The next day, Lin Xi woke up to find the person beside her gone. She rolled around in her blanket, then quietly opened the door and peeked out.
Aunt Wu wasn't there, so I quickly slipped back.
Lin Xi sprinted back to her room to wash up.
Last night, Fu Jingyao mistakenly thought she had a stomachache, so the two of them slept together in the same bed.
What should I do tonight? What excuse should I use to knock on Fu Jingyao's door?
Oh dear! They're acting so suspiciously, it looks like they're having an affair, even though they're a legally married couple.
Lin Xi shook her head, deciding to put the matter aside for now.
A dozen or so breakfast items were laid out on the table. When Fu Jingyao saw her come down, he pushed the red date and bird's nest soup towards her. "Did you sleep well last night?"
"It's fine." Lin Xi glanced around. "Where's Aunt Wu? Is her back better?"
Fu Jingyao smiled and said, "She's not better yet. I told her not to come over for the next few days and to rest at home."
This morning, Wu Ma went to work despite being sick, chuckling to herself as she made breakfast.
The laughter was too infectious; I was afraid it would scare Xixi.
Fu Jingyao immediately called Butler Liu and told him to take Wu Ma away and not to come over to cook for the next two weeks.
Lin Xi took a sip of bird's nest soup. "Who's been cooking these past few days?"
“I’ll cook.” Fu Jingyao added, recalling his culinary skills, “I’ll have the hotel prepare it and deliver it over, or I can hire a chef to come to my home. Just tell me what you want to eat.”
Lin Xi: "I'm fine with anything, I'm not picky about food."
After finishing her meal, she went to the fortune-telling hall as usual, and upon entering, she smelled a strong aroma of Chinese medicine.
Aunt He was arranging her signature herbal tea. "Oh, the master is here! New recipe, have a taste!"
Lin Xi took a small sip; the bitterness was tinged with a hint of sweetness, not as unpleasant as yesterday.
The more I drank, the more intoxicated I became, and before I knew it, I had drunk two glasses.
"Aunt He, save me three cups."
"No problem." Aunt He put down the bucket of herbal tea and winked at her, "Master, who are you going to give this to?"
Aunt Zhang, who was standing next to her, covered her mouth and laughed, "Hehe, I bet it's the master's husband, that tall and handsome man from last time."
Aunt He asked, "Master, what's wrong with your husband? Is he suffering from internal heat at such a young age?"
"Uh, um," Lin Xi replied haphazardly. "Why are you asking so many questions?"
Aunt He leaned closer and whispered, "You two just got married. A young man your age shouldn't be experiencing this kind of 'heatiness,' but rather that kind of 'heatiness.'"
"Master, do you understand what I mean?"
Aunt Zhang smiled and said, "Hehe, I understand~"
What have you two learned?
Just as Lin Xi was about to speak, Aunt He patted her shoulder and said meaningfully, "Young man, holding it in for too long will make you sick."
Aunt Zhang rolled her eyes. "Master, take your husband out for a stroll sometime."
Lin Xi looked up at the sky speechlessly, "My husband isn't a monkey, why is he being run around like that?"
"Ah, yes, yes, the master is right."
Aunt Zhang and Aunt He exchanged a glance, their hearts burning with gossip.
The master called her husband so affectionately; how would her husband react to that?
I'm so curious, so incredibly curious.
Aunt He laughed and said, "Master, we didn't mean anything by it. We just haven't seen your husband in a long time, so we're just curious, haha."
Lin Xi warned, "My husband is very busy, so don't get any funny ideas."
Aunt He and Aunt Zhang said in unison, "How could we dare to have any crooked ideas about the master?"
Lin Xi sat on a small stool. "Alright, let's tell your fortune."
Qian Fugui took out his phone. "Strange, it's Saturday today, and Ji Heng hasn't come again."
He muttered a couple of words to himself and began calling out names, "The first one..."
Lin Xi finished calculating ten hexagrams in an hour and stretched.
Now that she has a thick purple aura around her, she doesn't need to worry about being struck by lightning, and there's no limit to the number of times she can have her fortune told.
However, this cannot continue.
Lin Xi yawned. "Fu Gui, from now on, you can take ten divinations every day. In special circumstances, you can add one more divination, such as when you encounter a vengeful ghost, a zombie, a vampire, etc."
Qian Fugui was stunned. "There are vampires too!!"
Lin Xi shrugged. "We already have werewolves, so of course we have vampires."
The various ghosts that appeared in the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation were likely projections of members of the organization.
The werewolf is dead, the witch has not yet appeared, and we don't know when the vampire will show up.
Lin Xi got up to pack up and go home when Ji Heng's scream came from outside.
"Boss, boss, help me!!"
Ji Heng rushed in, panting, "Boss, don't go... help me..."
Lin Xi asked, "You've encountered a ghost again?"
“No, it wasn’t me.” Ji Heng took a breath. “It’s one of my classmates, the one you met last time, named Zhou Junjie.”
Lin Xi remembered, "That guy, he was so scared he peed his pants."
Ji Heng nodded. "That's right, it's him."
Zhou Junjie and he had been at odds since childhood, always opposing each other, but after experiencing the Ouija board horror case, their relationship improved considerably.
After the Ouija board incident, Ji Heng dared not stay in the dormitory, and Zhou Junjie was the same. They were afraid even when walking on the street, and shamelessly followed him around every day.
"Wait for me, let's go to class together."
"Slow down, I'm scared."
Ji Heng scratched his head. "Boss, Zhou Junjie has suddenly disappeared, vanished into thin air. I saw him just a few days ago."
Just then, a man walked in through the door, and Ji Heng quickly introduced him, "Boss, he's Zhou Junjie's father."
As Zhou Yaozong spoke, he was about to kneel down, pleading, "Master, please save my son."
He searched for 48 hours without any news of his son, and finally sought help from the Ji family.
My son often says strange things at home, such as, "Ghosts, there are ghosts in this world."
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