Dream Walker: Feng Shui Master Bai Ya

Shang Muchen didn't recognize the person speaking, but Liu Qingyang was clearly very familiar with him.

"Xiao Jie! How long have you been following me?" Liu Qingyang retorted. "Did Lu Mingdi send you to keep an eye on me?"

"No, how could that be? Sister Yang, it's just a chance encounter between two people destined to meet."

"Hmph, I don't believe a word you say."

"Sister Yang, Brother Lu is hosting a family banquet today to celebrate the successful acquisition of a new company by the family business. You should go."

"Why would I go there? Who do I think I am? I have no reason to curry favor with Lu Mingdi."

I'm pursuing my doctorate and conducting research; I don't need to rely on Lu Mingdi's financial support.

Those pretty girls around him, always fawning over him, why don't you send them to keep him company? I don't have time!

With that, Liu Qingyang grabbed Shang Muchen and strode away.

"Sister Yang, take my advice, don't get involved in that traffic accident case today!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Qingyang and Shang Muchen both stopped in their tracks.

"Xiao Jie, you still say you weren't following me?"

Liu Qingyang was a little angry, and Shang Muchen felt like his hand was about to be crushed by her.

"Sister Yang, what I'm about to say isn't what Brother Lu asked me to say; it's my honest opinion," said Xiao Jie, a young man nicknamed "Glasses," his head bowed and speaking softly.

"Sister Yang, I want to say this to you, both for Lu Ge's sake and for yours:"

The relationships involved in today's case are not ones you can afford to mess with.

Take my advice: it's better to avoid trouble. Some things are best left alone; getting involved even a little will lead to endless problems that you'll never be able to shake off.

"What do you mean?"

"Look at the news yourself, see who died in today's traffic accidents," Glasses said softly. "That's all I can say."

I would never admit to saying those things in front of Lu Han.

After saying that, he turned and left, quickly disappearing at the end of the bustling pedestrian street.

Liu Qingyang and Shang Muchen lost their appetite and quickly opened their phones to check the news. They discovered that the person involved in the accident early this morning was the general manager of the mergers and acquisitions financing department of Longsheng Bank.

Looking at the related news, both of them felt a chill run down their spines:

AnTu Group and Longsheng Bank are competing to acquire an AI unicorn company, "South China Tiger Data Technology Co., Ltd."

With the death of the project manager at Longsheng Bank, the balance of the acquisition has clearly tipped in favor of Antu Group.

"Shang Muchen, do you know whose company this Antu Group is?"

"The Lu family?" Shang Muchen had already guessed most of it.

Liu Qingyang nodded.

Shang Muchen gasped.

"Could it be that the Japanese Onmyoji was hired by the Lu family to deal with Longsheng Bank?"

Liu Qingyang nodded slightly and said, "Xiao Jie is extremely shrewd and is Lu Mingdi's chief strategist."

I've known him since I was a child, and I can't completely ignore what he says.

He's right, we can't afford to mess with someone like that.

Shang Muchen nodded and said, "Shouldn't we inform Professor Eileen about the current situation?"

"Okay, I'll talk about it when I get back." Liu Qingyang nodded. "Let's eat first! Let's go!"

The two held hands and walked into the hot pot restaurant, where they enjoyed a lively meal, and the stress from earlier vanished.

Shang Muchen discovered that Liu Qingyang's alcohol tolerance was surprisingly high; she drank five bottles of beer and was perfectly fine except for a slight flush on her cheeks.

"Liu Qingyang, I admire you. You're a real man!"

"Get lost! How dare you praise someone like that!"

A beauty of my caliber has suitors lining up all the way to the train station. Where are the men?

Liu Qingyang laughed and punched Shang Muchen.

Shang Muchen suddenly remembered something and said to Liu Qingyang, "My fourth uncle asked me to think of an alias as a code name for a feng shui master. What do you think I should call myself?"

"Let me think about it." Liu Qingyang pondered for a moment, then looked up and said, "White Crow!"

"A white duck? A duck? How pathetic, you want me to be a duck?"

"Nonsense! It's not the 'duck' of ducks, it's the 'crow' of crows. A white crow, of course."

Liu Qingyang stood up, moved to the sofa chair next to Shang Muchen, put her arm around Shang Muchen's neck, and pointed to the bird-shaped chandelier in the dining room that automatically rose and fell, flapping its wings, and said:

"A white raven is a symbol of good fortune and power, how cool is that?"

Moreover, the white crow carries a very profound symbolic meaning.

Have you heard of the "Raven Paradox"?

The Raven Paradox is a speculative discussion about antinomies and an important topic in the philosophy of science.

Science can only be falsified, not proven. It's like the saying "all crows are black" is falsified as soon as a white crow is discovered.

Think about it, isn't the matter of feng shui a classic example of the "crow paradox"?

Is it "good people live in good places" or "good places produce good people"? Feng shui is a paradox.

Therefore, the name "White Crow" is perfectly suited to be your title as a feng shui master!

"You know so much!" Shang Muchen exclaimed sincerely, then casually took Liu Qingyang's hand that was wrapped around his neck and gently rubbed it.

"That's right! I'm a top-notch student."

Do you think I got into a PhD program through back channels?

My GPA is 4.5!

"Oh my god! I'm so disrespectful!"

The two chatted more and more enthusiastically, and seeing that it was almost ten o'clock, Liu Qingyang patted Shang Muchen's cheek and said, "Pretty boy, you've been very good at keeping me company. I'm in a good mood today, so I should reward you with something?"

"What? You really think I'm a KTV hostess? You're putting on quite the airs, aren't you?" Shang Muchen laughed.

"Of course! I am a young lady, originally..." Liu Qingyang stopped mid-sentence.

Shang Muchen's heart tightened, knowing that she was now thinking about her father, so he quickly changed the subject, saying, "Let's finish this bottle and go. I'll take you to get a taxi."

"No!" Liu Qingyang, slightly drunk, clung to Shang Muchen's arm and started acting like a spoiled child. "You're not going to see me off! You have to take me back to my dorm yourself!"

"Okay! I'll take you!"

The two paid the bill and staggered out of the hot pot restaurant.

To hail a taxi, they had to leave the pedestrian street. The two of them stumbled and wandered aimlessly, both a little confused. They wandered around and somehow ended up in a dark alley.

There was an internet cafe in the alley, and two or three energetic young men were squatting at the entrance. When they saw Shang Muchen with his arm around Liu Qingyang, they whistled and said flippantly, "Dude, your sweetheart's got something!"

Shang Muchen rolled his eyes at them, ignored them, and pulled Liu Qingyang away quickly.

Liu Qingyang, no longer satisfied, stopped drunkenly and asked, shaking his head, "What are you talking about?"

"Hey buddy, she doesn't understand?" A spirited young man tossed aside his cigarette butt, stood up, rubbed his hands together, and walked over with a sly grin, asking, "Hey girl, drunk? Want me to take you sobering up?"

Just a few steps away from Liu Qingyang, the energetic young man reached out his hand, but Liu Qingyang suddenly swung his hip and delivered a roundhouse kick, slapping the young man's cheek.

She kicked the boy sideways, sending him flying three or four meters before he landed, and he was immediately knocked unconscious.

This startled Shang Muchen, who immediately grabbed Liu Qingyang and tried to run away.

Liu Qingyang flicked his hand, shaking off Shang Muchen, and charged at the other two energetic young men.

In no time at all, the two were beaten to the ground.

"Who else?!" Liu Qingyang shouted from the entrance of the internet cafe, startling the people inside who yelled, "Someone's being assaulted! Call the police! Call the police!"

Shang Muchen rushed up and grabbed Liu Qingyang as they fled.

After running a few steps, Shang Muchen noticed that Liu Qingyang's eyes were bloodshot and glowing red, making her almost look like the Flying Bat Girl herself.