There were thunder and lightning outside the apartment, and heavy rain was pouring down.

The strong wind blew the rain heavily on the glass, making a ping-pong sound, making the corridor even quieter.

Ji Xiunian looked at the water stains on Lu Xu's face, and couldn't help but curiously asked him where he had been. There

were thunder and lightning behind Lu Xu, perhaps because he had just come back from outside, and he was still cold. The lightning broke through the sky and exploded outside the glass window behind him. The backlight made it difficult to see his subtle expressions, but it only added a bit of mystery.

Up to now, Ji Xiunian had seen Lu Xu wearing a uniform light-colored sportswear, but now he suddenly changed into a large black coat, and his temperament was completely different.

Just when Ji Xiunian felt that there was something different about Lu Xu today, the clothes on his chest suddenly moved, and then a furry little head emerged from the middle.

"Meow..." Eighth Sister was very happy to see Ji Xiunian. Her round eyes were sparkling, and her pupils were as big as if she was wearing contact lenses.

A little cat with a baby voice is really hard to resist.

Ji Xiunian naturally put his finger between Eighth Sister's noses. Eighth Sister first went up to smell Ji Xiunian's finger, and then rubbed it with her head.

There was also dirt on its paws in front of her. Before Lu Xu could explain, Ji Xiunian already understood: "So Eighth Sister sneaked out?"

"Yes."

Eighth Sister did go out, but she just took her out by herself.

Lu Xu looked at the smile on the corner of Eighth Sister's mouth, and she was obviously in a good mood.

In response to Ji Xiunian's question, he did not explain much, but just gave a vague answer as a tacit consent. Glancing at the bag in Ji Xiunian's hand, Lu Xu casually asked, "Brother Nian, what is this?"

Through the gap, he could clearly see that it contained their competition clothes. He didn't know what Ji Xiunian was going to do with these clothes so late.

Noticing his gaze, Ji Xiunian felt a little guilty, like a child who was caught doing something bad.

But seeing Lu Xu's calm face, he relaxed again: "I want to burn it for them..." The "

they" in Ji Xiunian's mouth was naturally F4.

Thinking of the inappropriate clothes on F4, Lu Xu instantly understood what Ji Xiunian meant. He knew that Ji Xiunian had scored for F4, but he didn't expect that he was so soft-hearted that he even considered what they wore.

"That's thoughtful." Lu Xu looked at Ji Xiunian, and his eyes softened a lot, "Can I go with you?"

Ji Xiunian wanted to say no, but when he saw Lu Xu's serious face, he suddenly felt that it would be nice to have someone to go with him.

"Let's go."

He carried the clothes, and Lu Xu held the eighth sister. The two went downstairs one after the other and turned out from the west door on the first floor.

The door was specially left for Ji Xiunian by Fan Zeng, and he obviously turned a blind eye to his decision to burn clothes.

The two squeezed out from the west door and walked along the corridor to the pavilion not far away.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier. The water on the ground around the pavilion had no time to seep down, and it gathered together to form a stream and flowed out.

Ji Xiunian got a paper burning barrel from somewhere, took out the clothes and put them in it, and prepared to light a fire.

But the lighter was found by Fan Zeng at the site, and the wind resistance of a one-dollar lighter was naturally not very good. Ji Xiunian tried to press the lighter several times, but the wind outside was so strong that the slightest spark would be blown out immediately.

"..."

It was only at this time that he realized that this was not feasible.

However, indoor burning is a safety hazard after all, and Ji Xiunian could not do such a thing.

After several attempts to light a fire to no avail, Ji Xiunian looked a little embarrassed: "Maybe we have to change places..."

"Brother Nian, please help me hold the eighth sister." Lu Xu gave the eighth sister to Ji Xiunian, took the lighter and squatted in front of the burning paper bucket. The wind was so strong that the lighter was just a decoration. Lu Xu used his body to block Ji Xiunian's sight, and flicked the fire with his fingers.

It is strange to say that the clothes that were not burning just now suddenly started to burn like fire.

The prepared accelerant was instantly useless. Looking at Lu Xu's background, Ji Xiunian couldn't help but praise: "You are still awesome."

Lu Xu stood up and shrugged, not thinking that this was a big deal.

The flames devoured the clothes bit by bit. The hotter and more intense the flames, the shorter their existence.

As the flames gradually faded, Ji Xiunian seemed to remember something and took out a piece of paper from his pocket and put it in.

Lu Xu could see clearly that Ji Xiunian's name was written in black and white on the paper, with the words "to Dai Zijin".

Seeing Lu Xu's eyes fall on his signature, Ji Xiunian felt a little embarrassed for some reason and explained: "He said he is my fan..." I vaguely

remember that first time I met him, the four ghosts rushed to sit down and introduce themselves.

The fair and shy boy looked at him with light in his eyes: "Brother Nian, can you give me your autograph..."

Lu Xu didn't expect Ji Xiunian to remember even this little thing. Looking at the eighth sister lying obediently in his arms, he felt that Ji Xiunian was a really gentle person.

Despite the wind and rain, Ji Xiunian did not show any impatience on his face.

After the clothes were burned, the two cleaned up the scene and returned to the apartment at the same time.

Upstairs was Lu Xu's dormitory.

"It's getting late, brother Nian, you should also go to bed early." Lu Xu whispered goodbye to Ji Xiunian, but stretched out his hand to push the door but it didn't move. It was not until he took out the key and didn't open it that Lu Xu realized that the door was locked from the inside.

Lu Xu took out his mobile phone and sent a message in the dormitory group, but no one replied. I guess the three of them had fallen asleep a long time ago.

Ji Xiunian had already walked out two steps, but he couldn't help but turn back: "What's wrong?"

"I guess I came back too late and the three of them went to sleep first." It seemed that they had the habit of locking the door, and it was possible that they forgot that he was not there when they were confused.

"What are you going to do now? Call them?"

Lu Xu looked at the time and shook his head: "It's too late, they are tired after a day, so I won't bother them. Anyway, we can have breakfast in five or six hours. If not, I will go to the dance studio to rest..."

Lu Xu himself didn't think it was a big deal, but Ji Xiunian didn't agree.

Glancing at Lu Xu's hair soaked with rain, Ji Xiunian hesitated for a moment, and finally invited him: "You can sleep at my place tonight. You still need to rest after the competition."

Ji Xiunian was used to living alone, and this was the first time he invited someone to his room.

But as soon as he finished speaking, he thought of his nightmare and couldn't help but hesitate. Those secret and depressing nightmare times for him seemed not to invite others in.

However, just when he was thinking about how to solve this problem, the boy in front of him smiled brightly and agreed happily: "Then my eighth sister and I will bother Brother Nian tonight!"

Ji Xiunian saw the boy walking in front with the cat in his arms, and everything seemed to be a done deal, so he could only bite the bullet and follow him.

***

At the scene of the car accident on Panshan Highway, a man in a black robe was checking the scene.

As a member of the Southwest Death God Department, Peng Hanfei has always been in charge of this area. When he learned that there was a car accident on Panshan Highway, he rushed here almost immediately.

The driver was not seriously injured and just fainted, but Lai Chengshan, who was sitting in the back seat, felt cold for a long time, and his soul had long been kicked into the underworld by Lu Xu.

Peng Hanfei was naturally a little angry about being intercepted on his own territory, and immediately sent a message to the Death God Dispatch Headquarters to tell him that Lu Xu had crossed the line to collect heads.

There is an agreed rule in the Death God Department that the divisions and people do not interfere with each other.

Several divisions compete with each other and supervise each other to ensure the stability of the mortality rate to the greatest extent.

For example, although the East Division where Lu Xu is located and the Southwest Division where Peng Hanfei is located are the biggest competitors, they have always kept to themselves.

However, this time Lu Xu came to their territory to collect heads, and Peng Hanfei naturally couldn't tolerate it.

Peng Hanfei originally wanted to report Lu Xu for crossing the line by saying that he was malicious and didn't want to compete, but he didn't expect that the headquarters would issue them a penalty ticket instead.

"It was found that the stowaway Lai Chengshan has lived in Xicheng for many years, which belongs to the area under the jurisdiction of the Southwest Death God Department. However, your department failed to investigate and the stowaway has been illegally staying for 20 years, causing two life-threatening incidents that resulted in the death of others. In view of the serious consequences, the Southwest Death God Department is given a warning as a warning..."

Once this penalty notice was made public, everyone in the Death God Department knew that the Southwest Death God Department had poked the bastard.

Some sighed, some gloated, anyway, their department lost face because of this detention incident.

Peng Hanfei was so angry that he immediately wanted to find Lu Xu to argue——

[SS-Peng Hanfei: Is this guy only concerned about performance? If he had told us the first time he found the stowaway, and we had dealt with the Lai Chengshan incident, it would not have evolved into the situation today! 】

There were many voices in the Southwest group who agreed with him——

【Yeah, yeah, he wanted to be in the spotlight but ended up embarrassing us. It’s really infuriating】

【You can tell how much this guy cares about fame and fortune when you see him attending a talent show. As the god of death, he is busy making his own debut instead of holding funerals for others. The whole world has become his show】

【Not only that, didn’t he also mark a few achievements? It was clearly our order, how come he booked it all? 】

…

Just when they were feeling extremely aggrieved, the head of the Southwest Death Department suddenly appeared in the WeChat group——

【SS-Head of the Southwest Death Department: Do you still have the intention to talk about Lu Xu here? Did you find out that Lai Chengshan has lived in Xicheng for more than 20 years? Where were you when he asked others to borrow his life? If you had a more serious attitude towards work, if you had dealt with the stowaways before Lu Xu came, this wouldn't have happened today! We lost face this time, shouldn't you take this opportunity to reflect on yourselves? 】

The minister was right.

If they had dealt with Lai Chengshan before Lu Xu, that guy wouldn't have had any chance.

But even so, Peng Hanfei still felt that Lu Xu's behavior was not fair.

Peng Hanfei was criticized the most, and naturally he had the deepest resentment towards Lu Xu.

He took a look at the corpse of Lai Chengshan, turned around and left with disgust -

the two departments were in a competitive relationship, and it was normal for Lu Xu not to save face for them this time. Then if he found any flaws in the east, it should be normal to report to the headquarters.

Not long after Peng Hanfei left, the driver Xiao Liu suddenly woke up. His head was dizzy, and it took him a while to figure out his current situation.

"Master Lai..." Xiao Liu struggled to move his body, and also wanted to wake up Lai Chengshan.

However, when he saw the car parts inserted into Lai Chengshan's stomach, his brain was instantly congested and he screamed and unbuckled his seat belt and climbed out.

The sound of ambulance and police car sirens came from far away, and a flash of lightning flashed across the sky, and thunder struck the ground out of nowhere.

Xiao Liu saw that the Mercedes-Benz was struck by lightning shortly after he got off the car, and instantly burned into a fireball.

Even though it was raining heavily, the fire didn’t abate at all.

Lai Chengshan’s body was inside, and was soon engulfed by the fire and curled up into a ball, burning black…

When the rescuers arrived, Xiao Liu pulled the police and cried, “There is a ghost, there really is a ghost…”

That night, the Dongcheng City police released a new message:

[At 21:14 this evening, a serious car accident occurred on the Panshan Highway in the western suburbs of our city, causing one death. It is reported that the deceased, Lai XX, was 72 years old this year and was from Dongcheng City…]