Chapter 124 Popcorn

Remember the people who used to pop popcorn everywhere on the streets and alleys a decade or so ago?

They would carry their small stove,

warm the charcoal fire,

shake the handle,

and the small stove would constantly make crisp "ba la ba la" sounds, while a faint fragrance would waft out.

Zhou Ze was like that now.

After the little loli put the Japanese samurai armor on Zhou Ze, the armor and Zhou Ze's body kept making this "crisp sound," like eggs being cracked and poured into a frying pan.

Bai Yingying stood by, watching with concern from time to time. She didn't care at all about her gradually aging appearance, but focused all her attention on her boss.

Xu Qinglang stood beside her, smoking a cigarette, "ba ji ba ji."

It's like an ordinary family. If someone is seriously ill, families with strong emotions will sell everything they have to send them to the hospital for treatment. Regardless of whether the family will be ruined, at least the family must be together.

Xu Qinglang felt the same way now. No matter how badly everyone was injured, or how much they paid, as long as everyone was okay in the end, it would be worth it.

"Girl, take your pearl back. I'm fine."

The old Dao had woken up after sleeping for two hours. He opened his eyes and saw that the pearl was still rising and falling on his chest. He looked at Bai Yingying, whose hair had turned white, and felt quite sorry for her.

What a good girl. Although she is a zombie, she is also very beautiful. It's a waste for her to become like this for an old man like him in his seventies.

It must be said that although the old Dao is usually a bit of a rascal and has done a lot of petty theft, few people know that he has been donating money to help students. In the Da Liang Mountains alone, he has donated to over a hundred students.

Zhou Ze once asked him why he still didn't have a house of his own, even though he made a lot of money from live streaming.

Even if live streaming is a new industry in recent years, Zhou Ze felt that the old Dao used to do this kind of "feudal superstition" business and, with his silver tongue, should have been able to coax a considerable amount of money. He shouldn't have been so poor.

The reason is here.

The old Dao always felt that he was from a Daoist family. From his ancestors down to him, although each generation was not as good as the previous one, there was still some Daoist practice and pursuit. It was only in his generation that he had completely become a third-rate character. He could only rely on doing these things, thinking that if he went to the underworld in the future and saw his ancestors, he would at least have one thing to say, so as not to completely embarrass them.

When Bai Yingying saw that the old Dao had woken up, she checked his physical condition and saw that his life was not in danger. She immediately took back her danzhu (inner core), but at this time, her skin was wrinkled and her hair was gray. She had a feeling of Lian Nichang from "The Bride with White Hair."

The little loli had been squatting beside her, watching Zhou Ze's situation. Although Zhou Ze's injuries were still constantly deteriorating, it could be seen that the speed of this deterioration had really slowed down a lot compared to the beginning.

Stretching out her tender hand, the little loli tried to pull open the armor to take a look, but was shocked to find that Zhou Ze's broken flesh and blood were actually sticking together with the armor.

Was this good or bad?

The little loli wasn't sure.

She didn't dare to say this discovery, for fear of stimulating this female zombie who was already so eager to protect her master that she was a little out of her mind.

The old Dao struggled to sit up, took the water from Xu Qinglang, took two sips, and then looked at the boss's appearance again.

And at this moment,

a piece of glass embedded in the wall above suddenly shattered,

and then,

a terrifying aura suddenly descended!

The female zombie's body trembled,

and she knelt on the ground in fear.

This was a suppression from the bloodline, forcing her to submit.

The Spider-Man priest on the side also suddenly opened his eyes, kneeling on the ground, trembling despite his injuries.

The little loli stood up with a solemn expression, not daring to breathe, but cold sweat had already dripped from her forehead. This aura was too terrifying, as if the other party could pluck her soul from this body and swallow it at any time.

On the other hand, the old Dao and Xu Qinglang didn't feel anything, because they weren't at that level and couldn't experience these details.

The next moment,

that aura disappeared.

Bai Yingying immediately crawled over to see the boss.

Zhou Ze's eyes trembled slightly, and he slowly opened them. The first thing he saw was Bai Yingying, with her white hair and haggard face.

"Sigh."

He sighed,

and Zhou Ze closed his eyes again.

One reason was that at this time, his physical condition did not allow him to say too much or do anything.

Secondly, it would be too sentimental to say too much at this time. As a man who had lived two lives, and a bachelor in both, Zhou Ze was never good at handling this kind of thing.

So,

he continued to close his eyes,

and pretended to be dead.

This is like a scumbag playing with someone and then blocking their contact information and disappearing. This is a skill that men are born with, and no one needs to teach them.

"He's awake," said the little loli.

"Squeak, squeak..."

Just then,

the monkey's voice came from outside. It had actually found this place!

What a clever monkey!

………………

If, at first, Zhou Ze was just pretending to be asleep because he was too embarrassed to face Bai Yingying, Xu Qinglang, and the old Dao, then after that, he really fainted again.

This time, his body was too exhausted. Of course, the consumption of his soul was also not small.

He didn't know how long he had been unconscious, maybe half a month.

When Zhou Ze opened his eyes again, he found himself lying on the bed in the bedroom on the second floor of the bookstore. Bai Yingying was wiping his body with a wet towel.

What caught his eye,

was still white hair.

Zhou Ze subconsciously raised his hand, and his fingertips touched the end of Bai Yingying's hair.

Bai Yingying's body trembled, and she turned her head, looking at Zhou Ze with a surprised expression, and shouted, "Boss, you're awake?"

"Yeah."

Zhou Ze responded.

"Do you want to sit up?"

Zhou Ze nodded.

Bai Yingying took a pillow to help Zhou Ze cushion himself, letting him sit against the window sill.

"Your face..." Zhou Ze said.

Hearing this, a hint of disappointment appeared on Bai Yingying's face. She seemed to think that her boss felt that she wasn't pretty or good-looking anymore, not as tender as a high school student, and didn't want her anymore. She said anxiously:

"Boss, don't worry, I will hurry up and cultivate back, replenish my origin, I can cover my face with a veil, if you don't like it..."

Zhou Ze shook his head, not saying anything. When he recovers his body, he should have a way to help Bai Yingying replenish her lost origin.

Actually,

he was the one who was wrong in this matter. He had too much sympathy and meddled with the Ghost Call.

Although the ending was satisfactory, it was undeniable that he had fallen into someone else's trap and put the people around him in danger, while paying a great price.

He should have just opened a bookstore, been a ghost messenger, collected little ghosts, read the newspaper, and drank coffee, living a leisurely life. Instead, he didn't know how to cherish it and always wanted to be some kind of great hero.

Zhou Ze smiled mockingly, and then said, "Help me take a bath."

"Okay, Boss!"

Every time Zhou Ze woke up paralyzed, his first request was to have her help him take a bath, because the boss was a clean freak and couldn't stand the feeling of being dirty.

Bai Yingying was very happy, because she felt that Zhou Ze was willing to let her continue to give him a bath, and that he didn't dislike her.

This is a naive and simple girl, although she is not that simple, but at least when she is with him, she is really like this.

Sometimes Zhou Ze would recall the scene he recorded with the camera in the old bookstore, when he saw the awakened Bai Yingying come down and stir his water glass with her tongue.

Thinking about it now,

he felt that she was a little mischievous at that time.

Perhaps that's how people are. After being together for a long time and getting used to it, they will have different views on things.

Zhou Ze seemed to have forgotten that he was half-scared to death when he saw this scene in the surveillance video.

Bai Yingying carried Zhou Ze downstairs and into the bathroom. The old Dao and Xu Qinglang were not there. Bai Yingying said that the old Dao had gone to take his driver's license test, and Lao Xu had returned to his hometown again.

Zhou Ze remembered that Lao Xu said something happened when his ancestral grave was moved last time, but he seemed to be busy with something at the time and didn't ask in detail, and he didn't say much either.

As for the priest, he was diligently cleaning there. His Spider-Man clothes were torn in the last battle, and the old Dao bought him a few more sets of clothes, which were "Deadpool" clothes.

The old Dao said that this style was more suitable for him, anyway, they were both people with burnt skin who couldn't be seen.

Sitting on the small stool in the bathroom, Bai Yingying carefully applied shower gel to Zhou Ze. There was a lot of mud on Zhou Ze's body, and he didn't need to think about what it was.

But this thing was useful, especially when treating external injuries, it was especially effective. No matter how much of a clean freak Zhou Ze was, he could only grit his teeth and accept it.

"When my body recovers, I'll help you recover," Zhou Ze said to Bai Yingying.

"Yeah, thank you, Boss." Bai Yingying continued to rub Zhou Ze's body, and then said, "Boss, there's not enough shower gel, I'll go get it outside."

Zhou Ze nodded.

Bai Yingying walked out of the bathroom.

Turning his head slightly, Zhou Ze struggled to stand up, and the bones all over his body made a crisp sound, which was because he had been bedridden for too long.

Looking at his own face full of stubble in the mirror, Zhou Ze suddenly felt a little strange.

However, this time seemed to be better than the previous times. He didn't know if it was because he had been lying down for a longer time, but in short, when he woke up this time, the external injuries on his body had basically recovered. Of course, his body was still very weak.

So weak that,

Zhou Ze suddenly slipped under his feet,

and the whole person fell directly,

Zhou Ze subconsciously used his arm to land first, trying to offset the inertia.

"Buzz!"

The pain after landing wasn't so clear,

Just as Zhou Ze was a little surprised,

he suddenly saw black armor appearing on his arm, blocking the impact of his landing.

Zhou Ze slowly stood up again,

reached out to touch this suddenly appearing piece of armor, and found that this thing seemed to grow on his arm. If he tore it off, the flesh in that area would probably be a bloody mess.

Zhou Ze looked at himself in the mirror again,

and then silently took two steps back,

raised his head slightly,

the next moment,

a set of black Japanese samurai armor slowly emerged from various parts of Zhou Ze's body,

wrapping his entire person inside,

In the closed bathroom,

a gust of yin wind immediately blew…