Chapter 20: Malicious Fun — “Want to start a second spring?”
“Sigh, really starved to skin and bones, so ugly.”
Lu Xunye said as he pointed into empty space for Shen Yunqian: “Can you see them?”
Shen Yunqian glanced at him, then nodded solemnly: “I can.”
Shen Qizhao and his wife didn’t expect Lu Xunye to speak so bluntly. They choked for a moment. Hearing his miraculous words that followed, they didn’t care at first.
Who would have thought, Shen Yunqian continued to supplement.
“Eye sockets sunken, pure white eyeballs bulging weirdly, black-green skin festering, faces carved with talismans.”
“Two ghosts about five years old. Except for one place on their bodies, there are no other fatal wounds.”
He tapped his own left chest: “Blood hole penetrating the heart, both stabbed to death with one knife.”
Lu Xunye was dumbfounded.
No, I was just talking nonsense, you can really see them!
Is this still a modern setting angst novel? Could it be a ghost hunting novel?!
His boundless imagination spread in his mind, and he couldn’t help shivering: “You…”
Shen Yunqian explained to him softly: “I was bluffing them.”
“…” Lu Xunye smacked his lips.
Really bad, speaking as if it were true. How do I feel Shen Yunqian seems to have changed, is it an illusion…
With every sentence Shen Yunqian said, Shen Qizhao’s face turned paler.
Among those watching the fun, someone sneered.
“Everyone says the Shen family’s second son is a disaster star. Stop playing tricks. If they were really ghosts, how could the fatal wound be on the left side, and a knife penetrating the heart? Don’t you draft a script before lying?”
With his sentence, those who had goosebumps suddenly woke up: “Yeah, how could it be on the left chest?”
Hearing the discussion, Shen Qizhao raised his voice: “Don’t think that because you are my nephew, bringing someone to spout nonsense can throw dirty water on me!”
Yu Yao took the opportunity to say: “Although I have no blood relation with you, I married your uncle after all, I am your elder anyway!”
“What do you look like speaking so rudely! Your uncle and I just kindly advised you. If you don’t listen, fine.”
“But tonight is the banquet we hosted. Those present are all respectable figures in Haicheng. Even if you can’t stand us, there’s no need to find an outsider to embarrass us.”
Shen Yunqian automatically blocked out their clamor, looking straight at the young man who took the lead in questioning earlier—Qin Zhuoyu, who had been at odds with him since before.
Qin Zhuoyu sensed the gaze and stiffened his neck.
Lu Xunye coughed lightly. Everyone looked at him, and he said with a heavy face: “That’s because these two children had developmental deformities in the womb, their internal organs grew in reverse.”
After speaking, he looked at Shen Yunqian: “Am I right?”
Shen Yunqian pondered for a moment: “Right.”
Perhaps the young man was too serious; Lu Xunye couldn’t help but chuckle.
Qin Zhuoyu: “…You two smashed your brains, right!”
Lu Xunye turned his head at the sound: “What, can you cure it?”
Qin Zhuoyu: “…” Crazy! Both are crazy!
Seeing everyone’s tone shifting to his side, Shen Qizhao restrained his smugness and boldly shouted.
“Everyone present be a witness. My nephew blames me, blames me for not bribing the judge to escape debt immediately when the Shen Group went bankrupt.”
“But I walk straight and sit upright! Today, representing the Shen family, I announce that I have no blood relation or affection with him anymore.”
“As for you,” Shen Qizhao scanned Lu Xunye with disdainful eyes, “I know you are the helper this unfilial son found.”
“I am upright and fear no shadow slanting. Even if you speak flowers into existence, you can’t change the fact that I am an upright person!”
Yu Yao: “That’s right, maybe you did too many evil deeds yourself to bite us wildly!”
Lu Xunye hooked his lips into a slight smile: “Is that so?”
As the voice fell, Shen Qizhao and Yu Yao really felt waves of pain from their shoulders, as if gnawed by cold, vengeful ghosts, pain drilling into the heart and bones.
“Ah—” The two screamed, slapping their shoulders and jumping away. People nearby saw this and dodged one after another.
Actually, the feeling was correct; something was indeed gnawing.
No one could see the system disgustedly spitting “Peh peh” twice before flying back to Lu Xunye’s side.
Lu Xunye silently gave it a thumbs up.
Shen Yunqian didn’t believe the person who denied it to death just now would suddenly change nature.
His suspicious gaze met Lu Xunye’s: “What did you do?”
Lu Xunye shrugged: “Who knows, maybe there really are little ghosts?”
He lifted his chin slightly: “Relax, won’t go too far.”
Then, Lu Xunye walked slowly to the two people kneeling on the ground in a mess, squatted on one knee, propped his chin with one hand, and continued.
“Didn’t you two miss your younger brother? I see you two won’t live for many days either.”
“Instead of dying obscurely, why not take advantage of everyone being here tonight and die directly and vigorously.”
“Maybe your brother will be moved! Wait for you on the Bridge of Helplessness, and be brothers again in the next life.”
Not to mention others finding Lu Xunye too arrogant, even Shen Yunqian was speechless listening.
However, Lu Xunye raised his chin to signal: “I see that pillar behind is quite sturdy. Why don’t you two bump into it?”
“Not only can you gain a reputation for valuing affection and righteousness, husband and wife passing away to paradise on the same day is also a good story to tell. It even fulfills the affection you two painstakingly paved just now.”
Lu Xunye snapped his fingers, suddenly realizing: “Simply killing three birds with one stone! Maybe every Qingming Festival, sentimental people will burn more paper money for you. How wonderful.”
The tone was so sincere that no fault could be picked.
Shen Yunqian lowered his eyes, gaze falling on Lu Xunye. His fingertips went into the black hair at the back of his head, gently nudging: “Say less.”
Didn’t look at the occasion? The people here are all ruthless characters who eat people without spitting bones.
Lu Xunye stood up, leaned in front of him, and pouted aggrievedly at him.
Before he could enjoy enough of the crazy appearance of these two scared people paralyzed on the ground, slapping themselves frantically.
He heard a sharp, piercing female voice almost shattering his eardrums.
“Lu Xunye, how did you sneak in?! Don’t embarrass yourself here, get out immediately!”
A richly dressed woman squeezed through, staring viciously at Lu Xunye.
Receiving no respect, Lu Xunye wouldn’t respect the other party either. He asked impatiently: “Auntie, who are you?”
“What?” The aggressive expression froze on the woman’s face.
Someone nearby chimed in: “Mrs. Lu, you know him?”
The woman crossed her arms, scanning Lu Xunye with disdainful eyes: “He’s that unpromising illegitimate son of my family, with unclean hands and feet. He was kicked out of the house by my husband long ago. Who knows how he sneaked in tonight.”
Mrs. Lu?
Lu Xunye’s eyebrows jumped. He raised his hand to touch, confirming the cold mask on his face. Can recognize even this? Looks like an old acquaintance…
The Lu family only had three sons.
The eldest son of the Lu family, the original owner’s father, claimed he didn’t want to be bound by marriage, so he hadn’t married yet, but had countless lovers.
The second son of the Lu family, the original owner’s second uncle, 30 years old, just got engaged to the Miss of the Wen family this year.
Currently, the one who could be called Mrs. Lu could only be Old Master Lu’s second wife, Zhou Jie.
Zhou Jie married an old man nearing forty when she was in her early twenties and gave birth to a son 10 years younger than the original owner, which is the original owner’s little uncle, only 14 this year.
The heir of the Lu family was still Old Master Lu. Because the sons were all disappointing, he had said years ago that he would pass the inheritance to a grandson.
This woman feared the original owner’s existence would snatch her son’s inheritance rights. After the original owner was found and brought back, she targeted and framed him everywhere.
Plus, the original owner was also disappointing, pouring his heart onto that little star, obedient in everything, giving whatever asked, spending a lot of money.
Unexpectedly, that bank card was just a test from the Lu family to see if a poor person like him who suddenly became rich could resist the temptation of money and if he was suitable to be trained as the next heir.
After all, although the Lu family seemingly had three sons, the original owner was the only grandchild of the Lu family.
Obviously, the original owner failed the test and was targeted and framed by the second uncle and Zhou Jie who coveted the inheritance rights.
The two cooperated, making Old Master Lu and the original owner’s father feel the original owner was truly hopeless.
The identity of an illegitimate son wasn’t glorious to talk about, so they casually gave some money to send the original owner away.
Don’t look at this Zhou Jie being charming and moving; her heart was very vicious. The original owner’s little notebook recorded quite a few of her “great achievements” against him.
Lu Xunye looked at the woman who was still graceful and unaging though nearly forty, grinned showing white teeth, looking like a complete junior.
“Grandma isn’t resting at home. Coming here, do you want to start a second spring? Does Grandpa know?”
“What nonsense are you talking about?!” Zhou Jie seemed not to expect him to say this, eyes widening in shock.
“Is it not?” Lu Xunye scratched his head with a crooked index finger, looking down at Shen Qizhao and his wife who had just recovered from the fright.
“Isn’t this the blind date banquet you organized?”
“No,” Shen Qizhao hadn’t finished speaking when his arm was bitten again.
Scared, he collapsed on the ground again, looking at Lu Xunye with eyes full of hope as if looking at a god.
“Yes, yes, yes, I shouldn’t have thoughts of using marriage to cling to other wealthy families.”
He put his palms together, kowtowing incessantly, “You have a great capacity, please take the little ghosts away, I beg you, anything you want.”
“Catch ghosts?” Lu Xunye told the truth, “I don’t know how.”
Shen Qizhao clenched his fists, looking up angrily at him: “You!”
Lu Xunye asked innocently: “Uncle Shen, could it be you did too many guilty things and started hallucinating?”
Shen Qizhao looked only forty-something. Just now he was calling him Old Man, now he changed his tone. Compared to others, Lu Xunye looked more like the one with mental problems.
Shen Yunqian’s eyes flowed, finally fixing on Lu Xunye who was enthusiastically teasing people, wondering what he was thinking.
“Now Grandma hears clearly the purpose of this banquet?”
Lu Xunye stroked his chin, pretending to deduce.
“Second Uncle, thirty years old, already engaged; Little Uncle is only 14; the young masters and misses present are young talents, just in their youth.”
“Oh~ I know.” Lu Xunye’s tone suddenly became cheerful, volume increasing a few notches, pointing at the woman, “So you also like young ones!”
His look was indescribable, making it seem like Zhou Jie really was an old cow eating tender grass.
Taking advantage of the woman being tongue-tied, he looked at Shen Qizhao and Yu Yao again, face full of blame.
“You two are really something too. My grandma is almost in the grave, why send invitations blindly? Whose child isn’t a treasure at home, how could they be so desperate to want to be my grandma’s little lover?”
“Pfft.”
A laugh abruptly broke the eerie silence.
Everyone looked at the sound. Qin Zhuoyu covered his mouth with one hand, the other hand formed a fist against his forehead, pounding incessantly. Although covered by a mask, it was still visible he was holding back laughter painfully.
“What are you looking at! My throat is just itchy.” He put down his hand calmly, coughed twice to cover up, and waved his hand at Lu Xunye, “You continue, cough.”
Lu Xunye: “…”
At this time, Zhou Jie also reacted. Looking at the person with his back to her, her face turned iron blue with anger.
“Who do you say is an old cow eating tender grass?! It seems I was still too soft-hearted. Believe it or not, I can make you disappear in Haicheng!”
While speaking, she raised her hand to slap Lu Xunye’s face.
A gust of wind swept past Lu Xunye’s ear. He turned his head, and Zhou Jie’s hand was swatted away by a long, slender hand.
“Slap—”.
In a place no one noticed, Shen Qizhao and his wife had already sneaked away.
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