What kind of divination am I doing?

"It's like this, I've counted Old Shen, and Old Shen is a bit different. He's a jinx, he messes with one person and then moves on to the next. Whoever gets close to Old Shen is likely to be the next one! It's like a contagion!" Lu Qiao exclaimed in surprise, feeling that his brain was really sharp, that he could even think of this.

"You jinx! Contagious? Where's your bathroom? I need to wash my hands! I just touched Old Shen!" Liu Bo exclaimed in surprise.

Lu Qiao himself hadn't even used the toilets here yet, and pointed to the bar counter: "You can wash here."

Liu Bo immediately stood in front of the bar and began washing his hands, his expression one of utter disgust.

Seeing Liu Bo's expression, Lu Qiao naturally added, "Well, I don't want to be associated with this unlucky guy either. Besides, I'm new here and want to explore Chinatown, but I'm scared. So I wanted to ask what other businesses Boss Shen owns besides the gold shop, or what businesses he plans to develop, and where he frequents, so I can stay away from this unlucky guy!"

It was perfectly legitimate and reasonable; even Luqiao admired himself for coming up with such an idea.

At this moment, Zhao Chengpeng and Liu Bo understood what Lu Qiao had said, and the two began to think about it.

Liu Bo pondered for a moment and said, "I know that Boss Shen only owns a gold shop! As long as you don't go to the casinos in Chinatown, you basically won't run into the places he frequents."

Zhao Chengpeng's eyes widened, and he said in a trembling voice, "I'm doomed! I'm finished!"

"Cheng Peng, what are you doing! What do you mean 'it's all over'? Why are you making such a fuss?" Liu Bo asked, having never seen Zhao Cheng Peng act like this before.

Zhao Chengpeng said with a grim expression, "I... I rented the house to Lao Shen!"

"Wait, no way! When did you rent the house to Lao Shen? I don't remember doing that!" Liu Bo said, puzzled.

Zhao Chengpeng hurriedly explained, "We terminated the lease last month, it's only a matter of four months' rent. My wife has a storefront, right? She was planning to open a branch, which she bought before she got pregnant. She's been six months pregnant and hasn't been managing it. Old Shen told me he wanted to use it as a temporary warehouse, to sell some seasonal products for fast fashion, for a maximum of six months. I figured my wife is pregnant for ten months, so there's at least another six months, so I gave him a deposit and three months' rent upfront!"

Liu Bo pondered for a moment before speaking, "You...you didn't know about this, Juan?"

Zhao Chengpeng, head bowed, said, "I just wanted to keep some money. It's not easy to save up on your own. I was thinking of secretly becoming a sub-landlord to recoup some of my losses."

"How foolish! And then what happened?" Liu Bo sighed.

"He said the goods were delayed, and every time I asked, he said the customs paperwork was held up. The casino also comes to his door every few days to collect debts, and they even come to me to collect the debts!" ​​Zhao Chengpeng explained.

Liu Bo suddenly realized: "No wonder you knew he was a gambling addict!"

Zhao Chengpeng asked nervously, "I don't want to cause trouble! So I used the excuse that the creditors were coming to the door and my wife is pregnant and I don't want anything to happen to her to not renew the lease! I... I live in a place that's contagious, so won't I be affected too?!"

Liu Bo realized what was happening: "You're asking me? Ask Brother Luqiao!"

Zhao Chengpeng looked at Lu Qiao: "Brother Lu Qiao, what happened a month ago? Are you alright now?"

At this moment, Lu Qiao was completely dumbfounded. Who would have thought that Zhao Chengpeng was the landlord!

"I'll have to go and see for myself!" Lu Qiao replied, realizing what was happening.

Once Lu Qiao came to her senses, she understood why Zhao Chengpeng had mentioned insurance fraud during their conversation; everything made sense now.

"You can handle the road and bridge construction, right?" Liu Bo asked, starting to worry.

Lu Qiao spoke thoughtfully, "If you're not afraid of small ghosts, I can't help you with big ghosts either! But I can still take a look, no matter how big or small, it's not difficult to subdue them for a while!"

Zhao Chengpeng sighed deeply: "It's okay if something happens to me, but I'm worried about affecting my unborn child!"

"Stop talking nonsense! Let's go! Let's go take a look!" Liu Bo said quickly.

Liu Bo's encouragement at this moment stemmed from his genuine fear of being haunted by bad luck, because if he were to be haunted by Zhao Chengpeng, then he and Zhao Chengpeng would be the closest people to each other.

Zhao Chengpeng frowned slightly at this moment: "Wait, Brother Luqiao, I have to say something crude. We've known each other for a while now, you're not going to dig a pit for me here and charge me a huge sum of money, are you?"

The mention of money woke Zhao Chengpeng up; he didn't want his hard-earned savings to end up in someone else's pocket.

"How could I do such a thing! Am I that kind of person?!" Lu Qiao retorted, his emotions slightly agitated.

Zhao Chengpeng then pointed to the divination cards, which had increased in price from twenty to two hundred.

Anyone who has been to school knows that chalk writing is fresh when it's first done.

After sitting for a while, it got dusty and lost its shine, so the newly written 0 looks particularly out of place.

Lu Qiao followed Zhao Chengpeng's hand and realized that the zero he had deliberately added had made him lose trust.

Lu Qiao gave a helpless, bitter smile: "This...this was written by my aunt before she left. What are you thinking! It's not easy for us to meet since I'm new here, and I don't want to get involved in this mess, but since we're friends, and I've already gotten myself into this situation, I'll help you resolve it. This time, I won't charge you a single penny!"

"Really? Really?" Zhao Chengpeng asked back.

Liu Bo reacted quickly, nudging Zhao Chengpeng: "Brother Lu has already spoken, why don't you hurry up and thank him!"

"Thank you!" Zhao Chengpeng immediately smiled and changed his tune.

"What's the use of just saying thank you? Aren't you going to do something?" Liu Bo pushed again.

At this moment, Lu Qiao quickly interjected, "Don't say anything yet! It might just be some unlucky ghost haunting us. We'll only know if we go to the scene!"

Lu Qiao knew that only by saying this could he completely dispel Zhao Chengpeng's concerns.

Zhao Chengpeng and Liu Bo walked towards the door.

"Wait, I have to call the ancestors!" Lu Qiao shouted, "Mimi!"

"Meow!" A black cat ran in from outside the door, leaped onto Luqiao, and landed steadily on Luqiao's shoulder in a few quick movements.

Luqiao heard the meow and gave a helpless, bitter smile.

Zhao Chengpeng and Liu Bo only heard a cat meowing, but Lu Qiao heard: "You did something terrible and then blamed it on your dead aunt, how shameless!"

"Oh my god, black cats are bad luck!" Liu Bo blurted out instinctively.

Hearing Liu Bo talk about the black cat like that, it's clear that this guy is his owner after all.

Lu Qiao was resentful, but people could turn people into mice at the drop of a hat.

Lu Qiao naturally stepped in to speak up: "Black cats are considered unlucky abroad, as they are seen as the embodiment of witches in European legends! In China, black cats are called 'xuanmao,' which are believed to ward off evil spirits."

It seems that Luqiao helped the black cat improve its reputation, but the black cat, upon hearing that it was a member of the Lich Clan, misunderstood it, making it extremely unhappy but unable to retaliate.

"Everyone's here, shall we go?" Zhao Chengpeng asked.

"Meow~!" The black cat meowed again, but to Zhao Chengpeng and Liu Bo it was just a meow.

But Luqiao heard it clearly: the black cat said, "Bring the crystal ball, and I can make it glow! It'll look more real."

This sounds like something you'd use to show off!

Lu Qiao immediately ran to the fortune-telling shop, grabbed a red bag from the wall, and stuffed the crystal ball into it.

This is my aunt's bag, a women's style. It looks rather flashy when I carry it.

Not to mention, this pure glass crystal ball is quite heavy; Lu Qiao even felt a bit uncomfortable carrying it.

Lu Qiao left the house and locked the room. Knowing that the key was in the black cat's belly, he wasn't worried about not being able to get back in.

As Luqiao was about to leave, the black cat poked Luqiao's neck and pointed to the board on the side.

Coming to his senses, Luqiao went over and changed the sign at the entrance from "Open for Business" to "Closed for the Time of Day".

And so the three of them and the cat set off, heading towards Chinatown.

The entrance to Chinatown remains bustling.

The special forces and negotiators have left.

The experts from the appraisal team arrived just as they walked out of the jewelry store.

The expert was Chinese, with a refined and otherworldly air, a goatee, and gray hair and beard. He was holding a thick notebook in his hand.

Lu Qiao did see clearly that the gold-plated characters read: Zhouyi (Book of Changes).

Four agents behind the expert then came out carrying something.

This is a red carpet used for welcoming guests at the jewelry store. It was carefully taken out of the store, covered with a board, and placed in the back seat of the police car.

Everyone was wondering what the item was, but Luqiao didn't care because he had seen it for himself and knew it was a mirror with strange writing on it.

Upon seeing the expert with the book, Lu Qiao realized he had been misled.

Given this situation, it seems unlikely that the tunnel beneath the floor can be found.

The longer the time is delayed, the less detectable the foamed concrete and cement will be after they have been mixed.

Old Shen was also taken away in a police car for questioning, while two police officers remained at the jewelry store to guard the scene.

Seeing this situation, Luqiao knew that Boss Shen had succeeded.

Of course, Luqiao doesn't care too much, because what Luqiao is doing now is the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

When Zhao Chengpeng and Liu Bo saw Lao Shen, they quickened their pace as if they had seen a plague god.

Lu Qiao knew he had already fooled at least six or seven out of ten people.

Zhao Chengpeng walked ahead, leading Lu Qiao forward.

Zhao Chengpeng led Lu Qiao further and further away, which Lu Qiao found hard to believe.

I thought this tunnel would only separate two or three households at most.

But who would have thought that this walk would take them all to the middle of Chinatown?

And you also need to cross a shop, which is located on the back street of that shop.

Lu Qiao then realized that, like many commercial streets in China, this Chinatown was a complex network of alleyways because it had been renovated.

This so-called warehouse is not located in Chinatown at all, but next to Chinatown.

This street is called Harrison Avenue, and it's right next to the road.

"Not in Chinatown?" Lu Qiao realized.

"Yes, I want to open a branch. Chinese food is profitable, and I want to see if the business on the outer street can be just as good. It hasn't opened yet because my wife gave birth and I have less help, and the outer street branch is aimed at foreigners, so the taste needs to be adjusted. It all takes time." Zhao Chengpeng talked about his business at length.

Luqiao then realized that this place was indeed good. Old Shen also knew how to choose; it couldn't be more suitable to drill a hole here to go to the gold shop.

Cars flow normally on the outer street, and if a truck were to pull over and stop briefly at night, no one would say anything.

They transport the construction waste out, and even drive over at night to take the thugs away—it's perfect.

Zhao Chengpeng stopped in front of a white-walled building that had not yet been renovated, took out a bunch of keys from his waistband, and fumbled to open the door.

Through the floor-to-ceiling windows, Lu Qiao could see that the room was empty, and the floors and walls had already been finished.

The restaurant's decor style is there, but clearly many things are still in place.

"Wait, don't go in yet, let me check it out first. By the way, is it brand new? Just using it as a warehouse?" Lu Qiao asked, looking at the newly renovated building.

"No, I explicitly told Lao Shen not to touch it. He rented the back warehouse!" Zhao Chengpeng gestured with his signature hand.

Lu Qiao knew the back was safer, so the front was relatively safer. He casually made a couple of hand gestures and said mysteriously, "There's no problem here, let's go in!"

Once the three of them entered the shop, Zhao Chengpeng pointed to the back door on the side: "Open it here and go in. Inside is a courtyard, which is the warehouse that was rented to Lao Shen."

Lu Qiao grabbed him, preventing him from going forward: "Don't drive! Tell me about this warehouse!"

Zhao Chengpeng was taken aback, but then he realized that Lao Shen usually frequented the warehouse, so Lu Qiao was being cautious.

Little did they know that Luqiao was afraid of these five thugs, who were lurking in the warehouse. If the thugs were really inside, they would be doomed if the door was opened!

"The area behind the hall is quite large, a U-shaped building. The original open space was given to us as a bonus. I built two walls and added a canopy, and it's now a warehouse. Don't you want to go take a look?" Zhao Chengpeng explained.

Zhao Chengpeng and Liu Bo were unaware of the situation and were fearless.

Luqiao was in a panic; one of the five thugs was injured, and all five were carrying guns.

Even if the other side didn't pull out a gun, it would be very easy for four thugs to take care of Lu Qiao and his two companions.

Luqiao was relieved at this moment, because the U-shaped building, plus Zhao Chengpeng's addition, made the shape of the building resemble a large funnel.

These warehouses are particularly good at absorbing noise; the sound of traffic from the main road will echo inside, so no matter how loudly the road and bridge are speaking, it won't carry.

The black cat understood Lu Qiao's worries, jumped off his shoulder, and ran towards the door.

"What's the cat up to?" Liu Bo asked.

"I told you it was raised by my aunt, and it's of a higher generation than me. It's a spirit, so it went to explore the way!" Lu Qiao explained.

The black cat naturally circled around from the outside, hoping to climb over the roof and take a look.

Even if a cat stumbles upon a robber hiding inside a warehouse, the robber won't shoot at the cat.

As long as a black cat runs fast, it is relatively safe.

Lu Qiao stood in the lobby, looking through the door at the warehouse behind him, his brow furrowed.

"Luqiao, are you alright?" Zhao Chengpeng asked, curious as to why Luqiao was afraid to go in and what he had seen.

Lu Qiao knew he needed to find an excuse to prevent the two people in front of him from going to the warehouse.

Lu Qiao turned his head and began to perform hand seals towards Zhao Chengpeng and Liu Bo.

He pinched the remaining four fingers back and forth with his thumb, muttering to himself, his brows furrowed, his fingers pausing occasionally, and he clicked his tongue.

Zhao Chengpeng and Liu Bo looked at Lu Qiao with some nervousness, but they didn't dare to speak up for fear of disturbing him.

Lu Qiao frowned, entirely because he was thinking about how to make Zhao Chengpeng believe him more.

Luqiao remembers those shamanistic rituals in China, where talismans catch fire, peach wood swords cut the talismans to draw blood, and copper coins are retrieved from a pot of boiling oil by hand, but he doesn't know any of those things himself!

Even if I could look up information now, I still wouldn't be able to prepare these things!

At this moment, Lu Qiao realized that what Liu Bo had said on the phone earlier could be put to use now!

The next moment, Luqiao had an epiphany!