Chapter 64: The Unlucky Star 11

  Resentment arose and thoughts were extinguished. The past was already settled cleanly when Qin Fei made the seal for her over 500 years ago. After that, she protected the descendants of the Shen family for over 300 years, until the Shen family had long forgotten their ancestors' instructions and forgot the origin of the jade altar. To alleviate the family's financial difficulties, they sold it as an ordinary antique, thus also settling the cause and effect with the Shen family.

  Only Ye Cheng, for five hundred years, she never gave up.

  At the time when the jade platform's scripture was intact, Shen Qianlan could still clearly distinguish between yin and yang. Even if her obsession ran deep, that thin line of separation was something she couldn't cross. However, now that the scripture has been damaged, she is in the process of gradually transforming into a fierce ghost, her self-control slowly fading away, her desires and obsessions taking over. Moreover, Shen Qianlan knew that she wouldn't be able to hold on for much longer, soon to disappear forever, never again seeing the person she had always been watching. That sense of unwillingness and despair drove her to want to cross that line at all costs.

  However, Qin Fei pulled her out of the abyss of suffering in that life, he must not want to see her do such a thing. If he remembered that life, he would surely be disappointed with her, she had let down his sympathy...

  She feels indebted to her benefactor, but she is unwilling, she can't let go...

  Shen Cai Lan lowered her eyelids and didn't dare to look at Qin Fei's face to see what expression he had.

  Qin Fei let out a sigh, looking at Shen Qianlan who stood before him like a child who had done something wrong but refused to correct it. He spoke in a low voice, "Was Ye Cheng's death really what you wished for?"

  Shen Cai Lan's shoulders trembled slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but suddenly turned her head, looking towards the staircase, seeing Gu Yin step onto the last step of the stairs, staring at her coldly.

  Shen Cai Lan pursed her lips and quickly disappeared from view, just like she had the previous few nights.

  As soon as Shen Qianlan disappeared, Gu Yin took a step forward, walking three steps in two strides to Qin Fei's face. The expression on his face was softer than when he looked at Shen Qianlan just now, but the unpleasant mood was evident.

  "You're secretly colluding with this woman behind my back."

  Qin Fei couldn't help but laugh and cry as he looked at Gu Yin, who was secretly communicating with that woman behind his back. What's going on here? And besides, the last time they just bumped into each other in the corridor by chance, this time they only talked for a bit, what does it have to do with secret communication? That phrase "caught in the act" is really something!

  "I think she didn't have any malice towards me, and it seemed like she wanted to tell me something..." Qin Fei explained.

  Gu Yin's face was expressionless as he stared at Qin Fei, his demeanor suggesting a storm was brewing. Qin Fei had steeled himself for a scathing rebuke, but instead, all he heard was Gu Yin's rather helpless sigh.

  "If you encounter such a situation in the future, remember to inform me in time." Gu Yin raised his hand and brushed past Qin Fei's scattered hair at the temples. As his fingertips grazed the ends of his hair, they touched the skin on his cheek, causing his heart to thud unexpectedly for a moment. Before he could react, Qin Fei suddenly met Gu Yin's deep, ink-like eyes, and was immediately lost in them.

  "What you want to do, as long as it doesn't put yourself in danger, I won't stop you. Those things that don't belong to the mortal world may not have malicious intentions towards you, but they are by no means benevolent. Shen Qianlan is currently undergoing the process of becoming a malevolent spirit, she may lose her rationality at any time and harm your life, you shouldn't be so careless and unguarded when approaching her."

  The low, husky voice of Gu Yin echoed in his ear, but Qin Fei didn't catch a word. It wasn't until Gu Yin frowned in dissatisfaction and waved his hand in front of his face that he snapped back to attention, listened as Gu Yin repeated himself, then nodded to indicate he understood, promising to inform Gu Yin first if he encountered any more supernatural entities.

  "Where's your phone? Have you taken it out?" Gu Yin changed the subject after hearing his assurance.

  "Not yet, still in the room."

  Gu Yin accompanied Qin Fei to his room to get his phone, and then they went downstairs together.

  Song Meng and the others downstairs had no intention of ending their card game, so when they saw Gu Yin come down, they hurriedly urged him to continue. Gu Yin sat back down in his original position, and the card game resumed.

  Qin Fei sat next to Gu Yin, his phone, which was originally taken out to kill time, was stuffed into his pocket. He sat there, not watching their mahjong game, but from time to time, he would turn his gaze to Gu Yin.

  Qin Fei felt that he was being very strange, as he had recently found himself staring at Gu Yin absent-mindedly many times, especially when looking into Gu Yin's eyes.

  Could it be——because Gu Yin looks too good?

  Thinking of this, Qin Fei's gaze involuntarily turned to Gu Yin's profile. Qin Fei never thought he was a superficial person, but looking at Gu Yin's face, he suddenly felt that he might actually be one.

  Gu Yin and three others played Mahjong for an entire afternoon. In the end, Gu Yin alone won a full pot, while Song Meng, Zhou Jun, and Ye Cheng mysteriously lost all their money, not even leaving a single hair in their pockets.

  Ye Cheng turned his wallet upside down and shook it, but not a single penny came out. Instead, a VIP card for a restaurant fell out. Ye Cheng picked it up and looked at it for a while before suddenly remembering that this VIP card was given to him by his friend when his friend's restaurant opened recently.

  Ye Cheng's friend had just opened a restaurant after the New Year, and he was invited to try it out, but at that time Ye Cheng was going through a series of unexpected accidents around him, having nightmares every night, and was in a streak of bad luck. He didn't have the mood to go, and even if he did, he would only be causing trouble for his friend, so he didn't go.

  Getting up from the chair, Ye Cheng stretched and said: "I'm out of money, let's go to my friend's restaurant for dinner tonight."

  That restaurant was in the vicinity of the city center, some distance from Ye Cheng's villa. Ye Cheng drove over with Qin Fei and a few others. If it were before, he would not have dared to drive, who knows what unexpected events might occur on the road, but now that Qin Fei is here, those strange incidents have stopped happening, so Ye Cheng dares to drive himself.

  Ye Cheng's friend was a particularly troublesome person, who lingered in their private room and refused to leave, causing dinner to drag on from dusk till the night market outside began to bustle.

  Ye Cheng's friends finally left reluctantly after the restaurant manager's repeated invitations, and Qin Fei and his party were able to quietly finish their dessert.

  Leaving the package room, Ye Cheng went to find his friend to say hello and let Qin Fei and others go downstairs to the parking lot first. The five of them parted ways at the elevator entrance on the third floor.

  Ye Cheng had just left when the elevator hadn't arrived yet, and suddenly heard a loud noise, as if something had exploded.

  "What's wrong? What sound?" Song Meng looked in the direction of the sound while asking.

  But before Qin Fei and the others could respond, a series of explosions rang out one after another, accompanied by the panicked screams of the crowd. The ground and ceiling shook continuously, and then a large wave of chaotic people rushed towards the stairs. At this time, black smoke and flames had already spread from the top of the corridor.

  "It's on fire!" Song Meng shouted in surprise.

  The flames came fiercely, in the blink of an eye, the sparks had developed into a raging inferno.

  "The elevator can't be sat on, go this way and take the stairs." Gu Yin grabbed Qin Fei's hand and pulled him towards the stairwell.

  "Wait! What about Ye Cheng?" Song Meng asked anxiously.

  Zhou Jun glanced at the way Ye Cheng had left earlier and said in a low voice, "There's no time to look for him now. In this chaos, it's impossible to find him anyway. Ye Cheng should know what to do in this situation. The fire is coming this way soon, we have to go down first or else we won't be able to get out."

  The five-story annex building has three floors of restaurants, and this is the peak hour for restaurant business. The number of people gathered here is not ordinary, and after the explosion, the fire came fiercely, and the crowd could not help but panic. The corridors were filled with screams and cries, and everyone rushed downstairs in a hurry.

  Qin Fei was protected by Gu Yin, Song Meng followed Zhou Jun, the four of them arrived at the first floor, after running out from that building, they all became a sorry sight.

  Qin Fei was supported by Gu Yin, and after catching his breath, he turned to look at the building they had run out of.

  The fire started on the second floor, and at this moment, the flames have completely engulfed the third floor and are spreading to the fourth floor. The rolling thick smoke is constantly jumping with flames. Eight fire trucks have arrived at the scene, all of which are fully open, trying their best to suppress the flames. However, the current fire situation does not allow for entry into the building to rescue people. All firefighters can do is maintain order at the exit and control the spread of the fire at the exit, allowing those who escaped to come out as soon as possible.

  People who escaped from the building kept coming out, although everyone was exhausted, but no one was seriously injured. As time passed, the number of people escaping gradually decreased, and soon no one came out again, but Qin Fei and others did not find Ye Cheng. Song Meng constantly called Ye Cheng's mobile phone, but there was no response at all.

  Qin Fei and the other three began searching for Ye Cheng in the crowd, but they couldn't find him. Instead, they found one of Ye Cheng's friends.

  "What about Ye Cheng? Have you seen Ye Cheng? He's gone to look for you!" Song Meng hastily ran up and asked upon seeing Ye Cheng's friend.

  Ye Cheng's friend shook his head in confusion, then suddenly realized that Ye Cheng might not have escaped from the burning building yet, and immediately became anxious.

  Song Meng wanted to try calling Ye Cheng's phone again, but found that his own phone was out of battery. He irritably stuffed the phone back into his pocket and paced around in circles like a headless fly. Qin Fei pulled Song Meng over and told him to calm down first, then took out his own phone and dialed Ye Cheng's number.

  This time, the ringtone didn't last long before a rustling noise appeared, and then the phone was answered.

  "Cough cough! Hey? Qin Fei?" A voice came from inside, it was Ye Cheng's.

  "Yecheng! Where are you now? Have you come out?" Qin Fei asked hastily.

  "Cough... cough! Cough! No, I..."

  Ye Cheng hadn't finished speaking when there was a loud noise from the other end, and then the call got cut off. When he tried to call back, it wouldn't go through.

  "Ye Cheng is still inside." Qin Fei's face looked unpleasant as he told Song Meng and others the news about Ye Cheng.

  Song Meng Zhang opened his mouth, but nothing came out. Zhou Jun turned around and took a look at the building with flames soaring into the sky, then quickly walked towards the fire brigade with his crutches.

  "Old Zhou!" Song Meng chased after him.

  "I'll go tell the firefighters and see if they can think of a way to get in and rescue them," said Zhou Jun.

  Qin Fei looked at the back of Song Meng and Zhou Jun and said in a low voice: "Gu Yin, Ye Cheng he..."

  "It's likely that he will die." Gu Yin said slowly, "Shen Qianlan has said before that she had a way to take Ye Cheng away, probably referring to this fire. Ye Cheng won't be able to escape. Ghost eyes can see the future, Shen Qianlan said so, then even if Ye Cheng doesn't die, he will be in a state close to death."

  Qin Fei's mouth twitched, but he couldn't say anything. Just then, a red figure brushed past him. Qin Fei suddenly turned his head and saw that the red figure had already quickly walked to the entrance of the building on fire. She stopped in her tracks there, at this moment she was in a spiritual state, ordinary people could not see her, so her eye-catching ancient costume could only appear exceptionally striking in Qin Fei's and Gu Yin's eyes.

  Shen Cailan stood at the entrance of the building, looked up at the fiercely burning building, turned around to face Qin Fei, and bowed respectfully like when they first met in the corridor, then stepped into the building without hesitation.