"Another possibility?"
Lis tilted her head, her expression one of confusion.
Zhang Wei nodded noncommittally.
"Yes, another possibility. If I say too much, Miss Lis might not believe me. Let me show you a magic trick. Miss Lis, please extend your hand and hold mine."
Lis did not refuse, extending her hand out of curiosity to shake Zhang Wei's.
[Ding! System points added to Lis: 2000]
[System points retrieved from Lis]
As the system prompts sounded in his mind.
He could see.
Lis was first stunned, then let out a soft exclamation. She didn't know if it was an illusion, but she felt that after Zhang Wei held her hand, whether it was the warmth of his palm or something else, she suddenly felt that she wasn't as cold anymore.
Just as she was wondering.
Zhang Wei's voice came.
"Miss Lis, how do you feel? Do you feel less cold?"
As soon as he spoke.
Lis showed surprise, her bright blue eyes widening.
"Huh?"
If Zhang Wei hadn't said anything, she might have thought it was an illusion, but with his words, it was clearly not an illusion. She couldn't help but look at Zhang Wei and say.
"Oh?"
Lis understood Zhang Wei's meaning and was momentarily stunned. Seeing that Zhang Wei wasn't joking, she hesitated and asked.
"Mr. Zhang, are you a Taoist priest?"
"Oh, Miss Lis knows about Taoist priests? That's right, I am a Taoist priest."
Zhang Wei said, and to make her believe he wasn't a liar, he showed her some more magical Taoist methods, such as a silent yellow talisman that made her unable to hear the surrounding sounds, making everyone think the sound had suddenly disappeared.
It was precisely these actions that made Lis completely believe that Taoist priests did exist, and that the handsome young man from Great Xia before her was one.
Immediately.
Lis's bright blue eyes looked at him with fervent admiration.
"I know about Taoist priests. I've been in Great Xia for three years, and I haven't just been eating. I also love other cultures of Great Xia, including those of Taoist priests. I've heard before that those Taoist priests can fly and burrow, oh, and they can exorcise ghosts. There's an actor in Great Xia named Lam Ching-ying, and I've watched all his movies."
Lis said directly.
"Mr. Zhang, yours seems similar to Lam Ching-ying's magic, all very magical. My God, are those things about Taoist priests really true? Then will you do those things in the movies..."
As if discovering a new continent.
Lis spoke excitedly, asking questions left and right. If Zhang Wei hadn't gestured to stop her, she probably would have kept talking for a long time.
"Miss Lis, don't just focus on the magical abilities of Taoist priests. You've forgotten something."
"What is it?"
"You just asked me if Taoist priests are like Lam Ching-ying, and I said yes. They are called Maoshan Taoist priests. Do you remember what Lam Ching-ying's magic was mostly used for?"
"!!!"
Lis's joyful smile turned into a shock. She had been so focused on the magical aspects of Taoist priests that she had forgotten. Lam Ching-ying's movies were not used against people, but against ghosts!
Immediately after.
She seemed to have thought of something and couldn't help but ask.
"Mr. Zhang, you used your magical technique to make me feel less cold. Could it be... that I'm not sick?"
Zhang Wei specifically pointed out the target of his ghost-exorcising technique, coupled with the fact that the doctor hadn't cured her, even the slowest person would have realized the problem.
As expected.
As Zhang Wei nodded and said the following words, it proved her guess.
"Miss Lis, you must have felt cold for several days, right? You must have seen a doctor, and the doctor couldn't cure you. It's not that the doctor is incompetent, it's that you're not sick. You've been haunted by a ghost, and a ghost is absorbing your vital energy."
"The reason you feel cold is because some of your vital energy has been absorbed, so your body becomes very weak. That's why you feel cold when you're in air conditioning and hot when you're in the sun."
Mentioning being haunted by a ghost.
Even though Lis had a big heart, she was terrified.
Fortunately, with Zhang Wei by her side and his eloquent words, he managed to calm Lis down a bit, and she gradually recovered her composure.
Afterward.
After a series of inquiries.
Zhang Wei had a general understanding of the situation.
As he had expected, the ghost haunting Lis was a foreign ghost. Lis had started feeling cold five days ago. That day, she had gone on a business trip to Hawaii as usual, and ever since then, she had been feeling very cold.
"Mr. Zhang, what kind of ghost is haunting me?"
Lis asked.
Zhang Wei shook his head.
"I don't know yet. It shouldn't be the kind of ghost from Great Xia, meaning the ghosts in Lam Ching-ying's movies that Miss Lis watches. It's more likely a foreign ghost, like a vampire or a werewolf."
"So, Miss Lis, try to recall if you encountered anyone five days ago. As far as I know, if you encounter vampires or werewolves, they will disguise themselves as humans to approach their targets before acting. Unlike those ghosts that appear and disappear mysteriously, or..."
"And if you encountered a ghost, think about whether you encountered anything strange five days ago, like the bathroom door opening in the middle of the night, the curtains being drawn at night, and feeling something outside through the gap in the curtains, etc."
Since he didn't know what Lis had encountered, Zhang Wei could only give her a general list of common foreign ghost situations.
Just then.
As he was speaking, Lis seemed to recall something, and her pupils suddenly contracted.
Immediately after.
She didn't dare to hide anything and quickly said.
"Mr. Zhang, I think I know what ghost is haunting me... it might be a vampire or something similar..."
Lis's voice trailed off, and a hint of embarrassment caused her face to flush.
"About five or six days ago, I met a man in Hawaii. That man was quite good-looking and very good at talking, just like you, Mr. Zhang. I grew up in the United States, where people are more open. Basically, if you hit it off, then..."
As she spoke, she glanced at Zhang Wei and winked.
"Just like you, Mr. Zhang, if you invited me, I wouldn't refuse. And then, I spent a night with that man. If you hadn't said this, Mr. Zhang, I really wouldn't have noticed. It was right after that night, to be precise, not long after we were intimate, that I started feeling very cold."
"At first, I thought it was because the air conditioning was too strong that day, and I had exerted too much effort, so I caught a cold from sweating."
"Too much effort..." Zhang Wei couldn't help but chuckle, catching the key point in her words.
Lis gave a classic American seductive and mischievous smile.
"Yes, a lot of effort. Mr. Zhang, would you like to try? If it were you, Mr. Zhang, I would be very happy. I heard that this is your first time abroad, Mr. Zhang. You haven't tried our foreign girls, have you?"
"What's the saying? Oh, you Great Xia people call us foreign girls. Haven't you, Mr. Zhang, played with a foreign girl like me? Do you want to try something new?"
...