Chapter 66: Birds of a Feather Flock Together

  That's right, the girl we saw was He Mengyan. After looking around for a long time, she finally left. Only when I saw her walk far away did Xu Shiwei let go of me, his face gloomy: "I just felt that Zhang Cheng had a problem, and he was in cahoots with this dead snake demon!"

  "Who is Zhang Chengfu?" I asked, only to realize afterwards that the question was stupid. It's obvious that Zhang Chengfu is that bald principal.

  Xu Shiwei didn't scold me for being stupid this time, and patiently explained to me: "It's that bald guy, the earliest one before, he was an English teacher at this school. Because he hooked up with the principal's daughter, he got promoted quickly and became the principal in just a few years."

  "What kind of woman is blind to the eyes of a dog, and would actually marry this kind of scum!" I really can't imagine what kind of woman would be willing to marry that kind of man who has a despicable nature.

  Xu Shiwei gave me a sideways glance, full of self-love: "Do you think the whole world is as handsome and rich as I am?"

  "Wealth is indeed visible, but the other two are not." I looked at him with disdain, trying to use this unrealistic remark to hurt his self-esteem. People like him who are so narcissistic need to be properly ridiculed.

  However, Xu Shiwei didn't take it seriously at all. He was still very narcissistic: "That's your problem with your eyesight. A golden bachelor like me has women lining up from Chengdu to Beijing wanting to marry him, you know?"

  I glanced at him with disdain, extremely sarcastic: "You really think you're a male god, I think you're just like a male god complex." I feel like I have an opinion about him, don't know why, but I'm particularly annoyed by him. Probably... it's because of Ge Fei, until now, I still think his appearance made Ge Fei disappear, undeniable, Ge Fei is indeed a part of him, but in my heart, there is still resentment, fundamentally can't control.

  I don't know what's going on, but Xu Shiwei's temper seems to have improved. I was teasing him like this, and he didn't even get angry or scold me. He just spread his hands and said, "Fine, I'm a male god with a mental illness."

  "Alright... I admit I was thinking too much. Next, he stared at me and said: 'You're a female neurotic, a female neurotic. Do you know why I didn't let you wander around that school by yourself just now?'"

  "How would I know?" I gave him a white eye, I'm not a tapeworm in his stomach, how would I know what he's thinking?! However...I vaguely feel that it seems to have something to do with He Mengyan.

  Xu Shiwei's hand rested on my shoulder, and he said disdainfully: "Looking at your foolish appearance, I don't know that I want to let you wander around alone. You not only have to enter the brothel, but also may have gone to see King Yan now."

  "Cut!" I gave him a disdainful glance, full of contempt. Although on the surface I pretended to be nonchalant, in my heart I was still very clear that if I had really gone wandering just now, I might have become He Mengyan's ghost under his knife by now.

  Wait a minute, being pulled by him like this, it seems to have been pulled far away. I wasn't asking about that principal thing, was I? Maybe I can still find out about Ge Fei's thing. So I quickly pulled the topic back: "Hey, what's up with that bald guy? Did he really molest female students? Does his wife know?"

  At this moment, people are coming and going on the street, but no one notices us anymore, just thinking that we are a young couple who came out to stroll around. Xǔ Shì Wéi looked at me with a puzzled face: "What's wrong, do you want to tell his wife?"

  "No, I'm just casually asking." Besides, I don't have any evidence, what if his wife doesn't believe me and beats me up like a rascal? That would be a big loss for me. Moreover, this matter has nothing to do with me, why should I go and stir up trouble? Hmm, Lin Sijia, you're indeed an apathetic person, shouldn't you be passionate about doing something when faced with such things?

  Maybe it's because I'm getting older, but I'm not as passionate as I was in college and high school. Now I just want to avoid trouble and don't have much sense of justice left after being worn down by reality. Xushiyu didn't notice the change in my expression, looked up at the sky and said lightly: "It's already late now, let's head back first, we can talk while walking, it's not very safe here at night."

  As soon as he said that, I immediately became vigilant and looked around, afraid that a person who was crushed to death would suddenly appear. Eh, didn't that Shunzi also die in a car accident? Why doesn't he look like the other ghosts?

  "Huh? Didn't that Shunzi get run over by a car and die? How come he doesn't look like he's been split in two or something?" I asked, following behind Xu Shiwei as we walked.

  "There are two possibilities: one is that he didn't die in a car accident, and the other... is that he thought he wasn't dead, so his state of mind was as if he were still alive."

  "He must have thought he wasn't dead!" I flatly rejected the first theory, as everyone on the street said that Shunzi was killed by a car, and there were even eyewitnesses. Needless to say, he was indeed killed by a car.

  After finishing, I asked Xu Shiwei again: "What's the matter with that bald head?" I always feel that the bald-headed Erhuasuo has something to do with madness, not just intuition. Mainly because Wang Lao's gaze at him is really... strange, like hatred and fear.

  Xu Shiwei glanced around before answering: "This Zhang Chengfu was never a good person, he became the principal relying on those despicable means. After becoming the principal, he didn't discipline himself and actually... actually molested female students. Some female students were bribed into silence, while others dared not speak out. Zhang Chengfu can be said to have used threats and bribery for his own gain. For many years, he committed evil deeds. Six years ago, he set his sights on a female student from Qing'an, whose family was poor and had sent her here to learn a skill. Who would have thought that she would encounter this beastly Zhang Chengfu, who threatened and bribed...

  Here is the translation:

  "Speaking of which, Xu Shiwei's face was filled with anger. He paused for a moment before continuing: 'However, that female student wasn't someone to be trifled with either. Zhang Chengfu, that scoundrel, never could have imagined that the female student would turn out to be a little witch. One evening, the female student invited Zhang to open a room. Although Zhang was somewhat suspicious, he still went along with it, not knowing that the female student had tricked him into getting drunk and then pulled out a few strands of his hair, casting a curse on him. As a result, Zhang woke up the next morning to find all his hair gone, including his eyebrows, and his body was unbearably itchy.'"

  At this point, Xu Shiwei stopped again and looked at me with a strange expression, his eyes seeming to be guilty. I'm a curious person and can't stand it when people stop talking halfway through, so I asked him urgently: "Then what? How did it end?"

  Xu Shiwei paused for half a second before continuing: "The dog surnamed Zhang has a good relationship with our family's old master, so he asked me to come out and help. Because of the old master's relationship, I..."

  "Ah! So you helped him, so he's still the principal now." I couldn't help but raise my hand and point at him, indignantly saying: "Damn it, you dirty people are all the same!"

  "I said Xu Shiwei was filthy, and he immediately became unhappy, with a strong killing intent: "Hey! Don't talk nonsense, I didn't let him off easily. If he dares to have any crooked ideas now, not only will his hair fall out, but he may also die suddenly. Do you know? Those were the curses I laid down back then. Do you think I would collude with them?"

  "If you don't want to be dirty, then let that girl take care of him, what do you think?" I said indignantly as I walked. Although I'm already 25 years old and will soon be approaching my thirties, when encountering such things, it's hard not to feel a bit indignant. Unfortunately, I don't have the ability, so I can only stand by coldly and remain numb, being an apathetic Chinese person. Sigh... let those young and vigorous university students handle organizing protests and holding up white banners, Lin Xijia, you're getting old."

  After I educated myself in my heart, I calmed down a lot, but Xu Shiwei was not very calm. He was very dissatisfied with me saying that he was colluding with them, and all the way he explained to me, saying that it was all because of their family's relationship with the old man.

  I wasn't really interested in their family affairs, so I didn't pay much attention to what he was saying, just responding with a few perfunctory words here and there. In my mind, I was thinking about how to sneak back into that school again and ask Old Man Wang about Shunzi's situation. Of course, it would be even better if I could summon Shunzi's spirit to ask him about the Lingche in person.

  Because our car was blown up, so we could only take a taxi back. After getting on the taxi, neither of us said a word, afraid that if we weren't careful, we'd say something shocking and scare the driver to death.

  It wasn't until we got off the bus that Xu Shiwei asked me in a low voice, "Aren't you going to leave?"

  "We didn't agree on that, did we? You have to give me my salary." Although I sounded confident and justified, deep down I felt like I was being too shameless. Living off others, eating their food, doing my own thing and still asking for a salary from them... yeah, I'm really shameless. But in this society, if you don't thicken your skin, it's hard to survive. After comforting myself with these thoughts, I stepped into... what is now essentially Xu Shiwei's home, which was his territory from the very beginning anyway.

  As soon as he stepped in, Xu Shiwei directly kicked off his shoes and they landed in two completely different spots. Then he casually walked over to the sofa wearing a pair of sky blue flip flops. Seeing this scene, I couldn't help but think of Ge Fei again - he would never do something like this. Every time he came back, he would always put his shoes away neatly and if I hadn't done it properly, he would scold me.

  As expected... Ge Fei... He's already gone, the man in front of me is not Ge Fei. The room is very familiar, everything is very familiar, but... it's also so strange. I habitually arrange my shoes neatly, I don't know if it's for myself or for Ge Fei to see.

  "Hey, hey! Lin Sijia, hurry up and cook!" I was feeling down on my side, but Xu Shiwei on the sofa was shouting with his legs crossed, his mouth yelling, while his eyes were fixed on the huge TV.

  I slammed the door shut, picking up his scattered shoes while irritably yelling at him: "Why should I do it?!"

  "I'm the one who pays the salary, what's wrong with you cooking?! Honestly." Xǔ Shì Wéi leaned back on the sofa like a big shot, constantly pressing the TV remote control.

  Ugh... it seems like I won't lose out if I cook a meal, the key is that I simply don't know how to cook, usually Ge Fei does the cooking. Whatever, I'll just make a simple egg fried rice, anyway I'm hungry too. However, I need to go to the bathroom first to clean myself up, or else the food I make will probably be so dirty that even I won't want to eat it.

  Knock, knock, knock! I was just about to go to the bathroom when a loud knocking sound came from outside. I looked through the peephole and saw two men and a woman standing there. The fat one and the thin one seemed familiar. What the...? Isn't that Xu Shijie and Xu Lin'an? I've met Xu, the fat one, before, and I've seen Xu Lin'an on TV.

  Should I open the door or not? What if I opened it and was mistaken for a gold-digger and got beaten up? Generally, people with money like this have some kind of political marriage arrangement and especially don't want to get entangled with commoners like us. After thinking about it, I walked over to Xu Shiwei's side and patted him on the back, saying: "Your dad is here."