Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 76

"My shoes are torn, my hat is torn, my robes are torn; you laugh at me, he laughs at me, my fan is torn..."

Xue Liangliang reached out and turned up the volume.

The next moment, everyone in the car, except Li Zhuiyuan, sang in unison:
"Namo Amitabha, Namo Amitabha..."

The TV series "Jigong" starring You Benchang has been released for several years and is still popular today.

When the song ended, the car finally became quiet.

Yin Meng asked: "How long will it take to get to Jinling?"

Xue Liangliang: "It'll be there in about an hour."

"Then you are quite close to the provincial capital."

"Is it close?" Xue Liangliang smiled. "Jinling is the capital of Jiangsu Province, but most cities in the province are not that close to Jinling. On the contrary, it is more convenient for people in Anhui, my hometown, to go to Jinling."

"Isn't this close enough?"

"That's still okay..." Xue Liangliang remembered that Yin Meng was from Fengdu, and the provincial capital was Rongcheng. "Yes, it's much closer than your place, but you usually don't go to Rongcheng, so it's more convenient to go to Shancheng."

"I passed by here on the way back with you guys last time. It was the first time I went to a mountain city in my life."

Tan Wenbin slapped his forehead and said regretfully: "You should have told us earlier. If we had known, we would have stayed in Shancheng for two more days to play with you."

Yin Meng said with some sadness: "I originally thought Nantong would be more fun."

She had actually lived in Li Sanjiang's house for quite a long time. At first, she had been to the city and visited tourist attractions, but she found them boring.

Especially right after the Chinese New Year, Li Sanjiang wanted to go to Langshan to burn incense, and Yin Meng accompanied him. As a result, when they were climbing the mountain, she hadn't even warmed up yet when she reached the top.

Therefore, even if she had no work to do in the future, she would rather watch TV and practice martial arts at home and was too lazy to go out.

Yin Meng asked again: "Is Jinling fun?"

Xue Liangliang said: "Don't expect too much from the natural scenery, it's definitely not as good as your hometown, but there are many cultural attractions here.

By the way, the last time Xiaoyuan came to Jinling, he went back after taking the exam and didn’t have much fun. Now he has time to go shopping. Let him take you there and he can be your tour guide. "

Li Zhuiyuan responded: "Yeah."

Tan Wenbin opened a bottle of soda, took a sip, and said, "Whether it's a tourist attraction or not is secondary. The main thing is whether there are any deaths. It's not easy to leave my hometown, so I have to make the most of it.

Brother Liangliang, do you know where there are a lot of deaths near our school? "

Xue Liangliang: "That's what I'm asking. If I knew this, would I still be alive to meet you guys?"

Tan Wenbin looked at Li Zhuiyuan again and asked, "Brother Xiaoyuan, can you find a fishing spot?"

Li Zhuiyuan thought about it and said, "In fact, from the perspective of Feng Shui, it is easier for us to encounter dirty things when we get together."

"Ah?" Tan Wenbin scratched his head, "Why does it feel like a math problem?"

"Almost. There are only four of us here." Li Zhuiyuan glanced at Xue Liangliang who was driving, "and there is also a son-in-law from the Bai family."

Xue Liangliang: "Do you have to add the word 'home visit'?"

Li Zhuiyuan spread out his hands: "Put five cleaning balls together. The surrounding area is too clean. Naturally, it will attract some dirt to be evenly distributed."

Tan Wenbin understood and said, "What this means is that as long as we get together, the probability of encountering dirty things under normal circumstances is much higher than that of normal people?"

"Yeah." Li Zhuiyuan nodded, "If you still want to look for it subjectively, then the probability will be even greater."

Tan Wenbin clapped his hands and said, "That's great. From now on, I will change my morning run to a night run by the river."

Xue Liangliang shook his head and sighed: "Binbin, you are really hungry."

Tan Wenbin glanced at Xue Liangliang and said, "Brother Liang, you are a full man who doesn't know the hunger of a hungry man."

"Xiaoyuan, you can have fun during the days before school starts, and you can also experience college life for a while after school starts. When the teacher finishes his work, a new project will be launched, and people will be transferred from the school. You will definitely be in it."

"Ok."

Tan Wenbin asked: "What about me?"

Xue Liangliang joked: "Aren't you going to run at night?"

"Brother Liang, I was wrong~"

"Ren Xiaoyuan hasn't even started school yet, but he has already done countless graduation projects."

"I was busy preparing for the college entrance exam. Is it too late for me to make up for my major now? But I don't have the brains of Brother Xiaoyuan."

"Don't worry, I'm just trying to scare you. Xiaoyuan or I will go and tell the teacher. Each project team has a labor quota, and there are only two requirements: one is to be in the school's major, and the other is to be able-bodied. What a coincidence, you meet the requirements."

"It's fine as long as I can get in. Well, after I get in, will it be like the last time I went to Wanzhou? I don't have to stay in school anymore?"

"Ah."

"Tsk, the difference in freedom between college and high school is really huge."

"It's the boss who has the biggest gap."

After entering the urban area of ​​Jinling, the truck drove straight to the north gate of the school and was stopped by security guards.

Xue Liangliang stuck his head out of the car window and called "Uncle" a few times. The security guard opened the door with a smile and even skipped the registration step.

Entering the north gate is the living area, where the canteen and dormitory building are located. Li Zhuiyuan and Tan Wenbin live in the same dormitory, at the very corner of the third floor of Building 9, Area B.

This dormitory is quiet, and unlike other six-person dormitories, this one only has two beds.

"Wow, that's so nice." Tan Wenbin couldn't help but exclaim after putting down his luggage.

"Accommodation benefits were already part of Xiaoyuan's early admission requirements. They just inserted you in as Xiaoyuan's roommate."

“The teacher is so nice.”

"Don't thank the wrong person. There's no way the teacher would care about this. I used my connections to arrange for you to come in."

"Brother Liang, are you so good at talking in school?"

"I opened a few small businesses at school and got to know some people."

Everyone worked together and quickly cleaned the dormitory. After making the beds and arranging daily necessities, everyone left the dormitory.

Xue Liangliang took everyone to a two-story building. On the left side of the door was a sign that said "College Student Activity Center" and on the right side was a sign that said "Affordable Price Store."

The store is quite large and has a wide variety of products.

Because it is still summer vacation and there are not many students, there is only a fair-faced boy reading a book at the counter, and an auntie is cracking melon seeds on the other side.

Seeing Xue Liangliang coming, they both put down their books and melon seeds and went to greet him.

"Senior, you are here."

"Yes, Zhihua." Xue Liangliang patted the boy's shoulder with his right hand, took out two purchase orders from his pocket with his left hand and handed them to the other party.

When the boy received the purchase order, his eyes widened immediately.

"Senior, please listen to my explanation. I..."

"You know, if I report this to the school, you will definitely not graduate."

"Senior, I was wrong. I'm sorry. I'll return the money..."

"You don't have to pay it back. Just sort out the accounts and leave. I'll pretend this never happened."

"Thank you, senior. Thank you."

The boy put the account book and keys on the counter, then took his books and ran away.

Xue Liangliang picked up the key and handed it to Yin Meng: "Here, you take care of this store."

Yin Meng waved her hands and said, "How can I take care of it..."

"Didn't you say you had a shop before?"

"It was opened, but it's about to close down."

"It's okay. I just renewed the contract with the school at the beginning of the year. It still has three years left. It's exclusive to Area B. You just need to sit at the counter and collect the money."

"That's fine."

"It's summer vacation now, so not many people stay. When school starts, we have to pick seven or eight poor students from the list provided by the school to help with odd jobs and moving goods."

Runsheng said: "I can just move the goods, no need to hire anyone."

Xue Liangliang waved his hand: "That won't work. Providing work-study jobs is a political task. Do you think it's so easy to sign an exclusive contract here?"

"Then I'll stay and help too." Runsheng still felt that working here would allow him to be closer to Xiaoyuan.

"That's no problem." Xue Liangliang pointed downstairs. "The rehearsal room is upstairs. Some student activities will be rehearsed there in advance. There is a half-floor basement downstairs, which I use as a warehouse. But I also separated a few small rooms below. They have water, electricity, and toilets. But the lighting is not that good. Aunt Sun usually lives here too."

The aunt who was eating melon seeds earlier smiled and said, "Yes, that's right, I live here."

Xue Liangliang continued, "What I mean is that you two can take a look at the environment down there. If you think it's suitable, you can live here first. This is the house I rented outside the school. I'll give you the key and address. The main reason is that living outside is far away, and it's troublesome to go in and out of the school gate."

Xue Liangliang handed Runsheng a key and a note with the address on it.

Runsheng didn't answer and pointed downstairs: "Then we'll live downstairs."

"You also have the key to the house outside. I have another one."

"Ok."

"Let's move our things first, then we'll go eat. The school cafeteria is basically closed now, with only a few small windows open, but there's really nothing to eat. There's a Sichuan restaurant outside the north gate that tastes very authentic."

The disadvantages of the semi-basement room are that it has poor lighting and is easily affected by moisture, but this is not a problem at all for Runsheng and Yin Meng. They are afraid of moisture and would rather be ghost corpse lifters.

Tan Wenbin was particularly satisfied with the room here. If he didn't need to go to the dormitory to accompany Xiaoyuan, he really wanted to sleep here. After all, he had been used to sleeping in a coffin for such a long time.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that Yin Meng is a girl, someone like Runsheng could have moved directly into the dormitory and at most would have made some arrangements with the dormitory manager. As for the student union's dormitory inspections, they are nothing.

The little black dog at home had grown up, but it still ate and slept all day, and entered a pure retirement life earlier than Li Sanjiang. Runsheng unloaded it and the dog cage from the truck and moved it to his room in the basement.

After exiting the north gate, we came to the Sichuan restaurant. The big sign read "Lao Sichuan" and the small sign read "Wanzhou Grilled Fish".

Although it was a holiday, there were still several tables of customers in the restaurant, which was an amazing achievement for a restaurant near a school.

Right now, most of the shops on a nearby street are closed and will not reopen until students go back to school.

After Xue Liangliang entered the store, the boss and his wife and their daughter and son-in-law all came out to greet him, appearing overly enthusiastic.

Yin Meng was very happy to hear the local accent, so Xue Liangliang asked Yin Meng to go to the kitchen to help order food.

After all, it is still the off-season, so there won’t be too many dishes prepared, and you can’t just order randomly from the menu on the wall.

Tan Wenbin picked up the teapot on the table and poured water for everyone, then asked Xue Liangliang, "Brother Liang, it seems that you are a regular here.

Li Zhuiyuan picked up the teacup and said, "This shop was opened by Brother Liangliang."

Tan Wenbin blinked hard: "Brother Liang, is it true?"

Xue Liangliang nodded: "After I came back from Wanzhou last time, I invested in this store. I invited the boss and his family, but they also have shares, so they are not just working for me."

"Brother Liang, you are amazing. Why don't you do business full-time? I think you can make a lot of money that way."

"Why didn't you go and get the "Secret Scroll of the Past"?"

"I……"

“Making money is not as fun as building a dam.”

Li Zhuiyuan took a sip of tea and then put the cup down silently.

Accustomed to drinking Liu Yumei's tea, he now holds it in his mouth.

The dishes were served quickly, including a grilled fish.

"Hey." Xue Liangliang picked up a piece of fish with his chopsticks, "The main reason I invested in this restaurant is that I want to be able to eat here conveniently."

Runsheng: "Then it should be opened on the bank of the Yangtze River, which is more convenient."

Xue Liangliang turned around and shouted to the kitchen: "Cook another bucket of rice. We have someone here who has a big appetite. If there is not enough rice, he won't be able to keep him fed."

After dinner, Xue Liangliang drove the truck away as he had to report back to Engineer Luo.

Runsheng and Yin Meng went to the store and took advantage of the off-season to quickly familiarize themselves with the store.

Li Zhuiyuan and Tan Wenbin returned to the dormitory. Tan Wenbin took their clothes out of the luggage bag and hung them up while saying:
"Xiao Yuan, do you think that the student who was originally looking after the store was deliberately taken away by Brother Liang?"

"Ah."

"I even suspect that Brother Liang hired someone to tempt him to take kickbacks so that he could be fired. But why did he do this? If this person is not clean, why didn't he fire him earlier?"

"Brother Liangliang doesn't have the energy to take care of school affairs. If someone else were to take charge, they might also be greedy. But this person is less greedy."

"Tsk, Brother Liang is really generous. He gave us a shop as a gift right when we got here. From now on, we can just go to Runsheng to get food and drinks. Hahahaha."

Li Zhuiyuan sat down at the desk, but did not rush to open the book in front of him. Instead, he turned his head to look at the tree outside the window.

I still remember the first time I met Brother Liangliang was on the river bank of "Tiaohe" in my hometown.

At that time, although Brother Liangliang had already shown a temperament that was completely different from others, he was still immature and shy.

Over the past year, Brother Liangliang has traveled extensively with Engineer Luo and has indeed become much more mature and capable.

Yes, everyone is actually changing.

For example, after hanging up the clothes, Tan Wenbin changed into a vest and sports shorts.

"Brother Binbin, are you really going to go for a night run?"

"correct."

"Then why did you take a shower just now?"

"I was worried that you would be embarrassed to wash alone."

"Oh."

"Let's go, Brother Yuanzi."

"be careful."

"What you said is ridiculous. How can I encounter dirty things on my first day living in the school before the school starts?"

"Don't say such things."

"Hey, I did that on purpose."

After Tan Wenbin went downstairs, he saw the dormitory manager moving things, so he took the initiative to help. Then he was invited by the dormitory manager to her office to have a glass of water and chat for a while.

By the time I ran out of the dormitory building, it was already ten o'clock in the evening, and the lights were still on in the affordable store not far away.

Tan Wenbin started running in the opposite direction, planning to go around and come back, and if Runsheng and the others were still there, he would go to the store to get a bottle of soda.

The places I saw during the day looked completely different at night. Plus, it was holiday time, so the school seemed very empty and quiet.

Tan Wenbin ran to a small artificial lake. It was called a lake, but it was actually just a larger pond.

Not long after running along the lake, I heard the same running sounds behind me.

Moreover, the person behind him took the initiative to speak: "Hey, classmate, hello!"

Tan Wenbin immediately quickened his pace, changing from jogging to running.

"Hey, classmate, why are you running?"

After running for a long distance, Tan Wenbin gradually slowed down his pace and stopped. When he looked back, he found that the person had disappeared.

"Yeah, why am I running?"

It was obviously him who wanted to try his luck, but when he really encountered the possibility, his first reaction was to run away.

"It's probably because I've been living an easy life for too long and haven't gotten into the groove yet. Well, it's definitely not me who loves dragons more than I do."

In the dormitory, Li Zhuiyuan was reading a book under the desk lamp.

The new environment is a good background atmosphere for reading.

“Tick…tick…tick…”

In the corridor outside the dormitory, footsteps were heard coming from far away.

Li Zhuiyuan raised his head. It was not Tan Wenbin who came back, because it was impossible for Binbin to go running in high heels.

“Tick…tick…tick…”

The sound was getting closer and closer, and finally, it reached the end of the corridor on this floor and stopped.

Then,

A gentle friction.

This time he turned around and faced the dormitory door.

"Do...do...do..."

There were knocks on the door, each one was muffled and echoed in the cold corridor.

"Brother Binbin, you don't actually have to run at night."

Li Zhuiyuan closed the book, opened the desk drawer, and took out a purple whip.

There were four demon-subduing whips in total, the others were all black, only the one for Li Zhuiyuan was purple.

Because Ah Li scraped off the remaining skin of the old tablet and wrapped it up bit by bit.

Holding the whip, he stood up.

"Snapped!"

Li Zhuiyuan turned off the desk lamp, and the brightness in the dormitory dropped suddenly. A light that was too bright could easily ruin the atmosphere.

The knocking on the dormitory door therefore paused for a moment.

Li Zhuiyuan walked towards the dormitory door and turned off the ceiling light on the way. The dormitory fell into complete darkness, which was the best background tone.

The knocking on the door became slower.

The boy stood in front of the door and said, "The door is not locked."

Knocking sound, stuck.

The boy reached out and grabbed the door handle, and without hesitation, he opened the door completely with a creak.

There was no one outside.

Li Zhuiyuan walked out of the dormitory holding a whip and deliberately closed the door.

"boom!"

From the other end of the corridor, the sound of "tick-tick...tick-tick..." high heels could be heard, but no one was visible.

Li Zhuiyuan took the initiative to walk over there, and before he could get close to the sound, the boy started running.

"Tick! Tick! Tick!"

The high heels moved faster and faster, and farther and farther away, until finally they disappeared completely.

Li Zhuiyuan stopped and
It ran away.

(End of this chapter)