Chapter 103 Cousin, do you want a dog?
Less than a day into the school year, Lin Zhuyue felt half-dead, slumped over her desk in a weak, decadent state. She closed her eyes in despair, wishing she could suck all of Shican's marks onto her own paper like a voluptuous ghost sucking out essence.
"What a dark thought."
Shi Can put a gourd hairpin with a "grass on the head" on Lin Zhuyue's head. After putting it on, he felt that it was not cute enough, so he changed it to a curly tentacle grass and said,
"Eat some oysters tonight. Eat something from the yang world to drive out the yin energy in your head."
"As long as I don't cook, you can eat anything."
Lin Zhuyue straightened up and fanned herself with her textbook.
"It's so hot, don't you turn on the air conditioner?"
Shi Chan took off his coat, untied his tie, and said:
"The air conditioner is broken and is being repaired."
It is already autumn, but the summer heat has not yet passed in the southern region. The temperature today reached 37 degrees Celsius, almost sending away the students and faculty of the Spiritual Master Academy.
After finally making it to the end of school, Shi Can dragged Lin Zhuyue outside quickly, getting into the car driven by the driver before the crowds could get in. The air-conditioned air in the car blew in, and the two of them in the back seat breathed a sigh of relief.
Lin Zhuyue turned her head to look out the window. After a moment, she tugged at Shi Can's sleeve.
Shi Chan grabbed his collar and pulled his hand back.
The buttons on his school uniform shirt were a little loose, and he was afraid that Lin Zhuyue would pull on his collar and rip it open.
The driver is still here, what's going on?
a shame.
"It's the guy from this morning."
Lin Zhuyue's voice was full of doubts as he asked,
"What is he doing?"
On the roadside outside the car window, a young man set up a small stall, which looked very similar to the milk tea stall at the school gate when Lin Zhuyue was in elementary school.
Holding a cigarette in his mouth, he mixed various powders into a plastic cup, poured hot water in it, stirred it with a stirring stick, and then added small ingredients such as coconut pearls. He closed the cup, handed the drink to the elementary school student in front of the stall with one hand, and held the payment code in the other hand to signal the other party to pay.
"Work-study program, huh?"
Shi Can was about to tell the driver to go home quickly, but before he could say anything, he saw the light in Lin Zhuyue's eyes. He paused and asked,
"Want some?"
I want to drink! Of course I want to drink!
Ever since arriving in this haunted place called Tiancheng, milk tea had become a scarce commodity. Lin Zhuyue no longer cared whether the milk tea sold at this stall was made with powder or not; as long as it was milk tea, she wanted to drink it.
There were many students who shared the same idea as Lin Zhuyue, and a large crowd soon gathered in front of the stall.
"What flavor do you want?"
Shi Chan opened the car door and got out, saying,
"I'm here to buy it. It's too hot. Please don't come down."
By the way, buy him a cup as well, he also craves milk tea.
Lin Zhuyue said, "I want peach flavor."
As soon as Shi Can got off the car, Gong Yongyuan rushed over. Shi Can thought Gong Yongyuan was going to cut in line, so he stretched out his hand to stop him.
The boy who was making milk tea greeted with a smile:
"School is over, bro."
Everyone looked towards Gong Yongyuan, their eyes filled with surprise, as if asking—
Is this your brother?
Gong Yongyuan subconsciously raised his schoolbag to shield his face, but he knew it was useless, so he put it down and asked angrily:
"Yao Hanshuang! What on earth do you want to do?"
Yao Hanshuang answered confidently:
"Work-study program."
"If you don't have money, your family won't deny you! Put out the cigarette! You're addicted to smoking underage and acting so carelessly. What kind of person is that?"
Gong Yongyuan raised his hand and pulled the cigarette out of Yao Hanshuang's mouth, threw it into the trash can on the side of the road, and asked again,
"Why are you, a first-year student, wearing a third-year bow tie? Acting mature? Won't your homeroom teacher scold you?"
Shi Can suddenly realized and said:
"Is this your cousin who was promoted from the Korean branch to the main campus? I feel like I've never seen him in school before."
"Yes, that's him."
Gong Yongyuan raised his hand to help Yao Hanshuang close the stall and asked,
"You came to Tiancheng, why didn't you come to my house? Did you get into trouble outside?"
Yao Hanshuang whispered, "You don't dare to see me, do you?"
Gong Yongyuan stopped and looked at him in confusion.
"The Beagle you sent back gave birth to eight puppies."
Yao Hanshuang raised her hand and put her arm around Gong Yongyuan's shoulders, saying,
"Do you know what it feels like to be surrounded by nine Beagles?"
Gong Yongyuan's body trembled, and he said with a guilty conscience:
"...Let's talk about it when we get home."
Shi Can said aloud: "Hey, let's make the milk tea first and then leave."
Gong Yongyuan intended to take his cousin away immediately, and refused on his cousin's behalf:
"Do shit."
Shi Can lowered his voice and said, "...Lin Zhuyue wants to drink."
Gong Yongyuan often hindered Shi Can's pursuit of Lin Zhuyue, mainly because Shi Can deserved a beating. But there was still some real element to their fake brotherhood. When Shi Can really needed help, Gong Yongyuan rarely gave him a hard time.
Gong Yongyuan relaxed: "Okay, do it for him."
Shi Can successfully got the peach-flavored milk tea. After getting in the car, he handed the cup and straw to Lin Zhuyue.
After Lin Zhuyue started drinking, Shi Can realized that because of Gong Yongyuan's interruption, he was only thinking about Lin Zhuyue's milk tea and forgot to buy a cup for himself.
After returning home, Shican cooked seafood in the kitchen.
Lin Zhuyue was playing with the kitten upstairs.
Baguette and Xiaoyu started fighting for a cat toy. Xiaoyu started the fight first. Baguette was stunned by the cat's claw and took a long time to react. He swung his cat's claw back in frustration. His movements were so fast that Lin Zhuyue could only see the afterimage.
After all, Xiaoyu was a short-legged cat, so he was at a disadvantage in the fight, and a lot of his fur was knocked off. He lay on Lin Zhuyue's legs, rolling and clinging to her, looking at Lin Zhuyue with eyes full of grievance.
"Why fight if you can't win?"
Lin Zhuyue touched the little fish's furry head.
"You're not happy after losing..."
Not long after, Shi Can asked Lin Zhuyue to come downstairs for dinner.
Although he doesn't cook often, Shi Can's cooking skills are pretty good. He cooks the seafood very well and the sauce is especially delicious. Lin Zhuyue eats a lot of it without realizing it.
When dinner was almost over, Shi Can suddenly received a message from Gong Yongyuan.
"The immortal asked me to open the door for him. I'll go over and take a look."
Shi Chan wiped his mouth with a tissue, stood up, and walked out the door.
He opened the front door, walked across the stone path in the courtyard, came to the gate of the mansion, and opened it.
Gong Yongyuan was standing at the door, and Yao Hanshuang had also come, standing behind Gong Yongyuan.
Gong Yongyuan held several dog leashes in his hands, with beagles tied to the ends. It wasn't an illusion, but Shi Can always felt that the beagles had mischievous eyes.
Gong Yongyuan raised his head and asked Shi Can sincerely:
"Do you want a dog? I'll give it to you for free. If you don't have dog food at home, I can give you two bags first. You can pay me later..."
Shi Chan: “Get lost!”
Shi Chan slammed the door shut mercilessly.
Gong Yongyuan shouted, "Hey, dog food can also be given away for free!"
The door of Shican's house remained motionless.
How could this be considered dog food? Giving away a puppy beagle would be fine, but Gong Yongyuan actually dared to give away an adult beagle. Did he treat people like fools?
Shi Can returned to the restaurant, his appetite gone, so he began peeling shrimp for Lin Zhuyue. The Argentinian red shrimp he'd cooked today were quite sweet and large, and Lin Zhuyue loved them, as well as the baguette and small fish. After peeling the shrimp for Lin Zhuyue, Shi Can started peeling shrimp for the cat, striving to feed every member of the family.
"That Yao Hanshuang..."
After Lin Zhuyue had eaten half full, he started talking more.
"I have a very strange feeling, as if there's something about him, and his fate is even more complex and confusing than others..."
Shi Can said calmly, "Five Immortals."
"Gong Yongyuan's mother was born into the Yanbian Yao family. For generations, the Yao family has worshipped the five immortal families: Hu, Huang, Bai, Liu, and Hui. In every generation, there have been members who have been able to draw upon the power of these immortals to ward off disasters and cure illnesses. These immortals are known as Chu Ma Xian, and the humans they lead are their disciples, or "Di Ma."
Shi Can held Xiaoyu and explained to Lin Zhuyue,
"Yao Hanshuang probably left the Five Immortals at his residence and didn't bring them to school, but his aura is definitely different from other spiritual masters. He suppressed it very well, and I didn't notice any strange feeling when I saw him."
"You'd better stay away from him."
Lin Zhuyue tilted his head in confusion.
Shi Can continued:
"The recent generations of Yao family disciples have all passed away in their fifties. This is not normal. A family of metaphysical scholars who only do good deeds and never do anything harmful to the world would rarely have such a short life span."
"So, something must have gone wrong with the Yao family... It's normal for their family to have problems—constantly relying on forces beyond their control is prone to problems."
Lin Zhuyue was already completely full. She fed the remaining shrimp to Xiaoyu's mouth and said:
"Don't we always turn to gods and ancestors for help?"
Shi Can shook his head and said, "It's different."
He couldn't put his finger on what was different, but he just felt it was different.
Lin Zhuyue opened the chat group and found a meme picture.
This meme is a GIF. The person on the left has the word "evil" on their head, while the person on the right is a "spiritual master." When the GIF starts moving, the evil ghost gives the spiritual master a big bibi.
The spirit master fled, but soon returned. He didn't return on his own. Two people rushed out from behind him, one labeled "Ancestor" and the other "God." The two carried the spirit master to a high place, and together the three of them threw a huge bag at the evil spirit.
Because it was so fitting, this broken picture became widely circulated among spiritualists.
Shi Can raised his hand and pinched Lin Zhuyue's face and asked:
"...What good will it do you to make me laugh so hard?"
Shi Can tried hard to keep his expression steady, but Lin Zhuyue, who took the initiative to flip out the torn picture, was almost laughing.
Seeing that Lin Zhuyue couldn't stop laughing, Shi Can simply covered her mouth with the hand that was pinching her cheek and said:
"Stop laughing."
He had wiped his hands with cleaning wipes, and a faint lemon scent still lingered on his palms.
Lin Zhuyue said sullenly:
"The lip gloss will rub off on your hands..."
"I don't mind."
Shi Can came closer and said,
"The lip gloss you put on was eaten by you when you ate."
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