SCWP Chapter 25

Friends

Meng Yu, puzzled, peeked out from behind Lin Qichi to look at them.

Boss Chen asked, “Who is this?”

“Let’s talk somewhere else.”

“I understand, I understand.”

Chen Yan also knew that there were many people around and that his brother’s identity was mysterious and a bit eccentric. Although reliable, he often needed to beat around the bush to explain things. He took them to a nearby teahouse, which, of course, he also owned.

Lin Qichi was picky about his tea, so Chen Yan directly brought out some high-quality tea leaves he had prepared in advance to entertain them, “Here, Brother Wen Ren.”

“Just make a cup for him, he just had coffee.”

“Alright, alright, some tea will cleanse the palate.”

Meng Yu, who had been quietly staying behind Lin Qichi, suddenly said, “What about you?”

“I had too much coffee.”

“Oh.”

Boss Chen brought up the question again, “Then who is this…”

Meng Yu took the initiative to say, “Meng Yu.”

Lin Qichi added, “My newlywed wife.”

“Oh, oh, wife.” Chen Yan understood, nodding. Then, he realized what Lin Qichi had just said, and asked in shock, “What?!”

Chen Yan realized that he had been too excited and was afraid that Lin Qichi would misunderstand. He added apologetically, “Why didn’t you say anything? I should at least give a wedding gift.”

“It was a rushed marriage, not to mention you, even the old man didn’t make it in time.”

“That’s pretty rushed. What? Were you afraid your wife would run away, getting married so quickly?”

“Tie her to the house.”

“This tactic can even be used on people?”

“It depends on the person. Do you agree, darling?”

“I don’t agree.”

“Then I’ll tie you to my body and carry you around.”

Meng Yu stared intently at the tea in front of him, “…Okay.”

Chen Yan: This isn’t right, is it?

Lin Qichi leisurely poured himself a cup of tea, slowly savoring its fresh, pure sweetness.

Chen Yan slowly rubbed the tea, shaking the bowl. Meng Yu followed suit, “Didn’t you just say you weren’t drinking it?”

Lin Qichi said seemingly unintentionally, “Oh, right, I almost forgot to tell you, Wen Ren Shu is here too.”

Chen Yan’s alarm bells rang loudly.

“This time… I’m leaving it to you again.”

Chen Yan: As expected.

“Thank you for your trouble.”

Chen Yan: You smiling tiger, selling out your brother.

Chen Yan and Wen Ren Shu had always been at odds, but it was just Chen Yan unilaterally disliking him. Wen Ren Shu especially liked to stick to him, and once Wen Ren Shu saw him, there was no escape.

Lin Qichi was happy to have Wen Ren Shu bother him less, so he often sold out his brother.

“You’re too ruthless. I only came here to welcome you,” Chen Yan said, his face alternating between green and white.

“This is for your own good too. The matter at the Scrapyard hasn’t been completely resolved. I feel at ease letting Wen Ren Shu follow you, and you can feel at ease too.” Lin Qichi seemed to have seen through him, “You came so early to wait for me, wasn’t it for that matter?”

“You really can’t hide anything from you.” Chen Yan smiled wryly, admitting it.

He and Wen Ren Yi met because of the Scrapyard incident. Chen Yan was haunted by wandering evil spirits near the Scrapyard, and Wen Ren Shu happened to beg Lin Qichi to go there with him on business. The three of them met there.

“Brother Wen Ren, you have to make it clear first, your brother should be heterosexual, right?”

“I’m not sure about that.”

Chen Yan’s expression became even more bitter, “I’m as straight as an arrow, let him give up.”

“Tell him yourself.”

“Before today, I never thought about it that way. You guys are really…” Chen Yan took a big gulp of tea. The bitterness hadn’t yet turned sweet, his mouth was bitter, and his heart was even bitterer.

“It’s only natural.” Lin Qichi looked at his expression and felt bitter himself. With a bad intention, he didn’t plan to tell him about En Sihan. He wanted him to prepare himself a little earlier, and when he saw her, they could clear things up together.

He didn’t think Wen Ren Shu had those kinds of thoughts, he just wanted to scare him. Spending too much time with Wen Ren Shu made him feel like he was becoming more and more wicked himself.

Meng Yu understood and held the teacup to his moist lips, secretly smiling.

“You guys came here for serious business, right?” Otherwise, you wouldn’t need to dump Wen Ren Shu on me again.

“Yeah, we’re going at night, and Wen Ren Shu will go too.”

Hearing this, Chen Yan breathed a long sigh of relief.

“Meng Yu and I will go scout the location this afternoon, and Wen Ren Shu will be left to you.”

“Okay, for a friend, I’ll go through fire and water.” Chen Yan said through gritted teeth.

“Once this is over, we can help you completely resolve the matter at the Scrapyard.”

Perhaps influenced by the world line, Wen Ren Yi had used every method but couldn’t solve the problem at the Scrapyard. He also tried the method that the female lead used to solve it in the world line, but perhaps the progress was too fast. Not only could the matter not be completely resolved, but an earthquake almost occurred.

At the moment the tremor came, Lin Qichi relied on his intuition and stopped. After they left the formation eye, the tremor disappeared, but Lin Qichi still keenly noticed that wisp of higher-level power.

In the world line, the matter at the Scrapyard was resolved by En Sihan and Ye Chenxi together. Chen Yan was their golden finger in the later stages, providing a large amount of property and gathering a large part of the Heavenly Master Association to join them during the Ghost Gate opening incident that followed closely behind.

Because Lin Qichi accidentally rescued Chen Yan in advance, En Sihan and Ye Chenxi’s relationship had dropped to freezing point before it had time to warm up. Seeing how afraid En Sihan was of her, the two of them probably had no chance either.

Since the romance line had already changed and the world hadn’t given any warnings, then the line at the Scrapyard should be able to continue to be advanced.

Lin Qichi bid farewell to Chen Yan with Meng Yu and sent a message to Wen Ren Shu, asking him to bring En Sihan to find Chen Yan.

Meng Yu watched his actions and asked with a heart full of grievances, “Why didn’t you answer my phone?”

“When have I not answered?”

Meng Yu said resentfully, “Yesterday at dawn.”

Lin Qichi felt wronged. In order to get up early to see Meng Yu, he had prepared everything in advance, clearing away the sleep deprivation and poor mental state. He didn’t expect to miss the phone call from Meng Yu’s new number. “I only turned on silent and do not disturb for a while yesterday at dawn.”

“Am I not your special one?”

“I’ll add you to the whitelist after I call back.”

Meng Yu’s expression improved a little.

“I even set up a special ringtone.”

Meng Yu happily hooked the corners of his mouth.

“I also want…”

Lin Qichi interrupted him first, “Darling, be good. Thinking too much will make it hard to sleep.”

Even before they met, Meng Yu would check in with him on social media every day. If he replied slowly, he wouldn’t reply directly to the message, but would only send a secret tap at him in his circle of friends.

The rumor that Lin Qichi was addicted to electronic devices had already spread throughout the Wen Ren family, and even the family head had said it to him several times, both explicitly and implicitly.

Meng Yu also especially liked to send messages at night. Lin Qichi had to watch Wen Ren Shu during the day, practice talismans, and handle the affairs of the Wen Ren family, big and small.

By this point, he hadn’t slept well for many days. Last night, after posting a good night message on social media, he told him to sleep early for their meeting today.

As a result, he missed his phone call from his new number at dawn, and Meng Yu had been nagging him about it for a long time.

“Oh.” Meng Yu gave a muffled response.

Lin Qichi also felt that his heart was full of bitterness now. He and Chen Yan were truly worthy of being friends.

On the other side, when Wen Ren Shu received the message, he was accompanying En Sihan to pick out some new clothes. After repeatedly clicking into his brother’s homepage to confirm the authenticity of the message, like a cat smelling the fish, he hurriedly swiped his card to pay and left with En Sihan.

If it weren’t for his brother specifically mentioning to bring En Sihan, he might have just left a card and ran away.

Chen Yan was under a dark cloud, and the air pressure on Lin Qichi’s side wasn’t high either.

In every sense of the word.

Six Corner Tower was originally a scenic spot on Mount Qiyuan, eight meters high with two stories. The first story was about half as high again as the second story. It was a pavilion located on the mountaintop.

The mountain name “Qiyuan” took the heart radical, which originally violated the customs. Changing the pavilion into a tower made it even more inexplicable.

Lin Qichi had been searching for legends about Six Corner Tower all the way. Although he had done some homework before coming, listening to the locals tell these stories had a different flavor.

After the Six Corner Tower situation became more and more serious, this scenic spot was closed. The original repair became a ban, and the locals who liked to go up to see the scenery were naturally unhappy.

Even most of the people from the Heavenly Master Association avoided them, worrying about causing unnecessary conflicts, so very few people would actively chat with them about the stories of Six Corner Tower.

It is said that there are often strange things in the mountain. For every wish made, regardless of sincerity, it will be fulfilled.

Legend has it that a wisher asked about the amazing things in this mountain, so they went to visit. They found a pavilion on the mountaintop and were granted a wish by wearing the pavilion, and then gradually rose higher and higher. Later, the mountain was named “Mount Qiyuan” and the pavilion was changed from “Corner Pavilion” to “Six Corner Tower.”

There is the meaning of hoping that future generations will “rise to a higher level.”

“There are often strange things in the mountain, but most are incomprehensible when explored.” Meng Yu repeated the words he had learned halfway up the mountain and asked Lin Qichi, “The mountain here may have more than just Six Corner Tower. It’s best if you don’t manage the others.”

Lin Qichi understood his worry and only felt that he was being a bit overprotective, “Why? I’m not here to solve the mystery.”

“What about Wen Ren Shu?” What he said didn’t just apply to him.

“That brat,” Lin Qichi said through gritted teeth, which showed that Wen Ren Shu’s curiosity had often tormented him. “With outsiders present, he’ll usually be more honest.”

“Outsiders?”

Lin Qichi immediately added, “I’m not talking about you, I’m talking about En Sihan.”

“Okay, let’s go up the mountain soon.”

“Okay, let’s help you find Spirit Dispersing Grass first.”

“How did you know?”

“You’ve been looking down or looking far away all the way. How else would I know?” Lin Qichi said as if it were a matter of course.

“You’ve been observing me all the time?”

Although Meng Yu was anxious along the way, he had also disguised it well. Looking down and looking into the distance might seem to others to simply be looking at the road, observing the terrain, and road conditions. Only by looking closely could one discover that he was unobtrusively observing the weeds along the road.

Spirit Dispersing Grass feeds on living souls and often grows beside paths.

Lin Qichi was speechless and didn’t deny it, “Darling, don’t you know that your eyes unconsciously narrow when you look at things closely? Your state is relaxed when you’re generally looking at things.”

Meng Yu frowned tightly as if annoyed, and spoke impolitely, “Which pervert looks at a person’s eye muscles all the time like you do?”

“Isn’t it a matter of course for me to look at my wife’s eyes? Where’s the perversion? My wife’s eyes are so beautiful.” Lin Qichi wasn’t ashamed of this, but proud of it.

“Specious arguments.” Having already been exposed, Meng Yu instructed Lin Qichi to find it on the left side of the road, and he continued to look on the right.

The person looked cold, but his ear tips were actually completely red. Lin Qichi only needed to turn his head to see it clearly, which was especially… captivating.

Lin Qichi hooked the corners of his lips: Since he paid a reward, of course, he had to take orders.