Chapter 120 Chapter 120 How about it? What do you think?
"I understand what Miss Jiang means. Don't worry, I will arrange it." Ji Ke nodded slightly, let go of Jiang Mu Ning's hand, and kept a proper distance from her.
The warm body temperature in her palm was removed, and the strength supporting her body suddenly disappeared.
Jiang Muning lowered his eyelashes, looked at his empty palms, and a look of pain flashed across his eyes.
"Ms. Jiang, please."
The elevator door opened, and Ji Ke politely held the door open, inviting her to come in first.
When he lowered his head to look at Miss Jiang's face, he met her eyes as she looked up at him. The emotions in her eyes were extremely complicated, and were filled with clear tears, as if they had melted away all the thousands of words in her heart.
Ji Ke frowned, and his hands hanging by his side clenched unconsciously, feeling empty in his heart.
Before Jiang Muning could calm down, he turned his head away in panic, stepped into the elevator, and turned his back to Ji Ke. He knew that with Ji Ke's keen sense, he must have noticed his abnormality.
But she couldn't explain anything. Talking to Ji Ke about past and present lives would only make him feel that he was no different from those women who wanted to throw themselves on him, which would annoy him.
She could only make up a story: "To be honest with you, Mr. Ji, I have also seen many evil spirits. Sister Qingqing is a Feng Shui master who can fight against the evil Buddha. She is accompanied by Taoist Master Zan throughout the whole process. Tonight, the seniors from the Jingshi Xuanmen and Yunji Sect are also here..."
"If the evil spirit can possess Sister Qingqing without them noticing, it must be extremely powerful. I'm worried that ordinary people won't be able to see the existence of the evil spirit."
"Besides... there are already some misunderstandings between Sister Qingqing and me. She has a quick temper and is sensitive. If I go to see her after making a fuss and she doesn't notice anything unusual, I'm afraid... she will misunderstand me even more."
So that's how it is.
Ji Ke thought back to his brief encounter with Bai Qingqing. The two sisters did not have a good relationship, so it was normal for Jiang Mu Ning to be a little worried.
He smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's not that I am too confident. If the person I invited can't see it, then no one in the world can see it. He is here today, I will ask him to check your sister now, and she will definitely not find out."
Jiang Muning nodded hesitantly, gave Ji Ke a trusting smile, and felt at ease.
In this case, Ake would not just go find a Feng Shui master casually, and the only person who could go to see Bai Qingqing was his uncle.
A Ke was right. If even my uncle couldn't see anything wrong, then no one in the world would be able to tell whether there was anything wrong with Bai Qingqing.
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"Let's have the roasted lamb legs. Two will be enough."
Seeing that no one had any doubts, Bai Qingqing smiled at the waiter and said, "Add two more roasted lamb legs, and bring the spices up separately. We'll add them ourselves. That's all. Please hurry up, thank you."
She folded the menu and handed it back to the waiter, then took a sip of tea.
Pu Yueling was stunned: "Can we finish it?"
There were six people at the table, and there were only three men, including the director, Teacher Bao and Taoist Zan. Chen Rui couldn't be counted as a man because he controlled his body shape and only ate grass at night. He was also trying to lose weight, so he didn't even ask for rice.
Sister Qing, this...isn't it a bit too much?
"I can finish it. I'm so hungry now that I can eat eight cows." Bai Qingqing put down the teacup with a smile and glanced at the entrance of the restaurant. The smile in her eyes faded a lot: "Besides... we have guests tonight."
"Guest?" Everyone at the table was stunned, and followed Bai Qingqing's gaze, looking towards the door.
They did not eat in Baotong, but drove to the nearest Jiyuan City. As it was late and they were afraid of having nothing to eat in the city center, they just found a restaurant in the suburbs that still had the lights on and stopped there.
The waiter of the restaurant was originally preparing to mop the floor, but when he saw the large group of them coming in, he took out all the benches and put them in place, and boiled water again to serve them tea.
Where did they get guests at this time?
Director, are there any more links?
Pu Chen and Bao Zishi looked at the door and then at Wu Weiran who was sending a message. Wu Weiran noticed their gaze and quickly raised his head and shook his head: "I have no arrangements."
"It's my guest."
Bai Qingqing smiled helplessly. A few people were nodding in confusion when they heard the sound of a car behind them. They turned their heads back and saw two people walking out of the night illuminated by the car lights. They were tall and had long legs and walked into the restaurant against the light.
The skin of the two faces was as white as a thin blade soaked in snow, and it was dazzling against the black suits.
"So pretentious, wearing a turtleneck in summer." Pu Yueling and Chen Ruihao complained in a low voice.
"Have we seen these two people before? They look familiar." Chen Rui said.
"Is there?"
Pu Yueling recalled that she felt that although these two people were pretentious, they were really good-looking. It would be hard to forget them if you had seen them before. As she was thinking about it, she saw the two people approaching. She immediately fell silent, sat up straight, and put on a timely smile on her face.
The waiter came and asked how many of them there were. The one in the turtleneck pointed to a seat on the other side of the aisle, had two sets of tableware brought, and sat down quietly.
The remaining one stood in front of their table, with a faint smile on his snow-white face, and said to Bai Qingqing: "Do you mind adding a seat?"
Wu Weiran had just made a call when he heard the voice and turned around. He hung up the phone and immediately stood up and bowed to the visitor, saying, "Mr. Kui, welcome. Of course I don't mind. Please sit here. I'll bring another stool."
After that, he turned back and said, "Waiter, menu!"
Ji Kui smiled and said, "Don't bother. Please take a seat. I'll just add another seat here."
Wu Weiran understood and waved to the waiter, saying no, he patted Bao Zishi's shoulder and took the lead in moving the chairs: "Come on, everyone move."
The people at the table moved their seats, and the bodyguard in a high-collared suit brought a plastic stool and put it down where Ji Kui was standing. The waiter also brought a new set of tableware, and as they were talking, dishes began to be served one after another.
Bai Qingqing lowered her head and looked at the stool beside her. She heard the person above her head say in a hypocritical and polite manner, "Miss Bai, sorry to bother you."
"Well, I am sorry to bother you. It is none of my business if the oil splashes on you later."
"That's natural."
The two people seemed to be quite familiar with each other in their conversation. Everyone at the table watched them intently, not saying a word for a while, as they quietly watched Bai Qingqing and Mr. Kui unpack the tableware at the same time.
Wu Weiran warmed up the atmosphere and asked everyone to start eating.
The noise at the table immediately became lively again, and the children chatted casually about the topics. Yu Guangju silently glanced at the new member Ji Kui, and looked him up and down quietly, remembering that he was from the Ji family in Jing City who came to rescue tonight.
He can command the mysterious sects in Beijing and has the ability to bring so many Feng Shui masters here. I think he is not an ordinary person. No wonder the director is so respectful to him.
Bai Qingqing handed the ball of plastic film in her hand to Ji Kui.
Ji Kui was stunned for a moment, then he opened his big hand to take the plastic film from her hand, and heard the little girl say, "The trash can is over there, please."
He looked in the direction Bai Qingqing had said, and sure enough, he saw a dirty pink trash can at his feet. He reached out silently and threw both pieces of plastic film into it, then looked around and prepared to get up.
"Please sit down. The only place where you can wash your hands is the public toilet behind the restaurant. When you come back from that place, you won't even want this set of clothes anymore." Bai Qingqing pushed the man aside, leaned back, and asked someone to bring the rack of roasted lamb legs to the table.
Ji Kui really listened to her and sat down without moving. After the waiter left, he stared at her with his eyes fixed: "Do you know me? Do you know that I have mysophobia?"
"With a background like yours, how many people are not particular?" Bai Qingqing smiled, stabbed the sizzling roasted lamb leg with a knife, and said, "Mr. Kui, you are here tonight. What do you want to see me for?"
"Miss Bai is good at fortune-telling. Why don't you tell me why I came here?"
"Just let me calculate how much you want. Forget it if you don't want to tell me." Bai Qingqing was so hungry that her eyes were blurry. She felt dizzy if she said a few more words. She swallowed the mutton in her hand in one gulp and was almost moved to tears by the crispy lamb.
Ji Kui's bodyguard silently handed a wet wipe to his side and replaced a set of tableware that had been scalded with boiling water in front of him.
Ji Kui wiped his hands, cut the mutton with a table knife, and slowly placed it on the plate in front of him. When the mutton slices of even size filled the plate, he spoke again: "Miss Bai is a little different from what I heard."
He pushed a plate of mutton in front of Bai Qingqing and put down his knife.
Bai Qingqing looked at the chopped mutton in front of her, then looked at Ji Kui. Her first strange expression appeared on her face as she stared at his face: "You also said you heard it, but how can what you heard be the same?"
Ji Kui's friendliness was unexpected.
In the original novel, Ji Kui rarely appears, never participates in external activities, and does not live in the Ji family. Instead, he lives alone on a mountain, secluded from the world. He only claims to be in poor health and recuperates all year round. It is rare for ordinary people to see him.
Unlike Ji family's eldest son Ji Ke, who is a cold and aloof Buddhist, this master's character in the novel is a cold-faced killer and very fierce, because he is the youngest son of the old man of Ji family and controls half of Ji family's territory.
He only appeared in the second half of the original novel. It was only after Jiang Muning knew that his lover wanted to sacrifice his life to replenish the dragon vein, and he and Ji Ke cried and wrestled with each other for several times, that the author came up with the solution.
It was this legendary Ji Kui who replaced Ji Ke.
They both have the same destiny.
But Ji Kui valued his life and was determined not to do it. Moreover, Ji Kui had a reputation as a cold-blooded killer. Everyone in the Ji family knew that it was impossible to persuade his uncle.
Of course, Ji Ke himself was unwilling to let others bear his fate.
But Jiang Mu Ning was determined to give it a try. According to the author, he visited the thatched cottage seven or eight times but failed. In the end, he couldn't even enter the mountain and had to return home heartbroken.
At the end of the final battle, the hero and heroine were ready to die and went to the battlefield. When Ji Ke was about to sacrifice himself, Ji Kui suddenly appeared, saved Ji Ke's life, and used his own life to replenish the dragon vein, giving the hero and heroine a happy ending.
He appears less often and is rarely described, making him a mere tool.
It can be said that such a person has almost no contact with the original body. If he does, it is probably only a brief encounter or two.
[But is Ji Kui... such a friendly person? He is not some...]
[Iron-faced killer? Or cold-faced? ]
[Ah... cold noodles. Cold noodles are what we have to eat in summer. ]
Bai Qingqing unceremoniously forked the mutton slice handed to her by Ji Kui and stuffed it into her mouth. Recalling the plot of the original novel, she looked at Ji Kui and saw that he suddenly chuckled.
"What are you laughing at? You're giving me the food, so you can't be so insincere." Bai Qingqing poked a few more slices of meat, and the plate was half empty in an instant.
Ji Kui was still laughing, and he looked like he couldn't help laughing.
There was a pause in the conversation at the table, and several people looked at them. Zan Fang's gaze stopped at the mutton plate in front of the two people, and then looked at their faces.
Ji Kui stopped laughing and said, "I am sincere. I just feel that seeing is believing. Miss Bai, I am very happy to meet you tonight."
Voices suddenly rose up at the table, and the conversation continued on the previous topic.
Pu Yueling lowered her voice and asked Chen Rui quietly, "Do you think this Kui... likes our sister Qing and came here to have dinner with us?"
Chen Ruihao squinted his eyes and looked across through the smoke from the roasted lamb legs. Sister Qing changed her clothes and wiped her face after getting in the car, but there was still mud on her hair. She looked even more embarrassed in the temple before.
He shook his head slowly and said, "No way?"
Pu Yueling pointed at the plate in front of her, and then used her eyes to signal Ji Kui who was cutting meat again: "That plate of meat was cut by him for our sister, he didn't eat a single bite himself."
Chen Rui exclaimed "Oh" and his eyes widened. His eyes lit up at the same time as Pu Yueling's, and he looked quietly across the table.
"What exactly are you doing here tonight? If you have something to say, just say it directly. I don't have time to beat around the bush with you." Bai Qingqing's eyes turned cold and her fingertips habitually tapped the blade. However, Ji Kui was the same as the male and female protagonists. As long as the word "Heaven's Way" was involved, she could not calculate the details and could only guess a rough idea.
Ji Kui's smile also disappeared: "Nothing, I just came to see you on someone's behalf."
"Jiang Mu Ning, why did she ask you to come see me?" Bai Qingqing put down her knife, took out a tissue and wiped the corners of her lips, raised her eyes to meet Ji Kui's, and smiled, "Are you here to see if I am Bai Qingqing?"
"How about it, have you figured out what's going on, Mr. Kui?"
"I'm curious about your answer, too."
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