Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Tuan Tuanyi tricked Qiu Guokai into applying for a card.
After Qiu Guokai got the card, he felt that something was not right here. To be honest, he did not trust Lin Hanyang’s recommendation when he came here. He had never heard of the name Taicang Sect before. It seemed that it had suddenly appeared in Beijing recently. No matter how he looked at it, it looked like a group of charlatans who had changed their careers to cheat people for money. If the masters of several temples he had visited before had not said that he did not look like he was cursed by ghosts, he would not have come here for a last-ditch effort.
But putting varicose veins aside for now, the fact that he was beaten was indeed quite strange. Wei Xi couldn’t figure out what the problem was, so he decided to follow Qiu Guokai to his home to take a look.
When Qiu Guokai saw the group of people with empty hands before they set off, he could no longer suppress his suspicion and asked, “Master, don’t you need to bring anything?”
Wei Xi was stunned, but Tuan Tuanyi reacted quickly and said that he had forgotten. He then pulled his master aside and said, “Master, I read in the books that my junior brother gave me that many masters would bring magical instruments when they performed rituals, such as peach wood swords, yin and yang coins, etc. Do we have any in our sect?”
Wei Xi said: “We don’t need this.”
“I think we should still prepare a little bit.” Tuan Tuanyi said, “Master, you don’t know that the entrepreneurial tips say that the hardware equipment for the company’s activities must be well prepared to make customers feel that we are professional, reliable and strong. Sometimes a sense of ceremony is also very important.”
Wei Xi thought about it and felt that it was right, so he took his apprentices upstairs to find a suitable backpack. Seeing that the backpack was empty, he thought for a while and stuffed a few packs of tissues and a few bars of chocolate into it.
Shuo Zong: “…”
As a result, after seeing the bulging backpack, Qiu Guokai really looked relieved. But Shuo Zong couldn’t help but become even more silent. What kind of people were Wei Xi’s customers?
When the ladies in the courtyard saw Wei Xi, they were very enthusiastic and greeted him, “Where are you going, Xiao Xi?”
Tuan Tuanyi smiled and replied, “The master has accepted the task of performing a ritual for Mr. Qiu and is going to perform the ritual at his home.”
Ritual……
Everyone had different expressions when they heard this. After Wei Xi left, they couldn’t help but ask Shu Wanrong, “…I thought the business printed on the Taicang Sect’s business card was a joke, but your eldest son actually does it?”
Shu Wanrong: “…”
She picked up the cup and took a sip of water, her expression blank as if she didn’t want to say anything anymore.
….
On the way, they learned that Mr. Qiu was originally an investor in the film and television industry. However, his family had been well-off for several generations, so he could be considered a wealthy second-generation.
Perhaps out of nervousness, he kept on talking non-stop: “Alas, people around me envy me, saying that I have an inheritance and don’t have to start a business from scratch, but now the market economy is developing so fast, how can it be so easy to maintain success? Film and television investment is not easy either. A project our company recently invested in made me worry so much that my hair almost fell out. If it weren’t for my wife’s support behind me, how could I have persisted until now?”
Tuan Tuanyi was recently forced to endorse something by his junior and was willing to put it into practice if he had the chance. So, he looked at Qiu Guokai’s face and guessed, “Has Mr. Qiu gotten married for the second time?”
Qiu Guokai exclaimed, finally feeling that the expert he had found seemed to have some ability: “Yes, my ex-wife and I were married for business purposes. About seven or eight years ago, she wanted to go abroad for development, so we divorced. Later, I met my current wife. I met her when I was investing in a project before. She is more than ten years younger than me, and we are very affectionate.”
As he spoke, he took out a photo of his wife to show off to Tuan Tuanyi, and he was obviously quite proud of her. Tuan Tuanyi took a look at the young and slim beauty in the photo, then looked at Qiu Guokai, and immediately his eyes turned green with envy.
But he felt something was not right, so he zoomed in and looked at it several times, then said uncertainly, “Your wife is very popular with men, right?”
Qiu Guokai laughed proudly: “Yes, hahaha, she is so beautiful, many people envy me!”
Shuo Zong glanced at the photo, then looked at him, and was speechless.
Arriving at the Qiu family’s old house, Qiu Guokai covered his face with a bit of psychological trauma, and didn’t dare to step into the house: “I haven’t been home for several days. When I go back, I always hear those weird noises. After the TV was turned on for no reason a few times ago, I moved to the company with my wife and children. I didn’t expect that I could still feel being beaten during the meeting yesterday.”
Lin Hanyang was worried: “It’s haunting you like this, maybe it wants to kill you.”
Qiu Guokai was even more frightened for a moment. Shuo Zong said coldly: “It’s useless for you to live in the company. What problem can you solve by hiding outside?”
Lin Hanyang thought so too, so he asked the driver to take his wife back first, and he stayed behind to encourage Qiu Guokai to open the door.
The Qiu family’s home did not look gloomy at all. The house had good lighting and ventilation. You could even feel the warmth of the sun when you stepped into the house during the day. The decoration showed many traces left by wealthy elders.
After Lin Hanyang entered the house, he first lit a stick of incense for his parents, then clasped his hands and bowed several times: “Alas, if it weren’t for the elders in my family protecting me, I might have been harmed by this ghost a long time ago.”
Lin Hanyang comforted him with a few words. Wei Xi took his disciples around the house and found that there were many portraits hanging on the walls of the Qiu family, some of which were photographs and some were oil paintings.
The domestic helpers were given a holiday, and Qiu Guokai personally made a pot of tea for everyone and introduced them: “This is my grandfather, this is my great-grandmother, and this is my great-grandmother’s father… Our family is a large family, and our earliest ancestors went out to sea to do business in the late Qing Dynasty.”
There was no sign of a problem at home, so he explained, “Nothing usually happens during the day. That thing…will only come out to cause trouble after the sun goes down.”
Wei Xi hummed: “It’s okay, let’s wait until the evening, I have things to do.”
Qiu Guokai also knew some of the rules, and asked doubtfully, “Are you going to take advantage of this opportunity to start a ritual?”
Many folk magicians would offer sacrifices to heaven and earth before performing their rituals, which was considered a fairly common ceremony.
“What are you doing?” Wei Xi took out his phone. “My Landlord friends should be online at this time.”
Qiu Guokai: “……???”
As a result, Wei Xi actually sat on the sofa and ignored him. The room was filled with the sound effects of airplanes and cards.
Qiu Guokai looked confused as to what he was doing, while Lin Hanyang consoled him, “Don’t be like that, the master looks much more reliable now. When he first came to my house to perform the ritual, he was dressed as a beggar and only cared about eating. Don’t be particular about details, as long as he has sufficient professional skills. Maybe he plays games to comfort you and make you relax.”
Was… was that so? Although Qiu Guokai felt that he didn’t feel comforted or relaxed at all, there was nothing he could do at this moment.
He had no choice but to wait anxiously, not daring to watch the TV that turned on for no apparent reason. He waited until it was getting dark, and when he could no longer sit still, he took out his cell phone from his pocket.
Lin Hanyang asked: “What are you doing?”
Qiu Guokai said: “I was afraid that my wife would worry, so I wanted to call her and tell her that I would be back at the company later.”
Lin Hanyang was also a wife slave, and he was very pleased with his old classmate’s behavior. However, as soon as Qiu Guokai flipped through the address book, his expression suddenly changed and he stopped: “I seem to hear that voice again!”
Everyone immediately looked at him. Wei Xi, who had lost the entire afternoon, also put down his phone and exchanged glances with his second disciple. Neither of them heard anything.
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