Chapter 58 Divine Stick 05

  Song 'Meng' glanced in the direction of Gu Yin with a hint of curiosity, then continued to whisper to Qin Fei: "In the past... I was absolutely convinced by science, but since that day you were blown away by an unscientific gust of wind and found that 'girl's corpse in the bamboo forest, I've become someone who believes in science only half the time. Updates are coming so fast. Hurry up and ask if Ye Cheng has been followed by something."

  "Can't you ask him yourself?" Qin Fei said.

  "I think I ask, Gu Da Shen won't answer me!" Song 'Meng' bit her chopsticks and made a pitiful expression.

  Qin Fei: “……I asked him but he may not necessarily answer me.”

  Song 'Meng': "I believe you."

  Qin Fei: "......" Can things like this be done just by believing in them?

  Qin Fei remained silent, but still involuntarily turned his head slightly to look at Gu Yin beside him.

  "Not being followed." Qin Fei hadn't even spoken yet, but Gu Yin directly gave an answer. Apparently because he was sitting almost next to Qin Fei, Song 'Meng' and Qin Fei's deliberately hushed whispers didn't escape his ears.

  "What?" Ye Chengzheng and Zhou Jun were talking, suddenly heard Gu Yin's voice, looked back at Gu Yin with a puzzled expression. Ye Cheng's position was slightly farther away from Qin Fei and Song Meng, and he didn't hear the two people's soft conversation, so Gu Yin's sentence seemed quite abrupt and inexplicable to him.

  "Nothing at all!" Song 'Meng' said loudly, "In short, your case has been taken over by me and Old Zhou! No matter if the sneak attacker is human or ghost, we will investigate to the end with due diligence! You can just prepare the reward."

  Ye Cheng did not continue to ask Gu Yin about that sentence, and said to Song 'Meng': "As long as you can help me solve this matter before April, I will naturally give you a satisfactory price."

  "That's settled then!" Song 'Meng' raised his drink cup in a toast to Ye Cheng, "We've officially taken on your case. Later, you'll come with us back to the office and we'll discuss the details of the payment, then sign the contract."

  Ye Cheng had no opinion, or rather, as long as someone could help him get out of this terrible situation as soon as possible, it was all good. For this matter, he had already found a famous detective agency in B City, and even the police, but ultimately the situation did not change one bit, otherwise he would not have followed Song Baozi, who looked unreliable at first glance, to such a small place like S City.

  Song 'Meng' finished the drink in his cup and continued to gnaw on his 'chicken' leg. Qin Fei's gaze lingered on his chubby face for a moment before he asked softly, "If Gu Yin said Ye Cheng was followed by something, what do you plan to do?"

  "Of course, we'll hurry up and push this case forward, send him back to B city. Anyway, we haven't received the deposit or signed the contract yet. We're detectives, we investigate people, not ghosts." Song 'Meng' replied.

  "What's with your grand declaration that you'll investigate no matter what, whether it's human or ghost?" Qin Fei looked at him sideways.

  "This is a deal! Of course, the words have to be said nicely! Anyway, Gu Da Shen has already said that Ye Cheng was not followed by ghosts, so it's okay to brag a bit and make Ye Cheng happy. It won't cause any problems." Song Meng said with confidence, "Ye Cheng is also a fat sheep, after this deal, I and Old Zhou can eat and drink without worrying for several months!"

  Qin Fei: "...... You'd better be careful or you'll get what's coming to you."

  After finishing their meal, the five of them left Haichuan Restaurant. Song 'Meng', Zhou Jun and Ye Cheng planned to return to the detective agency, while Gu Yin wanted to go to the mall to buy some daily necessities, so the five of them parted ways at the entrance of Haichuan Restaurant.

  Song 'Meng' hailed a taxi, Qin Fei saw them get in the car, after Ye Cheng got into the back seat, the taxi drove away, at that moment, he saw a gray mist quickly passing through the rear door of the car and also getting on the car.

  Qin Fei's heart skipped a beat as he suddenly reached out and grabbed hold of Gu Yin's sleeve.

  "What's wrong?" Gu Yin turned his head to look at Qin Fei.

  "Did you just see a grey thing get into that taxi?" Qin Fei asked Gu Yin, his tone hesitant.

  "There isn't," Gu Yin replied.

  Was he mistaken? Qin Fei tried hard to recall the scene before the taxi drove away, that grayish "fog" was not eye-catching, but indeed there was a mass of something.

  "Gu Yin, is Ye Cheng's body really okay? Apart from being haunted by ghosts." For example, like the curse he had before.

  "No. Except for the faint scent of gunpowder on him, I didn't find any signs of being haunted by a ghost or being cursed." Gu Yin furrowed his brow, "Why are you so concerned about Ye Cheng?"

  "I just don't want Song and the others to get into any trouble." Qin Fei casually explained, also feeling a bit more at ease. Since Gu Yin said so, it was probably just his overthinking. That patch of gray fog might have been just dust raised by the car or a shadow cast from somewhere.

  Gu Yin's gaze shifted away from Qin Fei and looked in the direction of the taxi that had just left, narrowing his eyes slightly.

  Although he gave Qin Fei a reassuring answer, Gu Yin still felt some doubts about the things Ye Cheng described. If it weren't for the fact that Ye Cheng didn't have any evil or yin energy on him, he would have thought he was being haunted by ghosts. The phenomenon of his aura being low was just because he had nightmares at night and couldn't sleep well. Apart from his aura being low, there were no other signs of misfortune on him - including signs of curses.

  But what's wrong with Ye Cheng and what does it have to do with him?

  ……

  Qin Fei and Gu Yin went to the mall to buy things, then turned to the vegetable market to buy some ingredients. Originally planned to cook dinner by himself, but unexpectedly Gu Yin took the initiative to cook. Moreover, what was more unexpected than Gu Yin's willingness to cook was that Gu Yin's dishes were actually quite delicious, especially the vegetarian dishes, which were even better than Zhang Zhi Xin's culinary skills.

  Gu Yin was good at making vegetarian dishes, Qin Fei was surprised and asked the reason. Gu Yin said that he had cooked for someone before, but only made vegetarian dishes and never made meat dishes, so he was more skilled with vegetarian dishes.

  Gu Yin used to cook for someone, and it was all vegetarian dishes. Qin Fei asked him about it, but only got a puzzled look in response.

  After eating the dinner made by Gu Yin, Qin Fei finally felt that Gu Yin's stay here had some value.

  Suddenly living under the same roof as Gu Yin, Qin Fei originally thought he would be uncomfortable, just like when Zhang Zhi Xin first moved in. However, he didn't feel any discomfort at all, as if they had already gone through the experience of facing each other every morning and evening in the past, and were extremely familiar with each other.

  But in fact, he didn't know Gu Yin for a long time.

  In the end, Qin Fei attributed his one-second acceptance of cohabitation with Gu Yin's cooking skills.

  On January 15th, Qin Fei's WeChat book bar started business.

  The New Year atmosphere has not yet dissipated, and there are only a few people who come to the bookstore for leisure. Qin Fei told Shen Wei and Xie Zhe that they could come two days later, but the two still insisted on coming to work today.

  Shen Wei and Xie Zhe had just arrived at the book bar when they saw Gu Yin sitting on the sofa chair across from their boss's exclusive seat, which was originally left empty.

  The two of them first stared at Gu Yin in silence for a while, seeing that he was sitting there leisurely, flipping through the pages of his book with a carefree attitude, completely ignoring their presence. Later, the two of them huddled together and whispered to each other.

  "What are you two talking about?" Qin Fei, standing behind the bar, stopped his tidying actions and looked at Shen Wei and Xie Zhe with a smile.

  As soon as Qin Fei spoke, the two of them immediately turned their heads to look at him, and then almost simultaneously ran towards the bar counter, dodged behind it, and squeezed beside Qin Fei.

  "Hey, hey! What's going on? Don't squeeze!" Qin Fei wanted to back away from the two of them, but they grabbed his arms, one on each side, and forced him to crouch down with them, the three of them squeezed together.

  "Boss! How did Gu Yin end up in our bookstore?" Shen Wei asked in a low voice.

  "This morning when I went out, he insisted on following me, and I couldn't stop him." Qin Fei said helplessly.

  "How did you run into him when you went out in the morning?" Xie Zhe asked immediately.

  "He's living at my place now!"

  "What?!" Shen Wei and Xie Zhe exclaimed in unison, their voices rising sharply.

  Qin Fei covered his ears, which were being played on both sides by two people, "You guys keep it down, I'm going deaf."

  "Old, old boss...... In the days when we weren't around, you've already developed to that kind of relationship?" Shen Wei looked at Qin Fei with an expression that no longer believed in life.

  Qin Fei was stunned for a second before he realized what Shen Wei meant, shaking his head and saying: "We're not in that kind of relationship, you're overthinking."

  "What's the point of living with him?" Shen Wei let out a sigh and continued in a hushed tone, "Don't you know he likes men? Boss, it's too dangerous for you to live with him! Even though he has a boyfriend now, it's still very risky!" What if you're influenced by him and start liking men too?

  Qin Fei took a look at Shen Wei's excited, anxious and worried eyes, and silently swallowed back the fact that Jiang Xu was not Gu Yin's boyfriend, saying it out loud would probably make this girl even more anxious.

  "It's alright! Gu Yin and I are just ordinary friends, he only stayed at my place for some special reasons. You guys think too much." Qin Fei said.

  "You treat Gu Yin as an ordinary friend, but what about him?" Xie Zhe asked coldly.

  Qin Fei turned his head and looked at Xie Zhe's inexplicably serious expression, and for a moment he was speechless.

  "Are you sure that Gu Yin has no intentions towards you?" Xie Zhe lowered his eyelids, and his low voice sounded calmly in Qin Fei's ear.

  "I..."

  "What if I do have intentions towards Qin Fei?" Unaware of when Gu Yin had appeared in front of the bar, he interrupted Qin Fei's words. His dark and sunken eyes met Xie Zhe's calm gaze, filled with scrutiny and a hint of hostility. "If that's the case, what do you plan to do?"

  The two of them gazed silently at each other, neither making a sound. A strange sense of tension spread around the bar.

  "Boss! Did you hear that?! This guy is plotting against you!" Shen Wei, who was a bit rough around the edges, completely failed to notice the abnormal atmosphere between Xie Zhe and Gu Yin, and grabbed Qin Fei's arm, shouting loudly, instantly shattering the tense feeling between Gu Yin and Xie Zhe. "Boss!!! You have to kick him out! No! Don't let him in the house today!"