Chapter 44: The ancient corpse robbed eighteen ancient tombs and raised thirty-seven corpses...
If Shi Can had some respect for Bai Xiangyu at the beginning, now his respect has been completely worn away.
Shi Can always looked down on people who had no talent but tried to take on big things. But what he despised even more was people like Bai Xiangyu, who clearly possessed more than enough talent but gave up on themselves, insisting on being a loser who couldn't survive without the power behind him.
Shi Can didn't even say goodbye, turned around, walked out of the visiting room.
Lin Zhuyue glanced at Bai Xiangyu, who looked exhausted. She wanted to say something, but her throat lurched, and she couldn't speak. She sighed, stood up, and went after Shi Can.
Hearing Lin Zhuyue's footsteps, Shi Can deliberately slowed down his pace. After she caught up with him, he humbly let her take a step ahead before speeding up again.
He lowered his head to look at Lin Zhuyue's teddy bear hat and couldn't help but raise his hand to pinch the teddy bear's ears.
Lin Zhuyue suddenly said at this moment:
"I feel so sorry for you."
"Why did you feel sorry for me?"
Shi Chan put down his hands, which were moving frequently, and asked,
"Did you beat me up, or did you tear up my winter vacation homework when I wasn't paying attention? To be honest, I really hope you'd tear it up so I have an excuse not to do my homework."
Lin Zhuyue clenched the disciplinary letter in his hand and said:
"Your winter vacation homework is perfectly safe in your bag. Please, Master, please don't do something like tearing up your homework and blaming it on me."
Shi Can criticized confidently:
"Why would I do such a thing? Don't slander me."
"I slandered you?"
Lin Zhuyue turned around and complained,
"Young Master, you have a long and treacherous record. Didn't you do something like this the summer before you entered second grade? Think carefully about how you managed to hide the homework fragments in Meng Qi's schoolbag."
Shi Can showed no remorse. He raised his hand and slammed his head on Lin Zhuyue's forehead, saying:
"Let me correct you. I didn't do this because I didn't want to do my homework, but because I wanted to change my partner. Meng Dake had a very thick filter on me and refused to replace me no matter what, so I had no choice but to do this."
Lin Zhuyue raised his hand to cover his forehead.
He pinched the ears of the bear hat and whispered:
"Don't worry, I'm quite satisfied with you as my partner, and you're my savior. If I had any conscience, I wouldn't do such a thing."
After saying that, Shi Can strode towards the gate of the Spiritual Master's Mansion.
"Do you really think I'm your savior?"
Lin Zhuyue trotted after him and asked,
"I think that without me, you would most likely not have encountered this fatal danger."
Shi Chan stopped.
Lin Zhuyue covered her forehead with one hand and bumped into Shi Can's back without paying attention to the road. She raised her head and asked:
"What are you doing?"
"Is this why you feel sorry for me?"
Shi Can turned around, faced Lin Zhuyue, and said,
"I think you can completely put aside your apology. Whether you exist or not, I will devote myself to lifting the blockade of the underworld. This will affect the interests of the aristocratic families and may lead to assassination. It's just that I have to wait until I have grown more fully, so the time will be a little later."
"Besides, this incident happened because I wasn't careful enough. If I had put a yellow ribbon in my pocket, no matter how much Bai Xiangyu wanted to harm me, what could he do to me?"
That seems to be the case.
Lin Zhuyue was almost convinced by Shi Can.
“My parents taught me when I was very young.”
Shi Can held up Lin Zhuyue's face, looked into her wet eyes, and said,
“When you encounter problems, don’t always blame yourself. Put the blame on others and then settle the accounts. This way you can live a lot easier.”
"So, you have to learn to think like this: this matter is not your fault, nor mine. Blame those who did something wrong."
Lin Zhuyue lowered her eyes slightly, seemingly thinking about something seriously. After a while, she raised her eyes and asked:
"Is this why you're usually so unreasonable?"
Shi Can has the reputation of "school bully" and "tyrant" in the Spiritual Master Academy. It was better after he entered the advanced department. When he was studying in the elementary department, he often beat up the seniors in the advanced department for very small reasons.
There has been a saying circulating in the Spiritual Master Academy:
If Shican was not still a primary school student and could not participate in the four-school league, how could the senior school students have any chance of winning the championship?
Shi Can almost laughed out of anger and said:
"My dear partner, if you keep being so sharp, I'm really going to hide the homework fragments in your schoolbag."
Lin Zhuyue raised her hand and held Shi Can's face in an awkward motion, saying:
"If you dare to hide it, I will tell your mother."
Shi Can's skin felt moisturized, as if he had just applied a facial mask. Lin Zhuyue carefully felt the touch transmitted back from her fingertips and couldn't help but pinch it twice.
These two hits resulted in Shi Can holding her face and rubbing it hard.
"You actually threatened me with my mother?"
After the fight, Lin Zhuyue's bad mood disappeared with the wind.
The two of them walked to the parking lot while joking. Shi Can opened the car door, stuffed Lin Zhuyue into the car, and drove her home.
When they got home, the housekeeper was putting a lot of small things into the house.
Shi Chan became obsessed with Flying Capybara last month and ordered several of them online. He also bought Flying Cats and Flying Cinnamon Dogs. It was not until today that they completed the express delivery review procedures in Tiancheng and were transported to the island by boat.
Lin Zhuyue picked up a flying cat. She pulled the drawstring and the cat's tail began to swing like a propeller.
“It’s fun.”
Lin Zhuyue carried Shi Can on his back, put the flying cat into his pocket, and went to play the next one, saying,
"It's really cute."
There are dozens of little dolls here. Shican shouldn't notice if I take one or two, right?
"Don't you like Cinnamon Dog?"
Shi Can picked up a cinnamon dog and stuffed it into Lin Zhuyue's pocket.
"Personally, I prefer the cinnamon dog."
“…I like it.”
Shi Chan stuffed another one:
"Don't you want Capybara?"
“…………Yes.”
Finally, Lin Zhuyue's pockets were not full enough, so Shi Can found her a reusable Oxford cloth shopping bag and filled it with a bunch of various dolls for her.
In addition to the doll, Shi Can also gave a box of pistachios and a box of longans. After carefully reminding them not to be greedy and eat too much, he watched Lin Zhuyue carry the things and walk towards the dormitory.
Shi Can opened his phone, entered the chat interface with Lin Zhuyue, clicked on the transfer of 10,000 yuan, and refused to receive the payment.
I was so focused on buying a phone that I forgot to buy a case. The transparent case that this seller gave me doesn't look very good, and it wraps the phone very tightly, making it uncomfortable to use.
Forget it, I'll buy it next time I go out of town.
Although it was a holiday, Shi Can had to tutor Lin Zhuyue and train her, so the two of them saw each other almost every day. Lin Zhuyue couldn't help but eat too many longans, which made her feel uncomfortable in her stomach. Shi Can took her to Yunze Medical Clinic for an IV drip.
After the last day of IV drip, Fu Xingwei sent text messages to Shi Can and Lin Zhuyue, asking them to come to the office.
When the two arrived, Gong Yongyuan and Meng Qi were also there.
Fu Xingwei walked towards the students with documents in hand:
"Have you ever heard of raising corpses?"
Lin Zhuyue heard Shi Can mention that there used to be many corpse keepers in Tiancheng, but because people promoted cremation in recent years and the law protected corpses, the corpse keepers had to abandon their family traditions and learn other things.
Shi Can took a document, sat next to Lin Zhuyue, and put himself in a position that was more convenient for reading, and read it together with Lin Zhuyue.
Meng Qi asked, "Is there anyone still raising corpses?"
"In the deep mountains and old forests of some southern provinces, there are still people who raise corpses."
Gong Yongyuan looked at the document in his hand.
"It seems this happened over there. The corpse raiser was unwilling to give up his ancestral craft, so he robbed eighteen ancient tombs and raised thirty-seven ancient corpses."
Shi Can couldn't help but ask: "Are you sick?"
Gong Yongyuan read out the words on the document:
"The ancient corpses were kept deep in the mountains, and unless patrols conducted in-depth investigations, they would remain undetected. But recently, someone entered the mountains and started a small fire while smoking. This disturbed the thirty-seven ancient corpses, causing them to flee underground..."
Shi Can: “…”
Meng Qi: “…”
Even Lin Zhuyue, a relative layman, could smell something absurd in it.
Shi Can cursed, "What legendary staff-making master?"
"The Spiritual Master Mansion had already sent people to deal with it. Wen Miyan and Ye Yangjia were sent to do this task. The spiritual masters did a lot of work. After all, they used a barrier to encircle that part of the mountain. They should have prevented the ancient corpse from escaping."
Fu Xingwei paused and continued,
"But the ancient corpses have all burrowed underground and are constantly on the move, making it very difficult to locate and capture them. The existing manpower there isn't enough to handle it, so we're requesting reinforcements from the Spiritual Master's Mansion."
Gong Yongyuan already understood the situation:
"Is that why you called me here?"
"You are already ahead of many formal spiritualists in the art of divination. You should be able to be of great help in locating the ancient corpse later."
Fu Xingwei said to Shi Can again,
"Although you are still a student, you have learned a lot and are very good at it. Perhaps you can handle the task of capturing ancient corpses."
"The Spiritual Master House has assigned this task to me and four other official Spiritual Masters. After careful consideration, I'd like to bring you and your partners along. After completing this task, you won't have to do the winter vacation practice, and you'll be given full marks."
Shi Can sighed and said:
"I'd rather do winter break practice."
"Winter vacation practice is by lottery."
Gong Yongyuan nodded in agreement and said,
"Maybe I can win a vacation to Hawaii."
"It's more likely that I'll be assigned to go to the police station and provide metaphysics education to victims deceived by charlatans."
Meng Qi took the mission execution application and the carbon pen, signed it swiftly, and said,
"You might even get beaten up by the overly persistent victim or their family. Didn't we almost get beaten up during summer vacation?"
Shi Can and Gong Yongyuan signed with complaints. The former wrote the two words "Shi Can" in a flamboyant manner, and then handed the pen and application form to Lin Zhuyue.
Shi Can asked Fu Xingwei: "How do we get there?"
"Drive away and meet at the Spiritual Master's Mansion at 8pm."
Fu Xingwei took the task execution application and said,
"The mission should be quite long. Bring some extra clothes. Also, prepare some tools for capturing the ancient corpse."
After signing, Shi Can first accompanied Lin Zhuyue back to her dormitory to pack her luggage, and then drove back to his home with people and luggage. After packing up daily necessities, he stuffed various things into the trunk.
Because they were going into the mountains, Shican drove out his Wrangler again.
"What do you have a fishing rod for?"
Lin Zhuyue stared at Shican's actions curiously and asked,
"And I brought four more..."
Shi Chan replied jokingly:
"Of course, I'm going fishing in the mountains."
Lin Zhuyue really couldn't understand the fisherman:
"You really have the leisure time..."
Shi Can promised that he would pack the tools that Lin Zhuyue wanted to bring, and then sent everyone to the cat room upstairs.
Lin Zhuyue sat on the carpet.
Baguette jumped down from the cat climbing frame, walked into her arms, and nudged her affectionately with his furry, round head.
The kitten was so good at acting cute, and its meows were so sweet that Lin Zhuyue's heart was quickly melted. She opened the cupboard, took out a piece of cat food, tore it open and fed it to the baguette.
At six o'clock in the evening, Shi Can finished loading the car and came up to call Lin Zhuyue to come downstairs for dinner.
“I always feel like baguettes are getting rounder and rounder.”
Shi Can rolled the hair remover on Lin Zhuyue and couldn't help complaining,
"Did you feed it too much delicious food?"
"You feed more, don't you?"
Lin Zhuyue counted on his fingers and said,
"You fed it freeze-dried ice cream today, canned snacks yesterday, and cat strips."
Shi Chan raised an eyebrow: "Did I feed so much?"
"How come you still lose your memory after feeding?"
After Shi Can finished rolling the hair for Lin Zhuyue, he tore off the outermost layer of sticker and threw it into the trash can, then put the hair remover back into the plastic box.
After washing their hands, the two began to eat dinner.
Tonight's dinner is King salmon that was slow-cooked at low temperature and then pan-fried. The King salmon is much fattier than ordinary Norwegian salmon and has a milky flavor. It tastes very good when eaten with Shican's expensive rice.
At eight o'clock in the evening, the spiritual masters who were carrying out the reinforcement mission gathered in front of the gate of the Spiritual Master's Mansion.
There are a total of nine people in this reinforcement team.
Because they needed to change cars and rest on the road, the car had to have enough space. Nine people drove a total of four cars, and the cars were not small.
Four cars drove onto the cruise ship, crossed the sea and left Tiancheng. After entering Linhai City, they lined up in a row and set off.
"You can sleep."
Shi Can handed Lin Zhuyue an eye mask and said,
"When I woke up, I was almost at my destination."
Lin Zhuyue shook his head and said, "I'm not sleepy yet."
"There's a bowl of dry yogurt in the drawer, and there's cheese."
Shi Chan took off his blindfold and said while driving,
"You seem to like eating milk-like things."
Lin Zhuyue opened the drawer to look for cheese and said:
"Who doesn't love something milky? Look at the stick, it seems to really like drinking goat milk."
"I just don't like it very much."
Shi Can said with a barely perceptible smile on his face,
"Try it. If you like it, I'll ask someone to buy more."
Lin Zhuyue opened the cheese, drained the whey inside, put on disposable gloves, and tore the cheese into strips.
“It tastes delicious.”
Lin Zhuyue handed the torn cheese to Shi Can's lips.
"Try it?"
Shi Chan opened his mouth and bit the cheese.
Lin Zhuyue's fingers touched his mouth.
It feels cool to the touch through the plastic gloves.
Shi Chan bit his lip unconsciously.
He slightly turned his eyes and looked at Lin Zhuyue who was eating happily.
Their eyes met and then disappeared, and he immediately looked straight ahead, driving carefully and attentively.
Lin Zhuyue asked, "Do you want more?"
Shi Chan nodded and said, "Well, have another bite."
Meng Qi, who was following behind, was so angry that he wanted to smash the car and cursed:
"What are you doing up there? You're driving so slowly. Are you hoping to catch all the ancient corpses by the time you get there so you can get some free points for your winter break practical?"
"There must be something wrong."
Gong Yongyuan honked the horn.
"What speed does this guy usually drive? He should be in first gear right now, right?"
Shi Chan quickly picked up speed.
"How do you drive this car?"
Gong Yongyuan also quickened his pace and said,
"I'll take you to catch up, and get that bastard Shican out of the driver's seat. You can drive."
Four vehicles crossed the provincial border of Bonan Province overnight and arrived at Shangshuang Village at eight o'clock in the morning.
Shangshuang Village is a village of some age, home to many corpse keepers. For Shangshuang, this craft is a tradition passed down through generations. Raising ancient corpses is the villagers' last ditch effort after the practice was forced to cease due to the changing times.
Everyone in the village looked haggard.
They surrendered themselves to the Spiritual Master's Mansion because the ancient corpse escaped. From then on, Shangshuang Village will be under strict surveillance, and no one will be able to raise corpses in Shangshuang Mountain anymore.
When the reinforcement team arrived, Wen Miyan and Ye Yangjia were in the village. They were sent down by their predecessors to get supplies, take a shower and have a good rest.
The terrain of Shangshuang Mountain is too steep for cars to drive in, so supplies can only be obtained by walking or riding horses to the village.
"Moon Chaser?!"
Wen Miyan ran over and hugged Lin Zhuyue.
"Where the hell have you been? You scared me to death."
When she and Ye Yangjia were sent out on a mission, Lin Zhuyue had just disappeared. Later, Lin Zhuyue came back, but Wen Miyan and Ye Yangjia stayed in the mountains, with no cell phone signal and no way to receive messages.
Ye Yangjia looked Shi Can up and down and asked:
"You can come back like this?"
"Because someone risked their own life to save me."
Shi Can was like a peacock spreading its tail, showing off its beautiful feathers in front of Ye Yangjia.
"Brother, I'm really lucky, unlike you guys who are unlucky and have no one to love you."
Ye Yangjia was originally very worried about Shi Can and was even mentally prepared to accept the death of his childhood friend. He also felt very sorry that he was unable to attend Shi Can's funeral because of the mission.
But Shi Can appeared before him, looking as nagging as ever. Before he could say anything, Ye Yangjia wanted to kick him twice.
Ye Yangjia rolled his eyes and said:
"You're so lucky, but you were sent to this damn place to carry out a reinforcement mission?"
Shi Chan opened his mouth with a deadly taunt:
"It's because you're so useless."
Shi Can seemed to think that this ridicule was not enough, and said in a strange voice:
"Young Master, I used to enjoy a life at home, eating foie gras with red wine, chewing baguettes and spending time with my girlfriend. Now, I'm forced to lose my precious winter vacation because of noobs like you. Ye Yangjia, what crime have you committed?"
"Fuck!"
Ye Yangjia shook off Gong Yongyuan and Meng Qi's hands.
"Don't pull me, I must beat him today!"
Fu Xingwei stopped the noisy students:
"Okay, stop making trouble and eat breakfast quickly."
Breakfast is cooked by the villagers.
Bonan Province is a place rich in resources, especially the rural areas. It seems poor, but in fact, thanks to the protection of the natural environment, you can eat many uncommon delicacies. It seems that even the pickles served with rice porridge in this place are more delicious than those outside.
After the meal, the reinforcements set off into the mountains.
Shi Can carried a lot of things and insisted on helping Lin Zhuyue carry her suitcase. Lin Zhuyue didn't let him, but Shi Can was very domineering and snatched Lin Zhuyue's suitcase away.
Ye Yangjia looked at Shi Can's little movements and said:
"Dude, you're not right right now, you know that?"
Ye Yangjia had been on many missions with Lin Zhuyue and Shi Can, so he knew exactly how Shi Can had treated Lin Zhuyue's luggage in the past. Shi Can would at most help carry the luggage when getting on and off the bus, but he wouldn't rush to take it like this.
"What's wrong with me? I'm fine."
Shi Can was not annoyed when Ye Yangjia exposed his mistake. He hummed a cheerful tune and was in a very good mood.
As soon as he finished speaking, Shi Can dragged the box away from Ye Yangjia and caught up with Lin Zhuyue.
Ye Yangjia: “…”
"How can you enter the underworld?"
Wen Miyan pulled Lin Zhuyue and said worriedly,
"Luckily you found Shican. In this situation, if you two hadn't met, both of you would have been doomed."
"I'm also scared."
Lin Zhuyue looked at his hands and said,
"I didn't think it through, or even think about it, before I just crawled over the mirror. Now that I think about it, I was really brave."
Ye Yangjia reached out and pulled Shi Can behind him.
"Don't interrupt girls when they're talking."
Ye Yangjia couldn't help but remind him,
"You're annoying, you know that?"
Shi Can didn't feel that he was annoying at all, and said:
"A girl like you who has been single since birth knows nothing."
"...Fuck you."
Ye Yangjia wanted to slap Shi Can in the face.
"You're not single from birth?"
The reinforcement team walked a long way up the mountain before reuniting with the spiritualists in the mountains. Fu Xingwei directed the team to put down the supplies and confirm the situation with the team leader.
A total of thirty-seven ancient corpses had been lost, and sixteen had been found, leaving twenty-one remaining. Although the entire mountain had been encircled by a barrier, the lengthy search and the fact that less than half the work had been completed still made the team leader suspect that an ancient corpse had escaped.
About an hour later, each member of the reinforcement team was given a hand-drawn map and assigned an area of responsibility. After making preparations, they set off.
Lin Zhuyue opened the plastic bag that Shi Can handed her:
"Do I need to wear protective clothing?"
"Ancient corpses are very dirty, with hair all over their bodies. I don't know what viruses and bacteria they might have."
Shi Chan put on a mask and said,
"If you pass on drug-resistant bacteria back home, you'll be crying."
Shican put on his protective suit with quick movements, opened the luggage he carried on his back, and put two folding fishing rods into his mountaineering backpack.
Lin Zhuyue curled the corner of his mouth:
"...You really want to go fishing?"
"You believe everything I say?"
Shi Can found it a little funny and said,
"If I really go fishing, Lao Fu will beat me to death."
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