Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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He went to another park, and it had become even more deserted since then. Although it could not be said that it was completely unmanaged, it was really depressed. Except for the aunties who danced square dance here in the evening, there was no one in this park.
The subtle shutter sound was too sudden. The person who pressed the shutter was on the other side of the iron fence, and Bai Ju and Xiao Yao shouldn’t have noticed it. So, they didn’t react very quickly. However, Bai Ju was no longer as unfamiliar with the sound of the shutter as he had been when he just came down the mountain; on the contrary, he immediately realized one thing – the person who took the photo might have witnessed his transformation process and might even have recorded the conversation between him and Xiao Yao.
Although he and Xiao Yao didn’t talk about any sensitive topics just now, a person who approached silently took photos of the orphanage through the gaps in the branches and leaves and was able to hide it from Bai Ju and Xiao Yao’s perception, it could only be said that this person came well-prepared, and his purpose was obviously impure.
Bai Ju quickly searched for the trace of the person after climbing over the fence but found the smell of burning talisman in the air. It was a bit inferior, probably not high-quality yellow paper and cinnabar; it may be a prop purchased by someone who knew little about magic.
Bai Ju raised his head and smelled the burning tracks of the talisman paper in the air. He paused for a moment, and then Xiao Yao caught up and said, “Brother Bai, what’s going on?”
Bai Ju lowered his body slightly, squinted his eyes, and replied: “This human being should not be a warlock; he has some talismans on hand that ordinary people can use. The quality of the talisman paper is not high, so he must not have gone far.”
Xiao Yao pushed the frame of his glasses, slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, nodded and said: “I know…split up?”
Bai Ju shook his head: “No need…I found him.”
With that said, Bai Ju found the right direction, whispered “Follow me”, and headed towards the path in the small forest on the side without hesitation.
Xiao Yao would not question the old dog Bai’s nose, and immediately tensed up after hearing this. His nerves aroused, and he followed Bai Ju’s figure continuously forward; maybe it was just a few breaths, but Bai Ju, who had almost become an afterimage, turned sharply, kicked his hind legs soundlessly, and in the next moment, Bai Ju then pounced on the person ten meters away.
A thin young man lay hunched on the ground. Next to him was a SLR with a broken lens, and his trouser legs were still stained with unburned, black ashes of the magic talisman.
Bai Ju’s claws stepped on the man’s neck mercilessly. With just a little force, he could crush the fragile bones into pieces.
Xiao Yao walked closer and saw that the young man’s face was still wearing a mask, there were also signs of repair on her eyebrows, so he raised his eyebrows and thought: “Are you here to secretly take pictures of Qiu Ziran?”
The blood vessels in the neck of the young man who was suppressed by Bai Ju almost burst. The blood pumped by the heart hit the top of his head again and again, making his face turn red. The beating blood vessels in his temples expanded and twisted, and the whole person was in a life-threatening situation. There was a sense of crisis; so he didn’t care about anything else. Hearing this, he quickly rubbed his head against the rough ground and nodded, speaking with difficulty through the mask: “Yes…”
Xiao Yao tugged on his collar, squatted down and reached out to pluck.
As expected, a piece of talisman paper that concealed the breath was found in the pocket of this man’s coat.
The quality of the talisman paper was not high, but the folding technique was very good, which made the talisman paper more effective. With a slight twist of force, the talisman paper between his fingers was instantly destroyed into ashes; Xiao Yao watched the man struggle for a while, then relaxed and said: “Brother Bai, let him go first.”
Bai Ju released his paws in cooperation, squatted down next to Xiao Yao, and saw Xiao Yao mercilessly placing a few talismans to immobilize the person, and then he took out a small bottle like magic, and dipped his finger into the bottle. Xiao Yao drew a mantra from the cinnabar in the air, then he closed his palms and slapped the cinnabar in the air, then branded the cinnabar talisman on the man’s arm and took off the man’s mask simply and roughly, Xiao Yao had a bad impression of this person who suddenly appeared: “Tell me everything about what happened.”
The man opened his mouth, the cinnabar on his arm shone slightly, and his original expression changed slightly. As soon as his lips touched each other, he told all the causes and consequences of the matter. This was severely criticized by Bai Ju.
The young man who was stepped on was named Sun Daiyang. He was an artist who debuted in the same audition program as the red fox Qiu Ziran.
He and Qiu Ziran followed a similar path. He was a young musician, talented and full of aura; Even their origins were similar. Qiu Ziran had never concealed his origins. The external story had always been that he was abandoned at the entrance of the orphanage and was raised by monks and Taoists in the orphanage.
However, Sun Daiyang and Qiu Ziran had something different. The difference was that he lived in a family where his parents were at odds since he was a child. He suffered from quarrels and violence. In the end, his parents divorced and he was left in an orphanage by his gambling father.
At that time, Sun Daiyang was already sensible. He himself did not want to go back to parents like that, so when he was in the orphanage, he insisted that he did not remember who his parents were, and he showed great dependence on his teachers and friends in the orphanage. He said more than once that he wanted to treat the orphanage as his home. The opportunity came when he was fifteen years old.
When the audition was held, he was visiting a retired orphanage teacher in Luocheng. He happened to think that he looked good and sang well, so he came up with the idea to let him give it a try.
Sun Daiyang’s innate conditions were indeed quite good. At a time when auditions were not yet popular, he really set off a small climax when he opened his voice on the stage; even after the final eight were selected in Luocheng, he still remained and ended up sharing the stage with Qiu Ziran.
At that time, the little fox had beautiful features and looked like a little girl; and Sun Daiyang also had similar looks. The two of them also created a trend. At that time, Sun Daiyang subconsciously regarded Qiu Ziran as his competitor, but the silly fox who was always on the same stage didn’t know what his competitors were thinking. He only knew that he wanted to create music well; so when the host of the show mentioned the contestants’ thoughts, when dreaming about future and music, Qiu Ziran simply said a few words, “I like singing and want to sing better songs” and then disappeared; while Sun Daiyang seized the opportunity and mentioned a few words about his past experiences. Then he was extremely obedient and said that he wanted to make money by singing to support his younger brothers and sisters in the orphanage.
As you can imagine, Sun Daiyang did become popular for a while because of his ability to sell money and run businesses. However, within two years, he became famous for selling misery every time he appeared on the stage, so he gradually lost his reputation; and after it was found out that he left the orphanage three years after his debut without having donated a penny, the opportunity in front of Sun Daiyang was completely closed.
After all, he did not have the musical ability.
The outdated Sun Daiyang was naturally dissatisfied with his efforts to match the rhetoric.
When Sun Daiyang was confused, he couldn’t help but look for people with similar conditions to compare with him. He set his sights on Qiu Ziran, and watched as Red Fox became more and more popular in the entertainment industry. Gradually, Red Fox, who seemed to have the same starting point as him, became a thorn in his heart. He looked almost the same and sang the same, so why should he be more popular than him? It was obvious that he had suffered more, but why did the other person get all the compensation in the world?
Why, even though I try hard to manage myself and present my best image to the outside world, I still can’t compare to his extremely simple musical dream?
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Countless clamoring thoughts piled up in his heart, and Sun Daiyang also changed in his actions.
He began to pretend to be a group performer, sneak into the scene, move around Qiu Ziran, observe him, figure him out, and then simulate countless ways in his mind to pull him down from the altar.
But no matter how malicious Sun Daiyang’s heart was, he was still an ordinary person after all. He just thought about many things and would not really take action himself to get involved in the mess.
As a result, just a while ago, a bright opportunity was presented to him.
An ordinary-looking warlock found him, and after a quiet exchange of words, the warlock received a thorough understanding of Sun Daiyang’s mentality. He immediately analyzed it for him, and finally came up with an amazing conclusion: The red fox Qiu Ziran took over his destiny and took away all the blessings that should have belonged to him.
Sun Daiyang’s mentality was already a bit dazed. When the warlock said this, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case.
So the warlock fanned the flames, suggesting that Sun Daiyang could get back what he deserved; and just when Sun Daiyang was completely tempted, the warlock gave him an idea.
Fate was a precious thing that could not be exchanged by ordinary means; he had to take an opportunity to induce an incident related to Qiu Ziran. In this way, if Qiu Ziran’s fortune was stained with blood, he could take advantage of the situation and return his fate.
At that time, Sun Daiyang, who was fascinated by the warlock, listened to the warlock’s words and did a lot of things according to his instructions. For example, he disguised himself as a field worker and sneaked into Qiu Ziran’s side and tried his best to get his hair or nails… everything then happened in a logical way. Sun Daiyang was used as a gun, but it was just a test by the warlock; even the method of changing one’s fate described in it could only fool Sun Daiyang, a completely ignorant layman, at least Bai Ju and the others knew it just after listening to it that this was simply a lie.
How could one’s fate be so easy to change… Unfortunately, Sun Daiyang felt too good about himself, and he really thought that he and the little fox were on the same level.
As a result, the puppet failed several times in the past two days. Sun Daiyang only knew that the warning sign in his hand was cracked and Qiu Ziran survived. He immediately became anxious. Somehow, he actually found out about a little warlock who sold real talisman paper. So Sun Daiyang spent some money to buy some hiding talismans, magical talismans and the like. He thus hung a SLR around my neck and secretly followed him to the orphanage.
As a result, he didn’t take any pictures of Qiu Ziran. He only saw the big-changed live dog, and then the white dog stepped on its neck.
After hearing the whole cause and effect, Xiao Yao and Bai Ju looked at each other.
This guy was just an unlucky guy with no skills, and he was taken advantage of because of his evil intentions.
However, Bai Ju was extremely lucky. The idiot who bumped into the door actually gave them a clue.
The ordinary-looking “warlock” who first came into contact with Sun Daiyang was probably a more sophisticated puppet.
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