Chapter 252 Dyeing Cinnabar
Wang Miaomiao, the bride's college roommate, opened her cell phone address book at the instigation of forum users, found the corresponding contact information, took a deep breath, and dialed the number.
After a burst of rapid busy tones, the call was connected. There was a lot of noise on the other end, and a confused male voice came from the other end of the phone, "Hello, who is this?"
Wang Miaomiao listened to the strange voice and said nervously, "Hello uncle, I am Shushu's college roommate. I heard that Shushu is getting married today, so I want to ask if she is okay now? I have not been able to contact her using the previous WeChat. Did she change her contact information?"
The flustered breathing was keenly captured by the microphone. Wang Miaomiao heard that Ma Shu's father had become somewhat alert... uneasy. After a few seconds, Ma Shu's father said in a cold voice: "Yes, hang up first--"
"Uncle, wait a minute, do you think Shushu has been acting a little strange lately?" Wang Miaomiao subconsciously chose to ask, as if she had caught an obvious thread in the chaos.
However, at the same moment, she heard a familiar yet strange voice on the other end of the phone. After four years of roommateship, she was very sure that the voice belonged to Ma Shu, but at the same time, the other party's tone was firm and strange, which she had never heard from Ma Shu before.
The "Ma Shu" said, "Dad, we should go to greet the guests. The guests are almost here. Who are you still talking to on the phone?"
Ma Shu's father's voice became tense again, with an audible inhalation sound. After a few seconds, the call was hastily hung up.
Wang Miaomiao tried to call back, but the call kept showing that the person was busy on the phone and she could no longer get through.
Her heart felt like it was hanging on a guitar string, beating and pounding repeatedly. Wang Miaomiao wrote down the content of the phone call and the change in Ma Shu's way of speaking on the forum in one breath, and then stared at the screen intently, waiting for netizens to give their opinions.
[Honestly, it feels like you are too nervous and scare yourself]
[Don’t listen to the above. I feel like there must be something wrong with the bride, and the bride’s father must have discovered something, otherwise he wouldn’t be so nervous]
[Never mind, I'll try leaving a message to Gugu first. Gugu will definitely go to the wedding, right? Gugu will definitely not miss the opportunity to eat for free.]
[I simply cannot refute your reasoning above (spreading hands)]
【Already left a message】
[Then I'll go to Zhizhi and tell him too]
[I'm going to Sister Miao's place...]
[I'm going to visit the kid brother]
…
[So none of you are going to Mu Xingchen's place? If I remember correctly, the person above who said he wanted to go to Xiaohaige's place was an old fan of Mu Xingchen.]
[I am a close fan, how could I not know the level of my idol? It's no use asking him to take care of this matter.]
【Not a close fan】
【Not my favorite bean】
[Having you is Mu Xingchen’s blessing]
[mxc: Do you want this blessing?]
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The business car stopped in front of the hotel. The doorman in a suit came forward to open the door for the guests and asked politely, "Excuse me, are you here for dinner or to stay overnight?"
Pubugesang waved the invitation in his hand: "We are attending Fang Yuanwang's wedding banquet."
The doorman said, "Mr. Fang's wedding banquet will be held in the hotel's sky garden. Please follow me."
After the doorman led the group into the hotel lobby and gave a brief handover, another staff member came to take them into the elevator. When they came out of the elevator, they saw Fang Heng, who was smiling and looked much more energetic. Next to Fang Heng stood Fang Yuanwang, who was wearing a black suit with a white lychee rose on his chest. Next to Fang Yuanwang was the bride Ma Shu, who was wearing a snow-white cheongsam with her hair tied to the side and also had a white lychee rose inserted diagonally. Next to Ma Shu were her parents. For some reason, the distance between her and her parents was not as close as that between Fang Heng and Fang Yuanwang, but rather a distance of one person between them.
When Ma Shu's parents saw Qi Gu and his group appear, they looked obviously nervous, hesitant and conflicted.
When Fang Heng saw Qi Gu and his group, his already brilliant smile deepened, and he hurriedly came over with his cane, "Master Qi is here, please come in, I have reserved a seat for you at the main table... I can wait until today, all thanks to you!"
Qi Gu nodded and looked at Ma Shu: "Is this the bride?"
Ma Shu's face showed no signs of problems. She smiled gently and looked at Qi Gu: "Master Qi, Yuan Wang told me about you. Thank you for what you did for Yuan Wang. If it weren't for you, Yuan Wang and I would have no chance to meet."
She expressed her gratitude in a graceful manner.
"You're welcome." Qi Gu chuckled, his smile was very light, and took out a few folded bright yellow cinnabar talismans from his pocket and handed them to Ma Shu, "These are some talismans for exorcising evil spirits. Just consider them as a gift from us."
This gift is more valuable than a red envelope and is much more appreciated.
Fang Heng said repeatedly: "Thank you, Master Qi."
He looked at Ma Shu and said softly, "Put it away quickly."
Ma Shu still smiled, but she quickly lowered her eyes in an instant. It was unknown what she thought before she calmly stretched out her hands and took the talisman with great gratitude.
——Nothing happened, the talisman was safely taken by her and fell on her fair fingertips.
Qi Gu watched her put away the talisman and said, "Then we will go in first. Teacher Fang, please lead the way."
Fang Yuanwang hurriedly said, "This way, please."
Facing the curious or inquiring gazes of the other guests, Fang Yuanwang led Qi Gu and his party to the main table closest to the wedding stage. The wedding was busy, and he didn't want to let his newlywed wife receive the guests alone, so he left after a few words of greeting.
But Qi Gu stopped him before he turned around and stuffed a yellow talisman folded into a triangle into his chest pocket: "Take this one with you too."
After Fang Yuanwang left, guests from other tables came up one after another and wanted to talk to Qi Gu, but were quickly dismissed by Qi Gu with a few words.
One of them asked him if he had any metaphysical advice, and he smiled and said, "Eat more while you can."
That person: “…”
There were already eight cold dishes on the table. After Qi Gu gave his sincere advice, he really picked up the chopsticks and started picking up the dishes.
Lin Hanzhi's peach blossom eyes curved as she picked up food for him and placed it on the exquisite porcelain plate. Every time, she would tactfully pick up the dish that Qi Gu wanted to eat the most.
Miao Yue guessed something and asked, "Is there really something wrong with the bride? But why didn't the exorcism talisman react?"
"She shouldn't have reacted," Qi Gu said calmly. "Bai Yu is originally a human. Even if it was a puppet, it was just a piece of wood, not an evil thing. Naturally, she wouldn't react to the exorcism talisman. But she was guilty and used magic on my hand when I handed her the talisman."
Qi Gu took a break from his busy schedule and raised his fingers, only to see that his white fingertips were stained with the color of cinnabar.
The talisman had just been written in the car, and the cinnabar had not yet dried, so it was normal for it to be stained with color. However, Ma Shu's fingertips were still white and clean after touching the talisman, which obviously showed that there was something wrong.
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