Chapter 114 Haunted House (ETL) Part 1
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[Banana: Warning, minor cliff ahead :v ]
Chapter 114: Ah! My urn is so beautiful!
No one who’s into metaphysics would do something like ‘digging up graves’. Xie Cheng seems to be determined to die rather than surrender – No matter what you say, I won’t go.
Gu Ye asked seriously, “Are we brothers?”
“Yes.”
“Then why aren’t you going?”
Troubled, Xie Cheng explained, “Digging graves is inhumane. I’ll accompany you in anything else, but not digging graves.”
Gu Ye narrowed his eyes. “My senior brother is fine with it.”
Amused and angry, Xie Cheng asked. “Your senior brother’s soul has already dispersed. When did he tell you he was fine with it?”
Gu Ye spread his hands. “That’s right. If someone’s soul has dispersed, what’s the point of leaving an empty grave? What karma can you lose?”
Xie Cheng was speechless. After thinking for a moment, he still said, “No, you can’t dig graves.”
Gu Ye held Xie Cheng back. “I’ve even taught you the secret techniques of our sect. Am I treating you like a real brother? Come home with me now and call my parents Dad and Mom. From now on, you’re the 5th child in my family.”
Xie Cheng was speechless. “Stop it. Who’s older between us? Besides, for me to call you brother, have I gone crazy?”
Gu Ye’s expression turned cold. “Not going?”
“Not going.”
“I’m kidnapping you. Are you going or not?
“You…”
Gu Ye sneered, “You’re damned unlucky to have a friend like me. Ye Li, keep him here tonight, and we’ll take him away tomorrow morning. Let’s go to Huaixin City together.”
Hearing that, Xie Cheng’s lips twitched, and he laughed angrily, “Gu Third Son, be a human!”
Gu Ye left with a smile, closing the door behind Xie Cheng. “Be a human, huh! I’ve already died once, so I can do whatever I want.”
Xie Cheng saw Ye Li sitting by his window. It looked like he really had to watch over him tonight. Reluctantly, he sent a message to Yu Ze: [Brother Yu, please control the little ancestor of your family. He’s going to dig up a grave.]
Yu Ze: [What’s going on?]
Xie Cheng: [His divination plate is broken, and he insists on going to Huaixin City to dig up his senior brother’s grave. There’s only this one divination plate in the grave.]
Yu Ze frowned and called Gu Ye, “Are you going to Huaixin City?”
Originally, Gu Ye had an arrogant attitude with an air of absolute dominance, like Laozi was number one in the world, everyone else was shiet, and Laozi could do whatever he pleased. But when he heard Yu Ze’s words, his aura plummeted. He said aggrievedly, “Yeah, but Xie Cheng won’t come with me.”
When Yu Ze heard that Gu Ye was aggrieved and spoke like a spoiled child, he immediately coaxed him, “Let’s buy instead? We’ll buy good quality, or antique treasures… and we’ll buy 10.”
Gu Ye was unhappy. “No, it’s our sect’s thing, and it’s easier to use.”
Yu Ze coaxed, “Do you have to use them?”
Gu Ye nodded, his expression serious and pitiful. “I have to.”
Yu Ze immediately lost his principles and said, “I’ll go with you.”
“No, you’re too busy. You have to make money to support me. Just let Xie Cheng go with me.”
“When will you be back?”
“3 days.”
After Yu Ze hung up, he immediately told Xie Cheng Cheng, “If he wants to go, then go. You go with him.”
Xie Cheng was stunned. “Brother Yu, are you crazy too? Beauty ruins a country. You can’t spoil him like this!”
Yu Ze said coldly, “This should have been his. His senior brother is gone. No one cherished him when he was alive, so no one needs to worship him after he dies. It’s best to bury the grave as well. There’s no need to leave an empty grave. It’s unlucky.”
Xie Cheng didn’t understand the meaning behind this, but simply thought, “You’re even more ruthless than him!”
Yu Ze said calmly, “You go with him. I’ll take care of your master.”
Xie Cheng had no choice but to say, “Okay, you two are crazy. I’ll risk my life to accompany a madman.”
Soon, Yu Ze told Gu Ye, “Babe, I’ve bought round-trip tickets for you two. Be safe.”
Gu Ye said happily, “I love you. I’ll text and call you anytime.”
Yu Ze smiled, “Be good.”
The next morning, Gu Ye knocked on Xie Cheng’s door and said in a domineering tone, “Come on. Let’s go get the haunted house owner’s money, and then we’ll go dig up some graves.”
Xie Cheng: “…Do you usually talk like that when talking to Brother Yu?”
Gu Ye straightened his back and said proudly, “Of course, I’m the head of the family.”
Xie Cheng gave Gu Ye a thumbs-up in admiration. What a man!
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When Wang Xueliang heard that Gu Ye was leaving, he quickly pulled out the bank card that he had prepared earlier. “Master Gu, can I open my business now?”
Gu Ye took the card, which had the password written on the back. “Yes, you can open your business now. She apologizes for disrupting the haunted house’s business.”
Wang Xueliang was flattered and said quickly, “No need to apologize. Just leave and don’t come back.”
Gu Ye laughed. She really would never come back.
“Are you still livestreaming?”
“Yeah, I do. That’s how I started my career, and I can’t give it up.” Wang Xueliang said awkwardly, “But I don’t have that much time. Sometimes I only livestream once every 2 weeks.”
“Teach me.”
“Huh?”
Gu Ye said seriously, “I want to open a livestream channel. I want to livestream.”
Wang Xueliang was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, “It’s easy. Just apply for an account. You can log in directly with your Weibo account now. Choose a name for your channel, and then post a notice on Weibo in advance. You have a lot of followers, so your livestream channel will definitely be crowded.”
Gu Ye nodded; he understood now.
Wang Xueliang asked curiously, “What are you going to livestream?”
Gu Ye smiled. “I’ll tell them ghost stories.”
Wang Xueliang smiled and praised, “Master Gu’s ghost stories will definitely be a hit.”
“Thanks,” Gu Ye said with a smile, then got in the car and left. He had to park the car first and then take a taxi to the airport. Of course, he couldn’t let Xie Cheng get away.
On the way, Gu Ye told Xie Cheng, “This time, they offered 60,000 yuan for the job, so I’ll transfer 30,000 yuan to you later.”
Xie Cheng exclaimed again, “That’s a lot! I feel like I’ve become rich!”
Gu Ye advised, “Deposit the money in your master’s or your senior brother’s account. They’ll keep it for you, and you can save even more.”
Xie Cheng palmed his forehead, unwilling to be reminded of his impoverished fate. “By the way, you just mentioned live streaming. What do you want to do?”
“We’ll talk about it when we get back. There are so many people livestreaming online now, with all kinds of styles. I think people will watch my ghost stories. While the public’s literacy has improved, their awareness isn’t there yet. For example, in this case, the onlookers themselves might not even be aware of the consequences their presence has had on others. I want to tell some stories to help them understand things they don’t normally consider.”
“That’s good,” Xie Cheng said with a smile. “If there’s a martial arts scene, boss, please let me be a guest.”
Gu Ye was speechless. “You have gone crazy from being broke.”
Before boarding the plane, Xie Cheng prayed at the airport, “Grandmaster, please bless me from heaven that nothing bad will happen to me when I go out with Gu Ye, this Conan1.”
Gu Ye kicked Xie Cheng and followed suit, “God of Hell, and my Master in heaven, please bless me so that nothing bad will happen to me when I go out with this poisonous person, Xie Cheng.”
The two of them throw shade at each other for a long time before boarding the plane together. It was midnight when they arrived in Huaixin City and checked into a hotel. The next day, Gu Ye called an errand boy, bought him 2 hoes2, and excitedly urged Xie Cheng to lead the way. When the taxi driver heard they were going to the mountains outside the city and saw the tools in their hands, he didn’t want to take them.
Gu Ye said sincerely, hoe in hand, “Brother, we’re going to the mountains to dig bamboo shoots. Please take us there.”
The way the driver looked at Gu Ye and Xie Cheng immediately shifted from wary to looking at little fools, “Bamboo shoots only grow in spring. Where can you find them now?”
“Don’t care, I just want to go dig bamboo shoots.”
Gu Ye was dressed neatly, and his smile was like a boy who knew nothing of the hardships of life. Since they don’t look like bad people who do evil stuff, the driver finally let them in. He drove them to the edge of the mountain and kindly told them, “There are really no bamboo shoots this season. If you can’t find any, come back quickly.”
Gu Ye picked up the hoe and thanked the taxi brother before slowly making his way up the mountain. After a while, Gu Ye became annoyed. “Why bury it on the mountain? It’s so far. I’m tired even going up there.”
“Nonsense! If not on the mountain, then in the square? My master and the others wanted to bury him on the mountain, so that he could have a good view of Huaixin City. This is the city he saved, so he can watch over it with peace of mind.”
Gu Ye chuckled. “He probably doesn’t want to see it. He’s tired of it.”
The mountain wasn’t high, but the path up was narrow and steep. For an elderly person, climbing it required not only physical strength but also courage. As Gu Ye walked, he pondered Qiaoqiao’s story about a woman sitting by his grave. She must have been quite old. What kind of mindset did she have to climb up? Gu Ye shook his head, unwilling to dwell on it. With a smile, he asked Xie Cheng, “The feng shui of this mountain is quite good, huh?”
Xie Cheng said with a grim expression, “My master and the others searched for it and found this auspicious spot.”
“Okay. Don’t look so serious now. There won’t be any retribution, and it won’t damage your good karma. How could I possibly harm you?” Gu Ye said as they walked, “I’ll treat you to a delicious meal when we get back. Huaixin City is a historic city. We’ll have everything we want.”
“I want seafood.”
“Eat! Whatever’s expensive, you can eat.”
Xie Cheng suddenly became cheerful, pulling Gu Ye up quickly. They soon reached the top. The two of them took a look and were stunned. Standing before the tombstone was a man in a white suit, his hands behind his back, facing the stone. His expression was unclear, but from behind, he looked sad.
Before Gu Ye could even lament the difficulty of digging his own grave, he was puzzled. Who was this guy?
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