Free Web NovelThe system didn't expect that when Gu Qianqian said she would take Lu Yibei home, she actually took this world-destroying factor to her house.
Lu Yibei also didn't expect that when Gu Qianqian said she was poor and lived under a bridge, she actually did live under a bridge.
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Since Lu Yibei had no money herself, and Gu Qianqian was reluctant to spend money on a ride, the two walked about ten kilometers before arriving at the third bridge pier under the Kua Jiang Bridge from University City.
Along the way, Lu Yibei maintained a distance of one or two steps behind Gu Qianqian, following her. While secretly observing, she moved her backpack to the front of her body, placing her hand on it, adopting a posture convenient for taking out the cleaver inside the bag, and remained silently vigilant.
Although she decided to go to Gu Qianqian's "home," she didn't completely trust Gu Qianqian. After all, she might be a Psychic, or even a urban legend, and she wasn't that familiar with her.
What if she had malicious intentions? Didn't the things she said earlier feel strange?
Therefore, basic precautions should still be taken.
When Lu Yibei followed Gu Qianqian, passing through the muddy path hidden in the bushes near the Kua Jiang Bridge, climbing down a vertical iron ladder without any protective measures, and arriving in front of the shack, she was stunned by the sight before her for a long time.
There is an idiom from "Han Shu · Biography of Sima Xiangru" called 'jia tu si bi', which describes extreme poverty.
However, Gu Qianqian's home didn't even have four walls. Strictly speaking, there were only three. Iron sheets that might or might not be considered walls leaned against the bridge pier, combined with a roof made of plastic sheeting and wooden boards, forming a shed.
However, upon actually entering the shack, Lu Yibei was surprised by the arrangement inside.
Although on the way there, there was an indescribable strange smell all along the muddy path leading to the bridge pier.
But Gu Qianqian had cleaned the entire shack very neatly, without any strange smell, and there was even a faint scent unique to a girl's room.
A second-hand sofa covered in patches had a slipcover of the same style as her Grandma's.
By the window overlooking the river, there were gasoline barrels cut to different heights, in which tomatoes, cabbage, and watermelons were planted.
A clear spring water flowed out from the rock wall by the window, precisely guided by several bamboo sections into a dilapidated fish tank used for collecting water.
A small platform extended outside the window, on which a cage woven from reeds was placed, housing several pigeons.
A black and white television, acquired from who knows where, was placed steadily on a TV stand made of stacked bricks, behind which electric wires siphoned from streetlights were neatly arranged on the bridge pier wall.
A round table missing a leg was propped up with bricks, surprisingly stable, and on it were placed a pile of unfinished handicrafts.
Lu Yibei recognized those semi-finished handicrafts; she had seen many similar items in various souvenir shops on Peony Street.
What surprised Lu Yibei even more was that this shack, which wasn't particularly spacious to begin with, was divided into areas such as a bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, and living room by wooden boards, according to different functions.
The entire shack could be described as a sparrow, though small, has all its internal organs, making Lu Yibei sigh in her heart, this Miss is a bit too capable, isn't she?
From the various details she saw upon entering the shack, Gu Qianqian had at least a preliminary grasp of skills such as carpentry, cooking, bricklaying, electrical work, farming, raising pigeons, and making handicrafts.
Originally, Lu Yibei felt some sympathy for Gu Qianqian's situation and thought she didn't seem very clever, but now compared to Gu Qianqian, she felt like a useless person.
Why should she pity others? Why should she say she wasn't clever enough?
However...
Lu Yibei's gaze subtly shifted towards the vegetables and fruits planted in the oil drums, slightly frowning, and began to analyze in her heart.
She grew vegetables at home and raised pigeons, which seemed to be for her own consumption.
This basically ruled out the possibility that she was a urban legend.
It seemed she was the kind of lone Monster Story Chat Group mentioned by Du Sixian.
Since experiencing the hunger exclusive to urban legend not long ago, Lu Yibei still had little interest in human food, especially vegetables, which she could barely swallow.
Since she is a lone Monster Story Chat Group, as long as I get along well with her, I should be able to achieve my goal.
As Lu Yibei was thinking, Gu Qianqian's laughter suddenly came from beside her, interrupting her thoughts, "Hehe, little sister, you're in luck today!"
"Huh? What?" Lu Yibei was stunned for a moment, somewhat unclear about the reason for Gu Qianqian's sudden strange laugh.
"You wait!" Gu Qianqian said, then took a few steps forward, walked to the window, opened the small door on the cage, reached in, soothed the pigeons, and then returned holding something.
"Look!"
She walked up to Lu Yibei, opened her hand, and two pigeon eggs appeared in her palm.
"I'll treat you to pigeon eggs later." Gu Qianqian raised her eyebrows at Lu Yibei somewhat smugly.
Lu Yibei, "..." I thought you were raising those pigeons to eat, but it turns out they are for laying eggs?
So...
"Why don't you raise hens? If hens lay eggs, shouldn't it be more efficient?"
"That won't do, it's too much trouble!" Gu Qianqian waved her hand and said, "Raising pigeons is different. I let them out in the morning, and they go to the park to ask people for bread themselves."
"This way, although there are fewer eggs, I can save a lot of time collecting chicken feed every month, and with the extra time, I can take on another part-time job!"
Lu Yibei, "..."
Admirable! Are you a time management master?
Gu Qianqian placed the two pigeon eggs in Lu Yibei's hand, then turned and picked up the fishing rod in the corner, saying, "Oh, right, right, do you want to eat fish?"
Perhaps seeing Gu Qianqian being overly enthusiastic towards Lu Yibei, and worried that she had forgotten her original intention and was truly treating Lu Yibei as a friend, the system quickly reminded her in her mind, "Hey, hey, Gu Qianqian, don't put too much sincerity into her, you'll get hurt then!"
"Eh!?" Gu Qianqian was stunned for a moment and muttered to herself, "Almost forgot."
Lu Yibei looked at Gu Qianqian's expression, which was like a child who had made a new friend and was eager to share toys. For a moment, it was hard to refuse, and she was about to agree, but then she heard her growl in a childishly fierce tone.
"Hold on, follow me to the river to dig for earthworms and fish!" freewёbnoνel.com
"I won't tell you that autumn has arrived, and the fish in the river are both plump and easy to catch, you'll definitely like it! Hmph—!"
Immediately after, her expression darkened, and she forcefully thrust a fishing rod into Lu Yibei's hand.
Lu Yibei, "..."
What's wrong with this Miss? Why did she suddenly become tsundere?
Never mind, anyway, people who have had a lot of contact with urban legend are more or less psychologically affected.
...
Lu Yibei agreed to go fishing by the river with Gu Qianqian, and soon she once again witnessed Gu Qianqian's new skill - finding fish nests!
It wasn't the half-baked level of Shui Ge or Old Dad, but the level of a true fishing master.
Lu Yibei was suddenly a little curious about what else this Miss, who seemed to know everything except for being not very clever, could do.
Sitting on a prominent rock near the backwater bay by the river, quietly waiting for the fish to bite, Lu Yibei finally had the opportunity to start probing Gu Qianqian during this interval.
After some rambling, completely unproductive small talk, Lu Yibei glanced at Gu Qianqian out of the corner of her eye, her eyes darting around, and asked seemingly casually but directly addressing the topic.
"Oh, right, Gu Qianqian, didn't we meet several times before in places where urban legend appeared? What were you doing there?"
"I went to complete a mission..." Gu Qianqian subconsciously opened her mouth, but before she could finish speaking, she was stopped by the system's voice in her mind.
"Gu Qianqian! You've been exposed! Quickly, quickly, make up an excuse to fool her, hmm... just say you're going to exorcise evil."
As she spoke, the system couldn't help but curse inwardly, see? This is the true nature of Disaster, seemingly harmless to humans and animals, but in reality, extremely insidious and cunning!
"Oh, oh!" Gu Qianqian responded to the system twice in her mind, then turned to look at Lu Yibei and said, "Hmph—! I'm going to exorcise evil."
Is she really a Monster Story Chat Group? Lu Yibei was stunned for a moment but didn't completely believe Gu Qianqian right away. Instead, she looked her up and down and pressed on, "Is that so? So you often exorcise evil?"
"Tell her it's occasionally, only when you receive a commission." The system said in Gu Qianqian's mind.
"Occasionally, only when there's a commission." Gu Qianqian said.
"Commission?" Lu Yibei was stunned again, thinking, no wonder she said completing a mission.
Could it be that besides the Night Watch, there are other people who secretly commission lone Psychic to hunt urban legend?
"That's right, it's a commission." Gu Qianqian replied according to the system's instructions.
"Where do you receive commissions? I'm a little interested!" Lu Yibei asked.
She was telling the truth. She thought, she already hunts urban legend several times a month, wouldn't it be a huge profit if she could get some bounty for free?
What's more, she should be able to meet more Psychic at the place where she receives commissions, right?
The unused urban legend core might even be traded with them for useful things. Lu Yibei thought.
"It's a chat group, you wouldn't know even if I told you." Gu Qianqian said dismissively as instructed by the system, "That chat group is very special, you can't find it without the group number or an invitation."
The system privately believed that Disaster would know about that chat group sooner or later, so it didn't matter if she revealed it to her. As long as she could be fooled for now, it was fine.
If she joined too early and had conflicts with the monsters inside, letting them fight amongst themselves like dogs, it might even be beneficial to herself!
"Chat group? What's the name?" Lu Yibei tilted her head and asked expressionlessly.
"University Town Ghost Story Chat Group." Gu Qianqian said, "However, even if you know the name, it's useless. There are more than ten chat groups with that ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) name!"
"I'm sorry, according to the rules, I can't tell you which one is real and which one is fake. You have to find a way to get an invitation yourself or find the correct way to join."
Gu Qianqian was still rambling on according to the system's instructions, hoping to distract her.
But when Lu Yibei heard the words "University Town Ghost Story Chat Group," her head buzzed, and she couldn't help but think of the reason why Pharaoh and others were killed. She instantly lost the mood to listen to what Gu Qianqian was saying.
Lu Yibei originally thought that being targeted by the Eclipse Society was an accident.
But now it seemed that things were not that simple. They might have accidentally entered the chat group that Gu Qianqian mentioned, or been invited by someone. In short...
"Hey! Hey! A fish is on the hook!"
As Lu Yibei was thinking, Gu Qianqian's shout and the tugging from the fishing rod in her hand interrupted her thoughts.
