Let's Go to the Toilet Together!

He Jiaqing was startled. "Why did you leave your things at the station?"

Li Banfeng sighed. "It's a long story."

Li Banfeng stood at the door, hesitating whether to go in.

He Jiaqing had already closed the main gate.

If he didn't go in now, it would be equivalent to falling out with the other party face to face.

If they fell out face to face, could he still survive?

"Let's talk inside." He Jiaqing led Li Banfeng into the entrance hall. Li Banfeng had traveled for a whole day, and his leather shoes were covered in mud and water. After taking two steps on the carpet in the entrance hall, he left two muddy footprints.

He Jiaqing looked at the carpet, and Li Banfeng smiled awkwardly, quickly taking off his shoes.

Actually, his socks were not much better than his shoes. When he was wrestling with the black bear, mud and water had seeped into his shoes, and after drying along the way, they were now set in shape.

Li Banfeng put on slippers and handed the Feather Duster to He Jiaqing.

He Jiaqing took the duster, not understanding its meaning.

Li Banfeng said, "This is a token of my regard."

He Jiaqing held the Feather Duster and sighed, shaking his head. "Banfeng, you're just not serious."

Li Banfeng said with a serious expression, "Bringing a gift when visiting, isn't that being serious?"

He Jiaqing shook his head helplessly and casually placed the Feather Duster in a corner of the living room. This reminded Li Banfeng of something Old Woman Wu had once said at the Welfare Institute:

A proper household never puts a Feather Duster in the living room; it's easy to attract trivial matters.

Now was not the time to think about Feather Dusters.

He Jiaqing led Li Banfeng to the living room, and Li Banfeng sat on the sofa.

Although the mansion was luxurious, it had no electricity. He Jiaqing lit the candle on the coffee table and asked about Li Banfeng's experiences along the way.

"Banfeng, I sent you messages all the way, why didn't you reply?" He Jiaqing poured Li Banfeng a cup of tea.

"When I got to Belt Ridge, my phone ran out of battery, and the train broke down, so I couldn't charge it. I couldn't see your messages at all." Li Banfeng picked up the teacup and was about to take a sip, but when he brought it close to his nose, he smelled a fishy odor in the tea.

"This isn't water from raising goldfish, is it?" Li Banfeng frowned.

"Nonsense, what do you mean water from raising goldfish? This is top-grade tea leaves! I wouldn't even take it out for just anyone!"

"So it's good tea." Li Banfeng picked up the teacup and made a motion of drinking tea, but the amount of tea didn't decrease because he didn't actually drink it.

He Jiaqing said, "I heard the train had an accident, and I was worried you didn't have anything to eat on the train. My heart has been hanging in the air these past few days."

Li Banfeng smiled. "I did have food, but the things I saw along the way were too strange. Jiaqing, you still haven't told me what happened? What is this place? Who is the person lying in the hospital?"

He Jiaqing smiled. "There's a lot to tell about this place, it would take three days and three nights. I heard the train arrived yesterday, why did you only come to find me today?"

"I was just..." Halfway through his sentence, Li Banfeng suddenly heard a sound from the entrance hall.

He Jiaqing also looked towards the entrance hall; there were indeed rustling footsteps.

The two of them arrived at the entrance one after the other. They looked around for a moment but saw no one, only a calico cat curled up under the shoe rack, eating dry food from a cat bowl.

Li Banfeng asked, "I just saw a black cat, how come there's a calico cat here now?"

He Jiaqing chuckled, "They're all stray cats from the neighborhood. They used to live in the old house, but then I moved back and took over their home. I couldn't bear it, so I prepare some food for them every day. Anyway, it's such a big house and I live alone, it's nice to have them for company."

Li Banfeng looked at the cat bowl. Inside was an unidentifiable paste, definitely not fish, but it still had a fishy smell.

Why does everything smell fishy today? Is there something wrong with my nose?

Li Banfeng scanned the entrance again and suddenly noticed the very brightly colored Feather Duster he had brought.

The Feather Duster, which He Jiaqing had originally placed in a corner of the living room, was now by the shoe rack.

Following the Feather Duster up to the shoe rack, he saw that his leather shoes, which had been covered in mud and water, were now very clean. Not only was the mud gone, but they were also polished to a shine.

Looking from the shoe rack to the carpet, the carpet was also very clean, spotless.

The two muddy footprints he had left when he entered were also gone.

"Banfeng, what are you spacing out for?"

Li Banfeng smiled, "I was looking at that cat."

"Looking at it for what? You must be hungry too!" He Jiaqing smiled, "You sit down first, I'll go make you a bowl of meat soup."

Li Banfeng returned to the sofa, picked up the teacup, and poured the tea onto the carpet.

He wanted to see what would happen to the carpet.

In less than two minutes, the tea on the carpet dried up, leaving no trace.

He Jiaqing was busy in the kitchen. A white cat was sleeping soundly under the cabinet.

On the cutting board lay a skinned animal, about a foot long.

He Jiaqing cut a few slices of meat from the animal and put them into the pot.

The meat was cut very thin; He Jiaqing seemed a bit reluctant.

But after a moment of hesitation, He Jiaqing smiled.

He was talking to himself silently:

Starting tomorrow, I won't have to eat this.

Starting tomorrow, I won't have to stay here.

He Jiaqing smiled more and more happily. He peeled off more than half of the cat meat from the cutting board and put it into the pot.

"Banfeng, have some soup." He Jiaqing placed the soup bowl in front of Li Banfeng.

Li Banfeng looked at the meat soup and smiled, "It's too hot, let it cool down first."

He Jiaqing saw that the teacup was empty and asked, "You're really thirsty, should I make you another cup?"

Li Banfeng shook his head, "No need, I'm not used to drinking such good tea."

After a brief chat, He Jiaqing got down to business, "Why did you leave the item at the station?"

Li Banfeng gave a wry smile and said, "You should be asking yourself that. What exactly was that thing? It caused me to be followed the whole way! If I hadn't left it at the station, I wouldn't have been able to get to your place at all!"

He Jiaqing was startled; "Someone was still following you after you reached Medicine King Gully?"

"Yes, as soon as I left the train station, there were two people who said they wanted to kill me. It scared me so much that I ran around wildly. Finally, I found a rickshaw puller, and that's how I got away. Guess how much that puller charged me?"

He Jiaqing thought for a moment and said, "That depends on whether the rickshaw had a Fire Wheel."

"You know about Fire Wheels too!" Li Banfeng said in surprise, "He said his rickshaw had a Fire Wheels, and it cost five hundred for one ride."

He Jiaqing nodded and said, "Five hundred isn't expensive. Someone with a Fire Wheel isn't an ordinary person. That price is quite reasonable."

"That price is reasonable?" Li Banfeng looked heartbroken, "You don't know how much it hurt when I paid."

"Don't worry, I wouldn't let you suffer a loss. I'll pay for this." He Jiaqing immediately took out three thousand yuan and put it in Li Banfeng's hand.

Li Banfeng didn't stand on ceremony and put it directly into his wallet.

"Jiaqing, if you're in a hurry, we can go to the station now and get the item back." Li Banfeng wanted to leave this house as soon as possible.

"No need, we'll talk about it tomorrow morning. Banfeng, have some soup!" He Jiaqing didn't seem to be in a hurry.

Li Banfeng picked up the soup bowl and smelled a pungent fishy odor again.

The calico cat finished its food, walked to the living room window, and yawned.

Li Banfeng put down the soup bowl and also yawned.

The calico cat lay down by the window and fell asleep. Li Banfeng rubbed his eyes, seemingly about to fall asleep immediately.

"Banfeng, are you sleepy?"

"A little..." Li Banfeng rubbed his eyes.

He Jiaqing stood up and said, "I've tidied up the room for you. Follow me upstairs."

Li Banfeng followed He Jiaqing upstairs. The second room on the left of the stairs was Li Banfeng's bedroom.

The bedroom was spacious, the windows were closed, and vines hanging from the ceiling swayed back and forth in front of the window with the night wind.

"This room is a bit stuffy and hot. Can I open the window?" Li Banfeng asked casually.

"The window sash's pivot is rusted and won't open. If you feel hot, take a shower. There's a bathroom on the second floor, at the end of the corridor."

"I won't shower, I'm sleepy." Li Banfeng didn't even take off his clothes and plunged into the large bed.

The bed was over two meters wide. Since coming into this world, Li Banfeng had never slept on such a large bed.

He Jiaqing frowned and said, "I prepared pajamas for you. These clothes of yours..."

Li Banfeng's clothes were covered in mud. Seeing He Jiaqing unhappy, he quickly took off his clothes and changed into pajamas.

He Jiaqing took the clothes casually, "I'll wash them for you."

"That's too much trouble."

"What are we brothers arguing about?" He Jiaqing picked up Li Banfeng's clothes.

Oh no, he took all my clothes.

Good thing the key isn't in my clothes.

"Jiaqing, so much has happened, and you still haven't explained it clearly?" Li Banfeng yawned.

"You should get a good night's sleep first, and I'll tell you slowly tomorrow."

Li Banfeng lay on the bed, squinting at He Jiaqing, and suddenly asked, "Teacher Song has a birthmark on her peach. Have you seen it?"

He Jiaqing smiled, "Of course I've seen it. Do you want to see it?"

Li Banfeng smiled, "I do, but I'm afraid Teacher Song won't let me."

"You pervert!" He Jiaqing took Li Banfeng's dirty clothes, left the bedroom, closed the door, and took out his wallet from Li Banfeng's pocket.

The wallet contained Li Banfeng's identification. With his ID, he could pick up the things he had stored at the train station.

Going downstairs, He Jiaqing went to the kitchen and poured the meat soup Li Banfeng hadn't eaten into the slop bucket.

This soup couldn't be drunk because it had seasoning in it.

He grabbed the cat's remains from the cutting board and gnawed on the raw meat directly on the bone, blood dripping from the corner of his mouth.

I don't have to eat this anymore.

By tomorrow morning, I won't have to eat this anymore.

Just now, Li Banfeng suddenly mentioned the birthmark, which almost stumped him.

This pervert, if I hadn't reacted quickly, I would have been exposed just now.

Actually, he had already been exposed, but he hadn't realized it yet.

He Jiaqing knew that Li Banfeng had seen Teacher Song's birthmark.

This was the final verification Li Banfeng made.

From the moment he entered the door, Li Banfeng had seen the flaw.

The person living in the house wasn't He Jiaqing; he couldn't even recognize Li Banfeng's backpack.

That was the backpack He Jiaqing had given to Li Banfeng, bought from a street stall.

Who exactly is he?

Where is the real He Jiaqing?

Now wasn't the time to think about these things. What he should be thinking about now was whether he could still get out alive!

Li Banfeng opened his eyes and looked at the candlestick on the table.

His house had no electricity, so how did he charge his phone?

His phone had no power, so how did he send me the message?

Li Banfeng sat up and looked at the slippers on the floor.

The dirty socks, which had left a lot of mud on the slippers, were now clean.

He recalled something Ma Wu had said:

Home Spirits love cleanliness. When they encounter something dirty, they will find a way to clean it up.

There was a Home Spirit in this house.

He also remembered the peddler's words:

If a Home Spirit is abandoned, it will turn into a Vengeful Spirit. It will lure others to live in the house. As long as someone stays in the house for one night, they will become a prisoner of the Home Spirit.

Unless someone comes to replace the imprisoned person, the Home Spirit will keep that person imprisoned until death.

And another passage:

Peeping Cultivators like to attach hooks to their phones...

This person was a Peeping Cultivator.

He knew my situation, and he could keep sending me messages because he was a Peeping Cultivator, because he used a Peeping Cultivator's technique to track my phone. This was what the peddler called Wind-Following Ears.

He lied to me, tricked me all the way to Pro State. He was trapped by the Home Spirit, a prisoner of the Home Spirit, and he tricked me here to be his replacement!

Li Banfeng got out of bed and reached for the window, carefully trying to move it a few times.

The window wouldn't open.

Li Banfeng had already started cultivating as a Shut-in Cultivator and a Travel Cultivator, his strength was much greater than ordinary people, but he could clearly sense that he couldn't open this window. There was the power of the Home Spirit on the window.

If he couldn't get out through the window, then go out through the door?

This person impersonating He Jiaqing wouldn't let him leave. Even if it cost him his life, he wouldn't let him go.

Could he beat him?

That was hard to say. He probably couldn't beat him, but the other person likely wasn't confident he could subdue him either.

Although he was a Dark Energy User, and his cultivation was definitely above his, under the control of the Home Spirit, he was likely restricted in some ways. Otherwise, he could have simply tied him up and thrown him in the house to wait until dawn.

But even if he could beat him, could he definitely get out?

He couldn't open the window, and it was very likely he couldn't open the door either.

At that time, if this fake He Jiaqing and the Home Spirit plotted against him together, he would be trapped with no way out.

While thinking, Li Banfeng heard a rustling, crawling sound.

Walking out of the bedroom, Li Banfeng found that the sound was coming from the bathroom.

This was the sound of a cat's footsteps, Li Banfeng heard it.

There was a way.

Li Banfeng walked to the bathroom door, revealing a subtle smile. Suddenly, He Jiaqing appeared beside him.

"Banfeng, you're not asleep?"

Li Banfeng smiled and said, "I was asleep, but I woke up needing to go to the bathroom. Want to come with me?"

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