SCWP Chapter 18

Believe it or not

Believe it or not

“Old brother, medicinal herbs! I finally managed to get out, please, medicinal herbs, drive me away!”

After Wen Ren Shu regained consciousness, everything had already been decided. He could only clutch Lin Qichi’s thigh and beg bitterly, attracting everyone’s attention.

Lin Qichi could only be completely at ease after seeing Wen Ren Shu being picked up, so he accompanied him out.

When the people from the Wen Ren family came to pick up Wen Ren Shu, the alley entrance was crowded with people who had come to join in the fun. Some of the elders who recognized them began to secretly warn the younger generation around them about the Wen Ren family’s weight in the Heavenly Master Association.

Lin Qichi felt guilty after hearing this. Why hasn’t this embarrassing thing, Wen Ren Shu, left yet?

Wen Ren Jin was called away due to temporary official business, so he only sent two of the Wen Ren family’s pathfinding juniors over, the same two who had just left not long ago, freeing up the room for Lin Qichi and Wen Ren Shu.

Because they hadn’t been gone for long, the effects of “One Chi Alley” hadn’t disappeared yet. The two of them looked pale and unsteady on their feet when they arrived, feeling apprehensive when they saw the familiar house.

Returning to this source of nightmares again, the two of them couldn’t even manage to escape, let alone worry about anything else. Their actions of pulling Wen Ren Shu were even as light and fleeting as a dissuasion.

“Stop shouting, are you not embarrassed enough?” Lin Qichi couldn’t stand it anymore and dragged away the three people who were still planning to stand there.

Wen Ren Mu, one of the two unlucky people who had been temporarily called back, closed his eyes as if he had been bewitched, leaned close to Lin Qichi, and sniffed hard, saying in a drunken voice, “Wen Ren Yi, you smell so good, what’s this scent?”

Wen Ren Yan, the other unlucky guy, said straightforwardly, “You’re probably being haunted by a ghost.”

Wen Ren Shu felt uncomfortable when he heard them slandering Wen Ren Yi and directly tried to drive them out, “What nonsense are you two talking about? If you really can’t stand it, you can leave now.” He might as well stay behind.

“Wen Ren Shu, be quiet.” Lin Qichi led the three people back into the house and stuck a few more concealing and defensive talismans on the door.

Then he turned around and said to the three of them with a solemn face, “We can’t go back.”

If anyone else had said this, they would definitely have thought it was a scare or something, but the person who said these words was Wen Ren Yi…

The three of them looked at each other, even Wen Ren Yan looked surprised.

“Haven’t you noticed yet?” Lin Qichi smiled wryly, but he couldn’t explain too much, because walls have ears.

Moreover, he might still be haunted by something.

After seeing the strange talisman traces, he chose to return to electronic technology.

Fortunately, in the previous world, he also learned many new skills in order to urge Qi Feiyu to study. He could barely be considered an above-average player of those electronic devices.

It’s true that you won’t know until you investigate. There was no connection between Wen Ren Yi and Qi Feiyu in this world.

Because Qi Feiyu…died young.

Lin Qichi recalled that small black and white photo, and his heart still ached a little.

So the Qi Feiyu in the phoenix coronet and robes last night…was really his Little Fish.

He asked the families in the Heavenly Master Association who had been here all night for all the information they had about “One Chi Alley.” Although he paid a price, the results were even more serious.

Those who left here in the first batch didn’t survive the nightmare at all, but became a walking corpse controlled by the dream. Without even realizing it, they were quietly acting out the scenes in the dream in reality.

He originally wanted Wen Ren Jin to bring the two juniors from the family who had left earlier back. One was to help them end this karma, and the other was to keep an eye on Wen Ren Shu with Wen Ren Jin as an assistant.

Unexpectedly, the assistant didn’t come, but he almost caused more trouble.

That unlucky female protagonist has already arrived here with Wen Ren Mu… Lin Qichi felt a headache just thinking about it.

“Wen Ren Yi, that Miss En…” Wen Ren Mu hesitantly mentioned the person they had met on the road and brought back under a spell.

“You can barely protect your own life, she may not necessarily get into trouble outside by herself.” Wen Ren Yan originally had complaints about him agreeing to let someone hitch a ride, and now he was even more impolite.

“Bring her here too, you’ll be safer watching over her. This is also her karma, don’t get too involved.”

Lin Qichi rubbed his temples with a headache, and was stimulated to wake up a little. The paste in his brain was no longer uncomfortable, and even he could smell the increasingly strong scent of gardenias on his body.

“Brother, have you been learning I Ching recently?” Wen Ren Shu looked at him admiringly. How could he even figure this out? Should he also learn some skills?

Lin Qichi calmly said a word that shocked everyone, “Tarot cards.”

Wen Ren Shu was surprised, “Brother, why are you learning tarot cards?”

“To cultivate my sentiments.” Lin Qichi said lightly. The increasingly strong scent of gardenias made him feel unclear again. It would be better to send them away as soon as possible.

Considering that Wen Ren Mu and Wen Ren Yan were able to come here, they also had some strength, so he confidently handed Wen Ren Shu and En Sihan over to them.

Unable to send the three of them out of the house, Lin Qichi chose to leave himself and take a look at the situation in “One Chi Alley.”

After instructing them to bring En Sihan here and never reveal anything about Heavenly Masters and ghosts, Lin Qichi followed the simple map given by Wen Ren Mu, picked a route with not too many people, and slowly arrived at “One Chi Alley,” which was already crowded with people.

Most of the powerful people in the Heavenly Master Association knew each other, and Wen Ren Yi was even more famous in this generation. Even if most of the juniors didn’t know him, those experienced people knew Wen Ren Yi.

When the other people from the Heavenly Master Association saw Lin Qichi coming, they consciously or forcibly made way for him, a three-foot-wide path leading directly to the entrance of “One Chi Alley.”

The formation seemed to be saying silently: Here comes someone with thick skin and a lot of mana to explore the road. Those who want to save trouble should consciously stand back.

Lin Qichi felt everyone’s invitation. Perhaps the scent on his nose was too strong, his brain twitched, and he was temporarily moved to tears, feeling that this world was full of beauty.

Lin Qichi looked at the extremely narrow entrance and felt a little troubled.

The female protagonist could enter because she was naturally small-boned, plus she was young and small.

But Wen Ren Yi was an adult male. Although he was a talisman drawer, he didn’t slack off on practicing swordsmanship on weekdays. After Lin Qichi came, he went to the gym, so he naturally had the figure he should have. Even if all his muscles were shaved off, squeezing into “One Chi Alley” would beBarrelly.

Moreover, it was said to be “One Chi Alley,” but it was actually less than one chi, let alone the winding road conditions inside.

At this time, a beautiful woman who had met Wen Ren Yi a few times kindly reminded him, “That alley will change in size according to the fragrance on the person standing at the alley entrance at dusk. Nephew should come back after taking a mouthful of ration.”

“Thank you.” Seeing that it was a familiar elder, Lin Qichi returned a salute according to the rules.

Seeing that he couldn’t explore here during the day, Lin Qichi took out the map again, waved away the surrounding smell, and prepared to sneak to the back of the alley to take a look.

It was still early, but the entrance of “One Chi Alley” was already crowded with people. They didn’t have Wen Ren Yi’s extraordinary talent, but they also had their own arrogance, feeling that they could see a little more than others, and fearing that others would discover more than they did, so they all squeezed there and were unwilling to leave.

The back alley entrance facing it was surrounded by a wall. When Lin Qichi arrived, only two or three people were propping up chairs under the corner of the wall, chatting and eating noodles.

The weirdness all happened from the distance not far from the alley entrance. Most people put their energy there, and few people were willing to leave the bright main battlefield and go to the back alley.

Lin Qichi greeted a few people and asked where the noodles were made.

“Turn right out of this alley, walk to the end, and there’s an old woman selling some home-cooked meals recently.”

Hearing this familiar route, Lin Qichi couldn’t help but be speechless.

Isn’t this the female lead’s opportunity to come here, her grandmother’s house?

Lin Qichi didn’t want to go looking for trouble and sent a message to Wen Ren Mu and started observing the wall in the back alley.

The wall was made of red bricks and didn’t have any special craftsmanship, but because it was covered with Yin energy, it added a cooling function to this place.

Slender white fingers slowly touched the wall, which was covered with dust accumulated over the years. The touch from the fingertips was surprisingly cold. Lin Qichi silently took out an outdoor thermometer.

The few people guarding in the back alley looked at his actions and asked in surprise, “Are you really not from the Heavenly Master Association?” Did they recognize the wrong person?

“The Heavenly Master Association must also keep pace with the times.” Lin Qichi criticized the few people’s outdated thinking, measured all parts of the wall, took out his mobile phone, and looked at the recent weather.

He concluded, “The Yin energy here is disguised very well. Only living people can feel the bone-chilling cold when they are close to it. Even leaving a millimeter of distance can disguise it as normal temperature. The back alley must be watched closely.”

They really didn’t expect this. The few people said in unison, “We are taught.”

Lin Qichi nodded with satisfaction. It could still be saved. It wasn’t too late.

However, remembering who was inside the alley, Lin Qichi felt uncomfortable again. Was the appearance of his thirty-something self opened up and liked like that, or…

Lin Qichi didn’t dare to think too much and grabbed the location of the villain’s body mentioned in the world line and went straight over.

Although…this was not his mission, but…that was his Little Fish after all. He didn’t know why he ran over, so he would just be fulfilling the last bit of responsibility from the previous world.

“What’s your name?”

The closer Lin Qichi got to that dry well, the more serious the auditory hallucinations became.

From the moment he decided to take a look, he had been hearing Qi Feiyu’s voice from yesterday, the same intonation, just with different content.

Lin Qichi wanted to pretend not to care, but the heart in his chest didn’t listen and kept jumping around like crazy, as if it had opened a party inside, rising from his chest to his skull, and he kept hearing thumping in his ears. It was also mixed with occasional auditory hallucinations.

“Husband, come find me.”

Lin Qichi walked to the edge of the ancient well, and the auditory hallucinations in his ears finally changed.