Chapter 112: Borrowing Whose Luck
As soon as they heard Lu Mindan’s name, Huang Ke and Ji Ziyao frowned one after another, both seeming to want to say: How is this still her business.
Since Xiao Zhao had already confessed about Lu Mindan, it wouldn’t hurt for him to say a bit more.
Lu Mindan had long harbored thoughts of switching to Huang Ke, so she also wanted to use the tactic of catering to his interests. She and Xiao Zhao could be said to hit it off immediately.
Before Lu Mindan officially switched to Huang Ke’s tutelage, she and Xiao Zhao had already developed a friendship. It could even be said that this time she was able to switch so smoothly from Ji Ziyao’s side to Huang Ke’s tutelage, Xiao Zhao contributed a lot.
As for the hand rope he was wearing, he had gone to the Master together with Lu Mindan to obtain it.
The Master said that this hand rope could change luck and also borrow luck, but it needed to be re-empowered every three months.
Change luck was one thing, but as soon as they heard the words “borrow luck,” everyone’s faces turned grim.
Huang Ke even directly sneered and asked him: “Borrow luck? Whose luck are you trying to borrow?”
Xiao Zhao panicked and hurriedly explained: “No, Brother Huang, don’t misunderstand. My borrow luck couldn’t possibly be borrowing from you. I just, I just…”
Just what, he couldn’t articulate any reason.
Huang Ke shook his head and said: “Over these years, plenty of people have tried to cater to my interests, but believing in these things requires sincerity. If you believe sincerely, fine; if not, no harm done. Look at Xiao Ji—he doesn’t believe in these things, so what? Can’t I still teach what I can teach and say what I can say?”
Ji Ziyao nodded beside him. When he first arrived at Xiangyun, Huang Ke had indeed given him plenty of guidance, and even now he still offered some instruction.
It was just that their styles of doing things differed. Ji Ziyao didn’t like many of the rules in the circle and didn’t want to exploit them.
So Huang Ke would always shake his head at him, saying he didn’t know how to use the rules, that it wouldn’t do.
“With such utilitarian motives, what could you possibly believe in? Borrow luck? Hah! You even believe in that kind of crooked sorcery!” Huang Ke looked at Xiao Zhao with endless disappointment in his eyes.
Xiao Zhao was scolded until his face was flushed red, unable to utter a single word.
“You went to seek it with Lu Mindan? Does Lu Mindan have one too? But I haven’t seen her wearing it.” Xuan Xia suddenly spoke up.
She had faced off with Lu Mindan so many times, and indeed hadn’t seen her wearing a hand rope.
Xiao Zhao immediately said: “Hers isn’t a hand rope. If we wore the same thing, it would cause misunderstandings.”
The reasoning was indeed sound.
The two of them were quite good at avoiding suspicion.
Xuan Xia followed up: “Then what is hers?”
Xiao Zhao said: “It’s a bell pendant, but she usually keeps it in her bag.”
Another bell…?
Xuan Xia was starting to develop PTSD toward things like bells.
She pointed at the hand rope in the yellow talisman paper. “Is it the same as the bell on your hand rope?”
“It’s quite a bit bigger than mine.” Xiao Zhao could only say that much.
“This big?” Xuan Xia circled her index finger and thumb to gesture.
Xiao Zhao nodded.
Xuan Xia had an idea in mind, then said again: “Then tell me more about that Master you went to seek.”
“What about?”
“The Master’s title, address, and such.” Unfortunately Li Fu wasn’t here; she remembered his sketching skills.
She didn’t know if Brother Li had such abilities.
Thinking this, she looked at Li Xinze. “Brother Li, do you know how to draw?”
Li Xinze shook his head. “No.”
Alright then.
Xuan Xia gave up and looked back at Xiao Zhao, waiting for his answer.
But Xiao Zhao said: “I’m not very clear either. I’ve only met the Master twice, both times led by Lu Mindan. As for the places we went each time, they were different too—once in a teahouse, once in an opera house.”
Huang Ke’s face darkened with anger at this; it didn’t sound legit at all. Which proper Master doesn’t have a proper address!
What angered him most was Lu Mindan, mainly because he recalled her behavior all along. He’d thought she was a fellow believer, but in the end she had only been trying to satisfy her own selfish desires from start to finish.
But then he thought of another issue: “So who exactly was behind tonight’s incident?”
Was it Xiao Zhao, or Lu Mindan?
Ji Ziyao and the others couldn’t understand what he meant and could only look at Huang Ke in confusion.
What happened tonight?
Was there some incident he didn’t know about?
Xuan Xia directly wrapped up the hand rope with the yellow talisman paper, then took out a stack of talismans from her bag and turned to walk toward the door.
When she pulled out a stack of talismans, Ji Ziyao and Huang Ke’s expressions both turned peculiar.
Ji Ziyao asked her: “Where are you going?”
Xuan Xia said: “I’m going to find Lu Mindan.”
Ji Ziyao: “…” You’re taking that thing to find Lu Mindan?
Huang Ke also spoke up: “No need, I’ll have her come over.”
Then he had Xiao Zhao contact Lu Mindan and tell her to come over immediately, and to bring her item.
Xiao Zhao hurriedly agreed and did so.
While waiting for Lu Mindan to arrive, Xuan Xia had already put away the hand rope wrapped in yellow paper. She also pulled Qu Xingxuan and Li Xinze aside to discuss: if Lu Mindan didn’t cooperate later, they’d use force.
In any case, their goal was to see Lu Mindan’s bell.
Qu Xingxuan rubbed his nose and asked: “Am I up for it?”
Xuan Xia looked at him and paused. “Do your best.”
Soon Lu Mindan arrived.
She heard from Xiao Zhao that Huang Ke wanted to see her bell pendant and thought he was interested. Though their chat earlier hadn’t gone pleasantly, since Huang Ke was interested, she brought the item.
She had originally wanted to mend their relationship and chat about metaphysics, which Huang Ke was interested in.
But after she arrived, things were completely not as she had imagined.
However, Lu Mindan didn’t need Xuan Xia and the others to deal with her. Just Huang Ke opening his mouth was enough to make her obediently produce that bell pendant.
As for Qu Xingxuan, from the moment Lu Mindan entered, he had kept the farthest distance away.
In Qu Xingxuan’s words, the scent on her was identical to Xiao Zhao’s scent.
Xuan Xia took one look and immediately cursed inwardly.
That style was all too familiar.
She asked Lu Mindan: “Which Master did you find?”
Seeing it was Xuan Xia asking, Lu Mindan didn’t want to pay attention.
But Huang Ke was now siding with Xuan Xia.
“I’m asking you, why aren’t you answering?”
Lu Mindan: “…”
When she looked up at Huang Ke again, Lu Mindan felt immense resentment inside.
What had she done for him to look so furious.
It was just sending Xuan Xia a black hot search. Besides, the black hot search wasn’t solely her doing—why act like she had committed some great wrong.
Who said people in the same company couldn’t send black hot searches? He had even said traffic was meant to be exploited.
He surely hadn’t done few such things himself? She hadn’t even asked him to act!
“Sister Dan, I can tell you very responsibly that you encountered a con artist. So can you tell me now the information about that Master you found?”
“Con artist?” Lu Mindan looked at Xuan Xia and immediately retorted, “Impossible!”
Oh, they’ve even got a devotee here.
“Since you think it’s impossible, then tell us. The Master’s title, lineage, and address—how did you go to meet him.”
