Chapter 27
Xie Changshi saw his narrow, elegant peach blossom eyes widen in disbelief. He placed his teacup on the table and asked him, "In a restaurant like Tianditong, you and I are the odd ones out. Is there something wrong with that?"
Therefore, it is not that there is fierce competition among merchants, but that this place is only open to Tianditong’s underground customers.
Lu Yunji didn't know what to say for a moment, but he could clearly feel his whole body stiffening, and even the hand holding the chopsticks became uncomfortable.
He licked his lips and confirmed it one last time: "You didn't lie to me, did you?"
Xie Changshi: "Do I look like someone who can deceive people?"
Lu Yunji thought to himself that this was hard to say.
All the employees of the Xie Group thought that Lu Yunji was an old fox with a black heart, but they didn't know that Xie Changshi was just as good as him. But could these things be seen from Xie Changshi's face?
He struggled to pick up a piece of meat and put it in his mouth, chewing it tastelessly for a long time, trying to calm himself down. Then he said, "Actually, I've come to accept the existence of ghosts."
After learning from Xie Changshi yesterday that the person in charge of connecting with Jiang's Chen Rong was an intern ghost, Lu Yunji went to ask Song Qing out of curiosity.
In response to his question, Song Qing first asked, "Do you believe that there are ghosts in this world?"
Lu Yunji asked him back: "What if I believe it, what if I don't believe it?"
Song Qing said as if it was a matter of course: "If you believe me, then listen carefully to what I say next. If you don't believe me, then just think that Mr. Xie and I are having a misunderstanding."
Lu Yunji: "..."
Special Assistant Song must have been learning rap recently, and he's pretty good at rhyming.
Lu Yunji gave an affirmative answer, and then learned from Song Qing the identity of Cheng Puyu and the reason why he came to work for Xie's.
He even went to Song Qing's office today to visit Cheng Puyu.
Cheng Puyu was unconscious when he died. His body was complete, and his ghost was also complete after his death. At first glance, it looked like a phantom and could not be touched, but in fact, it was no different from an ordinary young man.
Especially since Cheng Puyu's current temper is not very strong, and because Rong Jing and his group saved him and Song Qing, Shu Yuan, Yuan Siyu and others he had met were very kind to him, he was also very nice to most people.
Ghosts, that's all.
Lu Yunji logically convinced himself, but he didn't expect that after hearing Xie Changshi say the words "accept well", his eyelids slightly raised and he asked nonchalantly, "Are you sure?"
Lu Yunji nodded: "Of course."
Xie Changshi: "Do you need me to describe the current situation to you?"
Lu Yunji said stubbornly: "It's not impossible."
"Behind you on the right, there are two ghosts staring at you while eating meat. Their eyes are almost glowing green."
"To your left, at table 002, half of the ghost's body is gone. Um, the weird stuff on it is almost flowing down to your feet. Remember to lift your feet. Hold on for a moment, someone's here to take care of it."
"The ghost at table 008 next door is texting his companions saying he fell in love with you at first sight and wants to go home with you tonight."
"Wait!" Seeing that Xie Changshi was about to speak, Lu Yunji pressed the goose bumps on his arms and said seriously, "I don't believe anything you say."
Then he turned his head and looked at Rong Jing: "Little Tail, tell me, is what Xie Changshi just said true?"
Rong Jing raised his head, hesitated for a moment, pointed to the place next to Lu Yunji, swallowed the beef in his mouth, and whispered, "It came to ask you for your WeChat."
Lu Yunji: "..."
Rong Jing: "She said she knew that humans and ghosts have different paths, and she just wanted to add WeChat to satisfy her curiosity. She hasn't seen the handsome guy for a long time."
Lu Yunji: "..."
Rong Jing: "If you don't want to, forget it. It's a good ghost and won't make things difficult for you."
Lu Yunji: "...Add it, add anything that can't be added!"
After the meal, Lu Yunji had twelve more ghost friends on WeChat.
This wave of operations shocked Rong Jing so much that his eyes widened, and he said with emotion: "You are so awesome."
Lu Yunji wanted to step on Xie Changshi and asked, "Are you even more awesome than Xie Changshi?"
Rong Jing: "Not really. Xie Changshi has seen a lot of ghosts since he was a child."
Lu Yunji: "Little Tail, will you die if you coax me?"
Rong Jing made a face at him and lowered his head to eat the fruit brought to him by the staff.
Lu Yunji didn't talk to him anymore, but looked down at the row of new friends, touched his chin and sighed - it's really amazing, such an experience, he would never have dared to dream of it before.
I never thought that one day I would not only know that ghosts existed in this world, but I would even add ghosts on WeChat.
Fifteen minutes later, Xie Changshi paid the bill and the three of them left the hot pot restaurant together.
Lu Yunji followed Rong Jing and Xie Changshi all the way from the fifth floor to the underground garage. As they passed the other four floors, something suddenly occurred to him, and he asked Rong Jing, "So, do all the dead become ghosts? Can we really get these items from Tianditong after burning them?"
Rong Jing answered his previous question first: "Yes, but there is a big difference between ghosts who died naturally and those who died unnaturally. The former are not very lethal and may choose to reincarnate on their own initiative, or they may remain in the underworld because they are unwilling to drink Meng Po soup."
"As for the latter, ghosts who died unnatural deaths are generally those with deep obsessions or resentments. They are very powerful and will not actively seek reincarnation. If they are not captured in time, they are very likely to become evil ghosts and bring disaster to the world."
"The connection between heaven and earth is quite special. According to everyone, it should be connected to the underworld."
"Is that so?" Lu Yunji thought for a moment and asked again, "Then how can we be sure whether it has become a ghost or reincarnated?"
"That depends on whether you have connections in the underworld."
“…”
Lu Yunji didn't expect to hear this answer. The corners of his mouth twitched and he waved his hand: "It seems that after I die, I will go to the underworld to develop."
Then he urged: "Let's go, let's go home."
Although he was going home, Lu Yunji didn't plan to drive himself.
He said, "I had a great shock today and I haven't recovered yet. It's easy to have an accident if I drive alone. Xie Changshi, you don't want to receive the news that the company's vice president died in a car accident tomorrow." Then he shamelessly opened the back door of the Maybach and sat down.
As a result, when I turned around, a shadow appeared next to me.
He took a deep breath and realized that the shadow was Cheng Puyu, so he relaxed again: "It's you, Xiao Cheng."
Cheng Puyu was very polite: "Hello, Mr. Lu."
"Hello, hello." Lu Yunji thought of the twelve friends on WeChat and simply took out his phone. "Xiao Cheng, let's add him as a friend too."
One more doesn’t make much, one less doesn’t make much less.
Cheng Puyu was flattered and quickly took out his mobile phone. However, what he didn't expect was that as soon as he sent the friend request, he saw the screen flash, and then Song Qing's message popped up.
It looked down and quickly patted the back of the front seat. When Rong Jing looked over, it immediately said, "Rong Jing, Brother Song just sent me a message saying that Chen Rong seemed to have encountered another ghost and asked if I could go over and take a look."
Chen Rong?
Rong Jing remembered him. After all, Cheng Puyu was the first person to look for him after he scared the man unconscious.
But...when encountering this kind of thing, Special Assistant Song didn't look for him first, but instead looked for Cheng Puyu.
As if sensing his confusion, Cheng Puyu explained, "Didn't I scare him last time? And when I heard you say he made a mistake with the talisman paper, I thought that if there was a chance to make amends... so I told Brother Song that he could call me anytime if he needed anything."
So that's how it is.
Rong Jing nodded: "Then be careful. If you can't beat him, come and call me. Oh, and your leg——"
Rong Jing muttered a lot and Cheng Puyu nodded repeatedly.
After a while, Cheng Puyu's figure disappeared in the car.
…
Cheng Puyu followed the Internet cable to Chen Rong's home.
Having been here once, Cheng Puyu was familiar with every corner of the house when he came again today.
When it arrived, Chen Rong was talking on the phone with Song Qing. The middle-aged man in his forties was huddled pitifully under the table in the corner, with the front and sides surrounded by wooden boards that had been found from nowhere.
His face was covered in cold sweat, and he spoke very quickly because he was nervous. "Assistant Song, did you really find someone? First of all, I'm not questioning you, I'm just afraid, you know? I'm not kidding, I was just drinking water, and the cup flew out of my hand, and then flew back and hit me on the head."
"That sudden bang almost sent me flying. I'm still dizzy. I figured since you told me there was something wrong with the talisman paper, you must know something about these things, so I called you for help—"
Song Qing breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the message on his phone that Cheng Puyu had arrived. He then said to Chen Rong, "Mr. Chen, you've said this twice, word for word."
Chen Rong paused, wiping the sweat from his forehead with trembling fingers, and pulled the corners of his lips awkwardly: "Is, is that so?"
Just as he finished speaking, a clanging sound suddenly came from the right. Chen Rong shuddered and turned his head sharply to the right. Fearful, he had turned on every light in the room. Now that he could easily illuminate every spot, he could see more clearly that no one was actually there. However, the cups, bowls, and chopsticks on the table clattered to the ground and shattered into pieces.
Chen Rong: “?!”
He lowered his voice and screamed: "Assistant Song, did you hear that?"
Song Qing's mouth twitched slightly, and he continued to comfort him: "I heard it, Mr. Chen, but it's okay. The helpers I called got into a fight with them. You hide well. Everything will be fine after they finish fighting."
While speaking, Cheng Puyu was beating up a ghost.
At this moment, it finally understood what Rong Jing had said about the other uses of the prosthesis.
Because the prosthesis itself is a transformation talisman, which is ultimately just a piece of talisman paper, Cheng Puyu narrowed his eyes and looked at the hungry and ferocious looking little ghost. He snorted coldly and directly took off his prosthesis. With a thought, the prosthesis in his hand turned into a huge hammer.
Just pick up a hammer and get to work.
After a series of teeth-grinding crackling sounds, Cheng Puyu turned his prosthetic limbs into ropes, tied up the little ghost tightly, and threw him at the entrance, next to the trash can.
Chen Rong kept his ears perked up.
At this moment, the sound suddenly disappeared. He exhaled and whispered tentatively: "This... hero?"
Cheng Puyu coughed lightly.
A strange voice suddenly came from the room where Chen Rong was the only one. Even though Chen Rong was prepared, he was still startled.
However, with Song Qing's comfort, he slowly let out the breath he had been holding.
Song Qing: "Then I'll hang up first. Mr. Chen, don't worry. If you encounter this kind of thing in the future, feel free to call me, or you can contact Xiao Cheng who is your contact."
"Xiao Cheng?"
"Yes, that's Xiao Cheng, the Xie employee whose abilities you questioned, and the one who's at your house now."
“……?”
"Oh, by the way, remember to pay Xiao Cheng an appearance fee for his appearance today. The amount depends on your conscience, Mr. Chen. By the way, please tell Xiao Cheng to go back and rest early, so that he won't be late for work tomorrow and have his attendance deducted."
“…”
After the phone was hung up, the busy tone kept echoing in Chen Rong's ears. His mind was full of Xie's amazing operation of hiring ghosts as employees.
After half a minute of recovery, Chen Rong coughed twice to calm himself down, then tentatively called out towards the table, "Xiao Cheng?"
Cheng Puyu: "Mr. Chen."
Chen Rong: "...Well, thank you for today. I'll transfer the appearance fee to you via WeChat later."
Although he didn't say how much money it was, Cheng Puyu felt even better when he thought Chen Rong seemed to be a very generous person. After agreeing to it, he took the little ghost away.
Chen Rong did not hear the sound of the door opening and closing, but he could vaguely feel that the atmosphere around him seemed not as cold as before, so he tentatively called out "Xiao Cheng" a few more times, but no one answered in the silent space.
He completely relaxed, and while tidying up the mess in the house, he sent a five-digit transfer to Cheng Puyu.
Then I took out my phone and posted on WeChat Moments: It was a thrilling day that reshaped my worldview.
Less than two minutes later, he saw that Xie's vice president Lu Yunji liked his post and said: What a coincidence, me too.
Chen Rong: “……?”
If some of the things he said didn't sound like a madman, he really wanted to ask Lu Yunji, why, did you also see a ghost?
…
After this experience that night, when Chen Rong met Cheng Puyu, an employee of Xie Group, again, he was much more polite and even his temper was much more restrained.
Within a few days, the cooperation project between the two companies was implemented.
Cheng Puyu thus received a substantial bonus.
Rong Jing, on the other hand, was observing the little ghost that Chen Rong had brought back. It had clearly lost its self-awareness. Even trapped, it acted as if it didn't perceive any threat, baring its teeth at Rong Jing. When Xie Changshi passed by it, its eyes lit up, and its gaze unconsciously followed Xie Changshi's figure.
Pop.
Rong Jing slapped it on the forehead and said fiercely: "What are you looking at? Is that something you can see?"
The little ghost was slapped so hard that he was dizzy and stars were almost appearing on his forehead, but he still stared at Xie Changshi persistently.
Rong Jing: “…”
He turned around and shouted to Xie Changshi, "Go back to your room. It keeps staring at you."
Xie Changshi: “…”
Xie Changshi obediently returned to his room and closed the door, blocking out the little ghost's sight. However, the little ghost kept staring at Xie Changshi's door from then on.
Rong Jing was so troubled that he simply took it to the police station in Yancheng.
The one who came out to greet him was Chi Bai, who folded his hands and looked up and down in the mirror.
I have heard Rong Jing's name from time to time, but today I finally met him in person.
How come I look better in person than in photos and videos?
Chi Bai frowned and was about to speak, but when his eyes fell on the little ghost, he paused: "This ghost...?"
Rong Jing briefly recounted what happened to Chen Rong, then placed the little ghost in front of Chi Bai and pointed at the mark on the ghost's body: "It looks unconscious, but it still has the mark of its owner on it."
Many Taoists will leave marks on the little ghosts when they raise them.
The same goes for Chi Bai.
Usually he left behind a traditional Chinese character for "池".
And this one has a leaf pattern on its back.
Rong Jing: "I'm not very familiar with the sects and Taoist temples across the country, and I don't know which Taoist priest the leaf pattern represents, so I sent it to you."
What he meant was... the task of finding someone is up to you, it has nothing to do with him.
Chi Bai kept frowning, and Rong Jing was afraid that he would show traces of wrinkles at such a young age. But when he wanted to speak, Chi Bai spoke first: "I know, I will have someone investigate this matter. Can you come in and sit for a while?"
Rong Jing refused, as there were several customers waiting for fortune-telling in front of his stall.
Chi Bai also knew that his business was booming.
In the past few days, many people went to Changhua Street with their mobile phones to secretly take pictures of Rong Jing, and even broadcast them live, which took full advantage of Rong Jing's popularity. However, Rong Jing himself ran away as soon as the time came.
He didn't want to disturb Rong Jing from doing business, so he waved to him.
After watching Rong Jing leave, Chi Bai carried the little ghost back to the special department. As soon as he sat down, he heard the sound of a door opening behind him, followed by a voice: "Such a strong smell of ghosts."
"Here." Chi Bai pointed at the little ghost at Aqiu's feet and said, "The little ghost is here." Then he hooked his finger at Aqiu and said, "It's just right. Come over and see who this leaf mark might belong to."
"What do you mean? Or a house kid?"
"Um."
After receiving a positive response, Aqiu took longer steps toward the little ghost. He squatted down in front of the little ghost, and the little ghost bared its teeth, as if trying to scare Aqiu away. But Aqiu just glanced at it expressionlessly, took out a piece of talisman paper and covered its face with it. He then carried it around in a circle, his eyes fixed on the leaf mark.
"I remember the Liuyun Temple in Yingzhou was marked with a leaf, right?"
"Is this ghost related to Liuyun Temple?"
"I didn't say that. I just told you that Liuyun Temple is a leaf mark." Ah Qiu stood up straight, his half ghost face looking thoughtful. He said slowly, "I've come into contact with the people in Liuyun Temple. They're all pretty good people. They wouldn't order a little ghost to bully others."
"And judging by the appearance of this ghost, it seems to have lost all self-awareness. Either it was refined into this state and released to do evil, or it was seriously injured and escaped from its captor. Either way, it could be a threat to public safety. We should investigate if we have time."
"I think so too." Chi Bai nodded, then threw the little ghost onto Aqiu's body, and said righteously, "Then you come and check it out."
Aqiu: “…”
…
Rong Jing returned to the stall and saw Yuan Siyu before he could even sit down.
Yuan Siyu was on vacation today. She was dressed casually and seemed to be in a good mood. She came to the back of the stall with bags of milk tea, desserts and snacks in her hands and handed the things to Rong Jing and Mo Jingtong.
She asked curiously, "Is Comrade Xiao Cheng not here today?"
Rong Jing replied, "Its leg is healed now, and it went back to work yesterday. If you want to talk to it about intimidating the scumbag, you might have to wait until tonight."
Yuan Siyu just waved her hand and said, "The operation to intimidate the scumbag has been cancelled. I just asked casually when I saw he was not around. I almost forgot that he was so upset that he found a job."
It was the first time that Mo Jingtong heard about the action of intimidating a scumbag, and he couldn't help but ask a few more questions out of curiosity.
But Yuan Siyu knew that he seemed unaware of Cheng Puyu's existence, so she fooled around for a while, then pulled a chair and sat down next to Rong Jing, saying, "We've found evidence that this damn scumbag was committing fraud. A colleague arrested him this morning."
"After all, he was my former blind date, so I was very loving and went to visit him out of respect."
When Yuan Siyu mentioned the words "loving" and "giving face", her eyebrows almost flew up, she was so happy that she lost her mind and even laughed secretly.
Rong Jing held her face in her hands and asked politely, "So how does he look?"
"Of course I'm mad." Yuan Siyu raised her chin. "That scumbag is still trying to struggle and act weak and pitiful in front of me. If I weren't a police officer and couldn't just beat people up, I would definitely let him know why the flowers are so red."
"Oh, by the way, I came here today for something important."
As Yuan Siyu spoke, she took out an object from the backpack she was carrying and placed it in front of Rong Jing with a slightly rough click.
Rong Jing looked closely and found that it was actually a statue of a god.
But this statue was truly bizarre, with two enormous heads perched atop it, much larger than the body, giving it a particularly comical appearance. Furthermore, the expressions carved into the heads were also strange and ferocious: one seemed to be neither crying nor laughing, while the other seemed to be neither smiling nor laughing. Staring at it for too long gave me a chilling sensation, as if I were trapped in an icy cellar.
"This thing is the magic weapon that Comrade Xiao Cheng mentioned." Yuan Siyu poked the big head on the forehead. "I asked the scumbag, and he said that this thing is the idol he worships every day, and it was brought back by the professor of the fraud class he signed up for."
Rong Jing: “…Ah?”
Do you still need this thing for fraud?
Yuan Siyu and Rong Jing had similar thoughts. They sneered and said, "If Comrade Xiao Cheng hadn't tried the power of this ugly thing, I would have suspected that the scumbag scammer had also been scammed."
"By the way, he also confessed that since hiring that ugly thing, he has never failed to deceive anyone, except for that time when I asked you to help me with my fortune-telling on a whim."
Hearing this, Rong Jing couldn't help but frown.
Combining Yuan Siyu's statement and Cheng Puyu's experience, it is not difficult to see that this magic weapon is indeed very powerful.
It’s just… it’s so ugly, don’t you find it eye-catching when you worship it?
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