"You've been cuckolded by your best friend."
Lin Xihang's heart flared with anger. "What nonsense are you talking about!"
"The only good news is, your best friend can't last a minute. To be precise, 54.23 seconds!"
"Enough!!" Lin Xihang couldn't take it anymore and slammed the door, storming out.
Zhao Yan shook her head and looked at Wu Erxi beside her. These were all things Wu Erxi had told her.
Wu Erxi shook his head. "Alas, this young man is so pitiful."
Zhao Yan asked curiously, "Pitiful for what?"
"His girlfriend, Zhang Ciyu, conspired with his brother to embezzle his family's assets."
"And the illness he has was also caused by that woman. I'll tell you a secret…" Wu Erxi leaned in and whispered into Zhao Yan's ear.
As she listened, Zhao Yan couldn't help but narrow her eyes. "This woman is truly wicked."
"Who says not," Wu Erxi shook his head.
Speaking of which, Wu Erxi chuckled. "Little Celestial Master, are you a relative of this family? I've lived here for three years, and I haven't seen you."
Zhao Yan recounted the whole story to Wu Erxi.
She preferred chatting with lonely ghosts over people, especially those who had reached the end of their lifespan.
Some people were truly so bad.
"Your master wants you to marry him? It's to perform a ritual to ward off bad luck for him, isn't it?"
"What era is this? People still have such ideas."
Zhao Yan nodded vigorously, agreeing. "That old scoundrel only comes up with bad ideas."
"Then, when will the Little Celestial Master deal with his situation?"
Zhao Yan pondered. "It's not time yet."
Afterward, she chatted with Wu Erxi, especially listening to his life experiences. When he recounted funny parts, Zhao Yan couldn't help but laugh.
"Oh my, we've been chatting for so long. It's already dark outside. Little Celestial Master, I need to go find Li Laotou and the others." Wu Erxi glanced out the window and slapped his forehead.
Zhao Yan stood up from her stool. "Alright, please take care."
Watching Wu Erxi pass through the wall and leave.
Zhao Yan patted her face a few times. She still had some yellow talismans left in her bag. It was time to draw more.
She could sell them for money then.
Thinking of this, Zhao Yan smiled and began drawing talismans with renewed vigor.
What she didn't know was that Lin Xihang and his mother had been eavesdropping outside her door for some time.
Lin Xihang pulled his mother aside, tapping his forehead as he spoke. "Mom, did you see? This woman has severe mental illness and delusions. She's been talking to herself for hours, and occasionally bursts into laughter."
"That old Taoist priest is a swindler. Hurry and chase her away."
"I believe that old Taoist priest. He's not a swindler," Lin Mu shook her head and walked forward.
"Oh, my dear mother, how can you be so sure that old Taoist isn't a swindler?" Lin Xihang chased after her, speaking in exasperation.
Lin Mu said, "I saw a possessed madman on the street. That old Taoist rolled up his sleeves and gave him a big slap, and the person was cured. It was very effective. You didn't see it."
"Perhaps they're part of a group?" Lin Xihang said in a deep voice.
"My mother might be old, but her judgment is still sharp. I can tell who's a swindler," Lin Mu said earnestly.
Seeing his mother become so serious, Lin Xihang sighed.
As his phone rang, Lin Xihang glanced at it. Seeing the caller ID, his dejected face lit up with a smile. "Mom, I'm going to take a call."
"Go ahead, go ahead." Lin Mu waved her hand and walked towards the kitchen.
Lin Mu quickly cut a fruit platter and returned to Zhao Yan's door, knocking.
"Master Zhao, may I come in?" Lin Mu asked softly.
Hearing Lin Mu's voice, Zhao Yan said, "Come in."
Lin Mu walked in and saw Zhao Yan looking very focused.
She slowly placed the fruit platter on the table and watched Zhao Yan draw talismans.
"Done," Zhao Yan said, picking up the talisman and blowing on it gently to dry the ink.
As expected, the success rate for drawing a charm to slay evil was higher.
"Master Zhao, are you drawing talismans?" Lin Mu asked, looking over from the side.
"Yes," Zhao Yan replied, picking up the talisman and handing it to Lin Mu.
"This is called a Charm to Slay Evil. It contains Yang energy. If you encounter anything unclean, wearing it will keep those things away. If you stick it on an unclean entity, it will be injured."
Lin Mu took it. Regardless of whether the talisman was effective or not, the calligraphy on it was very beautiful.
Zhao Yan tentatively extended five fingers.
Lin Mu asked Zhao Yan to wait, turned around, and took out a large red envelope.
Holding the envelope, she felt its weight. Upon opening it, she was stunned.
"This is five thousand yuan!" Lin Mu exclaimed.
"Pfft! Wh-what!"
She had intended to say fifty yuan.
Her perspective was too limited!
In all her years, this was the first time she had seen such a large red envelope of five thousand yuan.
In the past, the biggest red envelope she received was a hundred yuan from that old scoundrel during Chinese New Year.
Patting her leg, Zhao Yan struggled to control her trembling legs, maintaining her master's demeanor with a smile. "As Madam is my first customer, I will give you a word of caution."
"Please, tell me," Lin Mu said with a very serious expression.
"Be careful of a woman, Zhang Ciyu!" Zhao Yan, maintaining her master's demeanor, stopped at a point.