which was inherently incompatible with the pig's body. It was like wearing very uncomfortable clothes; his body felt heavy and his mind was muddled, followed by intense pain that drove him crazy.
He felt his body being cut open—his hands, feet, and head—and the sharp pain caused his soul to let out a piercing scream.
After the pig died, Zhang Gulin's soul was ejected. Before he could even catch his breath, Qin Gu calmly slapped him into the body of the next pig.
The repeated pain caused Zhang Gulin to scream in agony. Ruan Bei rubbed his ears and whispered to Qin Gu, "Let me try it too."
Qin Gu looked at him in surprise and hesitated before saying, "Let me do it."
"I'll do it." Ruan Bei's tone was firm. Last time, when those ghosts tried to steal their Yin Qi talisman, he reacted too slowly and didn't even draw his sword.
Since there are no other ghosts for him to practice on, he can try out this scumbag Zhang Gulin first.
Qin Gu taught him the method, and when Zhang Gulin was ejected from the group again, Ruan Bei gritted his teeth and slapped him into the pig's body.
According to incomplete statistics, Zhang Gulin killed more than 100 pets of various kinds during the year he ran his barbecue restaurant.
Ruan Bei is not a vegetarian; he eats meat. His father is a chef. However, pets and animals raised for meat are completely different things.
If the situation were even worse, and he was forced to eat someone else's pet because he had nothing and was starving, Ruan Bei would find it understandable.
But he did it purely for pleasure, to satisfy his own twisted sadistic desires.
He skinned them and plucked their feathers, never imagining that one day he himself would be slaughtered like an animal.
Zhang Gulin couldn't hold on for long; he was killed inside the pig's body a dozen times before his cries became weak.
If this continues, Zhang Gulin's soul will be too weak, and his body will not be able to return.
Qin Gu told the person in charge who was showing them around, and then they left the slaughterhouse.
The three ghosts huddled to one side, trembling with fear. It was terrifying; they never expected such methods.
Last time they saw the big boss kill several ghosts with a single lightning talisman, they were already terrified of ghosts, but they never expected there to be such a way to torture ghosts.
Niu Niu is young, and children sometimes have a very simple sense of right and wrong, so innocent it can be cruel.
She clapped her little hands and said to the dying Zhang Gulin, "Serves you right for bullying Pudding, bullying Sister Leyuan, and killing other cats and dogs!"
Pudding barked a few times, and Niu Niu automatically translated for her friend: "Pudding is thanking you."
Ruan Bei rubbed Pudding's head, and looking at Zhang Gulin's miserable state, he felt quite pleased.
Then they returned to the hospital and had Dong San and a few others take Zhang Gulin back.
It's his body anyway, there's no one or ghost to stop him, he can just lie down and go back.
As for whether Zhang Gulin will report them or cause them trouble after he wakes up, that depends on whether someone believes him.
He told people that my soul was lured out, and then so-and-so and so-and-so stuffed me into the body of a pig in a slaughterhouse. I even saw the dog that I had killed before. I guess the hospital will have to send him to the psychiatric ward for another checkup.
As for retaliation, Qin Gu didn't even need to mention it; Ruan Bei himself wasn't afraid.
Given Zhang Gulin's cowardly and bullying nature, this experience will be enough to make him tremble with fear whenever he sees the two of them in the future, let alone seek revenge.
Moreover, he had no chance; the combined value of the pets he killed was enough to send him to jail.
After dealing with Zhang Gulin, Ruan Bei took Niu Niu to meet her mother. Pudding was also taken away by the little girl; she wanted to introduce her new friend to her mother.
Like a parent who has just seen their child off, Ruan Bei lay sprawled on the bed, thinking that he could sleep in late on the weekend, then get up to watch a movie, and in the afternoon he could learn magic from Kun Kun.
However, plans can't keep up with changes. Before Ruan Bei even got out of bed in the morning, he received a call from Bai Miaomiao.
Bai Miaomiao was so excited her voice cracked as she shouted into the phone, "It's a disaster! Lu Sibai's gone wrong! Holy crap, he got caught cheating! This is so exciting!"
Bosen's voice could be faintly heard on the phone: "Miaomiao, don't swear."
Bai Miaomiao completely ignored her brother, slamming a string of "Fuck!" into the receiver. Ruan Bei moved the phone away and waited for him to calm down before asking, "Slow down, tell me what happened."
Bai Miaomiao drank half a cup of water to soothe her sore throat from shouting, and then happily shared the good news with Ruan Bei.
"Yesterday, Lu Sibai and Chu Tianze went out on a date to see a movie. When Chu Tianze kissed Lu Sibai, Qin Shen saw it."
Ruan Bei: "..."
Bai Miaomiao is not suited to storytelling; he can only finish a dry, one-sentence story with many twists and turns.
That's it?
Bai Miaomiao: "What else do you want? This recording quality is even better than ours."
Qin Shen caught them in the act, and he was incredibly patient not to faint from anger.
Ruan Bei sighed: "You've dealt with Lu Sibai so many times, haven't you learned your lesson? Is he the kind of person who gives up so easily?"
Bai Miaomiao: "...That's really true."
Ruan Bei had only heard about Qin Shen catching Lu Sibai and Chu Tianze cheating in their previous life, and didn't know the specifics.
Although things seem to be heading in the same direction now, it's unclear whether there have been any deviations.
"Why would Lu Sibai go to the movies alone with Chu Tianze? Were they caught being intimate in the theater?" Ruan Bei asked curiously.
"If he wanted to seduce Chu Tianze, he would obviously ask him out alone. Why would he bring Qin Shen along?" Bai Miaomiao found his question strange.
Ruan Bei was speechless. He had indeed seen Lu Sibai's admirers appear together and go on dates, which was nothing new.
“It wasn’t at the movie theater.” Bai Miaomiao clicked her tongue in amazement. “I’m really impressed, you know? Lu Sibai was caught cheating on his wife right at his own doorstep. Chu Tianze took him home, and then the two of them kissed at the door. It just so happened that Qin Shen was waiting at the Lu family home. When he opened the door, wow, this adorable guy kissing another man was none other than his dear boyfriend—Brother, what happened to you! Brother, are you okay…”
Ruan Bei: "..." Pfft...
He heard it; it seemed that Young Master Bai had choked and was coughing quite badly.
He was probably a little shocked to see another side of his beloved younger brother.
He retracted his assessment that Bai Miaomiao couldn't tell stories; the term "little darling" was used brilliantly.
By the time Bai Miaomiao picked up her phone again, Ruan Bei had already finished washing up. He put on his earphones and listened to Bai Miaomiao's phone call while he scooped out the steamed buns and porridge his mother had left for him from the pot. He then took them upstairs to call Kunkun to join him for some gossip.
Bai Miaomiao used all her literary skills accumulated over more than a decade to ridicule Lu Sibai repeatedly.
Finally, Ruan Bei asked, "And then? Qin Shen just let it go like that?"
Bai Miaomiao: "..."
He snorted heavily and said, "I don't know. They were all called into the Lu family later, and I didn't see what happened after that."
The tone was one of deep regret.
Ruan Bei understood him, but it was normal. If either Lu Minghai or Lu Siyuan were home, they wouldn't let them make a scene at their front door, so as not to become a laughing stock.
Even if you break your arm, hide it in your sleeve; even if there are conflicts, resolve them behind closed doors.
"Do you think Qin Shen would be so angry he'd die? If he doesn't break up with Lu Siyuan, he's a living bastard!"
The insult "living turtle" is well said, but according to the course of the previous life, Qin Shen really didn't break up.
"I think Lu Sibai will..."
"What's wrong?"
"Wait a minute, my brother got a phone call, it seems there's something going on. I'll call you back in a bit."
When the call was disconnected, Ruan Bei had a premonition that Lu Sibai had turned the tables.
Sure enough, not long after, Bai Miaomiao called again, her angry little flames burning through the phone to Ruan Bei: "Qin Shen is a real bastard! A blind and stupid bastard, Lu Sibai must have drugged him, he believes everything he's told."
"Do you know what Lu Sibai said? He said Chu Tianze forced him! Holy crap! I'm actually starting to feel sorry for this guy. Even though he's stupid, blind, and brainless, he... he... well, serves him right!"
"Ugh... what kind of crazy development is this?!"
Having seen a lot, Ruan Bei didn't break down like Bai Miaomiao; instead, he felt a sense of relief.
"Then our recording will come in handy, won't it?"
"Is it okay? I'm starting to think that Qin Shen might truly love Lu Sibai—ugh, I'm not insulting true love, I just really can't find any other reason. Even catching him cheating with my own eyes didn't convince him. Is recording really enough?"
Ruan Bei chuckled: "Ask your brother."
Qin Shen wasn't as stupid as Bai Miaomiao thought. There must be a reason why Lu Sibai was able to turn the tables. He even suspected that it wasn't the two of them kissing, but rather Chu Tianze who suddenly kissed Lu Sibai.
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