Having devoted myself to guiding souls, I was surrounded by them after my death.

She instructed:

"When you encounter problems, make good use of your network of relationships."

Chen Shi now understood—Song Qingmei had suspected an internal intelligence leak, and that Jiang Liu, as a top-level ferryman, might be unavailable at any moment. It was precisely because of this situation that Jiang Liu had asked him to expand his network and add Zhang Chengkang as a friend.

"understood."

Looking up, she met Jiang Liu's gaze.

Those eyes were as black as ink, and at first glance, there was nothing particularly special about them.

But once you think of that bracelet... woven with red rope, with three beads, one crimson, one crescent moon, and one jet black, the first two beads just correspond to the eye colors of Su Yining and Luo Xiaoyu.

If my guess is correct, then the last one...

"Chen Shi? What are you looking at?"

Jiang Liu snapped her fingers.

"Nothing, just thinking about something," Chen Shi said, snapping out of his reverie.

"Ok?"

Jiang Liu narrowed her eyes, which seemed to be able to see through one's soul.

"Then I'll go first."

Jiang Liu picked up the violin case and prepared to leave.

Arriving at the school gate, she raised an eyebrow and said:

"Don't forget to coax Su Yining. That kind of girl is easy to anger, but also easy to appease. She just wants to see your attitude."

"Senior Sister Jiang, you seem to know a lot about love," Chen Shi couldn't help but say.

"Ah...cough!"

Jiang Liu choked twice—she had never actually been in a relationship, but she still remembered that faceless prince charming.

Of course, as the mentor, she still had to put on an act.

"Of course, you don't even know who your master is."

Jiang Liu waved her hand and left with her zither.

Chen Shi looked at the "Paranormal Train Report" in his hand and made a plan in his mind:

"Next, let's go find Su Yining and explain things clearly, and then search all these places."

He went to a dessert shop next to the school and bought a few matcha cakes.

"Last time we ate ice cream, my senior mentioned that she really liked matcha."

Holding a paper bag in one hand and editing information with the other.

Chen Shi: Senior, I bought some dessert, matcha flavor, do you want some?

Su Yining immediately replied with a greedy little bear emoji. She probably sent it quickly, then remembered she was being difficult and quickly deleted it before sending a new message.

Su Yining: I won't eat it.

Chen Shi: I can't finish this by myself, where are you, senior? I'll bring it to you.

Su Yining: I have no appetite. Ghosts don't get hungry.

Looks like I'll have to find it myself.

Chen Shi closed his eyes and let his inspiration flow.

After exorcising the spirit of sound and obtaining the [Soul-Guiding Harp], his inspiration was greatly enhanced.

In the darkness, there was an extremely chaotic space beneath the campus, with tangled threads and a crimson hue, making it impossible to observe with any intuition.

That was the seal of a top-tier evil spirit.

"That's not it."

Chen Shi continued to use his intuition to probe, and a crimson thread drifted in from afar.

"found it."

Carrying the desserts, I arrived at the rooftop and saw Su Yining leaning on the railing, gazing in the direction of the crape myrtle tree below the dormitory.

"Is today's persona the melancholy senior from the rooftop?"

As Chen Shi spoke, he stepped forward.

Su Yining turned around and gave him a slightly resentful look.

"Just kidding."

"Hey...you really don't know how to talk to girls."

Su Yining looked slightly helpless, although she had long known that Chen Shi was not one to say anything nice.

"How did you find me?" she asked curiously. "You weren't just following me, were you?"

"I'm not a peeping tom..."

Chen Shi took out a bag and handed out the matcha cream puffs.

"I found it with inspiration. Senior, you are a spirit, so it's quite convenient for you to find it outside the spirit cage."

"Inspiration? What exactly is that thing? Can it see me?"

Su Yining blinked:

"Hiss...Eh? If I take a shower, will you be completely exposed when you're in a state of inspiration?"

"First of all, what image do I have in your mind, senior? Secondly, my inspiration isn't that strong; I can only see some threads."

Chen Shi subconsciously said:

"However, Senior Sister Jiang might be able to do it..."

Spicy!

As soon as the words left his mouth, Chen Shi realized that mentioning Jiang Liu was definitely not a good option.

Sure enough, when I looked up, I saw that Su Yining's eyes had lost their luster.

“Chen Shi, you’re hopeless,” she said.

"No, senior, you've been in school for so many more years than me, don't you know how rumors spread?"

Chen Shi, feeling helpless, explained:

"Jiang Shijie and I have a purely master-disciple relationship."

"Oh."

Seeing Chen Shi's earnest explanation, Su Yining felt a little better and took the bag to eat the matcha cream puff.

In fact, as soon as she heard that "Chen Shi and Jiang Liu" were a couple, she guessed that it was probably a misunderstanding or a rumor.

However, she didn't know why, but hearing those words made her very upset and uncomfortable, so she scared those people away and ran away herself.

Looking back now, she was indeed a bit childish as a senior student, making Chen Shi bring her desserts even though he hadn't done anything wrong.

As Su Yining ate her dessert, the subtle bitterness of matcha tantalized her taste buds, restoring some of her sense of self-control and prompting her to seriously reflect on herself.

Meanwhile, Chen Shi was frantically searching his mental vocabulary for what to say in this situation.

For some reason, he couldn't help but get a little nervous whenever Su Yining was involved.

However, having never been popular with women, he really had no experience in coaxing girls.

So he said what he thought was the most romantic thing for the couple "Chen Shi and Su Yining".

"Senior, let's exorcise the spirit."

Chapter 100: No one died?

Foreknowledge, today?

Chen Shi felt a chill in his heart.

This thing hasn't been out for a while, why today of all days?

"Brother Xin, don't do anything so superstitious."

I prayed as I opened the envelope, and there was a line of black writing on it.

[A death will occur at the Multimedia Shopping Mall in the western part of the city this afternoon.]

At this moment, Chen Shi's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally died.

Previously, the predictions included things like "female college student jumps into river" and "female student gets separated from guardian." But ever since the "Chen Shi will die" prophecy, these predictions only appear if someone dies.

Why do I feel so calm, almost relieved?

"Wait, the West City Multimedia Shopping Mall? No way?"

Chen Shi had a bad feeling—the West City Cinema, where Wang Wei was going on a date, was located in this multimedia shopping mall!

He immediately called Wang Wei:

"Hey? Wang Wei, what time is your movie today?"

"what?"

Wang Wei's groggy voice came through, sounding like he had just woken up:

"I'll watch it this morning, have lunch, and then go shopping with Senior Wu. What's up?"

"Brother, how about we do it another day?" Chen Shi advised.

Although it cannot be confirmed, he currently has grudges with the Blooming Flowers Society and the Spirit Weapon Hunters, so the probability that those around him are being targeted is not small.

Not to mention his social circle; he has no other friends besides Wang Wei.

"Huh? You've already made plans, why are you changing the date? What's wrong, Lao Chen?"

Wang Wei asked in confusion:

"Are you feeling unwell? The movie's still a few hours away, how about I come over to your place?"

"No, listen to me."

Chen Shi was momentarily at a loss for words to explain:

"The mall you're going to today might be a place where someone could die; it's not safe. Tell your senior not to go there today."

"Someone will die? Old Chen, what are you talking about? What's wrong with you lately? Why are you acting so strangely?"

"Wang Wei!"

Chen Shi raised his voice and shouted:

"I'm not joking with you! Have you forgotten how I told you about my dad's death?"

After these words were spoken, there was silence on the other end of the phone.

After a long pause, Wang Wei said:

"Okay, I'll tell Senior Wu that we won't be going there today."

"Ah."

Chen Shi hung up the phone.

Wang Wei, his only close friend and one of the few people who truly cared about him, had mentioned seeing three malevolent spirits the night his parents were murdered.

However, like everyone else, Wang Wei was naturally skeptical, thinking that he had been provoked.

But thankfully, trust still exists.

After ruling out one possibility, Chen Shi immediately got up and informed Su Yining that the situation had changed and that they should meet at the Multimedia Shopping Mall in the west of the city.

The last premonition message appeared when Wu Hui wanted to poison the water tank at Nanjing University.

It might concern the Flourishing Flowers Festival; he couldn't pretend he hadn't seen it.