Don't Be Afraid, Boss

Life just went on day by day.

Aside from regular cultivation, Answer Bar also officially opened for business.

However, since this was merely a side hustle after all, they both seemed rather Buddhist about it.

Whether business was good or not was left to fate.

Even so, this kind of hidden bar was still very attractive, and quite a few people even recorded videos of the mechanism door opening and posted them online.

Business was much better than expected, causing Ye Yiyi to be a little overwhelmed.

Some customers felt the service efficiency of this bar was a bit low, but once they saw that the waitress Ye Yiyi was a cute girl and super busty on top of that, they couldn't bring themselves to curse anymore, and even made up their minds to become repeat customers.

After all, although Ye Yiyi wasn't hooking up with people anymore, her flirting skills were still top-notch.

Unless the bar was super busy, Lu Yibai and Lin Xiaoqi generally wouldn't step in to help.

Lin Xiaoqi did so because she was lazy, and Lu Yibai because he was the boss.

It wasn't that he put on airs as a boss, but rather that Ye Yiyi was eager to prove her worth.

She was a bit like Zhu Wushuang from My Own Swordsman, and was just a hair away from turning "Leave it to me" into her own catchphrase.

As for getting on board the big ship of the Night Watchmen, she was still very enthusiastic about it.

Moreover, Lu Yibai had the yang energy she craved in his hands.

She wanted it so much! She could never get enough of it!

And so, apart from cultivation, Boss Lu and Lin Xiaoqi were truly free.

Case in point, Lin Xiaoqi was currently refreshing a shopping app, equally as enthusiastic about buying, buying, buying as any ordinary girl.

"Boss, does this dress look good?"

Lu Yibai took a glance and wore a look of disdain as he said, "No."

He and Lin Xiaoqi were really close now.

People were just like that; if an ordinary friend asked something like this, they would generally give a perfunctory, "Not bad."

If it were a good friend...

--"Does this dress look good?"

--"It looks like a giant sanitary pad."

It was all about seeking truth from facts.

"Boss, I feel like I've saved a lot of money with you around," Lin Xiaoqi said.

It was hard to tell whether this counted as a compliment or not...

Suddenly, Lin Xiaoqi raised an eyebrow.

She said to Lu Yibai, "Boss, there's work."

Lu Yibai lowered his head to look at the palm of his left hand, but his Night Watchman Mark showed no reaction at all.

Yet clearly, Lin Xiaoqi's did.

Somewhat like a cultivator's Spiritual Sense, Lin Xiaoqi's Spiritual Sense had a much wider range, whereas Lu Yibai could at most detect monsters and ghosts within a ten-meter radius.

One was grand and far-reaching, the other short and small.

"Where?" Lu Yibai asked.

"Fukang Hospital!" Lin Xiaoqi stated directly.

Was the positioning really that accurate? Lu Yibai had originally thought it could only be a general range.

It seemed the world of the Night Watchmen was far more magical than he had imagined.

Only, the location was a hospital, which was a bit sensitive.

A place like a hospital was very complicated.

Some people were born, some people died.

Some people were recovering, some were deteriorating.

Some carried expectations, some were already in despair.

Fukang Hospital was considered the most famous hospital in Crow City.

"Boss, get ready. I'll hail a Didi first," Lin Xiaoqi said.

Lu Yibai: "..."

He had thought she could bring him along with a "whoosh," yet they had to take a cab?

"Boss, no need to rush. That thing will take at least another half an hour to take form," Lin Xiaoqi explained.

The two went downstairs, greeted Ye Yiyi, and walked out of the bar.

"Boss, bring the Lion Umbrella. It might come in handy later," Lin Xiaoqi said.

Lu Yibai nodded, secretly stirring the spot of light within his body, and picked up the Lion Umbrella in one go.

He already understood now that most Night Watchman artifacts needed to be activated with energy before use.

His previous opening method had been wrong, which was why he couldn't pick up the Lion Umbrella after putting it back on the umbrella rack.

Soon, the Didi driver arrived at the bar entrance, and to Lu Yibai's surprise, it was a Porsche Cayenne.

The driver was a male who looked under thirty, visibly a rich second-generation heir, and a bit flabby.

When he first saw Lin Xiaoqi, his eyes noticeably lit up, but when he looked at Lu Yibai, the light in his eyes went out.

He noticed the large black umbrella in Lu Yibai's hand; the workmanship was exquisite, the silver lion head very refined, and its value shouldn't be low.

Only nouveau riches bought things randomly; truly wealthy people made even the details of their daily lives more refined than ordinary people. Even an umbrella was so particular, so his conditions definitely weren't bad.

Damn it, and he was even more handsome than himself!

Only, the weather didn't look like it was going to rain either.

Along the way, the fatty was quite talkative. Even if he and this beauty were destined not to be, well, men—with a beautiful woman around, they could always brag a bit more.

The fatty kept talking, claiming that he came out to drive a Didi purely for fun, that his life was extremely free, that he did whatever he wanted, and that besides his biological father, he didn't listen to anyone's words...

Hearing this, Lu Yibai quietly said, "Left turn up ahead."

The fatty said, "You got it."

Did something feel a bit off?

After getting out of the car, the fatty still cast two reluctant glances back at Lin Xiaoqi.

If he knew that Lin Xiaoqi could smash his beloved car to pieces with a single punch, heaven knows what his thoughts would be.

Following Lin Xiaoqi up to the fourth floor, Lu Yibai felt a bit excited.

There was a reaction! My Night Watchman Mark had a reaction!

Haha! Hahaha!

This feeling of everything being under control felt truly great, even though the range was only a dozen meters or so.

"Boss, do you feel it?" Lin Xiaoqi said.

Lu Yibai nodded.

Right now, in the middle of the night, there weren't many people on the fourth floor of the hospital, and it was dead quiet.

Yet in the corner, some sort of entity seemed to be gathering, causing Lu Yibai's Night Watchman Mark to react.

The only awkward part was that Lin Xiaoqi's eyes seemed to be staring at something; clearly, she could see, while Lu Yibai was blind.

He felt like he was playing Blind Monk; would he need to drop a ward later?

"Boss, guide the energy light spot in your body to your eyes, and you'll be able to see."

The principle was actually this simple?

After speaking, Lin Xiaoqi didn't forget to add, "Don't look for too long, it consumes a bit of energy. Boss, use it sparingly."

Lu Yibai: "..."

When he guided the small amount of energy light spots in his body to his eyes, he only felt his vision experience a slight discomfort for a split second.

Yet everything around him seemed to instantly open up!

His vision became increasingly acute, and everything around him seemed to be seen with absolute clarity.

However, he didn't have time to properly feel and adapt because it truly consumed a lot of energy.

Following Lin Xiaoqi's gaze forward, in the corner position, a ball of black Qi was slowly condensing.

The black Qi was translucent, somewhat resembling a layer of black mist.

Soon, this mass of black mist seemed to have successfully congealed.

It was a human figure crouching in the corner!

Long black hair draped over the shoulders, and a body that looked somewhat ethereal!

Just squatting there quietly, with both hands hugging its knees!

Lin Xiaoqi and Ji Dekeng had told him that in this world, "sprites, demons, ghosts, and monsters" truly existed.

Ye Yiyi belonged to the category of demons, which he had already witnessed.

Then this was...

Lin Xiaoqi looked at Lu Yibai's horrified expression, and said in a very nonchalant tone:

"Don't be afraid, boss. It's a ghost!"

(PS: Second chapter, releasing it early. Asking for recommendation votes~)