Chapter 16: Thoughts

At 4 a.m., in the darkness before dawn, I was on the 21st floor, extremely tired. I took out four talismans from my backpack. This was the last place where the baby spirits were, and my blue talismans were obviously not enough. I could only use four yellow talismans to replace them. I must have enough. After all, these baby spirits are extremely stubborn. They will not retreat until they are seriously injured.

After all, they are just ordinary “enhanced” infant spirits. If I am not confused, it is not too difficult to deal with them. If they are the kind of infant spirits that were born using secret methods in the Black Rock Miao Village, I am afraid I will not be able to handle them.

But there were eight of them, and the last one forced me to use a talisman to cooperate, and I barely took it down. But at this moment, I was already exhausted.

After suppressing the last spirit, the entire office building has become much clearer. Tomorrow, after the ordinary spirits are transformed, the entire office building will be safe. Of course, the negative, uncomfortable aura still needs to be purified to a certain extent, and it will take time to slowly dissipate. After this, the trivial work can be done by An Yu, who can ask a general Taoist priest to do it. After all, these common sense things are enough for those Taoist priests to handle.

It’s just a matter of boiling a large pot of wormwood and calamus water and sprinkling it throughout the building. If you’re still not convinced, just use a little Cangzhu incense.

After a long rest, I got up and took the elevator back to An Yu’s office. I drank some red wine to drive away the fatigue, but I no longer had the energy or mood to play any games. Instead, I opened the so-called lounge in An Yu’s office and fell asleep.

In my sleep, I honestly felt that there was a baby walking back and forth in my dream, but I was like a bystander, very aware that I was dreaming, and I was also confident that it was just an ordinary dream caused by my contact with the baby spirit tonight.

I slept so soundly that I didn’t even know when people came to work outside. I didn’t wake up until An Yu came to work and pushed me awake.

As soon as he saw me wake up, he asked me carefully, “Chengyi, how are things?”

I don’t know why, but today, looking at the kid’s face, which was flushed from drinking and sex, I felt particularly uncomfortable. I stretched and said coldly, “There are eight problems, which have been solved one by one, but there is still some important follow-up work to be done. Where’s the money?”

An Yu looked relieved, smiled, and turned around to take out five stacks of money from his backpack and gave them to me. One stack of money was ten thousand. This kid has a habit that I can’t put my finger on. He likes to pay in cash, as if he feels superior.

I didn’t bother to count it, put the money in my backpack, and said, “After the job is completely finished, add another 20,000.” I was too lazy to explain to him that this list used up all the blue talismans I had stored up. You have to know that with my current skills, I can only draw two at most in a year.

I am not a businessman, I don’t talk much, I always say what I want directly, if it works, it works, if it doesn’t, it doesn’t.

An Yu was very straightforward and agreed to it very directly.

I lazily got up, went to the restroom in this lounge, and started washing up. While I was washing up, I said to An Yu, “Today is Thursday. Come here on Saturday and bring a few Taoists. You should know a few of them yourself. Also find a few construction workers.”

An Yu nodded and agreed. At this point, I had finished washing and was ready to go back with my backpack on my back. I had been busy the night before and had used up too much energy. I needed to rest when I got back.

But I didn’t expect An Yu to rush out and ask, “Chengyi, what’s the reason? Did someone do this to me? Is there a way to find out?”

I looked at An Yu and said, “It may be difficult to trace it. As for the reason, you will naturally know on Saturday.”

An Yu knew my habits. If I wanted to say something, I would say it. If I didn’t want to say something, it was pointless to ask. So he didn’t ask again, but instead, he politely saw me out.

When I left, the guard at the gate had already been replaced. I remembered and suddenly said to An Yu, “Mr. Chang, the night watchman, had a hard time. If you can, quietly give him a little extra pay. You can do whatever you want. Also, tell him that I am safe.”

An Yu was a little confused, probably speculating about my relationship with Mr. Chang, but he still politely agreed and then smiled all the way to the car before leaving.

As soon as An Yu had left, I had not yet started the car when Su Rou’s phone rang. As soon as I picked it up, the first thing Su Rou said was: “How is it? What is the reason? Is it done?”

I smiled lazily and said, “Aren’t you afraid that I won’t be able to handle it and accidentally get stuck in it?”

“Bah bah bah, there is no taboo, good luck!” After saying these two sentences in a hurry, Su Rou said, “It’s early in the morning, you can’t find anything to say? If you can’t handle this little devil, are you still Master Jiang’s disciple? Who is Master Jiang? He’s like a fairy.”

When I mentioned my master, my mood inexplicably became gloomy, and I suddenly lost my desire to talk. After a moment of silence, I said to Su Rou, “Let’s talk about the details when we meet. I’m tired after a long night, and I don’t want to talk.”

“Okay, okay, don’t think too much. I’m hanging up now.” Su Rou said hurriedly on the other end. After being brothers for so many years, how could he not understand me? He knew that I wasn’t tired, but I was thinking about my master, and my mood suddenly got worse.

I guess the kid is probably feeling bad about what he said.

I started the car and inexplicably didn’t want to go home. Instead, I drove up the mountain to the ring road. On the road, I rolled down the window and suddenly wanted to feel the breeze.

The five years of longing and worry were really very torturous. In fact, there were many clues to be found, and many clues were collected by us, but we had not deliberately begun to prove and track down these clues.

It was just this list that exhausted my blue talisman. I had an idea that had been simmering in my heart for a long time. Perhaps without any more substantial things to comfort me, I might go crazy. Maybe I should go to Tianjin once.

After driving around the city for an hour, I slowly returned home. This is where I temporarily live, but I have no intention of settling down here.

I walked up to the apartment building and was surprised to find Ruoyue waiting for me at the door with a small bag of luggage.

“I can’t stand the couple of Su Rou and their nagging. Will you take me in?” She smiled and wrinkled her nose, saying to me.

In fact, this girl was worried about whether my order was going well, so she came to ask about the situation. I took out the key and said as I opened the door, “I can only keep you for one day. How can I bring a girl home while you’re here?”

“Come on, I’m not my sister. You can bring her here. I’ll just watch the show.” Ru Yue said to me nonchalantly.

When I mentioned Ru Xue, I felt a strange feeling in my heart. I pretended to lower my head and push the door open, and asked casually, “I haven’t seen your sister in a while. Ask her when she’s going to come see this poor man.”

“Oh, you don’t mind my sister getting in the way of you bringing girls home? What are you so pitiful about? You live a carefree life and bring girls here from time to time. You can just pretend.” Ru Yue teased me fiercely.

I didn’t say anything, threw the money from my backpack onto the table, and then carefully put away my magic weapon. As soon as Yue saw the money, she picked up a stack and shook it back and forth in her hand, then said to me, “No need to say anything, treat me to a meal.”

I went into the bedroom to find some clean clothes and said, “You have to wait for me to take a shower. Today, my brother has money. Think about what you want to eat.”

When I woke up in the middle of the night, the room was already quiet. I fumbled to turn on the lights and went to the living room, only to find that the bedroom left for Ruyue was wide open. She didn’t stay here.

She always does this, asking me to take her in, but she never really stays overnight. Or maybe there are things that can’t be said out loud, that are wounds for everyone.

On the dining table in the living room, there were a few small dishes and a bowl of porridge, carefully covered with a lid, and there was also a note next to it.

It was written in Ruoyue’s familiar handwriting.

Your place is so dirty, you can’t even clean up after one person. I’m going to go to a hotel.

You are too weak. I guess you are getting old. After having lunch with me, you just fell asleep. Where is the spirit of the days when we were together?

There are some dishes on the table. Eat them when you wake up.

Don’t be too accommodating when living alone.

I smiled as I put away the note, feeling a little warmth in my heart. I am alone, yes, always alone. I only hope that in the rest of my life, the people I love and who love me will never leave me again.