Chapter 96
Of course Rong Jing is willing to do me a favor.
After waking up, his waist was not as sore as before, but he was so hungry that he felt like he could eat a cow.
Without saying a word, he climbed out of bed and was about to stand up in his slippers when his knees bent uncontrollably and he almost fell flat on his face.
Rong Jing: “…”
Xie Changshi asked, "Weak legs?"
Rong Jing: "You ask me?"
The two men looked at each other, and sparks began to flash in the boy's beautiful eyes. Xie Changshi felt that if he didn't do something, the sparks would probably spread to his body, and then ignite a raging fire and burn him to ashes.
Xie Changshi walked to Rong Jing's side, bent down, picked her up, and carried her to the bathroom responsibly. He handed her a toothbrush and asked with a smile, "Let me do it?"
Rong Jing grabbed the toothbrush and put it in his mouth while mumbling, "That's not necessary."
He was just weak-kneed. If he had to ask Xie Changshi for help even to brush his teeth, he would feel like a waste.
After washing up, Rong Jing sat at the dining table and looked at the feast in front of him. His already hungry stomach growled even louder. He calmly instructed Xie Changshi: "I want some soup."
The soup was a light and simple pork ribs and corn soup, but the aroma easily aroused Rong Jing's appetite.
He drank two bowls of soup and ate most of the food on the table, and finally closed his eyes in satisfaction.
I have to say that Xie Changshi’s cooking skills are really good.
Xie Changshi saw him lazily lying on the sofa, like a kitten that had been petted. His heart softened. He raised his hand to pinch his cheek and asked, "Is there anything you want to do this afternoon?"
It was a rare day off, and Rong Jing didn't feel like doing anything. After thinking for a while, he said, "Let's stay in and watch a movie. I'll watch a good movie later."
Xie Changshi nodded in agreement.
The two of them went to the theater. With all the curtains drawn, not a single ray of light entered the room, and darkness enveloped them completely. Rong Jing sat cross-legged on the carpet in front of the sofa. His casual posture caused his thin, soft pajama pants to roll up, revealing a sliver of his jade-white calf. He picked and chose among the movies, asking Xie Changshi what kind of film he wanted to see while tossing the romance film into the corner.
Don't like watching.
Want to see zombies——
Before I could finish my thought, I heard Xie Changshi say in my ear: "Pick a zombie movie to watch."
Rong Jing suddenly turned his head to look at Xie Changshi, his eyes shining like the stars tonight. He said, "We are in tune with each other!"
Xie Changshi couldn't help but lower his eyes and smile.
He thought this probably had nothing to do with telepathy; he simply knew Rong Jing too well. Especially when selecting the films just now, the boy's gaze would always linger on the relevant films for a few seconds. Although the time was short, it was still noticeable.
Finally, as Rong Jing wished, he chose a zombie movie. Unfortunately, Rong Jing was probably really tired, and he was a little sleepy after eating a full meal in the afternoon. Even if the zombies were howling and eating people, he could still doze off.
After a while, Xie Changshi felt a weight beside his legs. He lowered his eyes and saw Rong Jing sleeping soundly against his legs.
Helplessness showed in the man's eyes. He bent down and picked up the man. The sudden feeling of being in the air startled Rong Jing awaken her for a moment, but when she saw Xie Changshi, she fell asleep again.
He took a nap in Xie Changshi's arms. When he woke up, the movie was over and his cell phone was ringing.
Seeing that his eyes were still hazy, Xie Changshi handed him the phone and said, "It's Uncle Feng Si calling."
Rong Jing woke up immediately and grabbed the phone. As soon as the call was connected, he heard Feng Si's voice: "A Jing, I think there's something wrong with the dragon vein. I need to leave for a while."
Is there a problem with the dragon vein?
Rong Jing frowned slightly and asked bluntly, "What's going on?"
"It should be related to the mudslide." Xie Changshi handed his mobile phone to Rong Jing. The mobile phone page showed a news notification released more than ten minutes ago. A sudden mudslide occurred in the mountain range from Nanling to Jiangyang Mountain, and the situation was not optimistic. The villages at the foot of the mountain were suspected to be seriously damaged.
Seeing this, Rong Jing subconsciously tightened his fingers around the phone.
He pursed his lips and said to Feng Si on the other end of the phone, "I understand. Uncle Master, please go over first."
After a pause, he asked, "Do you want Senior Si Liu to go with you?"
The previous destruction of the dragon veins had all been caused by others, so Rong Jing could probably guess that this disaster wasn't natural either. With Senior Si Liu by his side, Feng Si would likely handle things more quickly.
But Feng Si obviously didn't think so.
He refused decisively: "No, let him follow you, it's safer."
After hanging up the phone, Rong Jing's good mood instantly vanished. He took the phone from Xie Changshi and scanned the mudslide report. According to comments from residents near Nanling, they did receive government notification, but the mudslide arrived too quickly, resulting in some people going missing.
In this case, the so-called disappearance is actually not much different from death.
Rong Jing stuffed the phone back into Xie Changshi's hand, climbed up from the sofa swiftly, walked to the side, picked up his backpack, and started fortune-telling.
He was calculating the possibility of going to Nanling and Jiangyang Mountain.
The hexagram indicates safety.
Rong Jing's eyes lit up slightly, but Xie Changshi said, "Be more comprehensive."
More comprehensive?
Xie Changshi reminded him: "Calculate the situation here, or calculate whether it is better for you to stay here or go to Nanling."
Rong Jing thought so too.
After all, Yancheng is not absolutely peaceful at the moment. They still have a rat hiding in the gutter that they have not found.
…
The next day, Rong Jing went to the studio to work as usual.
The weather was getting colder, and he wore a black sweatshirt, which made his face look even paler. He walked into the studio, hot cocoa in hand, where the guests waiting were discussing the mudslide in Nanling.
"Is Nanling's feng shui bad? The earthquake ten years ago was horrific enough, so why is there a sudden mudslide this time?"
"I have a colleague from Nanling. When he received the news yesterday, his face turned pale and he was almost rushed to the hospital. But fortunately, his family was lucky and no one was hurt."
The guests were chatting animatedly when they noticed Rong Jing from the corner of their eyes. They immediately greeted Rong Jing and then said, "Master, I saw online today that the Xie family donated a lot of necessities to the disaster area."
"It seems he donated another 100 million yuan." The person next to him added.
Rong Jing also knew these things.
He had been paying attention to the mudslide in Nanling all day yesterday, so he naturally knew what Xie Changshi had done.
He nodded to a few people and explained, "I hope I can be of some help."
Then I started today's work.
Around three in the afternoon, Chi Bai arrived at the studio. As soon as he entered, he grabbed the milk tea that Nie Liu had just ordered from takeout. He deftly inserted the straw into the cup, took a sip, and then leaned back comfortably on the sofa. He winked mysteriously at the mirror and said, "I have some good news. Guess what."
Rong Jing: "Have you found the person pretending to be Xing Mei?"
Chi Bai: “……?”
He asked, "How did you guess that?"
Rong Jing: "It's obvious. The news that makes you run to me at this time and look so excited is nothing else."
Chi Bai subconsciously touched his face and chuckled. Then, he lowered his voice and said to Rong Jing, "Although I'm not completely sure who it is, I can basically conclude that the other party is the ghost from the Heavenly Master Alliance!"
Seeing Rong Jing's interest, Chi Bai took out his phone and found a few videos, then placed them in front of Rong Jing. Rong Jing lowered his head and clicked on one of them.
He originally thought that the person who showed up would be a fake Xing Mei, but in fact it was an elderly man with a strange and even somewhat ugly appearance. He was hunched over and dressed in tattered clothes, like a homeless person. He slowly got off the bus and walked into a public toilet.
"This is……?"
"You'll know after watching the second video."
Rong Jing clicked on the second video. The time above the video kept moving, and the door of the public toilet opened, but the homeless man was gone.
Rong Jing recalled the men who had just left his sight, his eyebrows twitched slightly, and he asked, "Another trick of the transformation talisman?"
Chi Bai shrugged. "It's obvious. This guy has a guilty conscience. From what we've investigated so far, he's used at least eight transformation talismans."
Rong Jing: “…”
That's indeed a bit too much guilt.
He asked curiously: "So where is the source? Who is it?"
Chi Bai: "The source that Yuan Siyu and the others found is in the Yancheng branch of the Heavenly Master Alliance. Currently, the Yancheng branch of the Heavenly Master Alliance has only six people in total, two managers and four minions."
As he spoke, he took out a piece of A4 paper and handed it to Rong Jing, raising his chin for Rong Jing to look at it.
The person on the paper was a middle-aged man named Dai Ji, one of the managers of the Tianshi Alliance's Yancheng branch.
"This Dai Ji is 42 years old this year and was originally a Taoist priest from the Qingyun Sect."
Qingyun Sect?
Rong Jing remembered something and was quite surprised: "Isn't that the same Taoist temple as Minister Duan's?"
Chi Bai nodded. "Yeah, so I secretly asked Duan Yunshuang about it. Duan Yunshuang said that Dai Ji and Wu Liu had the same master... Um, do you recognize Wu Liu?"
Although this person has not appeared in Rong Jing's life for a long time, Rong Jing remembers him very clearly because Wu Liu is Duan Yunshuang's pursuer.
Seeing Rong Jing nod, Chi Bai continued, "In Wu Liu's eyes, Dai Ji is honest and simple. Although his talent is average, he is very enthusiastic and an absolutely good person."
——Good person?
Rong Jing frowned, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Chi Bai continued, "But according to the information I heard from other people in the Tianshi Alliance, the Dai Ji they knew was very flamboyant. I heard that he treated those four minions very badly, which was in stark contrast to another manager named Chen Xin."
"So..." Rong Jing had some thoughts in his mind, "Do you think this Dai Ji was replaced?"
Although Chi Bai did not directly affirm it, he said something to the same effect.
He said, "According to the information provided by Wu Liu and Duan Yunshuang, Dai Ji hasn't returned to Qingyun Sect in many years. Even if the sect summoned him, he would give different excuses. He's very strange, isn't he?"
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