Armor Bell Gu

"Excuse me, is this the general manager's office?" the girl outside the door asked.

Her voice alone made Tu Ming's heart itch.

"Yes, yes!" He shoved the general manager aside and stepped forward, grinning like a creepy uncle.

It was the first time Yulan had seen such a disgusting smile, and she felt a little repulsed. But remembering why she had come, she forced down her disgust and said, "This mall seems to have run into trouble. Do you need help?"

"No such thing!" Tu Ming was short, half a head shorter than Yulan, but he tried hard to make himself look tall and imposing. Smiling, he said, "My mall is doing very well. What happened today was just a small matter. Hahaha..."

"Actually, I have plenty of other businesses. A mall this size is nothing in my eyes. Comparatively speaking, the one who needs help more is me, not this mall!"

In the past, whenever Tu Ming revealed how much he was worth, many women would immediately change their attitude toward him. They would no longer mind his age, looks, height, or half-bald head.

He believed this time would be no exception.

Sure enough, Yulan asked, "You're the one in trouble, not the mall?"

"That's right!" Tu Ming hurriedly replied. "You have no idea how hard these years have been for me since my divorce. At night, I don't even have anyone to open my heart to. I lie awake every night, watching helplessly as I wait for the sun to rise, enduring an immense emptiness all alone. Tell me, doesn't that call for help?"

First reveal his assets, then express his emptiness. This was Tu Ming's usual routine, and it had never failed.

The manager beside him couldn't stop mocking him inwardly. Pfft! Empty? You're a bridegroom every night, and you still feel empty? Your fucking kidneys are depleted, that's what!

Yulan had miscalculated.

She had spent the past few days searching for that Second-Grade Evil Gu Master. Passing the mall today, she had spotted traces of Gu worms crawling around it at a glance, so she had wanted to come up and look for clues.

Instead, she had found no clues and run into a nauseating creepy uncle.

If she explained why she had come and described the mall's current situation, she might be treated differently.

Unfortunately, the Gu-rearing world had rules: Gu Masters could not use Gu lightly, could not tell ordinary people about Gu worms, and, above all, could not use Gu worms to take ordinary people's lives!

It was precisely because there were so many rules that Yulan couldn't speak plainly, even though she knew this mall had been targeted by someone who reared Gu.

Looking at the utterly oblivious Tu Ming, she sighed helplessly. "Idiot!"

With that, she couldn't be bothered to look at him again and turned to leave.

"Hey, hey! Beauty, don't go!" Tu Ming hurried after her. "I still don't know your name."

The way he looked, he was the spitting image of a simp.

Sure enough, no matter how rich a man was, he had the potential to become a simp when he met a beautiful woman. Even a certain second-generation heir to a real estate fortune had been a simp, so a boss at Tu Ming's level was naturally no exception.

Yulan had come all the way up for nothing and found not the slightest clue. She was already a little displeased, and being pestered like this was the last straw.

"You're courting death!"

As the thought crossed her mind, her pink lips moved a few times, as though she were chanting some kind of spell.

Tu Ming had reached her and was about to grab her shoulder when, suddenly, it was as if he had fallen under an illusion. His eyes lost focus, and he turned around like a walking corpse.

Then, in full public view, he put on a striptease.

Passersby stopped to watch, and some even took out their phones, scrambling to record videos.

The general manager rushed out and hurried forward to stop him, only for the dazed Tu Ming to shove him aside.

Only after stripping down to his underwear did Tu Ming regain his senses. Seeing the crowd of onlookers, then looking at his own fat body on full display, his face turned red in an instant.

He had never blushed even when bathing with so many women at once, yet now he actually did.

The general manager knew how to handle people. Seeing that Tu Ming had stopped dancing, he hurried over, took off his coat, and offered it to him to put on.

To his surprise, Tu Ming flung the coat away and roared, "They've already seen everything! What's the point of putting it on now?!"

The general manager hovered beside him, meekly mumbling, unsure what to say.

By then, Yulan had stepped out of the elevator onto the mall's first floor.

Gu Masters could not use Gu to kill ordinary people, but there was no problem with occasionally teaching someone who didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth a lesson. As long as no one saw the Gu worm, it was fine.

After leaving the mall, Yulan opened a parasol and prepared to return to the peach orchard.

She had only walked a few steps when she suddenly turned and looked at the ground behind her. Seeing nothing there, she wondered, Why did I just feel like I caught the scent of a Gu worm...

She lingered for a few seconds, but seeing nothing unusual, she assumed she had been mistaken and turned to continue on her way.

She didn't know that, in a milk tea shop across the road, Jiang Yiming had been startled by what she had just done!

He had originally released Red Tail and had him lie in wait at the mall entrance solely to keep an eye on Tu Ming. Just now, he had noticed the girl's distinctive attire and outstanding bearing and couldn't resist letting Red Tail poke his head out for a couple more looks.

To his surprise, those two looks had made the girl turn around. Fortunately, he had reacted quickly and sent Red Tail underground first, or he would have been exposed.

She can sense the presence of Gu worms. Could she... also be a Gu Master?

At that thought, Jiang Yiming suddenly felt a little excited.

He had been building a cart behind closed doors all this time, and he was eager to meet other Gu Masters and exchange experiences.

However, he still didn't know whether she was friend or foe, so it wasn't a good idea to rush over and greet her. If an evil heart was hidden beneath her pretty face, he would be in trouble.

Better be careful. Until I know who she is, I won't show myself.

Jiang Yiming lowered his head and drank his milk tea. Afraid of being discovered again, he didn't dare look at the girl anymore.

After a while, he figured she had gone far enough and finally raised his head.

"Giao!" The moment he looked up, he discovered that the girl had reached the entrance of the milk tea shop!

Is she really that sensitive? She tracked me down from a single glance?!

Jiang Yiming was already prepared to retreat.

But after the girl entered, she went straight to the counter and ordered a cup of original milk tea without so much as looking at him.

"Good thing I was overthinking it." Jiang Yiming breathed a sigh of relief.

After paying, Yulan picked up her milk tea and headed outside.

As she passed him, the bell at her waist suddenly slipped off. It fell to the floor, rolled several times, and came to rest right at Jiang Yiming's feet.

"Hey! Wait!" Jiang Yiming called out to her instinctively, intending to warn her.

Suddenly, something occurred to him, and he forced himself to swallow the rest of his words.

The bell on the floor hadn't made a sound when it fell. And when he looked at it, some information appeared in his mind.

[Armor Bell Gu: Shaped like a bell, but actually refined from a venom-bellied beetle. A type of hallucinogenic Gu worm skilled in illusions...]

This bell wasn't a bell at all, but a Gu worm shaped like one!

Fortunately, he had the Identify Gu at a Glance skill, or he would have fallen for it.