Shocking! A master of metaphysics has been mind-reading!

After everything was over, Lu Qiu finally felt a little tired. He was just about to ask Xiao Liu to take him home when the car door was suddenly opened again.

Xia Wange poked her head in, "Boss, did you hear what I said to Cao Niannian?"

Lu Qiu instantly understood what the other person was referring to and nodded.

"My situation is still unstable, and she's not suited to learning my things. She can learn more from you, and I'll pay for half a day's wages for her."

"It's alright." Lu Qiu interrupted her, paused for a moment, "She's not idle here, she gets everything she's entitled to."

Xia Wange hesitated for a moment, but didn't dwell on it. These were minor matters. "Oh, right, there's one more thing."

Before Lu Qiu could react, two bracelets were shoved into his hands. "Alright, that's all done, time to go to sleep."

After saying that, the car door was closed again.

Lu Qiu's eyelashes trembled slightly. She looked down at the two strings of beads in her hand, one blue and one white, for a long time before letting out a soft laugh.

It's true, they're always thinking about "exploiting" him.

"Let's go back," Lu Qiu instructed. "By the way, have the rough stones I ordered arrived?"

"It seems like I should be able to get it in the next couple of days."

"it is good."

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The next morning, when Du Yun excitedly showed her and Lu Qiu the surveillance footage of Sun Cheng falling into the water the day before, she knew that bringing Du Yun along was the right thing to do.

Not just anyone can be an expert in everything.

Because it was a newly built bridge, the surveillance footage was very clear and comprehensive. The footage clearly showed that Sun Cheng suddenly stopped while crossing the bridge, turned around and went onto the bridge. His unsteady steps made him look like he was drunk. Then, when he reached the middle of the bridge, Sun Cheng jumped off without hesitation.

"How was it?" Du Yun asked, pointing at the projector after finishing the presentation. "Did you notice anything wrong?"

Xia Wange covered her chin. "There are some problems."

"I knew it." Du Yun took out a stack of transparent films and prepared some cinnabar. "Here you go, I knew there was a problem, I've prepared everything for you."

"?" Xia Wange looked at him blankly.

Du Yun was also stunned for a moment, "Just like last time, what the hell is this, the Moiré pattern?"

With a heavy sigh, Xia Wange propped her head up. "The video is fine. What I'm saying is that the place where he jumped into the water is the problem. Yesterday, I clearly heard the sound of him falling into the water very close to me. The bridge is quite a distance away from me, so if he fell into the water from the bridge, there's no way I could have heard it."

Hearing this, Du Yun sat down and pondered for a moment, "There's nothing ghostly or strange about it that could move its voice right next to your ear?"

Xia Wange looked at him, "Yes."

"What?"

"Thunder, if it's loud enough, it'll sound like it's right next to your ear." Xia Wange was speechless. "Du Yun, Du Yun, how come you're even more superstitious than me after just a few days?"

"Then check again if there are any security cameras recording anything between the bridge and us." Lu Qiu reviewed the footage again. "Did Sun Cheng say anything else?"

"No, it's the same story as yesterday. He heard the opera, but he doesn't remember anything else." Du Yun said, moving closer to Xia Wange. "Sister Xia, didn't you use the red thread to bring something out yesterday? Didn't you put it away?"

"Do you know what someone who buys anything they see is called?" Xia Wange moved closer to Du Yun and asked mysteriously.

"A master."

"Wrong." Xia Wange held up a finger and shook it. "His name is Fahai."

Du Yun: "..."

"You want me to be cursed like Fahai?" Xia Wange slumped back in her chair, yawned, and said, "If you don't care about cause and effect and just eliminate the result, you'll easily get tainted with resentment and karma. Once you've killed too many ghosts and there are no more ghosts to kill, you'll create ghosts for yourself to kill."

"There's such a thing?" Du Yun's eyes widened.

"Yes." Xia Wange sat up straighter and said seriously, "Killing can be pleasurable. Whether it's killing people or ghosts, feeling the soul slip through your fingers is addictive."

"Ew~~~~" Du Yun rubbed his arms. "That's so perverted."

"The lyrics he sang yesterday were those of Dong Zhuo from the Kunqu opera 'The Chain Scheme'," Lu Qiu interjected, bringing the conversation back on track. "'The Chain Scheme' tells the story of the Three Kingdoms period. Wang Yun used a chain scheme, first betrothing his adopted daughter Diao Chan to Lü Bu and then to Dong Zhuo, thus sowing discord between them. After Dong Zhuo was killed, Lü Bu and Diao Chan got married. That's roughly the story."

"Opera, river, newly built bridge..." Du Yun suddenly clapped his hands. "What to do? I still feel like it's my childhood trauma."

"What?" Xia Wange looked at him.

"The computer is right here. I have a high-definition restored version on it. I'll show it to you." Du Yun quickly clicked, and the mouse hovered over a movie icon called "The Haunted Village". "After I go out, you can click on it yourselves and study it. I really think it's inspiring. I'm also planning to check around and see if there are any graves that were damaged during construction, just like in the movie."

"You even made a high-definition remastered version of your childhood trauma?!" Xia Wange was completely baffled. She was afraid to even open it when the time came, yet she still had it saved.

"I thought it was a childhood trauma, so I watched it when I was in my twenties, but it turned out to be a youth trauma." Du Yun had already reached the door. "I think if I watch this movie again when I'm middle-aged, it might become a middle-aged trauma. I won't watch it when I'm old, because I'm afraid I'll be scared to death after watching it."

After saying that, Du Yun left without looking back, leaving Xia Wange and Lu Qiu staring at each other.

"Have you seen it?" Xia Wange shook the mouse and found the cursor.

"No." Lu Qiu sat up straighter. "I've never seen this kind of movie before."

"I've never seen a pure ghost movie like this before. I used to watch movies like Taoist priests and Lam Ching-ying's series, which I watched as educational or spot-the-difference movies." Xia Wange placed the cursor on the video. "Want to watch it? Since we're already here, the sound system in this conference room is pretty good."

Lu Qiu's Adam's apple bobbed slightly with tension. "We'll see."

"Mmm." Xia Wange responded softly, resting her chin on one hand, and started watching a movie.

When Du Yun returned right on time, he pushed open the back door and heard a woman's eerie singing voice resounding throughout the conference room.

He saw Xia Wange holding a talisman in one hand with a solemn expression, while Lu Qiu held a jade ball the size of a sandbag in one hand, his eyes seemingly unfocused, as if he were staring blankly into space.

"I said, you guys..."

"Damn it!" Xia Wange exclaimed in surprise, "You scared me half to death! What kind of back door did you use?!"