Chapter 47 Helping is Cooperation
Chang Xile slowly finished his hot milk and asked, "Is there anything to eat in the store? Is there a menu?"
"No." An Ping rarely showed any sign of being at a loss. He said dryly, "Shall I take you out to eat?"
"No thanks." Chang Xile patted Anping's shoulder and said kindly, "You should just stay at work. It would be terrible if the boss found out you were away from work."
Anping opened his mouth, but hesitated to speak.
Chang Xile stood up and interrupted him, puzzled. "But how exactly does this shop make a profit? You can't pet the cats or eat. Is the boss doing charity for the cats?"
You have to know that in the fiercely competitive afternoon tea street at school, a shop without any craftsmanship can easily go bankrupt.
"To accumulate merit," An Ping said indifferently. He suddenly asked, "Will we still meet often in the future?"
After all, their relationship is called keeping or consulting.
Chang Xile raised her hand and stroked Anping's hair in a cheerful mood, saying, "These two relationships have one thing in common."
"Just when I need you, you appear again."
This sounded very bad and might hurt Anping. Chang Xile's conscience felt a little "uneasy" for a moment.
However, Anping just looked at her quietly and said:
“That’s what I’ve been doing.”
Chang Xile slowly walked toward the food court near the school. As she entered a spicy hot pot restaurant, a staff member greeted her and said, "Congratulations! You're our 100th customer today. All your purchases today are free."
Coincidentally, Chang Xile walked into the canteen and bought a can of Coke. The pull ring said "One more."
Chang Xile's eyes changed from calm to incredible.
She walked into a welfare lottery store she had never been to before and bought a twenty-yuan scratch-off ticket.
"It doesn't matter. If I lose, I'll just consider it charity." Chang Xile took a deep breath and slowly scratched the lottery ticket.
I won twenty yuan.
Oh no.
This is really rare, as Chang Xile has never had the good fortune to make extra money before.
Does this mean that her luck has returned a little? Master Nianci's words about "doing more good deeds to accumulate merit" were true!
Helping the dead fulfill their last wishes is one thing, eliminating the regrets of the living is another... I don't know if sponsoring poor young people counts.
Chang Xile was walking on the road with an opened can of Coke and a sealed can, when the cell phone in her bag rang.
She had no free hands to reach for her phone. She placed the sealed Coke on the steps of the flowerbed by the roadside and pulled out her phone—it was a message from Yang Guisi.
Wang Gui: [When are you free? Let's talk.]
A few days ago, Yang Guisi told her that he would tell her some things later.
Probably today?
Chang Xile thought for a while and quickly replied to the message.
(＾ｖ＾): [Right now.]
When Chang Xile knocked on Yang Guisi's dorm door, he was stunned by her unkempt appearance. She had broken away from her usual cool, gothic look, sporting a bare face, frizzy hair, and wearing a large T-shirt and shorts. She shoved a cool bottle of cola toward Chang Xile's face and teased, "Wow, that dress is pretty nice."
She lowered her eyes and raised her eyebrows: "Since you are here, why bring a gift?"
Chang Xile followed Yang Guisi into the house, put the Coke on top of the shoe cabinet, and said as he changed his shoes, "I bought one bottle to quench my thirst, and the other bottle is a free gift."
Yang Guisi turned around and looked at her carefully, and after a long while he managed to utter, "Huh?"
Chang Xile reciprocated: "Yo."
Yang Guisi took the New Coke and threw it into the refrigerator, then told Chang Xile to sit down on the sofa. Chang Xile glanced at the pile of clothes and sundries on the sofa and frowned, "I've only been away for a few days, and your house has changed so much."
Before, Yang Guisi's room had always been very clean and tidy, with almost no extra furniture.
"No one cares anyway." Yang Guisi muttered, picked up the pile of clothes on the sofa and moved them to the chair by the balcony to make room for Chang Xile.
"Tell me, what do you want to tell me?" Chang Xile asked her after sitting down.
Yang Guisi placed his hands on his knees, looking unusually awkward: "I'd like to ask you to do me a favor."
"Okay." Chang Xile agreed readily.
"I know this is a bit sudden, but listen to me...eh?" Yang Guisi was stunned. "Why don't you ask me what it is first?"
"As long as I can do it, I will help you." Chang Xile opened the iced Coke with one hand and took a sip. "Tell me what you want to help me with."
Not to mention that Yang Guisi had already helped her a lot, Chang Xile found it difficult to refuse the offer of "helping others" - she had just felt again how happy it was to have the luck of an ordinary person.
"Okay." Yang Guisi thought about it again and said, "I can't run the Guisi account myself anymore."
"Why?" Chang Xile had been wondering about this a few days ago.
"Are you curious about how I was able to tell when someone had encountered some unnatural event?" Yang Guisi asked.
Chang Xile nodded happily.
"Before, this eye of mine could see things that others couldn't." Yang Guisi raised her hand and tapped the tip of her index finger under her right eyelid. Then she leaned back on the sofa and said dejectedly, "Not anymore."
"Why is that?" Without waiting for Yang Guisi to answer, Chang Xile thought about the time when her special ability disappeared and speculated, "Is it related to the time you were possessed by a wild ghost in the mountains?"
Yang Guisi lowered his eyes and nodded somewhat dejectedly: "I guess so."
"Well, how can I help you?" Chang Xile knew nothing about ghosts and spirits. The only knowledge she had came from Yang Guisi and her aunt. She didn't think she had the ability to help Yang Guisi recover his Yin-Yang eyes.
"If I'm not mistaken, you can see through the thoughts of animals, right?" Yang Guisi pondered for a moment and asked this question.
In fact, the fact that she had waited until now to ask had already surprised Chang Xile. That day, when Chang Xile had instructed Yang Guisi according to what the tenant's cat had said, he had already prepared himself for her to discover this special ability.
"That's not quite accurate. I can only understand cat language, and if the cat itself is silent or lying, I can't tell." Chang Xile asked, "What happened to that fan who contacted me later? Did he get compensation and move away?"
Yang Guisi held his forehead and said, "His monthly rent has been reduced to 100 yuan."
Chang Xile:?
Yang Guisi held up his face in thought: "If only I could rent a house like this."
The other party lives in S City, where land is extremely expensive. Such rent seems completely acceptable even for a haunted house.
Chang Xile imagined it and shuddered: "I would be scared."
Yang Guisi glanced at her and said, "Humans are much scarier than ghosts."
"Okay, so what exactly do you need me to help you with?" Chang Xile tried to get the topic back on track and added a condition to her previous promise, "But living in a haunted house with you is not feasible."
"The original live streaming direction of this Guisi account can no longer be continued. I would like to invite you to create a new account to collaborate with me on researching supernatural events centered around cats." Yang Guisi nervously counted on his fingers again. "The account's revenue will be split 40% for me and 60% for you."
Chang Xile raised her hand, but before she could say anything, Yang Guisi shook his head vigorously and changed the subject, "I'll split it 30% and you'll split it 70%. Or if you want 20% and 80%..."
"Wait, wait." Chang Xile interrupted her, not rushing to calculate the profit share. He wanted to first clarify the feasibility of this cooperation. "If we still use the live broadcast format, we will be very passive because we can't judge whether there is a real supernatural event on the other side, and it will be difficult to get the cat to cooperate with the conversation."
"That's what I want to say." Yang Guisi had been staying up all night for this matter. He took out his computer with confidence and showed Chang Xile a finished plan.
The account "Ghost Secretary" has become quite famous, with a high-quality following. Each livestream attracts a significant number of new followers. She plans to issue a recruitment notice for an offline ghost-hunting event. Chang Xile will be responsible for using cat eyes to collect information invisible to ordinary people, while Yang Guisi will use her extensive theoretical knowledge to solve problems, all livestreamed. Whether the final outcome is a "science-first" event for the cat world or a true paranormal event, it will be highly entertaining.
And the cost is extremely low, even if the activity is unsuccessful, it will not have any impact on the two people.
Chang Xile read the plan carefully - Yang Guisi had considered it very carefully and had taken all aspects into consideration.
"How is it? Is there anything that needs to be modified?" Yang Guisi waited nervously for Chang Xile's reply.
"Yes." Chang Xile nodded and typed on the keyboard to change a few words on the plan.
She changed the original 4:6 split to 50:50.
"Building a high-quality account is a long and arduous journey. You have already laid a very good account foundation for this activity. In fact, I am taking advantage of you," said Chang Xile.
Yang Guisi's eyes were filled with tears: "Xi Le, I know you are not short of money and don't care about money that much, but I have to give you what I deserve. You don't have to help me like this..."
"You're wrong." Chang Xile stopped her and retorted, "I'm short of money."
She also has a poor male college student to support... no, she has to pay consulting fees.
"Besides, this isn't exactly helping you." She smiled slightly and redefined what Yang Guisi said, "It's cooperation."
The collaboration was tentatively finalized, and Chang Xile created an account on the platform on the spot. She struggled for a moment when choosing a name, but ultimately chose the two characters that corresponded to "Ghost Secretary."
Yang Guisi came up to her and said, "I've finished editing the copy. Let me follow you. What's your name?"
Chang Xile was walking back to the dormitory. She threw the finished Coke into the trash can and heard her cell phone ring.
She opened the screen and saw [The author you follow, Gui Si, just updated a post~]
The content is as follows:
Dear viewers, after careful consideration of my future creative direction, I'm planning to try something new. I'm now recruiting for a co-creator for the "My Cat is a Little Weird" project, inviting them to join me in solving everyone's kitten-related problems for free.
Detailed information is linked below.”
Cats, with a Yin nature, are extremely spiritual animals. They can always feel things that humans cannot feel and see things that humans cannot see.
Those who meet the following conditions can participate in the event
1. You have more than one cat around you;
2. You find them a little strange.]
In this post, a creator named "蓝眼" was @ed. Her profile picture was a lake-blue cat's eye, and her account was empty, with no works. The fan section also had only a solitary "1".
And this number is growing at an abnormal rate.
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