Chapter 76
At this moment, Ayan and Juejue were walking happily in the alley holding hands.
Although it was dark, the area was rich and prosperous, and the alleys were lit with special street lights.
"Finally got rid of the trouble." A Yan smiled.
I gained a lot today. I not only handed over the affairs of the Xie couple to Ding Ling, but also handed over two expensive bells to Ding Ling. I got two meals in one day and visited the four-courtyard house that I had never been to before.
Ah Yan counted on his fingers and found that there was no loss at all, so he would definitely make money today!
"I'm going to buy some candied strawberries to eat."
At this moment, Ah Yan's feeling can be described in one word: extremely happy!
Anyway, the two Halo users who transformed their souls were handed over to Ding Ling, and they had nothing to do with each other afterwards.
"Buy it here or go home?" Zhu Jue asked.
Ah Yan hummed, "Let's see, this place might be a bit more expensive, but if you go to the subway station near my home, it might be a bit late so you don't know if the stall is still there."
In the summer, there are cantaloupe skewers and popsicle stands. In the winter, there are candied haws carts. The stall owners always have to play guerrilla warfare and need to catch up.
From the alleys outside Shichahai, we walked to several well-known tourist alleys. There were many vendors selling candied haws, but the prices were a bit higher. Ah Yan also felt that the candied haws sold there were not as delicious as those sold at the stalls.
"I looked online and it seems that there are some squashed hawthorns wrapped in chocolate and topped with sesame seeds. Let's see if I can buy some." Ah Yan said as he felt his mouth watering.
"This combination sounds delicious." said Zhu Jue.
"Then let's go buy a strawberry first, and then see if there's any chocolate to buy back home. If there's a stall near home, we can bring some upstairs. We can also buy hawthorns, yam beans, oranges, and grapes to eat together at home."
A Yan arranged it quickly.
It was a dark winter night and there were almost no people in the alley, but the street lights were bright. The two of them walked slowly back the way they came, not feeling scared.
"Eh? Someone's here."
The two of them had their hands in their down jacket pockets, and Ah Yan squeezed them.
Why do new people with auras appear in this place and at this time?
Ah Yan's heart suddenly became nervous. Could it be that something big was going to happen?
As the two of them got closer and closer to the halo, Ah Yan had already completely understood the full meaning of this halo.
She was even a little stunned, as it was the first time she saw this form of halo display.
【I am justice】
Huh? Huh? Huh?
This seems to be a sentence. The other halos that Ah Yan saw, such as Dabao and Xiaobao's "peerless genius little baby", or Xu Jiaojiao's "rebirth in the crematorium", or the ghost king, the first-class supernatural being in the end of the world, are mostly simple general terms.
The "I am justice" that she saw in front of her was a bit similar to Chu Bingbing's "You will die if you don't spend money."
But...it's more like a quote, a classic line from an animation.
What path does this special Aura person take?
Ayan keenly captured the four words "I" and "justice" in this halo.
In my opinion, this word is generally common in ancient backgrounds, at least in classical Chinese backgrounds. This word is used in the ancient TV dramas or martial arts novels that Ah Yan watches.
"Justice", if you think of professions related to these two words, in modern times, they are law enforcers, judges, police, and in ancient times, there are knights who saw injustice and drew their swords to help others...
At this moment, Ayan and Zhu Jue had come face to face with the person with the halo of "I am justice" above his head.
Under the street light, A Yan saw the other person clearly.
This lady was wearing only a combat jacket in the winter with the temperature below ten degrees Celsius.
She has short hair and is between Ayan and Juejue in height, estimated to be 1.75 meters.
Because he was only wearing a loose sprint jacket, he didn't look bulky. He was wearing sports pants and outdoor shoes.
She wore a mask, revealing only a pair of ordinary-looking eyes.
The other person was walking leisurely in the alley with his hands in his pockets, looking like he was strolling around his home.
Is he a famous person living here? A local? He is out for a stroll or shopping, so he puts on a sprint jacket and goes out. Maybe he is wearing a down liner underneath!
Her eyes seemed to be looking straight ahead, but in fact, they were looking around.
The two of them passed by the lady who said "I am justice" and Ah Yan couldn't help but look back again.
Many possibilities suddenly flashed through Ah Yan's mind. As they passed by each other, she noticed that the lady's gait was different from that of ordinary people.
When they looked back, they were already a long distance apart, and Ah Yan could only see the halo above the lady's head from a distance.
She pulled him up, and they walked away quickly without continuing to talk.
This alley is full of large houses and there may be surveillance cameras installed on the street lights, so it is not convenient to disclose this information.
Ah Yan continued to talk to Jue Jue with a normal expression, "It seems that there are not many popsicles left at home. Let's wait downstairs and buy some snowmen and square cakes, as well as old popsicles. I wonder if the boss has bought any rum."
"Dabao and Xiaobao both like to eat it, and the boss will restock it." Zhu Jue replied.
It was not until the two of them got on the subway to go home that Ah Yan leaned over to Jue Jue's ear and told him the specific name of the halo he had just seen.
The two looked at each other, "It shouldn't be related to the Xie family, right?"
But when this haloed lady suddenly appeared in the alley, Yan felt that something new was happening.
It is well known that wherever people with auras appear, big things always happen.
"Maybe she lives in the alley and has nothing to do with them," Zhu Jue said.
Ah Yan nodded heavily, "Anyway, we are just passing by, we are complete strangers, it shouldn't matter."
"Maybe it's the same as that Iraq expert." Zhu Jue added.
On the day they returned home from Bincheng for vacation, they met the "Beast Speaker" Ilude on the high-speed train. Until now, he has only been lying in the mobile phone address book, and nothing has happened.
"Yeah, it has nothing to do with us anyway."
"Maybe there are many people like this in all walks of life." A Yan continued.
This kind of genius who suddenly appears in a certain industry or a person who appears in the news may be a hidden halo person. However, because Ah Yan has never met these people, he cannot confirm it.
Now, Ayan has let go of the fact that he met the person with a halo.
You can't hide anywhere. Anyway, they are all people with two eyes, one nose and one mouth. At most, they have something special about them that makes them prone to causing incidents. As long as you and your mind are well prepared for protection, you can always avoid it.
Moreover, as far as Ah Yan's own experience is concerned, the people with halo that he has met since he was a child, except for the scumbags around Xu Jiaojiao and the weird "book-traveling" girl they met in high school, all the other people with halo, such as college roommates, are high-quality human beings.
The two of them went home carrying a bag of candied haws and a bag of ice cream. Tan Dabao and Tan Xiaobao were sitting on the floor, hugging their legs, waiting for them.
"Brother, sister, you are back."
"Hurry up and share the candied haws. They will melt in a while." A Yan handed the bag out and Tan Dabao took it immediately.
Each candied haws was wrapped in a layer of sugar paper and placed in a paper bag. Although it was only a few subway stops away, Ah Yan was afraid that the candied haws would melt in the heat of the subway.
"I don't want strawberries, I want black dates." Xiaobao went to find candied haws with black dates by himself.
"There are chocolate ones? How fresh," Yan's father also came over at this moment, looking at the candied haws he bought in amazement.
"You are not allowed to eat chocolate." Ms. Yu Feiwan ordered.
There were nine people in three families, and each person was given a string, and it was gone in the blink of an eye.
There are four or five strawberry candied haws on a string, which is just enough for Yan to share with Juejue and Dabao. They can try every flavor from grape to black date yam and chocolate.
"My lady, how much are the black dates and yam beans?" Ms. Yu asked.
Ah Yan made an "OK" gesture, and Ms. Yu shook her head. "Three yuan. When you were a kid, you only had one yuan. Strawberries are fifteen, right?"
Ah Yan nodded: "Strawberries are fifteen, chocolate is ten, and ordinary hawthorn is five."
Several adults immediately lamented the change in prices. Ah Yan and the others each took a bowl to "catch" the food. In the past, when she was chewing candied strawberries, she would accidentally drop the strawberry halfway through chewing it, and it would be wasted if it fell on the ground!
Fifteen yuan for five strawberries, half a strawberry is one yuan and fifty cents.
"You are not allowed to eat ice cream after eating candied haws." Ms. Yu turned back and gave this instruction while eating hawthorn.
The indoor heating was sufficient. Ah Yan bit into the crispy rock sugar shell and held the icy cold strawberry in his mouth. It was sour, sweet and refreshing. It felt so good!
In winter, you should sit in a warm house and eat something cold! That is so comfortable!
Ah Yan took a bite of a candied grape and his eyes lit up. "It's like grape smoothie. This is also delicious."
After eating the candied haws, the four of them played mahjong online on their mobile phones. The reason they didn't play cards was because Ah Yan was fed up with the passive card-memorizing skills of these two little geniuses, and playing cards with them was simply courting death.
On this joyful evening when Ayan and Juejue were eating candied haws with their two treasures, playing mahjong, and competing in a script-killing game online, the time finally arrived in a courtyard in Shichahai.
It was a dark and windy night. Inside the brightly lit main courtyard of the quadrangle, Xie Zhen and Lan Ruo, who had just bathed and changed into new clothes, were both a little nervous.
"Ms. Ding, what else do we need to do? Should we try to fall asleep?" Lan Ruo asked.
"Lie down and relax. Don't think about anything. Just treat it as a normal sleep."
Ding Ling said.
In two special gift boxes beside her, two similar but different bronze bells had their covers uncovered.
At this moment, the room was extremely quiet. Ding Ling lowered her eyes and looked at the two bronze bells.
The bells of the heart and the bells of confusion. Now they have been suppressed and purified and renamed as the bells of tranquility and the bells of peace of mind, but in fact their original functions still exist.
In the hands of someone who can master them, all it takes is a slight shake, and the sound of the bronze bells will cause a person to become immobilized and lose consciousness, turning them into puppets in their hands.
If this thing is in anyone's hands, it may become a tool to harm others.
Now, she can feel at ease only when the child is in Ayan's hands.
In Ah Yan's hands, this thing can purify one's mind, help one enter the state of emptiness, and be a tool for meditation. But in the hands of someone with any desire, the consequences will be disastrous.
If there is a chance to temporarily control other people, like this wealthy couple in front of us, how many people can suppress their greed and not take this opportunity to make some money?
Even though he has become a ghost now, Ding Ling knows that human hearts are unpredictable and even more impossible to guess.
"Close your eyes." At the same time she spoke, Ding Ling rang the bell.
Lan Ruo closed her eyes, and at this moment she only felt the ancient ringing sound lingering in her ears.
"Is this a magic weapon..." Only a thought flashed through her mind, and then she entered a state of emptiness.
When she opened her eyes again, Lan Ruo subconsciously blocked the light with her hand.
Then, she saw a pair of hands that were completely different from this month.
Her own hands, because Xie Zhen had not taken good care of them in the past month, the original manicure on her hands had changed drastically.
Lan Ruo just turned her wrists like this, constantly controlling her body.
She was back, she was sure she was back, back to her own female body.
At this moment, Lanruo still felt a little dizzy.
But she saw the watch on her right wrist. Xie Zhen is left-handed and has been wearing a watch on her right hand for the past month.
Thanks to his wealth and pickiness, he bought two ladies' watches worth tens of millions this month and now wears them on his wrist.
At this moment, the time was just past midnight.
Lan Ruo's pupils dilated, which meant that in this short minute of alternation between yin and yang, this Miss Ding, whose origin was unknown, had solved their problem.
Compared to any previous rituals, this is great.
A truly capable person can do things with ease.
No wonder she said it was a "trivial little thing" that could be done with a wave of the hand.
Although they were not as Miss Ding Ling imagined, she did not go to great lengths to ask someone to find Yan and his friends for help.
But...if Miss Ding Ling is so cautious, then what level of masters are these ordinary-looking couple?
At this moment, Xie Zhen, who was lying on the bed on the other side, also saw the hand that belonged to him and sat up directly.
After suddenly getting up from the bed, Xie Zhen felt dizzy.
"Your souls have just returned to their bodies. They have been away from their bodies for a month, so you need a short period of adjustment to allow your mind and soul to merge. Don't make any big movements for now. Lie quietly for an hour or two, and it's best to go straight to sleep." Ding Ling stood by the bed and looked at them.
"Okay, Master!" Xie Zhen agreed immediately, then lay down again slowly.
"Thank you, Miss Ding. Thank you so much for your help." Lan Ruo did not stand up. She just looked at Ding Ling, who seemed to have to stay with them all the time, and felt a little embarrassed.
"I will help people to the end. I have been here with you for so long, so a little while longer won't hurt. This problem should be solved perfectly." Ding Ling said.
"Go to sleep. Sleeping is the fastest way to relax your mind."
Ding Ling closed her eyes and meditated on the spot. It was late at night and everyone was asleep. This courtyard was obviously arranged according to Feng Shui. Although there was not enough Yin energy, there was always spiritual energy from heaven and earth. She touched the warm jade around her neck and entered a state of meditation.
As long as today's work is over, she can return to the group. The team leader has already sent her a message, asking her if she is interested in playing with the children of Xuanmen and taking the test.
Although she was in Ningcheng, Ah Yan obviously had her own daily life, and she didn't want to disturb her meditation.
21st of Ramadan, 6am.
Ding Ling woke up Xie Zhen and Lan Ruo who had already returned to their own bodies.
The two of them were still a little sleepy when they woke up, but they immediately woke up when they saw Ding Ling.
"Miss Ding, I'm sorry, did you sleep too long?"
Lanruo only felt that she had a deep sleep. It had probably been several years since she had slept so well. She had no dreams all night and it was an extremely sweet sleep.
"It's okay, I just have to leave, so I woke you up." Ding Ling shook her head.
"I will stay for another hour. You can walk around and stretch your body." She said briefly and left the room.
Even though they were wearing new clothes, now that they had returned to their bodies, Xie Zhen and Lan Ruo went into two bathrooms respectively, checked their bodies, and changed into new clothes.
During this month, the couple did not develop any friendship, and their hatred for each other reached its peak again.
At seven o'clock in the morning, Xie Zhen and Lan Ruo, who had looked refreshed, politely saw Ding Ling off.
"Ms. Ding, where are you going? We will send a car to take you there."
"Master Ding, I wonder when it would be convenient for us to visit you."
Ding Ling made a stop gesture.
"I was entrusted by someone, so there's no need to thank me. If you really want to thank someone, go thank the right person."
She pointed to two bells in the handbag that was worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Because when Ah Yan and Zhu Jue came yesterday, they were carrying two Tonglings in backpacks and took their own bags away. Dingling didn't have any bags on hand. This morning, Lan Ruo took out the largest H bag in the cloakroom and gave it to her.
The people who should be thanked are obviously Ayan and his group.
Xie Zhen couldn't help but say, "Master Ding, we didn't ask anyone for help. We met your two friends at the Fayan Temple in Bincheng before."
Ding Ling pricked up her ears and listened to Xie Zhen talk about his first acquaintance with A Yan Zhu Jue and their brief second meeting in the church.
Her eyes moved slightly. It turned out that when Ah Yan was gossiping last month, he had met these two people.
So, why did A Yan not take action for more than a month and wait until today?
Ding Ling felt that there must be some secret that she had not seen through. Perhaps, Ah Yan was silently observing them?
Lan Ruo added the matter of the coat that was left behind, and Ding Ling nodded: "I see."
She said, "It seems that you two are also somewhat lucky."
"That coat was picked up by Ayan, and then Lanruo took the initiative to join them, so you two had a direct connection, and this is the cause."
"There is a cause, and then there is a result today."
Xie Zhen originally wanted to use this opportunity to ask Master Ding why the young couple had not taken action before, but he did not expect to get this answer.
Cause and effect, fate.
These mysterious things made him feel a little confused.
Master Dante's meaning is very clear, the couple must have their reasons for doing this!
"So, Ms. Ding, how can we thank them?"
"We ordinary people may not be able to please him."
Lan Ruo asked about this.
Whether it is Miss Ding in front of us or Miss Yan and her husband, they have helped us so much and we must thank them both.
But using money alone is too simple and not sincere enough.
What's more, considering the status of Miss Yan and the others as mentioned by Miss Ding, I think they have no shortage of money.
Or, in their eyes, money is no different from the dirt, stones and leaves on the roadside.
For such people, it is really difficult to please them, thank them and repay them!
Ding Ling thought about it, then shook his head, "I can't help you."
“Just be careful.”
In the six months that Ding Ling and A Yan have known each other, she knows many of A Yan's preferences.
Ah Yan lives like an ordinary young person today, liking delicious food, beautiful scenery and traveling.
But in some ways, she often reveals a side that is not "ordinary".
For example, the young couple possesses many skills and masters many musical instruments, from poetry and song, astronomy and geography to calligraphy and painting. They can no longer be described as knowledgeable and intelligent.
They have so many hobbies. Ding Ling has seen the ancient pigments and expensive teacups they bought... These things are just for fun to them.
No matter how valuable something is, in the eyes of people at this level, it is just an ordinary object. The value of all things is given by ordinary people.
"I should leave now." Ding Ling was carrying a large bag in her hand. It was difficult to take the subway with two bells on. She had better call a car. After all, this was her own private work, and it would be inconvenient to use the Ningcheng Group's bus.
"By the way, someone will go to investigate the study room in your home that you mentioned. When will you return to Bincheng?" Ding Ling added.
Although it is unknown what caused the two people to switch bodies and souls, this obvious abnormal situation requires investigation.
"We have banned outsiders from entering the third floor of the villa. We will go back tonight at the latest." Xie Zhen responded immediately when he heard Master Ding mention this.
If there really was a culprit in the study who caused them to swap, it was obviously not something that ordinary people like them could deal with. They had to lock him down and wait until these "professionals" arrived.
During the time when he became "Lan Ruo", although he always went to the company, many actual operations were carried out by Lan Ruo playing "Xie Zhen".
Ding Ling groaned and said, "Someone will go there tomorrow. I will give you your contact information."
"It's okay, Master!" Xie Zhen wished he could fly back right now to avoid any troubles forever. He would never have such an experience again in his life.
As for divorce, maybe it's time to put it on the agenda.
But today, he and Lan Ruo obviously need to think about how to thank their "savior".
Xie Zhen and Lan Ruo walked Ding Ling to the gate together, and even walked for a while in the alley.
At Ding Ling's repeated request, they stopped and watched her go away.
Ding Ling turned a corner in the alley. The contact person of the team leader's friend had left yesterday, so she walked out carrying a heavy bag.
She passed by a young woman with short hair and wearing a combat jacket, and Ding Ling was stunned.
Ding Ling didn’t know this passerby, but...what a rich golden light of merit.
This person's scent is pure and upright, yet contains a hint of murderous aura.
Who is she?
...
Zheng Yi finally saw the person he was looking for.
This couple, who look very well matched but are not in harmony with each other, or more accurately, are a group of slutty young men wearing fur coats.
She glanced at the progress bar of the case that had been stagnant for a long time, and it finally jumped forward a step.
Within the 500-meter scanning range of the good and evil radar, the young girl who just passed by and this Miss Lanruo were both gray.
And Xie Zhen is black.