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

The village was really remote, with winding mountain roads, narrow paths, and muddy roads. The whole journey was bumpy and shaky, making Xia Wange feel like her bones were about to fall apart.

"Master Xia, not to be rude, but this van is the most cost-effective for this route. It's durable and reliable. My mother liked living in the village before she died, and I often drove her to chemotherapy back then..."

"Pah, pah, pah, it's that female customer undergoing chemotherapy." The shop owner slapped his mouth.

"They even dug out the bones?" Xia Wange asked.

"I dug it up the next day. She said she wanted to be buried in the shroud she had prepared herself. After digging the grave, I found that she had hidden a gold bracelet inside the shroud as a burial item. That day, I melted down the gold bracelet, sold it, and used the money to buy paper offerings for my sister. I burned them by the river. I plan to use the money to sponsor some little girls to go to school in my sister's name."

"It's fine," Xia Wange said.

The shop owner was very talkative. In fact, ever since the heavy burden of guilt in his heart was lifted, he had become unusually talkative. He was no longer the hesitant and stammering person he had been when they first met. On the contrary, he talked the whole way, and he didn't hold back at all when he cursed his parents, no, when he cursed the two customers.

After all, he was once raised as a son to carry on the family line, so he knows his background and is listed in the family genealogy. This makes it easy for the shop owner to name and curse his ancestors for eighteen generations without missing anyone or cursing anyone by mistake, so that the ancestors are clearly cursed.

Upon arrival, they found themselves in a small hotel. It was clean, but pitifully small. Xia Wange instructed Lu Qiu to bring all the things they would need for the next day's business into the room. Other things could be easily replaced if lost, but it would be troublesome to buy new ones if lost.

All the miscellaneous items were packed into a large box, which Lu Qiu carried back to his room.

The shop owner repeatedly reminded me to lock the doors and windows, saying that thieves were rampant in the area and that even if they were locked, it was still easy to get robbed. He just told me to be careful.

Xia Wange wasn't picky. She lay down fully clothed. She was usually more particular about things in her daily life, but once she was out, she didn't care. She had even lain in cemeteries or coffins before. Having a room to shelter her from the wind and rain was good enough for her.

Lu Qiu was even less picky. He had accompanied Xia Wange all over the country, but he had also slept in many strange places. In the past, when his legs were bad, he had to be a little considerate. Now that his legs were better, he didn't care at all. He would lie wherever Xia Wange lay down.

If Xia Wange is lying next to the ghost, then let's just pretend he didn't say that.

Xia Wange slept well that night, occasionally hearing some rustling sounds, but she didn't pay much attention to them. Lu Qiu was also fine, but she didn't expect to hear the shop owner excitedly recounting what happened the night before when she woke up for breakfast.

"You guys are sleeping soundly too. The police cars came and went yesterday, waking me up many times."

While eating the local specialty breakfast, Xia Wange said, "Our room is quite far inside, on the third floor, so we didn't hear anything. What happened last night?"

"Many thieves have been caught," the shop owner said. "I heard that a thief was sneaking up the stairs, but the tiles were wet, so he slipped and hit his head. He struggled to climb down with blood all over his head and asked the front desk to call 120. The front desk was terrified at first, thinking it was a customer who had fallen. But when they took his bag, it was full of tools for committing crimes. It turned out he was a thief."

"There was another person who was preparing to climb through the window. He was clearly an experienced climber, and he had all his tools ready. He was about to climb to the third floor, but just last night, he stepped onto a platform, and the platform collapsed. He fell directly from the second floor, making such a loud noise that the guests downstairs called the police."

"We live on the third floor, are you planning to steal from us?" Xia Wange said confidently. "We brought such a big box with us, we're bound to attract attention."

"Yes, I heard they've all been apprehended," the shop owner said. "Master Xia, you're amazing; even thieves can't get close to you."

"I didn't do anything." Xia Wange shrugged. "Actually..."

"Master Xia, please don't be modest. I've been lurking in the metaphysics forum and have seen almost all of your glorious deeds. There's the clever use of a boy's urine to travel to the underworld on the bridge, the clever fight against the century-old zombies in Xiucai Village, the metaphysics competition where you exchanged your life for the mountain god and escaped unscathed, and the time you broke through the Japanese's layout on the rooftop. Master Xia, you are truly amazing."

This string of praise softened Xia Wange's gaze, making her look at the other person with a touch of affection. She said very modestly, "Oh, it's not as bad as you say..."

"Not at all, Master Xia, your deeds have truly spread far and wide!"

"It's not as little as you say." Xia Wange finally finished speaking. "There are many other things that others don't know. What you've heard is only the surface. There are even more serious things that are not convenient to spread."

Shopkeeper: "..."

Who can tell him how to respond to that?

Lu Qiu cleared the air and eased the awkwardness, "Weren't you going to check it out on site? It's not raining today, let's go."

"Okay, okay, I'll get ready and drive there right away." With that, the shop owner dashed off.

"Tsk." Xia Wange clicked her tongue softly, then said helplessly, "These days, honesty is just so unbelievable."

After saying that, she turned to look at Lu Qiu and found him staring at his phone replying to messages. Curious, she asked, "Is something wrong at the company?"

"No, it's my older brother." Lu Qiu held his phone screen up to Xia Wange's eyes. "He wants me to install another system to control the water temperature."

Xia Wange asked, "Is it that infrared scanning system at home that automatically adjusts the temperature to the most comfortable level?"

"Yes!" Lu Qiu said, "I tried installing it in the previous house, but now my brother seems to want to install another shower. We need to reset it to avoid mixing up the two thermostats. He said the water temperature is too hot for my sister-in-law's shower, and he needs it to be cooler."

"Then there's no need to install another one, right? Or..." Xia Wange's eyes lit up as she looked at Lu Qiu, "Do you want to install two shower heads in one shower room and then install another one? Like, the kind where you can turn on both showers at the same time?"

At this point, Xia Wange and Lu Qiu exchanged a glance and narrowed their eyes together.

My brother is quite the gourmand.

"But still, isn't that inconvenient? After all, there will be all sorts of things to do. If we could really separate our showers, why would we need two? We have plenty of bathrooms at home." Xia Wange raised a finger and wagged it. "I have an idea."

"Make the older brother a little shorter, so the water will naturally be cooler when it's poured on him."

Lu Qiu: "Why would I suspect you're making a sexual innuendo?"

"How could I drive? I'm talking about human solutions in a serious manner."

"Driving? Yes, I'll drive. I'm an experienced driver. How could I let Master Xia drive?" The shop owner said directly after entering. "Let's go. The car is already started. Get in and we're off."

Xia Wange couldn't help but laugh, then said, "Okay, let's go, get in the car and let's go."