74 Chapter 74 (Two in One)
◎Hey, hey, are you coming back for dinner?◎
With just a movement of pushing away, the flesh on the face of the woman in pink skirt fell off, and the flesh and blood withered like mud.
She shuddered, letting out a scream that seemed to burst from her throat, as if instantly overwhelmed by an incomprehensible, instinctive fear. As soon as she was pushed out of the car, she turned and ran, as if a flood or a beast was chasing her from behind.
A small black hand stretched out stealthily from the surface of the van door, but before she could get closer and grab a few more times, the woman in the pink skirt disappeared.
As the pink-dressed woman fled and disappeared, the bride's red veil trembled involuntarily in the large photo of the newlyweds on the red carpet. The groom's eyes shifted slightly, squinting his eyes and trying to catch the changes in the world.
Ye Pingan: "...If you don't know, there's no need to run. Hey, hey, are you coming back for dinner?"
Couple photo:?
The woman's figure became smaller and smaller as she ran, melting into a pink skirt in the darkness, and fell into a pool of black slime with a plop.
The soil on the ground was rolling, as if something was wriggling underneath. A piece of the ground suddenly turned up, and the soil connected to the hyphae opened up, swallowing up the mucus.
The wedding red carpet, tables, chairs, and platform completely obscured the original resort lawn. A thick, eerie aura lingered, enough to disrupt the perception of the white immortals employed by the Investigation Bureau and draw their attention to a more obvious location—the source of the strangeness.
One of the wisps suddenly dissipated. If it was just Bai Xian, it would be difficult to distinguish. At most, after determining that it had crashed, they would quickly turn their attention to other strange things, missing the abnormality on the ground.
Tu Shansui's nostrils twitched slightly, and his gaze moved from the darkness to the ground of the open-air wedding venue, finally stopping on Ye Ping'an.
Tu Shansui witnessed the "battle" between Ye Pingan and Guiyi for the first time. It was also the first time he saw clearly that when Ye Pingan restrained Guiyi, he did not use any perceptible force.
The moment he came into contact with the strangeness, the faint strange aura coming from Ye Ping'an did not change at all. He had to carefully identify and search for it to confirm its existence.
Most of the weird things only have instincts, the instinct to kill and devour life according to rules. No matter how much they imitate human speech, few of them have the ability to think.
Every monster with the ability to think is extremely dangerous - before [Hearse] can be controlled, it takes a joint effort from multiple provinces and cities to capture it.
For this reason, the strange instinctive fear cannot be faked.
That aura seemed to simply exist, and even a glimpse of it by the strange was enough to bring immense fear. Touching it was enough to destroy the strange itself.
The monsters devour each other, and the high-level monsters that they could not resist before will cause great fear.
Now, Ye Ping'an has to be added to the list.
"You really don't want to eat." Ye Ping'an looked at the direction where the woman in pink skirt disappeared. He shouted for a long time, but she didn't change her mind. He turned his head back in disappointment.
Looking around, there were no signposts or service staff. The resort seemed to be in the mountains, and the sky was much darker than on the highway. It was pitch dark.
The organization and management are a mess. Whenever someone holds a banquet, the chef has to find the kitchen himself!
Ye Pingan sighed helplessly, "Xiao Cheng, send a message to the client to see if there is anyone free to come out and pick us up."
Cheng Yi:?
"Okay, boss."
Cheng Yi looked at the empty signal bar and had no idea how many messages he could send out.
Ye Ping'an had no intention of sitting around waiting. "You guys wait for me in the car. I'll look backstage at the ceremony. That's where most of the logistics and miscellaneous work is. The resort must have a main building complex, but it's too dark to see clearly."
Ye Ping'an opened the car door, and Tu Shansui pulled her, "It's a long way, let's drive over."
"It's not good for the wheels to dirty the red carpet..."
Ye Ping'an took the money, so he couldn't cause trouble for his client's important life event.
But it was true that with such a large venue, it would take forever to find it by walking. Ye Pingan turned the steering wheel, not touching the tables, chairs, or red carpet, and drove the car with the headlights on, sticking to the edge of the archway and to both sides.
"Hey! There's a house up ahead!"
The bright car lights swung around, casting a dim shadow, revealing the outlines of a row of low-rise villas in the darkness behind the tables and chairs.
None of the villas looked like they were being prepared for a wedding. They were all dark and it seemed like there was no one there at all.
There are not many small roads that can be driven on, and unless you drive through the red carpet, you cannot immediately determine the location of the kitchen no matter which direction you go.
Ye Ping'an pulled off his mask, sniffed, and was immediately hit by a mixed stench.
It turns out that even a chef's keen sense of smell has difficulty distinguishing where the ingredients are among the mountain meadows and unusual smells - in theory, lawn grass can also be considered fresh ingredients.
Ye Pingan quickly closed the car window and said, "Tushan, can you smell where there are fresh vegetables and meat?"
Tu Shansui: ...
"I'm not a dog."
Ye Ping'an smiled sincerely, "What are you thinking about? I'm just asking..."
Before the hype escalated, Tu Shansui turned his head and pointed to the large photo of the two of them in front of the red carpet, and then pointed to the path on the left side of the red carpet.
"There's a 'person' there. 'Vegetables and meat'... should be on the left."
Given the long distance and wide range, it is almost a fantasy to hope to find the kitchen by relying on the smell of fresh vegetables and meat.
But it is relatively simple to distinguish between the master of ghosts and the ghosts.
This time the awakening lasted a long time, and Tu Shansui had a general understanding of the various disasters caused by the evil organization.
The Investigation Bureau uses strange objects to prevent loss of control and backlash, but the evil organizations of the True Spirit Society focus on reviving the strange, finding new ways to lure the strange, and trying to coexist with the strange.
The "wedding banquet" scene in front of us is obviously an environment created by multiple monsters.
Shortly after the pink-dressed woman screamed, a strange aura fluctuated at the end of the left route. Someone must be trying to intercept the strangeness.
Driving left, you'll pass a double portrait, confirming that the double portrait is a ghost-controller controlling a ghost, spying on the outside world. Tu Shansui couldn't confirm the ghost's name in the archives, but its aura was weak. Engaging it now would be better than having it attack from behind.
"You can even smell that? Amazing."
Ye Ping'an patted Tu Shansui's shoulder with satisfaction. The van braked sharply and turned in front of the photo of the two people, with the door facing the photo.
Ye Ping'an pushed open the car door, waved, and flashed a perfect grin. "Happy wedding to you two! Thank you for your recognition of the ancestral craftsmanship of the Xile Hotel. How do I get to the kitchen?"
The groom's smile is so flawless in the huge photo that he seems to be just a piece of paper.
The photo swayed in the wind, and a corner of the bride's red veil fluttered. The veil suddenly became three-dimensional, making people want to take a second look.
The red veil inexplicably grew larger in Cheng Yi's eyes, covering the entire world in front of her.
Hijab...
It seems to be covering her head?
Strange thoughts surged in his mind. Cheng Yi held the hand that was subconsciously raised to take the veil. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He immediately understood what Tu Shansui meant.
This is also "divine power"!
The boss will make the "divine power" disappear. If there are gods in the world, the boss is the god!
His eyes, which were about to become blurred and chaotic, suddenly became firm again.
Cheng Yi just calmed down and found that the boss was also staring at the red veil without moving.
The photo did not respond to the greeting, and the groom's stiff smile couldn't help but rise a pixel.
The strange Ye Ping'an, so to speak, is just that. [Beauty Face] can only use power instinctively, so naturally it is not as good as their true spirit control.
Look, the temptation of the [wedding dress] attracted her from the very beginning.
Just keep working hard, no matter if Ye Pingan finally reaches out to touch it, or if it becomes part of the [wedding dress] while he watches, and covers it with the veil, it will be easy -
Why doesn't she watch it anymore?
The groom's smile froze for a moment.
Ye Ping'an neither stretched out his hand nor had a new veil on his head, as if he didn't feel the impact at all.
Without waiting for the "newlyweds" to answer, she nodded in understanding, "The kitchen isn't ready yet, right? That's okay, we can discuss other things first. The wedding is coming up soon, time is running out, and the banquet must be prepared quickly."
Ye Ping'an switched questions smoothly, one after another. "Do you two have any dietary restrictions? Do you have any dish requirements? How many people are coming? How many tables are there? How many dishes do you plan to have per table? Here are a few menus I've prepared. I can add or subtract as needed based on the ingredients and your requirements..."
3D photos and 3D paper models are not uncommon.
It may seem a little strange to use it at a wedding, but it’s a personal preference and a sign of respect and blessing.
The relatives who came to greet them ran away inexplicably, the newlyweds had strange interests and ran into the 3D paper model without saying a word to pretend to be wooden people... Even the chef had to be asked about his job clearly!
It’s not okay to ask for a refund after completing such a large order!
More than a dozen photos of the planned menu quickly flashed across the screen of the mobile phone, ranging from ancient to modern, from China to abroad, from complex to simple, even the popular molecular cuisine and new Chinese style in recent years can be found on it.
No matter who looks at it, they will have to say that it is carefully prepared and impeccable.
The groom in the photo widened his eyes slightly when he heard this.
No? Are you really here for the wedding banquet?
Ye Ping'an has close ties with the Investigation Bureau and is suspected of being a secret expert in their training. It was only his inexplicable obsession with cooking to earn extra money that gave them the opportunity to spend money on it.
Although [Beauty Face] crashed at the first sight, Ye Ping'an's arrival here meant that the previous arrangement took effect and successfully separated her from the Investigation Bureau's arrangement.
He thought about Ye Ping'an shouting for help and killing in the event of an accident, thought about responding seriously, thought about Ye Ping'an being directly traumatized by him...
However, it is too outrageous to talk about what dishes to cook at an empty "wedding banquet" with gloomy winds.
Is she out of her mind, or is she just too confident?
"...blabla, so which option do you two plan to choose?"
Ye Pingan finished displaying the menu in one breath and added considerately, "Of course, as a customer service, you can also freely combine it according to your preferences. Make sure it is consistent with the on-site layout style!"
The groom's ears were filled with the strange chattering noises, and it took him several seconds to come back to his senses and clap his hands.
The young man's voice and a gloomy and hoarse voice overlapped and spoke in unison.
"I think you're fine."
The fluttering red veil floated out of the photo as the sound rang out, like a red cloud, floating and covering the front.
Ye Pingan was happy. "I also think the last menu I arranged is pretty good. The guests have no objections, so I'll finalize it. I'll see what other ingredients are available and make adjustments on the spot."
The groom sneered.
The wedding banquet is fake, but the wedding dress is real.
Ye Pingan wanted to prepare a wedding banquet so much that he was still talking about cooking even when he was about to die. He could even feel that [Wedding Dress] was attracted to it and was ready to make a move.
Ye Ping'an also brought two people with him, one was a white-haired man, and the other was a spies arranged by the meeting.
White hair... The groom vaguely remembered the intelligence he had obtained during the meeting, and that the "Tushan Consultant" who came out of the Investigation Bureau also had white hair.
But he quickly dismissed the absurd idea. Even if the Bureau of Investigation placed more emphasis on training Ye Ping'an, it was impossible for them to turn against Tian Gang and allow the top ghost controller to serve as Ye Ping'an's personal bodyguard, right?
Maybe a pursuer?
As it happened, [Wedding Clothes] already had a bride, so it would soon be able to eat a groom. He was happy to help.
With the [Wedding Dress] and [Wedding Photo] as offerings, he and his fellow Trickster brother who stayed behind could use their powers much more smoothly. With Tai Sui's support, perhaps they could exchange for a more useful divine fragment...
The groom's imagination flew higher and higher along with the red veil.
—Wait? High?
The red veil didn't fly towards Ye Ping'an, who was smiling with the car door open, but instead flew towards the roof of the car?! It was as if something was attracting it there.
Pah.
In just a moment, the red veil fell to the roof of the car and remained motionless.
In the photo, the groom turned his head stiffly and looked at the "bride" who was still covered with a veil.
The bride also sensed something was amiss. A small patch of blood-red stained the wedding dress, half phoenix coronet and half wedding gown. The fluttering red veil trembled, but it wouldn't be pulled back in its proper direction.
Hands impatiently reached out from the roof of the van and tightly grasped the red veil.
Ye Pingan turned his head to look at the red silk cloth on the roof, and suddenly realized, "Oh, this is the red cloth that all wedding cars have, right? You should have told me earlier, guests, to change the whole dress, I understand, I understand. Do you want to tie some balloons and put a wedding sign on it?"
I haven't attended a wedding banquet, but I have watched the video. It is prosperous and the main theme is a festive and lively one.
But... why is the groom's face becoming more and more ugly?
"No need, forget it." Ye Ping'an stopped talking.
It was obvious at first glance that the budget had exceeded and there was no money left to give out more decorations to the guests.
As the banquet chef who received the payment in advance, it is better to start working as soon as possible.
Ye Ping'an said sympathetically, "The kitchen is over there, right? Have the guests hired the waiters and waitresses? If not, I can ask them to come now."
The groom controlled the [Wedding Photo] and felt that the Ghost Controller and the [Wedding Dress] around him were getting weaker and weaker, and he felt numb.
how so!
It’s clear that [Wedding Dress] didn’t even touch Ye Ping’an?
...Wait, it's the car! Something's wrong with the car, we need to get Ye Pingan out!
The figure in the couple's photo was swaying. The groom waved his hand, calling his prey forward, "No need for anyone else. You come..."
The moment Ye Ping'an's gaze turned to the photo that suddenly moved, a hand suddenly stretched out from the flat photo stand and grabbed Ye Ping'an who was close at hand.
Grasp.
Didn't move.
Groom:?!
Not only was Ye Ping'an not pulled back into the photo, but he was pulled back instead.
An irresistible force trapped the photo. The groom was stiff and motionless, and could only watch Ye Ping'an with a helpless smile.
"Guests, be careful."
Ye Pingan pinched the groom's paper-thin wrist with two fingers and carefully lifted the sleeve of his suit and put it back. "You have to lose weight in moderation."
Even if she becomes paper-thin, she won't look paper-thin, so why bother? She's worried about breaking bones by pulling on him.
Ye Ping'an cleared his throat and swallowed back his impolite complaint as a sign of respect.
"Since no one else is needed, I won't disturb the guests and will continue... to welcome them. I'll go prepare the food. Please confirm the serving time as soon as possible."
Although no one has come yet, the customer wants to slack off here. Ye Ping'an can't just drag him to the kitchen to help, right?
Ye Ping'an waved politely, closed the door and left without any reluctance.
Customers can slack off, but the preparation time for banquet dishes is fixed. For the sake of reputation and money, she has no time to slack off!
Tu Shansui's eyes swept across the photo of the two people indifferently, with no emotion at all, as if he saw two dead people.
The groom stood stunned, watching the van drive down the side road and disappear into the distance. The red veil on the roof fluttered up, then was quickly pulled back down by something.
“…She just left like that???”
There was no luck in surviving the disaster, and the groom was left confused.
He didn't understand how Ye Ping'an caught him, nor did he understand why she let him go.
The groom knew that the direction of the van was indeed the "back kitchen", and he knew even more clearly that an investigator had tracked down a monster and gone in not long ago. The number of monsters there was much greater than those waiting outside.
He previously thought that Tai Sui's arrangements were too many and unnecessary, but now that he had come into contact with the evil Ye Ping'an, he began to have some doubts.
“…Can it really succeed?”
The arm that had just been lifted was twitching in pain. The cost of using the monster came quickly and suddenly, as if the monster was also panicking.
The groom realized belatedly that the ghost-controller beside him had turned into a red wedding dress.
The veil of the red wedding gown vanished, and wisps of black mist emerged from the empty collar, like an invisible maw snatching and devouring the head, tearing a visible wound. White threads emerged from the blood-red embroidery on the lower half of the gown, and the area covered by the white threads rapidly expanded.
The wedding dress devoured the Trickster, but was also being devoured by something. A faint call came from the wedding dress, trying to fight for and devour new prey.
The groom and the wedding dress have worked together many times, but this is the first time he has seen the wedding dress become like this.
He wanted to exit the state of hiding in the strange thing, to avoid the strange thing that was revived and mutated. But as soon as he started to drive the strange thing, strands of white silk emerged before his eyes.
The groom suddenly understood something and gnashed his teeth, "Too old!!!"
The mycelium engulfed the groom from the inside out, his roars drowned out by the layers of flesh. Only his wedding dress and a photograph fluttered and struggled to escape. The ground rolled over as the mycelium completely engulfed everything.
The entrance to the wedding banquet hall was empty and quiet.
Deep in the resort, the investigators who had been tracking the strange creatures and walking into the villa had bloodshot eyes as they prepared their next plan.
"We're tracking the Beauty Face, and the bureau will definitely be sending someone soon. Let's hold on while the weirdos inside are still fighting each other and identify some of the weirdo patterns. Jiang City has arrested a large number of people recently. If the True Spirits have gathered so many weirdos, they must be either raising Gu or setting up an ambush..."
"Once we've confirmed the strangeness inside, we'll cover the investigation and rush out. As long as the signal isn't interfered with, we can send it out immediately. Something's wrong with the wedding banquet at the resort. It's either C-level or D-level. If they raise a new B-level ghost, it will be a disaster if we can't get out."
An investigator's ears twitched. "What's going on? The Beauty Face seems to be screaming? Could someone have strayed in and caused it to go berserk?"
Their expressions grew serious, and soon they saw the investigator in charge of the investigation return.
The investigator's tired face flushed with excitement, "Someone's coming! A van!"
"What's in the van..." The investigators paused.
"A van? That Mr. Ye from Jiang City?!"
The investigator nodded vigorously, "Yes, that's the van! The [Beauty Face] didn't pursue, and the van was wearing the [Wedding Dress] veil, so it must be the [Hearse] that's devouring it!"
The investigators breathed a sigh of relief. "...So it was to ambush Boss Ye."
"No wonder he's raising so many ghosts. He's probably worried he won't be able to withstand Boss Ye's outrageous control ability."
"It's okay, it's okay... Boss Ye is here, so the signal is fine even though it was jammed..."
The solemn atmosphere suddenly became relaxed. Only the investigator in the lead, holding a candle, had a strange look on his face.
"I heard the state is still collecting bonuses, and Jiang City and Huaxi have successively sent out hundreds of thousands. Does our city have that much money?"
The three of them looked at each other in bewilderment. "Does it really cost hundreds of thousands of dollars at a time? We'll have to ask the captain. I heard the hospital made a breakthrough a few days ago, and the veteran who was in the accident may be able to be saved. The bureau has allocated a large sum of funds to the hospital..."
The investigator gritted his teeth and said, "If the bureau doesn't have money, I've saved over 100,000 yuan."
"Hey, I have one too..."
As they talked, they all laughed. "Why would we need a bicycle when we have the chance to pay for help? We'd sell everything we have to ask Boss Ye for help! We didn't have these conditions before."
"Alright, alright, Luo Le will stay at the door to investigate while we go in again."
Investigator Luo Le hesitated. "Shouldn't we wait for Boss Ye? Judging from her speed, she should be here soon. It'll be safer to go in together."
"Boss Ye isn't an investigator. It's a favor for the folk ghost fighters to help us. We have to do our duty."
The investigators smiled at each other and handed her a photo. "Here, Xiao Luo, don't mistake me for someone later. I hope Boss Ye can keep you safe. I heard this is a custom spread by the Jiang City investigators. Let's get some good luck."
Ye Ping'an was driving and soon saw a small villa with a wedding character pasted on the door.
There was someone guarding the door of the villa. When he saw her, he immediately waved, "Boss Ye!"
It's better than an empty resort entrance. This is the proper process for inviting people to a banquet.
Ye Pingan parked the car in front of the villa and smiled back, "Don't worry, we can start cooking right away. How many people here can help?"
Luo Le was stunned for a moment.
Huh? Cooking?
She quickly remembered that Boss Ye was said to have some problems with his logical cognition.
Luo Le answered immediately, "There are three of us, and there are about four or five more people inside."
Ye Ping'an frowned. "I counted on the way. There are at least thirty banquet tables, and less than ten assistants in total... Oh, I knew this money wouldn't be so easy to get. It's just barely enough. If we work hard, we can catch up. If the relative of the client in the pink skirt didn't leave, we could even recruit another strong man."
Luo Le was completely confused and only noticed one key word: "pink skirt".
She subconsciously looked behind the car and asked, "Did you run into that ugly thing when you came here just now?"
Well, since Boss Ye has seen the [Beauty Face], she doesn’t know what the [Beauty Face] is, so it’s not wrong to call it an ugly thing!
Ye Ping'an asked Cheng Yi to move the seasonings. Hearing this, he twitched his lips and said, "Don't talk nonsense. Makeup is a personal hobby and it's understandable. Everyone has different aesthetics and some quirks. Just tolerate each other! You're so young, don't be so feudal."
Luo Le:?
Huh? She's feudal? No... what kind of quirk can make her face look like a skeleton?
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