As heavy footsteps approached, a rather stout man, weighing at least two hundred fifty pounds, sauntering in with a cigarette between his lips, entered the security office.
The胖子 (pàngzi - fatty) appeared young, but his disheveled state made him look quite scruffy. The oil in his hair was so thick, one could practically wring it out to cook with. The largest size security uniform he wore fit him like a skin-tight garment, forcing him to unbutton it, revealing a physique reminiscent of the Michelin Man – his belly seemed to have several swimming rings around it!
Upon seeing this man enter, Brother Wei quickly stubbed out his cigarette and stood up, fawning, “Captain Gao, I was just educating this new security guard here!” Da Feng Xin Wen Wang
This胖子 was the security captain who had kept Yan Shouyi and the other waiting for a long time. His name, Gao Junming, could be seen on the badge pinned to his chest.
Gao Junming heard this, merely glanced casually at Yan Shouyi and the others, and then said, “I heard from the director about your situation. You got in through connections, didn’t you? Heh, don’t think having connections makes you special. In a place like Shanghang Art School, who doesn’t have connections and a network? Let me tell you, since you’re working under me, you need to know to listen. If I say one, you’re not allowed to say two, understand?”
Long Feicheng, who was always defiant, almost lost his temper and wanted to curse upon hearing Gao Junming’s show of authority.
Truly, it's a case of the shallow water having too many turtles, and every street corner having a boss!
In the morning, a CEO worth hundreds of millions was bowing and scraping before them, and in the afternoon, a mere security captain dared to boss them around!
Long Feicheng truly regretted not supporting Zhang Guodong at the time, and having Yan Shouyi become the director of the security office, so he could properly humiliate this Gao Junming who looked down on everyone.
However, Yan Shouyi’s reaction was incredibly natural. He nodded neither subserviently nor arrogantly, and said with a smile, “What the captain says is right. We are new here and don’t know anything. We will have to rely on the captain for guidance.”
Brother Wei, standing beside them, gave Yan Shouyi a thumbs-up, thinking he was really playing along.
In reality, scumbags like Gao Junming were just bullies who preyed on the weak. Precisely because he had no real abilities himself, he focused all his energy on making his subordinates obey him.
Anyone who didn’t go along with him, he would target. Not to destroy them completely, but to play petty tricks behind their backs to annoy them.
The veteran security guard, Brother Wei, was very understanding. He outwardly complied with Gao Junming, while secretly slacking off. Gao Junming wouldn’t do much to him.
Seeing Yan Shouyi so sensible, Gao Junming didn’t make things difficult for them. He picked up a notepad from the desk and crookedly wrote a line, instructing Yan Shouyi and the others to get their uniforms and daily necessities, and assigned them to inspect the male dormitory.
“The male dormitory? Can’t we go to the female dormitory?” Long Feicheng asked quietly after seeing the note.
Gao Junming laughed heartily and even kicked Long Feicheng, “Kid, don’t be ungrateful. Is the female dormitory a place you can enter?”
Brother Wei quickly explained, “The female dormitory, of course, must be managed by people of excellent character and conduct. This important task can only be undertaken by the captain!”
Long Feicheng finally understood. It turned out this perverted fellow, Gao Junming, had kept all the comfortable jobs for himself.
However, nothing was absolute. For example, on the night Chen Dawei had his accident, Gao Junming was out drinking and didn’t return, so he assigned Chen Dawei to patrol.
Yan Shouyi put a hand on Long Feicheng’s shoulder, signaling him not to be too impulsive. Only then did Long Feicheng suppress his anger, otherwise, he would have definitely let Gao Junming know why the flowers were so red.
The two took the slips and prepared to go to logistics to collect their items. Gao Junming did not forget to shout from behind:
“After you get your things, go to the West Gate to stand guard. You must verify the identity of anyone entering or leaving the school. Absolutely no one with an unknown identity is allowed into the school, do you hear me?”
“Heard.”
Yan Shouyi smiled and led Long Feicheng out of the security office.
As soon as they stepped out, Long Feicheng couldn’t help but complain, “Brother, that Gao Junming is acting like he’s got a special mandate from heaven, and you can put up with that?”
“We won’t be staying at Shanghang Art School for long, there’s no need to make enemies. He’s just showing off with his words,” Yan Shouyi said faintly. “Also, stop calling me ‘Brother,’ it sounds like we’re in the mafia.”
“Then what should I call you? Brother Yan? Shou-ge? Yi-ge?”
“Brother Yan, perhaps…”
“Alright, Brother Yan!”
The two went to the logistics department, collected their items, registered their information, and according to logistics’ arrangement, moved into the first floor of the male dormitory.
The first floor of each dormitory building at Shanghang Art School was reserved for faculty and staff, while the second floor and above were for students. Because of the curfew, each dormitory building had a large iron gate on the second floor. Once the gate was closed, no one except the dorm manager and patrolling security guards had the key to open it.
Their belongings were not much. After putting them in the dorm, they went to the balcony to smoke.
Yan Shouyi was smoking while browsing something on his phone.
Long Feicheng curiously asked, “Brother Yan, what are you looking at?”
“Looking at feng shui,” Yan Shouyi replied.
Long Feicheng was taken aback, “Looking at feng shui with your phone?”
Yan Shouyi held his phone up in front of Long Feicheng and explained, “In the past, feng shui masters had to physically survey the land, and sometimes they might misjudge. Now it’s convenient. Just open the satellite map on your phone and you can see everything…”
“How did I not think of this!”
Long Feicheng admitted his inferiority and even had his concept challenged. He couldn’t help but sigh that in any profession, one must keep up with the times…
Long Feicheng thought of something else and asked excitedly, “Now that we have satellite maps, doesn’t that mean we can sit at home and use techniques like ‘Xun Long Dian Xue’ and ‘Fen Jin Chan Shan’ to find those legendary imperial tombs?”
“You can, but the art of feng shui is vast and profound. It cannot be determined 100% just based on the terrain. Whether the feng shui is good or bad must be checked on-site,” Yan Shouyi said. “As for what you mentioned about ‘Xun Long Dian Xue,’ forget about it. Grave robbing is a sin that harms one’s merit. I have no merit left to harm, so I won’t do that kind of thing with you.”
“Heh heh, I was just mentioning it. In the future, if I can truly learn skills from Brother Yan, I can just stay in the city and do feng shui for wealthy people. Why bother going to desolate places for grave robbing?” Long Feicheng chuckled sheepishly.
Yan Shouyi nodded and continued to browse the map.
Shanghang Art School covered an area of about fifteen hundred mu, divided into north and south campuses, with a tributary of the Min River flowing north and south through the middle.
Moreover, Yan Shouyi was surprised to find that the distribution of buildings across the entire art school was arranged according to the positions of the Taiji Bagua. It was likely also the work of the sect leader of the Lvshan school.
Beneath this Taiji Bagua, there was a Nine Dragons Calming Array. Using the map, Yan Shouyi could only get a rough idea, but he couldn’t find the eye of the Nine Dragons Calming Array for a while.
After looking for a while, Long Feicheng had already smoked two cigarettes. He couldn’t help but ask, “Brother Yan, have you figured anything out?”
“The feng shui of Shanghang Art School is indeed not very good. Huang Hai and Zhou Yuquan weren’t lying; there is a Nine Dragons Calming Array here.”
Yan Shouyi put away his phone and said as he walked towards the exit of the dormitory, “But for some reason, I always feel something is strange.”
“Are you saying there’s something wrong with Shanghang Art School, or what the people from Lvshan school said is wrong?” Long Feicheng asked, catching up.
“I need more evidence…” Yan Shouyi didn’t answer directly, but instead said, “Let’s handle the main business first!”
“Main business?”
“Didn’t Gao Junming tell us to go to the West Gate to stand guard?”
“Damn, Brother Yan, are you serious?” Long Feicheng looked extremely reluctant, but seeing that Yan Shouyi had no intention of stopping, he quickly followed.