SCWP Chapter 22

A table full of talismans.

A table full of talismans.

As the saying goes, a dark and windy night is perfect for murder and arson.

“Is it really okay to bury her like this?”

“A skinny, yellow-haired girl, what’s the big deal? If you keep dilly-dallying and delaying my making money, I’ll bury you too.”

“But… she’s still moving…”

While Wen Ren Shu was training, Lin Qichi had spent a lot of time investigating Meng Yu’s identity. On the surface, he was a member of the Meng family’s distant relatives who had long left the family, the only son of Meng Fei, and his father was unknown.

However, the more he investigated, the more loopholes he found.

Two weeks ago, Meng Yu suddenly appeared at the Meng family’s celebration banquet, saving the Meng family’s head, who was possessed by an evil spirit due to negligence. The Meng family’s head valued friendship and righteousness and, using the excuse that Meng Yu was alone, insisted on bringing him back into the Meng family, even listing him as a key training target.

But a closer look reveals that Meng Yu had a record of a paternity test, confirming that his biological father was Qi Tiansheng. However, further investigation became a bit difficult.

But if he switched to another line, thoroughly investigating Qi Tiansheng, he would discover… the identity of Qi Feiyu.

And Qi Feiyu… had long been issued a death certificate, but… Meng Yu was still alive.

The same person, after finding his biological father, split into two identities.

Lin Qichi stroked the sword he had picked up from One Chi Alley, thinking: This sword’s blade is piercingly cold, and ordinary people would find it unbearable to touch, how could En Sihan, a mortal, hold this sword and kill the Ghost King?

“Truly ridiculously overestimating herself.”

Lin Qichi smiled and shook his head, suppressing the blatant mockery. He was still at home, so he had to pay attention to his image. If he was severely OOC and mistaken for being possessed, it would be interesting.

Wen Ren Shu finished packing and rushed over, only to see Lin Qichi looking at the sword in his hand with sarcasm. His sharp emotions were exposed, and in an instant, the person with the sword seemed to come alive, no longer so detached from the world, ignoring human affairs.

“Brother, I’m ready, let’s go now.” Wen Ren Shu shouted at Lin Qichi, trying to attract his increasingly tense thoughts.

Lin Qichi pulled his gaze away from the sword, making the final pre-departure instructions with worry: “Did you bring everything?”

“Brother, you’ve said this sentence hundreds of times.” Wen Ren Shu’s head hurt from hearing it, and he sat down across from Lin Qichi dejectedly. Anyway, he didn’t dare to sit with his brother for the time being.

“Then let’s go, don’t call anyone else, you drive.” Lin Qichi put the sword into the sword bag and got up to leave first.

He still needed to do a final deployment to ensure that everything was foolproof.

“Ah? Old brother, are you in such a hurry to meet your lover?” Wen Ren Shu’s butt hadn’t even warmed the stool before he had to change rides, and it was still the tragic driver’s seat, so he couldn’t help but be indignant.

“Watch your mouth.” Lin Qichi glanced at him.

Wen Ren Shu instantly shushed, making a gesture of zipping his mouth shut, indicating that he would be careful with his words and actions.

Lin Qichi’s unintentional warning made Wen Ren Shu feel that he had really discovered the truth.

Although… the facts weren’t much different.

The journey to Six Corner Tower was full of surprises, but fortunately, they took small roads that they had found in advance, and they weren’t delayed by that sword.

The two arrived just in time for lunch. Lin Qichi had arranged to meet Meng Yu at the hotel in advance.

As soon as he stepped into the restaurant, a heat wave mixed with the fragrance of fresh meat rushed towards him.

“Brother, are we eating here?” Wen Ren Shu looked at Lin Qichi in confusion. They had just come from afar, and they were eating hot pot for lunch? On an empty stomach?!

He hadn’t even adapted to the light dishes, and he was starting with something so heavy. Was he really not worried about acclimatization?

“It’s cold, it’s suitable.”

Lin Qichi had already seen Meng Yu. The child’s innocence experience card should have expired, and he had returned to his adult form. He was occupying a seat by the wall alone, occasionally looking out the window, secretly, not afraid of missing the person he was waiting for.

He was wearing a pure white casual outfit, and it was thanks to his good looks and well-trained figure that he could wear a white outfit that was both eye-catching and good-looking. The simple style also made it seem like he was about to walk the runway.

Lin Qichi walked over all the way saying “Excuse me, excuse me”, with an uncontrollable smile on the corner of his mouth. Others saw that he was good-looking and always smiling, looking like he had a good temper, and they were all happy to show him the way.

During the crowded peak of the hot pot restaurant, he had forcibly carved out a popular road.

Wen Ren Shu followed closely behind Lin Qichi the whole way, afraid of being squeezed away and unable to find his brother. He was stunned the whole way. His brother’s smile… was really… stunningly beautiful. His brother… this road-clearing effect was also really powerful.

It was like the poem described: “In the north, there is a beauty, independent and peerless. One glance inclines a city, another inclines a country.”

Lin Qichi pretended to be polite and asked, looking down and pretending to look at the menu, “Sir, do you mind sharing a table?”

“I mind, go sit with other people.” Meng Yu said coldly to Lin Qichi. He had been attracting bees and butterflies all the way, and he still had the nerve to pretend not to know him?

Wen Ren Shu was a straightforward person. Seeing that his answer was rejected, he immediately started looking for an empty seat on the spot: “Brother, there’s an empty one over there!”

Lin Qichi and Meng Yu, one looking at the person in front of him, the other looking at the menu, Wen Ren Shu had just finished speaking when they both turned their heads and said at the same time: “Shut up.”

Meng Yu had just finished speaking when he lowered his head and continued to look at the menu. After thinking about it, he was still angry, so he gave Lin Qichi another glare.

Lin Qichi smiled with satisfaction. He hadn’t seen him for a few days, and he had already learned to seduce people.

Wen Ren Shu said “Oh” with grievance. God knows how much he didn’t want to see Meng Yu. As soon as he saw that face, he couldn’t help but think of One Chi Alley that day. He had been looking at Meng Yu’s photos every day to practice desensitization, but the fear hadn’t subsided, and he was about to develop PTSD.

Eating with the real person was really thrilling.

Meng Yu handed the menu to Lin Qichi with a normal expression, adhering to the attitude of not paying attention to, not caring about, and not envying the little tail following behind him.

“What kind of pot did you choose?” Lin Qichi still couldn’t forget the little fish’s fragile stomach. He didn’t know if the person had grown up, would his stomach get better.

“Yin-Yang pot.” Meng Yu quietly moved a little to the side, and then slowly moved back to Lin Qichi’s side.

Lin Qichi watched him with a smile throughout the whole process. Wen Ren Shu said: These two people were simply unbearable to look at.

He didn’t know what other people thought, but Wen Ren Shu couldn’t bear it any longer, and directly and righteously opened his mouth: “Hey, hey, two brothers, please stop being coy and ambiguous, your eyes are so full of love that you’re about to kiss.”

“What nonsense are you talking about?” Considering that the area near the Heavenly Master Association’s famous check-in point might have some scandal spreading crisis, Lin Qichi rebuked in a low voice, and then added, “Call him sister-in-law.”

“Cough cough… cough cough” Meng Yu choked on a mouthful of water in his throat, and was so frightened that he grabbed Lin Qichi’s hand in a panic.

Wen Ren Shu couldn’t stand this couple anymore. He was worried that his brother’s unscrupulous love would disturb some senior colleagues, and he didn’t dare to say anything more, fearing that his brother would say something shocking again.

He quietly stuck a silencing talisman under the table. As soon as his hand reached under the table, he felt something undulating.

Wen Ren Shu looked down and saw, wow, the bottom of the table was full of talismans of various colors. Looking at the materials, brushstroke trajectory, and habit of sticking talismans on them, it was obvious that they weren’t contributed by one person.

Okay, he took back that sentence about being unscrupulous. His brother’s love was still quite rigorous.

After the three finished eating, it was the time of day when yang energy was at its peak. The scorching sun’s residual light had a deterrent force against the monsters and goblins on the ground.

“Brother, are we going over now?” Wen Ren Shu wiped his mouth clean after the meal before daring to talk to Lin Qichi, fearing that he would be rude again and leave a bad impression on his sister-in-law. His brother might find this excuse to beat him up someday when he was free.

The ten-day-long perverted training was still too terrifying.

“Drink tea.” Lin Qichi didn’t allow Wen Ren Shu to refuse, and immediately summoned a waiter to bring a pot of good tea.

Wen Ren Shu didn’t dare to object, and could only silently complain: The demon concubine is ruining the country. In order to increase the peaceful time together, he actually chose to miss the best time. It was really… blinded by lust.

Meng Yu knew that Lin Qichi gave up such a good time for him. Although it wasn’t necessary, he understood that Lin Qichi’s motivation was him, and his face became even hotter.

Lin Qichi found it strange. It was clearly all a disguise, so why were all the small actions and facial expressions so real?

Lin Qichi couldn’t help but lean closer to look. Meng Yu forcibly resisted the urge to dodge backward, and asked sternly: “What are you doing?”

“I saw… a beautiful scenery, and I couldn’t control myself for a moment.”

Meng Yu’s ear tips were all red because of Lin Qichi’s approach. His skin was too fair, and that bit of red was extremely alluring, but he still had an intimidating expression.

He looked extremely easy to bully.

Wen Ren Shu saw someone walking over, and spoke to interrupt the two people who were about to get lovey-dovey: “Ahem, brother, restrain yourself.”

Meng Yu was reluctant to use force, and gently pushed Lin Qichi away, with a force as light as trying to refuse while still welcoming.

Lin Qichi smiled at Meng Yu, straightened his body, and took the initiative to move away from Meng Yu.

The person who came was En Sihan, who was forcibly pulled over by Ye Chenxi. These two people were also interesting, two worlds, and they were still the same mutual exploitation.

“Sir, please save me.” En Sihan took advantage of Ye Chenxi’s inattention and ran over. She clearly… just wanted to go back to her hometown for a visit, so why did so many strange things suddenly pop up?

Since taking Wen Ren Mu’s car back to Fancheng, everything at home had changed, as if she had strayed into some unfamiliar world. What ghosts, what heavenly masters… everything that happened in the short ten days had exceeded the common sense of the past eighteen years.

She didn’t know where Ye Chenxi had heard that she could attract those strange and chaotic things, and as soon as she walked to her grandmother’s house, she was caught by the Ye family.

En Sihan collapsed and tightly grabbed the hem of Wen Ren Shu’s clothes. These days, Ye Chenxi had been taking her everywhere to find places with rumors of ghosts, using her as a tool to explore the way. Some were real and some were fake, but they were all terrifying and eerie places. Ye Chenxi was just using her as a GPS, and didn’t care about her safety at all.

Although she only had a brief encounter with Wen Ren Shu, she remembered the deep fear the Ye family had shown towards them when Ye Chenxi had captured her that day. In the repeated late nights, looking at the ugly faces of the Ye family when they used her, that deeply fearful expression became clearer and clearer.

When En Sihan first discovered them, she had been racking her brains to find a way to get rid of Ye Chenxi. Except for him, the Ye family’s supervision of her was not too excessive. As long as she got rid of Ye Chenxi, she would be free.

Fortunately, the Ye family didn’t notice them, otherwise her escape plan…

Recalling these days’ experiences, En Sihan’s heart was afraid and her body couldn’t help but tremble, and she couldn’t stand firmly for a moment and fell to the ground, still tightly grabbing Wen Ren Shu’s hand.

Lin Qichi secretly added a few more newly peeled talismans under the table and stuck them back together. Among them, silencing talismans and muting talismans occupied the top of the quantity list.

Meng Yu noticed his actions and also quietly pasted the talismans he brought from the Meng family. The hands of the two also unknowingly approached each other.

“Hey, Miss En, please get up quickly.” Wen Ren Shu was busy helping her up. The Wen Ren family had always insisted on avoiding karma as much as possible, and it wasn’t that he didn’t want to help this time, but he was afraid that it would involve her in greater danger.

Wen Ren Shu had already drafted a tactful rejection in his mind. The One Chi Alley incident was already an exception. This time, no matter what the trouble was, it wouldn’t be good for him to directly help, but he could still call Uncle Cop to help her.

En Sihan stabilized a little under Wen Ren Shu’s comfort, but an impatient cold male voice once again pierced her fragile psychological defense line.

“En Sihan, what are you doing?”

En Sihan couldn’t stop being afraid, and trembled, shrinking her neck and hiding behind Wen Ren Shu.

Lin Qichi felt someone in his hand grabbing tighter and tighter, and asked Meng Yu in a small voice as he got closer to him: “Do you know them?”

“Why does she know you?” Meng Yu also learned from him and questioned in a low voice.

“Why are you unhappy? Don’t be jealous, don’t worry. I only saw her once when other children from the clan brought her.” Lin Qichi gently rubbed Meng Yu’s palm, in addition to the verbal explanation, he also attached a silent comfort.

Although Meng Yu didn’t mean that, Lin Qichi’s series of actions only made him feel uncomfortable, and he had no intention of explaining anymore. He secretly pinched the claws that had been scratching his hand under the table, intentionally retaliating in vain.

“Baby, how can you be so naive.” Lin Qichi sighed in a low voice.

The farce between En Sihan and Ye Chenxi finally ended with the hot pot restaurant’s waiter calling the police to warn them.

En Sihan was afraid of being caught back by the Ye family, and followed Wen Ren Shu closely.

“Little Shu, you were just mocking me, how come your peach blossoms are coming so quickly now?” Lin Qichi looked at En Sihan who was tightly grabbing Wen Ren Shu’s hand with a teasing look, with no intention of helping at all.

Lin Qichi was still holding a grudge against Wen Ren Shu for saying that his peach blossoms were blooming and that he was forgetting righteousness when he was fighting for shrimp dumplings and didn’t win.

He himself didn’t care, but Meng Yu misunderstood deeply and was depressed for a long time, not eating well. Given the chance, he would definitely tease him back.

Besides, as long as he was there, the Ye family, considering the power of the Wen Ren family, would definitely not dare to do anything blatantly.

“Old brother, please spare me. I am a staunch defender of not achieving greatness and not establishing a family belief.” Wen Ren Shu didn’t dare to forcibly break free from her hand, fearing that he would hurt En Sihan, in various senses. He could only act strangely, carrying a fragile human-shaped pendant and bickering with Lin Qichi.

Lin Qichi was worried about attracting more trouble, so he thanked the kind waiter and pretended to personally take Ye Chenxi to the police station.

Lin Qichi keenly observed that a few people immediately stood up nervously when they saw him move, and he understood.

He stopped the pretending action, and Lin Qichi then used the retracted feigned move to quickly stick a talisman on the side of Ye Chenxi’s neck. The talisman dissolved as soon as it touched the skin, and before Ye Chenxi could notice it, it had already disappeared without a trace, but it was truly present in every place on his body.

No one noticed Lin Qichi’s subsequent actions, except for Meng Yu, who was standing behind him, his eyes always tightly fixed on him.