Dream Walker: Feng Shui Master Bai Ya

Shang Muchen left the antenna at home, ran out of the house excitedly, and hurried to the agreed-upon restaurant.

At the food street in Kunwu Square, Liu Qingyang appeared at the agreed location looking radiant. Although she was simply dressed, she looked dazzling and stood out in the crowd.

Shang Muchen recognized her from afar and sighed sincerely that beauty is a rare luxury. They are all human, so why is she so outstanding, as eye-catching as a morning star, while other passersby are like weeds on the street?

Passersby, regardless of gender, would glance at her more or less. Liu Qingyang seemed to have gotten used to this extra attention, but Shang Muchen felt very excited.

"Why is it so sunny today?" Shang Muchen greeted Liu Qingyang with a smile. "You look great."

"There's good news today," Liu Qingyang said. "My dad sent word that the preliminary results of the anti-corruption bureau's investigation are out. It's confirmed that he surrendered himself and performed meritorious service, so they can apply to the court for a lighter sentence."

My mom said that as long as the embezzled funds are returned according to the conditions given by the anti-corruption bureau, my dad might not go to jail and would only get a three-year suspended sentence.

"This... should be considered good news, right?" Shang Muchen scratched his head, unsure whether to congratulate or offer comfort.

"Of course it's good news," Liu Qingyang said with a wry smile in a low voice.

"The dozen or so defendants involved in the same case all received life sentences or more. Compared to that, my dad was practically grasping at a straw."

I really have to thank your fourth uncle. If he hadn't persuaded my dad to turn himself in, he probably would have been severely punished, and our family would have been ruined.

I will remember what your fourth uncle said for the rest of my life:

To err is human, to forgive divine. If you treat the world with kindness, the world will eventually reciprocate with kindness.

My mom went to see my dad and said that his hair had turned completely white overnight, but he was in good spirits, had a good complexion, his blood pressure was normal, and he was sleeping soundly.

Shang Muchen nodded, unable to find a suitable point of comfort, so he could only patiently listen to her pour out her heart.

The two walked deeper into the food street, found a quiet restaurant, sat down, ordered a few dishes, and chatted while eating.

Liu Qingyang kept rambling on about her father's mental journey over the past few days. She talked about how her father was actually misled by a few business friends, and started to fall into depravity by taking kickbacks from his company's purchasing department, and gradually began to accept a lot of benefits.

"...In particular, Asuka Corporation gave my father a lot of money when bidding."

Later, both project managers from Asuka Corporation were arrested on charges of bribery and introducing bribes.

I absolutely hate them.

By the way, did you know? The head of Asuka Corporation is a woman named Asuka Takeuchi.

I heard from "Glasses" that Kashiwagi's father wanted him to marry Takeuchi Asuka as part of a political alliance!

They're birds of a feather!

Stinky tofu with snail rice noodles and stinky mandarin fish, topped with a layer of stinky cheese! The whole pot stinks!

"Alright, sister, I'm eating right now, so let's not go into details, haha." Shang Muchen shook his head with a smile and said, "Speaking of which, it's just a circle, it's always the same few people."

"That's right, that's what the so-called wealthy circles are like. In the end, everyone can be linked together," Liu Qingyang said. "So, Mu Chen, you'd better not get involved with them. It's better to live an honest and simple life."

"I think it's pretty good too," Shang Muchen nodded.

After chatting for a while, Shang Muchen suddenly remembered that he had found a white cat and met his brother Shang Muming in a dream, so he told Liu Qingyang everything.

Liu Qingyang rested her chin on her hand, listening intently.

"Mu Chen, do you have an older brother?"

"Yes, I do have an older brother, but he died before I could remember anything."

"That's really interesting. Does your brother appear in your dreams often?"

"He's never appeared before, but he's appeared several times recently, each time when I really need him."

Shang Muchen was too embarrassed to say that it was when you turned into a flying bat woman and chased after me and bit me that I ran away to my brother's place.

"Oh?" Liu Qingyang suddenly became serious and asked, "If that's the case, then you've never seen your brother since you were little?"

"Yes."

"Then how can you be sure that the person you saw was your own brother, and not some... well, how should I put it, some kind of nightmare?" Liu Qingyang's words made even herself laugh.

"It's just a gut feeling," Shang Muchen shrugged. "I have a feeling he's my older brother, after all, we look a lot alike."

"How interesting." Liu Qingyang laughed. "It would be wonderful if I could meet him too."

"I also hope that day will come, but he only appears in my dreams," Shang Muchen said. "Besides, I can't understand a lot of what he says."

He was very learned, and his knowledge transcended ordinary knowledge; it was as if... as if he were an immortal.

"Wow, you have a pretty high opinion of your brother." Liu Qingyang nodded with a smile. "And what happened to the white cat?"

"The white cat disappeared. My brother probably took it with him."

Liu Qingyang, biting the straw of the cola bottle with her pearly white teeth, smiled and said, "Mu Chen, you're such a good storyteller! What you told me was really interesting!"

"Hmm, I also hope these dreams are real, or perhaps everything in the dreams is another life in another world?"

As the two were chatting, Liu Qingyang's phone rang; it was Xu Lele calling.

Shang Muchen felt a headache coming on as soon as he saw the light bulb, but there was nothing he could do. He couldn't very well stop Liu Qingyang from taking it.

"Help me—" came Xu Lele's fake cry for help over the phone, "My blind date is too infatuated!"

"Yangyang, come and rescue me!"

Liu Qingyang covered her mouth and laughed, then replied loudly, "Didn't you go there yourself? Now you're complaining about her?"

"That bastard, he's so despicable, he's lusting after other women's bodies..."

"Nonsense! Is he a panda fanatic? Or is he the reincarnation of Li Longji? What do you have that makes people envious?" Liu Qingyang laughed incessantly.

"Get out! If you don't come to save me, I'll tell your secret to that pretty boy Shang Muchen!"

"Alright! Alright!" Liu Qingyang replied, "Saving you is enough, really. Where are you?"

"Kunwu Square, Sunday KTV"

"Sister! Are you going on a blind date at the karaoke bar?"

"Stop talking nonsense! Get on here!"

Surprisingly, Liu Qingyang and Shang Muchen were also at Kunwu Square, chatting and laughing as they headed straight for Sunday KTV.

On the way, Shang Muchen mimicked Xu Lele's tone, deliberately teasing Liu Qingyang: "Qingyang, what's your secret?"

"I won't tell you!" Liu Qingyang pouted and shook her head without answering.

"Oh, if you don't tell me, I'll ask Xu Lele."

"Tch, you can't expect ivory to come out of a panda's mouth."

The two of them took their time and found this KTV with an ambiguous style, decorated with pink, purple and blue lights, like a country girl who had just arrived in the city, and pushed open the door to Xu Lele's private room.

Before the door was even opened, you could hear Xu Lele's pig-like singing voice, screaming rock music as if venting her frustration.

Shang Muchen frowned and looked into the room, only to be startled.

Xu Lele's blind date was truly a "lower-class man"—literally a "lower-class man"—wasn't he Wang Jianshe, the old worker who lived in the haunted house and whose head always kept falling off?

No, she looks much younger.