Chapter 1: The Mysterious Fang Wei

  With nothing to worry about, Ye Nan felt a sense of relief now that he didn't have to work. He no longer had to think about going to the office every morning, nor did he have to constantly think about the conditions of his patients and rack his brains over what medication to use.

  Although relaxing, Ye Nan sat at home and let out a soft sigh, feeling a bit empty inside, helplessly thinking that he might as well take it as a vacation. It had been a long time since he'd had such a leisurely day.

  Picked up the mood, do what you want to do, found the phone number of Xianghong Group stored yesterday, dialed it, and soon a sweet female voice came through: "Hello, this is Xianghong Group, what can I help you with?" "I'd like to find your boss Zhang Xianghong!"

  The female voice on the other end paused for a moment, then continued: "Excuse me, do you have an appointment? If not, I can let him know for you!" Ye Nan smiled slightly, this company's tone was quite big: "Alright, tell him that I can help him solve his current trouble!"

  "Really?" A surprised voice came from the other end, it seemed that this operator was also very clear about the trouble her boss was in now. She realized her mistake and quickly said: "Okay, please hold on, I'll transfer you to the CEO's office right away!"

  After a while, there were two more "hums" and a low, tired male voice came from the other end: "Hello, I'm Zhang Xianghong. Do you know what kind of trouble I've gotten into?"

  "Yes, I've heard it already!" "Are you sure you're okay? Several batches of people have been scared to the point of incontinence!" The voice on the other end was very tired and helpless...

  Ye Nan smiled and said, "It seems that Xiang Hong has been having a tough time lately. He replied very confidently: "Don't worry about this, I'm not the kind of person who comes to try my luck. I can help you!"

  After hearing Ye Nan's confident words, Zhang Xianghong's spirit was clearly lifted, and his voice even became much louder: "When do you have time?"

  Looking at Zhang Xianghong's impatient look, Ye Nan smiled understandingly: "If you're in a hurry, it can be tonight!"

  "Alright, where are you? Should I send someone to pick you up or...?" Zhang Xianghong asked anxiously.

  "No need, I know where you live. At 9 o'clock tonight, I'll be there on time!" After finishing speaking, Ye Nan hung up the phone.

  It's all settled, Ye Nan tossed his phone aside and leaned back on the sofa with his hands behind his head, staring at the ceiling. This matter was temporarily over, but he couldn't help feeling extremely bored.

  Her eyes rolled around, staring at the ceiling, trying to find a few small spiders somewhere, but her eyes were dizzy and she couldn't find one on that snow-white board.

  After a while, I suddenly remembered that I hadn't seen Fang Wei's kid coming back, and didn't know where he had run off to. With great difficulty, I fished out my phone from under my butt and dialed his number, but the other end was silent, and I didn't know what he was up to either.

  Helpless, I had to clean up the things around me first. It was still my first time formally going against those ghostly things, so I needed to be prepared. In case something went wrong, I would lose face badly.

  Ran back to the room, rummaged through some stored goods, and found usable items including three each of Clear Mind Talismans, Calming Spirit Talismans, Warding Evil Talismans, and Expelling Evil Talismans. With these, it should be enough to kill off a low-level vengeful spirit like that one.

  Just in case, Ye Nan decided to draw a few more talismans to ward off evil spirits. Although the effect of these talismans was somewhat weaker, having several on hand was better than nothing and could still be used to get rid of a few minor ghosts.

  Ye Nan set up his formation on the small tea table in the living room, took out the large Lan bamboo wolf hair brush from before, and arranged the inkstone, yellow paper, cinnabar, and dog blood stored in the refrigerator, filling the entire table. He carefully mixed the dog blood and cinnabar, then waved his hand to draw a Water Spirit Symbol in mid-air, gathered a group of rootless water into it, and used a brush to stir it evenly, preparing to begin.

  He pulled out a yellow paper, pointed to the gathering of spiritual energy and wiped it upwards. The yellow paper was then activated with spirit, and he picked up his brush, dipped it in cinnabar ink, concentrated his energy and spirit, and brushed several times. A faint light flashed, and a talisman for expelling evil appeared.

  Ye Nan smiled contentedly and continued working non-stop, "Brush...brush" as the talismans flashed by with a faint glow, freshly baked.

  When Ye Nan felt a bit tired and his spiritual power began to falter, he had already drawn five Clear Mind Talismans, five Calm Mind Talismans, and five Fire Spirit Talismans. This time, the main talisman, the Demon-Expelling Talisman, was drawn eight times.

  Ye Nan excitedly thought to himself: "Last time I drew over ten pieces, I felt a significant drain on my spiritual energy, but this time I drew over twenty pieces and only feel slightly fatigued. It seems that my spiritual energy has made progress again!"

  This good news, obviously, lifted Ye Nan's mood once again, delighting him to hum a tune in the living room, twisting and turning with his eyes closed, excitedly indulging in self-admiration...

  Just as he was indulging in his fantasy, the door was pushed open and Fang Wei walked in, looking at Ye Nan who was twisting and turning like a lunatic, his eyes widened in surprise, thinking: "What is this Southern kid doing? Could it be that he's possessed?"

  "Ugh... I really can't take it anymore, just looking at the lunch I just ate is making me want to vomit. Fang Wei swallowed hard and forced down the churning in his stomach, then coughed twice to snap Ye Nan out of his self-absorbed daze."

  Ye Nan opened his eyes and looked around, only to see Fang Wei staring at him with a strange expression. Ye Nan asked in surprise: "Wei Zi, what's wrong with you? You look like you've eaten rat poison!"

  Fang Wei heard this, secretly wiped away sweat, and dryly laughed: "Nothing, nothing, I just saw you dancing pretty well, a bit of a sore throat, heh...heh..."

  Ye Nan couldn't figure out what the relationship was between dancing and a sore throat. This little brain of his hasn't been working well lately, full of thoughts about his spiritual power, talismans and stuff. Alas... poor kid, he's almost gone mad recently.

  Poor Little Ye Nan touched his head in confusion, according to old habits, couldn't think it through and didn't think about it anymore, with a happy face said: "Wei Zi, I quit my job today!"

  "Resigned? Why are you so happy about resigning?" Now it's Fang Wei's turn to be puzzled.

  "Who said I'm happy? Quitting the job is so boring!" Ye Nan blinked her big, dark eyes, looking puzzled.

  Fang Wei was speechless, slapping his own forehead, who is abnormal now? Ye Nan just said this with an excited face, is it that my understanding ability has a problem? Or did I get eye disease? But...I used to have a relatively flexible brain and good eyes! Where exactly is the problem?!

  Ye Nan touched his nose and looked at Fang Wei, who was obviously a bit emotionally abnormal, and thought to himself: "Wei Zi, what's gotten into you? Why are you acting so strangely? Okay... let's not talk for now, let him calm down first!"

  The two of them stared at each other with wide eyes, and after a while, Fang Wei finally came to his senses. He was fine, it must be Ye Nan's problem. How could he have forgotten that this kid's brain sometimes wasn't quite right? It was possible that he had been tricked by him.

  Thought for a moment, nodded to confirm the location, and gave himself a boost: "I'm very clear-headed now, this is absolutely a problem with Nanzi's expression ability! It's not that my understanding and thinking have problems! I'm such a smart person, absolutely won't..."

  Fang Wei sorted out his thoughts and asked seriously: "Nan Zi, is there anything that made you very happy today?"

  "Are you very happy?" Ye Nan furrowed his brow and thought for a moment, then suddenly exclaimed excitedly: "That's right! I just wanted to tell you about this. Today I landed a big deal!"

  "What's the big deal? How big is it?" Fang Wei felt like he was being led astray by Ye Nan again! He thought to himself: "This Ye Nan guy has a sly smile... I reckon the deal isn't small, but what kind of business could he have started after just quitting his job?"

  Ye Nan smiled and said: "Remember that Shui'an Xincheng yesterday?" "I remember! What's up?"

  "There's a guy named Zhang Xianghong living inside, and when I walked past his house yesterday, I found something fishy about it!" Ye Nan lowered his voice, mysteriously arousing Fang Wei's curiosity!

  "What's wrong?" As expected, Fang Wei also lowered his voice and asked curiously.