Chapter 35
Rong Jing had just gotten into Xie Changshi's car and returned to Yunjiang Bay when she received a call from Li Jianzhong.
After nearly dying from the effects of the imp at Liuyun Temple, Li Jianzhong had been recuperating in the hospital. Over a week later, although he was still confined to a wheelchair, his condition had recovered considerably.
The first thing he did after being discharged from the hospital was to invite Rong Jing to have dinner at Shunji as agreed.
Rong Jing had agreed at the beginning, so there was naturally no reason for him to refuse now.
The next afternoon, he closed his stall early. Xie Changshi walked him to the restaurant entrance. Seeing that the young man never forgot to carry his bag of tortoise shells and copper coins, he reminded him, "Message me when you're almost done eating, and I'll come pick you up."
Xie Changshi also has a dinner party tonight. I heard that he is having dinner with the boss of Fu Group.
Seeing that he had returned to his father's behavior, Rong Jing quickly nodded in agreement, then waved at him and ran into the restaurant.
"Master Rong!"
After walking a few steps, he saw Chen Rong, dressed in a suit, standing at the elevator entrance and waving at him. Rong Jing walked over and the other party jokingly said, "I knew that Lao Li was going to treat the master to a meal, so I shamelessly came to eat for free. Master, do you mind?"
"Of course I don't mind." Rong Jing smiled and curved his eyes. "You two are both my big clients."
Although Chen Rong had only let Cheng Puyu deal with the little ghost, Cheng Puyu was now his younger brother, and the younger brother and the older brother were one family.
So there is nothing wrong with calling Chen Rong his client.
When Chen Rong heard this, he laughed out loud, took the initiative to step forward and press the elevator button, then stood in the elevator and introduced the characteristics of this restaurant to Rong Jing.
When they arrived at the private room, Li Jianzhong and his wife were already waiting. Rong Jing looked at the former. Li Jianzhong's face was rosy and he seemed to have gained some weight in just a week. It seemed that he must have had a very leisurely time during his hospitalization.
Rong Jing's eyes were not very obscure, and Li Jianzhong also understood some of the meaning. He couldn't help but touch his nose, feeling a little embarrassed.
There was no other way. During this period, his wife cooked for him every day and made diet therapy for him. If he didn't show some blessings, he would be letting his wife down.
He shifted his attention, beckoned Rong Jing to sit down, and asked Rong Jing, "Master, can you drink? This restaurant has two very popular wines. If you can, try their spirits. If not, you can also try fruit wine. My wife likes their plum wine very much."
Li Jianzhong's wife smiled and added, "The wine isn't strong, and it won't make you drunk. How about giving it a try, Master?"
Rong Jing: “…”
He decisively refused: "No, I tend to act crazy when I drink, and I also have talismans with me."
The most important thing is that the talisman paper I carry with me today really does contain a transformation talisman.
I was really afraid that when Xie Changshi came to pick me up, he would see him eating at the same table with the three little pigs.
The scene was so beautiful that I dared not think about it too much.
Li Jianzhong and the other two didn't understand what the drunken madness had to do with talisman paper, but since Rong Jing had said so, they didn't try to persuade him. After ordering, Chen Rong was intrigued by Rong Jing's mention of "talisman paper." He asked a few more questions, and when he heard that talisman paper could silence sounds, start fires, and attract lightning, his eyes widened wider than the stone lions at the restaurant's entrance.
He sighed, "Today I finally feel how amazing the talented people in your industry are."
Then, his eyebrows moved slightly, as if he had thought of something, and he suddenly asked Rong Jing: "Master Rong, can you save the sick person?"
As soon as Li Jianzhong heard his friend's words, he knew what he was planning.
He filled Rongjing's glass with pomegranate juice and explained, "A friend of Arong's, his wife suddenly fell into a coma some time ago. She was taken to several major hospitals in China, but the doctors couldn't find the cause."
Rong Jing reacted quickly and immediately thought of the restaurant owner he met when he had dinner with Chen Rong that day.
This is also the source of Special Assistant Song's anger at God for being blind.
"Yes, yes, that's them," Chen Rong said quickly. "A few days ago, Lao Cui went to a hospital in Connecticut, but the doctor's test results were exactly the same as those from Xie's Hospital here. They both said he was fine and healthy in every way. But if he was truly healthy, how could he have fallen into a coma without any warning and remained unconscious for so long?"
Rong Jing heard this and seemed to be thinking about something.
Seeing his expression, Chen Rong knew that he was thinking, and immediately closed his mouth nervously, praying in his heart that he would not say that he could not be saved.
After a few seconds, Rong Jing looked into his eyes and said, "It's too late today. If I have time tomorrow, I'll go with you to take a look."
Chen Rong's eyes suddenly lit up, and he held Rong Jing's hand with trembling hands, and asked with an unsteady breath, "There is hope, right?"
"I'm not sure yet. Let's go check the situation first. But according to what you said, if all the hospitals can't find any problems, then maybe it really has something to do with our industry."
"Okay, okay." Chen Rong excitedly drank a glass of wine and made an apologetic gesture to Rong Jing and Li Jianzhong and his wife, "I'll go call Lao Cui."
"Hey——" Li Jianzhong wanted to call him as soon as he opened his mouth, but Chen Rong could not hear any sound at this moment, and his mind was full of Cui Linshan and his wife.
Seeing the door sway slightly and the figure disappear from his sight, Li Jianzhong shook his head helplessly.
He wanted Chen Rong to calm down and not tell Cui Linshan yet, otherwise he would worry about her all night. If Rong Jing went to see her tomorrow and said there was no hope, wouldn't that give Cui Linshan hope and then make him despair?
This feeling must be so uncomfortable.
But thinking back, Rong Jing is so powerful...
Li Jianzhong retracted his gaze and said to Rong Jing, "Master Rong, thank you for your hard work tomorrow."
"Don't be so polite."
Rong Jing waved his hand nonchalantly. If he could really save her, he would definitely charge her for it.
It can be said that Li Jianzhong and Chen Rong introduced the business to him.
Both parties were very satisfied with the dinner. After eating and drinking their fill, Chen Rong offered to take Rong Jing home, but Rong Jing waved her hand and refused: "I have someone to pick me up."
"Then we'll wait together with Master Rong." It didn't make sense for the host to leave first while the guests stayed behind.
Soon, a black Cullinan drove up in the darkness. Rong Jing's eyes lit up slightly. He waved to the three people behind him and said, "Then I'll be leaving first. Mr. Chen can contact me tomorrow."
He opened the car door and got in.
Cullinan didn't pause for long, but Chen Rong blinked hard on the spot, then turned his head sharply and asked Li Jianzhong: "Did you see that just now?"
"What did you see?"
"The person in the car looks like Xie Changshi." Then he stretched his neck and stared at the rear of the Cullinan again, and after a while he said, "I've seen Xie Changshi drive this car before."
Li Jianzhong was slightly stunned: "Are you sure you saw it right?"
Chen Rong: "No, it must be Xie Changshi. It's incredible. Master Rong has such a high status in the Xie Group. The group's president must come to pick him up at night."
Li Jianzhong: “…”
Something seems wrong.
The conversation ended shortly thereafter, and everyone went home. Inside the Cullinan, Rong Jing excitedly took out two packed desserts and handed one to Song Qing in the passenger seat. "Assistant Song, this is for you."
Special Assistant Song was slightly stunned, and seemed quite flattered: "You brought it to me? That's too polite."
Rong Jing lowered his head and adjusted his cake, fearing that it would collapse accidentally, and then replied: "After all, it was you who introduced Mr. Chen and his business."
"Then I'll accept it. Thank you, Mr. Rong." Song Qing happily turned back with the dessert. When her eyes inadvertently swept across the rearview mirror, she seemed to see their President Xie raised his eyebrows.
The alarm bells in Song Qing's heart immediately rang. He quickly gave Xie Changshi an innocent smile and stuffed the dessert box into his arms.
Xie Changshi saw his expression and movements clearly, and immediately said with a half-smile, "Assistant Song, there's no need to be so sensitive. After all, an old father wouldn't fight with a youngster for snacks."
When Song Qing heard Xie Changshi say the words "Special Assistant Song", his body tensed up uncontrollably. When he heard the words "old father", he took a deep breath.
"you--"
How do you know the name of old father!
Xie Changshi looked at the horrified expression on his assistant's face in the rearview mirror and said nonchalantly, "I heard Shunji's desserts are very good. Assistant Song, remember to enjoy them."
Song Qing: “…”
Look at the look, listen to the tone.
It’s as if what you are enjoying is not dessert, but the last meal before execution.
Special Assistant Song closed his eyes, wanting to cry but unable to.
After suffering in Cullinan for half an hour, Xie Changshi and Rong Jing were finally sent to Yunjiang Bay. Special Assistant Song breathed a sigh of relief and quickly ran home.
Rong Jing returned to the 16th floor and couldn't wait to open the cake box. She turned around and pulled Xie Changshi to the dining table to eat together: "Mrs. Li said that this cake is not sweet at all. I'm sure you will like it too."
Xie Changshi casually threw his coat on the sofa, and paused to unbutton his shirt sleeves, as if a little surprised: "My old father is also involved?"
Rong Jing coaxed him: "Of course, you and I are the best in the world, what's mine is yours."
After a pause, as if feeling a little bit at a disadvantage, he quickly added: "What's yours is also mine."
Xie Changshi was amused, and his thin lips curled up: "Well, what's mine is also yours."
After taking a few bites of cake, Xie Changshi saw Rong Jing go to the refrigerator to get a drink. He took out his mobile phone with his long fingers and took a picture slowly.
late at night.
Special Assistant Song ate Shunji's desserts with satisfaction, took a shower, and lay down on the bed to prepare for tonight's bedtime activity - browsing WeChat Moments.
He has a lot of WeChat friends, and checking out their updates is one of his daily pleasures.
I usually find it quite interesting to see my friends playing tricks and making complaints, and I can laugh a little.
But today I can’t laugh.
Because he saw at a glance that the account with the note "Mr. Xie" had posted a photo, which showed a half-eaten cake with two small plates placed on one side of the cake.
Song Qing: “…”
Special Assistant Song keenly grasped the key point of this photo - two small plates.
He refreshed the page and saw Lu Yunji asking in the comments: Don’t you dislike cake?
Xie Changshi replied: Rong Jing bought it.
Lu Yunji made a disdainful expression.
Song Qing didn't dare to do the same as Vice President Lu, but he silently made a contemptuous expression in his heart.
…
Rong Jing and Chen Rong made an appointment for nine o'clock the next morning.
According to Chen Rong, Cui Linshan took his wife to a hospital in Kang Province, but nothing was found. He then returned to Yancheng and sent his wife back to Xie's private hospital.
Rong Jing followed Chen Rong to the inpatient department and felt that he had been to the hospital quite often recently. Then, when he looked up, he saw the familiar nurse.
"It's you again, handsome boy." The nurse greeted him warmly. Rong Jing touched his nose and smiled, "Good morning, sister."
Chen Rong was quite surprised to see this scene. After watching the nurse leave, he asked Rong Jing, "Do you know any nurses here?"
Rong Jing explained: "A few days ago, a friend of mine was hospitalized here."
"So that's how it is."
As they chatted, they walked toward the ward. They had barely taken a few steps when they saw Cui Linshan, whom they had met once before, standing at the door. In just a few days, this once tall and strong man seemed to have lost all his energy. He had lost a lot of weight, and his expression was no longer as energetic as before. He looked extremely tired.
But facing Rong Jing and Chen Rong, he still smiled and greeted them: "Hello again, Master Rong, thank you for taking care of my wife."
Chen Rong stepped forward, put his arm around his friend's shoulders, and patted his chest hard.
He had noticed all the changes in Cui Linshan during this period. As Cui Linshan's good friend, he was extremely anxious but unable to help. He felt extremely distressed. Fortunately, there was still hope in Rong Jing.
He comforted Cui Linshan: "Let Master Rong take a look first. Master Rong is very powerful. Look at Old Li. Ever since Master Rong helped him, bad luck has gone away. He lives a comfortable life every day and has even gained eight pounds."
Cui Linshan naturally knew what Li Jianzhong had experienced during this period.
It was precisely because of this that his hands were shaking so much that he could hardly hold the phone after receiving a call from Chen Rong last night.
Then he didn't sleep for another night. As soon as he closed his eyes, his head was filled with the images of his wife's smiling face when she woke up safely and Rong Jing telling him that his wife was hopeless, which tortured him physically and mentally.
Rubbing his sore eyebrows, he took a step back and motioned Rong Jing to come into the house.
Rong Jing stepped into the ward and looked around before realizing that this ward was slightly different from the ones he had seen before.
The curtains were drawn, and gentle sunlight streamed into the room, casting a few shadows. Vases and bouquets of flowers filled the coffee table in front of the sofa, the bedside table, and the windowsill. The humidifier emitted a soft mist, transforming the otherwise drab and cold ward into a warm and bright room.
Cui Linshan's wife lay quietly on the hospital bed, and the quilt cover she was wearing had been replaced with a clean and fresh color.
Just by looking at these details, you can see how much Cui Linshan cares about his wife.
Almost everyone who entered the ward would sigh at its uniqueness. Cui Linshan pursed his lips and explained to Rong Jing, "My wife has never liked hospitals. If possible, I would like to take her home, but she is unconscious now and needs a doctor."
Rong Jing nodded, took the initiative to walk to the side of Cui Linshan's wife, and glanced at the information in front of the bed.
Cui Linshan’s wife is named Wang Shuiyan. She is only forty years old this year and is still young.
Rong Jing lowered his eyes to observe Wang Shuiyan's face, and saw through everything at a glance.
Seeing Rong Jing standing motionless beside the bed, Chen Rong didn't dare to disturb her for a moment. Cui Linshan was anxious, and he couldn't help but shout, "Master Rong..."
Rong Jing looked back at them and blinked: "There's nothing wrong with her, she's just missing a soul."
Missing a soul?
This mysterious statement made Chen Rong and Cui Linshan's eyes widen instantly. Chen Rong quickened his pace as he walked over and couldn't help but repeat, "A soul is missing?"
"Well, in our profession, we say that people have three souls and seven spirits, and none of them can be missing for a person to live in this world. She's missing one soul, so she fell into a coma. It's normal that the hospital couldn't find the cause," Rong Jing explained. "Haven't you read those novels and TV dramas? Some people become muddle-headed and stupid, and then they ask a Taoist priest to drink a bowl of talisman water or perform a ritual to call their soul back, and everything is fine."
To be honest, Chen Rong has actually watched this TV series.
But he always felt that this thing was unreliable and tantamount to a scam.
However, now that Rong Jing said this... the credibility seems to have increased a lot.
He and Cui Linshan exchanged a glance. Cui Linshan clenched his palms, his heart racing. He wanted to doubt Rong Jing's statement, but thinking of Li Jianzhong's situation, he suppressed his doubts and could only ask tentatively, "So, do you want my wife to drink the magic water or perform a ritual now?"
Rong Jing: "That's not the case. We need to find out where her soul is first."
As Rong Jing spoke, he asked Cui Linshan, "The initial symptoms of soul separation shouldn't be obvious, and she won't suddenly fall into a coma. Think back, did your wife go anywhere before she fell into a coma? Why did she become unusual after returning? For example, she took a long time to respond when you called her, or she had symptoms of dizziness, etc."
Cui Linshan was stunned.
His memory began to run backwards.
Then I was surprised to find that my wife had really been out of shape for a while.
It was a Saturday afternoon. As was his wife's custom, she would stroll through the greenhouse and then settle in to read, watch a TV show, or a movie. But that day, as he walked over to the greenhouse with some fruit and milk, she was staring blankly at the glass. Surprised, he called out twice, but when she didn't respond, he patted her shoulder, and she seemed to snap back to her senses.
Then he said to him, "I didn't even see you come in."
He then laughed and teased: "Is there anything out there that's more beautiful than your husband?"
Wang Shuiyan was also confused. She couldn't understand why she was staring outside, and it seemed like she had been staring for a long time.
After thinking for a moment, she just smiled and said, "There are flowers outside."
Cui Linshan did not take this little episode seriously, but now thinking about it, his wife fell into a coma the next morning and has not woken up since then... The two are most likely related!
Cui Linshan recalled this past event, and his eyes looking at Rong Jing suddenly became much more eager. He nodded repeatedly, and his speech became upside down and incoherent: "Yes, yes, this happened the day before she fell into a coma!"
Hearing this, Chen Rong's eyes widened even more.
Then a huge joy emerged in my heart.
It seems that I have made the right choice by looking for Rong Jing!
He grabbed Cui Linshan's hand and urged, "Didn't Master Rong just ask where my sister-in-law had been before? Where did she go before her soul left her body?"
"This..." Cui Linshan frowned again.
He began to recall carefully.
His wife, Wang Shuiyan, owns a flower shop, and he usually helps out there. He seemed to be busy at the shop for three days before the onset of his disembodied state, returning home after work during the day. One day, he stopped by a dessert shop for a cup of coffee. The night before, a friend had taken his friends to Shanshui Restaurant for dinner, and he had accompanied them. They had drunk a bit too much that evening, so his wife came to pick them up.
"I only stopped at a few places: a flower shop, a dessert shop, and my own restaurant." Cui Linshan said, a little nervously, "Could the streets we passed by have anything to do with it?"
"It's hard to say." Rong Jing said bluntly. Seeing Cui Linshan's face turn pale, he quickly added, "But the possibility is not as high as the first three places. We can go to the flower shop, dessert shop and restaurant first."
After that, he comforted Cui Linshan: "Your wife can still hold on for a while, we have enough time to find her soul."
Cui Linshan nodded quickly, took out his cell phone and called the nanny at home to ask her to come over and help take care of his wife, and then he prepared to go to those three places with Rong Jing to find his wife's soul.
Hope suddenly vanished, and Cui Linshan seemed to become much more energetic all of a sudden, busying around taking Rong Jing to the flower shop.
Chen Rong looked at his friend's back, then lowered his head and asked Rong Jing, "Master, how long can my sister-in-law hold on?"
Rong Jing raised a finger.
Chen Rong's expression changed slightly, and he lowered his voice: "One week?"
Rong Jing: “One day.”
Chen Rong: “?!!”
Then how did you say "We can still hold on for a while, enough time to find her soul" so confidently and without batting an eyelid?!
Rong Jing explained: "Isn't this comforting?"
Chen Rong: "That's a bit too much comfort."
Today he experienced what it meant to experience great ups and downs. He originally thought Cui Linshan was walking too fast because of his hurried pace, but now he feels that he can be even faster.
Chen Rong picked up Rong Jing, said "I'm sorry, Master", and ran ahead of Cui Linshan.
He turned around and said to Cui Linshan, "Master, I have something to do later. Old Cui, hurry up."
Cui Linshan responded repeatedly.
Rong Jing's mouth twitched slightly, and he quickly said, "I can walk by myself. I walk much faster than you."
Chen Rong didn't believe it: "Is it true?"
Rong Jing took out a piece of talisman paper and stuck it on himself, then took a step with his long legs, and the next second he rushed a hundred meters under Chen Rong's gaze.
Chen Rong: “……?”
Wow?!
Is this even possible?!
The three of them quickly got in the car and headed to the flower shop.
Wang Shuiyan’s flower shop is located in the center of Yancheng City. It has an excellent location, but the store is not big.
Although the owner Wang Shuiyan had been in a coma and had not been to work for a long time, the flower shop was still operating normally. When the two young girls in the shop saw Cui Linshan, they recognized him as the owner's husband at a glance, but before they could say hello, the owner's husband brought in a teenager.
"You guys go and get busy." Then he said to Rong Jing, "With only these two stores, how are you going to find the soul, Master?"
"Wait for someone first."
As soon as Rong Jing finished speaking, Cheng Puyu rushed into the flower shop. He didn't care how Chen Rong and Cui Linshan would react when they saw him. He showed up and handed the talisman paper in his hand to him.
"Give."
"Thank you." Rong Jing said.
Rong Jing had indeed drawn a lot of talismans recently, but these talisman papers did not include the soul-searching talismans he would need next. Knowing that Chen Rong and Cui Linshan were really anxious, Rong Jing did not think about returning to Yunjiang Bay to draw talismans. Instead, he sent a message to Chi Bai, asking if they had any soul-searching talismans to borrow for urgent use.
He was lucky, as Aqiu had it.
The soul-searching talisman hovered in the air, moving without wind. This scene, full of metaphysics, startled Cui Linshan and the others so much that they immediately shifted their attention from the suddenly appearing Cheng Puyu to the talisman paper itself.
Two minutes later, Rong Jing collected the talisman paper.
Cui Linshan and Chen Rong immediately looked at him.
Rong Jing shook his head: "Not here."
Cui Linshan felt a moment of loss in his heart, but when he thought of the two other places, he suppressed the nervousness.
The three people and one ghost did not stay in the flower shop for long and quickly went to the dessert shop.
There is still no dessert shop.
Cui Linshan could only place his last hope on Shanshui Restaurant. On the way to Shanshui Restaurant, Cui Linshan's hands holding the steering wheel were shaking, and his legs were shaking unconsciously. Seeing this, Chen Rong drove him out of the driver's seat.
After arriving safely at the Shanshui Restaurant, he didn't care about the waiter who came to greet him. He found a vacant private room for Rong Jing, opened the door, and hovered the soul-searching talisman again.
Shanshui Restaurant is much larger than the flower shop, and this soul search took more than ten minutes.
Just when Cui Linshan was getting too anxious to control his emotions, Rong Jing's eyes suddenly lit up, and he pulled out the soul-searching talisman and shouted, "Found it!"
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