"Boss lady, three more draft beers, please!" Hu Jiu, disguised as the Queen of Spades, called out loudly.
"Alright!" The proprietress chuckled, occasionally glancing up at Hu Jiu. His face was truly handsome now, a standard model face she had personally sculpted. It was beautiful yet had a strange, incongruous quality. It was stunning at first glance, but looking at it too much would inevitably cause a slight uncanny valley effect.
The bubbly beer was placed on the table. Xiao Yu and Yin Wenxian raised their glasses and took a sip, their expressions still very uneasy.
"Don't be so nervous, I'm not going to eat you." Hu Jiu said indifferently.
Xiao Yu forced a smile, her face contorted with a bitter grin. This trip to Lanqiong Mountain had severely damaged her confidence. She had thought that with her current strength, she could easily venture into the lion's den alone, but she had overestimated herself.
"Hey boss, what exactly happened at Lanqiong Mountain?" Yin Wenxian asked, trying to lighten the mood and break the awkward silence.
"The situation is quite complicated and can't be explained in a few words. The area around Lanqiong Mountain has been sealed off, so it's not your concern for the time being." Hu Jiu casually sipped his wine, leaning back in his chair and enjoying the cool breeze.
Changing the subject, he suddenly asked, "By the way, have you ever thought about becoming Ghost Tamers?"
Yin Wenxian shook his head violently. He was fine in his current state. He could use various Supernatural Items without suffering any side effects. There was no need to break this stability. Although becoming Ghost Tamer would make him stronger, he still kept his distance from such half-human, half-ghost beings.
Xiao Yu considered it carefully for a moment, then asked cautiously, "Is there anything that has relatively weak negative effects on humans, doesn't change physical appearance, doesn't emit any odor, and doesn't affect mental health? If it could make people beautiful, that would be perfect..."
What outrageous and unreasonable demands!
Hu Jiu and Yin Wenxian looked at Xiao Yu with a mixture of disbelief and disbelief, as if she were an idiot.
Just then, the hairs on the back of Yin Wenxian's neck suddenly stood on end, his instinctive intuition sensing the danger coming from behind!
It felt as if something heavy was hurtling towards him, trying to smash his head into a rotten watermelon!
At the critical moment, Yin Wenxian's intuition saved his life. His body reacted faster than his brain, and he instinctively lay down. Unfortunately, a large hand was faster than him, silently pressing against his back and applying a strong force.
Yin Wenxian collapsed instantly, blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, barely breathing.
"Who are you?" Hu Jiu calmly put down his beer glass and looked directly at the uninvited guest in front of him.
He was a fair-skinned young man wearing a light blue hoodie and black trousers, with an arrogant demeanor and a cynical smile in his eyes. "You're an officer of the Playing Card Organization? My name is Qiao Hong, from the Beidou Organization."
As he spoke, Qiao Hong slowly took a step forward, like a tiger, approaching its prey unhurriedly.
"You launched a sneak attack, that's really unethical!" Yin Wenxian suddenly sat up, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, looking energetic and seemingly unharmed.
Qiao Hong raised an eyebrow in surprise. He knew exactly how much force he had used just now, how could this be...?
"It was just a greeting. If you can't handle it, it only means you're too weak and unworthy to speak to me as an equal." Although somewhat surprised, Qiao Hong maintained his dismissive attitude.
Enraged by the provocation, Yin Wenxian leaped up, wielding a chopstick as a weapon, and thrust it straight at Qiao Hong's face.
An ordinary person would probably not even have time to react to such a sudden attack from Yin Wenxian, but Qiao Hong remained calm and dodged Yin Wenxian's attack with a swift movement.
"What!" Yin Wenxian didn't expect Qiao Hong to react so quickly, but he was not slow either. He turned the chopsticks around and continued to stab Qiao Hong.
"You little trash." Qiao Hong struck out with his palm, and a strong wind rushed towards him. Yin Wenxian blinked involuntarily. In that moment of distraction, Qiao Hong seized the opportunity, grabbed Yin Wenxian's belt, and lifted him into the air. No matter how much Yin Wenxian struggled, he could not break free from Qiao Hong's grasp.
"Enough! We're here to negotiate, not to fight!" A woman in a black trench coat suddenly appeared and sat down next to Xiao Yu.
Qiao Hong composed himself, casually tossing Yin Wenxian to the ground. The latter sprang to his feet, his face flushed with shame and indignation.
"You're too weak. You dare to fight a real Ghost Tamer with just a few cheap Supernatural Items in your hand. You're really clueless. If I wanted to kill you, I could take you down in one move. I was just playing around with you just now," Qiao Hong commented scathingly.
Yin Wenxian gritted his teeth and remained silent. Xiao Yu didn't dare to speak either. Only Hu Jiu calmly took a sip of beer. "Alright, stop pretending. Spit it out."
Qiao Hong's expression changed instantly. He was about to start criticizing when the woman in the trench coat stopped him.
"Song Yue, why are you stopping me? I have to teach him a lesson!" Qiao Hong said, clearly displeased.
Song Yue didn't say anything, but pointed to the food stall owner and other diners. Qiao Hong didn't understand at first, but after a few seconds, his expression changed again and again, like a palette of colors, and finally he put away his arrogant face.
They were fighting fiercely, but everyone else around them seemed oblivious, eating and drinking as usual. Song Yue noticed this as soon as she appeared, but Qiao Hong didn't pay any attention while he was showing off.
Now it was Yin Wenxian's turn to show off. Although he didn't say anything, the mocking expression on his face and the playful look in his eyes stimulated Qiao Hong's nerves, and several veins on his forehead bulged.
Seeing this, Song Yue sighed inwardly. Qiao Hong was not only young but also quite capable, but he had had too smooth a journey so far, which made him a bit fragile mentally.
Knock knock--
Hu Jiu tapped the table impatiently, "Don't waste my time. I specially made time to wait for you here today."
Song Yue smiled and glanced at Xiao Yu and Yin Wenxian: "You discovered what I did to them?"
Hu Jiu nodded.
Xiao Yu and Yin Wenxian were shocked. What? They had tampered with it?
But upon closer reflection, the two realized that while the Beidou Organization had been frequently attacking Big Dipper employees recently, it wasn't going to let them run rampant.
"It's the curse of the Car Accident Ghost. You'll definitely encounter accidents when you ride in cars in the future. The accidents can be big or small, depending on your luck," Song Yue explained with a smile.
That's it?
Xiao Yu and Yin Wenxian breathed a sigh of relief; it wasn't a big problem.