Near the Happiness Community, there is a music restaurant bar called Banyan Tree Society.
Perhaps because the nights have beco longer and urban legend incidents have significantly increased, the peak business hours for these sowhat charming restaurants have gradually shifted from evening to noon.
The allure of food is just that great.
Even if people reduce their activities after dark due to concerns about encountering urban legend incidents, they will simply choose a different ti to enjoy their als.
Just after twelve noon, Banyan Tree Society was doing good business, and the waiters were almost dizzy with busyness, but most of that business ca from takeout orders, and there were hardly any custors in the rustic-style hall.
In a booth partitioned by a screen in the corner of the hall, Lu Yibei and Hua Xieyu sat facing each other. After leaving Peony Street, the two ca directly here.
There were very few dine-in custors at noon, avoiding the possibility of eavesdroppers, and it was less than five hundred ters from the Happiness Community.
Although several groups of Psychic and urban legend had inquired about the price of the mass-produced Spiritual Energy items, so far, none of them had finalized the transaction details with Du Sixian.
If necessary, the urban legend lying in wait in the underground parking lot of the Happiness Community could be fully ard and sent out at any ti. In Lu Yibei's opinion, this could be considered the safest place within Hua City, aside from Banshan Elentary School.
At this mont, Hua Xieyu lowered her head without a word, not daring to look directly at Lu Yibei, like a child caught red-handed after doing sothing wrong.
After waiting for a mont and seeing that she still hadn't spoken, Lu Yibei sighed silently, poured a cup of hot tea, handed it to her, and asked gently, "Tell about it?"
Hua Xieyu looked up at Lu Yibei, but quickly averted her gaze, stamring, "Tell, tell you what?" Although she {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} wasn't a child, she had indeed done sothing wrong, so she felt particularly guilty.
The fact that Lu Yibei had just called out her na indicated that he most likely knew about the 'Immortal Jump' she had planned with that man. Participating in an 'Immortal Jump' was considered a very serious matter in Liming City, second only to kidnapping children, betraying brothers, and seducing one's Elder brother's wife. If caught, they would be sent to those alleys with small pink lights and held under house arrest.
Once held under house arrest in those alleys with pink lights, the 'Immortal' was like having their legs broken, unable to jump anymore, and had to endure heavy 'physical labor' every day.
"..."
Even if this wasn't Liming City, a normal person who knew soone planned to deceive their feelings would get angry to so extent, right? What's more, that man seed to not only want to deceive Lu Yibei's feelings but also intended to swindle him out of money and harm his life. Anyway, if it were , I definitely couldn't stand it. Hua Xieyu thought.
"Of course, I'm talking about the urban legend incident you wanted to report to !" Lu Yibei said with a slight pout, "Didn't you tell Elder brother Qi Dong before that you discovered a very serious urban legend incident and had to tell in person?"
Although Lu Yibei wasn't a qualified Night Watch operative, he was barely a qualified King of Weird Tales. If a serious urban legend incident was about to happen in Hua City, he couldn't just sit by and do nothing.
What's more, to remove the word "Disaster" from the Night Watch's red wanted list, he had promised Inspector Xing Yuan that Hua City wouldn't have any major problems in the next year or two.
Mistake?" Seeing that Lu Yibei wasn't questioning her about the 'Immortal Jump', Hua Xieyu was stunned for a mont, then quickly ca back to her senses, pursing her lips and saying, "The urban legend incident I want to report, well, how should I put it? It's a bit hard to know where to start..."
After she started speaking, she realized that trying to explain the matter involving Mr. S and that man to Lu Yibei would make it difficult to avoid her original purpose for coming to Hua City.
Everything seed to have returned to the starting point.
That feeling was like a thief picking a lock who accidentally stumbled upon a major criminal case, wanting to call the police but not knowing how to explain why they were in a stranger's ho.
Seeming to understand Hua Xieyu's thoughts, Lu Yibei said expressionlessly, "You don't need to have too many concerns. I know you are from Liming City, and I also guessed that you ca to Hua City mostly because of ."
Although he hadn't had ti to ask Chatterbox Girl for the specific details, when Lu Yibei learned the real na of this Miss Yu, he imdiately associated the na Hua Qianli with Hua Xieyu.
And the Grey-Clothed Man who 'tricked away' soone's daughter in the story was most likely his Old Dad.
Anyway, this wasn't the first ti Old Dad had set his sights on soone else's daughter; Hua Sang was a living example. As for what Hua Xieyu ca to Hua City to do...
Judging from her previous actions, perhaps it was to fulfill a marriage contract?
Lu Yibei thought, adding, "Don't worry, I don't care about this matter at all. Just tell the urban legend incident you want to report."
anwhile, he sighed in his heart, "Although thinking about similar things that might happen many tis in the future makes my head ache..."
Hua Xieyu finally raised her head, staring intensely at Lu Yibei, seemingly wanting to confirm from his face if what he said was true and reliable.
However, she found nothing; she looked at nothing.
Pursing her lips, she hesitated for a few seconds, then sighed lightly and finally spoke, "Okay, this matter, I have to start from when that man found ..."
She began by talking about the deal she made with that man, explaining her purpose for coming to Hua City, discovering that she was starting to assimilate with "Yu Jianqiu," and the process of the mysterious Mr. S sending an advertisent leaflet and offering to help her solve her predicant, highlighting the key points to Lu Yibei.
She hid the fact about the tal substance Mr. S left her, fearing that Lu Yibei would take it away if he knew. She didn't trust Lu Yibei one hundred percent yet, and she felt it was necessary to keep this item that could deal with that man in her own hands. After listening, Lu Yibei frowned and fell into thought.
An advertisent leaflet made of so animal fur? I'm familiar with this! Isn't that a byproduct of Miss Rabbit's Power?
What I didn't expect was that Hua Xieyu seed completely unaware of our marriage contract and ca to Hua City under soone's instruction? How strange. Why did that man insist on becoming degenerate? Am I not degenerate enough now?
Lu Yibei thought, recalling his life in recent years carefully, and nodded solemnly.
Whether it was tasks assigned by the Night Watch or the school, he always waited until the deadline was approaching before taking action. Staying up late was a common occurrence, and after swallowing the witchs egg, he even stayed up all night.
There was also the matter of finding ways to fleece the Night Watch and Da Chunyang Palace, always spending money on inexplicable things, being addicted to the virtual world and completely disregarding real-world social interactions, being obsessed with White Little Flower like a fanatic, eating big fish and at and drinking milk tea and beverages all day, and rarely exercising voluntarily, etc.
Strictly speaking, during the Dream Co True Journey, he had touched upon all three major vices and did not shy away from illegal activities. This was already degenerate enough, almost like rotten mud. How much more degenerate could he be?
If he beca any more degenerate, he wouldn't even be human anymore!
After complaining in his heart for a while, Lu Yibei looked at Hua Xieyu and asked the most puzzling and important question, "Can you tell more about that man?"
"Uh, like how you t him, what he generally looks like, and what abilities he showed in front of you." In Lu Yibei's opinion, Miss Rabbit was an old acquaintance, almost knowing each other inside out, so she wasn't important. He could just have people surround the old stadium and swimming pool later.
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Hua Xieyu's purpose for coming to Hua City wasn't important either. Even if it wasn't for the sake of her being his intended spouse, Lu Yibei deeply respected her father, Hua Qianli, so he could barely overlook her actions.
The terrifying man who coerced and lured Hua Xieyu to Hua City, caused the pirated black sun totem to react, and even flustered Chatterbox Girl, was the main focus.
The problem was that information about this key focus was the most scarce.
When Hua Xieyu was speaking just now, whenever she ntioned that man, she was vague and unclear, making his figure in Lu Yibei's mind seem shrouded in a mist, impossible to peek into, impossible to fathom...
Next, he might even encounter him.
The situation today was sowhat special; next ti, he might not be so lucky.
Before that, the more information he could gather about him, the more likely he would be able to escape smoothly next ti, right? Lu Yibei thought. "No problem!" Hua Xieyu straightened her back slightly and said flatly, "He was when I..."
As soon as she started speaking, she seed to get stuck in her thoughts, her lips slightly parted, frozen there.
She suddenly realized that she clearly rembered the entire process of eting that man, but she couldn't articulate it at all.
It was as if those events were like brushing past a stranger on a naless street one day, nothing special, and she didn't know where to begin telling the story.
"Uh..." Hua Xieyu frowned slightly, changing the subject, "His appearance is..." This ti, she also couldn't speak.
She still rembered what that man looked like; that appearance of a corporate slave who could die from overwork at any mont was a rather obvious characteristic, but she still couldn't describe it.
That feeling was like, years after graduation, suddenly having to describe a plain-looking, average-performing, unremarkable, and lukewarm-tempered classmate. She knew such a person existed, but couldn't recall any details about him.
After failing to speak twice in a row, Hua Xieyu suddenly realized that she might have been deeply affected by that man's power and probably couldn't provide Lu Yibei with useful information. She couldn't help but lower her head and said weakly, "Sorry, I can't say it."
"Can't say it?" Lu Yibei tilted his head, puzzled, "Why can't you say it?"
"I don't know how to explain it to you either. That feeling is like, like..."
Hua Xieyu spoke hesitantly, quickly searching for suitable adjectives in her mind. Her eyes slightly lit up, and after organizing her words a bit, she spoke again.
"I've got it. It's like he used so strange thod to break up all the information about himself and scatter it onto every stranger in my mory. When I try to say it, that information hides behind those strangers."
It's like those strangers you brush past on the street, who are so nurous that they usually only leave a vague impression, but when you try to recall them, you can't rember anything at all. You understand, right?"
Strangers? Lu Yibei pondered Hua Xieyu's words for a mont and nodded, "I think I understand." Although he didn't quite understand, he said so anyway.
It was like when the Teacher finished an example problem in class and asked the students, "Did everyone understand?" Most of the ti, the students all answered, "Understood!"
In this kind of situation, the key wasn't whether they understood or not, but to get them to keep talking. Besides, what did it matter if he didn't fully understand?
As long as he could guess that Hua Xieyu couldn't describe the man's information in detail, it was mostly related to the Power he possessed, wasn't that enough? Lu Yibei thought.
Just as he was thinking, Hua
Xieyu's expression suddenly beca serious, "However, there's one thing I can be sure of..." "Oh?" Lu Yibei tilted his head and said, "I'd like to hear the details."
"That man is like a ghost wandering among the crowd, seemingly everywhere, giving people the feeling that anyone you et casually on the street could be him," Hua Xieyu said.
Everywhere? Lu Yibei was startled, turned to look at the waiter not far away, and stared intently.
Noticing Lu Yibei staring at him with a deadpan face, not saying a word, the waiter frowned slightly. After waiting for a few seconds, feeling a bit creeped out by the stare, he walked over and asked, "Guest, is there anything I can help you with?"
"Hmm..." Lu Yibei pursed his lips, sized up the waiter for a while, shook his head, "No, just the bill?"
Waiter, "..." "If you want the bill, just say so! What's wrong with you staring at like that?"
After paying the bill, Lu Yibei thought for a mont, then looked at Hua Xieyu and said, "I've understood the situation pretty well. If it's really as you say and that man is everywhere, it might not be safe for you to stay outside. How about you co to my place first?"
That man could easily infiltrate even the Night Watch, so the Happiness Community probably wasn't safe enough either. Only his ho was relatively safe.
After all, Slly Girl, that mighty being, was there to keep watch.
Although she usually seed unreliable, it wasn't easy to cause trouble under her nose. Lu Yibei thought. Hearing this, Hua Xieyu was stunned for a mont, then quickly ca back to her senses and nodded, "Okay."—
University City, Jingyi Apartnt Complex, Lu Yibei's ho.
Ju ng finished washing up slowly, then went upstairs, sat in front of the computer, and hadn't moved since.
If there was anything in the world that could control the Lord of the Eight Hundred Li Peach Garden, the esteed Miss Ju ng, it was probably only well-made gas.
However, her state of being controlled by the ga didn't last long and was soon interrupted by the strange sounds coming from downstairs. *Slap—slap—slap—!*
The strange sound sounded like soone running barefoot on the floor.
What's going on? Did that dog thing co back? Why is he running around barefoot? Ju ng muttered to herself, took off her headphones, stood up, and walked to the staircase on the second floor. Leaning over to look downstairs, she saw an astonishing scene.
She saw a child, fair-skinned and adorable, like one who had run out of a New Year's painting, naked and barefoot, chasing a group of Little Freaks residing in Lu Yibei's ho, running around in the living room.
He was fast, but like soone who had just learned to walk, his steps were very unsteady. Suddenly, he stumbled and lost his balance, falling to the ground with a *splat*.
His fair, tender flesh piled on the ground like a puddle of mud. His eyes, nose, and mouth uncontrollably wriggled with the soft, tender flesh, wandering around different parts of his body. The whole scene looked quite sanity-draining—
Ju ng, "???"
What is this? What's happening? Has the atball gained sentience?
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