Chapter 2: An Yu

Su Rou didn’t invite the tea shop owner’s daughter to Gingko for dinner, but instead called An Yu to meet at Gingko Restaurant. After hanging up the phone, Su Rou said to me, “He’s looking for college girls in the afternoon on the 15th Street. He’ll die on a woman’s belly one day. I asked him to book a private room at Gingko, and he’s treating tonight.”

Yao Wu Street is a well-known red light district in the city. It is famous because the girls who come out are basically local college girls, and the price is generally 150, so it is called Yao Wu Street.

Su Rou and I generally don’t hang out there. Su Rou definitely wouldn’t dare, because she has Liu Chunyan at home. As for me, it may have nothing to do with being aloof or hypocritical, I just don’t want to.

Perhaps, having a heart like snow has made me take things lightly.

Time is a magical thing. It can dilute many wounds, memories, and feelings, but it can also precipitate many things, allowing them to ferment in the heart, becoming more mellow and rich!

Just like all these years, I miss my master more and more, and my feelings for Ru Xue are also more and more difficult to let go. I can’t love again in this life, and I think it might be a bit sad.

Thinking about this, I couldn’t help but be a little dazed. Su Rou was standing next to me and said, “Sanwa, what are you thinking about?”

I snapped back to reality and smiled, “I’m not thinking about anything. Let’s go.”

Su Rou took out the keys to his BMW and said to me, “Want to take my car?”

“Forget it, I’m not used to it. Just drive my car.” In 1999, BMW cars were definitely a symbol of wealth. I personally was not used to the way people looked at me and the way they treated me when I drove a BMW. This made Su Rou think that I was a weirdo who was not used to my social status.

In my own opinion, it may be related to my somewhat solitary and closed personality.

Faced with my refusal, Su Rou helplessly took back the keys and said, “Fine, just drive your Santana. One day I’ll get you a scrap car and then give you a BMW, and see if you’ll drive or walk in the future.”

I felt a warm feeling in my heart and smiled. After this kid got rich, he always wanted to make my life high quality. How could I not appreciate this brotherhood? I took Su Rou in my arms and said, “Hurry up and go. Don’t be so talkative. Didn’t we say we were going to Gingko to eat with An Yu?”

When Su Rou and I arrived at Yinxing, An Yu had not yet arrived. Su Rou was not polite, asking for the private room that An Yu had reserved, then sitting in it and casually ordering food. I love the baked crab with egg yolk the most, so he ordered two servings. He ordered two bottles of the best Luzhou Laojiao. There was no way around it. We don’t like Maotai or Wuliangye, but we like the old Laojiao wine.

“Sanwa, eat. Don’t save money for that kid. His money is just for spoiling girls.” After the food was served, Su Rou picked up a big crab claw and gave it to me without waiting for An Yu’s permission.

I didn’t refuse, and I started to eat.

After entering society, I also realized where the helplessness of people lies. Human relationships and reality are like a net that will firmly trap you, making you do things you don’t want to do and keep you with people you don’t want to be with.

Even a cultivator cannot live independently outside the world, because without a certain level of cultivation, you always need a lot of money to support your cultivation. In retrospect, the days I spent with my master in the bamboo forest were really like the days of a fairy.

Originally, I could have used the things my master left me to live a carefree life without being involved in these things. As I grew older and wiser, I long ago understood the value of the things my master left me. To put it mildly, the string of agarwood on my wrist could be exchanged for a good house.

But I can’t bear to part with any of them, so I can only face up to society and do things selectively. I know that not all money can be earned, and not everyone is worth my time. People always have their own bottom line.

And that guy, An Yu, was on the verge of my bottom line, but he hadn’t broken it yet.

When we were halfway through our meal, An Yu finally arrived. He wasn’t tall, but he was ridiculously thin. He looked refined, but his face was pale with a bluish tinge, his eyes were heavy, and he had a faint dark circle under his eyes. It was obvious that he had been drinking and had wasted away.

He didn’t come alone, as usual, he brought a young female student with him. This person can’t be said to be evil, but he is a womanizer. However, he doesn’t use any tricks. His womanizing is often a matter of ‘money and goods’. This is also the ultimate reason why I once did a business with him.

Because he didn’t bully people, he still emphasized mutual consent.

After he arrived, he saw that I and Su Rou were already eating and drinking, and he didn’t mind. He pulled over a chair and let the female student sit down first, then sat down himself, and then began to warmly greet us. First, he drank a toast to himself, and then toasted. His approach was quite sophisticated, and his enthusiasm was not excessive, making it difficult for people to dislike him.

I was always indifferent, and An Yu didn’t care. He had been in contact with me and knew that I was not aloof, but just a little eccentric. The kid Su Rou once bragged in his circle of friends that I was a person with no sense of security, which made An Yu even less concerned about my indifference.

After a few glasses of wine, An Yu’s face turned a sickly red. He said to me, “Master Chen, what’s the price for the piece of zhuan qinan on your wrist? Even if you give me one, it’s fine. The price is really negotiable.”

I always smiled faintly, but in fact I was already thinking about something else. Recently, a clue about Kunlun was very reliable. I was thinking, should we really consider starting to explore and investigate? Unfortunately, my parents were there, and I couldn’t travel far… that place was dangerous.

And there, Su Rou’s face fell, and he had already put down his chopsticks, frowning and saying, “An Yu, here we go again, aren’t we? Do my brothers still need your money? Do they need to buy intimate things?”

“I’m not in trouble, I’m thinking of buying something from Master Chen to ward off evil spirits. Besides, when you first introduced me to Master Chen, I knew he was capable. Why? Which con man would carry a string of priceless aloes wood to commit fraud? Sure enough, Master Chen helped me solve the peach blossom curse in my house the moment he appeared, or else I would have been killed by my treacherous wife. Brother Su Rou, I’m not bragging, I don’t have any other skills, but I can still tell the real value of the fragrant green from afar… An Yu must have drunk too much, and he started to speak without any restraint. However, he was still a little envious of the fragrant wood in my hand.

I thought it was funny. If he knew that a few years ago, I had lit half a stick of incense in an underground cave, I wondered if he would jump up in pain.

Su Rou heard that An Yu had been a little indiscreet, so he coughed twice. An Yu suddenly realized what had happened and took out a stack of money from his handbag and put it in the hand of the female student next to him, saying, “Go, go to the Spring Mall to buy some clothes. I have some business to discuss here. After you buy it, go to the XX Hotel and wait for me.”

The female student took the money and obediently left. After the female student had gone, Su Rou said, “Last year, your wife had someone set up a peach blossom curse in your room, almost killing you. You haven’t learned your lesson yet? Are you getting entangled with the female student again?”

An Yu took a sip of wine and said, “What are you afraid of? Master Chen helped me break the spell, didn’t he? After that, I was immediately fine, and I was able to completely cut off my relationship with those two women. After that, do you think I didn’t pay attention? I carefully studied the Taoist theory of cause and effect, and then I realized that cause and effect is like buying and selling. I pay for what I want, and the transaction is complete. I don’t get involved in cause and effect. I also do good deeds. You see, I donate hundreds of thousands of dollars to impoverished mountainous areas. I understand! Master Chen, I’ll tell you, I now tell all my students not to get emotionally involved with me, and I don’t get emotionally involved with them either. We just do a clean accounting and keep each other company. You can rest assured.

I smiled slightly and lit a cigarette. What kind of twisted logic is this? However, I once tried to persuade him. If he could listen, then fine, if not, then so be it. One’s own life, one’s own karma, one always has to face and bear it oneself. I can help him resolve it once, but I can’t help him resolve it forever.

The crispy meat was impatient and took his wine glass directly, saying, “Stop talking nonsense and get to the point.”

As soon as he mentioned this, An Yu’s face changed immediately. He didn’t care that we were in a hotel. He pulled the stool and was about to kneel down to me, shouting in his mouth, “Master Chen, you have to save me.”

Save me? What’s so serious?