Chapter 19: Yuan You Can See It
"Right in front of you."
Shi Can turned his gaze towards Yu Xiaoyan.
"She summoned the Pen Fairy and was entangled by it. Even if she didn't want to, a connection called 'fate' had already been established between the two."
As he spoke, Shi Can picked up a black thread in his hand. One end of the thread was connected to Yu Xiaoyan, and the other end extended out. It was unknown how far it stretched or where it reached.
Lin Zhuyue looked at the thread in Shi Can's hand.
Shi Can understood and said, "You can really see it."
Lin Zhuyue didn't understand what he meant: "Huh?"
"'Fate' is very difficult to see. Even most spiritual masters who can communicate with ghosts and gods cannot see 'Fate'."
Shi Can's tone was frivolous, and his words were directed at Wen Miyan and Ye Yangjia.
"They can't see. They are two blind men."
Wen Miyan asked, "What's wrong with you? You're still exposing my secrets during a team mission?"
Ye Yangjia looked at him unkindly: "If you want a beating, just say it."
Shi Can showed no fear at all: "We'll talk about it after you win."
Lin Zhuyue sat aside and watched the three people bickering. Although she was also a person who "could see", she seemed to understand why Wen Miyan and Ye Yangjia didn't like Shi Can.
Shican's mouth is so mean that it makes people want to slap and kiss him as soon as he opens his mouth.
Yu Xiaoyan spoke weakly:
"Um...I think I can see..."
Shi Chan was not surprised at all and explained:
"You have been haunted by the Pen Fairy. After receiving guidance, it is normal for you to temporarily see the 'fate' between you and this Pen Fairy."
Shi Can held the thread with both hands and continued:
"Since you can see it, then watch carefully—"
He tugged at the black thread.
Not broken.
Instead, Yu Xiaoyan covered her head in pain.
“Fate is a very wonderful thing.”
Shi Can let go of his hand and said,
"Once it's established, there's almost no chance of it breaking. Powerful people and ghosts can hide it, but no matter how you cover it up, it will always be there."
Yu Xiaoyan finally recovered from the pain.
Shi Can picked up his coffee cup again, crossed his legs, and said in a lecturing tone:
"Look, what have you gotten yourself into?"
Lin Zhuyue pondered for a moment and asked:
"You said you wanted to summon the ghost and then catch it. What you mean is..."
Shi Chan nodded and replied:
"Let this little girl summon the Pen Fairy again."
Yu Xiaoyan's eyes were filled with shock and pain. After this incident, she was terrified of the mysterious game "Pen Fairy" and never wanted to play it again. But the people who came to rescue her wanted her to play it again.
"Even if that Pen Fairy is very powerful and can hide 'Fate', you can still find it, right?"
Lin Zhuyue understood Yu Xiaoyan's reluctance and asked,
"Just follow the line and find it, right? Why do you have to summon the Pen Fairy again?"
Wen Miyan shook her head and said:
"Chasing along the line is certainly feasible, but it's a foolish approach. Theoretically, as long as he keeps running, we'll never catch up. After all, it's hard for humans to outrun ghosts. Also, although we have plenty of time to waste with him, Fan Taotao's time is waning every day she wastes."
"When restoring the 'origin', using magic to forcibly summon him and capture him directly is the quickest and most effective method."
Yu Xiaoyan sat on a chair, supporting her upper body with her hands on her knees. Not only were her hands digging into her pants hard, but her shoulders were also shaking.
Shi Can asked, "Don't you want Fan Taotao to be rescued soon?"
"I certainly hope..."
Yu Xiaoyan's eyes were filled with tears and her voice was filled with tears.
"But……"
But she was really scared.
The pain of scratching the wall with your fingers, your nails splitting, your index finger bloody and mangled. And the constant, never-ending "die" voice that lingers in your ears, as if it's deeply embedded in your brain.
It's horrible, it's really horrible...
"You have a protective amulet on you. Even if you respond passively, the Pen Fairy won't be able to embarrass you anymore."
Wen Miyan said calmly,
"But he will pursue your bloodline, looking for your parents and your siblings. In a few years, if you get married and have children, he will also look for your husband and descendants."
Wen Miyan's tone was cold, unlike the gentle and amiable way she usually treated Lin Zhuyue. She seemed a little angry, so angry that she started threatening a middle school student with the worst possible future.
"The mortality rate in our industry is very high."
Wen Miyan pointed at Shi Can and said to Xiaoyan,
"The amulet was given to you by him, and it is supported by his spiritual power. If he dies one day in the future, your amulet may become ineffective."
Lin Zhuyue thought Shi Can would retort with something like "Why are you cursing people?", but Shi Can was seriously tasting the Blue Mountain coffee in the cup and had no intention of refuting, as if he agreed with Wen Miyan's words.
Wen Miyan said: "So, let's go and summon the Pen Fairy. Let's catch him and we won't have any worries anymore."
With tears in her eyes, Yu Xiaoyan nodded vigorously.
"Deputy Minister Chu, please contact the school."
Seeing that the deal was done, Shi Can said to Chu Hongyu,
"After clearing the school today, we will enter the school and use the classroom where we played with the Pen Fairy before."
Chu Hongyu agreed, left the private room of the cafe, and went out to call the school principal's secretary.
During this time, the waiter came in to deliver dessert.
Shi Chan handed the Blue Mountain coffee he had only taken a few sips of to the clerk:
"Please make a new cup and don't use instant coffee powder, or change the price of your coffee to match that of instant coffee."
The clerk blushed and left with the coffee cup.
Not long after, the store manager came in with two desserts and said they didn't have any Blue Mountain coffee beans, only instant Blue Mountain coffee, so they couldn't make Shi Can a fresh cup. He apologized. He also tried to get close to Lin Zhuyue and the others, saying they were destined to be together, and that the store would treat them today, giving them a free meal and no room fee.
Lin Zhuyue had originally intended to pay, but Shi Can had gotten ahead and paid directly with the mobile app. He didn't need the small amount of money, but if someone accused him of deliberately using instant coffee just to drink the coffee, it would be bad news; it would put him on a cyber criminal record.
They stayed in the private room of the cafe for the whole afternoon, and renewed their membership when the time limit was up. They waited until the last self-study class of the afternoon at Qianniu City Middle School ended before leaving the cafe together.
After this self-study class, the school will be cleared in an hour. This time is the evening rush hour, and it takes about an hour to get to school by bus from the cafe.
Although the target of the mission is a fierce ghost and is very dangerous...
However, Shi Can, Wen Mi Yan, and Ye Yang Jia were all relaxed. Shi Can wore an eye mask and rested with his head tilted back. Wen Mi Yan was looking for restaurants in Qianniu City. Ye Yang Jia was adjusting his bracelet, which was made of agarwood and had a very soothing scent.
Wen Miyan suggested:
"Let's go to the Yakitori restaurant tonight. They're open late, so we can go there later."
Ye Yangjia shook his head:
"I have a psychological trauma about the lantern."
"Then why not eat Lantern? This place doesn't have a set menu, so just order whatever you want."
Lin Zhuyue hugged a pillow and leaned back in her chair, lost in thought. She had eaten a lot of desserts, and with a full stomach, she had no interest in the Yakitori restaurant for a while.
When I think of yakitori restaurants, I think of Japanese restaurants, and I think of omakase. The last time her mother visited her, she took her to a pricey omakase restaurant. Both the taste and the service were worth the price. The chef cared about her more than her mother did, worrying she wouldn't be full and giving her more sea urchin rice.
An hour later, they arrived at Qianniu City Middle School. Some students were still lingering outside the school, but the inside had been cleared. Aside from security guards patrolling the campus and sanitation workers hauling trash cans, there was no one else to be seen.
Chu Hongyu had informed the principal's secretary of the car's appearance and license plate number in advance, so as soon as his car approached, several people came out of the security booth.
The two people at the back were wearing security uniforms, while the two in front were wearing suits.
Chu Hongyu lowered the car window and presented his special certificate according to the procedure.
"Hello, Vice Minister Chu, and all the masters, I am Principal Yin's secretary, my last name is Wang."
Secretary Wang introduced politely,
"This is the head teacher of the third grade, Director Shang, who is also Fan Taotao and Yu Xiaoyan's biology teacher."
The security guard opened the school gate to allow commercial vehicles to pass through.
"It's in that building, you go there first."
Secretary Wang pointed in the direction and said,
"We'll take the security patrol car and we'll be there soon."
Chu Hongyu nodded, drove the car into the school, and followed the road to the teaching building that Secretary Wang pointed to.
Lin Zhuyue and his group opened the car door and got out.
Shi Chan took down the travel bags one by one and handed them to his companions. Although they had checked the contents of the bags before, they still checked them again out of caution to see if they had forgotten anything or if there was anything wrong with the items.
Secretary Wang and Director Shang have also arrived.
They took Lin Zhuyue and his group into the building. This was the old campus of Qianniu City Municipal High School. There was no elevator, so they had to climb up the stairs entirely on foot. When they reached the fifth floor, Director Shang, who lacked exercise, was already exhausted and out of breath.
The classroom of Class 3, Grade 9 where Fan Taotao and Yu Xiaoyan are located is on the west side of the fifth floor. This is also where they play the Ouija board game and summon the Ouija board.
Secretary Wang and Director Shang knew that Chu Hongyu was going to bring someone who could solve this problem, so they left the key in advance. Director Shang used the key to open the front door of the classroom and let Lin Zhuyue and others in.
Yu Xiaoyan was shaking with fear before she even entered the door.
Seeing that she was hesitant to move, Lin Zhuyue made up his mind, grabbed her wrist, and led her into the classroom.
This is a very normal classroom with two doors and windows on both sides. One side opens to the corridor, and the other side allows you to see outside and downstairs by sticking your head out. There are also two blackboards in the front and back of the classroom.
The front blackboard had been wiped clean with a washed blackboard eraser, though it still had water marks on it. The back blackboard had been used as a newspaper, but half of it had been erased, replaced by a math problem solution. It seemed the math teacher felt one blackboard wasn't enough for the lecture.
There are many pieces of white paper stuck under the blackboard on the other side of the podium.
Director Shang sighed, walked over, peeled back the tape adhering to the edges of the white papers, and peeled off the A4 sheets. The wall beneath the papers was covered in scratches, some shallow and some deep, some stained with blood.
Yu Xiaoyan subconsciously covered her hands.
She first went crazy after the news of Fan Taotao being hit by a car spread. She cried heart-wrenchingly in front of many classmates and scratched the wall hard. The teachers and classmates tried to pull her away, but they couldn't do anything.
Those in the class who did not believe in metaphysics all thought that Yu Xiaoyan had developed mental problems after being frightened by the news that Fan Taotao had been hit by a car, and did not think that she was being controlled by an evil spirit.
Lin Zhuyue let go of Yu Xiaoyan's wrist.
She subconsciously walked to the center of the classroom, grabbed a desk and dragged it out.
Yu Xiaoyan was terrified.
Wen Miyan asked, "This is the table you use to play with the Pen Fairy, right?"
"Although I already knew she would be very inspirational..."
Ye Yangjia looked at Lin Zhuyue and said with emotion,
"But is it really that strong?"
Shi Can said, "Let's go and set up."
He walked over with his bag and, together with his classmates, moved the other tables and chairs around the desk, leaving only this table and two chairs in the middle of the classroom.
Shi Can took out a glass bottle filled with gray dust. As soon as he opened the bottle cap, he could smell the smell of burning yellow paper.
He held the glass bottle upside down and poured the liquid in a circle on the ground, enclosing the tables and chairs. He then took out yellow paper and scissors and cut out four small paper figures. Using a fine brush dipped in cinnabar ink, he drew talismans on the figures' foreheads and pierced each figure's eyes with a needle.
He took out a compass, measured the direction very carefully, and placed the paper figures in the east, south, west and north directions of the table.
Ye Yangjia and Wen Miyan opened all the doors and windows in the classroom, even the windows in the corridor. At this time, the classroom could be said to be connected in all directions.
Lin Zhuyue originally wanted to help Ye Yangjia and Wen Miyan.
"Come here."
Shi Can pulled Lin Zhuyue over.
"Don't step on the ashes and paper figures on the ground. If you do, this formation will probably be useless."
Yu Xiaoyan also stepped over carefully.
Shi Can pushed Lin Zhuyue onto one of the chairs and asked Yu Xiaoyan to sit on the chair opposite.
On the day of summoning the Pen Fairy, Yu Xiaoyan was sitting in this position, but the person opposite her at that time was Fan Taotao.
Shi Can slapped a piece of white paper on the table, handed the pencil to Yu Xiaoyan, and said:
"Write something on the paper, try to make it the same as when you summoned the Pen Fairy."
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