CH 6

Posted on April 22, 2022by UntamedS

Lu Wenxi was shocked for a while, he couldn’t say a word and his mood was a bit complicated.

But Xu Chen was very serious, he kept looking straight into his eyes, his gaze was frank and unadulterated, like an ignorant little lamb, he kept waiting for his answer.

In fact, Lu Wenxi had been suspicious because he noticed that when Xu Chen came for the first time, he didn’t bring a bag. This time he brought a bag. Had he come to cheat him? He had guessed that he wanted to measure his eight characters, so he brought his tools?

And invoice?

But he didn’t dare to speak, he was afraid that if Xu Chen left again, and then he found out that it was he who wrongly blamed Xu Chen, he wouldn’t be able to find tears to cry.

“You …… this is quite formal.” Lu Wenxi sighed.

“I have seen teachers and uncles use it when people come to them to check the feng shui in their offices and homes.”

[TN: feng shui (/ˈfʌŋˌʃuːi/), also known as Chinese geomancy, is an ancient Chinese traditional practice which claims to use energy forces to harmonize individuals with their surrounding environment. ]

Lu Wenxi had heard of this, when people built new buildings or bought houses, they always went to find people to check the feng shui. When his father bought a new building, he also looked for one of them. Even before the start of filming, they had to find one for the opening ceremony and good omen.

So he understood, hesitated for a moment, then nodded. He pointed to his home and asked: “Can we go back inside and talk carefully?”

“Okay.” After agreeing, Xu Chen added, “If you need an invoice, I need a while before I can give it to you.”

“It’s not necessary, I don’t even know if I’ll live long enough for you to give me the invoice.”

The two went back inside, Lu Wenxi unlocked the door, and then saw the sweeping robot. He immediately moved to put it to the side. He didn’t know how Yin Hanwei set it up, but just after he picked it up, the sweeper robot shouted, “I’m being attacked, come and protect me.”

Lu Wenxi put it aside carelessly, pressed the switch and turned off the sweeping robot “Now you’re dead.”

Xu Chen kept watching, his eyes was fixed on the sweeping robot as he followed Lu Wenxi into the house.

“Since you said I’m not going to live long, it means I don’t need protection for long, I will tell my assistant about this, and he will manage the accounts.  I’ll pay you a 5 million deposit first, and when I die … Fu-ck, this is fu-cking … Forget it, I’ll pay you another 15 million after I die. We can make a written document, give me your card number and mobile phone number. ” Liu Wenxi didn’t like talking about death now that there was a possibility he was going to die.

Lu Wenxi walked to his room, brought out a folder from his suitcase, took out a checkbook and started to fill it out, he waited for a while, when Xu Chen didn’t move, he couldn’t help but look up at Xu Chen in doubt.

“I don’t have a card and I don’t have a cell phone.” Xu Chen replied.

“Then you want to take it all in cash? Will you drive a truck to get it?”

“Then can you help me pay my tuition first?”

Lu Wenxi froze once again and sized up Xu Chen, the clothes and bag on his body were really old and presumably very cheap. Such a boy, his tuition fee hadn’t been paid yet?

“Then why didn’t you want the money I gave you yesterday?” He asked.

“That kind of money, I don’t want it.”

He realized that when he gave Xu Chen money yesterday, he was mocking him, and Xu Chen was probably disgusted and didn’t want to accept it, he sighed, “You’re like this, yet you’re still quite noble.”

Xu Chen bit his lip and said nothing. He didn’t like the prickly tone in his words.

Lu Wenxi raised his hand and beckoned to Xu Chen, “How do I pay the tuition? If it accepts online payment, I can transfer it now.”

Xu Chen took out a book from his bag, flipped it open and looked at it, then he handed it to Lu Wenxi.

The words were written with a ballpoint pen, it was standard block letters and it looked like it was printed letters, consistent and meticulous.

There were a bunch of numbers written in the notebook, what to pay attention to when remitting money, how to fill in the remarks, and Xu Chen’s student number.

Lu Wenxi looked at what was written on the book, opened the app, remitted the money according to the way it was written, and then pointed to the amount of money written on it: “Is it okay to pay according to this amount of money?”

“Mm.”

Lu Wenxi finished paying and showed his phone to Xu Chen: “It’s done, do you have living expenses now?”

Xu Chen didn’t say anything.

“Did you have dinner tonight?” Lu Wenxi asked again.

Xu Chen still didn’t say anything.

What a poor little Taoist ah ……

“Let’s go, brother will take you to dinner.” Lu Wenxi put the phone into his pocket, took out his wallet from his bag, opened it and pulled out five notes and gave it to Xu Chen, “I don’t have much cash, so I’ll give you these first.”

Xu Chen hesitated for a moment, but still reached out to take it and put it into his pants pocket.

Lu Wenxi wore his black jacket, put on a hat and a mask, his disguise was complete.

The two of them walked out of the door together, he led Xu Chen to the elevator door and pressed the down button.

Xu Chen stood behind Lu Wenxi, quietly watching Lu Wenxi’s movements, and then noticed that the elevator door opened and Lu Wenxi walked straight in.

After entering, Lu Wenxi found that Xu Chen didn’t move, so he held the elevator door with his hand, “Aren’t you coming in?”

“What is this?” Xu Chen asked, pointing at the elevator.

“This is the …… elevator.”

“What’s it for?”

“For going downstairs.”

Xu Chen was puzzled for a moment, but still followed Lu Wenxi into the elevator, and just after standing firmly, the elevator door closed and then it moved. The numbers on the display changed, then the elevator doors opened again and Lu Wenxi walked out.

Xu Chen followed him out and found that they had reached the 1st floor, his eyes opened wide in surprise as he surveyed the surroundings. When Lu Wenxi looked back at Xu Chen, surprisingly, Xu Chen’s eyes were bright for a moment, like he had just discovered a new continent, or a young boy that saw his hero.

This little Taoist …… had never been in an elevator, he didn’t even know about it.

Feeling doubtful, Lu Wenxi looked in his eyes: “Were you living in a Taoist temple before? On the mountain? You just came down?”

“Well, it’s my first time coming down the mountain.” Xu Chen answered truthfully.

“No wonder, but if your uncles earned money, why didn’t they help you pay for your tuition?”

Xu Chen pursed his lips, just now he still looked excited, but now he became solemn again, he stopped speaking and quietly followed behind Lu Wenxi.

Lu Wenxi began to guess, he was afraid that his family didn’t want him to go to college, so this little Taoist priest decided to find his own way. In his mind, he immediately imagined a child in the mountains, who was eager to go to school but was refused, he couldn’t help feeling sorry for Xu Chen.

Lu Wenxi glanced at his phone, it was already 10:47 p.m. He began to think, what other stores could be open now? Were the reporters gone? Would he be recognized if he came out like this?

Then not far from the street lamp, he saw two dark shadows, one was a little taller, the other was a little shorter, obviously a man and a woman. The man had one hand supporting the street lamp, the woman was standing under the lamp, they seemed to be chatting, and then they kissed.

Lu Wenxi froze, suddenly remembering that he could see ghosts, he looked around, a little farther away on the sports field, there were several black shadows playing basketball, of course, someone must have burnt a ball for a ghost, so the round ball was also a black shadow.

After a moment, Lu Wenxi turned his head and asked Xu Chen: “After these people die, they’re allowed to fall in love?”

Xu Chen was stunned for a moment, then he frowned, he didn’t know whether he was thinking, or he didn’t like the question. Just as Lu Wenxi continued to look around, Xu Chen answered, “I guess it’s possible.”

“Then can they snap?”

“Snapping means?”

“Making love.”

“……” Xu Chen was speechless for a moment before answering, “I don’t know.”

His expression wasn’t very good.

Lu Wenxi concluded that this one was an ascetic person.

[TN: characterized by severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.]

Lu Wenxi put his hands into the pockets of his clothes, lowered his head and walked forward, he turned back after a while and asked Xu Chen, “What do you like to eat?”

“Anything.”

“At this time of the day there are probably only a few stores open, let’s go to KFC.” He took Xu Chen out of the neighborhood, he asked him to wait at the door, then he went into KFC to order a bunch of things, and finally ordered a rice set.

When checking out, the waiter looked at Lu Wenxi several times, as if he recognized him.

Lu Wenxi still looked nonchalant as he stood at the pick-up point and waited.

After the waiter entered the back to take the meal out, he brought a few other waiters, they looked at Lu Wenxi, probing, there was a bold waiter, who turned her camera and acted like she was taking a selfie, in fact, she was just trying to get Lu Wenxi into the camera frame.

Lu Wenxi pulled off his mask, took off the hat and faced the girl’s camera, when he smiled, the girl screamed.

After the photo, Lu Wenxi wore his disguise again, carried his things and walked out of the KFC.

Xu Chen seemed confused as he looked at him, he asked Lu Wenxi: “They can also see the death aura on you?”

“Can’t be.”

“Then why were they screaming?”

Lu Wenxi couldn’t answer, he was stuck for a while, and finally chose not to speak, explaining the intricacies of stardom to someone who didn’t even know what an elevator was a few moments ago, seemed very difficult, Xu Chen estimated that he wouldn’t understand such things as chasing stars.

On the way back, Lu Wenxi saw another swaying black shadow.

In fact, after knowing that these spirits weren’t harmful, Lu Wenxi wasn’t too afraid, when he saw them, he remained quite calm. As a result, the black shadow seemed a bit confused, it saw Lu Wenxi and paused, and then it suddenly rushed towards Lu Wenxi.

Lu Wenxi was a little surprised, he subconsciously took a step back, and heard Xu Chen speak: “Offend.”

Then, Xu Chen quickly took a step forward, pressed the back of the black shadow’s head, and pressed it hard towards the ground, he was extremely fast, so fast that it seemed to be just a moment, Lu Wenxi only saw a blurred shadow and watched Xu Chen fiercely press it to the ground, the black shadow didn’t resist as it fell down.

Then, he saw Xu Chen take out a blank yellow paper, he threw it into the air and the yellow paper actually froze in the air. Xu Chen took the fan from behind him, unfolded the fan, the fan had complex patterns on both side.

Xu Chen recited some words, and then Lu Wenxi saw a pattern on the fan floating up out of thin air, and then, it printed on the yellow paper.

When Lu Wenxi looked at the scene before him, he felt that the special effects of TV dramas now seemed terrible. Before, when he saw Xu Chen with a fan, he always thought that this boy would suddenly sing “Ali Ali” with it. As a result, this was how the fan worked?

Xu Chen put the fan away, and then took the yellow paper in mid-air and stuck it to the black shadow on the ground, still in an unperturbed tone, he said a sentence that made Lu Wenxi’s heart tremble: “Rest in peace.”

The black shadow gradually dissolved, turned into pieces and disappeared in the night.

It seemed to be a black flame that just ignited, and that rune lit up with a blue fire, which looked a little scary in the silent night.

From the beginning, to the end, it seemed to last only a breath of time.

Lu Wenxi waled closer, that black shadow was just finished off by Xu Chen, and the other black shadows around, quietly shivered.

“Just now this …… is the evil spirit?” As he spoke, Lu Wenxi realized his voice was shaking.

It happened right in front of his eyes, the shock was too much.

“That’s right, but it’s very low level, a very stupid kind.” Xu Chen replied, pinning the fan behind his back again.

Lu Wenxi suddenly wondered if his head would have been shattered if Xu Chen had also pressed his head like that when he provoked him earlier. He subconsciously looked around, hoping that no one else saw this scene. He didn’t see anyone, not even a hidden reporter’s car, only then did he relax.

He suddenly felt that Xu Chen’s move was just like a performance show, it really shook him up.

“Why did it rush to me?” Lu Wenxi asked.

“You are covered in death aura, evil spirits can possess you.”

“I can be possessed?!” This bad news shocked him.

“That’s right, but he won’t succeed if you are strong-willed and in good health.”

“It’s easy for it to succeed if I’m not determined and not in good health?”

“That’s right.”

“F-uck ……” he hurriedly followed up, “Then what should I do?”

“Sickness, injury, can lead to weakness, overwork will also do the same, also, don’t overindulge in se-x, it hurts the body. And, try not to encounter evil spirits.”

Lu Wenxi pursed his lips, suddenly feeling like he was being mocked, which made him a little uncomfortable. He turned his head to look at Xu Chen, but he still had the same blank expression.

After standing there for a while, he continued walking home. He felt that his entire world changed overnight, he was surrounded by ghosts, and was walking side by side with a strange little Taoist priest.

He was like a protagonist in a movie, right?

If this were to be put in ancient times, wouldn’t he be a hero of the chaotic world?

When he got back home, Lu Wenxi gave most of the things he bought to Xu Chen, opened the rice, took out the chicken leg and gave it to Xu Chen, and ate the rice inside with a few pieces of vegetables.

Xu Chen kept staring at him then he asked suspiciously, “You won’t eat?”

“Professional relationship,  I’m already ki-lling myself by eating at this time. Eating these high-calorie foods again will hurt me. You can eat.” Lu Wenxi replied.

Xu Chen took a piece of chicken nuggets, “Teacher said these foods are not healthy, I can’t eat much.”

After saying that, he took a bite, then another bite, then he took another piece.

Lu Wenxi guessed that this little Taoist priest had never eaten KFC, and looking at Xu Chen’s current expression, it seemed he really liked it. He thought this kid was quite interesting, he wasn’t too old, but he had an old-fashioned aura. He seemed like a pure lamb, obviously very tender, but he had long claws.

After casually eating a few bites of rice, he felt full and stopped eating, then he suddenly remembered something: “I’m dying, must I control my diet? I should indulge myself and eat something random before I die!”

After that, I took a chicken wing and ate it. After eating it, he felt too guilty to continue eating: “What’s terrible is if I don’t die and I indulged too much. How would I face it afterwards? Won’t someone hold a photo saying that the famous star was self-indulgent and let loose, won’t I be mocked? “

Xu Chen just gnawed on the chicken wings and stared at him, because he didn’t understand the meaning of his words, he didn’t answer.

Lu Wenxi went to the bathroom and washed his hands, then came out and stood at the door, “Where do you live?”

“Not far from here is my school.”

“Oh, how did you come yesterday?”

“The compass showed me, so I followed the hints and came here, found that the spirit had not yet turned into an evil spirit, and wanted to purify it, but she got away.”

“Then stay with me today, stay in the guest room, I can find a pajama for you to wear, we both have a similar figure.” Lu Wenxi said.

“Okay.” Xu Chen was still eating.

After a while, Lu Wenxi brought a pajama, Xu Chen looked at it and hesitated for a while, “Can I not wear it?”

“What? It doesn’t look good?” Lu Wenxi unfolded the pajamas and showed them to Xu Chen.

The pajama was white with a dark blue print style, it was very good, and was a major international brand, but the print was a woman’s body, each posture was different, equally s-exy and provocative.

“It’s immoral.” Xu Chen answered.