Sis, you don't seem quite the same on the inside as on the outside...
"All right, all right... you're a genius. How would I ever get that chance..." Tang Wen spread his hands and shrugged.
"Hehehe, whose fault is it that you're no good?" Gu Hanyan was thoroughly satisfied, laughing like a hen.
"Hanyan, there was a reason I told you to get out back at Xiao Gai's place," Tang Wen said.
"I couldn't be bothered to watch you put on a show. You're all a bunch of filthy scoundrels, not a decent person among you," Gu Hanyan said.
"You nearly ruined my deal, so don't lose your temper at the table again. That was an entire island at stake," Tang Wen said.
"Then just don't take me along. Otherwise, I won't be able to help it. I'll lose my temper if I want to." Gu Hanyan fumed, while her little Popularity figure glared viciously at Tang Wen.
"Forget it, forget it. I won't hold it against you." Tang Wen waved a hand.
"Pah!" Gu Hanyan spat and left.
Yet, surprisingly, nothing happened that night. Luo Yiwu took turns standing watch with several others.
They stared at the computer screen without so much as blinking. Never mind ghosts-they hadn't even spotted a cat, and Tang Wen no longer felt anything touching or scratching his face.
Could it really have been my imagination? I must be tired. I need something to build me back up. Tang Wen was pondering this after washing up.
Gu Hanyan came in carrying a steaming bowl of herbal soup. "Master, yesterday I asked Steward Luo to buy a hundred-year-old wild mountain ginseng root. I added fo-ti lingzhi. Hurry and drink it."
"Why drink this stuff when there's nothing wrong with me?" Tang Wen looked at her