Si Jiangchen was stuck in the villa by his assistant, working.
I, on the other hand, had already dealt with the two possessed women in the Lu village head's family.
The lecherous old ghost was directly sent to the Underworld for trial. As for that ordinary - level weasel spirit, it would stay in the Lu family to cultivate itself by receiving the family's incense.
After all this, the sun had just risen to the top of Miaofeng Mountain.
When Lu Erzhong saw me off at the door, I noticed a semi - old electric motorcycle parked beside the collapsed main gate of his house.
"How much is this motorcycle?" I asked casually.
"Little Master, why would you need to pay if you want it?" Lu Erzhong hesitated for a moment, then patted the seat. "You've helped our family so much. If you like it, just take it."
The mountain roads were as winding as sheep intestines. Almost every family had a motorcycle for transportation.
"That won't do."
I waved the phone in my hand. "I was paid for handling things for your family. It's not just a favor."
It was easy to exorcise Lu Erzhong's wife. The ghost was quickly caught by the Underworld minions, and I only charged 3,000 yuan for that.
As for Lu Xiaojuan, it was a bit more troublesome. At first, the weasel spirit didn't want to coexist peacefully. I had to punish it by pinching Lu Xiaojuan's philtrum. Only then did it obediently agree to become the Lu family's protecting little immortal. For this case, I charged 7,000 yuan.
We masters get involved in the client's karma when we do things for them. It's only reasonable to get paid.
Lu Erzhong still wanted to decline, but I had already taken out my phone and transferred 3,000 yuan back to him via WeChat.
"Remember, let your wife and daughter soak up more sunlight every day, and don't let the incense on the weasel's offering table go out."
I sat on the motorcycle and instructed Lu Erzhong.
"Little Master, wait a minute."
Suddenly, Lu Erzhong seemed to remember something. He grabbed the back of my motorcycle, which gave me a scare.
"Uncle Dayong asked me to give something to you!"
Saying that, Lu Erzhong rushed back to the side - room in a hurry. He came back carrying something the size of a basketball, wrapped tightly in newspaper. "He thought you definitely wouldn't take his things, so he asked me to make sure I gave it to you."
"Lu Dayong?"
I was a bit surprised. I casually unwrapped the layers of newspaper. A glint of golden light flashed in the sunlight. Then, a milky - yellow compass only the size of my palm appeared in my hand.
The innate Bagua and the twelve earthly branches on the compass were all inlaid with red - gold filaments. The celestial pool in the middle was slightly raised and was made of pure white crystal. The golden needle inside nodded and trembled gently as I tapped on it.
This... was actually an ivory - carved feng shui compass!
Judging from the patina on it, it should be older than the one my grandfather Du Wenzhong gave me.
"Uncle Dayong said that beautiful flowers should be given to beauties, and precious swords to heroes. This is a treasure he dug out from a tomb. He couldn't repair the one for you, so he gave you this similar one for your work." Lu Erzhong grinned.
He had also peeked at the thing wrapped in the newspaper. It looked very valuable.
However, he didn't dare to have any greedy thoughts anymore.
This kind of thing with karma might be accompanied by terrifying monsters...
I pursed my lips. Lu Dayong really knew how to talk. No wonder he was such an old fox.
Immediately, I put the compass into my backpack, thanked Lu Erzhong, and then revved the motorcycle towards the end of the village.
Lu Erzhong shouted from afar behind me, "Where are you going?"
"Just taking a stroll!"
I waved without looking back and accelerated.
There was Si Jiangchen's car on the road in front of the village. Besides his assistant, there were probably also bodyguards and a driver.
I wasn't stupid enough to walk into a trap...
The Gaode Navigation on my phone was really helpful. It managed to find a small path at the end of Lu Village that could only accommodate an electric motorcycle.
After a thrilling journey down the mountain, I finally rode onto the asphalt road back to Beijing.
I had already made up my mind.
Now there were two groups of people after me.
Du Peiyun, the head of the Du family, was after my life. Si Jiangchen from the Leng family was after... uh, I couldn't think about it! Just thinking about it made me feel a sharp pain all over...
They were both targeting me. I guessed it was because of me that my grandfather Du Wenzhong was involved.
Now the old man was lying in the ICU, barely hanging on. I hoped they weren't that shameless to go after a dying man!
The most urgent thing now was for me to pack up and run away quickly!
I couldn't stay in the compound of Aunt Xu's place anymore. I had to find another place to hide and not expose myself.
When I was almost home, my phone kept vibrating in my pocket. I took a look. Si Jiangchen's calls and WeChat messages were all blinking.
I didn't have time to answer his calls!
I turned the motorcycle into the alley of my family's shop.
I went directly through the back door of the compound and got home. When I opened the door, I noticed Wu Mingyu staring straight at me in front of her house.
"Xiao He, you're back?"
She asked timidly, losing her former overbearing aura.
"Yeah."
I didn't have time to care about her. I opened the door lock and went in to drag out my suitcase.
I had wanted to run away when I accidentally discovered Si Jiangchen's secret a few days ago. I had packed a suitcase then, which saved me some time now.
"Will Young Master Wei not pursue me anymore..."
Wu Mingyu carefully walked up to my door and leaned against it, looking at me.
She was wearing a black armband and a solemn mourning dress. Finally, she looked like someone in mourning.
I dragged the suitcase and glanced at her. "How would I know?"
Wu Mingyu sized me up and down. "You were with him for two days and two nights. You must have won him over, right? Otherwise... why would he buy you such a high - end custom - made dress?"
"What are you talking nonsense about!"
I raised my eyebrows.
I really didn't know what was going on in this woman's head. She could come up with all sorts of dirty ideas just because of a dress!
"High - end custom - made dresses from a noble family... Their dresses are all worth at least 100,000 yuan. Yours is a new - season custom - made item. There's only one in the world, they say..."
Wu Mingyu recited some information she had read from a high - end luxury magazine about taste in front of me.
I originally didn't want to talk to her and just wanted to drag the suitcase and run away quickly.
But her chattering suddenly made me realize something. I immediately stopped.
"Do you like this dress?"
I pointed to the dress on my body and asked.
"Of course."
The envy in Wu Mingyu's eyes was so obvious that she couldn't even hide it.
"Come on, I'll give it to you!"
I reached out and dragged her into the room. I closed the door and started taking off my clothes.
"No, I don't want..." Although she said that against her will, Wu Mingyu's hands had already involuntarily started to help me.
"I'll give you the dress. Put it on and go out now. Take a stroll around. If anyone asks where I am, just say I've gone back to my hometown in northern Henan."
I threw the so - called extremely expensive dress to Wu Mingyu. I found a T - shirt and jeans to change into. I seriously instructed her, "Make sure you say I've gone back to northern Henan. Do you understand?!"
"Understood! Understood!!"
Wu Mingyu was almost overjoyed. She hugged the dress tightly and nodded. "Xiao He, are you playing hard to get so that he can't live without you?!"