Chapter 57: Divine Stick 04

  The little ghost asks the way is a demon-expelling technique used to find people or objects. The driven ghost finds the specified person or object and returns to tell the practitioner the location and situation of the target being searched for.

  But the driven ghost only recognizes the target and will not be affected by the caster to recognize others. So, the information received by Geng Bowen is - Gu Yin is in this room on the fifth floor of this building, with two people together. Geng Bowen did not know that one of them was Qin Fei, so when the "door" was opened, he saw an unexpected person and couldn't help but reveal a surprised expression.

  However, before Geng Bowei could recover from his astonishment, he saw Qin Fei's gaze pass over his shoulder and land on something behind him.

  Geng Bowen turned his head and followed Qin Fei's line of sight to look back, only to see the little ghost he had driven to search for people hiding behind him, looking at Qin Fei in horror and trembling with fear. Then the ghostly shadow flickered and quickly ran back into the talisman in his pocket to hide.

  Geng Bowen: "......"

  Qin Fei: "......"

  The two of them stared at each other for two seconds at the entrance, then Geng Bowei burst out laughing. "So it was you who scared my little ghost! I thought it was Gu Yin's doing!"

  Qin Fei silently looked at Geng Bowen, not knowing what expression to put on. However, Qin Fei didn't have time to be bothered by this, as soon as Geng Bowen's voice fell, a somewhat unfriendly cold laugh came from behind him, belonging to Gu Yin.

  "It was clearly you who scared Qin Fei with that ghost. When did Master Geng learn to be a snitch?"

  If it weren't for you not carrying a mobile phone, I wouldn't have had to resort to this unconventional way of finding someone...

  Although the root of the evil was clearly Gu Yin, scaring Qin Fei was a fact. Geng Bowendidn't open his mouth to argue with Gu Yin, politely apologized to Qin Fei, and then handed over the cowhide-colored paper bag in his hand to Gu Yin.

  "Regarding the disaster in Qing Shui Town seventeen years ago - the records of our investigation at that time." Geng Bowen said, paused for a moment, and then asked suspiciously, "But it's been seventeen years since this happened, what are you looking into it again?"

  Seventeen years ago, the Qing Shui Town incident, the Gu family claimed to outsiders that it was an accident and did not publicly disclose that the disaster was aimed at Gu Yin. Even some people within the Gu family knew about it. The aftermath investigation work at that time was conducted separately by the four families of Gu, Geng, Ren, and Qi, and each recorded and archived in their respective families. However, except for the Gu family, the other three families did not know that Gu Yin was the target of the attack at that time.

  "It's none of your business." Gu Yin took the paper bag handed over by Geng Bowen, "Since the thing has been delivered, you can go back now."

  "Hey......" Geng Bowen didn't have time to say anything, the Xuanmen's 'door' was slammed shut by Gu Yin, and he was locked outside.

  "I've come all this way to deliver something to you, at least invite me out for lunch!" Geng Bowei sighed and said to the door.

  The closed "door" didn't move at all, without any intention of opening. Geng Bowei could only accept that he had been used as a courier by Gu Yin once again.

  However, just as Geng Bowen had turned around and walked a few steps away, he heard the 'door' behind him open, but it wasn't that Gu Yin had finally taken into consideration their friendship, but rather another companion who was locked out of the 'door'.

  "Were you also driven out?" Geng Bowei greeted Gu Wenqing.

  Geng Bowei was driven out because Gu Yin suspected that the person who had harmed him seventeen years ago was from one of the four major families. In the past, he didn't care since it was just him alone, but now with Qin Fei around, as long as someone is from the four major families, even if they are a rare friend to Gu Yin, he still wouldn't want them getting close to Qin Fei, just like an old hen protecting her chicks.

  However, he was driven out for a reason that had nothing to do with Geng Bowen. Although Gu Yin suspected the four major families, his own family was not among them.

  "He's been dumped." Gu Da Shao wants to talk about romance, even if it's just having lunch with his own brother is an eyesore. Gu Wen Qing pushed her glasses and said to Geng Bo Wen, "Want to have lunch together?"

  "Okay! I want to eat at that stewed dish restaurant in Chengbei, it's a bit far, can we?"

  "It's okay, I have a car."

  "That's great. I have to rush to City A this afternoon, can you send me to the train station after dinner?"

  "This probably won't work, the car is borrowed from a friend and I need to return it this afternoon before heading back to H city."

  "Then let's take the bus together to the station."

  Gu Wenqing: "This is no problem."

  Two people walked into the elevator while talking.

  ……

  After Gu Wenqing was driven away by Gu Yin, Qin Fei stared at Gu Yin sitting on the sofa in the living room for a while, but ultimately could only let out a sigh of resignation. Geng Bowei and Gu Wenqing were friends with Gu Yin, and Gu Wenqing was Gu Yin's younger brother. If Gu Yin wanted to drive these two away, he really didn't have much of a leg to stand on.

  He glanced at Qin Fei, who had a compromising and helpless expression on his face, and the corners of his mouth slightly hooked up, looking very good. He raised his eyes to look at the clock on the living room wall, which was almost 12 o'clock.

  "Go out for lunch or eat at home?" Gu Yin asked aloud.

  "Let's go out and eat, there's nothing to eat at home."

  Qin flew back to his room to grab his wallet and keys, then followed Gu Yan out the door.

  "Where shall we go to eat?" asked Gu Yin.

  "What do you like to eat?"

  "Choose what you like." said Gu Yin.

  Qin Fei thought for a moment and said, "Then let's go to Hai Chuan Restaurant."

  The two went to a seafood restaurant on Zhongxing Road, this restaurant is considered the leader of S city's catering industry, with a large number of loyal customers. It was also because of the existence of this restaurant that Qin Fei's elder cousin Qin Zhen gave up opening a chain restaurant in S city. The dishes of Qin's family and Hai Chuan Restaurant are similar, Hai Chuan Restaurant has already become big, and S city is after all just a small third-tier city, Qin Zhen didn't bother to stay in S city to compete with Hai Chuan for those limited customers.

  It was past 12 noon, still the peak hour for dining, and since it was still the first month of the lunar year, many people were treating guests at Hai Chuan Restaurant. The three-story restaurant with a considerable capacity was almost fully booked. However, Qin Fei and his group were quite lucky; the guests in the private room on the second floor had just finished their meal and left, so there was an empty table available.

  The waiter led Qin Fei and Gu Yin upstairs. Before they reached the private room, a familiar figure emerged from the bathroom at the end of the corridor.

  Qin Fei barely had time to greet him before Song 'Meng' ran up to him, patting his shoulder and saying: "Qin Fei, are you here for dinner too?"

  Qin Fei smiled and said: "Yes!"

  "What a coincidence, we're also having dinner here." Song 'Meng' said, intending to hook Qin Fei's shoulder, but was blocked by Gu Yin stepping forward.

  Song 'Meng' took a look at Gu Yin's expressionless face, sulkily withdrew his hand, turned his head to shoo away the service staff who was leading Qin Fei and others, gesturing for Qin Fei and Gu Yin to follow him. "Come this way! Come this way! Let's eat together! I'm treating today!"

  "Are you treating?" Qin Fei unexpectedly looked at Song 'Meng', this guy and Zhou Jun were always in a financial crisis all year round, usually only he had the privilege of freeloading, treating others was something that only happened when he was still in college.

  "I'll treat you, Ye Dashi will take out his wallet!" Song 'Meng' pushed open the package door and went in with Qin Fei and Gu Yin.

  Two people sat in front of the dining table in the private room, one was Qin Fei's acquaintance Zhou Jun, and the other was a man who looked quite handsome. Qin Fei guessed that this man was Ye Da Shuai Ge mentioned by Song Meng. However, Ye Da Shuai Ge seemed somewhat familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before.

  Qin Fei looked at that handsome guy Ye Da thoughtfully, and on the other side, Song 'Meng' began to introduce them, "This is Qin Fei and Gu Yin, my friends."

  As soon as Song's words fell, he heard Gu Yin laugh and ask, "Who is your friend?"

  "Alright, let me correct that. This is Gu Yin, a very impressive figure, and you don't need to know anything else."

  Ye Da Shuai Ge: “......”

  "This is Ye Cheng, Big Brother Ye."

  "That heavenly king singer, Ye Cheng?" As soon as Song 'Meng' mentioned the man's name, Qin Fei also remembered who he was. He didn't pay attention to entertainment news, but had heard Sheng Wei mention him before and had seen Ye Cheng's photo in a celebrity magazine, so he had some impression of Ye Cheng.

  "Uh-huh, it's me." Ye Cheng nodded his head.

  Gu Yin glanced at Ye Cheng lightly, and the three of them greeted each other before taking their seats.

  Song 'Meng' sat next to Zhou Jun, beside him was Qin Fei, Gu Yin sat between him and Ye Cheng.

  Song 'Meng' and the three others hadn't eaten for long, and the dishes on the table hadn't been touched much. However, with two more people now, the food was not enough, so they called the waiter to order some more dishes.

  After the waiter took the menu and left, Qin Fei glanced at Ye Cheng, who was holding his mobile phone and didn't know what he was flipping through, then turned back to look at Song Baozi, who was eating with a happy face, and asked curiously: "How do you know Ye Cheng?"

  "He is a client of mine and Old Zhou's!"

  Ye Cheng: "I am an artist under Song Er Shao Jia Entertainment Company."

  Song 'Meng': "......"

  Ye Cheng: "......"

  Qin Fei: "A bit more information."

  Yue Cheng picked up his phone and explained, "Huaye Entertainment is owned by the Song family. The CEO is Song 'Meng's father, and the general manager is Song 'Meng's older brother. So, Song 'Meng' is the second young master of Huaye, and I am a contracted artist under their company."

  Qin Fei stared at Song 'Meng' in surprise, never expecting that this poor and fat guy would be the second young master of an entertainment company.

  "I was also startled when I first found out." Zhou Jun said, "Who knew this kid's family had so much money."

  "There's no way I can use the money at home anyway..." Song 'Meng' muttered, wiping his greasy hands with a tissue. "My big brother said that as long as I don't go back to work at the company, he won't give me a single cent! And then he did just that...I haven't been able to get a penny from home since graduation!"

  "But I will not compromise, I am a fatty who will persevere for my dreams all my life. I will strive to become a famous detective all my life and will never bow down for five bushels of rice!" Song 'Meng' said with great righteousness.

  Qin Fei: "......" No, you've already compromised many times for the sake of free meals, okay?

  "What's going on with him being your client?" Gu Yin asked slowly and calmly.

  "This...” Song ‘Meng’ organized his thoughts and began to explain, “A month ago, I was at my hometown in B city for the New Year, and my brother told me that Ye Cheng had been having a streak of bad luck recently. Strange things kept happening around him, like flower pots falling from buildings when he walked on the street, or getting flat tires when going out to eat. These kinds of things happened many times a day, so he asked the police to investigate, but they couldn’t find anything, not even any suspicious people."

  "Then Ye Cheng felt that he was being followed by something, and after finding a master to take a look, the result was that the master cheated him out of 5,000 yuan." Song 'Meng' took a glance at Ye Cheng's pale face and continued, "So I received the commission, first to help him find that master, second to help him investigate who exactly ambushed him. That master had already left B City, don't know where he ran off to, the probability of finding him is basically zero. So our goal can only be placed on the ambushers."

  "Because of these sneak attacks, the company didn't arrange any work for Ye Cheng except for a play that was already scheduled for April. Ye Cheng had nothing to do, so I brought him to S City. One reason was to test whether the attacker would follow us here, and if they did, they might reveal themselves. If not, it would be easier for me to pinpoint their location. The second reason was to make it convenient for Old Zhou to join in on the investigation." Song Meng said, "As a result, the attacker really did follow us to S City, and these past few days Ye Cheng has still been plagued by disasters. Unfortunately, the attacker hid too well, and I wasn't able to find them."

  "I came to S city thinking I could catch my breath from those frequent sneak attacks, but now it seems that leaving B city was pointless." Ye Cheng said, "I think those might not be human-made incidents. I've encountered several times where rocks were thrown at me out of thin air, with no one in the direction they came from, as if the rocks flew over on their own. And every night I have nightmares, but when I wake up in the morning, I don't remember what I dreamed about."

  "It's because you're superstitious that you got cheated by that swindler. As people of the 21st century, we should look at things scientifically!" Song Meng said while gnawing on a chicken leg.

  Ye Cheng gave Song 'Meng' a cold glance, "I don't believe in superstition, you'd better find the culprit for me! Second Master Song."

  Song 'Meng' took a sneaky glance at Gu Yin and leaned into Qin Fei's ear, "Help me ask how the great god Gu looks?"

  Qin Fei: "...... Didn't you say we should look at things scientifically?"