Free Web NovelIn the dimly lit small dark room, a strong beam of light shone on Hua Xieyu's face, making it almost impossible for her to open her eyes.
A windowless room, metal tables and chairs, walls inlaid with one-way mirrors.
A faint smell of mildew permeated the air, dust particles floated in the piercing light beam, and behind the bright light stood a slender figure whose appearance was unclear, only a dark silhouette visible in her line of sight.
Hua Xieyu had seen such scenes many times before, back when she first started making a living alone around Xiang Niangzi Cave and Liming City's night market, when her experience and skills were not yet seasoned.
Staring blankly at the slender figure in front of her, she was lost in thought. Before she could recover from the shock of that man suddenly appearing in the Night Watch, she heard a familiar voice ask in a cold tone.
"Name?"
In an instant, Hua Xieyu recognized that the person questioning her was Lu Yibei.
"..."
She hesitated for two seconds, bit her silver teeth lightly, decided to trust that man, and responded weakly, "Yu, Yu Jianqiu."
Seeing "Yu Jianqiu" being so cooperative, Lu Yibei was secretly overjoyed.
It's been a year, do you know how I've gotten through this year?
Now, it's finally my turn to stand here and ask the questions!
Lu Yibei thought to himself, not yet having the chance to finish asking the questions he wanted to according to the procedure, Hua Xieyu, seeing that he didn't question her name, cut him off and began to speak with a crying voice.
"I'll tell you, I'll tell you everything, I will cooperate well and honestly confess all the details!"
"I, my name is Yu Jianqiu, I'm nineteen years old this year, a student at Huacheng Institute of Technology..."
"..."
"Yu Jianqiu" seemed to be scared out of her wits, spilling everything about herself like beans from a bamboo tube. The Special Operations Team member who came with Lu Yibei noticed Lu Yibei's somewhat gloomy expression and couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Staff Lu, is there a problem with what she's saying?"
Lu Yibei glanced sideways at the Special Operations Team member, and shook his head slightly, "No big problem..."
The only problem is that she stole my lines!
Lu Yibei grumbled inwardly, looked at the girl in front of him, and interrupted, "Stop! Did I ask you about this?"
"Uh..." Hua Xieyu was momentarily speechless.
"Tell me, what is your Spirit Mark? Where did it come from? Oh, and your Spiritual Energy fluctuation level," Lu Yibei said.
Although he already knew from Netizen Laosepi that Yu Jianqiu was a Psychic, and the information the Night Watch found basically matched the data Netizen Laosepi provided.
But perhaps because Yu Jianqiu's Spiritual Energy fluctuation level was too low and she had almost never used the Power of her Spirit Mark, neither the information provided by Netizen Laosepi nor the information found by the Night Watch contained detailed records of Yu Jianqiu's Spirit Mark, only a simple mention that she was a Psychic.
Therefore, Lu Yibei still asked as usual.
After all, from the perspective of others, he shouldn't know that information. If he skipped this step, it would be somewhat suspicious.
"My Spirit, my Spirit Mark is Sheng Cai Gui, it was a birthday gift my Grandpa gave me when I was fourteen, my Spiritual Energy fluctuation level is D, D+..."
Good heavens! Sheng Cai Gui? Could it be that my poor financial luck these past few years is because you've been causing trouble behind the scenes? Lu Yibei frowned slightly, then on second thought, he felt that his poor financial luck was probably just due to his own bad luck.
If Yu Jianqiu had truly stolen his financial luck, he would have detected some clues long ago.
【Evil Spirit Species · Sheng Cai Gui】 can be said to be a very common urban legend. Almost all Evil Spirit Species urban legend with the Power of stealing financial luck can be named as such, and their Spiritual Energy fluctuation level usually does not exceed C-level.
There are also quite a few Psychic who have Spirit Marks based on this type of urban legend, commonly found among financial workers and gamblers.
The group under Caishen (God of Wealth), who are independent of the Night Watch in various cities and specialize in protecting public property, catch over a dozen Psychic with the 【Sheng Cai Gui】 Spirit Mark every year. freewēbnoveℓ.com
When he was at Dream Come True Entertainment City, Lu Yibei also encountered several people with this kind of Spirit Mark on the third floor, but...
In a chaotic place like Dream Come True Entertainment City, where Psychic from all corners of the country displayed their abilities, just having the 【Sheng Cai Gui】 Spirit Mark was enough to just break even.
Simply put, Yu Jianqiu's Spirit Mark was "average stuff."
Her Grandpa probably just wanted her to have good luck throughout her life by drawing this kind of Spirit Mark for her, Lu Yibei thought.
According to the information about this type of Spirit Mark in the si ye book and the Great Serpent God's memory, having the 【Sheng Cai Gui】 Spirit Mark, even without exerting the Power of the Spirit Mark to steal others' financial luck, one's luck is still much better than ordinary people.
It's like a passive skill that slightly increases the luck attribute.
After a moment of contemplation, Lu Yibei continued to question "Yu Jianqiu," "Why don't you tell me about the situation yourself first?"
"I..." Hua Xieyu hesitated, wanting to speak but stopping. After a few seconds of silence, she said weakly, "Can I not say?"
The reason for falling in love with Lu Yibei in the information the man gave her was too melodramatic, and she found it difficult to say.
"Do you think you have room to bargain with me? Do you know what situation you are in now? Do you know what the consequences will be if you don't cooperate well?" Lu Yibei's voice rose a few notches in a threatening tone.
If Netizen Laosepi's information was correct, "Yu Jianqiu's" situation was deliberate retaliation against Lu Yibei, a private grievance. As long as it didn't trigger a Spiritual Energy attack incident, the Night Watch would only file a case and wouldn't interfere excessively, so it didn't matter if she didn't cooperate well.
Of course, Hua Xieyu didn't know this, and Lu Yibei wouldn't tell her.
"I..." Hua Xieyu opened her mouth, then like a deflated balloon, she slumped limply onto the chair, making a compromise.
"Alright, I'll tell you... but before I do, I have another question I'd like to ask you."
Hearing this, the Elder brother from the Special Operations Team beside Lu Yibei couldn't help but interject, "Good heavens, are you the one being questioned, or are we the ones being questioned?"
She had completely turned the tables.
Hearing this, Lu Yibei gestured to the Elder brother of the Special Operations Team, signaling him to calm down, then looked at "Yu Jianqiu" and nodded, "You can tell us, but we may not answer you."
"Okay." Hua Xieyu lightly responded, then asked, "Do you believe in destiny?"
"No," Lu Yibei said.
"Yes!" A discordant voice came from beside Lu Yibei.
Lu Yibei and the Elder brother from the Special Operations Team exchanged glances, an awkward silence.
As if completely unconcerned with their answers, Hua Xieyu lowered her eyebrows as if recalling past events and spoke to herself.
"Whether you believe it or not, I believe it, because ever since primary school, I met that person who was destined for me..."
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Lu Yibei, "..." Actually, it started from kindergarten, but you just don't know.
"That person would always inexplicably appear in my life, bringing me a series of troubles, from primary school to high school... As long as I met him, nothing good would happen!"
"Originally, after graduating from high school, he hadn't appeared for a long time... You might not believe it, but in the year or two he didn't appear, I would occasionally think of him and even look forward to the next time he would show up."
Lu Yibei, "..." You might not believe it either, but for two years, I was lying in the hospital for one year, and for almost another year, I was trying to survive various urban legend incidents.
"I originally thought he wouldn't appear before me again, until recently, when my Grandma was returning from visiting relatives in her hometown of Shizhou City, she actually met him on the plane, and then I got into a car accident on the way to pick up Grandma."
Lu Yibei, "..." Can you blame me for this too? For a car accident, shouldn't you blame the driver who was primarily responsible?
While thinking, he interrupted "Yu Jianqiu" and said, "I get it, the 'he' you're talking about is Lu Yibei, right? So you followed him? You plan to retaliate against him, don't you?"
Hearing this, the Elder brother from the Special Operations Team beside him secretly glanced at Lu Yibei, his eyes a bit strange.
"I didn't!" Hua Xieyu sat up straight and defended herself, "I followed him because, because..."
"Because of what?" Lu Yibei interrupted again, "You clearly wrote something like 【This hatred can be remembered, seventy or eighty years will not give up】 on your social account, is it that easy to forget?"
Hua Xieyu, "???" Good heavens! How does he even know this? Did he already investigate "Yu Jianqiu's" background before coming to see me?
Thinking of this, her originally somewhat anxious mood instantly relaxed a lot.
Although she was amazed by the methods of the Night Watch, that in such a short time, they could even find a post that "Yu Jianqiu" wrote years ago after meeting Lu Yibei.
But this also showed that that dead office worker was more skilled, preventing the Night Watch from finding out her real identity.
If they had truly found out that she was a petty thief from Xiang Niangzi Cave, and was hired to harm a Night Watch staff member, would they need to waste so many words with her?
So...
Lu Yibei, let this old lady have a good time playing with you!
Thinking of this, Hua Xieyu opened her mouth, as if charging up a big move, lowered her head, pondered for a moment, then suddenly raised her head, her face flushed, and mumbled softly, "Because I fell in love with him..."
Lu Yibei, "???"
No, Miss, do you have some kind of serious illness?
Nothing good ever happens when you meet me, so how could you fall in love with me? Stockholm Syndrome, is that it? Lu Yibei thought.
He always thought that a girl being constantly bullied by a certain boy, and then one day inexplicably falling in love with that boy, was a plot that only appeared in °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° cheesy romance stories.
After all, generally speaking, the boys girls like are mostly gentle, considerate, and strikingly handsome, not just simply someone who is aggressive.
All I can say is, reality is often more absurd than fiction!
However, perhaps the threads of fate are also at work here? Lu Yibei thought.
"Yu Jianqiu's" answer completely stumped the Elder brother from the Special Operations Team beside Lu Yibei. After a moment of stunned, he looked at Lu Yibei and gave him a questioning look.
"Staff Lu, do you have any idea why this is happening?"
"Absolutely none..." Lu Yibei answered softly.
Just as Lu Yibei finished speaking, "Yu Jianqiu" suddenly started talking to herself again.
"I know this sounds a bit unbelievable, and honestly, I think it's not normal myself, but what can I do?"
"He just keeps entering my life again and again, leaving me with a series of not-so-pleasant memories, making his figure appear in my mind from time to time..."
"I don't know when I started to have some different feelings for him, maybe it was in the taxi at the airport intersection, or maybe it was in the milk tea shop on the pedestrian street. What's more..."
At this point, she paused, her beautiful eyes glistening with tears, glaring at Lu Yibei with anger, her voice rising a few octaves, and she said fiercely, "Lu Yibei, you were the one who provoked me first, if you didn't like me, why did you do that?"
"Lu Yibei, you bastard! I can't forget you anymore, do you know that?!"
Before putting on this emotional and heartfelt explosive performance, Hua Xieyu had actually considered the character setting of "Yu Jianqiu."
But after a serious analysis, she felt that a simple-minded country girl, once she fell in love with someone, would often act recklessly and passionately, regardless of the consequences.
As intense as a comet hitting the earth.
Shifting his gaze away from the emotional "Yu Jianqiu," the Elder brother from the Special Operations Team squinted at Lu Yibei, his eyes full of meaning, as if saying, "This is what you mean by 'absolutely none'?" fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓
Noticing the look from the Elder brother of the Special Operations Team, Lu Yibei was momentarily speechless, "..."
Damn it, now I can't clear my name even if I jump into the Yellow River.
I can't possibly take out the Paper Cicada Immortal to show them to prove my innocence, can I? What's the difference between that and turning myself in on the spot?
The Night Watch's red wanted list clearly states that one of the characteristics of a Disaster is controlling swarms of Paper Cicada Immortal... Lu Yibei thought.
He had the frustrating feeling of being caught up in gossip that was about himself.
Heh! Is that all you've got, little brother? Come on, let's argue! Seeing Lu Yibei remain silent for a long time, Hua Xieyu sneered inwardly, then immediately raised her voice a few octaves, aggressively pressing, "Lu Yibei, speak up?!"
Lu Yibei, "..."
At this moment, he suddenly felt that it was very necessary to ask Ju Meng to be his relationship consultant.
In this situation, he really didn't know how to handle it.
The Elder brother from the Special Operations Team beside him's face twitched, he looked at Lu Yibei, and asked in a low voice, "Staff Lu... how about I step out for a bit?"
As he spoke, he took a step, preparing to leave this troublesome place.
Even an honest official can't settle family disputes, how could he, an outsider, get involved in something like this?
In short, Staff Lu, may you fend for yourself!
It's also fortunate that Gan Yuan Jiang went to headquarters for further training, otherwise you might have died here today.
"Wait, don't go!" Lu Yibei glanced at "Yu Jianqiu," grabbed the Elder brother from the Special Operations Team's arm, and lowered his voice, "I'm scared..."
The Elder brother from the Special Operations Team, "..."
