"Deserve to be single?"
Damn it, I'm handsome and dashing, alright? It's just that I don't want to find someone, and now it's become a fate of dying alone in your mouth. Realizing I wasn't Chen Yun's match in an argument, I could only sullenly accept the evaluation of "deserve to be single."
The two were silent for a while. Finally, Chen Yun spoke first and asked, "What are you planning to do now? Go back directly, or continue to stay and protect me? I advise you to think carefully before answering."
"I..."
I frowned tightly. The woman who had been crying rivers of tears moments ago had already returned to normal. Except for lacking the competence she had when wearing the human skin mask, her entire being was filled with a sunny aura. It was as if the person who had leaned on my shoulder just now wasn't her but someone else. Su Dan Novel Network
"Protect you? I'm fine even without your protection. The dignified head of the Hu family fears you, so how could I, a mere Yin Gua master, protect you?" I directly refused her offer. Asking me to protect her would be a joke! Hu Dejin himself was wary of her, and besides, I hadn't detected the methods Hu Dejin had used on me, yet she could easily uncover them. In other words, it wasn't me protecting her, but her protecting me.
Chen Yun seemed to have expected my reaction and wasn't surprised. She said directly, "I knew you'd say that. Alright, you can leave now. However, I don't like owing favors. This is your reward for helping Xiao Yun obtain her opportunity!"
Looking at the check from Hu Dejin in Chen Yun's hand, it would be a lie to say I wasn't tempted. But at the same time, I knew this thing was a hot potato. If she truly intended to give me money, she could have done it in another way or transferred it directly to my bank account. But she insisted on giving me Hu Dejin's check, wasn't that treating me like a fool?
"Forget the reward; consider it a good deed. You seem energetic and in good spirits now, with no major issues. It's best if we part ways here. Goodbye, and preferably, never see you again." My purpose in coming to Tianhua City was completely fulfilled. It was better to escape the trouble of the Hu family as soon as possible to avoid getting burned.
"Then you can go!"
"I'm leaving?"
"Go!"
It wasn't until I stood at the entrance of the KTV that I felt I was truly out. I looked back up at the three-story building, suddenly unsure of what she was up to.
Chen Yun definitely had a motive, but I couldn't quite grasp what it was. If she only wanted to help Xiao Yun obtain her deserved opportunity, she could have said so directly. Why make it so complicated?
Involving the head of the Hu family, plotting against Hu Yuan?
Wait, plotting against Hu Yuan?
No way?
I felt as if I had been electrocuted. Could she be so malicious? Looking at the dark doorway, it seemed as if Chen Yun was standing behind it, watching me.
I shook my head, dispelling the thoughts in my mind. She probably wouldn't do that. She claimed to be my girlfriend, but Hu Dejin wasn't a fool; how could he believe it?
Sitting on the bus back home, my mind was a mess, like a ball of yarn. In a daze, half-asleep, I arrived at the village entrance. Before I could even enter the village, a car parked at the entrance caught my eye. The license plate seemed somewhat familiar, as if I had seen it somewhere before.
However, with the mindset of avoiding unnecessary trouble, I didn't look further and quickly walked towards home. I had been gone for three days. I wondered if Zhang Dabiao had finished repairing the main door. After all, the main door was a magical artifact for suppressing evil spirits and warding off malevolent entities.
When I reached my doorstep, the main door had indeed been replaced with a brand-new one. The original yang wood door had been replaced with an iron one. From a distance, I could feel the yang energy emanating from it. The entire courtyard was also enveloped in yang energy. If viewed from the perspective of a ghost at night, it would undoubtedly be a huge furnace.
Although this would attract the attention of yin energy, yin souls, and malevolent entities, it also served as a warning to them that this household was no ordinary one. Anyone who dared to approach would surely be annihilated.
"Indeed, the most reliable person, besides Brother Zhang, is no one else." I patted my backpack, where Huang San was still asleep, and prepared to push the door open.
Creak—
As soon as the door was pushed open, and before I could step inside, the sound of brakes came from behind me. The sound was exceptionally piercing, as if it were right by my ear. I instinctively looked back, my legs weakened, and I almost fell to the ground.
A car with a four-ring emblem had appeared behind me at some point. The front of the car was less than half a meter away from me. If the car had moved a little further forward, I wouldn't have needed to enter the courtyard; they could have sent me in directly.
Hearing the sound of the brakes, Zhang Dabiao, who was cooling himself in the courtyard, came out of the house and walked towards the door. Seeing me, his face lit up with joy.
"Little brother, you're back so soon? Do you think I've tidied up this courtyard nicely? This main door was made by a craftsman I hired with great effort. The courtyard also..." He rambled on. When he saw the car less than half a meter away from me, his eyes lit up. "Not bad! You've only been gone for less than two days and you've gotten a brand-new four-ring electric vehicle. This thing costs at least six figures, and it's a three-digit number. You can't buy it even with money. Hurry up and tell me, how did you get it?"
Facing the sometimes normal, sometimes unreliable Zhang Dabiao, I silently retracted my previous thought.
As Zhang Dabiao was carefully examining the car, the car door suddenly opened. A pair of sunglasses that covered most of her face appeared first, followed by a rounded chin. With a hint of a wicked smile at the corner of her mouth, she jumped out of the car.
"Little brother, is this your friend?" Zhang Dabiao, who had just walked to the car door, was startled by the sudden appearance of the woman. Then, as if he had realized something, he looked at me with a smile and asked.
"I wish I was his girlfriend. With his bad luck, anyone who becomes his girlfriend will be unlucky."
Sharp and sarcastic words, like beans that didn't cost money, jumped out of her mouth, as if she would be uncomfortable if she didn't scold me a few times.
Zhang Dabiao was clearly stunned after hearing this. It was like scolding a monk for being bald in front of him; wasn't that asking for trouble?
"Having a woman like you is truly unlucky. You have no chest, no hips, and nothing but a sharp, sarcastic mouth. I can't stand the sight of you. Hurry up and leave, don't block my doorway and affect my business."
Facing my harsh curses, Chen Yun didn't get angry. Instead, a sly smile appeared on her face. She took off her sunglasses, and her bright eyes looked at me with a hint of teasing. "What? You're turning away business that's delivered to your doorstep? This isn't the hospitality of your Yin Gua lineage."
I didn't know what Chen Yun's motive was, but it was definitely not good. "I don't do your business, and I can't do it. You should find someone else." Saying this, I prepared to drive her away.
But before I could close the door and refuse her, Zhang Dabiao said with a smile, "How can you turn away customers when you're doing business? Little brother, you're wrong. Since business has come to your door, you should welcome them in. Miss, please come in."
Saying this, he didn't care about my astonished expression and directly pushed me, squeezing me aside, and made a gesture for Chen Yun to enter.
Chen Yun didn't act coy. She closed the car door, looked at me with a smile, and said, "Learn from this, how to behave." Then she gave me a disdainful look.
"You..." Looking at Chen Yun, who had already walked into the courtyard, I was so angry I couldn't speak. I turned to Zhang Dabiao and said, "Brother Zhang, what are you doing? You know she's a night owl with malicious intent!"
Zhang Dabiao's smile disappeared, and he said with a serious expression, "Do you think I don't know? Bai Ling'er asked me to do this."
"Bai Ling'er? She's back?"
"Yes! She's back and she's in the冥堂 (underworld hall). She said you can see her directly when you return."
My heart leaped with joy. Huang San had already transformed into a human. I wondered what Bai Ling'er had transformed into.
When I pushed open the door of the冥堂, I saw the figure sitting in the chair, and my mind went blank. I almost fell to the ground.
"You... are you Bai Ling'er?"