The next morning, Ji Tui and his three dormmates rushed into the "Mysterious Talk" café.
"Hey, what’s with the four of you, all sporting panda eyes, looking so frantic?"
Zong Wangyue was drinking soy milk, taking up two seats’ space, sitting boldly right at the entrance.
After scanning the café and not finding the person he wanted to see, Ji Tui hurriedly asked Zong Wangyue, "Brother, is your Boss Li Muyun here?"
Zong Wangyue also glanced around the room and, not spotting you, shrugged and said, "Look for yourselves."
"Could you give me his mobile number? I need to find him urgently."
"What’s the urgency?" Zong Wangyue scrutinized Ji Tui from head to toe, noticed the dark circles under all four of their eyes, then pulled out a Yellow Vermilion Charm from his pocket, waved it in front of them, and after making three Hand seals, he whispered an Incantation. Suddenly, flames engulfed the Yellow Vermilion Charm, which quickly turned to ash.
"Whoa, looks like you guys have encountered something evil," he said with a showy smile.
Ji Tui and the others, witnessing such magic-like techniques for the first time, immediately nodded, "Right, right, last night we saw a ghost in the bathroom, and that thing almost dragged me into the mirror!"
"Oh? Is that so? Don’t worry, the Boss isn’t here, but you got me, Fatty!" Zong Wangyue patted his chest, "As you’ve just seen, I’m not only broad and plus-sized, my ability to catch ghosts is directly proportional to my physique, I..."
"Your two-bit tricks are just for show, why boast to others?"
The voice of Yang Kai came from behind Ji Tui and his group.
As they turned around, Yang Kai and Wei Shuxian walked in from outside the door.
Yang Kai continued to address Zong Wangyue, "Zongzi, your amateurish skills are only good for showing off, don’t pretend to be strong. If you run into something formidable, you might really lose your soul."
"Dammit, can’t Brother even show off a little?" grumbled Zong Wangyue, giving Yang Kai a sideways glare, then he turned to ask Yang, "Hey, how come it’s just you guys? Didn’t we say we were going to have a meeting this morning, where’s Old Shu?"
Yang Kai shrugged, "You know what Old Shu is like; that guy’s always floating around, hardly ever seen."
By this time, Wei Shuxian had already sat down with Ji Tui and the three others. He asked Ji Tui, "Brother, you know Old Shu, I mean, our Boss?"
"Yeah, we’re on okay terms."
"You’re on okay terms, so how come you don’t have his number?" Zong Wangyue spoke up with a curled lip.
Ji Tui, scratching his head and looking somewhat embarrassed, said, "We chatted for a bit in the gym’s lounge, and he agreed to help me with something, even promised a very special favor to a beautiful woman."
"Oh? Which beautiful woman?" As the subject turned to a beauty, the eyes of the few guys in the room instantly changed.
"I don’t know the name of that beauty, but when I went to take photos that day, the people who knew her all treated her with great respect."
Yang Kai and Zong Wangyue exchanged a glance, then both asked simultaneously, "You must know Goddess Wu, right?"
"Of course, there’s no one at Jiang University who doesn’t know her."
"What about Goddess Zhao?"
"Nonsense, our Jiang University only has those two goddesses, and their presence would be NO.1 anywhere in the world!"
Ji Tui was very excited, because he was also one of the many fans of the goddesses.
Zong Wangyue laughed and said, "Since you know both of them, then the great beauty you mentioned must be Xi Yu."
"Yeah, Goddess Wu’s personal assistant, also a top goddess, who’s just willing to play second fiddle to Goddess Wu." Zong Wangyue suddenly leaned in and asked, "Hey hey, what conditions did the boss agree to for Xi Yu’s sake?"
Judging from Zong Wangyue’s expression, it was clear his thoughts were heading in the wrong direction.
Ji Tui shook his head, "I’m not sure about the specifics, Miss Xi Yu didn’t say explicitly."
"Tsk." Zong Wangyue pursed his lips in disappointment.
Ji Tui said to the folks from the supernatural detective society, "Could you please help me look for him? The four of us didn’t sleep at all last night. We were all wrapped in blankets, standing in the hallway, catching a cold breeze."
Hearing there was a story to be shared, Yang Kai and Zong Wangyue immediately leaned in, "What’s the matter, tell us about it?"
Following that, Ji Tui began recounting the thrilling incidents of the previous night.
After hearing of their ordeal, Wei Shuxian furrowed his brows slightly and said, "He followed Professor Du on an early morning excursion with the archeology department."
"Then, when will he be back?"
"We are not sure about that either, but let me give him a call." Saying that, Wei Shuxian took out his phone and dialed a number.
The call connected quickly, and Wei Shuxian hit the speakerphone button so that everyone could hear your voice, "Glasses, why are you calling me now? Is there a problem in the club?"
At the time, you were driving to Zhuji East White Lake. Hence, having just left the dormitory and seeing Wei Shuxian’s call, you couldn’t help but entertain some assumptions.
"No, these idiots are all fine; they could go tiger-hunting up the mountain without any issue."
"Then, why the sudden call?"
Wei Shuxian glanced at Ji Tui beside him and asked, "What’s your name?"
"Chicken Leg? Ah, what a great name!" Yang Kai immediately added.
Wei Shuxian and Ji Tui turned their heads to look at Yang Kai, exclaiming in unison, "Scram!"
You naturally heard the voice from the other end of the phone and couldn’t help but laugh, saying, "So it’s Brother Chicken Leg, huh? How did he find you guys? Has he run into some trouble?"
Hearing that you do know Ji Tui, Wei Shuxian immediately said, "Last night, Ji Tui received a message on WeChat and then, according to the message, played Rock-Paper-Scissors with himself in the mirror. After that, whatever was in there tried to drag him inside. Thankfully his roommates were there at the time and managed to pull him back."
Playing Rock-Paper-Scissors against a mirror?
Hearing this, you couldn’t help but recall that Lin Panxia seemed to have done something similarly foolish yesterday afternoon, and you said, "Looks like there are demons and monsters at work here. Lao Du and I have something more pressing to attend to, so let Madman follow up on Ji Tui’s case. Check out the situation first and don’t alert them to our knowledge of their presence."
With that, you hung up the phone, and at the same time, you heard Du Xishan asking beside you, "What’s up, is there a problem at our school again?"
You nodded, "A friend of mine played Rock-Paper-Scissors with himself in the mirror at midnight, and he managed to summon that thing."
"Playing Rock-Paper-Scissors with a mirror? He’s got to be kidding." Du Xishan couldn’t help but smile wryly, "Lucky for him he’s alright, but these kinds of things must be accidental, right?"