Chapter 74

Ah Yan looked at the message on his phone that was sent to him through the private WeChat account of "Xie Zhen".

【Xie Zhen (Lan Ruo)】: Ms. Yan, sorry to bother you. We have contacted Mr. Tu and learned that you two have returned to Ning in January and are not in Bincheng. May I ask if it is convenient for you and your boyfriend to meet in Ningcheng recently?

Although he didn't know whether the other party's phone was using facial recognition or fingerprint recognition, the message he sent was so polite before his soul transformation was completed. Ah Yan was sure that the person using this number was Lan Ruo.

Well, at that time Lan Ruo was holding Xie Ershao’s cell phone, using Xie Ershao’s body and the WeChat account she had added.

But...why did he suddenly contact me? Especially, he actually contacted Boss Tu.

Ah Yan had too many messages on her phone at the moment, so she didn't reply. Her fingers carefully avoided the text input box to avoid showing that she was typing.

She showed that she found Boss Tu from the chat messages. The last time she chatted with Boss Tu was when she ran into Xie Zhen and Lanruo in the temple. She looked for Boss Tu's gossip account and the express messages that Boss Tu sent her.

[Boss Tu]: Xiaoyan, today Mr. and Mrs. Xie came to my store and asked about you.

[Ayan]: Eh? What were they doing? Looking for you to consult Feng Shui?

[Boss Tu]: Ahem, I am not very talented, but I am somewhat famous in Bincheng Fengshui circle. Mr. Xie came in to take a look and bought some Taishan stone. But I guess they are here to do something in the antique street, maybe they remembered the business card I gave them last time and came to take a look.

[Boss Tu]: I guess I was just asking you casually. Mr. Xie said that he had run into you by chance before and that you had sent the clothes back to him. Maybe he and his wife had some impression of you and thought I was your elder. They asked me casually when they had nothing to talk about in the store. I said that you had already gone back to your home in Ningcheng for the holiday.

A Yan replied with an "OK" emoticon and fell into deep thought.

The two of them also went to Boss Tu's shop.

Ah Yan touched his chin. These two didn’t seem to have the leisure to come over. Perhaps after the failure at the church on Christmas last time, they had tried various methods to get it back but to no avail, so they even didn’t let go of a Feng Shui master from a small shop that they had met before?

She showed Juejue the message sent by Boss Tu. Zhu Jue had already cleaned up the tea table. "Juejue, you said Lanruo contacted me suddenly. Could it be that she is placing her hopes on us?"

Ah Yan couldn't believe it no matter how she thought about it. Otherwise, why would Lan Ruo contact her? It couldn't be that she came to Ningcheng to thank her for returning the clothes because she had done a good deed, right?

Zhu Jue recalled, "That day in the temple, they talked about the master fortune-telling or something like that."

After hearing Juejue say this, Ah Yan also remembered it.

That day, she and Jue Jue accidentally overheard the conversation between the Xie Er couple who exchanged souls. In the conversation, they mentioned some fortune-telling method of a master in the temple.

Thinking of this, Ah Yan's expression became strange.

She sat on the sofa, swinging her legs back and forth, counting on her fingers, and said, "If that's the case, Xie Zhen and Lan Ruo didn't succeed in the ritual in the temple that day, and then they also failed in the church. Now more than 20 days have passed. I think they may have gone to all kinds of Taoist temples and land temples, and after trying all kinds of methods, they still didn't succeed. So they went back to the master to tell fortunes?"

Zhu Jue also sat on the sofa at this moment, and while opening the hazelnuts for her with a pair of pliers, he said, "It's very likely."

"There aren't many people in the Fayan Temple, and asking the abbot there to perform the ritual didn't work, so we thought of asking Boss Tu, who is related to metaphysics, to include us."

Ah Yan was chewing the freshly cracked hazelnut kernels. "Well, we definitely can't solve this problem, but Ding Ling should be able to solve it."

At this moment, she was holding her cell phone in one hand and flipping through the messages ringing.

[Ding Ling]: Ah Yan, I will go to Ningcheng tomorrow and join the group to join in the fun. Will you come to this year's Shengxuan Club? If it's convenient, I'll come and visit you when I'm free.

Ah Yan's cheeks were puffy like a little squirrel. She chewed on a big, fragrant hazelnut. "Ding Ling said she followed the group to participate in some kind of Shengxuanhui, but I don't know what it is."

"It's probably related to Taoism. I'll send a message to ask Dahe." Zhu Jue said, looking at her eating hazelnuts more and more slowly, and then he started peeling pistachios.

"If Ding Ling comes, just let her handle it. She is an official. She said she was just joining in the fun, so it's probably nothing serious."

When he is indecisive, especially when encountering metaphysical and supernatural events, Ah Yan is very skilled in handing the matter over to Ding Ling and running away with Jue Jue.

After all, he is the Ghost King and an official at that. It’s nothing wrong for professionals to do professional things!

However, this will have to wait until I meet Mr. and Mrs. Xie.

During this time, because the two of them returned home from Bincheng, reunited with their families, and played with their children, Ah Yan has not paid attention to the news of the Xie family recently.

She replied Ding Ling with a "good job" and quickly switched to Weibo to ask a few gossip bloggers whether there was any gossip about the Xie family recently.

"Revelation! Since Xie Er returned to his family, Mrs. Si's temperament has changed drastically in recent days. She is suspected of having bipolar disorder. Insiders claim that the Xie couple had another fight in their office due to a change in their relationship, and Mrs. Si threatened to commit suicide."

"Recently, Xie Er and his wife have been acting a bit strange. Xie Er suddenly treated his wife well, but Lan Ruo ended up committing suicide. I feel like there's some kind of family feud going on here."

"I guess Lan Ruo wanted a divorce, but the Xie family wouldn't let her, so she threatened to commit suicide."

Ah Yan was familiar with the gossip sent out in code. In the gossip about the Xie family, the code name for Madam Temple was Lanruo. But in this revelation, it was obvious that the Lanruo who "threatened death" should be Xie Zhen himself.

However, the inside story was obviously not a divorce as speculated by the crowd. Ah Yan guessed that the body swap between the two parties had not been resolved, and Lan Ruo had done something repeatedly with Xie Zhen's body. In the end, the incompetent Xie Er could only threaten the other party by harming his body.

"No wonder Lan Ruo wanted to hurry up and get it back. Xie Er is such a scumbag. He used his wife's body to threaten her with death. He must be worried about his own body."

Ah Yan just found it unbelievable, and Xie Er's scumbag status became even higher in her heart.

After thinking for a while, she switched back to WeChat and replied to "Xie Zhen" with a concise message, "Convenient, time, place."

The next day was the twentieth of Lavender.

Ayan and Zhu Jue each carried a schoolbag when they went out. In the schoolbags were nothing but the two bells that Ding Ling had given them before.

Coincidentally, the Xie couple and Ding Ling all arrived in Ningcheng today.

Therefore, Ah Yan simply decided to make a plan, set a time with Xie Zhen, and then asked Ding Ling to ask her for help.

She and Jue Jue had brought these two valuable antique bells back from Bincheng with great effort. They were worried about leaving them in the dormitory, so they had to carry them back home and hide them.

Although he didn't know whether Ding Ling's participation in that useless Shengxuan would be useful, Ah Yan felt that this was a good opportunity to return the things to her.

Last night, after Ah Yan said that she had time to meet, Lan Ruo, who was using Xie Zhen's account, couldn't wait to confirm the time and meeting place with her.

That night, Lan Ruo and Xie Zhen boarded the Xie family's private plane and urgently coordinated the route to fly to the capital Ningcheng.

On the plane, because there were service personnel, "Lanruo" could only sit closely with "Xie Zhen" and talk in low voices.

"Are you sure these two people can do it? I warn you, if it doesn't work this time, I would rather die than stay in your body."

A month had passed since the couple exchanged souls, and Xie Zhen was almost driven crazy.

If he had known that such bizarre consequences would occur from the moment he filed for divorce, he would rather live with this boring and old-fashioned woman for the rest of his life. After all, she would just be a mural in his home.

But now, during the thirty days of living as "Lanruo", Xie Zhen felt for the first time the whole world's ill will towards him.

From his mother, to his lover, even the domestic servants, and his father-in-law and brother-in-law who used to be so respectful and flattering to him...

Xie Zhen admitted that because of the arranged marriage, he had been quite negligent towards his nominal wife and had not given her much face. Apart from a good-looking face, this wooden woman was only fit to be a decoration at home.

What's more, isn't it Lanruo's own fault that he is experiencing all this now?

During this period of time, it was fine for Lan Ruo to use his body to do some minor things to gain some benefits, after all, they were husband and wife. However, publicly declaring that she was "not capable" made Xie Zhen feel that he had recovered his body, but he had also lost all his face.

Because "Xie Zhen" suddenly treated Lan Ruo well, and his mother kept making things difficult for "Lan Ruo", he could only grit his teeth and swallow the blood.

He couldn't stand it anymore, he couldn't stand it for a moment!

Xie Zhen only felt that this experience made him realize that everyone in this world has another face, a face that is extremely flattering to him, but hateful to Lan Ruo.

He endured all of this, but what Xie Zhen could not stand the most was the physical discomfort. Why did women bleed for seven days every month? Was this reasonable?

And if he fails to handle it well, Lan Ruo will use his body to handle it himself.

And...Xie Zhen didn't know if it was his illusion. He had only been in the woman's body for a little over a month, and he inexplicably felt that his thinking was changing.

When you are angry, your breasts will swell and your stomach will feel uncomfortable. Women should drink hot water throughout their menstrual period to protect their lower abdomen. God knows he almost never drinks hot water.

He had suffered for Lanruo's body. Just drinking something cold would make him see stars. It was too much suffering.

Xie Zhen really couldn't stand it anymore! Because of Lan Ruo's inconvenience in his identity, the task of finding a talented person was given to Lan Ruo who used his body.

But I have been to every place near the coastal city, from temples to churches. I have been to seven or eight places in the past few days. I have spent millions of dollars on religious ceremonies and incense sticks, but there has been no response.

The couple went to see the fortune teller again, and this time the answer he gave was clearer than last time.

"The solution you are looking for is in the capital city, the land of the dragon. Judging from the hexagram, you should have come into contact with it. This hexagram is closely related to the previous hexagram."

Xie Zhen tried hard to hold back his eyes as he listened to the Master's speech. The last time the Dharma was solved was at the Fayan Temple, and this time it was in the capital. He didn't know how they were connected.

But Lan Ruo seemed to believe it and brought up the two young men she had met in the temple and church last month.

Xie Zhen sneered. He no longer remembered what the two young men looked like, but he still held a tiny bit of hope in his heart.

Facing his questioning, Lan Ruo's eyes were emotionless, her hand holding the phone was slightly tight, and her voice was calm.

"I have been handling this all along. If you are not doing anything, then don't question my decision."

"Besides them, I also found other people." She looked at him coldly.

"Who is it?" Xie Zhen pricked up his ears immediately. He had gotten used to Lan Ruo using her body and her voice to mock him these days.

"I don't know. The master helped to contact them. I'm not sure whether the other party will give me face. I left my address. If the other party is willing to come, they will show up." Lan Ruo said lightly.

She had more information, but there was no need to tell him.

The master told her directly that the solution this time was in the capital Ningcheng. Even if the young couple was not there, there must be other solutions in Ningcheng.

The master revealed to her that there seemed to be a gathering of special people in Ningcheng recently. As long as she found the right people and opened up the channels, she would be able to solve the problem.

Lan Ruo's eyelids twitched slightly. The twenty-seven days of exchanging bodies passed by so quickly and so slowly.

Although she acted quickly enough, Xie Zhen, that idiot, had already used her body to threaten her, so the plan had to be advanced.

She no longer spoke to Xie Zhen, and Xie Zhen did not want to bore herself. In the dark night, Xie Zhen fell asleep in her body.

Before Lanruo turned off the sleep light, she took another look at the conversation box with the girl named Yan.

After I sent the message, the other party replied after 20 minutes, but did not ask any questions, but directly asked about the time and place.

In fact, they were strangers who had only met each other twice, not even acquaintances, and their social circles had no overlap at all.

However, the other party responded directly to my sudden inquiry as Xie Zhen without even asking.

Lan Ruo's eyes were deep. As expected, this young couple had noticed it since they met at Fayan Temple that day.

That day in the church, she had a strange feeling when she saw them, and she vaguely guessed whether it was them, so she suggested adding contact information.

However, when I personally went to the shop of the Feng Shui master who handed over the business card, the other party's eyes and actions clearly showed that he wanted to attract business, rather than seeing the problem between the two of them.

She pretended to be suspicious and asked about the young couple. In fact, Lan Ruo had already found out from her circle of friends that they had returned to Ningcheng.

The only people related to Fayan Temple and Ningcheng are them.

Lan Ruo turned off her cell phone and sleep light, pulled down her silk eye mask, and slowly went to rest.

Tomorrow will reveal whether they are the ones who can solve the problem.

...

Ningcheng, a four-courtyard house somewhere near Shichahai.

Ayan and Zhu Jue were walking with their schoolbags on their backs while watching the ice-skating performance on Shichahai Lake.

Today is not the weekend, and although the students are on winter vacation, there are not many tourists here.

Originally, "Xie Zhen" wanted to send a car to pick them up, but considering the road conditions in Ningcheng, A Yan directly declined.

Although it was not a problem for the Xie family to find out the identities of the two people, she and Jue Jue were not interested in being picked up by a luxury car at the gate of their family compound.

Especially the location sent by "Xie Zhen", which is at the foot of the imperial city, not too far from home, just a short walk after getting off the subway.

The Nanluoguxiang end of the Houhai Wangfujing in Shichahai is connected to the hutong and has always been a tourist destination.

However, except for the alleys on the periphery, all the houses further in that are closed to visitors and have closed gates are private residences.

As new generation locals, Ayan and Juejue often came here to play when they were young. In the past, there were not so many tourists, but there were still enthusiastic families who were willing to let their children in. They also visited relatives and friends who lived here.

“Is it this place?”

The two of them walked a long way with their bags on their backs, looking at the approaching location on the map. Ah Yan looked up and saw a golden halo above a person's head not far ahead.

Confirmed, this is it.

Ah Yan smacked his lips. "This seems to be a three- or four-story building? I remember that it was hanging there seven or eight years ago but no one wanted to buy it. It turned out to be a palace of a king."

"It should be the fourth one. We have been near this place before. The bid was close to 2 billion, right? But no one bought it." Zhu Jue said.

"Then it seems that it was bought by the Xie family. They are indeed in the real estate business. If they bought it in recent years, the transaction price would be at least 2 billion." Ah Yan felt that he was very anti-rich at this moment.

Two billion, two billion courtyard houses!

It's outrageous that a wealthy man of this level can't find a true Taoist master and still needs her help!

"Ding Ling will come over in the afternoon. We can take her to visit Shichahai. But I don't know if she has been here before." A Yan said.

Ding Ling arrived in Ningcheng today, but when the two of them contacted each other, Ding Ling said that although she arrived in the morning, she had something to do, so they would have to meet in the afternoon to discuss the details.

"Xie Zhen" was looking at two young people walking towards her. They were dressed in typical couple style, black and white. The boy was tall and steady, and the girl was also tall and smart. They walked towards her hand in hand with schoolbags on their backs. If she hadn't recognized them as her guests, she would have thought they were just young people passing by for tourism based on their appearance.

"Please come in and chat inside." "Xie Zhen" stretched out a hand and motioned for the two to go in.

In order to avoid outsiders today, she and Xie Zhen were the only two owners in this temporarily cleared courtyard.

Looking at the "grand compound" in front of him, A Yan tilted his head and made eye contact with Jue Jue. Today he saw the world again!

They followed "Xie Zhen" into the house. Ah Yan silently glanced at his phone. Good, there was a signal.

Although she guessed that Xie Zhen and Lan Ruo had no ill intentions towards them, they still had to be on guard. She and Jue Jue had set up message reminders in advance. If they were not canceled within 20 minutes, a location message would automatically pop up to send to emergency contacts and the police.

"If it's convenient for you, we won't go in too much." Ah Yan said.

From the outside, it looks like a courtyard house with four entrances. If you go through two or three gates and gardens, you don’t know how much time it will take.

She pointed to the back room at the entrance and asked, "Is it convenient to talk here?"

The back house of the courtyard is close to the main entrance, so it is convenient to escape if anything happens.

"Xie Zhen" was a little surprised that the young girl in front of him had taken over the mantle, but he felt inexplicably at ease.

"It's convenient. If you two don't mind, you can stay here. It's just a little shabby."

"Xie Zhen" directly pushed open the door of the back room, which was fully equipped with tables and chairs.

Xie Zhen turned on his phone and said, "Please wait a moment. I'll ask someone to come over."

He sent the message, looked up at the two young men, and spoke very politely:

"Ms. Yan, Mr. Zhu, since you two are here, you must know the reason."

Ah Yan looked at "Xie Zhen". His gestures and tone of voice were obviously still Lan Ruo.

She thought about it and said directly: "I think we know, but there is nothing we can do."

"Xie Zhen" was stunned when he heard this. What could they not do?

But the next moment the young girl continued, "Just call us classmates. Mr. and Miss sounds weird."

"Let's still call you Lanruo."

Lan Ruo was shocked at this moment. As expected, they had known about it for a long time.

She chose her tone carefully: "You can't do anything, which means..."

"I have a friend who should be able to handle your situation with Young Master Xie. She happens to be in Ningcheng as well." Ah Yan said directly.

"The details will require you to discuss."

Because it is inconvenient to discuss these things on the phone, Ayan and Juejue came here specially today.

"Okay, okay, thank you." Lan Ruo said "Okay" twice. The girl's tone was firm and decisive.

Lan Ruo didn't think about why they didn't take the initiative to bring it up since they had already seen it before. They were strangers to begin with, and helping others was a special favor. Why should she let others take the initiative to help her when she had no relatives or friends and it might arouse suspicion?

Moreover, considering the financial status of the Xie family, if these two young men had shown up on their own initiative, even if Lan Ruo didn't say anything, Xie Zhen couldn't help wondering whether this body transformation was the work of the young men.

Lan Ruo was about to continue speaking when her phone suddenly started to ring with messages.

This is a special reminder that this courtyard is equipped with a comprehensive security monitoring system.

She clicked into the APP and immediately saw two more people at the gate of the fourth courtyard. A moment later, her cell phone rang and the caller ID appeared on the screen.

Lan Ruo answered the phone and was obviously stunned when she heard the voice and purpose of the call. An indescribable expression briefly appeared on her face.

"Please wait a moment, I'll be right there." She responded politely on the phone.

She hung up the phone hastily and looked at Ah Yan and Zhu Jue: "Please wait a moment."

Lan Ruo had just opened the door to the back room when she heard the sound Xie Zhen made with his body.

"Where are the people?"

"Lan Ruo, is this the master you invited?"

Ah Yan and Jue Jue exchanged a glance. Oh no, did the Xie couple find someone else? Could it be that they no longer needed them?

The door to the back house was open, and Ah Yan saw a familiar figure.

Their eyes met for a moment, she blinked, and Ding Ling was also stunned.

"What a coincidence." A Yan said.

"Is this also what you asked me to help with?" Ding Ling asked.

Lan Ruo was stunned at this moment. Did these two know each other? And the person that the master had gone to great lengths to invite was actually such a young girl.

Ah Yan nodded at this moment, "Yeah, what a coincidence."

With Ding Ling's vision, she could tell at a glance that the bodies and souls of the man and woman were separated and intertwined. She came here on behalf of the team leader's friend, and she never expected that A Yan was also here!

Could this family actually hire Ah Yan? But from what Ah Yan said, it seemed that he was originally planning to let him handle it in the afternoon.

"I understand, but I need you to lend me those two things," said Ding Ling.

Ah Yan and Zhu Jue understood immediately and took off their backpacks. "I was going to give it to you today. This is a good way to solve the problem all at once."

Ding Ling was stunned. He even brought two bells with him. He planned to arrive today. Was all this within your expectations? Ah Yan?