Chapter 84: Trash, useless trash, even if he becomes a ghost, he won’t change…
"I had the same dream."
Lin Zhuyue took the menu from the waiter who passed by, checked the dishes she wanted to eat with a pencil, and asked Shi Can,
"Did you encounter any disappointing dishes?"
"Steamed eggs are not good. The egg smell is too strong."
Shi Can showed Lin Zhuyue the steamed egg he had only scooped a spoonful of, and recommended something he thought was delicious.
"The red rice sausage has a great taste and texture. The barbecued pork is also okay, with a little bit of fat and a very fragrant flavor. You can also try the siu mai, which is filled with pure meat, not glutinous rice."
Lin Zhuyue checked the dishes recommended by Shican one by one.
As we all know, Shican is very picky about food. If he says it's okay, it means it's delicious. If he says it's delicious, it means it's a delicacy that must be tried. It would be a pity to miss it.
Lin Zhuyue ordered some dishes according to her taste, handed her menu to the waiter, and sat at the table waiting for the food to be served.
When the dishes were almost served, Wen Miyan, Ye Yangjia and Gu Qinghan also arrived at the restaurant.
Gu Qinghan was busy with work early in the morning, answering and making phone calls non-stop. About half an hour later, he finally finished his work and politely asked the trainee spiritualists how they slept last night and whether there were any problems in the hotel that needed to be rectified.
Shi Can didn't answer and threw the question back:
"Mr. Gu, did you sleep well?"
Gu Qinghan answered honestly:
"It was fine. I didn't have any dreams and slept through the night. But I was so scared last night that I didn't dare turn off the bedside lamp."
Gu Qinghan bought three high-quality glutinous rice coconuts with his own money, asked the front desk to send them up, and asked the restaurant kitchen to open them and bring them over along with ingredients such as chopped hawthorn and raisins. Each person received half a coconut as a snack after the meal.
Lin Zhuyue had eaten glutinous rice coconut at home. She didn’t like adding any ingredients and preferred the original aroma and taste of glutinous rice coconut, so she just used a spoon to scoop up the sticky coconut water and dig out the sticky coconut meat.
After eating glutinous rice and coconut, everyone looked back at Qinghan’s residence together.
When Gu Qinghan got home, he took his laptop and continued to work. He was typing on the keyboard while making a phone call:
"Zhenzhen, how long will it take you to get off the high-speed train? I'm a little busy and can't spare time. I'll ask Uncle Sun to pick you up, okay? By the way, home..."
Shi Chan waved at him.
Gu Qinghan immediately stopped talking and said:
"Ah, come back first, we'll talk later."
Gu Qinghan and Li Renzhen chatted for a while. Li Renzhen complained to him about his weird clients, and he listened carefully, responding from time to time with "It's really amazing". Gu Qinghan hung up the phone only after Li Renzhen finished complaining.
From the tone of Gu Qinghan's phone call, it was clear that he and Li Renzhen got along quite well. He had suffered so much because of Li Renzhen, yet they could still get along without any resentment, which was truly a rare thing.
After hanging up the phone, Gu Qinghan was almost done with work, so he started chatting with Shi Can again:
"Are your parents in good health?"
"Healthy, jumping up and down."
Shi Chan leaned on the sofa and sipped his coffee, saying,
"At the end of last month, they were still picking mushrooms near the village and eating them. All the villagers were hallucinating and were admitted to the hospital, but they are fine."
Gu Qinghan showed a shocked expression and asked:
“…Will the locals also be poisoned?”
"Of course I will."
Shi Can described it vividly:
"One villager went to the hospital and refused to believe he was poisoned. He told the doctor he was a local and had eaten mushrooms for years without any problems. The doctor broke down and said, 'All those people who come in with the poison are you self-righteous locals. Those outsiders who don't know mushrooms won't touch them unless they're guided!'"
"Puff, cough, cough cough..."
Lin Zhuyue choked on laughter.
Wen Mixian and Ye Yangjia were also trying to hold back their laughter.
Shi Can handed Lin Zhuyue the cup of coffee with cream and golden cane sugar that she had placed on the table.
"Drink some, you'll feel better."
"Oh my."
Ye Yangjia raised his hand and hooked it around Shi Can's shoulders, saying,
"Wen Miyan and I drink coffee by adding sugar and milk directly. You said we have no taste for not tasting the original flavor of the coffee beans first. And Lin Zhuyue didn't even taste it and added sugar and milk. Why don't you say anything to her?"
Shi Can turned his eyes to the side, looked at Ye Yangjia with contempt, and asked:
"You're satisfied with the two of us arguing, right?"
"By the way, I've been wanting to ask since yesterday..."
Gu Qinghan considered his words for a moment before asking,
"Is Miss Lin the granddaughter of Mr. Lin Ziqian? Her name is exactly the same, and she looks a bit like Mr. Lin Ziqian."
Lin Zhuyue held the cup and remained silent for a long time.
Bloodline is a magical thing. She can resemble Ling Yan, Lin Lang, and Lin Lang's family. She doesn't like the Lin family, nor is she liked by the Lin family, but she shares the same bloodline with them and has a similar appearance to them.
Seeing that Lin Zhuyue didn't answer, Gu Qinghan didn't continue to ask.
Lin Zhuyue's troubled life was well known among the upper class. Every family has its own problems, and the Lin family might be no exception.
Time passed slowly and the clock pointed to eleven o'clock.
The sun outside is very strong and scorching.
But in Gu Qinghan's house, which had windows on both the north and south sides, no sunlight came in, and it was even a little cold.
Just then, the door of the house was opened.
Li Renzhen, with curly hair, perfect makeup, and exquisite clothes, dragged her suitcase into the house. She closed the door and walked a few steps inside, then saw her boyfriend Gu Qinghan and four other young men she didn't know.
The apprentice spiritualists were also looking at her.
Lin Zhuyue didn’t know what other people’s vision was like, but in her eyes, Li Ren was truly shrouded in a black fog.
The black fog was gloomy, deep and chaotic. It tightly wrapped around Li Renzhen, as if it had opened its bloody mouth, wanting to swallow Li Renzhen whole.
A young man's cunning smile emerged from the black fog. He looked very similar to Li Renzhen. But Lin Zhuyue had to say that the temperaments of this man and ghost were completely different. Without commenting on Li Renzhen's temperament, let's just say that this young man didn't look like a good ghost at all.
"Qinghan, did you bring guests home?"
Li Renzhen took out the shoes from the shoe cabinet and asked,
"Why didn't you tell me?"
Li Renzhen observed that the trainee spiritual masters were still teenagers. She couldn't understand why Gu Qinghan was already 26 years old, a master's graduate, and was busy with work and career every day, but the age of his circle of friends had expanded to teenagers who were 18 or 19 years old and should still be studying.
Could it be a relative’s child?
"Hello, Ms. Li, we are apprentice spiritualists from the Spiritual Master House, a special department of the National Security Bureau."
Lin Zhuyue stood up, showed his ID, and said,
"We've been commissioned by your boyfriend and his father to handle a paranormal incident. After our investigation, we all believe that this incident is closely related to you, so please cooperate."
Gu Qinghan quickly explained to Li Renzhen what a spiritual master was.
Li Renzhen did not show any surprise. She just sat on the sofa and tasted the coffee that Gu Qinghan handed her.
Gu Qinghan said:
"I know this is outrageous, but they are not liars, they are really spirits..."
“I don’t think it’s outrageous.”
Li Renzhen put down his coffee cup and said,
"I've always known that people become ghosts after death. Since I already recognize the existence of ghosts, the existence of spiritual masters isn't that difficult to accept."
Gu Qinghan frowned and asked:
"Do you know about the existence of the dead?"
Li Renzhen nodded and replied, "I have one right next to me."
Now, it was the trainee spiritualists' turn to be speechless.
"That……"
Lin Zhuyue looked embarrassed and asked,
"Did you know that Mr. Gu's nightmares were caused by the influence of the dead?"
Li Renzhen answered truthfully, "I know."
"Oh, no? You knew your boyfriend wasn't just having a nightmare. When he told you about the dream, you told him to ignore it? Did you know he was scared?"
Ye Yangjia had no way of understanding this magical operation. He raised his hand and rubbed his forehead and asked,
"What do you think?"
"What's there to be afraid of that kind of trash?"
Li Renzhen crossed his legs and asked,
"He's been pestering me for so many years, but he hasn't been able to do anything to me. He's such a useless loser. Even if he becomes a ghost, he won't become anything great. Besides scaring people in dreams, what else can he do?"
Ye Yangjia was about to faint.
"I agree with your 'waste theory'."
Shi Chan held the coffee cup and negotiated calmly.
"But I have to tell you, there aren't many people as mentally and psychologically strong as you. Being afraid of ghosts is human nature, and frequent nightmares and psychic experiences can also have an impact. Right now, your boyfriend isn't affected too deeply; he's just very tired. If this continues, it will affect his body, potentially leading to premature ejaculation, impotence, and even sexual dysfunction."
Gu Qinghan: “…Ah?”
"And we're all here."
Shi Chan took out a folder from his bag and said,
"We must return with a report on mission completion. The Spiritual Master's Mansion will not accept 'waste theory' reports. If we submit a 'waste theory' report, all four of us will be punished. So, Miss Li, please cooperate."
Li Renzhen said: "Okay."
She can live without sex, but cannot accept sex lasting only one minute in the future.
Lin Zhuyue placed the folder on her lap, holding a ballpoint pen in her hand, and began to question Li Renzhen:
"Who is that young man who keeps jumping off buildings?"
"It's my younger brother. He is three years younger than me."
Li Renzhen recalled the past with no pleasure.
"He's been a loser since childhood. He did very poorly on the high school entrance exam, and his parents had to use their connections to get him into high school. Even in high school, he didn't study hard and hung out with hooligans. One night, he got drunk at a barbecue stall and started a disturbance. He hit someone on the head with a beer bottle and was sentenced."
"My parents were both in poor health. After my good-for-nothing brother went to jail, they both passed away. Before they passed away, they made a will, leaving all their property to me."
"I used some of my money to start a business."
Li Renzhen was in the chilly air conditioner, holding the hot coffee cup tightly, and said,
"I was busy with my career before I even graduated from college. I almost failed two semesters. But my life was still quite fulfilling. After graduation, I devoted myself to expanding my career. But life, as you know, is like stepping on a pile of shit. My brother was released from prison."
"I moved the house my parents left me into a house for him and gave him 5,000 yuan in pocket money every month. Compared to my income, it's nothing, but many people in Jiaomei City don't even earn 5,000 yuan a month. If he spends too much on clothes or shoes, I'll give him a little extra."
Li Renzhen's tone was quite relaxed:
"But bad people are rotten to the core. Few prodigals turn over a new leaf, and most have been bad since childhood. My younger brother got addicted to online gambling. When he ran into debt, he secretly sold our house without my knowledge and continued gambling. When he lost all his money, he borrowed online loans. By the time I found out, his debts had piled up like a mountain."
"He wanted me to help him pay back the debt, but I refused. He also said that he should have half of the inheritance left by my parents. I couldn't just take the lion's share. I had to split it equally with him, but of course I disagreed. I said that the will was made by my parents, and if he felt it was inappropriate, he could go and talk to my parents himself."
Gu Qinghan felt a little distressed.
Li Renzhen almost never talked to him about the past.
He had always thought Li Renzhen was an only child, but he hadn't expected her to have such a disappointing younger brother. The early death of her parents was already difficult enough, but she had to endure other hardships in her life.
Is Li Renzhen inherently hard-hearted, or was he forced into this by his brother?
Lin Zhuyue asked: "And then he jumped off the building?"
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