Chapter 46#
Those Who Listen to Stories (Part 13)#
The master was experienced and immediately sank his face: “Eye pain? Young man, did you see something you shouldn’t have?”
Luo Xingyan’s cat eyes glanced at him coldly, with a fake smile.
“Yes, I saw something that almost blinded me.”
He was here to supervise Ye Sheng and had to pretend to be an ordinary person.
Although he looked down on this old fraud, even the Crown Princess was so calm, so this was probably the daily ecology of the haunted house—he needed to get used to the foolish landlord boss and the silly and sweet colleague sooner.
Most importantly, a mere hundred thousand yuan was nothing in Luo Xingyan’s eyes. Anyway, in the entire haunted house, only Ye Sheng was a poor bastard.
The master said: “Young man, the evil spirit is heavy in July. I see you’ve also dyed your hair an unlucky and evil-attracting red. The possibility of being entangled by evil spirits is very high.”
Luo Xingyan smiled gloomily: “What? Master, you want to do a divination for me?”
The master said seriously and solemnly: “What’s your zodiac sign?”
Luo Xingyan didn’t know why he asked about his zodiac sign when talking about evil spirits, and said directly: “Scorpio.”
The master pinched his fingers and sighed with emotion: “No wonder. Today is July 13th—Scorpio is suitable for marriage, betrothal, opening a business, traveling, breaking ground, and raising beams, but avoid taking office. And I see a red light on your forehead, vaguely in the shape of a pincer—it means Scorpio’s limbs are bound, and all five elements are in danger, requiring exorcism.”
Luo Xingyan: “…”
Xia Wenshi next to him was in tears: “Wuwuwu, fortunately we have you, master, otherwise I wouldn’t have known that everyone in my haunted house has a dark forehead.”
Huang Qiqi raised her hand cheerfully: “Master, master, are there any taboos for Sagittarius today?”
Incredible!
Luo Xingyan couldn’t bear it anymore and clapped for him, clap, clap, clap, sarcastically: “Amazing, master, your sect is truly knowledgeable in ancient and modern times, and has integrated Chinese and Western cultures. You even came up with exorcism for Scorpio. Who should Scorpio avoid? Avoid Pluto Hades, avoid the god of hell Tartarus? Or does one place’s soil nurture one place’s ghosts, so in China I should avoid the Great Emperor of Fengdu and King Yama?”
“…”
“…………”
The master: “Uh…”
Fortunately, the master who walked the world didn’t care about face. He stroked his beard and said meaningfully: “Young man, the water in this line of work is very deep. You can’t grasp it, and I can’t explain it clearly in one or two sentences.”
The master saw that the red-haired street punk in front of him was not to be trifled with. He had contacted some ability users and had a very clear perception of danger. He immediately bent down to massage Xia Wenshi’s back and said: “Forget it, Little Xia, I’ve opened my heavenly eye too much today. I’m physically exhausted now and need to go back to the hotel to rest. Help me send these things over later. This old man will take a step first.”
Xia Wenshi saw him off with tears in his eyes: “Master, do you need me to send you off?”
The master shook his head, put on his sunglasses, picked up his cane and walked out, with a noble and virtuous air: “No need.”
After the old charlatan left, Xia Wenshi wiped his tears and blamed Luo Xingyan: “Little Luo, how can you talk to the master like that?”
“Heh.” Luo Xingyan just wanted to tie the old charlatan to the stereo with an iron chain to apologize to his eyes and ears, and didn’t feel that his speaking attitude was problematic at all.
Fortunately, Xia Wenshi was going to be busy arranging the new scene and left soon.
Huang Qiqi took the initiative to take a mop to clean the dog blood in front of the door.
Only Ye Sheng and Luo Xingyan were left in the front hall of the haunted house.
Luo Xingyan quickly ran to Ye Sheng’s side, looking like he had seen a ghost.
“No way, is the Crown Prince crazy, letting you work here? Isn’t he afraid that the child in your belly will be influenced by this group of people and become mentally retarded? Don’t they want to have offspring in the Ning family?”
Ye Sheng was using a spray gun to glue pearl flowers on the phoenix crown. Hearing Luo Xingyan’s words, he just wanted to glue Luo Xingyan’s mouth with the spray gun.
He looked up and said coldly and sarcastically: “You are so worried that the Ning family has no offspring, why don’t you go be Ning Weichen’s son?”
Luo Xingyan: “…………”
Damn, it’s still this pair of dog men who are more annoying.
Luo Xingyan chuckled, pulled a chair, and sat down in front of Ye Sheng in a grand manner, smiling gloomily.
“That’s not necessary.”
“Don’t worry, Crown Princess, with the friendly and mutually helpful relationship between the Non-Natural Bureau and the Ning family for so many years! Protecting the safety of the future little imperial grandson of the East Palace is our bounden duty!”
He slapped the table.
“I declare that from now on, I am the Second Lieutenant of the Crown Grandson!”
“…”
Damn it.
Ye Sheng was expressionless and pressed the trigger of the spray gun without hesitation, smearing a ball of glue on Luo Xingyan’s face.
Luo Xingyan was caught off guard by the sneak attack, screamed, and ran to the toilet.
Ye Sheng put away the gun with a disgusted look—compared to the magical realism of combining Chinese and Western elements, he would rather not face Luo Xingyan, this stupid feudal remnant.
Ye Sheng’s “nimble fingers” were known throughout the haunted house. Today he was responsible for sewing and tailoring the bride’s costume, as well as pasting various phoenix crowns and gold hairpins, so the cleaning work was left to Luo Xingyan.
Luo Xingyan put on an apron, wore gloves, and held a broom, with a head of flamboyant red hair, like a street punk who had turned over a new leaf.
The business of the haunted house gradually improved. Because of Luo Xingyan’s joining, their haunted house became popular again for “all staff having high looks”, with all employees and the boss being handsome men and beautiful women.
The front desk staff was beautiful and had a sweet voice, and the prop master was cold and intimidating.
The boss was optimistic and energetic, and there was also a red-haired street punk cleaner.
However, if you were to dig deep into their daily work, Huang Qiqi felt very guilty and posted an emo message on her Moments late at night.
[Sometimes I feel that the boss is also quite pitiful, encountering stumbling blocks like us on the road to entrepreneurship QAQ]
[Boss, I’m sorry for the salary you pay me for working hard from morning to night doing live broadcasts wuwuwu [covering face and crying]]
Xia Wenshi was still chasing his dream in the live broadcast circle.
He took out a map and specifically told Ye Sheng: “Little Ye, the organizer of the Luohu event has already sent us the map. This is the structural diagram of the haunted house. I heard that the organizer also added several games to increase the watchability. Things like Pen Fairy, Four Corners Game, and Truth or Dare are all there. Anyway, the more exciting the better.”
He was full of energy and rubbing his hands, completely out of the shadow of the female ghost of Lover’s Lake. One of the reasons why Ye Sheng didn’t expose that old fraud was also to let Xia Wenshi spend money to avoid disaster and pay some IQ tax for peace of mind.
His focus in going to Luohu was not to investigate the male protagonist, but to investigate Duan Shi. Ye Sheng pointed to the innermost room on the third floor and said: “Is this the female protagonist’s room before she died?”
“Yes!”
Ye Sheng said: “Is there a key to this room too?”
Xia Wenshi: “Mm, but what are you going to do in the female protagonist’s room? If you want to investigate, you should investigate the lake where she died.”
Ye Sheng frowned and didn’t speak.
In the afternoon, Ning Weichen came to pick Ye Sheng up from work.
Luo Xingyan was squatting on the ground mopping the floor. Suddenly, he felt a familiar gaze and looked up alertly.
Ning Weichen looked at him thoughtfully against the setting sun, his peach blossom eyes smiling faintly, and said with a curl of his red lips: “Executor Luo, long time no see.”
Luo Xingyan: “…”
Ning Weichen’s smile was very faint and fleeting.
He came earlier, and Ye Sheng hadn’t finished work yet. He very naturally began to make things difficult for this “Red-haired Cinderella”.
“Please help me wipe the table and chair, thank you.”
“If it’s convenient, pour me a glass of water.”
Luo Xingyan put the water on the table with a stinky face.
However, Ning Weichen’s gaze swept over the water glass lightly, didn’t touch it at all, rested his chin on his hand, and just looked at Ye Sheng who was working with affectionate and smiling eyes.
As soon as Luo Xingyan saw this Crown Prince, he quickly entered the mission state and sat opposite.
“Crown Prince, let’s talk.”
Ning Weichen’s tone was lazy: “Luo Xingyan, did the Non-Natural Bureau General Bureau not assign you a mission, making you too idle?”
Luo Xingyan thought to himself, my mission now is to investigate you pair of dog lovers: “Not really, I just finished an S-rank mission. The General Bureau sent me to Huaicheng to experience life.”
At this time, Ye Sheng carried the wedding dress into the utility room and disappeared from sight. Only then did Ning Weichen turn his head, meet Luo Xingyan’s vigilant cat eyes, and show a smile: “Oh, the experience is quite successful, officer. The floor is wiped quite clean.”
Luo Xingyan didn’t want to be sarcastic with him and chose to be sarcastic first: “Are you really a couple in love? You just let your fiancée work in such a smoky place and don’t come to accompany him 24/7? Crown Prince, are you really staying to accompany him in his studies?”
Basically everyone in the Non-Natural Bureau knew that Ning Weichen was staying in Huaicheng to go to school, to accompany the Crown Princess during childbirth, oh no, to accompany her in her studies.
This was his goading method. It would be great if Ning Weichen could also stay in the haunted house 24/7.
Observing two at once!
Ning Weichen’s whereabouts were mysterious. If he could be fixed in one place, it would be an epic progress in the mission.
A smile appeared in Ning Weichen’s eyes. He nodded in great agreement and said nonchalantly: “What you said makes sense, but you shouldn’t teach me how to be in a relationship, you should teach him.”
“If you can persuade Ye Sheng to take the initiative to get close to me, I will send a silk banner to your Non-Natural Bureau General Bureau in my personal name after I return to Beijing.”
Luo Xingyan: “…” Who the fuck wants your silk banner!
After all, Luo Xingyan was an S-rank executor, with a keen mind. Even though he had never been in a relationship for more than twenty years, he could see that something was wrong from many aspects.
“Crown Prince, we are old acquaintances for many years. Stop pretending. If you really want to get close to someone, do you need help? This is clearly you wanting to keep a distance.”
With the Ning family’s financial resources, let alone buying this street, buying the entire Huaian University would not be a problem.
If Ning Weichen wanted to stay with Ye Sheng 24/7, there were plenty of ways. Even if Ye Sheng didn’t agree, it wouldn’t be a problem for him to naturally move into the dormitory next to him.
Instead of like now, only meeting once in the evening.
Luo Xingyan found something wrong and said suspiciously: “What, you guys were like dry wood and raging fire on the train, but became estranged after getting off?”
Ye Sheng finished the props, and now his eyes were a little sore and his hands were a little numb.
When he walked over rubbing his wrist, he met Ning Weichen’s smiling and gentle gaze, and then saw Luo Xingyan with a suspicious and strange face next to him. He frowned and said: “What are you talking about?”
Luo Xingyan took the initiative to speak: “Crown Princess, don’t you think the Crown Prince is too cold to you?”
Ye Sheng: “…”
Impressive. Luo Xingyan, how did you go from being a feudal remnant one second to a women’s director the next?
Can’t you be normal and just be a simple fool?
Ning Weichen put down the hand supporting his chin and smiled brightly: “Brother, don’t listen to him trying to drive a wedge between us.”
Ye Sheng didn’t think this was driving a wedge at all.
“Let’s go, to your apartment.”
Ning Weichen reached out and gently grabbed his wrist, shook his head, and said softly: “Okay, but Luo Xingyan said before that I don’t stay by your side all day because I don’t love you enough. I think I have to prove myself.”
Ye Sheng looked at him as if he had seen a ghost and was about to ask what kind of madness he was having.
He saw Ning Weichen stand up, his slender and cold fingers holding his wrist, chuckled softly, leaned down gently, and a kiss landed on his cheek.
“…”
“…………”
Ye Sheng and Ning Weichen’s relationship was already unclear in the eyes of outsiders. After all, they even had a child, what innocence could there be?
However, this was indeed their first truly intimate contact.
Ye Sheng had been looking down all day dealing with those gold and silver paper, pearl flowers, and jade hairpins. His neck was also a little sore. Now with this sudden kiss from Ning Weichen, all the soreness turned into stiffness.
Ning Weichen’s black hair was slightly long. Accompanied by the restless summer wind, it gently brushed past the side of his face. The touch on his cheek was slightly cool and light.
The evening glow cast a filter on the street and the shade of the trees. Ye Sheng hadn’t reacted yet.
Ning Weichen had already ended this seemingly stolen kiss, raised the corners of his lips, and his peach blossom eyes smiled affectionately: “Congratulations on getting off work, let’s go home.”
This kiss was too fast, so fast that Ye Sheng didn’t even have time to feel uncomfortable. The breath between his nose dissipated in the hot summer wind. Ning Weichen always had a very faint dark fragrance on him, or perhaps it couldn’t be called a fragrance. Not cold, not warm. Like a deep sea, or a sea of flowers in the rain.
Ye Sheng took a deep breath to calm himself, glanced at Luo Xingyan’s dumbfounded fool expression, and probably knew Ning Weichen’s purpose.
He nodded expressionlessly, but his hand gripped Ning Weichen’s clothes tightly, and he said through gritted teeth, word by word: “Okay, let’s go home.”
After leaving the haunted house and walking to the crossroads, Ye Sheng let go of his hand.
Ning Weichen gracefully tidied up his wrinkled cuffs. Before the disaster struck, he took the initiative to speak, smiling and taking credit: “I bought the entire Luohu area. The original developer planned to hold an event at the end of the month, but now the owner of Luohu has become me. I have canceled the event. You can tell me whenever you want to go at the end of the month.”
Ye Sheng’s anger came to an abrupt end.
Ye Sheng: “?”
Ye Sheng: “…”
What did he say last time—“Come with me to Luohu Mansion at the end of the month.”
And then Ning Weichen directly bought the entire Luohu development area including that haunted house?!
Ye Sheng: “…………” Damn, it turns out that in this world, only I treat money as money, and everyone else treats money as air.
Ning Weichen held a card between his fingers, handed it to Ye Sheng, and smiled slightly: “Here, brother, this is the key.”
Ye Sheng looked down and silently took the card that was worth no less than one billion. During the day, he was still thinking that the master made money so easily, one hundred and thirty thousand a day. Now holding this card, he felt a little “hypocritical”.
Ning Weichen said: “Tell me whenever you want to go.”
This was not the first or second time Ye Sheng had his worldview reshaped. He quickly regained his composure, held the door card, thought of Xia Wenshi, and said: “The event doesn’t need to be canceled.”
Ning Weichen: “Mm?”
Ye Sheng said: “My original plan was to go with the developer’s event at the end of the month.”
Ning Weichen was quite surprised and smiled lightly: “I thought you didn’t like dealing with people.”
Ye Sheng said: “I indeed don’t like dealing with people. But for Luohu Mansion, I think it’s good to have more people.”
His eyes reflected the dusk. He thought of Duan Shi’s diary and that night he felt strange.
He was looking at the scenery on the bridge, and Duan Shi was looking at him from under the bridge.
Then was there someone else in the distance, watching him and her?
It’s good to have more people.
With more people, it would also be convenient for the person he was waiting for to blend in.
Ning Weichen nodded: “Okay.”
After taking the medicine and returning to the dormitory, Ye Sheng opened his phone and watched Xia Wenshi excitedly explain to him which places he could go and which places he couldn’t.
He thought to himself silently, now you can go anywhere.
Because the owner of the Luohu area has changed.
Ye Sheng was still thinking about how to get rid of Luo Xingyan. Unexpectedly, at the end of the month, Luo Xingyan took on a hospital investigation mission and left.
Huang Qiqi stayed to look after the haunted house. Xia Wenshi excitedly pulled him along and joined the live broadcast trend.
After Ye Sheng arrived at the scene, he found that there were quite a few people. It seemed that this time the Luohu developer was determined to fight poison with poison and whitewash this place.
Of course, now the developer probably didn’t care about this event anymore.
After all, the houses were all sold, and he only needed to lie in bed and laugh his head off.