"Since you’ve guessed that, let’s not beat around the bush. What if that’s actually the case?" Chen Zhen said.
Chi Xiaoduo didn’t know whether to laugh or cry and said, "Such a big battle, just to get the exam questions. That Yan whatever...I really don’t understand that Yan Fei."
Keda and Zhou Wanyuan immediately turned pale.
Xiang Cheng: "?”
"Really?" Zhou Wanyuan's face grew solemn.
Chen Zhen said, "It's just a guess, we won’t know until it's confirmed. I hope not."
"To sell exam questions?" Chi Xiaoduo scratched his head. The bixian or diexian colluding with the senior management of the organization, with the intent of stealing the exam questions, gave off an Approaching Science feel to it.
"Who's stealing the exam questions?" Keda squinted and asked, "Who's behind Yan Fei?"
Chen Zhen shook his head slowly.
"No way ba!" Chi Xiaoduo said, "Really ah! I was just talking casually about it, that’s too ridiculous, right?!"
"It’s not ridiculous at all." Zhou Wanyuan said slowly, "Do you know how many people are taking the first-class exam this year?"
Chi Xiaoduo looked puzzled, and Xiang Cheng sneered.
"Do you know how the people who have passed the examination will be arranged?" Zhou Wanyuan asked again. "You guys don't know the internal policy. After the first-class comes out, they will select some people who are qualified in terms of political background, family background, resume, and exam score. These people will be transferred to the exorcism committee. It’s like with civil servants, they take the written examination first, then go through the practical exam and then the interview."
"Oh." Chi Xiaoduo’s head was surrounded with question marks. "So?"
Zhou Wanyuan said, "In this way, anyone who knows the exam questions can arrange their own people within the exorcism committee. Director Chen, ever since the task was assigned to me three months ago, you began to suspect this matter, right?"
Chen Zhen: “......”
Keda said, "Does the old buddha need to do it like this?"
"She will retire in three years," Chen Zhen said. "When she is 118 years old, she will retire. This is limited to our internal discussion, don’t kill me guys."
Xiang Cheng said lightly, "Infighting, I just knew it would be like this in the end."
"Whose team are we on now?" Zhou Wanyuan said as she looked at Chen Zhen.
"Don't say it like that." Chen Zhen said casually, "I don't have any selfish motives, otherwise, why would I assign this task to you rather than others? You know, Zhou Wanyuan, your dad, Teacher Zhou, is one of the graders. That’s it ba, when do we start?"
"Once we get the Luohun Bell, we can start any time," Xiang Cheng said. "The day after tomorrow is mid-July, so you consider things ba."
"Okay." Chen Zhen said, "We’ll spend today and tomorrow recuperating. We will start our plan tomorrow, so we’ll end the meeting here now."
"You can really endure things, Chen Zhen." Zhou Wanyuan raised her eyebrows and stared at Chen Zhen.
Chen Zhen said with a smile, "Xiang-xiong can endure things better than me, he actually didn’t punch me that day."
"I almost punched you that day." Xiang Cheng said casually.
Chen Zhen went out and drove home. Everyone looked at the time, and they could only stay at Keda's house for the time being tonight. Chi Xiaoduo yawned, put on Keda’s tiger hat, and staggered upstairs to sleep.
"This hat of yours is so cute," Chi Xiaoduo said.
"I also have dinosaurs and turtles," Keda said. "Do you want to wear them?"
"Okay, okay!" Chi Xiaoduo said, "Lend me one to play with."
Keda took Chi Xiaoduo upstairs and found a set of dinosaur plush pajamas that he had worn before. He gave it to him and said, "You can only sleep on your side when you wear this, you can’t fold the tail in."
"You’re actually this good at being moe, I couldn’t tell at all." Chi Xiaoduo said.
"I also have a radish sleeping bag," Keda said. "You can lie in it with a radish tassel nightcap."
Xiang Cheng knocked on the door and came in. He saw Chi Xiaoduo wearing a green radish tassel nightcap and tunneling into a pointed fat white radish sleeping bag.
"Not bad, right." Keda had a camera out and was taking pictures for Chi Xiaoduo.
"Hahaha, what the hell is this ah?! But being moe while sleeping, who are you doing it for ah!" Chi Xiaoduo thought it was too funny, why would anyone use this sleeping bag.
Xiang Cheng: "......”
Chi Xiaoduo patted his tail and said, "Do you want to play CarrotFantasy?"
Xiang Cheng: ".....”
"Go to sleep!" Xiang Cheng said angrily, coming in and taking the radish under his arm.
"Actually , I think team missions are very fun," the radish said to Xiang Cheng.
Xiang Cheng: "......”
The radish asked again, "Why don’t we also find the bixian to leak us some exam questions ba."
Xiang Cheng pulled Chi Xiaoduo out of the radish sleeping bag.
Chi Xiaoduo said, "When this mission is finished, will they give us bonus points?"
"Sleep," Xiang Cheng said.
Chi Xiaoduo said in the dark, "You’re so smart, you know everything, and you know about ghost power and that kind of thing. If you were in the exorcism committee, you would definitely be useful there ba."
Xiang Cheng hugged Chi Xiaoduo in the dark and replied, "You also saw, there’s an endless amount of faction fighting and scheming. I'm not government official material."
"En," said Chi Xiaoduo, "What will happen if Yan Fei gets found out?"
"It's hard to say," Xiang Cheng replied. "Don't worry about this. One, two, three, sleep."
The next evening, Chi Xiaoduo heard Keda singing downstairs and woke up in a daze.
"Morning." Koda was shirtless and banging his head around as he baked a cake.
"It's already half past four." Chi Xiaodo yawned and said, "Is it still morning, huh? Where’s Xiang Cheng?"
Keda put a glass of milk in front of Chi Xiaoduo and said, "Your man and Chen Zhen went out to take care of business, and Wanyuan went home to find her dad."
Chi Xiaoduo was red-faced and stared at the milk in front of him. Koda let out a few “haha”s, put the cake in the cooler, and began to whip the cream.
"He’s not my boyfriend." "Chi Xiaoduo said.
"He is, right." Keda said, "Don't be shy ah, Comrade Xiaoduo."
"He’s really not! Chi Xiaoduo suddenly remembered that Keda had said he was gay too the other day, but it was always strange to ask such a question right to his face.
Chi Xiaoduo told Keda a bit about the matters between himself and Xiang Cheng, and said, "You also are....right? I think what he does is always very unpredictable ah."
Keda mused, "I really can’t say, could it be that he’s actually a shou?"
Chi Xiaoduo: "!!!"
“Don’t scare me, okay?!” Chi Xiaoduo bellowed.
Keda hurriedly said, “He’s definitely not, he doesn’t seem like it at all ah. If you like him so much, why don’t you ask him yourself?"
Chi Xiaoduo replied, "Ay--"
Keda: “???”
Keda could not understand Chi Xiaoduo’s young maiden heart at all. Chi Xiaoduo thought, since Keda had already seen through it, he wouldn’t bother to hide anything anymore.
"If you like someone, you have to say it." Keda said intently as he carefully squeezed out the whipped cream.
“But this kind of thing!” Chi Xiaoduo said, “Shouldn’t it be him who makes the first move? We need to put an end to chasing in the other direction ah!”
"Oh, true." Keda smoothed the cake and began to squeeze out icing flowers. When he finished, he brought it out and set it down in front of Chi Xiaoduo. He got a knife and fork and said, “It’s done! Let’s start eating ba!”
Chi Xiaoduo said listlessly, “Isn’t this the same as taking the cake and dunking it in cream and then eating it?”
"This is art ah!” Keda said angrily, “Art! How is it the same!”
"Okay, okay,” Chi Xiaoduo watched as Keda cut him a piece of cake and carefully placed it on his plate.
Keda asked, "What do you like about Great Immortal Xiang?"
"He’s hot ah." "Chi Xiaoduo said.
"It’s just because he’s hot?” Keda asked.
"At first it was." Chi Xiaoduo said, "But now I don't know what I like about him; I feel like he is both so warm and so cold, and very reliable. When I am with him, I feel at ease."
Keda sighed and shook his head. "Do you think I'm warm? Cold?"
Chi Xiaoduo: =_=
Chi Xiaoduo thought, you haven’t also started to like me, right.
"You...... Is there anyone you like?" Chi Xiaoduo asked tentatively.
"No." Keda looked puzzled. "But that doesn't mean I can't come out, does it?"
Chi Xiaoduo nodded approvingly, rejoicing inside. It seems I am too Mary Sue. He said, "Nothing can stop a GAY man from coming out! I understand!"
Keda and Chi Xiaoduo high fived and ate cake as if nothing happened.
"But why do they want to pair you up with Zhou Wanyuan?" Chi Xiaoduo swallowed some of the love cake that Keda had made himself.
"Be careful, don’t touch the flower, I worked really hard and squeezed it out with great difficulty..."
"How can you eat without touching the flowers ah?!" Chi Xiaoduo said, “Why don’t we let it dry out and hang it up then ba.”
"Eat it all at once. Hey-- that's it." Keda said, "It's art ma."
Chi Xiaoduo: "..."
"Because I am the Gray Wolf." Keda said, "Zhou Wanyuan is the White Deer."
"What, what?” Chi Xiaoduo didn’t understand.
"The Zhou family inherited the White Deer bloodline." Keda said, "The Gegentorura family has the blood of the Gray Wolf running through their veins. The Gray Wolf and White Deer are the god of the steppes beyond the wall. Every generation of the Gray Wolf will either marry, be great bros, or be best gay friends with the White Deer descendant, understand?"
"Is she Mongolian too?" Chi Xiaoduo asked.
Keda shook his head and said, "The Gray Wolf is Mongolian, and the White Deer is Han, symbolizing the centuries-old alliance between the Mongolian and the Han peoples."
Chi Xiaoduo understood more or less and nodded sympathetically. He said, "You can be sworn brother and sister with her ma."
Keda said, "According to the family’s rules, if the Gray Wolf and the White Deer are a boy and a girl, they must get married. Only if they're both men, then..."
Chi Xiaoduo: “They can be gay friends.”
"Sworn brothers!” Keda replied.
"Alright." Chi Xiaoduo said, "I understand, but right now your sexualities are different, and you can’t fall in love."
Keda shook his head helplessly, and Chi Xiaoduo asked, "What kind do you like?"
"More delicate and charming.” Keda said, “The more delicate and charming the better. They have to be men, not women. I like those cross-dressing shous the best, but yandere shous are also very cute, the girlier the better. If there really aren’t any, I can manage with an effort a cross-dressing gong...It’s alright, but it’s going to take more effort... You understand, getting a gong to switch isn’t that easy."
What the hell do I understand ah?! Why do you think I can understand this?! Chi Xiaoduo really couldn’t understand, since he liked the cross-dressing kind, then why couldn’t he fall in love with someone like Zhou Wanyuan? Forget it.
"Or what about I try out pretending that I like you, and then we see how Xiang Cheng reacts?"
An enthusiastic Keda began to offer Chi Xiaoduo advice.
Chi Xiaoduo thought, this seems to be an option, but would it mess things up?
"Let’s leave it for later." Chi Xiaoduo’s heart tickled a bit, and he imagined himself living independently from the world, being fought over by two high-quality men like in a big Korean drama, and said, "After we’re done with the case, we can try?"
"Alright!" Keda said, "I'm in charge of helping you capture Great Immortal Xiang, and you help me find a good match."
"No problem!” Chi Xiaoduo thought, could I get the design institute’s financial Gege to put on rabbit ears, a bikini, and some makeup, then introduce him to Keda. So the two of them high fived again, reaching an agreement.
At nine o 'clock in the evening, the car stopped outside Cigarette Alley. Besides the Houhai Bar area, many shops on the street were closed, with only their yellow lights on outside. When Chi Xiaoduo got out of the car and entered the street, he noticed people sitting outside several shops, looking up at him and Keda.
"They're all from my department." Keda explained, "It’s not a problem."
Chi Xiaoduo nodded, looked up, and the signboard said "Ruyi Inn." The corridor was dark and narrow, the wooden ladder let out squeaking noises, and the voice of Zhou Wanyuan sounded from above.
"That's probably Keda." Zhou Wanyuan said.
"Coming!” Keda steadied the ladder with a hand and let Chi Xiaoduo go up first. Chi Xiaoduo gingerly went up and slid open a Japanese tatami room door. It was a small room of less than ten square meters, with only one hanging light swaying back and forth. Four tea trays were set out on the table. Xiang Cheng was sitting cross-legged with headphones on, his back to the floor-to-ceiling window,, and he was looking at the night view outside. When he felt the vibrations of the wooden floor, he glanced back.
"I thought I told you guys not to come?" Xiang Cheng said.
Chi Xiaoduo didn’t know at all, and Chen Zhen said, “Since you came, sit ba.”
Chi Xiaoduo asked, “What time do we start?”
"Twelve o 'clock." Xiang Cheng replied, "Have you eaten yet?"
Chi Xiaoduo nodded, Zhou Wanyuan and Keda each leaned in a corner, concentrating on playing with their cellphones, and Chen Zhen kept fiddling with a pocket watch in his hand, waiting for midnight to arrive. Chi Xiaoduo was a little nervous and picked up Xiang Cheng’s earphones; he was listening to the only song on the phone 123 Pinocchio, in an infinite loop.
"Should I remove myself later?"
Xiang Cheng didn’t answer, and Chi Xiaoduo turned his head to look at Chen Zhen.
"Ask Xiang Cheng." Chen Zhen replied absent-mindedly.
Xiang Cheng turned his head to look at Chi Xiaoduo, seeming to waver a bit. Chi Xiaoduo kept feeling like the atmosphere was a bit strange, but he didn’t know why, so he looked at Xiang Cheng questioningly. Xiang Cheng seemed to think for a long time before finally replying, "Do you want to stay? You’re not afraid?"
"Of course not." Chi Xiaoduo replied.
Xiang Cheng nodded and said, "Then keep me company ba."
Chen Zhen played with the pocket watch in his hand, and from time to time, he glanced at Chi Xiaoduo. Chi Xiaoduo felt that he had something to say to him, so he took off the earphones and sat over by him.
"Who is this?” Chi Xiaoduo saw a picture of two youths in his pocket watch. One was Chen Zhen, and the other was a child half a head shorter than him.
"My little brother." Chen Zhen replied.
Chi Xiaoduo nodded, thinking this is probably another sad story, but Chen Zhen saw his expression and said, not knowing whether to cry or laugh, “He’s still alive, no need to comfort me."
"Oh——"
"How is Xiao Lang?" Keda casually asked.
"The same as before." Chen Zhen replied, "He’s in good health."
"Xiao Lang and Xiaoduo should be able to become good friends." Keda added, "You might as well introduce them to each other in your spare time."
"Xiao Lang is your little brother?" Chi Xiaoduo asked.
"En." Chen Zhen nodded, putting away his pocket watch and said, "He is a triple loss."
"Triple loss?" Xiang Cheng heard and frowned slightly.
"He’s deaf, mute, and blind." Chen Zhen explained, "The outside world is completely cut off from him, and he can only communicate based on his sense of touch."
Chi Xiaoduo nodded, suddenly feeling very sad; it must not be very easy for Chen Zhen to take care of such a little brother.
"Is his condition treatable?" Xiang Cheng asked.
Chi Xiaoduo thought, if it’s congenital, it must be very hard right, but Chen Zhen replied, "They say that there is hope, but I dare not make a reckless attempt. Let's first play flying chess ba."
Zhou Wanyuan said, "I heard my dad say that with the magic of 'opening up the seven orifices ', he can spread his perception into the world around him. There was a girl in Guangzhou named Yilan..."
"I know." While playing chess, Keda said, "The four seasons are like a painting, and the heart blooms at the sight of flowers. Di Shumin’s daughter, I have always been very curious about how her mother helped her get this power."
"That girl herself also had strong spiritual power ba." Chen Zhen spread out the chess pieces and said, "By nature, for congenital conditions in us abnormal people, our bodies all have strange powers inside of them, and it’s because of this spiritual power that dwells inside the body, that he is deaf and blind."
"But what about by nurture ?” Chi Xiaoduo asked.
"By nurture will be different, of course." Chen Zhen said.
Chi Xiaoduo nodded, and Zhou Wanyuan said,"When there’s time, bring him out, and I’ll have my dad take a look at him ba."
"I mainly don’t want him to enter this line of work." Chen Zhen said, "I have the same thoughts as Xiang-xiong on this matter."
Chi Xiaoduo glanced at Xiang Cheng. Xiang Cheng was wearing headphones, rolling dice, and moving airplanes.
Two hours later.
"Bring out the Luohun Bell." Xiang Cheng said, “Get ready to start.”
Chen Zhen packed up the game board, looked at Keda and Zhou Wanyuan, and the two people consciously left.
"I have to control the Luohun Bell." Chen Zhen thought for a moment and said, "So Xiaoduo... I will need to ask for your help for a bit."
"No problem," Chi Xiaoduo said. "Tell me what to do."
Xiang Cheng said, "You’re with me, inviting in the diexian."
"Okay." Chi Xiaoduo was both nervous and excited. Chen Zhen said, "Wait a minute first; I'm going to use the Luohun Bell to take away part of Xiang Cheng's hunpo and turn him into a normal person... Xiang Cheng, are you sure about this?"
Xiang Cheng nodded and looked at Chi Xiaoduo uneasily.
"Well then. Relax a bit." Chen Zhen opened the bag, took out a small cloth bag, carefully opened the cloth bag, and revealed a bronze bell with golden patterns inside. Then he took out another sandalwood box. Xiang Cheng seemed a little nervous and looked at the bell.
"This is the Luohun Bell?" Chi Xiaoduo asked.
"I managed to borrow it with great difficulty," Chen Zhen nodded. "It's very dangerous."
Chi Xiaoduo asked, "How do you use it?"
"You'll know in a bit." Chen Zhen said and asked Xiang Cheng, "Your name is just Xiang Cheng, right?"
"Xiang Chengshi," Xiang Cheng replied, "is my original name."
Chen Zhen nodded, took out a strange bell hammer from the sandalwood box, and said, "You know how to use it, right. When I call your name, you can answer or not answer me."
Xiang Cheng nodded. Chi Xiaoduo put his hand over his big hand, and they held hands.
"The soul returns to the netherworld, and the force of dao is created by nature." Chen Zhen murmured, "Xiang Chengshi."
"Here," Xiang Cheng replied.
At the moment Xiang Cheng answered "here," the bell hammer lit up. Chen Zhen held the Luohun Bell in one hand and knocked on the bell with the bell hammer in the other hand. The dang sound was dull, and the bell lit up.
Chi Xiaoduo: "!!!"
Xiang Cheng's facial expression was extremely pained. The bell's markings emitted a golden light, while a shadow of a cyan snake appeared on Xiang Cheng’s body. It was as if it was struggling frantically against the magical power of the Luohun Bell.
"Relax a bit," Chen Zhen said. "Xiang Chengshi."
Xiang Cheng was trying his best to endure and was obviously in great pain. Chi Xiaoduo was busy hugging him, and Xiang Cheng fell on Chi Xiaoduo's shoulder. Chen Zhen rang the bell again, and there was a loud buzzing noise. Gold and blue light filled the room, and that spirit-like snake made of light was sucked in by the Luohun Bell!
Chen Zhen quickly collected the Luohun Bell in the cloth bag.
Xiang Cheng lay in Chi Xiaoduo's arms, convulsing uncontrollably, cold sweat all over his body.
"Is he okay?"
"He should be alright." Chen Zhen came forward, touched Xiang Cheng's forehead, and said, "Let me see, Keda!"
Keda and Zhou Wanyuan came in.
Half an hour later, Xiang Cheng woke up, and Chen Zhen asked, "Can you keep going?"
Xiang Cheng nodded, his back drenched in sweat. Chi Xiaoduo unscrewed the mineral water and fed him a few sips. Xiang Cheng’s face was pale, and his eyes looked deep. He said, "Let's start ba."
"Rest some more." Zhou Wanyuan said anxiously, "Does it feel really bad?"
Chen Zhen replied, "He should be okay. It was also my first time using the Luohun Bell."
"It's too terrifying." Chi Xiaoduo said, "Can this magic weapon collect anyone's hunpo?"
"Yes." Chen Zhen nodded and said, "If you were experimenting with normal people just now, you would die right away."
Keda asked, "What about if it was used on us?"
"The effect would be the same." Chen Zhen said, "It depends on the strength of one’s hunpo; exorcists can persist for six hours, but if it still doesn’t return to one’s body, they will become a corpse."
"Then you..." Chi Xiaoduo looked at Xiang Cheng.
Xiang Cheng waved his hand and said, "Let’s wait a bit to talk. It’s almost twelve, let’s start ba."
"The diexian has never seen Xiaoduo before." Chen Zhen said, "Xiang Cheng, you try your best not to show your face, while the three of us will hide. Wanyuan, I’ll have to trouble you to deal with Xiang Cheng’s voice for a bit."
Zhou Wanyuan let out an “en,” took out a bottle of perfume from her handbag, and sprayed the three of them with a bit of it.
"What is this?!” Keda sneezed.
"It’s for concealment." Zhou Wanyuan said, "Laoniang doesn’t even want to use it on you!"
"Alright." Chen Zhen said, "Xiang Cheng, are you feeling better?"
Xiang Cheng let out an “en,” and Zhou Wanyuan handed Xiang Cheng a piece of jade and said, "Press it beneath your tongue."
Xiang Cheng complied, and Chen Zhen said, "Let's start ba." Then he turned off the lights and said, "From now on, none of you talk."
The room was completely dark. Xiang Cheng groped around a bit, found some candles underneath the table, and lit them. In the dark room, the atmosphere was very strange.
"Do you know how to summon the diexian?" Xiang Cheng asked, “I don’t know how to summon it.”
Chi Xiaoduo had checked the information online yesterday and knew something about it. He said, "I’ll try..."
Chen Zhen said, "There is paper under the table."
Chi Xiaoduo found the paper. In the quiet night, there was a candle on the table, and Xiang Cheng said, “Do we need to drip any blood?”
"It looks like you need to drip some on the edge of the plate." Chi Xiaoduo said.
Xiang Cheng cut his finger with a nail clipper attached to his keys and dripped a drop of blood on the edge of the dish. The blood slowly slipped down and formed a ghastly picture on the white porcelain plate.
"This is the pointer." Chi Xiaoduo wrote 1 - 9 in Arabic numerals on the paper and wrote "Yes" and "No" in separate spots.
Chi Xiaoduo also wrote down "Person," "Animal," "I don't know," "Don't ask anymore," "Maybe," "Very," "Tall, handsome and rich," and so on.
Everyone: "........”
"Is this a friendly bixian?" Zhou Wanyuan asked coldly as she stood behind Chi Xiaoduo.
Keda burst out laughing and said, "So cute."
"Okay." Chi Xiaoduo bandaged Xiang Cheng's finger with a paper towel and said, "It seems that's it, let’s go ba."
Xiang Cheng and Chi Xiaoduo put one finger on each side of the porcelain plate.
Xiang Cheng blew out the candle, and a wisp of green smoke floated up.
"Diexian, diexian." Chi Xiaoduo said, "Please come quickly..."
Xiang Cheng: "......”
Ten minutes passed.
"Diexian, diexian." Chi Xiaoduo was a little sleepy and said, "Come quickly, I'm about to fall asleep."
Xiang Cheng was silent as always. Chi Xiaoduo stared at the plate dully, his eyes adapted to the darkness, and there was a little green light reflected on the plate.
"How..." Zhou Wanyuan also discovered the light.
"Shh." Keda immediately stopped Zhou Wanyuan from talking.
The light in Chi Xiaoduo’s eye grew brighter and brighter. He raised his eyes and looked at Xiang Cheng. Xiang Cheng's face was gaunt and focused, and he also raised his eyes in the green light and stared at Chi Xiaoduo.
"We can’t invite it," Xiang Cheng said.
In front of them, the light in Chi Xiaoduo's left eye was very bright. In this darkness, it even could serve as weakly lighting up the room. Chi Xiaoduo covered his left eye with one hand.
"Uncomfortable?" Xiang Cheng asked.
Chi Xiaoduo shook his head.
"We can’t invite it," said Chi Xiaoduo. "It won't come."
"Your fingers are moving?" Xiang Cheng said in the dark. His voice was different from before and had become much heavier.
"No ah." Chi Xiaoduo felt the plate sliding towards Xiang Cheng. Xiang Cheng put his fingers against it, felt the pressure, and stopped talking immediately.
"Are you moving?" Chi Xiaoduo asked.
Xiang Cheng: ".......”
Neither of them spoke. Although Chi Xiaoduo was already able to accept ghosts and monsters, the moment he felt the plate move on its own, there was still a feeling of his hair standing on end!
The plate was moving!
"Diexian?" Chi Xiaoduo was pretty much numb from head to foot, but he gritted his teeth and asked, "Are you here?"
The porcelain plate began to rotate slowly and made a light sound on the table. Chi Xiaoduo felt that there was a force holding his fingers upward, and so he raised his hand slightly.
The porcelain plate flew through the air!
Chi Xiaoduo: “......”
Xiang Cheng was silent.
"Diexian?" Chi Xiaoduo's voice trembled.
The porcelain plate rotated, and just like Chi Xiaoduo had seen in the photo last time, it left the table and floated up!
The porcelain plate turned slightly, and that blood, forming a straight line, dragged on the edge of the plate and pointed to "Yes."
Chi Xiaoduo's first thought was to scream and retreat, but he had to restrain himself.
"Next...we have to...yes." Chi Xiaoduo said in a trembling voice, "Ask...right, ask questions, en."
"Since you’ve guessed that, let’s not beat around the bush. What if that’s actually the case?" Chen Zhen said.
Chi Xiaoduo didn’t know whether to laugh or cry and said, "Such a big battle, just to get the exam questions. That Yan whatever...I really don’t understand that Yan Fei."
Keda and Zhou Wanyuan immediately turned pale.
Xiang Cheng: "?”
"Really?" Zhou Wanyuan's face grew solemn.
Chen Zhen said, "It's just a guess, we won’t know until it's confirmed. I hope not."
"To sell exam questions?" Chi Xiaoduo scratched his head. The bixian or diexian colluding with the senior management of the organization, with the intent of stealing the exam questions, gave off an Approaching Science feel to it.
"Who's stealing the exam questions?" Keda squinted and asked, "Who's behind Yan Fei?"
Chen Zhen shook his head slowly.
"No way ba!" Chi Xiaoduo said, "Really ah! I was just talking casually about it, that’s too ridiculous, right?!"
"It’s not ridiculous at all." Zhou Wanyuan said slowly, "Do you know how many people are taking the first-class exam this year?"
Chi Xiaoduo looked puzzled, and Xiang Cheng sneered.
"Do you know how the people who have passed the examination will be arranged?" Zhou Wanyuan asked again. "You guys don't know the internal policy. After the first-class comes out, they will select some people who are qualified in terms of political background, family background, resume, and exam score. These people will be transferred to the exorcism committee. It’s like with civil servants, they take the written examination first, then go through the practical exam and then the interview."
"Oh." Chi Xiaoduo’s head was surrounded with question marks. "So?"
Zhou Wanyuan said, "In this way, anyone who knows the exam questions can arrange their own people within the exorcism committee. Director Chen, ever since the task was assigned to me three months ago, you began to suspect this matter, right?"
Chen Zhen: “......”
Keda said, "Does the old buddha need to do it like this?"
"She will retire in three years," Chen Zhen said. "When she is 118 years old, she will retire. This is limited to our internal discussion, don’t kill me guys."
Xiang Cheng said lightly, "Infighting, I just knew it would be like this in the end."
"Whose team are we on now?" Zhou Wanyuan said as she looked at Chen Zhen.
"Don't say it like that." Chen Zhen said casually, "I don't have any selfish motives, otherwise, why would I assign this task to you rather than others? You know, Zhou Wanyuan, your dad, Teacher Zhou, is one of the graders. That’s it ba, when do we start?"
"Once we get the Luohun Bell, we can start any time," Xiang Cheng said. "The day after tomorrow is mid-July, so you consider things ba."
"Okay." Chen Zhen said, "We’ll spend today and tomorrow recuperating. We will start our plan tomorrow, so we’ll end the meeting here now."
"You can really endure things, Chen Zhen." Zhou Wanyuan raised her eyebrows and stared at Chen Zhen.
Chen Zhen said with a smile, "Xiang-xiong can endure things better than me, he actually didn’t punch me that day."
"I almost punched you that day." Xiang Cheng said casually.
Chen Zhen went out and drove home. Everyone looked at the time, and they could only stay at Keda's house for the time being tonight. Chi Xiaoduo yawned, put on Keda’s tiger hat, and staggered upstairs to sleep.
"This hat of yours is so cute," Chi Xiaoduo said.
"I also have dinosaurs and turtles," Keda said. "Do you want to wear them?"
"Okay, okay!" Chi Xiaoduo said, "Lend me one to play with."
Keda took Chi Xiaoduo upstairs and found a set of dinosaur plush pajamas that he had worn before. He gave it to him and said, "You can only sleep on your side when you wear this, you can’t fold the tail in."
"You’re actually this good at being moe, I couldn’t tell at all." Chi Xiaoduo said.
"I also have a radish sleeping bag," Keda said. "You can lie in it with a radish tassel nightcap."
Xiang Cheng knocked on the door and came in. He saw Chi Xiaoduo wearing a green radish tassel nightcap and tunneling into a pointed fat white radish sleeping bag.
"Not bad, right." Keda had a camera out and was taking pictures for Chi Xiaoduo.
"Hahaha, what the hell is this ah?! But being moe while sleeping, who are you doing it for ah!" Chi Xiaoduo thought it was too funny, why would anyone use this sleeping bag.
Xiang Cheng: "......”
Chi Xiaoduo patted his tail and said, "Do you want to play CarrotFantasy?"
Xiang Cheng: ".....”
"Go to sleep!" Xiang Cheng said angrily, coming in and taking the radish under his arm.
"Actually , I think team missions are very fun," the radish said to Xiang Cheng.
Xiang Cheng: "......”
The radish asked again, "Why don’t we also find the bixian to leak us some exam questions ba."
Xiang Cheng pulled Chi Xiaoduo out of the radish sleeping bag.
Chi Xiaoduo said, "When this mission is finished, will they give us bonus points?"
"Sleep," Xiang Cheng said.
Chi Xiaoduo said in the dark, "You’re so smart, you know everything, and you know about ghost power and that kind of thing. If you were in the exorcism committee, you would definitely be useful there ba."
Xiang Cheng hugged Chi Xiaoduo in the dark and replied, "You also saw, there’s an endless amount of faction fighting and scheming. I'm not government official material."
"En," said Chi Xiaoduo, "What will happen if Yan Fei gets found out?"
"It's hard to say," Xiang Cheng replied. "Don't worry about this. One, two, three, sleep."
The next evening, Chi Xiaoduo heard Keda singing downstairs and woke up in a daze.
"Morning." Koda was shirtless and banging his head around as he baked a cake.
"It's already half past four." Chi Xiaodo yawned and said, "Is it still morning, huh? Where’s Xiang Cheng?"
Keda put a glass of milk in front of Chi Xiaoduo and said, "Your man and Chen Zhen went out to take care of business, and Wanyuan went home to find her dad."
Chi Xiaoduo was red-faced and stared at the milk in front of him. Koda let out a few “haha”s, put the cake in the cooler, and began to whip the cream.
"He’s not my boyfriend." "Chi Xiaoduo said.
"He is, right." Keda said, "Don't be shy ah, Comrade Xiaoduo."
"He’s really not! Chi Xiaoduo suddenly remembered that Keda had said he was gay too the other day, but it was always strange to ask such a question right to his face.
Chi Xiaoduo told Keda a bit about the matters between himself and Xiang Cheng, and said, "You also are....right? I think what he does is always very unpredictable ah."
Keda mused, "I really can’t say, could it be that he’s actually a shou?"
Chi Xiaoduo: "!!!"
“Don’t scare me, okay?!” Chi Xiaoduo bellowed.
Keda hurriedly said, “He’s definitely not, he doesn’t seem like it at all ah. If you like him so much, why don’t you ask him yourself?"
Chi Xiaoduo replied, "Ay--"
Keda: “???”
Keda could not understand Chi Xiaoduo’s young maiden heart at all. Chi Xiaoduo thought, since Keda had already seen through it, he wouldn’t bother to hide anything anymore.
"If you like someone, you have to say it." Keda said intently as he carefully squeezed out the whipped cream.
“But this kind of thing!” Chi Xiaoduo said, “Shouldn’t it be him who makes the first move? We need to put an end to chasing in the other direction ah!”
"Oh, true." Keda smoothed the cake and began to squeeze out icing flowers. When he finished, he brought it out and set it down in front of Chi Xiaoduo. He got a knife and fork and said, “It’s done! Let’s start eating ba!”
Chi Xiaoduo said listlessly, “Isn’t this the same as taking the cake and dunking it in cream and then eating it?”
"This is art ah!” Keda said angrily, “Art! How is it the same!”
"Okay, okay,” Chi Xiaoduo watched as Keda cut him a piece of cake and carefully placed it on his plate.
Keda asked, "What do you like about Great Immortal Xiang?"
"He’s hot ah." "Chi Xiaoduo said.
"It’s just because he’s hot?” Keda asked.
"At first it was." Chi Xiaoduo said, "But now I don't know what I like about him; I feel like he is both so warm and so cold, and very reliable. When I am with him, I feel at ease."
Keda sighed and shook his head. "Do you think I'm warm? Cold?"
Chi Xiaoduo: =_=
Chi Xiaoduo thought, you haven’t also started to like me, right.
"You...... Is there anyone you like?" Chi Xiaoduo asked tentatively.
"No." Keda looked puzzled. "But that doesn't mean I can't come out, does it?"
Chi Xiaoduo nodded approvingly, rejoicing inside. It seems I am too Mary Sue. He said, "Nothing can stop a GAY man from coming out! I understand!"
Keda and Chi Xiaoduo high fived and ate cake as if nothing happened.
"But why do they want to pair you up with Zhou Wanyuan?" Chi Xiaoduo swallowed some of the love cake that Keda had made himself.
"Be careful, don’t touch the flower, I worked really hard and squeezed it out with great difficulty..."
"How can you eat without touching the flowers ah?!" Chi Xiaoduo said, “Why don’t we let it dry out and hang it up then ba.”
"Eat it all at once. Hey-- that's it." Keda said, "It's art ma."
Chi Xiaoduo: "..."
"Because I am the Gray Wolf." Keda said, "Zhou Wanyuan is the White Deer."
"What, what?” Chi Xiaoduo didn’t understand.
"The Zhou family inherited the White Deer bloodline." Keda said, "The Gegentorura family has the blood of the Gray Wolf running through their veins. The Gray Wolf and White Deer are the god of the steppes beyond the wall. Every generation of the Gray Wolf will either marry, be great bros, or be best gay friends with the White Deer descendant, understand?"
"Is she Mongolian too?" Chi Xiaoduo asked.
Keda shook his head and said, "The Gray Wolf is Mongolian, and the White Deer is Han, symbolizing the centuries-old alliance between the Mongolian and the Han peoples."
Chi Xiaoduo understood more or less and nodded sympathetically. He said, "You can be sworn brother and sister with her ma."
Keda said, "According to the family’s rules, if the Gray Wolf and the White Deer are a boy and a girl, they must get married. Only if they're both men, then..."
Chi Xiaoduo: “They can be gay friends.”
"Sworn brothers!” Keda replied.
"Alright." Chi Xiaoduo said, "I understand, but right now your sexualities are different, and you can’t fall in love."
Keda shook his head helplessly, and Chi Xiaoduo asked, "What kind do you like?"
"More delicate and charming.” Keda said, “The more delicate and charming the better. They have to be men, not women. I like those cross-dressing shous the best, but yandere shous are also very cute, the girlier the better. If there really aren’t any, I can manage with an effort a cross-dressing gong...It’s alright, but it’s going to take more effort... You understand, getting a gong to switch isn’t that easy."
What the hell do I understand ah?! Why do you think I can understand this?! Chi Xiaoduo really couldn’t understand, since he liked the cross-dressing kind, then why couldn’t he fall in love with someone like Zhou Wanyuan? Forget it.
"Or what about I try out pretending that I like you, and then we see how Xiang Cheng reacts?"
An enthusiastic Keda began to offer Chi Xiaoduo advice.
Chi Xiaoduo thought, this seems to be an option, but would it mess things up?
"Let’s leave it for later." Chi Xiaoduo’s heart tickled a bit, and he imagined himself living independently from the world, being fought over by two high-quality men like in a big Korean drama, and said, "After we’re done with the case, we can try?"
"Alright!" Keda said, "I'm in charge of helping you capture Great Immortal Xiang, and you help me find a good match."
"No problem!” Chi Xiaoduo thought, could I get the design institute’s financial Gege to put on rabbit ears, a bikini, and some makeup, then introduce him to Keda. So the two of them high fived again, reaching an agreement.
At nine o 'clock in the evening, the car stopped outside Cigarette Alley. Besides the Houhai Bar area, many shops on the street were closed, with only their yellow lights on outside. When Chi Xiaoduo got out of the car and entered the street, he noticed people sitting outside several shops, looking up at him and Keda.
"They're all from my department." Keda explained, "It’s not a problem."
Chi Xiaoduo nodded, looked up, and the signboard said "Ruyi Inn." The corridor was dark and narrow, the wooden ladder let out squeaking noises, and the voice of Zhou Wanyuan sounded from above.
"That's probably Keda." Zhou Wanyuan said.
"Coming!” Keda steadied the ladder with a hand and let Chi Xiaoduo go up first. Chi Xiaoduo gingerly went up and slid open a Japanese tatami room door. It was a small room of less than ten square meters, with only one hanging light swaying back and forth. Four tea trays were set out on the table. Xiang Cheng was sitting cross-legged with headphones on, his back to the floor-to-ceiling window,, and he was looking at the night view outside. When he felt the vibrations of the wooden floor, he glanced back.
"I thought I told you guys not to come?" Xiang Cheng said.
Chi Xiaoduo didn’t know at all, and Chen Zhen said, “Since you came, sit ba.”
Chi Xiaoduo asked, “What time do we start?”
"Twelve o 'clock." Xiang Cheng replied, "Have you eaten yet?"
Chi Xiaoduo nodded, Zhou Wanyuan and Keda each leaned in a corner, concentrating on playing with their cellphones, and Chen Zhen kept fiddling with a pocket watch in his hand, waiting for midnight to arrive. Chi Xiaoduo was a little nervous and picked up Xiang Cheng’s earphones; he was listening to the only song on the phone 123 Pinocchio, in an infinite loop.
"Should I remove myself later?"
Xiang Cheng didn’t answer, and Chi Xiaoduo turned his head to look at Chen Zhen.
"Ask Xiang Cheng." Chen Zhen replied absent-mindedly.
Xiang Cheng turned his head to look at Chi Xiaoduo, seeming to waver a bit. Chi Xiaoduo kept feeling like the atmosphere was a bit strange, but he didn’t know why, so he looked at Xiang Cheng questioningly. Xiang Cheng seemed to think for a long time before finally replying, "Do you want to stay? You’re not afraid?"
"Of course not." Chi Xiaoduo replied.
Xiang Cheng nodded and said, "Then keep me company ba."
Chen Zhen played with the pocket watch in his hand, and from time to time, he glanced at Chi Xiaoduo. Chi Xiaoduo felt that he had something to say to him, so he took off the earphones and sat over by him.
"Who is this?” Chi Xiaoduo saw a picture of two youths in his pocket watch. One was Chen Zhen, and the other was a child half a head shorter than him.
"My little brother." Chen Zhen replied.
Chi Xiaoduo nodded, thinking this is probably another sad story, but Chen Zhen saw his expression and said, not knowing whether to cry or laugh, “He’s still alive, no need to comfort me."
"Oh——"
"How is Xiao Lang?" Keda casually asked.
"The same as before." Chen Zhen replied, "He’s in good health."
"Xiao Lang and Xiaoduo should be able to become good friends." Keda added, "You might as well introduce them to each other in your spare time."
"Xiao Lang is your little brother?" Chi Xiaoduo asked.
"En." Chen Zhen nodded, putting away his pocket watch and said, "He is a triple loss."
"Triple loss?" Xiang Cheng heard and frowned slightly.
"He’s deaf, mute, and blind." Chen Zhen explained, "The outside world is completely cut off from him, and he can only communicate based on his sense of touch."
Chi Xiaoduo nodded, suddenly feeling very sad; it must not be very easy for Chen Zhen to take care of such a little brother.
"Is his condition treatable?" Xiang Cheng asked.
Chi Xiaoduo thought, if it’s congenital, it must be very hard right, but Chen Zhen replied, "They say that there is hope, but I dare not make a reckless attempt. Let's first play flying chess ba."
Zhou Wanyuan said, "I heard my dad say that with the magic of 'opening up the seven orifices ', he can spread his perception into the world around him. There was a girl in Guangzhou named Yilan..."
"I know." While playing chess, Keda said, "The four seasons are like a painting, and the heart blooms at the sight of flowers. Di Shumin’s daughter, I have always been very curious about how her mother helped her get this power."
"That girl herself also had strong spiritual power ba." Chen Zhen spread out the chess pieces and said, "By nature, for congenital conditions in us abnormal people, our bodies all have strange powers inside of them, and it’s because of this spiritual power that dwells inside the body, that he is deaf and blind."
"But what about by nurture ?” Chi Xiaoduo asked.
"By nurture will be different, of course." Chen Zhen said.
Chi Xiaoduo nodded, and Zhou Wanyuan said,"When there’s time, bring him out, and I’ll have my dad take a look at him ba."
"I mainly don’t want him to enter this line of work." Chen Zhen said, "I have the same thoughts as Xiang-xiong on this matter."
Chi Xiaoduo glanced at Xiang Cheng. Xiang Cheng was wearing headphones, rolling dice, and moving airplanes.
Two hours later.
"Bring out the Luohun Bell." Xiang Cheng said, “Get ready to start.”
Chen Zhen packed up the game board, looked at Keda and Zhou Wanyuan, and the two people consciously left.
"I have to control the Luohun Bell." Chen Zhen thought for a moment and said, "So Xiaoduo... I will need to ask for your help for a bit."
"No problem," Chi Xiaoduo said. "Tell me what to do."
Xiang Cheng said, "You’re with me, inviting in the diexian."
"Okay." Chi Xiaoduo was both nervous and excited. Chen Zhen said, "Wait a minute first; I'm going to use the Luohun Bell to take away part of Xiang Cheng's hunpo and turn him into a normal person... Xiang Cheng, are you sure about this?"
Xiang Cheng nodded and looked at Chi Xiaoduo uneasily.
"Well then. Relax a bit." Chen Zhen opened the bag, took out a small cloth bag, carefully opened the cloth bag, and revealed a bronze bell with golden patterns inside. Then he took out another sandalwood box. Xiang Cheng seemed a little nervous and looked at the bell.
"This is the Luohun Bell?" Chi Xiaoduo asked.
"I managed to borrow it with great difficulty," Chen Zhen nodded. "It's very dangerous."
Chi Xiaoduo asked, "How do you use it?"
"You'll know in a bit." Chen Zhen said and asked Xiang Cheng, "Your name is just Xiang Cheng, right?"
"Xiang Chengshi," Xiang Cheng replied, "is my original name."
Chen Zhen nodded, took out a strange bell hammer from the sandalwood box, and said, "You know how to use it, right. When I call your name, you can answer or not answer me."
Xiang Cheng nodded. Chi Xiaoduo put his hand over his big hand, and they held hands.
"The soul returns to the netherworld, and the force of dao is created by nature." Chen Zhen murmured, "Xiang Chengshi."
"Here," Xiang Cheng replied.
At the moment Xiang Cheng answered "here," the bell hammer lit up. Chen Zhen held the Luohun Bell in one hand and knocked on the bell with the bell hammer in the other hand. The dang sound was dull, and the bell lit up.
Chi Xiaoduo: "!!!"
Xiang Cheng's facial expression was extremely pained. The bell's markings emitted a golden light, while a shadow of a cyan snake appeared on Xiang Cheng’s body. It was as if it was struggling frantically against the magical power of the Luohun Bell.
"Relax a bit," Chen Zhen said. "Xiang Chengshi."
Xiang Cheng was trying his best to endure and was obviously in great pain. Chi Xiaoduo was busy hugging him, and Xiang Cheng fell on Chi Xiaoduo's shoulder. Chen Zhen rang the bell again, and there was a loud buzzing noise. Gold and blue light filled the room, and that spirit-like snake made of light was sucked in by the Luohun Bell!
Chen Zhen quickly collected the Luohun Bell in the cloth bag.
Xiang Cheng lay in Chi Xiaoduo's arms, convulsing uncontrollably, cold sweat all over his body.
"Is he okay?"
"He should be alright." Chen Zhen came forward, touched Xiang Cheng's forehead, and said, "Let me see, Keda!"
Keda and Zhou Wanyuan came in.
Half an hour later, Xiang Cheng woke up, and Chen Zhen asked, "Can you keep going?"
Xiang Cheng nodded, his back drenched in sweat. Chi Xiaoduo unscrewed the mineral water and fed him a few sips. Xiang Cheng’s face was pale, and his eyes looked deep. He said, "Let's start ba."
"Rest some more." Zhou Wanyuan said anxiously, "Does it feel really bad?"
Chen Zhen replied, "He should be okay. It was also my first time using the Luohun Bell."
"It's too terrifying." Chi Xiaoduo said, "Can this magic weapon collect anyone's hunpo?"
"Yes." Chen Zhen nodded and said, "If you were experimenting with normal people just now, you would die right away."
Keda asked, "What about if it was used on us?"
"The effect would be the same." Chen Zhen said, "It depends on the strength of one’s hunpo; exorcists can persist for six hours, but if it still doesn’t return to one’s body, they will become a corpse."
"Then you..." Chi Xiaoduo looked at Xiang Cheng.
Xiang Cheng waved his hand and said, "Let’s wait a bit to talk. It’s almost twelve, let’s start ba."
"The diexian has never seen Xiaoduo before." Chen Zhen said, "Xiang Cheng, you try your best not to show your face, while the three of us will hide. Wanyuan, I’ll have to trouble you to deal with Xiang Cheng’s voice for a bit."
Zhou Wanyuan let out an “en,” took out a bottle of perfume from her handbag, and sprayed the three of them with a bit of it.
"What is this?!” Keda sneezed.
"It’s for concealment." Zhou Wanyuan said, "Laoniang doesn’t even want to use it on you!"
"Alright." Chen Zhen said, "Xiang Cheng, are you feeling better?"
Xiang Cheng let out an “en,” and Zhou Wanyuan handed Xiang Cheng a piece of jade and said, "Press it beneath your tongue."
Xiang Cheng complied, and Chen Zhen said, "Let's start ba." Then he turned off the lights and said, "From now on, none of you talk."
The room was completely dark. Xiang Cheng groped around a bit, found some candles underneath the table, and lit them. In the dark room, the atmosphere was very strange.
"Do you know how to summon the diexian?" Xiang Cheng asked, “I don’t know how to summon it.”
Chi Xiaoduo had checked the information online yesterday and knew something about it. He said, "I’ll try..."
Chen Zhen said, "There is paper under the table."
Chi Xiaoduo found the paper. In the quiet night, there was a candle on the table, and Xiang Cheng said, “Do we need to drip any blood?”
"It looks like you need to drip some on the edge of the plate." Chi Xiaoduo said.
Xiang Cheng cut his finger with a nail clipper attached to his keys and dripped a drop of blood on the edge of the dish. The blood slowly slipped down and formed a ghastly picture on the white porcelain plate.
"This is the pointer." Chi Xiaoduo wrote 1 - 9 in Arabic numerals on the paper and wrote "Yes" and "No" in separate spots.
Chi Xiaoduo also wrote down "Person," "Animal," "I don't know," "Don't ask anymore," "Maybe," "Very," "Tall, handsome and rich," and so on.
Everyone: "........”
"Is this a friendly bixian?" Zhou Wanyuan asked coldly as she stood behind Chi Xiaoduo.
Keda burst out laughing and said, "So cute."
"Okay." Chi Xiaoduo bandaged Xiang Cheng's finger with a paper towel and said, "It seems that's it, let’s go ba."
Xiang Cheng and Chi Xiaoduo put one finger on each side of the porcelain plate.
Xiang Cheng blew out the candle, and a wisp of green smoke floated up.
"Diexian, diexian." Chi Xiaoduo said, "Please come quickly..."
Xiang Cheng: "......”
Ten minutes passed.
"Diexian, diexian." Chi Xiaoduo was a little sleepy and said, "Come quickly, I'm about to fall asleep."
Xiang Cheng was silent as always. Chi Xiaoduo stared at the plate dully, his eyes adapted to the darkness, and there was a little green light reflected on the plate.
"How..." Zhou Wanyuan also discovered the light.
"Shh." Keda immediately stopped Zhou Wanyuan from talking.
The light in Chi Xiaoduo’s eye grew brighter and brighter. He raised his eyes and looked at Xiang Cheng. Xiang Cheng's face was gaunt and focused, and he also raised his eyes in the green light and stared at Chi Xiaoduo.
"We can’t invite it," Xiang Cheng said.
In front of them, the light in Chi Xiaoduo's left eye was very bright. In this darkness, it even could serve as weakly lighting up the room. Chi Xiaoduo covered his left eye with one hand.
"Uncomfortable?" Xiang Cheng asked.
Chi Xiaoduo shook his head.
"We can’t invite it," said Chi Xiaoduo. "It won't come."
"Your fingers are moving?" Xiang Cheng said in the dark. His voice was different from before and had become much heavier.
"No ah." Chi Xiaoduo felt the plate sliding towards Xiang Cheng. Xiang Cheng put his fingers against it, felt the pressure, and stopped talking immediately.
"Are you moving?" Chi Xiaoduo asked.
Xiang Cheng: ".......”
Neither of them spoke. Although Chi Xiaoduo was already able to accept ghosts and monsters, the moment he felt the plate move on its own, there was still a feeling of his hair standing on end!
The plate was moving!
"Diexian?" Chi Xiaoduo was pretty much numb from head to foot, but he gritted his teeth and asked, "Are you here?"
The porcelain plate began to rotate slowly and made a light sound on the table. Chi Xiaoduo felt that there was a force holding his fingers upward, and so he raised his hand slightly.
The porcelain plate flew through the air!
Chi Xiaoduo: “......”
Xiang Cheng was silent.
"Diexian?" Chi Xiaoduo's voice trembled.
The porcelain plate rotated, and just like Chi Xiaoduo had seen in the photo last time, it left the table and floated up!
The porcelain plate turned slightly, and that blood, forming a straight line, dragged on the edge of the plate and pointed to "Yes."
Chi Xiaoduo's first thought was to scream and retreat, but he had to restrain himself.
"Next...we have to...yes." Chi Xiaoduo said in a trembling voice, "Ask...right, ask questions, en."
