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Chapter 19 This younger brother provides door-to-door service!

On the third day after Gu Ye returned to school, Zhao Pengyu returned to school alive and well, and babbled to Gu Ye about everything his uncle had done, “My uncle said thank you for providing the clues, and he owes you a favor.”

Gu Ye smiled slightly, “It is his merit to be able to find out the truth and give your wife justice. I have done nothing to help. Moreover, he believed my one-sided words and saved an innocent child. I should thank him instead.”

As soon as Zhao Pengyu heard the word ‘wife’, he felt his head is hurting, “I don’t want to marry a wife anymore, please forgive me!”

Gu Ye encouraged Zhao Pengyu earnestly, “Then you find a good family and marry (as the female), or you will grow old alone.”

Zhao Pengyu had the urge to knock Gu Ye down and beat him up, “I’ll marry to you, do you want it?”

Gu Ye stood up, made a cross with both hands and looked disgusted, “Too ugly, no thanks.”

On the contrary, Zhao Pengyu got amused and he chased after Gu Ye cheerfully, “Gu Ye, do you know Feng Shui? Can you help to take a look at my family?”

Gu Ye raised his eyebrows, “Your parents said that?”

“Yes.”

“I want money this time.”

“You got it!”

“Alright then, this brother provides door-to-door services, such as ancestral fortune-telling, feng shui, 5 elements, and 8 trigrams… human hair braids, professional treatment of infertility, phone screen protectors, and more. ” Gu Ye is talking nonsense in such a serious manner that Zhao Pengyu felt like collapsing and covered his face, “Be more serious!”

Gu Ye looked at Zhao Pengyu like he is an ungrateful person, “How can you say that your savior is not serious?”

Zhao Pengyu broke down, “Father, I beg you to please shut up, thank you!”

“Okay, my big boy!”

Zhao Pengyu gritted his teeth angrily, and kept reminding himself that if he beat up his savior, he would be punished by God!

After accepting another business deal, Gu Ye returned to the classroom in a good mood. As soon as he sat down, several classmates gathered around, “Gu Ye, how do you do this question? Can you explain it to me? Please, please!”

Since Gu Ye got first place in the exam, the teachers and classmates paid special attention to him. Gradually, everyone believed that Gu Ye is really good at studying and that Gu Ye is not arrogant or acted aloof. Generally, he would explain the answers when asked. The most important thing is that he is good-looking, and girls are willing to talk to him. Gradually, Gu Ye’s popularity became better and better, and some boys are secretly jealous of him. But when they saw his smiling face, they couldn’t feel jealous anymore.

On the other hand, Lin Zihao, who was always popular and good at studying before, after being ‘cursed’ by Gu Ye, his grades kept declining. Also, his personality became weirder so his popularity became worse. Quoting from the girls in the class, ‘Who is not a little princess in their heart’? So who are you showing your displeased face to? This sister is not your mom!

The good thing is that Lin Zihao will run away when he saw Gu Ye, and he didn’t have the courage to cause trouble again so Gu Ye didn’t bother to talk to him.

Like other high school seniors, Gu Ye is faced with reviewing materials every day. The college entrance examination is getting closer and Gu Ye watched his classmates running back and forth to eat and to study, holding a small note to recite the question in their hands. Gu Ye also felt the pressure. Hence, he resolutely picked up a small notebook and ran to the cafeteria with his classmates, perfectly blending into the tense learning atmosphere.

Seeing Gu Ye like this, Si Hongxing and the others also worked hard to improve themselves; ‘sharpening their guns before the battle’. Their boss is this hardworking so as the younger brothers/subordinates, they can’t drag him back. If they can’t get into 1st choice*, there’s always 2nd choice. At worse, they’ll get into 3rd choice. If it doesn’t work, they can still learn a crafting skill and open a shop. Then, they can develop into a company in the future and hire those who have learned well to be their employees!

Banana: I didn’t read too much into some explanations on this but it is somewhat similar to the choices I mentioned earlier. 1st choice is gov uni, 2nd choice is general uni, while 3rd choice is private uni (which is more expensive). Well, if I got it wrong, just let it go XD joking, do tell me what is it… in simple English lol

The whole school is filled with a studious air, even the school bully gang has started to learn. Seeing this, Teacher Yu is very relieved. This is the last batch of students he taught before retirement, so he wishes them all good grades and no regrets.

It wasn’t until the day of the holiday that the students breathed a sigh of relief. Teacher Yu came and sent each of them a few sheets of paper, “After you go back home, discuss your choices with your family. You will have to apply for the college when you come back.”

Gu Ye stuffed the papers into his schoolbag, he already had an idea in his mind about his future plans.

When leaving the school gate, Zhao Pengyu reminded, “I will pick you up tomorrow morning to come to my house to see Feng Shui.”

Gu Ye waved his hand with a smile, indicating that he would never forget. After walking more than a thousand meters, he finally got into the car that came to pick him up. Just as Gu Ye sat down, a figure rushed over from behind and put his arms around Gu Ye’s neck, “Wahaha! Tai Ling Nine Palaces, Tai Yi Defence stance, Hundred Gods vessel! Evil spirits, do not approach! As per Taishang Laojun, listen to me! Catch!*”

*A string of nonsense from Gu Yang which Banana doesn’t want to waste time to translate XD Apologies m(_ _)m

Gu Ye rolled his eyes, and slapped Gu Yang’s forehead with his backhand, only saying, “Are you stupid?!”

Gu Yang leaned over with a hehehe and asked, “Brother, do I look like a real master from these that I just learned?”

Gu Ye nodded perfunctorily, “Yeah real, a real fool.”

Aggrieved, Gu Yang put his head on Gu Ye’s shoulder and remained motionless. The child has suffered a severe blow mentally and needs comfort. Gu Ye is amused, and rubbed his younger brother’s head helplessly, “You have grown so big, but why are you still acting like a baby?”

Hearing that, Gu Yang’s eyes widened. With a look of coldness on his face, he argued, “Where did I act like a spoiled child? How can a man act like a spoiled child?!”

Gu Ye nodded perfunctorily, “Alright, alright. My younger brother is a true man, he will never act like a baby. Later when we pass by the figure shop in a while, I will buy you a mecha figure.”

Gu Yang jumped up and down in the car excitedly, “Okay! My pocket money has already been used up! Bro, I can’t believe that you still have yours!”

Gu Ye doesn’t know if he should laugh or cry, Gu Yang is a typical example of ‘a dog who can’t keep a stash in its dog hole’*. He would spend all the money given to him.

*Not sure what this reference means

At this moment, the uncle driver said, “Young masters, the eldest and second young master returned home yesterday and they bought a lot of gifts for you two. I saw a life-size Transformer inside.”

“Wow!” Gu Yang happily said, “It’s for me! I called my elder brother about it, and he promised to buy it for me!” Gu Yang thought for a while, his face suddenly became serious, “Aiya, I forgot to ask for a gift from my second brother. I wanted a new laptop.”

Gu Ye couldn’t help laughing. This is why Gu Yang didn’t need to study at all. As long as he kept this purity, his brothers could feed him for the rest of his life.

Upon returning home, Gu Yang rushed out of the car like a wild horse, shouting happily, “Big Brother! Second Brother! We’re back!”

Compared to Gu Yang’s excitement, Gu Ye, the biological younger brother, is walking slowly with a calm expression instead.

On the lawn of the back garden, there is a rockery carved out of marble. Next to the rockery, there is a set of tables and chairs made of marble. Two young men with similar features and eyes are playing chess. Hearing Gu Yang’s voice, they both looked over at the same time and laughed.

“Old Fourth has grown a lot taller.” Gu Sen[1], the eldest brother, is 26 years old this year, and he is a little more mature. He looks more like his father, Gu Decheng, who is a little stern. Gu Sen looked calm and unruffled and already has the temperament of a mature elite.

The second eldest, Gu Lin, is 23 years old and has just graduated. His appearance is more similar to Gu Ye. Gu Lin looks like his mother, adding his handsome eyebrows, and a pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes which makes him look dreamy when he smiles. When the corners of his mouth are raised slightly, he looked like a good-tempered handsome man. But Gu Lin acted with the elegance of a nobleman so he didn’t look like a promiscuous person. Those who know him know that this noble son dared to start an entertainment company when he was still in college. At such young age, he has occupied half of the entertainment industry so he is definitely a ruthless person.

“It would be great if the Old Third is half as active as the Old Fourth.” Gu Lin looked at Gu Ye who is approaching slowly, and said softly, “This year, let’s give him a birthday celebration.”

Gu Sen hesitated for a moment, then frowned, “I’m afraid he won’t be able to accept it.”

Gu Ye’s birthday coincides with his mother’s memorial day. His mother died because of dystocia while giving birth to him. A few years ago, the family was busy sweeping the grave during that time, so they couldn’t think of celebrating his birthday. Later, when the family wanted to celebrate it for him, Gu Ye refused it. The whole family felt that Gu Ye’s gloomy temperament was also due to their lack of concern, which caused him to be unable to have a normal childhood. Now that they wanted to make up for it, Gu Ye has grown up so it is too late.

In the blink of an eye, Gu Yang has already reached them. The elder brother and the second brother treated Gu Yang like a child, each reached out a hand to ruffle his hair, making a mess of it. But Gu Yang felt pleased instead, and then asked with concern, “Brother, brother, where is my gift?”

Gu Sen winked at the assistant who is standing not far away. The assistant understood and quickly found someone to push the gift over in a cart. A two-meter-tall Bumblebee made Gu Yang jump up happily on the spot.

Gu Lin smiled and said, “All the gifts I bought for you are in your room, including the laptop you want.”

When Gu Yang heard this, he got happy that he ran all over the lawn. The corner of Gu Ye’s mouth twitched when he saw it. He felt like he wanted to tie a rope around that brat and let his mother pull him back into the house to make him quiet! Don’t act like a monkey!

When the two brothers looked at Gu Ye again, the smiles on their faces became more restrained, and their eyes showed a little cautiousness.

“Old Third, I heard that you have been ranked first in the school twice, and you are doing very well.”

“Is there anything you want? Tell your brothers. Also, I bought you a mobile phone, a computer, and several game consoles, and put them in your room. Go back and see if you like it.”

Hearing that, Gu Ye chuckled; it’s not easy being an older brother. “Thank you, big brother and second brother, I have caused you two to spend money.”

When Gu Ye smiled, Gu Sen and Gu Lin are stunned because they had never seen Gu Ye smile like this since they were young. Gu Sen and Gu Lin immediately felt a lot relieved. Gu Ye can finally act like a normal person, and become happy when accepting gifts!

Early the next morning, two security guards carried two big bags upstairs and knocked on the door of Gu Ye’s room.

“Third Young Master, this is a gift that Eldest Young Master bought for you, and this one is from Second Young Master.”

Gu Ye’s eyes lit up, he pursed his lips and led the men into his room with restraint. After the guards left, Gu Ye closed the door. He took the scissors and started opening the bags with a smile. However, the smile on his face turned cold the next second.

“Five-Year College Entrance Exam and Three-Year Simulation Set”, “College Entrance Examination Must-Do Questions”, “Fifty Sets Test of College Entrance Last Sprint”, “College Entrance Examination Help”, “College Entrance Examination Review Key Points”, “College Entrance Exam Top Scholar Key Points”, “Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology Answering Questions Like A Dog”… There are more than 50 books in one set and it’s multiplied by two!

Gu Ye put down the scissors with a cold face, and the corners of his mouth twitched. His elder brother and the second brother must have bought it at the bookstore closest to home. Also, they must have said the same thing like a domineering president, “Give me a set of all the review materials for the college entrance examination, all of them!”

As a domineering president, shouldn’t they buy him some high-end things instead? Or just give him a big red envelope. Who the hell would want this kind of information/books?

When Gu Ye came downstairs to have breakfast, he saw Gu Yang wearing the latest jersey sitting on the sofa. There’s the latest mobile phone beside him, the latest laptop computer in his arms, and the latest backpack with the zipper open. Inside the backpack, there are several of the latest game consoles. Gu Yang is like a local tyrant showing off his wealth. He happily crossed his legs and had a feeling that his life has reached its peak. Thinking about the study materials in his room again, Gu Ye suddenly felt that he had received a fatal blow, and his heart ached.

Mrs. Gu looked at her silly son with complicated eyes, who is feeling blissful there. Seeing Gu Ye coming downstairs made her feel even more uncomfortable.

Gu Sen and Gu Lin are really good to Gu Yang. Since childhood, they have given Gu Yang whatever he wanted, but they never gave him study materials. There is a sentence called ‘killing with love’, and she sometimes wonders if the two elder brothers did this on purpose. Like are they trying to raise Gu Yang into a waste? But thinking about the attitudes of the two brothers in the house normally, it seems that they are not doing that. In short, Mrs. Gu’s mood is very complicated.

After breakfast, Gu Yang is still playing in the living room. While no one is around, Mrs. Gu sneaked up behind her son. She pinched him by the back of his neck, and whispered with a disappointed tone, “Why didn’t you go to find your eldest and second brothers to nurture feelings with them? Why are you playing here?”

Gu Yang bared his teeth in pain, and said reluctantly, “I don’t want to go. If to play, I better find my third brother instead. Because they always scold me while playing, and asked me to study hard. Oh yeah, when my eldest brother is angry, he looks like Father, like a Tyrannosaurus rex. When my second brother is angry, he squints his eyes and looks good, but his aura scares me to death. My second brother is like Godzilla in a beauty’s skin, ahhhh~~ ouch ouch ouch! “

Mrs. Gu is so angry that she just wants to hit her son, you idiot! Stop yowling! Could it be that Gu Yang is counting on Old Third’s fortune-telling money to support him in the future? If Gu Yang really lost his father, wouldn’t he have to rely on the eldest and second child?

Gu Yang didn’t understand Mrs. Gu’s mood about being a mother at all. He suddenly changed his expression while clutching the back of his neck, “Actually, my third brother is also scary when he scolds others with a cold face. But it’s not like Tyrannosaurus Rex or Godzilla. More like a cat that might bite? Or a fox? Forget it, it doesn’t matter anyway, he loves me.”

Mrs. Gu rolled her eyes angrily, “How can you compare your brother with a fox and a cat?”

Gu Yang thought for a while before answering, “Why not? They both look good. Foxes and cats are also the same species, and they both have fur.”

Mrs. Gu couldn’t bear it anymore, and slapped his son on the back, “The hell is the same species, you stupid boy. One is canine while one is feline. If you don’t study, you can’t even tell the species apart. My god, you are so stupid, I’m so furious!”

Gu Yang didn’t coax his mother but just returned to play his game happily. In half a minute, Mrs. Gu angrily stormed away. There is no way to talk with such a silly son!

At this moment, a luxury car stopped in front of Gu’s Residence. A cool-looking handsome man with sunglasses poked his head out of the window, asking Big Brother Gu who got called to visit Dad’s company, “Excuse me, is this the home of Master Gu Ye?”

Gu Sen’s expression turned cold. Master? What master? When did Old Third get such a title?

Raw word count: 4015 (No wonder the translation process felt laborious this time, turns out that the word count is over 4k huh)

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[1] Random but I find it kinda cute how the sons’ names have nature in it. Gu Sen and Gu Lin forms the word ‘Sen Lin/森林’ which means forest. The ‘Ye/叶’ from Gu Ye means leaf, while the ‘Yang/阳’ in Gu Yang is part of ‘Tai Yang/太阳’ which means the Sun.

Chapter 18 Why must girls be considered a profitless thing?

[Banana: Again, my apologies for the late chapter. June is a busy month for Banana _(;3/ ]

30 years ago, the people in the capital wanted to build a water conservancy system and a bridge. When driving in the last bridge pile, it couldn’t stand stably. The people in the construction team tried everything, but it didn’t work. There is only the last section of the bridge left so how can they hand over the incomplete work? Back then, the people’s thinking is still relatively backward, so the contractor went and asked a feng shui master to have a look. It is said that moving the ground at that location has disturbed the land god and the river spirit. The feng shui master said that it is necessary to drive a live pile, and the sacrifice must be a living person. To drive a live pile is to drive the pile into the ground while the sacrifice is alive. Such a cruel way, where to find someone willing to do that? If they are not careful with the matter, they will get involved in a lawsuit for murder.

At this moment, someone suggested why not buy a person from a remote mountainous area. Hearing that, the person in charge of this project was immediately moved. If he bought someone back in the mountains to the capital which is so far away, no one knew about the live pile. Then, no one would notice that the sold person is missing. And so, they found a poor family with 5 children in the mountains.

The family was so poor that they couldn’t have 3 meals a day. When they heard that the money given was enough for the family to eat and drink for several years, and also allowed their 3 sons to go to school, the couple discussed it and decided to sell their unpopular second daughter. The eldest daughter will be able to get married 2 years later. After raising her for so many years and spending their money, the couple thinks that at least they could earn back from her dowry. The remaining 3 children are all sons. They are important to continue the family’s name and the couple’s treasures, so they cannot be sold. Hence, only the second child is left, who was 18 years old at the time. She has a mole on her forehead, has a dark complexion, and doesn’t like to talk. This kind of dull child is really not likable, and she doesn’t even have anyone asking for her hand in marriage. Looking at it like this, even if the second child managed to get married, they won’t get much dowry money. It’s better to sell this kind of profitless goods for some money now.

The contractor told the couple that he bought her as a wife for a fool. The couple didn’t even hesitate and agreed. After receiving the money, the daughter was sent out of the house. In this way, the 18-year-old girl got drowned in the concrete pillar alive by the unscrupulous contractor. The amazing thing is that this bridge pillar really stood stably this time.

However, it was at this time that strange things began to happen. First, some workers died one after another, and then people who walked on the bridge often had accidents. The contractor realized something was wrong, and went to find that feng shui master again only to find out that he was a liar! It was unsure where the fake master heard the rumors about live sacrifice, so he made up such a way. Unexpectedly, his advice really killed someone, and he was so scared that he ran away long ago. Within a few days, the contractor also died tragically at home. The few people who participated in the live burial died terribly as well.

Gradually, the topic of the evil nature of this bridge spread, and not many people dared to walk on it. Later, when the local area was rebuilt, the bridge, which had never been used by anyone, was filled in because it lost its value, and there has been no accident since then. As time passed, except for the local old people, the younger generation did not know that there used to be a bridge there.

The poor family used the money to support their 3 sons to go to school. They started a business and gradually became rich. Later, the 3 sons did well and even bought a house in the capital. Perhaps it was God’s will, because their new home was right next to the bridge. While the family is living happily, strange things suddenly started to happen at home.

First, the little grandson got pushed down the stairs, causing his head to bleed a lot. Not long after recovering from injury, he got locked inside a cabinet. That incident almost frightened the little grandson to becoming stupid. When asked, the child said it was done by an older sister. Judging from the description of her face, the whole family is shocked. Isn’t this the second child who was sold in the early years? Immediately afterward, more and more strange things happened. Flower pots fell from the sky, and someone laughing in the middle of the night. Then the gas stove started to fire by itself, and the chopping board is frequently covered with blood. The grandchildren all[1] insisted that they saw the girl described previously.

Now, the old man and the old lady are scared and suspected that something happened to the second daughter after she was sold. She might have died long ago and now came back for revenge. Terrified, they asked a master to come to their house to see. At last, the master told them that in order to appease the anger of the second daughter, they must give her a ghost marriage and let her live a good life in another world. Of course, the husband cannot be dead, he must be a living person, preferably a good-looking guy of the same age. And so, this is the reason why Zhao Pengyu picked up the bag at the roadside. In fact, at that time, someone was watching the whole process of him picking up the bag.

For a person like Yu Ze, knowing that someone almost killed his nephew, how could he sit idly by? Immediately he got someone to deal with this matter. The road is closed that day and the small bridge got swiftly dug up. Next, there is indeed a skeleton inside, and after inspection, it is a woman who was 18 years old when she died. The police quickly joined the investigation and uncovered a tragedy that had been buried for 30 years.

The contractors and workers who worked on this matter all died in the same year. It is said that the feng shui master died a few years after the bridge was built, so there is no way to let the criminals plead guilty. However, the master who gave the bad idea to find a living person for ghost marriage could not escape from this responsibility, and the girl’s parents are still alive. After all, it is illegal to sell their own daughter so the old man and the old lady are immediately invited to the police station for investigation.

The old man and the old lady have been making trouble for several days by relying on the fact they are elderly people. They pretended to be dizzy and got sent to the hospital, but got picked up back to the police station after they become better in the hospital. After doing this a few times, the couple couldn’t do it anymore. Lying in the ward, they are exhausted and out of breath.

The police came to the ward and handed over the investigation results of the incident that year to the old couple.

“Do you read about your daughter Liu Qiao’s death, or should I read it out to you?”

The old man and the old lady showed reluctance. The old lady stopped pretending to be dizzy and began to reason, “We gave birth to our daughter and raised her. How could we want her to die? But if we don’t sell her, my 3 sons will starve to death. Mr. Police, please judge this. Shouldn’t she contribute to the family? Now that we are all living a good life, that unfilial daughter came back to torment my little grandson. That is our old Liu family’s only grandson. Our single hope for the next generation.”

Hearing this nonsense, the policeman suppressed his anger and said, “Then you should identify the corpse first. Then, let your family members bring it back so that the deceased can be buried as soon as possible.”

“That won’t work,” the old man unhappy rebutted, “Our hometown has a rule that a dead daughter[2] can’t enter the ancestral grave. It’s unlucky. Just find her a husband for a ghost marriage. Since she has been dead for so many years, we don’t ask too much. The bride price of about 20,000 yuan should be enough.”

The policeman in charge of the case got so annoyed that he temporarily stopped the interrogation. After leaving the ward, he downed a bottle of cold water. No one saw that after the police went out, a pitch-black figure stuck expressionless in a dark corner of the wall, staring at the old couple quietly with a pair of grayish dead eyes. Gradually, 2 lines of bloody tears flowed from the corners of her eyes.

In the middle of class at school, Gu Ye’s heart suddenly skipped a beat. He nervously pinched his fingers to calculate something, and his expression instantly changed. After the class, Gu Ye stood up and rushed to the school phone booth, “Zhao Pengyu, give me your uncle’s phone number. Something bad is going to happen.”

Zhao Pengyu has already been discharged from the hospital and he has recovered completely after resting for several days. At that moment, he was about to pack his things and go to school so hearing Gu Ye’s tone, he ran to the window and shouted downstairs, “Uncle, Gu Ye is looking for you!”

Yu Ze had already taken a step into the car. Hearing this, he paused and actually turned back. Zhao Pengyu got taken aback, when did his uncle become so easy to talk with?

“I’m Yu Ze.”

As soon as Gu Ye heard Yu Ze’s voice, he quickly said, “Mr. Yu, the female ghost must have gotten stimulated by something. I noticed that she lost control of her emotions. She might want to kill innocent people. You have the purple aura on your body so she is afraid of you. Can you go to her house to see what happened?”

Yu Ze had a sullen face when he heard this. As Gu Ye is waiting expectantly, he answered lightly, “Okay.”

Gu Ye breathed a sigh of relief, “Thank you! You’ve worked hard! Ah! I’m going to class, see you later, Mr. Yu!”

Hearing the anxious voice hanging up, Yu Ze shook his head helplessly, and immediately made a call, “Find out where Liu Qiao’s parents are and what they did just now.”

At this moment, the only ones who can stimulate Liu Qiao are her unscrupulous parents. After his subordinates reported what Liu Qiao’s parents did, Yu Ze called his men again, “Find the little grandson of the Liu family, and bring his parents along to see me.”

Yu Ze’s actions were fast and accurate, and he understood Liu Qiao’s thoughts in no time. Hurt by her parents’ words, Liu Qiao couldn’t control her temperament and wanted to kill the little grandson her parents cared about most. But when she wanted to take action, she found that the child had already been picked up. She is afraid of Yu Ze’s purple aura, so she didn’t dare to go to Yu Ze. In resentment, she returned to the hospital. Staring resentfully at the parents lying on the hospital bed pretending to be sick, her pupils are bloodshot.

Why did her parents treat her like this? Because she’s a girl, born to waste the family’s money/profitless[3]? Why didn’t they even spare a glance at her since she was a child? Why can’t she get any good words from them no matter what she does? Why should she be sold in exchange for the happiness of the whole family? Do they know that it was terribly cold to be sealed in cement? That suffocating feeling was so uncomfortable. Do they know that she makes such a fuss just to make them regret it, to make them look at her distressedly? But why is it that she never gets what she wants?

Liu Qiao walked towards her parents step by step, and stood between their two beds. Stretched out her hands, she covered their mouths and noses, watching as their eyes almost popped out of their sockets, and their limbs thrashed around but couldn’t move away. That painful facial features are distorted, very much like her expression before death. The corner of Liu Qiao’s mouth gradually curled up into a strange arc. At this moment, she is very happy.

The next day, when the nurse made a ward round, they found the elderly couple dead on the hospital bed. After forensic examination, it was determined that they died of suffocation. Strangely, after checking the surveillance, it was found that no one had entered this ward. The good thing is that since the old couple died, Gu Ye has never sensed Liu Qiao’s ghostly aura again, and the master who came up with the bad idea of finding a living person to marry has also been sentenced. The following days are uneventful, and Gu Ye’s daily life began to sprint on the road to the college entrance examination with peace of mind.

…

When Yu Ze got involved in Zhao Pengyu’s case, the news quickly spread among wealthy people. This problem that many famous masters could not solve is actually solved by Gu Ye, a boy of 18-19 years old. The Old Third of the Gu family just went back to his hometown and healed his brain when he returned. Not only did he get first place in the exam, but he can also tell fortunes now.

Everyone in the wealthy circle felt that this news is too surreal; it’s impossible! It wasn’t until they heard rumors that Zhao Pengyu’s parents came to visit Gu Decheng in person that they believed the rumors and they were all shocked. Could it be that the Old Third of the Gu family had been hiding his real ability for 18 years? But he is just a child, how can he have such a deep scheming? What the hell did Mrs. Gu do to him to make him live like this? Unknowingly, the little stepmother took on the blame in full force.

On the other hand, Gu Decheng is worried about another thing. Many people say that Feng shui masters or fortune tellers have some shortcomings in their fortunes[4]. But Gu Ye has been doing this kind of thing for some time now, and the more he calculated, the more accurate he is. Will it have any impact on Gu Ye’s life in the future? No matter how Gu Decheng thinks about it, he feels uneasy.

“In the future, I can’t let him do this kind of thing anymore,” Gu Decheng worriedly said. “Choose a major for him, and it must not have anything to do with this aspect.”

As the stepmother, it is not good for Mrs. Gu to make decisions for Gu Ye, so she asked tentatively, “Why don’t you discuss it with the eldest and second child? Didn’t they say that they would come back and stay for 2 days when Old Third and Old Fourth is on vacation?”

Gu Decheng pondered for a while, “Alright. If it doesn’t work, let the eldest child take him to study abroad. Out there, no one will believe Gu Ye’s words.”

Thinking of Gu Ye’s difficult temper, Mrs. Gu secretly hid all the valuable ornaments at home. Gu Ye will definitely not listen to his father’s arrangement, and when the time comes, the eldest and second child will also come back. With Gu Ye’s dog temper, he dares to confront the three of them, and the family will definitely be in chaos again. Mrs. Gu pondered for a while and fearfully hid the things that could be used to hit people.

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[1] Not sure if the author confused herself/himself with the number of grandchildren because the story stated that they only has 1 grandchild. The raw was ‘孙子辈的都一口咬定…’

[2] Not sure how this logic goes because one HAS to be dead to be buried in the ancestral grave anyway. So, I think the unspoken words in this sentence is ‘Any daughters who died before getting married…’  (which doesn’t make sense as well because married daughter should be buried in the husband side’s burial ground, logically speaking) #BananaDontGetThis

[3] It’s kind hard to translate this to English but girls are considered a waste of money because after the parents spent so much money in raising her up, she will leave the family when she gets married. There, she will spend the rest of her life taking care of her husband’s parent instead of her own parents. Unlike the son, who is supposed to take care of them until they die.

[4] In Banana’s understanding about this, it means people who tells fortune are leaking the secret of Heavens so other people can change their fate. Hence, they will pay the price for reading the fortunes.

Chapter 17 Mr. Yu, whose three views have been shattered

Zhao Zhifeng hugged his son excitedly, before giving the bag to Gu Ye, “This is what Peng Yu picked up. We threw it away twice but it still came back by itself, so we didn’t dare to burn it. The master said that if we burned it, his soul would also be sent there.”

Hearing that, Gu Ye laughed. This master also has some abilities. Because if it wasn’t for the protection amulet he drew for Zhao Pengyu, his soul would really be sent over there.

Gu Ye threw the hell money to the ground. Then he picked up a fork from the table and stabbed it hard.

*crackle crackle

Suddenly a few wisps of black smoke rose around the fork, trying to block the fork from going further. A sneer appears on the corner of Gu Ye’s mouth. He made a finger sign, and a thunderbolt struck from nowhere. Then, a sharp bloody smell wafted out from the hell money.

Mrs. Zhao reminded nervously, “Master Wang Minghai also wants to destroy it but this thing will fight back, be careful!”

Gu Ye curled his lips and said earnestly, “Why bother? ‘Forcefully plucked melons are not sweet’. I’ll send you an identical one in a while. You just make do with that one.” After he said that, Gu Ye pushed hard, and the fork went straight in. Next, a pool of black blood suddenly flowed out on the ground. At that moment, Zhao Pengyu instantly felt his whole body relax, and his breathing became easier.

A gust of ominous wind suddenly blew up the bloody hell money, and the whole ward is covered in gusts of wind. However, when the gust got close to Yu Ze, it hurriedly detoured. Seeing this scene, Gu Ye thought in his heart, ‘As expected from someone like Yu Ze. No matter how fierce the ghost is, they dare not touch this big shot.’

Gu Ye made another finger sign and purple flames appeared, wrapping around the hell money. No matter how they struggle, the paper still burns quickly. Gu Ye said indifferently, “Either you get out, or I smash your soul to smithereens. I don’t follow the bullshit rules of the metaphysic world.”

At the moment, the sky outside is getting dark, and the chilly wind is blowing around in the ward, but it didn’t dare to approach Gu Ye. After struggling for a few rounds, the black smoke turned into a ghostly figure. It looked withered, black, and thin, with a pair of gray eyes staring at Gu Ye sullenly. The thick ghostly aura made the temperature in the ward drop several degrees and everyone present screamed in fright. Zhao Pengyu recovered some strength, and he jumped up from the bed to block in front of his mother. But his legs are trembling, and he didn’t dare to look at the ghost. This was the first time in his life that he had emotional entanglements with a woman (but it was a ghost), it will leave a psychological shadow in his mind!

Yu Ze looked at the female ghost indifferently. He looked up and down and then looked at the figure’s feet… there is no shadow. Yu Ze glanced at the wall resolutely, but the surface is unblemished without any small holes (so there’s no place for a mini projector) to display images. Looking at the expressions of his family members who are about to faint with fright, Yu Ze kept his face sullen and stood at the front, blocking his elder sister and nephew behind him. After that, he stared at the female ghost coldly, with anger in his eyes.

Gu Ye smiled and pointed at Zhao Pengyu, “Since you don’t want to leave, it means you like this type?”

In the dead gray eyes of the female ghost, there is a little light.

“Let him go, I’ll send you another one that is exactly the same. As for your grievances, someone will help you solve them. But if you keep pestering him, then… hehe.” Gu Ye’s expression turned cold, and his killing intent is showing. If a ghost harmed the people who caused their death, Gu Ye won’t care. But harming many innocent people and causing them to be injured, has touched the bottom line of his tolerance.

The female ghost looked at Gu Ye apprehensively, and then at Yu Ze, who is covered in purple (imperial) aura and had a very unfriendly expression. After struggling for a while, she took 2 steps back. With a sweep of a chilly wind, she disappeared, leaving hell money all over the place.

Everyone at the scene stared wide-eyed in horror. They couldn’t react from the shock just now, and Mrs. Zhao’s face turned pale. Only Yu Ze stared blankly at the unscientifically explainable phenomenon in front of him, with a complicated expression on his face.

Gu Ye said disgustedly, “Alright, just take these hell money out and burn it. She won’t come back again.”

Zhao Pengyu pinched his nose, “Why is it so smelly?”

“Your wife gave you a dowry to let you marry into the family but you rejected the marriage. It’s logical that she vomited blood in anger, right?”

Zhao Pengyu wanted to cry. Please don’t ever mention the word ‘wife’ again, he is about to pee (from fright)!

Gu Ye looked at the ghostly atmosphere in the room and said, “Open the windows to let the air in. Also, quickly buy the things that I listed.”

Yu Ze looked at Gu Ye who is standing next to him expressionlessly, “You…”

“En?”

“Is that a ghost?”

“En.”

The corner of Yu Ze’s mouth twitched.

Gu Ye is amused, this person’s expression is saying that his three views just exploded. “You looked so calm when you saw the female ghost just now. Are you studying it to explain the whole thing scientifically?”

Yu Ze nodded coldly, “But I haven’t found out anything.”

“Pfft!” Gu Ye had never seen such an interesting person, and couldn’t help laughing out loud.

Yu Ze frowned but looking at Gu Ye’s innocent smiling face, he shook his head helplessly. There is really no scientific basis regarding what had just happened.

Not long after, the materials Gu Ye requested arrived. Taking the things to the small table on the balcony, he sat there and started folding some papers. Everyone in the ward didn’t dare to disturb him so they watched him quietly with his head down. Gu Ye’s expression is calm and serene. He is doing his own things in an orderly manner, and the people in the ward gradually felt that the atmosphere has become quieter. From the moment they got frightened to death to looking at Gu Ye now, it seems like that scary scene happened a long time ago (instead of just now). There is a certain kind of person who has this kind of strange aura. When they are quiet, the air around them will calm down with time. Hence, Zhao Pengyu lay down on the bed again, feeling drowsy.

Yu Ze looked at Gu Ye’s bag, walked over, and asked in a deep voice, “Do you need help?” His voice is very magnetic but slightly cold, which is in line with his temperament. The gentlemanly voice is perfect and people are unable to find fault with it, but the same voice also makes people feel a sense of distance.

Gu Ye looked up, smiled, and pushed the folded paper over, “Mr. Yu, you can touch each of the papers. Once you did that, they will become invincible.”

Yu Ze: “…”

Gu Ye smiled, “I’m not joking, Mr. Yu’s fate is very good and it’s extremely rare. Other than that, you often do good deeds so you are blessed by God. Ghosts and evil spirits won’t dare to provoke you. Which is why if you touch the papers, these things will carry a wisp of your aura and evil spirits will avoid them.”

Yu Ze raised his eyebrows slightly, “Can it save Pengyu?”

Gu Ye nodded, “Yes.”

Yu Ze didn’t say anything anymore and touched the folded papers of Gu Ye one by one. His movements are slow and elegant, and his expressions are serious as if he is performing some kind of ritual.

Gu Ye pursed his lips, wanting to chuckle again. This rare imperial fate and a temperament that prevents strangers from getting close, but he cares about his family very much. Judging by the faint golden aura on his body, he is a philanthropist as well. No wonder although there are so many people in the Yu family, Mr. Yu chose Yu Ze instead, the youngest son, as his successor.

At this moment, Yu Ze’s secretary quietly sent a message to Yu Ze: ‘President Yu, I heard that the reason why Li Rui’s case was solved so quickly was because someone secretly helped. That day the little Taoist climbed the wall, was he really chasing stars?’

After Yu Ze finished reading the message, he raised his eyes to look at Gu Ye before replied coldly: ‘Are you a paparazzi?’

The secretary felt helpless. He was reminding Yu Ze that this little mister seems to be superstitious so it’s better not to get close to this kind of person.

Half an hour later, Gu Ye glued the folded paper together and made a half-meter-tall figure who looked like Zhao Pengyu. Then he turned and said, “Mr. Zhao, Mrs. Zhao, I need blood from the fingertips of your ring fingers, just 2 drops is enough.”

As soon as Zhao Pengyu heard that Gu Ye wanted to take his parents’ blood, he couldn’t take it and demanded, “Why take my parents’ blood? It’s my fault, so you can use mine.”

Gu Ye gave Zhao Pengyu a disdainful look and said, “Because your blood is given to you by your parents, so this is the only way to replace your place. Using your blood is like giving you a lift (to the ghost bride). Remember, don’t let people in my profession take your blood away. If not, when you really encounter someone with a wicked heart, you will die without knowing why.”

Zhao Pengyu is left speechless by the remark and fell down on the bed like a defeated penguin.

After taking the blood from Zhao Pengyu’s parents, Gu Ye evenly applied it to the area between the paper figure’s eyebrows. Next, he took out a cinnabar pen from his pocket and closed his eyes. Taking a deep breath, his face became serious when he opened his eyes again. As soon as the tip of the pen touched the paper, Gu Ye swiftly drew a talisman in a stroke, and a stand-in talisman is formed.

“Draw the curtains and turn off the lights.”

After the room fell into darkness, Gu Ye drew a circle beside the bed. Throwing the paper figure in, he drew a talisman in the air and touched the figure’s forehead with his fingertips. A hazy golden light flashed, and a group of green flames sprang up from the paper figure’s body. This weird scene makes one’s scalp tingle and the onlookers backed away subconsciously. No matter how they looked at it, they only felt that it was evil.

The paper figure quickly disappeared into the green flames, and Zhao Pengyu’s complexion became much better visible to the naked eye, “I feel that my body is not so heavy anymore. Does this mean that I’m getting better?”

When Gu Ye nodded, Zhao Pengyu grabbed his clothes and said emotionally, “From now on, my life is yours.”

Gu Ye patted Zhao Pengyu’s paw off the corner of his clothes and said, “Then you have to study hard. I need you to advance at least 500 ranks in the next monthly exam, as you will accompany me to university.”

“What?” Zhao Pengyu laughed dryly a few times, not believing his ears, “What the hell?”

Gu Ye smiled nicely, “If you can’t advance to 500 ranks, I’ll send you to marry the young lady.”

Zhao Pengyu thought about his grades, and asked desperately, “Can I change…”

“No,” Gu Ye refused without waiting for him to finish. He looked at Zhao Pengyu’s parents and said with a smile, “His yang energy is affected but he’ll be fine after 2 days of sleep. The curtains should be opened to let him get more sun exposure.”

Mother Zhao asked worriedly, “It won’t look for him again, right?”

Gu Ye shook his head, “No, it won’t. Now, I have to go back to school as Xia Xiang is still waiting for me to cancel my vacation.” Gu Ye looked at his watch and waved to Zhao Pengyu. He turned around to leave but Father Zhao hurriedly stopped him, “Little Mister, please wait!”

As soon as Gu Ye turned his head, a check is stuffed in his hand. He looked down and smiled. The Zhao family is really generous because they gave him 5 million yuan right away. However, Gu Ye stuffed the check back with a smile, “Zhao Pengyu is my friend.”

Father Zhao still wanted to say something, but he felt his wife tugging at him. After understanding what his wife meant, Father Zhao smiled knowingly. There is a change when he looked at Gu Ye’s eyes again, and he said appreciatively, “You’re right. Pengyu’s life really shouldn’t be measured by money, I’m too old-minded.”

They are all smart people so no need for more words. Father Zhao can see that Gu Ye is not someone who can be swayed by money. He made this trip specially for his friend but refused 5 million yuan without blinking his eyes. With such righteousness and kindness, it is his son’s blessing to have such a friend.

“In this case, do come over to play when you are free in the future. Aunty’s soup-making skills are very good. You can try it.”

Gu Ye thanked the other party with a smile and went out but someone followed behind him, “I’ll see you off, I still have something to ask you.”

It is Yu Ze.

To be able to say the word ‘ask for advice’ so formally to a high school student, one can see how is his character from it. The corners of Gu Ye’s mouth curved up slightly, “Then, I’ll trouble Mr. Yu.”

After getting in the car, Gu Ye looked at Yu Ze’s face again and still found it unbelievable. This is the person with the most amazing fate he has ever seen.

“Mr. Yu is really blessed.” Gu Ye couldn’t help but let out a sigh.

Yu Ze said disapprovingly, “In your line of work, everyone says that my family line is cut off as I won’t have my own children and grandchildren and that my life is incomplete. Where is the blessing?”

Gu Ye laughed, “Do you believe in fate?”

“I don’t.”

“That’s right. Don’t believe in fate, just believe in yourself.”

It is the first time Yu Ze heard a so-called master saying that it’s okay to not believe in fate and believe in himself instead. Yu Ze subconsciously took another look at Gu Ye but only saw him squinting his eyes, with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth. Gu Ye’s pupils are as black as obsidian; deep, unfathomable, and somewhat mysterious. But it’s hard to hide the purity and straightforwardness in his eyes.

This is a person who doesn’t like to beat around the bush.

Yu Ze’s constant cold expression finally eased slightly. The corner of the mouth curved up, and a slight smile rose as he said, “Can I ask you about that woman?”

Gu Ye looked out the window and said, “There is something wrong with that bridge. A poor soul died tragically, buried under the bridge piles. Mr. Yu wants to investigate?”

Yu Ze nodded, “Pengyu almost died, naturally I want to find out.”

“I don’t know the specifics, I just exchanged Zhao Pengyu’s soul with a substitute technique. I’m about to take the college entrance examination, so I don’t have time to fight with her. Though I promised to give her justice, that also has to wait until my summer vacation. But if Mr. Yu wanted to investigate, it helped me a lot.”

Yu Ze shook his head, “It was Pengyu who caused trouble, so I shouldn’t have left everything to you.”

Gu Ye looked more appreciatively at the other party, “My suggestion is to start from that corpse.”

“Are you sure there’s a body there?”

“Very sure.”

“Thanks.”

Looking at Yu Ze seriously thanking him after confirmation, Gu Ye almost laughed out loud. This person is so interesting.

The car soon stopped at the entrance of a tucked-away restaurant. Gu Ye tilted his head questioningly, “En?”

Yu Ze opened the car door and explained, “The school is not selling any food at a time like this so  I will send you back after eating.”

Gu Ye touched his stomach which seemed to be rumbling all the way, and smiled awkwardly, “Then, thank you.”

…

After this incident, Yu Ze’s long-standing atheism has been shaken. But he never expected that when he followed the direction Gu Ye gave to investigate and see the result in front of him, it completely overturned his previous belief. When this result is presented in front of Zhao’s family, everyone fell silent. It can only be said that human nature is really complicated.

There are 3 evils among the people: shackles on dragons, life stakes, and human sacrifices[1]. The story of this bridge is about the protagonist who got sold for money by her biological parents to be buried alive under a bridge pile.

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The author has something to say: It’s Qixi Festival, Yu Ze invites my Gu Ye to dinner, I…I suspect he is up to no good! spits That is my ‘shou/bottom/uke’!

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[1] The Chinese wording is this – 民间有三恶：龙上枷、打生桩、活人祭。Banana doesn’t understand the meaning too much but from a glance at a baidu explanation, it seems to be like this:

Shackles on dragons – Bridges are viewed as a kind of shackles while rivers are viewed as dragons. Building a bridge across a body of water is considered shackling a dragon

Live stakes – It means human sacrifices are buried alive under stakes/piles (to enable a bridge to be built successfully)

Human sacrifice – Human sacrifice :v

[Banana] Apologies for late chapter this week. June is a busy month at RL work. Will try to publish more on July (if things work well in June).

Chapter 16 Kill whoever comes, gods or ghosts

In a private hospital with a quiet environment and tight security, Zhao Pengyu lay quietly on the hospital bed, as if asleep. But the people from the Zhao family are going crazy soon. This hospital is their own property and their doctor’s medical skills can be said to be second to none in the country. However, they couldn’t find out what ailment Zhao Pengyu had.

Mother Zhao, a strong career woman, is also panicking at the moment. She asked her husband with a pale face, “Is there something wrong with the thing he picked up last night? I want to get a master to take a look.”

Zhao Zhifeng frowned, “Even the doctor can’t help, so what’s the use of a master? Better not delve into this kind of supernatural thing, don’t delay the child’s treatment.”

Mother Zhao pursed her lips and struggled a little. It is indeed the truth, but her intuition as a mother told her that the bag her son picked up last night is a bit evil.

At this moment, a little nurse walked out of the ward with a bundle in her arms, and the couple quickly took two steps forward. Mother Zhao asked anxiously, “Nurse, did the doctor’s discussion produce any result?”

The little nurse said respectfully, “The doctors are still in a meeting to discuss, I believe the results will come out soon, and,” the little nurse hesitated to continue. She handed the white pillowcase and the things wrapped inside to Mrs. Zhao, saying, “We know you two are anxious, but this kind of thing is really useless. We have to believe in medicine.”

Mrs. Zhao opened the bundle suspiciously, and her expression turned cold all of a sudden. She turned to look at her husband and he had the same expression as hers. This is a bundle of thick stacks of hell money! This hell money has obviously been thrown away by the housekeeper previously!

When Zhao Pengyu picked it up last night, Mrs. Zhao just felt it was ominous, so she told the housekeeper, ‘Get someone to take it out and throw it away, it’s too unlucky’. She figured that the bag must have been from someone who bought it for grave sweeping, but accidentally dropped it because of the unexpected heavy rain. It’s just that the hell money people made nowadays are too similar to the real RMB. Then, due to the gloomy weather, her son didn’t see the content clearly. But now, the real question is how did the thrown hell money come back to her son?

Zhao Zhifeng’s expression turned cold, “Nurse, where did you find this thing?”

Seeing the couple’s expressions, the little nurse also realized that it is unusual and her expression changed, “Under, under Master Zhao’s pillow.”

Zhao Zhifeng looked at the bodyguard at the door again, “Who has been in this ward?”

The bodyguard shook his head seriously, “No one is allowed in except the doctors and nurses.”

But Zhao Zhifeng said angrily, “Go and check the surveillance to see who has sneaked in!”

The result was no one did!

The couple looked at each other, and they both saw disbelief and seriousness in each other’s eyes. After throwing this away last night, Zhao Pengyu developed a high fever and was sent to the hospital in the middle of the night. The doctor hasn’t found out what the disease is until now, and now the bag of hell money thrown away by the housekeeper unexpectedly appeared under Zhao Pengyu’s pillow.

Mother Zhao’s face darkened, and her entangled heart suddenly became firm, ” I’ll get a master to look at it.”

Although Zhao Zhifeng’s expression is ugly, he still didn’t quite believe it. “I think someone deliberately played tricks. Let’s check first.”

“We can make preparation on both sides. Inviting the master to take a look won’t delay the treatment.” Mother Zhao returned to her strong career-woman demeanor and said, “You should keep an eye on this side and ask the doctor to investigate quickly. I will invite the master at my side.”

In this way, Mrs. Zhao invited more than a dozen masters back in a row through her father’s contacts. However, after seeing Zhao Pengyu’s current situation, the masters all shook their heads and said regretfully, “He is linked to an engagement, so snatching his soul by force would injure his soul.”

“Yes, it’s not easy to save. Even if we saved his life, his soul will not be complete. That means he will either become stupid or fell into a vegetative state.”

Hearing that, Mrs. Zhao’s body became unstable for a moment. She took a deep breath, and her voice trembled uncontrollably, “Even if it is a vegetative state, we still must save him.”

Several masters looked at each other. They could only bite the bullet and give it a try. Wang Minghai is a well-known master who is highly respected in the circle of metaphysics. He said, “To form this kind of contract, there must be a medium. Did the young master pick up something?”

Mother Zhao pointed tiredly at the hell money on the table, “He picked up a bag of these things.”

Wang Minghai said with an ugly expression, “That’s the medium, what a strong resentment!”

Hearing the remark, the other masters opened their spiritual eyes and they are all shocked when they saw it.

“The resentment from the evil spirit is so heavy!”

A psychic female master suddenly sensed something. She trembled all over and her face started turning blue. Her facial features are twisted in pain and the female master fell to the ground. She used her fingernails to scratch the floor, and it tore her nails apart, blood flowed out from the wound. All the masters around her changed their expressions. The master nearest to her swiftly knocked her unconscious with a chop at the back of her neck.

Because of all the masters’ expressions, Madam Zhao also became nervous, “This is?”

“From the ghost’s aura, Zuo Yun can sense how they died,” Wang Minghai said with an ugly face, “This ghost died in too much pain, and with a lot of resentment so Zuo Yun is affected by it.”

Wang Minghai took out a dagger made of copper coins. He bit his finger, smeared the blood evenly on the dagger, and pierced at the bag with all his strength. The stacks of hell money shook a few times, and a black light flew out, fiercely pouncing at him. Master Wang shook his hand, and the dagger flew out to the light. Next, the copper coin dagger broke and scattered all over the ground.

Wang Minghai’s face turned as pale as paper.

The expressions of the other masters became solemn. The skills they practiced are not meant to save people to start with (but to exorcist ghosts). And now, the ghost aura is so heavy even in broad daylight so they dare not act rashly. After sending the masters off, Mrs. Zhao invited a few more masters to come and see. However, upon hearing what happened to Wang Minghai and Zuo Yun, no one dared to take action easily.

For several days in a row, Zhao Pengyu is transferred to another hospital 3 times, and a doctor is also invited from abroad, but Zhao Pengyu still did not wake up. His parents are desperate. Until noon on the 3rd day, the doctor said that if he still couldn’t wake up, the best outcome would be Zhao Pengyu turning into a vegetable. On the other hand, the worst outcome is… they have to be mentally prepared (for his death).

Mother Zhao finally couldn’t bear it any longer. She covered her face and burst into tears, her lips are bitten until they bled. If she could, she would exchange her life for her son’s, but she tried everything, and nothing works!

…

At that moment, Gu Ye asked Xia Xiang with a smile, “My lovely red scarf*, have you ever lied?”

*it’s like a Boy scout

Xia Xiang shook his head in confusion.

“My lovely red scarf, do you want to be an envoy of justice with me and save a lamb who is lost on the road to the underworld?”

Xia Xiang is so frightened by Gu Ye’s gentle tone that his goosebumps stood up. His instinct told him that Gu Ye is up to nothing good but he said, “…what do you want to do, just say it.”

Gu Ye turned serious the next second, “Go to Teacher Yu and tell him that I have a high fever of 40 degrees and you need to take me to a doctor outside the school. When you come back by yourself in a while, tell the teacher that you left me with the doctor for an infusion.”

Xia Xiang: “…”

Ten minutes later, Xia Xiang sent Gu Ye to the taxi to the hospital, crying without tears. Xia Xiang has been a good boy for 18 years and has never lied. Teacher Yu didn’t suspect that he would lie, so he approved it directly. Xia Xiang frowned guiltily, and asked in a low voice, “Is Zhao Pengyu seriously ill? We should have come out earlier.”

Gu Ye helplessly replied, “Getting out early doesn’t necessarily mean we can see him.” With his face, who would believe that he is really capable? If something went bad, they will be treated as a kid making trouble and getting kicked out.

Gu Ye is right. After hearing the staff’s report, Mrs. Zhao really didn’t believe that Gu Ye could save Zhao Pengyu because he is too young after all. But now, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, Mrs. Zhao will try her best to try. After sending someone to invite Gu Ye in, Mrs. Zhao saw Gu Ye’s face with his red lips and pearly teeth. His peach blossom eyes curved when he smiled, no matter how she sees him, Gu Ye doesn’t look anything like a master at all. Mrs. Zhao sat down on the edge of the bed, holding her son’s hand, and said weakly, “Little master, please see if my son can be saved. The doctor said he won’t survive tonight.”

Zhao Pengyu’s face is pale and his lips are blue. There is a wisp of black qi between the eyebrows, and in the midst of it is a faint red line, exuding evil qi. Gu Ye didn’t speak, and expressionlessly took out half a stick of incense from the small bag in his pocket. He lit the incense and held it between two fingers. Next, without anything to support it, the incense simply stood firmly between Zhao Pengyu’s eyebrows.

Seeing this scene, Mrs. Zhao widened her eyes in surprise, “This is?”

“Soul-guiding incense.” Gu Ye smiled, “Before this, I have already calculated that he will have a calamity and protected his soul with a talisman. Right now, I’ll use the soul-guiding incense to guide him back.”

The incense can be seen burning visibly but there isn’t any ash falling down. A wisp of blue smoke strangely flowed into Zhao Pengyu’s nose as he breathes. A few seconds later, Zhao Pengyu’s breathing is obviously much easier, and his lips returned to a red shade.

Mrs. Zhao is so shocked that she didn’t know what to say. A huge surprise hit her head suddenly when she is already in despair so she didn’t know how to react. She wanted to be happy, but is afraid of being disappointed again, “This, this is … does this means my son can be saved? Can he still be saved?”

Gu Ye smiled, “Of course I can save him. I will kill any beings that come, be it Gods or ghosts. As long as I want to save someone, anyone who comes to snatch my target will die under my hand.”

Mrs. Zhao stood up excitedly, and asked in disbelief, “He won’t become a fool or a vegetable?”

Gu Ye is amused by the question and replied, “Of course not, those who told you this are noobs.”

Mrs. Zhao covered her mouth and looked at Gu Ye’s young face excitedly. Those so-called ‘noobs’ are all famous masters. Is this young man really capable, or is he just bragging? She couldn’t bear to be disappointed again.

At this moment, Gu Ye stretched out his hand and slapped Zhao Pengyu on the forehead, “Don’t sleep! Teacher Yu is calling you to get up and eat!”

Under Mrs. Zhao’s expectant gaze, Zhao Pengyu slowly opened his eyes. But before he fully awakened, Mother Zhao rushed over, hugged him, and cried loudly. The fear and despair she experienced in the past few days are all expressed in the cry. Zhao Pengyu is stunned, he had never seen his mother cry like this before. After coming to his senses, he quickly comforted his mother. Then he looked at Gu Ye and said with emotion, “You saved my life again.”

Gu Ye smiled, “There are still many things to do later, waking up doesn’t mean it’s over.”

Mrs. Zhao had just finished calling her husband who was busy looking for a doctor to let him know that their son has woken up. But upon hearing Gu Ye’s words, she stood there in a daze and asked, “Is there something bad going to happen again?”

Gu Ye felt helpless, he really pities all the parents in the world. He knew that the moment he said something is not good, Mrs. Zhao as the mother would collapse.

“Don’t worry, take it step by step.” Gu Ye asked, “Did he pick up something? Take it out and have a look.”

Mrs. Zhao hurriedly sent someone to fetch the bag. Zhao Pengyu tugged at Gu Ye in a despaired look, “I keep dreaming of marrying a wife and she keeps chasing behind me. I have almost run to the end of the earth, you have to save me. I’m still a child!”

Gu Ye replied with a disgusted tone, “Then you are a giant child.”

Zhao Pengyu is about to cry at Gu Ye’s light words, “I’m serious, don’t joke!”

Gu Ye pulled up a chair and sat upright, “So, did you complete the ceremony?”

Zhao Pengyu quickly explained, “No, I’ve been running away. If it wasn’t for the stamina I built from playing basketball, I would never be able to run away from her!”

Gu Ye asked seriously, “Is the new wife beautiful?”

Zhao Pengyu answered solemnly, “I didn’t see clearly, I just ran for my life.”

Gu Ye couldn’t hold back anymore, and laughed, “That’s a pity then. Why didn’t you check out what your wife looks like?”

Only then did Zhao Pengyu realize that Gu Ye is teasing him. He really wanted to jump up from the bed from the anger, “Brother Ye, Father! Please help me! I’ll really die if you don’t stop joking around!”

Mrs. Zhao on the side finally showed a smile. She helplessly went to turn on the light in the room, the day is getting darker now.

Gu Ye replied with disdain, “People are recruiting a son-in-law, and left a ‘recruitment request’ which you picked it up. You looked fair and clean, and your family is rich. Other than that, you are of the right age and also can be considered an educated person. People have taken a fancy to you, and you willingly accepted the betrothal gift, so what can I do?”

Hearing that, Zhao Pengyu anxiously replied, “I don’t agree! This is a fraudulent marriage! I barely pass every fcckiing exam, so how can I be considered educated?!”

Gu Ye suddenly approached, looked at Zhao Pengyu’s neck, and saw that there is a light pink mark. Gu Ye lowered his face and asked, “Could it be that you went into the bridal chamber with her? Your wife gave you that kiss mark? I can’t help you.”

“No! I’m still a virgin, I swear!”

Gu Ye had a lot of meaning, “You… are sure useless.”

Zhao Pengyu: “…” What is the best answer? Give me a hint!

Gu Ye finished teasing and said, “Okay, I’ll write down some materials that I needed so you guys prepare it. The thing you have provoked this time didn’t die from any ordinary injustice, its evil qi is extremely thick. It will a bit troublesome to solve it.”

As soon as Gu Ye finished writing the list, the door of the ward is pushed open from the outside, and a few people entered. The one holding the bag of hell money, from the looks of it should be Zhao Pengyu’s father. The other one is wearing a suit and is tall and sturdy. The person has handsome features, and the tear mole under the corner of his left eye, plus the anxious look in his eyes slightly eased his cold temperament. But the person still gave people a strong sense of distance, which made people feel uncomfortable getting close to him.

As soon as that person showed up, Gu Ye is stunned. Because that person has the aura that gods and ghosts would not dare to mess with, the ‘God’s dear son’ he saw that evening. Seeing him, Gu Ye’s eyes lit up. It seems that saving Zhao Pengyu would not be any trouble at all.

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Chapter 15 Life hangs by a thread

It rained sporadically all night again. The next morning, before dawn, the two brothers who lived on the 3rd floor opened the door almost at the same time. Gu Yang is carrying a big plus-size bag. He quietly followed Gu Ye downstairs, arriving at the garage.

Just as Gu Yang is about to open the door, Gu Ye grabbed him by the collar of his back and pulled him back, “Don’t get on yet. Let me draw a spell first.”

“Oh.” Gu Yang stood aside obediently, looking at Gu Ye drawing symbols in the air with admiration.

Driver: “…”

After the boys got in the car, the uncle driver is about to start the engine when Gu Ye opened his mouth, “Not yet. Wait until it’s exactly 6.00 am to go out. We cannot miss the time, even a minute earlier. I want to make a fortune today.”

Hearing that, the uncle driver is speechless. Inside, he is thinking that it is no wonder President Gu wanted to beat his son up. If this was his own son, he would want to beat him too. Last night, 3rd young master asked him to come to the garage at this time and to drive him to a place. The driver thought it is urgent, but it turned out the 3rd young master just wanted to play a superstition game. The college entrance examination is about to happen, but the young master doesn’t seem anxious.

2 minutes later, the car started and the driver asked, “Third Young Master, Fourth Young Master, where are you two going?”

Gu Ye pinched his fingers and calculated, “Go all the way east, then just stop under the first overpass.”

Gu Yang hugged his backpack excitedly. He unzipped it and showed the content to Gu Ye, “Brother, look at how well I have prepared!”

Gu Ye leaned over to take a look, and got amused, “You changed your robe again?”

“I called a purchasing agent last night and bought it from them.”

Gu Ye didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, so he suppressed a smile and praised, “You’re so smart.”

“Hehe.” Gu Yang put on the Taoist robe happily. Next, he took out a pair of sunglasses from his backpack and put it on, “Brother, am I going to pretend to be blind for a while? Do I need to touch the bones or something (fortune-telling by touching bones)?”

Gu Ye replied with a disdainful tone, “No, it’s only liars who have so many gimmicks. We don’t need to do that.”

Hearing the conversation, the driver’s face is stiff. He is worried that the two brothers would get beaten up when they returned home.

All the way to the east, after half an hour, they finally saw the overpass. The driver watched the two brothers get out of the car, and asked worriedly, “Both young masters, how about you two just go back with me now?”

Gu Ye waved his hand and said calmly, “No, I’ll do it here.”

The uncle driver took 2 steps before turning to look at the two brothers worriedly. The usual useless rich second generation from other people’s families would race cars, pick up girls, fight, and make trouble. But the rich second generation of the Gu family became a fortune teller and set up a fortune-telling stall. This is really different amongst the rich second generation.

At the current time, it is just dawn. There are no pedestrians except for a few cars passing by here and there. The brothers set up the booth, and Gu Yang wondered, “Brother, is there really someone who will come to get their fortunes told? Isn’t this place not very good/strategic?”

Gu Ye looked at an incoming luxury car about 200 meters away and smiled, “Isn’t it time now? The time is just right.”

Gu Yang looked over suspiciously, thinking that the driver might not stop the car.

In the blink of an eye, the car arrived in front of them. Without any intention of stopping, the car drove past them. Gu Yang is just about to say ‘Brother, you made a mistake’ but unexpectedly, the car suddenly slowed down after passing more than 10 meters. After that, it gradually stopped at the side of the road before slowly backing up. Gu Yang widened his eyes and opened his mouth in shock. The car came back! His brother is a heavenly being!

He Yunyi is the owner of a leather shoe processing factory. His business has been good and his annual income is about several million yuan. He even received a large order last year and his career is on the upswing. It all changed when a sudden fire broke out in the warehouse a few days ago and all his goods are burnt down. If the delivery cannot be made by the due date, even if he sold the entire factory, it won’t be enough to pay the penalty fee.

Being forced to a corner, in desperation, He Yunyi visited the factories of several agents around him. He wanted to ask the people in the same field to help him replenish the stock. However, begging for a week now, he still couldn’t find a manufacturer willing to help him. On the way return in despair, he saw two teenagers sitting under the bridge.

He Yunyi got out of the car and looked at the things the two children were holding. Even though he currently felt bitter like he swallowed a goldthread herb, he still couldn’t help laughing, “You two came out to set up a stall on such a cold day? You are so dedicated.”

Gu Ye smiled, “I’m waiting for someone who is predestined. Brother, do you want to get your fortune told?”

He Yunyi smiled wryly, “If fortune telling is useful, I don’t need to bother coming out.” He took out 300 yuan from his wallet and stuffed it into Gu Ye’s hand, who is obviously older, “I see that you two are well dressed, you should be from a good background. Did something happen at home too? This 300 yuan is enough for the two of you to eat for 2 days. Go and ask your relatives and friends for help. Don’t come out and start an illegal business at a young age.”

Gu Ye narrowed his eyes, “Your financial situation should be tighter than the two of us.”

Hearing that, He Yunyi is taken aback for a moment. When Gu Ye’s pupils that are darker than normal looked at him with a slight smile, He Yunyi suddenly felt that he had been seen through, and couldn’t help but tremble in his heart. Right now, he is driving a luxury car and is dressed decently. How does this young man who he has never met know that he is short of money? Could it be that he really come across an expert? He Yunyi’s expression turned serious. Inside, he decided to take this gamble, and he asked in a deep voice, “Little brother, how much for a fortune-telling?”

Gu Ye looked into the other person’s eyes and said, “Seeing that your situation is down now, I will ask you for 3,000 yuan first. After half a year, you will get rich, and then I will take the remaining 30,000 yuan.”

He Yunyi’s face is sullen, but he still didn’t give up and asked, “Where do you see that my situation is not good?”

Gu Ye still looked calm and relaxed as he said, “It’s up to you whether you want to continue this fortune-telling.”

He Yunyi didn’t know why but he gritted his teeth in determination and took out all the cash in his wallet, the amount is exactly 3,000 yuan.

Taking the money, Gu Ye put it in his pocket, and said, “Looking at your face, your luck is contained within, your forehead has light but it is not bright. Your good luck only lasted for 3 years. Give me your hand, I want to read your palm.”

He Yunyi is secretly startled. He is really lucky in the past few years and counting the days, it is indeed almost 3 years!

Gu Ye looked at He Yunyi’s palm and said, “Your house had a fire incident.”

This statement caused He Yunyi to be dumbfounded, the calculation is too accurate!

Gu Ye chuckled lightly, “A point of luck assists a point of fortune. Sometimes, it’s a blessing in disguise. If you believe me, go east. Head all the way to the east, and you will be able to make a comeback.

“If this calculation is correct, remember to send me the remaining money after 3 months. I still set up a stall under this overpass during the summer vacation.”

He Yunyi gritted his teeth, and nodded in response, “Thank you, young mister, for your guidance!”

Since there are no more options left to use, He Yunyi steeled his heart and turned the car around, go east! All the way east!

Gu Yang pulled at Gu Ye’s pocket, his eyes shining brightly, “Brother! Just a calculation is worth so much money?”

Gu Ye patted Gu Yang on the head with a smile, “Silly boy, towards rich people we naturally request more from them.”

“But, didn’t you say that he is poorer than both of us?”

“He will have money in the future, a lot of money.”

After making a small fortune, Gu Ye and Gu Yang found a place to have breakfast. As soon as they finished the last bite, they got caught by Mrs. Gu. Getting stuffed into the car, they are dragged to her newly opened beauty shop.

“Help mom to change the feng shui for fortune. Change it into a treasure bowl or a money tree, the kind that drops money every day.”

Hearing that, Gu Ye became speechless. He looked at the placements of this store, “Mom, the Feng Shui should have been pretty good before, why did you change it?

Mrs. Gu said with disdain, “The feng shui arrangement was what the little bitch Hu Yu asked someone to do. I felt disgusted when I saw it, so I redecorated it.”

Gu Ye smiled, “Okay, I’ll set up another wealth-gathering feng shui for you. Remove this shelf, and move it to the wall. Then, put a fish tank here, and it needs to have running water. Next, spread a layer of fine sand and aquatic plants underneath. Sand can gather and store luck, while water can carry luck. Then, the customers in the store will be endless.”

The store manager who was following Mrs. Gu is stunned. She didn’t expect the Feng Shui master called by the new boss to be so young and her son to boot. After receiving Mrs. Gu’s gaze, she quickly wrote it down, not daring to underestimate Gu Ye.

Gu Ye pointed to a compartment in the southeast direction, “The southeast symbolizes the abundance of wealth. If there is a problem here, no matter how good the other places are, it is useless. Hence, the screen at that location is not good. Replace it with a strong one.”

Mrs. Gu said seriously: “I’ll ask someone to build a wall instead.”

Gu Ye turned speechless before saying, “As long as you are happy.”

Mrs. Gu is happy and she added, “Look around quickly if there is still something to be changed. We have to go to the next store after this.”

Gu Yang is surprised, “Mom, how many stores did you buy?”

“Ten or so,” Mrs. Gu raised her chin, and said proudly, “Hu Yu sells them at a low price, so I bought all to piss her off. I have plenty of pocket money.”

Gu Yang wondered out loud, “Didn’t you ask for it from Dad?”

“No!” Mrs. Gu slapped his son on the back angrily, “I have money myself!”

Gu Ye felt tired from the conversation. This silly boy, what nonsense he is talking about, isn’t he looking for a beating?

After running around with his little stepmother for a day, Gu Ye finished changing the feng shui of all the stores. It is already dark by then, and Mrs. Gu checked the time to see that it was dinnertime. So she booked a private room at the hotel, and called Gu Decheng, “I’m taking our two sons out to eat, so you settle dinner by yourself.”

Gu Ye and Gu Yang had a great time eating but it was different for their father. After a busy day, President Gu came home and found that his wife and son are not there. He looked at the table of dishes brought by the nanny and sighed for a long time. He took a sip of the soup but it felt tasteless.

…

How can one be Mrs. Gu without any brains? Mrs. Gu is occasionally willful, just enough to let Gu Decheng know that this family can’t do without her. Mrs. Gu didn’t want to go back early, so she kept adding food to Gu Ye, “Eat some more, your younger brother will be taller than you in no time. It’s because you eat less that you can’t grow taller.”

Gu Ye is holding the bowl, and calmly said, “I suspect that my younger brother ate my share of nutrition when I was young…”

“Nonsense!” Mrs. Gu blushed and slapped a shrimp into Gu Ye’s mouth, “You were born prematurely. At that time, your mother had a difficult labor when she gave birth to you, and you almost suffocated to death. Innately, you are not as healthy as your brother, I have worked very hard to bring you up like this.”

“I know.” Gu Ye smiled, “Just kidding around.”

Mrs. Gu: “…”

Even eating can’t block your mouth!

…

On the first day of the school day, Gu Ye returned to school early, and somehow felt a lot quieter around him. He glanced at Zhao Pengyu’s seat as if aware of something. The person who usually came early unexpectedly didn’t show up today.

At this moment, Xia Xiang hurried over and said, “Gu Ye, Zhao Pengyu seems to be sick, very sick.”

Gu Ye thought of the calamity he once calculated for Zhao Pengyu. Pinching his fingers to calculate, Gu Ye’s expression suddenly changed, “Not good! This guy is going to die soon!”

At the moment, Zhao Pengyu’s life is hanging by a thread.

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Chapter 14 Don’t take the bridge on a rainy day

When Teacher Yu heard about the report on cheating, his serious face became more solemn, “You and Gu Ye are not even in the same examination room, how do you know that he cheated?”

Seeing Teacher Yu showing this expression, Lin Zihao is slightly nervous as he said, “He used a special method. Not only do I know about this, but Liu Yiwen also knows it. Other than that, Xia Xiang and Zhao Pengyu, they all know about it.”

Teacher Yu frowned, “How did he cheat exactly? You have to show me the evidence to support your accusation.”

“He must have used abnormal means. Or, how about you ask him to do the questions again now, he will definitely not be able to do so.”

Teacher Yu raised his eyebrows, “That is to say, you have no evidence.”

“I have it, I…” Lin Zihao gritted his teeth, and said in a low voice, “Gu Ye can control ghosts. There must be something in his schoolbag to catch ghosts, you can find out after searching him. Those ‘things’ must have told him the answer.”

A serious old pedant like Teacher Yu can’t listen to nonsense like ghosts and whatnot, “Nonsense!” As soon as Lin Zihao finished speaking, Teacher Yu scolded him angrily, “What age is this now? Ghosts, monsters, and gods are people’s imaginations. They can be explained scientifically. Even if we can’t explain it now, it can be explained in the future. If there’s something that you don’t understand, you need to read more instead. You are already in the third year of high school, why do you still believe in feudal superstition?”

“No, Mr. Yu, please believe me. He really knows how to control ghosts. He always has a bottle in his pocket. There must be a female ghost in the bottle. He also helps the female ghost to kill people. If you don’t believe me, you can check his dormitory and schoolbag. There must be something in there.”

Hearing that, Teacher Yu’s face became gloomier. Seeing Lin Zihao as if he is getting blinded by his obsession, Teacher Yu took out the draft paper that Gu Ye had used before, “Look, these are all brought back by the invigilator. It can also be seen from the paper that Gu Ye really calculated it by himself. Everything is clear and transparent, so how can there be any ghosts?”

Lin Zihao looked at the calculation process on the draft in disbelief. There are several questions that he couldn’t solve, but Gu Ye actually did it. “This must be…he is possessed by a ghost!” The more Lin Zihao thinks about it, the more he felt that he is right, “Teacher Yu, Gu Ye is so different from before, he must be possessed by a ghost. He can’t do these questions previously! He is so stupid, how can he solve such difficult questions and got it right?”

Seeing that Lin Zihao is unrepentant, Teacher Yu angrily slammed his thermos on the table, “Lin Zihao!”

Lin Zihao got so frightened that he trembled all over as if he had been poured with a basin of cold water. Immediately, he calmed down and cold sweat dripped down his forehead. He doesn’t dare to speak out anymore.

Teacher Yu said with a disappointed tone: “I can see that you are usually motivated in your studies and perform well. I forgive you this time, but you are not allowed to talk nonsense in the future. Teacher knows that Gu Ye did better than you in the exam this time and you really can’t understand why, but you can’t spread rumors to slander others. If you have time to care about Gu Ye, you should care about your own grades. In just 3 months, you have fallen more than 300 ranks. If this continues, do you think you can get good results for your 1st choice of university? I think you might not even get into your 2nd choice![1]”

Lin Zihao turned pale with fright when he heard this, “I’m sorry for the teacher. I, I, I will study hard!”

Teacher Yu said helplessly, “You can go back now.”

Lin Zihao secretly regretted that he should not have been impulsive. He should have gone to Teacher Yu after he obtained evidence of Gu Ye’s cheating. Teacher Yu would not believe his one-sided statement about such things.

Returning to the classroom in a daze, Lin Zihao sat down in his seat. The students around him thought he was called for extra lessons by the homeroom teacher so they all comforted him, “Don’t think too much, just do it well next time. There is still a chance.”

Nodding absent-mindedly, Lin Zihao opened his drawer, wanting to take out the books for the next class. Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened the drawer, his heart skipped a beat and his mind is dazed by the fright. The few sheets of paper he hid at the bottom of the drawer are now carelessly placed on the top, with a big word ‘Read’ scribbled on it letting him know that what he wanted to do had already been discovered.

This is what Lin Zihao wrote at home about the death of the song king, singer Li Rui and what Gu Ye did to him. He planned to sell it to the newspaper to earn some pocket money. But because he has to catch a bus on the way here and missed the submission time, Lin Zihao temporarily put the article in his school bag. Lin Zihao vaguely saw something behind the paper, and nervously turned the paper over. Behind it is a chibi drawing of a person, It seems to be talking about a student who is going to take the college entrance examination. But when he went to the toilet, he dropped his admission ticket into the toilet and thus was not able to enter the examination room. Lin Zihao stared at the comic in a daze, but the 3 words written at the bottom made his pupils shrink.

It said ‘By Gu Ye’!

Gu Ye knows what happened?

Lin Zihao suddenly remembered Gu Ye asking him earlier if he had ever done something wrong to him, and that he told him not to do it now if he hadn’t done anything yet. Could it be that not only Gu Ye can catch ghosts, but he also can predict the future?

Lin Zihao looked at Gu Ye in horror. At the same time, Gu Ye turned his head and smiled at him. The slightly curved corner of his mouth looked soft and gentle but it made Lin Zihao suddenly think of the scene where Gu Ye is beating up ghosts, which caused his scalp to turn numb.

Gu Ye raised his index finger and put it on his lips. He motioned a ‘shush’, then turned his head away and stopped looking at Lin Zihao. The more Lin Zihao thought about what happened, the more afraid Lin Zihao became. Gu Ye is telling him to keep the secret and not go out and talk nonsense – it means he knew everything. Wouldn’t this comic be Gu Ye’s curse on him? Will he really miss the college entrance examination? Thinking of the result, Lin Zihao wanted to go crazy. He hurriedly tore up the article into pieces and threw them into the trash can. His whole body is shuddering from the chill.

“Gu Ye, I… I’m sorry!” After class, Lin Zihao plucked up the courage to come to Gu Ye’s table and sincerely apologized, he is scared. He is afraid of missing the college entrance examination, afraid of Gu Ye’s punishment for him.

Gu Ye looked at Lin Zihao, and said a word with a smile, “Scram.”

…

At noon, Gu Ye had just finished his meal when he heard from a classmate that Mr. Yu is looking for him. Gu Ye inquired about the location and found Teacher Yu’s office. Teacher Yu is wearing his reading glasses and reading the paper. Seeing him coming, Teacher Yu looked up at him and said, “Gu Ye, sit down.”

Gu Ye sat down obediently, very well-behaved.

“I’m looking at your test paper for this exam. You have improved so much that the teachers find it unbelievable. Even your handwriting is written so beautifully.” Teacher Yu looked into Gu Ye’s eyes seriously, “Teacher is going to give you a few more questions, can you do it again?”

Gu Ye nodded obediently, “Yes.”

Teacher Yu took out the pre-made questions from the drawer and handed Gu Ye a pen. Gu Ye took it and started to write, finishing it in a few minutes. Looking at Gu Ye’s answer, Mr. Yu could not suppress his joy, and the smile on his serious face made a layer of wrinkle, “Good good good, good job. Continue to work hard in the future!”

Not long after, Teacher Yu went to the school management and got Gu Ye’s exam papers posted on the school bulletin board. Even Gu Ye’s draft paper and the questions that Gu Ye did right in front of him are all released, proving that Gu Ye got first place in the test by his own ability.

Now, everyone on the senior high school campus is bursting with commotion, and the people who said it was impossible before have been slapped in the face!

Many teachers told the students, “There are no stupid students, only students who don’t work hard! Gu Ye must have taken advantage of the winter vacation when you all went out to play and secretly studied at home! The forever-lowest has risen to become the number 1 at school, how inspirational! You all have to open your eyes and see how he did it!”

After that, there are really students who started peeking at Gu Ye, wanting to know how he studies, and how can he improve his grades so much in such a short period of time. Gu Ye suddenly felt that not only he became a strange species, but also a strange species with a panda head* on his head. Even when he went to the toilet, people would pay attention to him, so eye-catching. Unfortunately, he didn’t want to be stared at.

*Because panda is a rare animal in China :v

…

Finally, it is the day of the next holiday week. As soon as Gu Ye came home, before he could even take off his shoes, Mrs. Gu rushed over excitedly, “Old Third, you got first in the exam? First in the school?”

Gu Ye nodded tiredly, “You guys already know?”

At this moment, Gu Decheng came down from the second floor, and there is joy in his eyes, “Teacher Yu called me and said that you have made great progress.”

“That’s right, that’s right, the teacher keeps praising you!” Mrs. Gu said happily, “For this reason, your father didn’t go to the company, and just waiting for you to come back to reward you well for your hard work!”

Hearing that, Gu Ye raised his eyebrows. Next, his eyes lit up when he saw Gu Decheng holding several thick red packets in his hand.

“I will definitely study hard. I will keep working hard, and get better next time!” Gu Ye turned serious in a second, and bowed deeply to his parents, “I’m sorry for worrying my parents before this!”

Mrs. Gu got taken aback. Why Gu Ye became so emotional all of a sudden? It’s embarrassing.

Gu Decheng originally wanted to give Gu Ye a few pieces of advice like telling him not to be proud, but he didn’t expect his son to be so sensible. So, he swallowed the words and put a stack of red packets into Gu Ye’s hand, saying seriously, “This is the rule in our family. For every subject you placed first, I will reward you with 10,000 yuan. Seeing that this is the first time you got the 1st at school, you will be rewarded another 10,000 yuan. If you can still take the first place next time, I will double it for you.”

“Thank you, Dad!” Gu Ye put the red packets in his pocket and ran upstairs happily.

Seeing that his brother received several red packets, Gu Yang scratched his head and said, “Well, I also advanced 3 ranks in this monthly exam. Do I have any red packets?”

Mrs. Gu didn’t wait for Gu Decheng to speak, and said with a tone like ‘Why can’t you get better’, “I reward you with an extra chicken leg.”

“Hehe.” Hearing that, Gu Yang carried his schoolbag and ran away happily.

Mrs. Gu sighed silently and asked herself where did she raise him wrong. This silly boy, just a chicken leg is enough for him. Can’t he see how thick his 3rd brother’s red packets are? Those can buy a truckload of chicken legs!

…

When Gu Ye arrived in his room, he happily opened the red packets and counted in total 50,000 yuan. As expected from Gu Decheng, he is worthy of being called the national father.

Gu Yang quietly followed and asked curiously, “Brother, how much did Dad give you?”

Gu Ye hooked his fingers at the child to beckon him over. Watching the child leaning over like a big dog, Gu Ye took out a dozen of red notes (100 yuan) and stuffed them into his younger brother’s hand. Then he said in a low voice, “Take it and buy the game console you like. Don’t let Mom know.”

Because if Mrs. Gu finds out, it will definitely be confiscated, just like the money Gu Yang won from the lottery previously.

Gu Yang rushed over excitedly and hugged Gu Ye’s leg, rubbing against him, “Brother! When I grow up, I will definitely make good money! I will earn money for you to spend!”

Gu Ye patted his younger brother’s head. Inside, he really wanted to say, ‘Don’t be stupid, my silly boy. You won’t make any money in your life, so just wait for the dividends to feed you.’

At noon, Mrs. Gu cooked a lot of dishes together with the nanny. Gu Decheng is in a happy mood and even drank a small cup of wine. Gu Ye looked at his father’s eyebrows and said with concern, “You should rest at home this afternoon, don’t go to the company. There will be heavy rain in a while, it is dangerous.”

Gu Decheng glanced out the window. The sun is shining brightly now, where is the rain coming from?

However, due to Gu Decheng almost having a car accident last time, Mrs. Gu is startled by Gu Ye’s words. She hurriedly persuaded, “It doesn’t matter whether it will rains or not. It’s a happy occasion today and you also drank a bit. Since you don’t have anything important to do in the afternoon, don’t go to work today. It’s rare that you get to rest a day at home.”

After being persuaded by his wife, Gu Decheng hesitated, “All right, I won’t go in the afternoon.”

Unexpectedly, it really rained suddenly in the afternoon, fast and pouring. It rained all afternoon, and news broke out in the evening. Because of the sudden rain, water accumulated in a tunnel, causing more than a dozen vehicles to be trapped in the tunnel. Firefighters were dispatched urgently, but fortunately, there were no casualties.

Looking at the time and place mentioned in the news, Gu Decheng realized that it happened to be the tunnel he would be passing through when he got off work. On the other hand, Mrs. Gu is terrified. Watching the news, she said in shock, “It’s amazing, Old Third is really amazing!”

Gu Decheng had a stiff expression on his face, hiding the fear and surprise in his eyes. He said stiffly, “It was just a lucky guess, a lucky guess.”

Mrs. Gu didn’t listen to her husband’s nonsense at all, “No, I have to ask Old Third to calculate when will I get rich.” After saying that, she left in a hurry to find Gu Ye.

…

At this moment, Zhao Pengyu finally came out of the Internet cafe. The college entrance examination is about to begin so his mother didn’t let him play on the computer or the mobile phone. He couldn’t stay idle, so he sneaked to the Internet cafe in the morning but he didn’t expect it to rain in the afternoon. Finally, the rain stopped, so he is anxious to go home. Taking a shortcut on his mountain bike, he whizzed home like he is on Nezha’s fire wheels.

It is already dark at this moment, and there are not many pedestrians on the road. As he continues to cycle, Zhao Pengyu suddenly saw a flash of gold in front of him so he rode over to see. It turned out to be a red cloth bag embroidered with gold thread and Zhao Pengyu picked it up. The fabric is a bit old, and it is embroidered with pictures of dragons and phoenixes. It looked like something used by people who got married in the 1980s.

Zhao Pengyu opened it and got startled by the content, “My god! So much money? Won’t the person who lost the money be anxious to death?”

The earnest young man stood there and waited for half an hour but didn’t see anyone coming back to look for it. Seeing the day is getting late, if he doesn’t return home soon, his family will really worry. So, Zhao Pengyu simply stuffed the cloth bag in his pockets, planning to call the police after he got home.

What Zhao Pengyu didn’t see is, at the place he passed by earlier which is washed by the rain, a pillar made of cement is exposed. This is actually an abandoned old bridge that was deliberately buried.

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[1] Not very familiar with China education system so I tried to guess it. If you know the meaning, feel free to inform me to correct it. The raw words are 这么下去，你还想考一本？你连二本都考不上！

Chapter 13 Saved a white-eyed wolf[1]

Gu Ye smiled, “Right now, you didn’t but let’s hope there’s none in the future as well.”

Lin Zihao smiled awkwardly, “How is it possible? You are overthinking.”

Gu Ye narrowed his eyes and glanced at Lin Zihao before curling his lips noncommittally. He flipped through the information Xia Xiang gave him, and turned away to Xia Xiang to assure him, “I’ll take a good look at these, you don’t have to keep staring at me. I will get a good result this time, I promise.”

A smile appeared on Xia Xiang’s face, “I believe in you!”

Lin Zihao and Liu Yiwen got nothing but embarrassment and they also felt it, that Gu Ye didn’t like them. When Lin Zihao left, he cast a mocking glance at Gu Ye. Feeling ashamed and angry, he angrily wondered where Gu Ye’s self-confidence comes from, to dare say that he can achieve good results this time. This low-level scum of thousands of years, it couldn’t be he is depending on enslaved ghosts to know the answer?

Not only Lin Zihao, but the whole class thinks that Gu Ye is finished. Gu Ye has always been the bottom one in the whole grade. Even Qian Zhen, who sleeps in class, does better in the exam than him. Every time, Gu Ye caused the average score of their class to be lowered.

The two girls also came forward to persuade, “Gu Ye, why don’t you ask Xia Xiang to make up lessons for you? He is amazing and his grades have always been very good.”

“That’s right, Lin Zihao and Liu Yiwen are not bad either. They both scored in the top ten in the year-end and final exams. Every single improvement of your results counts.”

Gu Ye saw that the students had good intentions, so he didn’t refute them. He just smiled and said nothing. The two girls are also helpless. Gu Ye has changed a lot since he came back. His appearance is more captivating now and he smiled more, becoming cheerful. Now, many girls are willing to talk to him, but for some reason, his person exudes a sense of alienation, so they just can’t get close.

…

After Lin Zihao returned to his seat, he thought of the way Gu Ye looked at him. Hesitating for a moment, he opened the drawer and guiltily hid the things he had prepared in advance at the bottom of the book. He is a little scared, afraid of Gu Ye.

Seeing that the mock exam is getting closer and closer, the senior 3rd-year students are all focused on reviewing studies, and they are too lazy to care whether Gu Ye is studying or not. Finally came the day of the exam, Teacher Yu came over during the evening self-study, and as usual, he gave everyone a pre-examination motivational talk like if they can pass the exam this time, they will be able to lay the foundation for their future life, which is very important.

Gu Ye looked at the motivated whole class with a numb face. He wished he could use his pen as a sword, and chop down this little test paper, let them kneel and sing ‘Conquer’. Gu Ye suddenly felt that it is fortunate that Mr.Yu had chosen the great profession as a teacher. If he went to engage in pyramid schemes, the world would be over.

After the motivational talk is over, the students started moving the tables according to the teacher’s request. There are 2000 students in the 3rd year grade, and students’ seating order had been disrupted. Gu Ye’s examination number is exactly No.2000, Xia Xiang’s is No.0009, and Zhao Pengyu’s is No.1338. Looking at the numbers, it’s obvious that their examination number is listed according to the results of the last exam.

Upon seeing Gu Ye’s examination number, Zhao Pengyu couldn’t help laughing, “Hahaha, you are in Class 30, you are even more behind than me! This time you are in a group of terrible students, but don’t worry. You should be the best-looking and obedient-looking person in this group of slackers!”

Gu Ye replied with a disdainful tone, “As someone who has a peach blossom calamity and dying soon, you still have the face to mock other people?”

Hearing that, Zhao Pengyu said, “Fck! Brother, can you not?!” His heart already feeling the chill, “Is it real? Don’t scare me! I don’t even have any peach blossom (love encounter) but getting a calamity version straight up? Won’t I be impotent in the future?”

“It’s still the same sentence from me, don’t walk across a bridge.” Gu Ye looked at Zhao Pengyu’s forehead again, and slapped him on the forehead worriedly, “This slap may save your darn life once if you are dying.”

“Then, you slap me a few more times!” Zhao Pengyu grimaced and felt afraid, “Father, please slap me again!”

Xia Xiang persuaded Zhao Pengyu to calm down, “You don’t have many love encounters at school, so what are you afraid of? Right now, you should read the key points I highlighted for you. You have an exam tomorrow.”

Hearing that, Zhao Pengyu is speechless. The world of top students is really scary. Life is not important, the exam is the most important!

…

The next day, Gu Ye came to the examination room of Class 30. The moment he stepped into the door, with a swoosh, all the candidates in the classroom are like chickens in a slaughterhouse, as quiet as chickens[2].

Gu Ye took a look and laughed, “Hey, we are all acquaintances.”

They are none other than Qian Zhen and his little brothers who got taught a lesson by him. There are also Si Hongxing and more than half of his little brothers who have been dealt with by him too. Recently, Qian Zhen got tortured too much and can’t take it anymore so he didn’t appear much. Si Hongxing on the other hand is doing well and has expanded, becoming Wu Zhong’s number one school bully gang. At this moment, the two gangs got together into two groups, discussing how to make a cheat sheet. But when they saw Gu Ye enter the door, their expression changed.

Si Hongxing quickly stood up, “Boss, I’ve wiped your seat clean, here it is!”

Not sure whose school uniform Si Hongxing grabbed, he used it to wipe the table with the number 2000 spotless, and pulled the stool away like an underling, “Boss, please sit down.”

Si Hongxing’s little brothers, after hearing their big brother’s description of Gu Ye, all looked at Gu Ye in admiration. They followed suit and called Gu Ye boss together, “Boss, I heard that you like drinking milk tea. I’ve been holding it in my arms for a long time so it is still hot.”

Holding the milk tea, Gu Ye squinted his eyes and sat in the last seat of the whole grade, surrounded by people like a star, watching Qian Zhen and his gang. But Qian Zhen and those people all turned away from Gu Ye with cold faces. After experiencing the efficiency of Gu Ye’s crow’s mouth, they are all afraid that they would become unlucky after meeting Gu Ye’s eyes.

Not long after, the bell rang, and 2 male teachers with fierce looks came to the classroom with papers and closed the door. Seeing the problematic students in this room, their faces became colder. As if as long as they dared to violate discipline, the teachers would grab their necks like picking up chickens and throwing them out, their aura has a deterrent effect.

Teacher Ma said seriously, “The first one is the math test, you are not allowed to whisper or engage in superfluous small movements. After the papers are sent out, you will bow your head and do the questions. Do the ones you know first, and cover the ones you don’t know for later. If later also don’t know how to answer, then draw a circle.”

Hearing that, Gu Ye suddenly remembered that he had seen many circles on the test paper of the original owner. So that was how it came about, this teacher is really talented!

After handing out the papers, Gu Ye started to answer the questions with his head down. The owner of this body enrolled in the same subjects as him, all science subjects. Gu Ye even answered many questions like this before his rebirth. Gu Ye didn’t raise his head and wrote half a sheet in a breath.

Teacher Ma found that Gu Ye is not in the same state as before, so he wandered to Gu Ye’s seat with his hands behind his back. When he took a closer look, he got stunned. Gu Ye got all the answers right!

Teacher Ma specially took a look at Gu Ye’s calculation paper for the multiple-choice questions. The answers turned out to be calculated step by step. The handwriting is neat and beautiful as if he has practiced calligraphy before. Recalling Gu Ye’s previous handwriting, Teacher Ma thought in shock, can a person change so much in a short period of time?

“This draft paper, can you give it to me when you are done with it?” When it is almost time to hand in the answers, Teacher Ma came to Gu Ye again and asked him in a low voice.

Gu Ye nodded, “It’s useless for me to keep it. If Teacher wants to see it, just take it.”

Teacher Ma smiled at Gu Ye and said, “Continue to work hard for the next paper!”

The draft paper is quickly delivered to Teacher Yu, Gu Ye’s homeroom teacher. The teacher said, “The Gu Ye from your class can really hide himself. Look at how well he wrote the answers. I think his set of papers may get full marks.”

“Really?” Teacher Yu excitedly put down his elderly-looking cup and put on his reading glasses. After carefully looking at Gu Ye’s draft paper, he said with relief, “This child, why didn’t he show such intelligence before? He is like a different person in this one month. He became a sensible child, and he works very hard. I hope this hard work will pay off, and he will take the college entrance examination soon, which is the first big challenge in life.”

Hearing that, the young female teacher in the same office also came over to have a look, and exclaimed, “I heard that Gu Ye is Gu Decheng’s son, is it true? He also has a stepmother, this child’s life is not easy.”

Having said that, all the teachers present ‘understood’ what it means. Children from rich families sure don’t have it easy. It is only after when the college entrance examination is coming that they are forced to show their trump card. Unknowingly, Mrs. Gu took the blame.

After the exam, there is no time for the 3rd year students to wait nervously for their results, because they still have countless sets of papers to do, and they can’t finish them at all. It wasn’t until the end of March, when the students have holidays again that the grades came out. Not only the homeroom teacher will have a copy of the report card, but the school will also display the full list of grades on the big wall of the school newspaper section. It is clear at a glance who got how many marks, it is simply a public execution.

When it was heard that the results came out, Xia Xiang couldn’t sit still. He rubbed his hands nervously, “Gu Ye, let’s go and have a look too!”

The nonchalant Gu Ye smiled, “The calculation told me that I did well in the exam.”

Xia Xiang: “…be more serious.”

“I’m very serious and you don’t have to look either. This time, you should be in the top five.”

Xia Xiang’s eyes lit up. Having said that, he wanted to confirm it even more. At this time, someone shouted from downstairs, “First in grade! It turned out to be Gu Ye! It’s Gu Ye! That idiot Gu Ye!!!”

The high school campus burst into commotion all of a sudden, and countless heads popped out of the windows like mushrooms after the rain, and they all looked down, “Really? Fcck! Impossible!”

“Impossible! If Gu Ye can pass the exam, even sows can cultivate immortality!”

“Impossible! If Gu Ye can take first place in the school, I will stream myself eating shiet!”

“I can frickin take a dump while doing a handstand (if it’s real)! For Gu Ye to get first place in the exam, the school must have made a mistake!”

…

No one believed that Gu Ye could be the first in the school. Even Xia Xiang stared in shock. But after a moment of stunned expression, he shouted happily, “Gu Ye! First! You are first! That’s great! You are not stupid at all, they are stupid!”

“Gu Ye got the first place in the test?” Zhao Pengyu heard this when he came back from playing ball. He ran 2 steps forward happily and plopped on Gu Ye’s table, “A treat, you must treat me when you come back from the holiday!”

Except for these 2 roommates, the other students didn’t look at Gu Ye so well, “I can accept whoever comes first in the exam, but only Gu Ye can’t.”

“Yes, Gu Ye was so stupid before, there must be something wrong with him taking the first place in the exam.”

“Why don’t we go to the teacher to ask? Strongly demanding for Gu Ye’s exam papers to be released for public view.”

…

Zhao Pengyu heard those ‘stupid Gu Ye’ around him and stopped smiling. He stood up furiously and scolded, “So it’s okay for Gu Ye to fail the exam, but if he passes the exam, there are definitely problems? Who sets that rule? You guys are not stupid either, so why didn’t you take the first place in the exam?”

Seeing how irritable Zhao Pengyu is, Gu Ye held him back with one hand and said flatly, “It’s okay, they will shut up soon.”

Zhao Pengyu is still annoyed, “Come, show off your arrogance from that night and fcck them!”

The corner of Gu Ye’s mouth twitched, and he said indifferently, “There are many ways to make them shut up, but there are many things in this world that cannot go as we wish. If we have to explain everything, wouldn’t it be tiring? How about putting away the time for the people we care about instead?”

“Fcck! Dude, are you a bit too Buddha-natured?” Zhao Pengyu thought of Gu Ye’s audacity in kicking ghosts and threatening the bunch of gangsters with an iron rod. No matter how one looks at Gu Ye, he doesn’t have a Buddha nature at all.

Gu Ye narrowed his eyes, clasped his hands together, and said reverently, “Buddha is at ease in my heart.”

Zhao Pengyu’s mouth twitched, “Brother, you are a Taoist priest! Wouldn’t your sect master come into your dreams to scold you?!”

At the same time, standing in front of the results list, Lin Zihao felt uncomfortable when he saw that his ranking dropped by more than 300 places at once. Then he saw the name of Gu Ye, who is ranked first. The more he looked at it, the more it hurt his eyes. He didn’t believe that Gu Ye could score so many points on the test. If he could do well in the test, why was he always at the bottom of the list before?

Thinking of Gu Ye’s special ability, Lin Zihao is sure that Gu Ye definitely didn’t study properly. He could just get a little ghost to give him the answer, it’s just a matter of minutes. Even if Gu Ye saved him before, he has already paid the corresponding reward, 800 yuan, it was all given to Gu Ye! Lin Zihao looks down on Gu Ye from the bottom of his heart, and now even Xia Xiang is hanging out with Gu Ye so Lin Zihao looked down on Xia Xiang too. The rich second generation is such the rich second generation. If it is not because he is rich enough to hire a tutor, how can Xia Xiang study so well to get good results?

The more Lin Zihao thought about it, the angrier he gets. Clenched his fists, he left the crowd sullenly. A few minutes later, Lin Zihao went to Teacher Yu who is about to go to the classroom to announce the results, and said with a gloomy face, “Teacher Yu, I want to talk to you about Gu Ye. Gu Ye cheated, and he cheated with a special method.”

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[1] I think y’all should have known the meaning of white-eyed wolf by now after reading so many novels XD But if you really don’t know, click here and check Item no.3 – https://www.echineselearning.com/blog/introduce-five-slang-words-related-to-animals

[2] some kind of pun, don’t mind it

Chapter 12 Good karma, good reincarnation, no one will be spared

“He saved a whole city before but he also ruthlessly stepped on the face of the entire metaphysic world.”

The middle-aged man’s expression looked ugly as if he just swallowed a plate of flies. One can see that the old man felt his balls hurt from just thinking of Gu Ye.

“You’re an outsider, so don’t ask further. It’s not him anyway so take your time to finding that person.”

After the middle-aged man said this, he stood up and left. In short, he didn’t want to talk more.

…

“Achoo!” Gu Ye sneezed loudly.

“Brother, someone must be praising your handsomeness behind your back.” Gu Yang raised his head, and gave his brother a thumbs up solemnly, without hesitation in his flattery. Currently, he is trying to finish his homework because he spent the whole holiday playing around and suddenly remembered that he didn’t write his homework at all.

Gu Ye smiled and rubbed the top of the child’s head, “Little flatterer! It’s useless to praise me, you do your homework yourself. By the way, you can help me cover mine too.”

Gu Yang: “…” Is this his real brother?!

That night, Wang Qianqian’s body is dug up overnight. There aren’t any students in the school at this time so there won’t be panic. The forensic doctor found Li Rui’s hair on the body. The child’s DNA test results also showed that Li Rui is the father of the child. When the photo of Wang Qianqian’s corpse is thrown on Li Rui’s face, Li Rui finally couldn’t take it anymore. He collapsed and pleaded guilty.

The truth soon came to light, and the reporter who paid attention to this incident wrote a post and posted it online. Then the fans suddenly realized, especially those braindead fans, who are dumbfounded, that they deeply loved a scumbag for 7 years! A murderer! And that child is already 9 months old, how can he have the heart to do it?

But there is something more exciting. During the 2 days in detention, Li Rui had dr-ug withdrawal syndromes. He took drugs! Since killing Wang Qianqian, Li Rui has had severe psychological stress. In order to relax, he touched dr-ugs.

Netizens are even less calm now, this hypocrite!

The hell is a national idol?! He killed someone! And he took dr-ug! What else is he not afraid to do?!

It is a certainty that Li Rui needs to pay for his crimes. In the face of the evidence, no one sympathized with him anymore. Regarding the part where he confessed his guilt in a trance at the concert, the netizens took it as withdrawal syndrome, making him accidentally let out the secret in his heart. Only those who have handled the case know, the reason why this case came to light so quickly is that there is another person who is secretly helping.

…

The night before the start of school, Gu Ye was busy packing his schoolbags when he sensed 3 ghostly auras approaching from afar. He stopped his movements, walked to the window, and looked out. Just outside the gate, 3 ghost figures are stopped by the golden light barrier. It turned out to be Wang Qianqian and her big-headed son. There is also a blurry ghost image behind them. The figure seems to be in the state of soul leaving the body. But the body should not be far from death, it is Li Rui. Seeing Gu Ye standing by the window, Wang Qianqian didn’t force her way in again. Bowing down deeply to Gu Ye, she made her son lower his head with the other hand. After kowtowing to Gu Ye, she tied Li Rui’s soul with a chain and they left. Looking at it from a distance, those who didn’t know would think that the mother and child is out for a walk with a dog.

Gu Ye looked at the backs of the family of 3 and nodded secretly: A family should be whole and together.

…

Early the next morning, a piece of news about Li Rui, the king of singers, once again blasted the entire Internet. In the past few days, the name Li Rui has filled the major websites like a massacre. No celebrity is as strong as him in grabbing headlines. Unfortunately, this is the last time he grabs the headlines because last night Li Rui committed suicide in fear of crime! There are also gossip reports that Li Rui’s death was extremely miserable. He bit an artery in his arm, wrote a confession letter on the wall with his blood, and then bled to death. We all know that arteries are not as shallow as veins, which can be seen with the naked eye on our skin. How much meat did he bite off to reach the arteries? This suicide technique is a bit high!

Many people took this statement as nonsense, but only Gu Ye thought it might be true. With Wang Qianqian’s 7 years of grievances, plus her big-headed son, making Li Rui crazy is not a problem. The law of Heaven and reincarnation, karma and retribution, for people like Li Rui who owed karma, the Xuanshu Association would not care if Wang Qianqian took him away.

This matter has come to an end and Master Gu is returning to school soon. Master Gu is about to take a mock exam, he has always been the bottom one in the school before. If he still gets such a small score on the test this time, Master Gu will definitely get spanked.

Gu Ye and Gu Yang’s breakfast is still the ‘100%* marks’ noodles made by the little stepmother herself. Looking at the happy little stepmother, Gu Ye raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, “Mom, are you planning to do business?”

*The noodles with 2 eggs

Mrs. Gu is surprised, “You can see it? Recently, your dad has been going against Li Shengkai and his family until they suffocate so Hu Yu wanted to sell her beauty shop. I thought if she sells it at a low price, I will buy it. That’ll piss her off. Aiya! I also don’t know why their family has been so unlucky recently, everything is not going well. Li Shengkai is still young but he is now almost bald. Have you guys seen the Mediterranean baldness before?”

Gu Ye is speechless, he is not interested in any uncle with Mediterranean baldness.

As if remembering something, Mrs. Gu’s complexion changed suddenly. She held Gu Ye’s face happily and kissed him on the forehead, “Old Third, quickly calculate for Mom. Will mom make money if I open a beauty shop?”

Gu Ye took out a tissue in embarrassment and wiped the lip marks on his forehead vigorously. Then he looked at Mrs. Gu with a slightly disgusted look.

Mrs. Gu raised her brows, and asked dissatisfiedly: “What are you wiping it for? You know, I was the one who put on the open-crotch pants for you. When you were a child, you shitted me all over…”

“Mom!” Gu Ye covered his face helplessly, “You can get rich! You can definitely get rich!”

Only then Mrs. Gu is satisfied, “That’s more like it. If I don’t make money, then you can go and draw me a money-making formation. Or give me a treasure bowl or something, so money will come tumbling in every day.”

Hearing that, Gu Ye is speechless. did he think he is the magic paintbrush? (another reference HERE)

Gu Yang looked at his brother sympathetically. It’s over, his mother is going to use 3rd brother as a cash cow.

…

Returning to the campus again, Gu Ye heads to the classroom first with his schoolbag on his back as usual, but unfortunately, he is stopped by someone just after entering the school gate. The students around all looked over subconsciously, sympathizing with Gu Ye. Gu Ye is too miserable. He offended Qian Zhen, the number one school bully gang before, and now he is stopped by the number two school bully gang. With his small body, standing in front of Si Hongxing of the basketball team, just like Titan King Kong and Little Barbie. He couldn’t even resist a slap from Si Hongxing.

However, the next scene surprised people. Si Hongxing bowed deeply to Gu Ye, gritted his teeth, and said forcefully, “Thank you for saving my parents’ lives! From now on, you will be my big brother. This life is yours! If Qian Zhen troubles you again, I will fight him with all I have!”

Hearing that, the students around gasped. What the hell?! Is Si Hongxing crazy, letting Gu Ye be the boss? Can Gu Ye do anything they do? Smoking, drinking, perming his hair? Or go disco, pick up girls, or participate in group fights?

Gu Ye looked at Si Hongxing for a few seconds, and said with a serious face, “I’m sorry, I don’t need a younger brother, and I don’t want to form a clique. There’s only studying in my heart.”

Si Hongxing: “…”

“Pfft!” Not sure who from the onlookers suddenly laughed out, they are amused by the words. Why does it sound so funny to hear the word ‘study’ from Gu Ye’s mouth?

At this moment, Qian Zhen brought along his bunch of little brothers who are not much left and swaggered into the school gate. The surrounding students collectively moved back a few steps, for fear that Qian Zhen would suddenly violently beat Gu Ye. Then, if Si Hongxing joins the fight, they will be accidentally injured.

To everyone’s surprise, when Qian Zhen saw Gu Ye, he just froze for a moment. Then he turned his head away, pretending not to see Gu Ye, and left. His footsteps are even a little faster than usual.

The students: ???

Not long after, the news that Gu Ye became Si Hongxing’s boss spread throughout the campus. Also, Qian Zhen also changed from his usual domineering appearance, hiding away when he saw Gu Ye. That is to say, the boss of Wu Zhong School became Gu Ye? That stupid Gu Ye?!

For a while, Gu Ye became a magical existence in the whole school. Gu Ye clearly felt that wherever he went, people would look at him twice, like he is a walking oddity.

After the self-study session in the morning, Zhao Pengyu happily asked Gu Ye and Xia Xiang to have breakfast. Since the 2 moved to Gu Ye’s dormitory, the three of them have become conjoined triplets.

“Gu Xiao Ye, I have formally introduced you to my grandfather. If he invites you during the summer vacation, you must go!”

Gu Ye casually replied, lacking interest, “Who is your grandfather?”

Zhao Pengyu whispered: “The old master of the Yu family.”

Gu Ye’s eyes widened in surprise, “Old master Yu?”

“Hush!” Zhao Pengyu threw tea eggs into Gu Ye’s mouth nervously, “Don’t say it out, I’m just an ordinary little rich second-generation!”

It’s no wonder that Zhao Pengyu is so defensive. The main reason is that the Yu family is too powerful. The Old Master Yu, not only he is a respected person from the business world, but he is also very famous in the world of calligraphy and painting. People from all walks of life and even the metaphysic circle respect him very much. Once it is known that Zhao Pengyu is the grandson of Old Master Yu, his life may not be so comfortable.

Besides, there is a saying called ‘nephew follows the uncle’s footsteps’, and his uncle Yu Ze is a legend in the business world at a young age who single-handedly built a business empire. As his nephew, Zhao Pengyu’s academic performance is like ‘a small fry with a battle power of 5 points’, it’s too embarrassing to say it.

Gu Ye thought for a while, then nodded solemnly, “Don’t worry. If the old master asks, I will definitely go.”

When Gu Ye’s master was alive, Old Master Yu did him a great favor. To the old master, it might be a trivial matter, but to Gu Ye’s master and him, it was a great favor. Old Master Yu doesn’t lack anything but his master will always remember this matter. If the old master needs it, Gu Ye is willing to lend a hand. To be a decent human being, you must know how to repay kindness and have no regrets in your heart.

Xia Xiang puffed his cheeks, “Before the summer vacation, you two have to make up lessons, and I will make a study plan for you. You should do at least 5 sets of papers every day, and I will keep an eye on you all the way.”

Hearing that, Zhao Pengyu is puzzled, “What’s wrong with you? What agitated you?”

Xia Xiang pursed his lips without explaining, and said sullenly, “Otherwise, everyone who sees you when you go out during the summer vacation will ask how you did in the exam. What will you say? Also, there will be a mock exam soon. According to the results this time, we also have to consider which university to go to, and the teacher will give corresponding recommendations at that time.”

Xia Xiang looked at Gu Ye and Zhao Pengyu seriously, and said earnestly like an old mother, “Do you two want Teacher Yu to recommend you to a technical school and make you learn how to drive an excavator?”

Gu Ye leaned back in his chair and said lazily, “I don’t care. I can drive that excavator to dig graves then.”

Xia Xiang puffed up his cheeks angrily, “You… you… you!”

Xia Xiang repeated the word ‘You’ angrily but didn’t do anything in the end. Like a little rabbit, he bared his teeth, took a big bite of a pastry, and chewed angrily.

Actually, when he returned home during the holiday, he told his parents that he had a very good classmate who gave him a spell, which is more effective than those given by those masters. However, when his parents knew that the classmate was Gu Ye, they strictly stopped him from mingling with Gu Ye. Their words were: “You must have been cheated. The Gu family’s Old Third is a joke in the circle of the wealthy. Getting together with him will definitely make your studies worse. He will definitely not be admitted to a good university, so he can only go home and live off his old man. Do you want to become a waste like him?”

Xia Xiang was so angry at the comment and got into a cold war with his parents for a long time. He felt that Gu Ye is not stupid, and he must have deliberately not studied hard in the past.

Gu Ye held his chin, looking at Xia Xiang. When he saw that the pastry in his hand was stuffed with red bean paste, he leaned over and asked with a concerned tone, “Is it delicious?”

Xia Xiang paused, “…not bad.”

Gu Ye stood up happily, “I’m going to buy one too.”

Xia Xiang: “…” He should just break off with this kind of friend!

Even though Xia Xiang is angry at Gu Ye’s unmotivated attitude, he still gave him the study materials after class, “Read it first. If there’s anything you don’t know, I will explain it to you.”

That got the whole class curious. Xia Xiang’s grades had never been out of the top 10 ranking of the whole grade. And now, he actually gave Gu Ye extra lessons? But with Gu Ye’s IQ, can he make up for it?

At this moment, Lin Zihao and Liu Yiwen* also came over. They said, “If you want to make up lessons, we can also help.”

*In case you guys forgot who, they are the dudes who summoned Wang Qianqian.

Picking up the notes Xia Xiang gave him, Gu Ye tilted his head and looked at the two people who had just approached. Suddenly he smiled and asked, “Are you afraid of me?”

The two quickly shook their heads, “No.”

Gu Ye smiled. Li Rui died and they all knew that it was related to Wang Qianqian. As those who knew about the entire story, what are they thinking at this moment? Gu Ye’s gaze skipped over Liu Yiwen who didn’t dare to look at him, and landed on Lin Zihao, and asked meaningfully, “You, you didn’t do anything to be sorry for me, did you?”

Lin Zihao’s expression changed instantly, “No, no.”

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Chapter 11 Justice Never Absent

After ‘God’s dear son’ left, Gu Ye took out his small bottle and released the ghostly soul of the young lady and her ferocious big-headed son.

“Tsk, it’s so cute.” Gu Ye couldn’t help but rub the kid’s head.

After staying by Gu Ye’s side for nearly a month, Wang Qianqian and her ghost son have lesser evil aura. They can stay sane now, especially the little one. He seemed to have gained a bit of human consciousness, and won’t bite anyone he sees. Being led by his mother, he seems to be quite obedient. Gu Ye put Wang Qianqian’s ghost in through the window and the kid grinned happily, revealing a row of small fangs. Gu Ye rubbed him on the head again, so cute! If you don’t eat people, you are a good boy!

In order to protect the mother and son from being harmed by living people’s yang energy, Gu Ye wanted to give both ghosts a talisman for free, but the young lady rejected Gu Ye’s kindness. Leading her big-headed son, they bowed deeply to Gu Ye and then disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Gu Ye sighed, “This sister is a ruthless person.”

Hearing that, Gu Yang became curious. After hearing about the tragedies that happened to the female ghost, he doesn’t dare to look at the female ghost again. So he is covering his eyes and squinting through the gaps. Gu Ye’s words caused him to curiously asked, “What do you mean?”

“It means that she wants to reunite with Li Rui as a family of 3, and she doesn’t want to be reincarnated.” Gu Ye smiled lightly and pulled Gu Yang up, “Justice may be late, but it will never be absent. You have to remember, ‘no zuo no die’. The heavens have never closed its eyes.”

Gu Yang listened obediently, at this moment he suddenly felt that his brother is exuding some aura of an immortal! Especially when his brother said something he didn’t understand, so awesome!

The concert has been going on for an hour now, Li Rui went to the bathroom during the time to change clothes. When he came out to wash his hands, he looked at his glamorous self in the mirror with heavy makeup. However, upon closer examination, the makeup still can’t cover the thick dark circles in his eyes. He couldn’t help pinching his forehead to let himself relax as soon as possible, adjusting his condition.

At this moment, a black shadow flashed past behind Li Rui. He frowned and looked back. In his heart, he thought to himself which paparazzi or obsessive fan is so unethical to take pictures even when he is in the toilet? Seeing no one, Li Rui cursed in his heart and turned his head with a sullen face. Seeing the scene in the mirror, his pupils shrank in fright, and he took two steps back in horror. On his own shoulder, there is a small black figure. It looked like a little person, and the figure is grinning at him. Li Rui looked at his shoulder in horror, but there is nothing there. However, when he looked in the mirror again, the little person is still there. Li Rui gasped and ran to the door in fright. There is a ghost!

It’s a pity that before he ran out, he tripped under his feet and fell to the ground so hard that Li Rui’s painful facial features are almost deformed. Man, that hurts! At this moment, Li Rui suddenly felt his ear bitten by something. He touched his ear, but there is nothing there. However, the pain became more and more painful, as if his ear is going to be ripped off. Li Rui is so in pain that his face turned pale. Thinking of that black ghostly figure sitting on his shoulder, he got so frightened that his body turned cold. Covering his ears in horror, Li Rui looked into the mirror again. Sure enough, the black shadow is gnawing at his ears.

Li Rui’s voice trembled, and his voice changed due to fright, “Little ancestor, we have no grievances in the past and no hatred in the present, why are you pestering me? Tell me whatever things that you want, and I’ll burn it to you!”

“No grievances in the past and no hatred in the present?” A long-haired ghost quietly appeared in the mirror, with a strong irony in the cold voice, “Li Rui, don’t you recognize us mother and child?”

Hearing the familiar voice, Li Rui stared stiffly at this corroded face whose facial features could not be distinguished. This face appeared in his dreams countless times and woke him up in the middle of the night.

“Qianqian, are you…Qianqian?” Li Rui came to his senses and rushed to the door screaming in fright, “There is a ghost! There is a ghost!!!”

A gust of sinister wind blows over and the toilet door slams shut. The agent and assistant who followed over worriedly are almost slapped on the face by the closed door.

“Brother Rui, does he have diarrhea? Why does he take so long to go to the toilet? The guest singer has finished singing a song.”

“Li Rui, open the door, why did you lock the door when you went to the bathroom?”

Li Rui heard voices outside and desperately banging on the door. However, the people outside seemed not to hear his cry at all. The more he slapped at the door, the colder his heart felt. When he turned around, he saw that the black figure has revealed himself. Baring his teeth at him, the little ghost giggled and leaned over to hug him, “Daddy, give me a hug.”

Li Rui looked at his big mouth and held his head in fright, “Don’t come here! Don’t come here! Qianqian! I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to kill you! Forgive me!” Li Rui is so frightened that his mental state almost collapsed. He blabbered incoherently, “I also felt regret these years, please forgive me! It’s not easy for me to get to where I am today, it’s really not easy! I did burn paper offerings and a lot of things for you every year, you should have received it. You know that I love you, right? I love you! Since you love me so much, you will definitely let me go, right?”

Wang Qianqian looked at the man she loved so much when she was alive with disgust. The fact that he kept saying the word ‘love’ at this point, she couldn’t help but sneered, “What you love is just your fame. Don’t worry, us mother and child will always be with you, even after you lose your reputation and fall into the abyss of despair.”

Li Rui’s manager realized that it had been 10 minutes, but Li Rui still hadn’t come out of the toilet and didn’t respond to his calls either. Fearing that something might happen to him, the manager had no choice but to get the security to break open the door. At this moment, Li Rui is lying on the floor, motionless. The manager hurried over and checked for Li Rui’s breath. After that, he breathed a sigh of relief, “He only fainted.”

The assistant hurriedly carried Li Rui out and let the doctor treat him. The concert is barely halfway through and something like this happened. The manager is feeling a headache coming. Looking at the unconscious Li Rui, he is thinking about what to do next. At this moment, Li Rui suddenly opened his eyes and sat up straight, startling everyone around him.

“Are you all right, are you too tired?” The agent asked in concern, “Can you still hold on? You just hold on for another 2 hours, and I will give you a day off tomorrow so you can rest well.”

Li Rui stared blankly at the manager, then nodded mechanically.

The manager frowned. Although he is still worried, there are too many fans outside and they couldn’t all hang out here. He patted Li Rui on the shoulder encouragingly and asked him to change his clothes and go on stage. “If you can’t bear it, just tell me. I’ll find a way.”

After Li Rui returned to the stage, everything seemed to return to normal. Li Rui sang another song, rousing the enthusiasm of the fans and the screams could blow off the roof of the stadium. The manager quietly breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he sat down to take a breath, Li Rui suddenly knelt on the stage. The manager’s heart skipped a beat, and he stood up nervously. The audience fell silent, not understanding why Li Rui suddenly knelt down. Even if to thank the fans, he shouldn’t kneel like this.

“I’m guilty,” Li Rui said firmly in his magnetic voice, “I killed my fiancée and my son. I surrender myself.”

All the fans: “…”

The manager cursed sharply and directed the dumbfounded assistant to rush forward, “Drag him down! Has he gone crazy?!!”

The whole audience stayed silent. After the fans recovered from the shock, they cried and scream like crazy, “Impossible!” They wanted to rush to the stage, wishing they could hold Li Rui by the neck and make him stand up. Don’t make such jokes.

The situation was chaotic for a while, and the security guards couldn’t stop it. The reporter hiding among the fans also reacted and swiftly cut the video clip from just now, excitedly posting on the Internet: Big news! King of Songs Li Rui admitted that he is a murderer at the concert!!

All of a sudden, similar news spread all on the headlines online. Within a few minutes, the entire network burst into commotion, and the Weibo server crashed. One must know that Li Rui has done a lot of good things in the past few years. Every year, he will donate to welfare institutions, and he is kind and nice to his fans. He is an absolute gentleman and a warm-hearted man. How can such a person kill someone?

Many fans on the Internet don’t believe it. Even after seeing the video, they still don’t believe it’s true. Brainless fans even think that this is photoshopped by someone, or that it’s some kind of game. Even if Li Rui really killed someone, that person must have deserved to die. Brother Rui is such a good person, he absolutely did nothing wrong!

…

After Gu Ye and Gu Yang returned home, Mrs. Gu twisted their ears and scolded them. Then, the two brothers got ordered to sit at the small dining table, and to reflect on their mistakes while eating! The two brothers proceed to eat the 4 dishes and 1 soup left by their mother. After closing the door, they started browsing Weibo happily.

Gu Yang couldn’t understand the behavior of some fans, “Are these fans crazy? Saying that those who were killed deserved it and Li Rui is not at fault at all.”

Gu Ye sneered, “The more this happens, the angrier Wang Qianqian will be, and Li Rui will be the one who suffers. Moreover, he even admitted that he killed someone so the police will not ignore this.”

Sure enough, early the next morning, it was reported on Weibo that Li Rui had been arrested. Since he confessed to a murder in front of so many people, he had to be interrogated according to the law. However, things didn’t go as smoothly as expected.

Li Rui suddenly acted uncharacteristically and said that he was talking nonsense (during the concert), and he didn’t kill anyone at all. His manager is also helping him clean up, saying that Li Rui has been too tired recently, and he still suffers from severe depression. Other than that, Li Rui would often have delusions when under great pressure. He would be so in a trance that he doesn’t know what he has done. They even have certification of his depression. Coupled with his entertainment company manipulating speech online, the police who arrested Li Rui per the law became the target of attack and netizens are shouting for him to be released.

Gu Ye looked at these comments on the Internet and became angry. He took out the scissors from the drawer and a piece of talisman paper. Next, he cut out the shape of a small person with a few strokes.

That night, the police received an unusual call. Someone reported that there is a dead woman in Wu Zhong School. It was the wife and child that Li Rui killed 7 years ago. Even the process of the incident can be explained in detail. How could a stranger know so clearly? The police immediately found the phone booth where the report was made, but unfortunately only found a small paper man with a red dot on its forehead on the ground.

“Let me show you something.” Captain Li showed the little paper man to a friend who studies metaphysics, “Why do I feel like someone from your industry did it? Can you find out who this person is? He is crucial to this case.”

There are always some things that cannot be investigated by their manpower, so there is an underground department that the country does not recognize publicly——Xuanshu Association. There are strict regulations in this association, which they will help people to solve some supernatural events. Sometimes they will help to investigate cases and provide some evidence that cannot be found with high-tech means. Because they don’t do bad things, relevant departments also acquiesce in their existence. Captain Li’s friend is from the Xuanshu Association.

The friend took the paper man and studied it carefully, “This technique is very similar to a person’s style, and he is the only one who can manipulate the talisman paper to such an extent.”

“Who is it?”

The middle-aged man said regretfully, “A genius spell master. He became famous at a young age, but unfortunately, he was too capricious. As long as he thinks it is right, he dares to do anything, even using forbidden spells. He has become a taboo in the circle at a young age.”

Captain Li pointed to the little paper man, “So he did this?”

The middle-aged man shook his head, “It’s impossible. That man is already dead, and he died young[1].”

Hearing that, Captain Li is puzzled. “A taboo but died young? Is this praise or criticism? What did he do?”

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Chapter 10 Meeting him for the first time

Gu Ye took Gu Yang to a pedestrian street that is not very busy. There is a shop selling wreaths and shrouds at the far end. The back door of this shop is obliquely facing the back door of the hospital but business is pretty good. When Gu Ye came to the door and saw that familiar shop, there is a somewhat complicated expression in his eyes.

“Brother, this kind of shop is unlucky. What do you want to buy that you have to come here?” Gu Yang hugged the taxi seat and didn’t want to get out.

Gu Ye pulled him down, “You wait for me for a while, and I will take you to eat delicious food later.”

“Oh.” Gu Yang obediently waited at the door.

Gu Ye entered the door and shouted, “Shopkeeper, can I have a box of cinnabar priced at 1,008 yuan per box?”

The shopkeeper is an old man. When he heard Gu Ye asking for the best products in his shop right away, he lazily raised his thick eyelids and took a look at Gu Ye. Then, a hint of disappointment flashed in his eyes. Standing up slowly, the shopkeeper slowly walked to the innermost counter. His old voice hoarsely said, “There used to be a young man who like to buy this type of cinnabar, but it’s pity……”

Gu Ye smiled, “You will still meet if there’s destiny.”

The old man shook his head and did not continue this topic. He handed Gu Ye the cinnabar and said, “Young man, you have clear eyes and know the goods, which school/sect are you from?”

“I don’t know. My master didn’t say anything.” Gu Ye pointed at a few things with a smile, “Have to bother you to pack it up, I’ll have one of these things each.”

“You have a good eye, and all the things you take are good quality stuff.” The old man couldn’t help laughing and wrapped up the things. Then he said, “It’s exactly 3,000 yuan.”

Gu Ye paid the money and put the things in his school bag. When he went out, he placed the bag on Gu Yang’s back. This kid eats a lot recently, and he’s growing really fast.

“Brother, what did you buy?” Gu Yang always felt that the things bought from this kind of store are scary.

Gu Ye said solemnly: “Things that ghosts like.”

Gu Yang immediately felt chills down his spine. Running around with that kind of thing on his back, won’t it summon ghosts to him?!

“I’m just kidding, it’s used to restrain ghosts.” Gu Ye took Gu Yang to get a tandem bicycle, and said with a smile, “Let’s go, I’ll take you to eat delicious food. Have to make sure you’re full so that you can help to do things in the afternoon.”

Gu Ye took Gu Yang to the other side of the hospital, where there are several small restaurants, and said, “The beef noodles here are very delicious.”

Gu Yang looked up and saw the 4 big characters ‘Beef King’ (牛肉大王) on the big sign. On top of the character Cow(牛), there’s a pair of horns and a big bowl is drawn on the far right of the sign, which made the shop look quite affordable and had a friendly atmosphere. Gu Yang wondered when did his 3rd brother, who usually doesn’t leave the house, knows to eat here?

It is time for lunch so there are quite a lot of people inside. The two brothers managed to find a seat in the innermost place. Gu Ye smiled and called out, “Boss! Two large bowls of beef noodles, plus an extra beef and an egg!”

“Okay!” The boss is chubby and has a joyful aura, and there’s always a hint of smile when he speaks.

Soon, 2 bowls of beef noodles, as big as a small pot, are served on the table. Gu Yang picked up his chopsticks and looked at the bowl in surprise, “So much meat! How much is such a big bowl?”

“A bowl only cost 25 yuan,” Gu Ye handed a pair of chopsticks to Gu Yang, “Eat it quickly.”

While marveling at how affordable it is, Gu Yang started eating the noodles. After taking a bite, he puffed up his cheeks and gave the boss and his wife a thumbs up, “It’s delicious!”

The lady boss saw that the two brothers are good-looking and polite, so she smiled and gave them a small plate of cold dish[1].

Gu Ye lowered his head with a smile and ate the noodles silently. The familiar taste stimulated his taste buds, and Gu Ye couldn’t help but felt his nose souring/tingling. He was an orphan, and he was in an orphanage for as long as he could remember. When he was 6 years old, his master came to adopt him. From then on, he got up early and went to bed late as his master every day. By the time he started going to school, he has to learn things in school, and still need to learn Taoist skills at home. When he got so tired that he really doesn’t want to learn anymore, Gu Ye will be scolded by his master.

There’s one time that he couldn’t take it anymore, he gets angry and run away from home. However, he didn’t expect to get lost the moment he left. Just as he is wandering around hungrily, his master came and kicked his butt hard. That was the only time his master ever beat him so Gu Ye has a strong impression on that. Then after his master passed away, Gu Ye will come here and eat a bowl of noodles whenever he thought of him.

Just as Gu Ye is feeling uncomfortable inside, there was a loud thump at the door. Followed by a sound of exclamation and a woman’s scream.

Gu Ye looked up and saw a flash of evil spirits outside the window, his eyes darkened. Something bad happened!

An old lady at the door shouted angrily, “Boss! Your signboard hit someone again!”

The boss and his wife ran out in a panic, and the entrance suddenly became lively.

“What’s going on with your store? There have been several accidents! Did you get tangled with something evil?”

“Stop talking, go to the hospital quickly! This big sister is bleeding from the head!”

“Everyone please help and gives a hand, take this big sister to the hospital first!”

…

The store owner’s face is pale. He ran back to the store and took some money, then ran out in a panic (to follow the group to the hospital). The lady boss looked dejectedly at the big sign that fell and quietly wiped away her tears. Their hard work to earn money past 2 months have been in vain.

Gu Ye shook his head. Behind this store is the hospital. Generally, shops facing hospitals, slaughterhouses, funeral parlors, prisons, garbage dumps, and ‘adult service’ establishments will make the owner lose money. Moreover, the shape of the canopy outside the window is wrong. In Feng Shui teaching, it is often said that ‘evil can exist in any form’. The shape of these two sides is pointed, and they are facing the shop. If it weren’t for the fact that the boss is usually kind and generous, they would be the ones to get hurt (instead of the passerby). It wasn’t like this before, and Gu Ye doesn’t know when it was changed.

Gu Ye ate until he is full and wiped his mouth. Then he took out 50 yuan from his wallet to pay the bill.

The lady boss forced a smile that is uglier than crying, “Young man, have you eaten your fill? Do come here often if it tastes good.”

Nodding, Gu Ye took out the last gourd bottle on his body and handed it to the lady boss, “The shape of your canopy should be changed to a flat one, pointed ones cannot be used. And this gourd, hang it on the window in your kitchen that is facing the hospital. Don’t cover the mouth and nothing bad will happen in the future again.”

The lady boss asked in doubt, “How do you know that there is a window facing the hospital?” The window was only for ventilation and they opened the hole themselves. The window is so small that it cannot be seen from the outside.

Gu Ye didn’t want to explain so he put the gourd on the lady boss’s table and pulled Gu Yang away. He has to buy a few gourds in the afternoon, otherwise, he has nothing to keep ghosts in the future.

…

In the afternoon, the two brothers bought all the things. When it is evening, they took a taxi to a stadium. As soon as they got out of the car, they can feel a human-shaped heat wave. There are crowds of people on both sides of the door and a group of young girls holding signs, howling like crazy. Even the cold weather can’t dampen their enthusiasm. Gu Ye and Gu Yang are instantly buried in the sea of people.

“Little brother, you are also fans of Brother Rui! It’s just the right time!” A very beautifully dressed girl enthusiastically handed the two brothers a big sign, “This one is a bit heavy, and it fits just right for you two to hold. Come on, shout with us! Brother Li Rui is the best in the world! Fighting, fighting, fighting! Brother Rui, take care of yourself!”

Gu Ye looked indifferent, wondering what Li Rui’s fans would think after learning what he had done before.

Gu Yang felt embarrassed from being squeezed, “Brother, did you find the wrong person?”

Gu Ye’s eyebrows turned cold, “Don’t believe your brother?”

“No, no, I believe it!” Gu Yang quickly closed his mouth.

At this moment, a commercial vehicle stopped slowly under the leadership of security guards, and Gu Ye felt that the screams around him are going to deafen his ears.

A young man wearing a low-key gray down jacket got out of the car and waved gently to the fans, “It’s so cold, my dearies. Be careful of catching a cold. If you don’t have a ticket, don’t wait anymore and go home quickly.”

Gu Ye saw that the girl who was talking to them just now immediately covered her mouth and cried, “Brother Rui is so warm, I am so touched!”

Gu Yang is a straightforward person, so he asked the girl directly, “Your mother reminds you to wear long johns every day, are you moved?”

The girl immediately rolled her eyes at Gu Yang, and asked angrily, “Are you really a fan of Brother Rui? You can’t be a fake fan, are you? You’re here to make trouble?”

As soon as the words fell, everyone around stared at the two brothers with an unfriendly expression, as if the moment Gu Yang said yes, they would jump up and bite him to death like zombies besieging a city.

Gu Ye held the sign in one hand, and pulled Gu Yang out of the crowd by his ear with the other hand, “My brother is not sensible, please don’t be angry. I’ll take care of him!”

After Gu Yang is pulled out, he suddenly had the illusion that he just survive a catastrophe, “People’s hearts are terrible, so many people have been deceived by Li Rui.”

Gu Ye sneered sarcastically, his black eyes seemed to see through the coldness of the world, “You need to know this. Knowing someone on the outside doesn’t mean the same inside. Ghosts and gods are unpredictable but people’s hearts are even more unpredictable. Ghosts are humans after they died, and death is caused by humans.”

Gu Yang squatted on the ground, looking up at Gu Ye’s side profile. He has a feeling that the familiar brother is far away from him at this moment.

At the same time, the fans who got the tickets had already entered the venue one after another. Gu Ye looked over and said, “I don’t want to wait until his concert is over before going in.”

“Then, how about you let that young lady go in by herself?”

“There are too many people here, and the yang energy is too strong. She can’t bear it.”

Gu Yang doesn’t have any more ideas and asked, “What should we do then?”

Gu Ye pointed to the fence with a serious face, “You squat down. I will step on you, and send her in through this window. After this, brother will buy you candied haws.”

Gu Yang: “…” He has a feeling that his brother called him out today just to carry bags and serve as a leverage brick.

Gu Yang resigned to his fate and squatted against the wall, “Then hurry up, it’s getting dark. Our mother already called multiple times like a soul-chasing call.”

“Alright.”

Gu Ye stepped on Gu Yang’s back just about to climb up and suddenly sensed a powerful ghostly aura flying towards him not far away. It was overwhelmingly gloomy, and the cold chill caused Gu Ye to take a deep breath. Turning sharply, he looked over vigilantly and saw a luxury commercial vehicle driving over from far away on the road. The car is surrounded by a purple aura, with auspicious clouds covering the top. This is an extremely rare aura that can only be possessed by emperors. Even more shocking, however, is the Ghost General in armor sitting on the roof of the car. The Ghost General is tall and burly with a ghost mask on his face. He is holding a big knife taller than a man in his hand, his body shrouded with a killing spirit. Seeing how the dense ghost aura and the car owner’s purplish dragon aura perfectly blended together, Gu Ye’s eyes widened in shock. This kind of strange fate is something he has never seen before!

Gu Yang followed Gu Ye’s gaze, and said in shock, “Fck! An out-of-production Maybach! It cost more than 10 million yuan and our dad took a fancy to this car previously. It is said that its black body has smooth lines; luxurious and steady. Not only does it show the owner’s wealth, but it is also very tasteful. Unfortunately, it got discontinued! Our dad went and bought a Rolls Royce instead, but the regret caused him to eat poorly for several days.

Gu Ye is not in the mood to listen to Gu Yang talking about this. On his face is a rare serious expression as he said, “Old Fourth, this kind of person is the real son of God, the son of destiny, and ghosts and gods dare not provoke them. If you encounter them in the future, don’t offend them.”

Gu Yang smiled wryly, “Brother, can you get off my back before teaching me a lesson?”

Gu Ye smiled and apologized, “I’m sorry!”

Gu Yang is helpless. He just wanted to say, ‘Brother, your apology has no sincerity at all’.

If anyone from the business world passes by, they will definitely recognize the owner of this car. A well-known financial genius throughout China, the youngest rich businessman to make it to Forbes’s list of Billionaires, and also the leading business master in the country, it is Yu Ze, the heir of the Yu family. This young man is only 26 years old. When he returned to China 3 years ago, he created a miracle. In only half a year, he managed to push a crumbling Yehong Technology Group to its peak again. Now it has become the leader in the domestic electronics industry, entering the world market.

Yu Ze is wearing a snow-white shirt, and his hair is combed meticulously. From cuff buttons to collar pins, every detail showed that he is a perfectionist, exuding a sense of abstinence and indifference all over. Even the tear mole at the corner of his eye can’t make him more human. Anyway, everything about him screams ‘Strangers go away’.

When Gu Ye is calculating Yu Ze’s fate, Yu Ze felt something and looked outside, and saw Gu Ye climbing the wall and stepping on Gu Yang. The secretary sitting next to him followed his gaze and said regretfully, “Another high school student who doesn’t study well. A good-looking child but now chasing stars and climbing walls. Their parents just don’t care.”

Yu Ze turned his face back, and said indifferently in a tone that says it has nothing to do with him, “Idlers.”

The secretary smiled, “Mr. Yu’s words are incisive, but Mr. Yu, are we really going to take that road? I heard that there are many accidents on that road recently, and some people say that the road is haunted.”

Yu Ze scoffed at this statement, “How can there be ghosts in this world? Why haven’t I seen them?”

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The author has something to say: The Gong you guys want is coming.

Yu Ze: “There are no ghosts in this world.”
Gu Ye looked at the roof of his car: “Yeah~”
Ghost General: “…”

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[1] some kind of side dish that is eaten cold like Korean banchan, google it~