Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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“That side of Mingxi Road,” when saying this, Bai Lu’s senior also deliberately blew out a puff of smoke to make his face look even more mysterious in the smoke, and then he said two words, “Haunted!”
Bai Lu blinked with wide eyes, “Oh?”
“So if you go to the pedestrian street to sing K at night, it’s best to bring a boy with you. Boys are full of yang energy.” The senior inadvertently exposed his purpose.
Bai Lu smiled, “Oh…”
The senior saw that she didn’t take it seriously, and then said: “Hey, I’m serious, do you know someone named He Zun in the next class? He saw ghosts twice on Mingxi Road, once after singing K just like you, and once with people from their dormitory. Now he and everyone in his dormitory carry talismans with them, and he goes to the Taoist temple to burn incense when he has nothing to do.”
This incident had spread in the school. How could Bai Lu not know about it? She said a little funnily: “Senior, you don’t really believe it, do you? This incident is obviously related to the Taoist temple on the pedestrian street.”
The senior said: “Isn’t it relevant? The talisman was asked for there.”
“I mean, this should be the Taoist temple’s marketing plan.” Bai Lu said helplessly, “There are so many people and things being hyped now, how can you be recognized if you don’t change your tactic?”
“You mean, He Zun and the others also received money from the Taoist temple?” The senior thought about it carefully, and it seemed that it was somewhat possible. After all, they were just talking about ghosts.
Bai Lu raised her eyebrows and said, “This is called superficial supernatural powers.”
Senior: “…”
Hey, wait, why did the topic change? The senior said again: “But you still have to be careful at night. People are scarier than ghosts.”
Bai Lu laughed again, “It’s okay, it’s a lively place.”
The senior failed to succeed after all. However, no matter how lively the place was, it was not the same all night as it was during the day.
That night, when Bai Lu and her friends came out after singing K, all the facades of Jingui Pedestrian Street were closed, and there were no people on the whole street. They forgot the time while playing. Bai Lu also took a nap, thinking that she would have to get up early tomorrow as she had something to do, so she couldn’t stay here for the night. The other people’s directions were different from hers, everyone waved goodbye, and Bai Lu’s friend saw her using the software to make an appointment in the car, so she then left, asking her to report her safety when she went back.
“I know. “Bai Lu looked down as she walked, preparing to wait for the car at the corner of the street. At this time, the driver called and told her that he was going home. He was not familiar with the software and accidentally took the order. He asked her to please cancel it. Bai Lu was very speechless, but she could only cancel and book another taxi again.
Bai Lu suddenly felt that something was wrong. On the quiet street, her high heels clicked on the ground, but if she listened carefully, there seemed to be a trace of other sounds mixed in.
To Bai Lu, with her sensitive ears, it sounded like… very light footsteps?
What the senior said during the day came to mind, but it was obviously a lie, and Mingxi Road was still a few minutes away from here, so it shouldn’t be… It should be, there was someone behind her. Bai Lu thought, and suddenly looked back.
There was no one in the empty street.
“…” Bai Lu turned around and continued walking. Did she hear wrong just now? She must have heard wrong, Bai Lu comforted herself. But at this moment, she heard a few obvious footsteps behind her. It could not be an illusion.
Bai Lu looked back again, almost scared out of her mind.
A twisted ghost face floated in the air in the darkness, its eyes were empty, with its mouth wide open, revealing a blood-red tongue, and its face was so twisted that its cheeks were retracted. Bai Lu almost gave in, her heart suddenly beat wildly, and her face turned pale.
At this time, the ghostly face paused and quickly came over, and Bai Lu then saw clearly, this was not a ghost face floating in the air, but someone wearing a black robe and a ghost mask!
Bai Lu didn’t know whether to cry or laugh. It was indeed a human being, but not a good person!
That mask was really scary at night, not to mention thinking of his possible purpose. Bai Lu screamed and ran away, pressing the phone with all her strength. Unfortunately, the more she rushed, the more mistakes she made, and she threw the phone away with a slip of her hand. She wanted to pick up her phone, but she and the Ghost-Faced Man were a man and a woman, and she was wearing high heels. When she looked back, the Ghost-Faced Man was catching up with her.
Bai Lu thought a lot at this moment. Although it was two o’clock in the morning, would there be any vendors or passers-by on the street who could hear her? If there was no misfortune, could giving her wallet to this pervert ensure that she won’t get hurt?
…But this kind of situation was really unbelievable! Bai Lu burst into tears. She didn’t dare to stop and kept running.
Bai Lu’s heart was beating fast, her head was dizzy, she was afraid and regretful. She couldn’t help but turn around, only to see that the Ghost-Faced Man was only three or four meters away from her. She could almost hear him breathing, his heart was beating faster, and his screams were louder.
The ghost-faced man also whispered: “You little bitch, you are still running…”
As soon as he finished speaking, the ghost-faced man on the flat ground somehow fell down. He jumped forward and slid a few meters away, almost touching Bai Lu’s calf.
Bai Lu screamed and kicked him in the face, then continued running wildly.
When she ran to the street, there was no one around the square, but there seemed to be a car approaching in the distance. Bai Lu looked back and saw the ghost-faced man get up and limp over and continue running.
It’s over, it’s over, it’s not too late, right? Just as Bai Lu finished thinking, the ghost-faced man fell to the ground again.
This time Bai Lu saw it with her own eyes. The fall was so bad that she couldn’t believe that someone could fall so hard on the ground.
“…” Bai Lu was in a daze when she saw the door next to her suddenly open, and a very good-looking boy leaned out, “Beauty, are you calling for help?”
Bai Lu was ecstatic, pointing at the ghost-faced man and said: “That man wants to rob me! Please call the police!”
The boy opened the door fully, took out his mobile phone to dial, and said by the way: “Come in.”
Bai Lu still hesitated and walked to the door in a few steps, “Close the door first!”
Although this little brother was good-looking, he did not seem very tall and strong, and the ghost-faced man behind her looked very perverted. What if he started a fight if he didn’t close the door?
But the boy didn’t mean to close the door. Instead, he said, “Hey, look.”
After he finished speaking, he told the person on the other end the situation. Bai Lu curiously poked her head out and found that the ghost-faced man who fell twice in a row seemed to have fallen a third time. He fell to the ground, and this time he didn’t get up. Instead, he rolled his head and rolled a few times, shouting randomly: “Help! There’s a ghost!”
Bai Lu’s face turned pale. This man’s shouting was too weird, and his movements were also weird, and then thinking about his inexplicable wrestling just now, “He, he…”
The boy looked at her expectantly, “Huh?”
Bai Lu: “He has a brain disease!”
The boy: “…”
Bai Lu said, “It’s terrible, maybe it’s not a robbery, but a lunatic acting out.”
“…I’ve called the police, don’t be afraid.” The boy put away his cell phone depressedly.
The ghost-faced man rolled twice, looked up and rushed over again: “Help!”
The boy quickly closed the door, and the ghost-faced man lay outside and banged on the door: “F**k you, open the door! You are not a fu**ing Taoist temple. Isn’t there a ghost here?”
Bai Lu: “…”
Boy: “…I f**k your uncle.”
Bai Lu wanted to laugh inexplicably. Maybe she judged people by their appearance. But why did this boy look a little cute when he scolded people? He didn’t want to pay attention to the people outside, but if the other person scolded someone, he would scold him back, and…
“Is this a Taoist temple?”
“…” the boy said, “Did you just find out?”
The police came quickly, within two minutes, they rushed to the scene and caught the ghost-faced man. The ghost-faced man cried with joy when he saw them. “You are finally here!”
Police officer: “…”
Bai Lu took the opportunity to rush up and kick him a few times. The policeman waited until she finished kicking him before stretching out his hand to stop her. “Okay, don’t hit anyone.”
Bai Lu scolded, “Can a psychopath break the law casually?”
The mask of the ghost-faced man had been taken off, and the exposed face was blue and swollen. He fell just now. He said loudly: “Who is crazy? You are crazy. You can’t see the ghost!”
Bai Lu: “I saw it, it’s you!”
The policeman didn’t bother to care and said to the boy: “Xiao Xie is good, you helped a little girl again, luckily you heard her.”
This was the police officer Wang from last time. He thought the young boy in Baoyang temple was pretty good, he helped people intentionally or unintentionally. This was what a monk should do.
“Hehe, I didn’t do anything.” Xie Lingya rubbed his eyes and thought how could he have heard. His backyard was still some distance away from here. He was completely woken up by Qin Limin blowing the wind outside the window. At that moment, he regretted letting go. What was Qin Limin doing on patrol?
At this moment, no one else could see it. Qin Limin was floating above everyone and kept saying, “I have done a good job, I have done a good job, I have done a good job…”
….
The next afternoon, Xie Lingya received a call from Policeman Xiao Wang who said that the girl from last night wanted to give him a banner.
Xie Lingya was shocked: “…Huh? It’s not that big of a deal, right?”
It’s understandable to send a banner to Qin Limin, but the girl couldn’t see Qin Limin, and there was no passage. He didn’t do much after he found out last night.
Officer Wang laughed and said, “Whether it’s serious or not, don’t you have any idea in your mind?”
Xie Lingya: “…”
At the police station, Bai Lu blushed and handed a banner to Xie Lingya. She originally wanted to go to the Taoist temple, but Xie Lingya said it was better to forget it.
At this moment, Xie Lingya smiled dryly: “Thank you… I really don’t deserve it. Please pay more attention in the future.”
“Yeah, I understand.” Bai Lu’s face turned even redder.
The ghost-faced man was talking nonsense, and he was probably sick, at least that’s what Bai Lu thought. However, this did not prevent her from changing her view on holding the sun and deciding to drink tea more often in the future.
When Xie Lingya returned with the banner, there happened to be some people with free time in the temple, and Zhang Daoting and Hai Guanchao were sitting there drinking tea.
“Hey, where did the banner come from?” Zhang Daoting asked.
Xie Lingya didn’t bother anyone else last night, so he replied: “Well, of course it was given by someone else.”
“Okay then, hang it up.” Zhang Daoting said excitedly, “We also have a banner. Which believer gave it to us? What does it say, immeasurable spirit? Our Taoist temple is so spiritual, someone should have given it away long ago!”
Xie Lingya: “…”
Zhang Daoting and Hai Guanchao didn’t know why he looked a little unable to explain, “How did it come about?”
Hai Guanchao said calmly: “Well, it doesn’t say ‘boundless power’ on it, right?”
Xie Lingya: “…” Couldn’t say it for a while.
Although he knew in his heart that Qin Limin had indeed helped but in the eyes of outsiders, the whole process was clearly a criminal who attacked the street, fell three times, got sick himself, while he took the girl in to hide, and called the police for help. At most, he just cursed the person.
“So the meaning of this first banner is actually written as ‘act bravely’ but pronounced as ‘you are so beautiful’?” Hai Guanchao said, “Then do you want to hang it up?”
“Hang up!” Xie Lingya said fiercely, “Why won’t I hang up the banner because of my appearance.”
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