Chapter 9
Chapter 9
The sound of dripping water came from upstairs, Xie Kui wiped his face a little strangely.
Jing Cen usually takes a shower in the bathroom of his room.
Why did you go to the bathroom next to the study on the second floor today?
Although they divided the villa into two floors without interfering with each other, they still know each other's living habits very well after being roommates for two years.
The sound insulation upstairs is very good, but I can't stand Xie Cong's sensitive ears. He was specially trained when he was in Xie's house, so he can hear a little bit of wind and grass.
Therefore, the sound of the shower being turned on in the bathroom on the second floor can also be vaguely heard.
The sound of splashing water never stopped.Xie Cong took a bath towel to wipe off the foam from his eyes, and couldn't help but look up at the ceiling.
It's a pity that the ceiling separates the two bathrooms, and the scene above cannot be seen, only the sound of water can be heard.
What happened to Jing Cen?
After listening for a while, Xie Cong leaned in the bathroom and lit a cigarette, thinking about the weird behavior of that pampered roommate today, and frowned slightly.
If it wasn't for the fact that the person who talked to him this afternoon was the same, Xie Cong would have wondered if Jing Cen was a ghost.
But... Forget it, how can there be so many ghosts in normal life.
Xie Cong clicked his tongue softly, shook his head and extinguished the cigarette.
Ji Hui stood under the shower all the time, scalding hot water flowed from his body, but he couldn't feel the slightest bit of heat.Just like in Minshan Village back then, he couldn't feel the cold, and now he can't feel the heat either.
However, based on the habit of being a human before, he still likes to take a bath like before.
He raised his hand and quietly watched the water flow down his fingertips.
The crow's eyelashes were wet with water and closed gently.
I don't know how long it took.
Ji Hui didn't open his eyes until the shower beeped twice.
The shower installed in Jing Cen's home is equipped with intelligent sensors. If no human movement is detected for a long time after the water is turned on, an alarm similar to a malfunction will be issued.
Fortunately, the alarm sound was very small, and it was overwhelmed by the sound of water after just two rings.
Ji Hui's eyelids twitched, he looked at the shower that warned him, and raised his eyebrows.
"Artificial mental retardation."
The shower didn't understand that there were non-humans scolding him at all, and the red light was still blinking.
Ji Hui reluctantly picked up the unopened bath towel beside him and wiped his body.After a simple cleaning, I watched the bath liquid flush into the sewer, and then turned off the shower.
The sound of water in the room quieted down instantly, and the artificial mentally retarded who kept flickering Didi also quieted down.
Ji Hui wiped his hair, thinking that next time Jing Cen must change to a more mature shower.
At this moment, he couldn't help but make up a ghost story while rubbing his hair.In the middle of the night, there was clearly no one in the empty room, but the warning sound of the shower could be heard from time to time.
Thinking about Ji Hui actually made himself amused.
He put down the hair dryer and smiled happily.
After laughing, he turned his head after putting down the hair dryer, but suddenly found that the wound on his fingertips had healed, maybe it was because he laughed too much, and it actually split open again.
And it was bleeding.
Ji Hui: ...
Is this unlucky enough to get stuck between teeth?
Ji Hui didn't know that the wound on his finger was related to another person.
I thought it was cracked when he laughed.After studying it for a long time, I thought I would have something to do later, so I wiped it casually and let it continue to recover.
the other side.
Just as Jiang Yuhan stood up, he suddenly felt a scorching sensation attacking his skin. The scorching sensation spread from his fingertips to his whole body. In just an instant, his naturally cold and white neck was a little red.
As if being scalded, there was a burst of heat all of a sudden.
This is not the first time, Jiang Yuhan stopped.
First, his finger was inexplicably cut, and then his body was "burned". During this time, his body always had reactions that had nothing to do with him.
Jiang Yuhan looked down at the red mark on the back of his hand and frowned slightly.
This feeling is not unfamiliar.
It reminded him of... the feeling he felt for a moment when he returned to the car accident in the first season.
The man with a cold silhouette looked down at the wound, his face darkened, but a trace of doubt flashed in his cold dark blue eyes.
Why did he think of Ji Hui again?
Jiang Yuhan tightened his grip as if he simply had doubts about himself.
He was naturally indifferent emotionally, he had never cared about anything, and those relatives could not stir him up.Things can only be divided into useful and useless with him.
Until Ji Hui died.
Ji Hui was the only one who told him to recall it, which was very strange.
The young man in disguise was just teasing him casually, and Jiang Yuhan thought that he would not have emotional fluctuations because of this.
However, the reality is somewhat different from what he thought.
At the moment of Ji Hui's death - he also felt the pain of bone shattering all over his body.
It was as if his body ached with Ji Hui.
He is hurting for Jihui.
Jiang Yuhan looked down at the red mark on the back of his hand, a little confused.
It's because he had someone check Ji Hui's coffin a few days ago.
So the previous hallucination came again?
He pursed his thin lips tightly, and when he raised his head again, his dark blue eyes returned to the coldness.
……
Ji Hui is still in a weak stage and can't go too far.
But Ji's family in the same city is okay.
After a day's rest during the day, Ji thought that he was fine at night, so he went out for a walk and went to Ji's house to pick up some things.
After all, he has been away for three years.
Ji Hui has a good relationship with the Ji family, but he is not the biological child of the head of the Ji family.His father is the brother of the Patriarch of Ji's family. Because the two died early in a car accident, Ji Hui was handed over to his uncle to be raised.
Both uncle and aunt have their own biological children. Although Ji Hui's departure made them a little sad, they can still come out in three years.
This was also the reason why Ji Hui was worried about coming back.
He has always been carefree.
Ji Hui came out of the room, took a look at Jing Cen's closed door and went downstairs.
He thought that there was no one downstairs at the moment, but he didn't expect the protagonist Gong Xie Cong to be there.
The lights downstairs were not turned on, and Xie Cong was standing in front of the refrigerator.
Ji Hui paused when he went downstairs, and raised his eyebrows.
Just in case, a wisp of Yin Qi floated out from his fingertips, and he tried it out.
Xie Cong, who was standing in front of the refrigerator drinking water, didn't notice it at all.
Ji Hui relaxed his eyebrows, and then left the villa along the moonlight.
The moment Ji Hui left, Xie Cong suddenly paused while raising his head to drink water, and turned around strangely, but saw nothing.
Could it be that I was too busy in the bathroom today, a little suspicious?
Xie Cong held the bottle tightly and looked away.
There was no one missing in the villa.
After Ji returned to his hometown, he didn't leave in a hurry, but waited for the night to be completely silent before going to Ji's old house along the route he remembered.
It was very late at this time, and a few lights in Ji's house were still on.
Ji Hui saw his uncle and aunt.
Uncle is reading the newspaper, and aunt is washing fruit in the kitchen.After a while, a lively little girl came out. The family didn't know what to say, and their expressions relaxed a lot.
After a while, the lights in the living room were turned off, and the few people finally went up to rest.
Ji Hui never showed up.
It wasn't until the lights were turned off and the breathing in Ji's old house became even, that he got up and entered the old house.
Humans and ghosts are separated, Ji Hui didn't intend to alarm anyone from the beginning.
He went in along the old house, and found his previous room familiarly.That house has been sealed due to the death of the owner.
The house doors are locked.
After Ji Hui went in, he looked at the furnishings in the room and smiled, a little surprised that he was still so childish.He circled the room.
Finally, I went to the drawer in the room with the password.
The slender fingers entered a few lines of numbers in the picture frame next to it, and the drawer clicked, and the lock inside popped open.
He looked down and saw the notebook inside.
The notebook was the information he had collected about Taoism before, and he had always thought it was useless before, but he just looked it up because of his vigilant instinct after he came out of the abyss game.
I didn't expect it to come in handy now.
Ji Hui squinted his eyes, and took back the notebook in a good mood.
……
Jing Cen got up early in the morning.
Last night he was so tired that he fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow, and only after waking up did he remember that there was a ghost at home.
I don't know... Is there a spirit in your back?
Do ghosts need sleep?
He was a little hesitant, and after washing up, he pretended to be looking at his phone casually, and came to the bedroom behind Lingling.
However, when he reached the door, he didn't know what to say, and frowned a little irritably.
As soon as Ji Hui came back in the early morning, he saw Jing Cen leaning against his door, and couldn't help raising his eyebrows.
"What are you doing standing in front of my room?"
Jing Cen was worried about knocking on the door, but suddenly heard the voice in his heart, and was taken aback, subconsciously clenched the phone tightly before saying nonchalantly:
"Oh, you're here."
"I thought you weren't here."
Ji Hui just came back from Ji's house, he was in a good mood, he didn't care about what he said, just raised his eyebrows and waited for Jing Cen to explain his intention.
Jing Cen coughed lightly, turned his head and said uncomfortably: "Well, I have time today, so I can go to Antique Street."
Ji Hui: ...Is it necessary to be so entangled with this matter?
He snorted lightly in his heart.
"Wait a moment."
After drawing a symbol in the notebook, Ji Hui threw the things into the room before coming out.
Jing Cen was a little puzzled, and after seeing him for a while, there was a voice in his heart, so he couldn't help being a little puzzled.
"What were you doing just now?"
Ji Hui relied on others not being able to see him, so it was natural to lie:
"Wash up."
"Don't you need to wash up?"
"But the ghost also needs to wash up?" Jing Cen blurted out after frowning, and realized something was wrong just after he finished speaking.
The surrounding air became cold, and Ji Hui suddenly chuckled: "Ghosts not only have to wash, but also eat people."
"What, are you afraid?"
His voice was cold, and at some point he approached and patted Jing Cen on the shoulder.
Jing Cen's face turned dark instantly.
As soon as Xie Cong downstairs opened the door, he suddenly raised his head again, frowning slightly.
Why is the cloudy atmosphere upstairs again?
What the hell is this roommate doing?
He was so puzzled just now, but it didn't take long for the cloudy air to dissipate.
Xie Cong squinted his eyes, and stopped when he was about to go back to the room.
After Jing Cen was frightened by the spirit behind him, he became very awkward and honest, took the car keys and went downstairs.
After seeing Xie Cong, he nodded casually.
Xie Cong looked away and said hello: "Go out?"
"Go outside for a walk."
After Jing Cen finished speaking, he changed his shoes and prepared to turn around and leave.
Xie Cong watched his roommate prepare to leave, and suddenly mentioned something.
"By the way, City A has been a bit unsettled these past few days. You'd better come back early at night."
His voice was so lazy that people couldn't tell the real from the fake.
Uneasy?
Jing Cen was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously wanted to ask the spirit behind him.But thinking that this was in front of people, he still forcibly shut his mouth, only frowning in his heart.
His actions just now... Xie Cong won't find out that there is a ghost behind him, right?
The roommate is an ordinary person, probably not.
He comforted himself in his heart.
Ji Hui glanced at Xie Cong, and raised his eyebrows at what he said just now to test Jing Cen when he said that City A was not peaceful.
Is this scaring Jing Cen?
At this time, is it interesting for the protagonist to start the protagonist's attack?
Ji Hui was thoughtful, and patted Jing Cen on the shoulder to signal Jing Cen, and Jing Cen came back to his senses and left in response.
As soon as he got in the car, Ji Hui withdrew his gossip and said directly:
"Let's go to the antique street in the west of the city."
He remembered that there were quite a few shops related to Taoism on the street west of the city, and it was easier to find good things.
The car was driving smoothly on the road, and Ji Hui was a little sleepy again.Seeing that the free driver in front was driving well, he closed his eyes.
Jing Cen originally had doubts about what Xie Cong said about the unrest in City A, but after asking a few times and getting no response, he could only frown and shut his mouth, secretly thinking whether he should ask his agent to check it out.
After Minshan Village last time, he almost had sequelae.Nervous at the slightest sign of trouble, upset even in a crowded city.
It's just that for the sake of face, I haven't shown it all the time.
Ji Huizhi closed his eyes with his hands, and after an unknown amount of time, the car finally arrived.
After Jing Cen parked the car in the parking lot, he yelled a few times in the car, but there was no response, so he had to wait temporarily.
Half an hour later, Ji Hui opened his eyes.
"arrive?"
Jing Cen responded, and finally couldn't hold back: "You were sleeping just now?"
Ji Hui got out of the car: "Can't you?"
Jing Cen's expression was weird for a moment, but he didn't think anything of it, just felt that ghosts seemed... quite human.Not only will wash, but also sleep and rest.
He closed the door as if nothing had happened, feeling inexplicably much better.
Ji Hui didn't know what Jing Cen was thinking, he raised his eyebrows slightly when he thought of the companies recorded in his notes.
"Go."
According to the information he collected before, the Chen family of Xuanmen has a secret shop in Antique Street, and it is better for Liu Mu to buy there.However, there are a lot of celestial masters in this kind of place, so he should avoid these shops to some extent.
Ji Hui whispered a few words in Jing Cen's ear, and then went to the other side.
Suspiciously, Jing Cen went shopping according to Ling Ling's words.
He had never been to Antique Street, and he didn't know that there were so many tricks in it, but thinking of what the spirit behind him told him, he put on a mask and became serious again.
There are really not many willows and incense candles, but they are not rare items, and Ji Hui asked Jing Cen to buy them separately, which did not attract people's attention.
Ji Hui wandered casually on another street where there was no Taoist family, and after a while, he arrived at the door at the appointed time.
It was the first time for Jing Cen to do this kind of thing, and he was a little nervous. After returning, he took off his mask and sunglasses like a thief, and put the box in the co-pilot.
"Do you see these?"
Ji Hui opened it and looked at it, and was satisfied after checking the quality.
"good."
Jing Cen breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly remembered something.
"By the way, when I was shopping, I heard someone calling from Chen's incense candle shop, saying that it was something about nourishing soul incense. Is it the one you asked me to pay attention to last time?"
Although he pretended to be impatient when he went in to buy things, his ears were sharp.
After hearing the word Yanghunxiang, I stayed for a while, but I didn't expect it to be really rewarding.
Ji Hui turned around.
"Soul-nourishing incense? Tell me carefully."
Of course Ji Hui is interested in the food he ate last time.But this thing was born at this time, and he is still in the weak stage, so it is a bit difficult to get it.
Jing Cen didn't know what was going on behind the scenes, so he stated what he heard from Chen's shop in a few words.
"They seem to be talking about an auction."
"At that time, the soul nourishing incense will be exhibited."
Tsk, the Taoist auction.
What comes out is pricey.Ji Hui is poor now, thinking of the price of nourishing soul incense, he couldn't help but frowned, and suddenly turned around and asked, "What do you need from me recently?"
"What do you mean?"
Jing Cen froze for a moment.
Ji Hui said with a smile: "1000 million, I will be your bodyguard for a month."
"Aren't you worried that city A is in danger recently?"
City A is actually not in any danger recently, it was just Xie Cong who lied to Jing Cen, but now it is convenient for Ji Hui.
His voice was natural, and he didn't feel at all that his one-month bodyguard was not equivalent to the soul-nourishing incense.
In fact, Jing Cen wanted the back spirit to protect him, but before he could figure out how to speak, he didn't expect the other party to take the initiative.I was taken aback for a moment, feeling a little moved in my heart.
What the hell do you need money for?
This is the excuse that the spirit behind wants to protect him.
Jing Cen tightened his hands slightly, although his expression was restrained, but the corners of his mouth still couldn't help but want to arouse.
Speaking of which, from the time he met Backling to the present, the other party has been protecting him.
I didn't expect it to be so considerate this time.
At this time, he completely ignored the fact that the spirit behind him yelled at him from time to time, coughed and agreed.
"That you said."
"You can't go back on your word." Jing Cen frowned, and waited immediately after speaking.
Ji Hui didn't expect Jing Cen to agree without asking any more questions, he was a little puzzled.
Are you so afraid?
But that's good too, he doesn't bother to make up nonsense.
The two talked like a chicken and a duck, but in the end they reached a strange agreement.
One feels that the spirit behind it is trying to protect him, and he is embarrassed to say so.
It's not bad for a guy who thinks 1000 million to buy a ghost to be a bodyguard.
The atmosphere inside the car is much more harmonious than before.
Ji Hui nodded in satisfaction, seeing the protagonist Shou who scolded him for the white lotus was much more pleasing to the eye.
Jing Cen drove the car, and asked after a while: "By the way, where do I send the money?"
"Do you have a card?"
Ji Huizhi looked back at him with his hands: "No, you can apply for a new card for me."
"Alright."
Jing Cen was in a happy mood, and responded with a pretentious manner.
……
Ji Hui said he wanted to be Jing Cen's bodyguard, but he meant what he said.But he didn't expect Jing Cen to have a new job as soon as he returned in the afternoon.
He flipped through a few pages of notes, and saw the young man who had just rested appeared at his door and knocked on the door.
"That? You didn't rest, did you?"
The door outside the study opened silently, looking a little weird.
Jing Cen frowned, acting as if he was a bit reluctant and said: "Cough, recently I accepted a variety show, can you accompany me?"
Jing Cen just came back from the mountains, and with his position, it stands to reason that he shouldn't be in such a hurry to pick up the job.The manager didn't intend to arrange for him at all, but Jing Cen took the initiative to accept the variety show this time.
Director Zhou has a variety show in cooperation with Jiang.
Jiang Yuhan will attend.
He knew about this before, and he was bound to win this variety show.
After returning to the room just now, he checked the date, but he didn't expect that God was helping him, just these few days.
Although Jing Cen fell in love with Jiang Yuhan at first sight, he was very stubborn.
"I said I would not participate in this variety show, but my manager insisted on picking it up for me."
"It's just annoying."
Ji Hui picked up the invitation letter placed at the door and glanced at it. After seeing that Jiang Shi would also participate, he raised his eyebrows and watched him perform with a half-smile.
"If you really don't want to go..."
Before he finished speaking, Jing Cen asked, "Do you have time?"
Ji Hui is still very professional.
In addition, ordinary people can't see him, so it's okay to go there.After looking at the invitation letter, he said lightly: "Yes, you need to add money."
This was nothing to Jing Cen at all, he suppressed his joy forcibly, and pretended not to care:
"Alright then, I'll pack it up and wait for you tomorrow."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and left as if he was afraid that the spirit behind him would regret it.
Ji Hui clicked his tongue and looked at the introduction in his hand.
——The variety show of "Old House Renovation", co-branded with Jiang's Real Estate.
But this place... Ji Hui glanced at the house and suddenly paused.
Go back to the room and take out the notebook and turn to that page again.
"Fengzhao Villa Area"
Isn't this place haunted?
How did you set the transformation here?
Ordinary people don't know about the rumors that this place is haunted, but superstitious directors like those in the entertainment circle certainly don't know about it.
Set the location here... Are you going to build a haunted house?
Ji Hui was originally not interested in being a bodyguard this time, but after seeing the Fengzhao villa area, he became interested and put away the invitation letter.
On the other side, Jiang's upstairs.
As soon as the youth finished the meeting, there was a knock on the door.
The secretary brought in all the arrangements for the past few days.
"Mr. Jiang, tomorrow we are going to the variety show that Director Zhou made an appointment with."
"Ah."
Jiang Yuhan nodded lightly, but did not disagree.
The secretary was relieved.
"According to what Director Zhou said, you only need to attend a few occasions, and it won't take up too much of your time."
The stern-looking man has a calm expression.
"Anything else?"
The secretary shook his head quickly.
"Nothing."
"Just be there on time in the morning."
Jiang Yuhan nodded, and when the secretary was about to go out, he suddenly said coldly: "Help me make an appointment with a psychiatrist."
The secretary was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help raising his head to look at the man in front of him.
But I only saw the other party's indifferent expression, and... and so on.
Why did Mr. Jiang hurt his hand?
When did this happen?
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