Speeding all the way, I finally arrived in Yucheng around 11:30 PM. As a practitioner, despite having driven for over five hours consecutively, I didn't feel tired at all. Just a bit hungry. So, I parked the car by the road, intending to grab a bite to eat first.
However, just as I stepped into a fast food restaurant, my phone in my pocket suddenly rang. Taking it out, I saw it was my cousin, asking if I had reached home and stating his plan to visit me the next afternoon.
I told him the truth. I had just arrived in Yucheng and would probably get home at around three or four in the morning.
As I finished speaking, my cousin couldn't help but laugh, and said that he hadn't gone home either, and was currently in Yucheng city. Hearing that I was driving back by myself, he insisted I come to the university town to pick him up, as we could then drive back together and save on transportation costs.
Upon hearing that he was also in Yucheng city, I couldn't help but feel happy. I decided to forgo dinner and started the car again, heading straight to the university town.
My cousin's name is Wang Yulin, my uncle's son and two years younger than me. Although not biologically brothers, we had a relationship not much different from real brothers. This kid, just like me, was quite mischievous when he was young, even scaring off dogs.
I only found out later that my uncle sent him to Yucheng to discipline him. He enrolled at a vocational school and was studying to become a flight attendant. What a commander!
Damn, was that the plan to become a flight attendant in the future?
However, he seemed to have the potential for it. At one meter eighty, he was fairly good-looking and even had a few girlfriends when he was in junior high.
Comparing myself to others is really demoralizing. Why did one bloodline produce such a handsome lad, while I ended up with the look of an "ordinary person"?
Thirty minutes later, I finally arrived at the entrance of his school. As soon as I pulled the handbrake, I heard someone tapping on the car window. Looking up, I saw a strange girl in a flight attendant uniform, somewhat pretty, with light makeup and looking like she was seventeen or eighteen.
"Huh?"
I gave the girl a skeptical look and rolled down the car window, asking, "Do you need something?"
The girl seemed a bit nervous, glanced around, then hesitantly asked, "Are you Master Qi? We had contact on WeChat before?"
Master Qi?
Subconsciously shaking my head, I was about to tell her she might have the wrong person. But then, Wang Yulin finally appeared at the school gate, dragging his suitcase and running towards me. "Bro! You're here so fast!"
"Bro?"
Seemingly recognizing Wang Yulin, the girl was taken aback for a moment. She then apologized, "I'm sorry, I might have mistaken you for someone else!"
As soon as the words fell, not far away, another car suddenly stopped, and the girl's face lit up at the sight, hurriedly running towards the car.
I instinctively glanced at the car next to me and suddenly realized. Astonishingly, the other car was also a semi-old Buick, almost identical to Zhang's second-hand car in appearance, so it was no wonder the girl mistook it.
At the same time, Wang Yulin finally arrived at my car, carrying a suitcase and a sour expression on his face. "Bro, not bad, you just arrived at school and you're already hitting on the school's flower?"
"Get lost! She just mistook me for someone else, okay?"
After joking, I got out of the car and helped him put the luggage in the trunk.
"That's right!"
Wang Yulin nodded knowingly and then got into the front passenger seat, reluctantly saying, "Su Su has been acting strangely recently, saying that she is haunted by ghosts... Mistaking someone, it's not that surprising."
"Oh?"
Upon hearing this, my interest was piqued, and I subconsciously asked, "Haunted by ghosts?"
"Yeah, that's what she says... We used to have a good relationship but recently she's like a different person..."
Hearing this, I suddenly remembered that the girl named Su Su had just asked me if I was "Master Qi." Could it be that she wanted to hire someone to catch ghosts?
Thinking about this, I couldn't help but glance again at the nearby Buick. By this time, Su Su had already sat in the front passenger seat. The driver was a slightly chubby middle-aged man with a small beard and a lecherous look on his face.
Damn, could this be the "Master Qi" that Su Su mentioned? He didn't seem like a good person at all!
So I quickly asked Wang Yulin, "Do you know the fat guy in the car?"
"I don't know..."
Shaking his head, Wang Yulin gave me a suspicious look and asked, "What's going on?"
"It's nothing..."
Shaking my head, I started the car, ready to leave, but at that moment, Wang Yulin suddenly cursed, "Damn! What is that fat guy trying to do?"
"Huh?"
Upon hearing this, I subconsciously looked towards the car. Damn, I knew this fat guy wasn't a good person! Su Su had just gotten in the car, and he was already getting handsy with her!
What's odd, though, was that while Su Su's eyes looked very aggrieved, she made no resistance and allowed the fat guy to put his hands in her clothes.
"You jerk!"
Before I could react, Wang Yulin had already walked straight out of the car and directly kicked the car door. It seemed that he had indeed liked this girl before, and it would be strange if he didn't get angry seeing someone else making a move on his crush!
"What are you doing?"
Wang Yulin's sudden appearance obviously startled the fat guy, who quickly withdrew his hand from Su Su's clothes. Then he opened the car door and said indignantly, "Brat, what are you doing?"
"What am I doing? I'm messing you up!"
My cousin had a quick temper, and he went forward and punched the fat guy in the face, catching him off guard and knocking him to the ground.
"Wang Yulin, what are you doing?"
Seeing this scene, Su Su became anxious and quickly ran out from the front passenger seat, blocking Wang Yulin and said anxiously, "He's driving the ghost away for me!"
After saying that, Su Su even went forward to help the fat guy up, with an apologetic look on her face, "Master Qi, are you okay?"
Damn, girl, how naive can you be? Do you really believe in this kind of ghost-talk?
You're still young and inexperienced, and you actually believe this kind of nonsense!
At first, I didn't intend to get involved in this matter. But since it involved my cousin, I couldn't sit idly by. So I stepped forward and said, "He's just trying to take advantage! Since when do you need to do that to drive away a ghost?"
"That's right!"
Wang Yulin also looked angry and said, "There are no ghosts in this world! You should be more alert!"
"Huh?"
Upon hearing our words, Su Su hesitated and subconsciously let go of the fat guy. Perhaps she also sensed that something was not quite right, but she was eager to resolve her own troubles, so she had no choice but to believe the fat guy.
"Bastard!"
Seeing Su Su let go of his hand, the fat guy immediately became angry and instinctively cursed, "Whose belt wasn't tied properly, showing off these two things!"
Upon hearing this, I couldn't help but get angry and stepped forward, "Watch your words a bit!"
When I got angry, there was a natural aura about me that was intimidating, which immediately subdued the fat guy. Then, with a cold smile, I said, "What do you want to do? Let me tell you, I'm a true disciple of Maoshan. If you provoke me, beware that I will take you down!"
"A disciple of Maoshan?"
I burst out laughing right away and then sneered, "Are you sure you're a disciple of Maoshan?"
"Of course!"
The fat guy looked smug and said, "I can guarantee that!""Alright, if you're a disciple of Maoshan, you must know who the head of Maoshan is. Tell me, who is the current head of Maoshan?"
"Are you testing me?"
The fat guy disdainfully glanced at me and then proudly said, "The current head of Maoshan is my Master's brother, Left Pengyun, Master Zhou!"
"Hmm?"
Upon hearing that, I wrinkled my brow. Does this fat guy really know?
Yes, the current head of Maoshan is indeed named Zuo Pengyun. This person is the direct disciple of the previous generation's head of Maoshan, Zuo Qingmei, and also his son!
Could it be that this fat guy is really a disciple of Maoshan?