Chapter 8 - Come here, there’s been a kidnapping, ah!
Translator : KuroShinji
TL Checker & Editor : SilentDawn
Editor & Proofreader : Mariabel
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Frightened by the ghost child, Zhao PengYu and the others loudly screamed, “f.u.c.k!” and scrambled to hide behind Gu Ye. Simultaneously, Gu Ye languidly raised his hand and, just like playing volleyball, smacked the ghost to the ground before cradling its head. Under the horrified eyes of everyone else present, he started patting and soothing it. “Don’t make a racket, behave.”
The ghost baby was instinctively scared by the slap. He timidly looked at Gu Ye. Seeing that he was smiling and had no intention to hit him again, the ghost baby carefully reached out toward the hem of Gu Ye’s trousers, trying to act like a cute child.
Gu Ye bent over, picked him up, put him on his lap, and continued stroking his head while praising him. “You’re lovely, but we have no fate. Otherwise, I’d make you my number one servant.”
Zhao PengYu almost knelt down to Gu Ye while simultaneously backing away two meters.
w.a.n.g QianQian anxiously explained, “This kid doesn’t understand anything. He’s just a baby who died in the womb, so he has a lot of grievances which were naturally formed. He has never hurt anybody, so please don’t take him away, Master!”
Gu Ye grinned and patted the ghost baby’s head. “I can see that.”
Seeing that Gu Ye really had no intention of harming him, the female ghost asked tentatively, “Will you really help me?”
Gu Ye nodded. “I have never lied to ghosts.”
Liu YiWen asked in a whisper, “Is it really okay to help ghosts?”
Zhao PengYu agreed with Gu Ye. “Sc.u.m should receive retribution for their actions.”
Lin ZiHao frowned, clearly disagreeing with this. “It’s not good to help ghosts harm people. She’s already dead anyways. Gu Ye, hurry and eliminate her. She’s too dangerous.”
Gu Ye’s eyes narrowed. One could see from his att.i.tude that he did not have a good opinion of Lin ZiHao’s personality. “In fact, it’s actually normal for her to choose you first as prey. Evil beings always instinctively seek soil that breeds evil.”
Zhao PengYu also understood the underlying meaning in Gu Ye’s words. He hadn’t realized before, but he did feel that Lin ZiHao was becoming stupider by the second. “Is that sc.u.m innocent? Can’t you see these two lives he snuffed out with his own hands, ah? Or, are your two eyes merely decorative light bulbs? Weren’t ghosts originally living people too?”
Lin ZiHao was rendered speechless by Zhao PengYu. Keeping his head down, he didn’t dare say a word.
Gu Ye stood up with the ghost baby still in his arms and snapped his fingers, removing the restriction placed on the female ghost. He then fished out a small porcelain bottle from his pocket and said to the female ghost, “You hide here first. I will take you to him at the end of this month.”
With his big head leaning forward, the little ghost also curiously looked at the bottle. Gu Ye lifted him up and put him into the bottle first. It’s better to put this one in first, just in case. If the little one ends up biting someone, he will have no choice but to discipline him.
The female ghost’s feelings toward the ghost baby were also complex. Seeing the child being stuffed into the bottle, the female ghost hesitated for a few moments before turning into a black fog and diving into the bottle. However, before doing so, she looked at Lin ZiHao with a regretful gaze.
“You guys can sleep peacefully from now on.” Gu Ye yawned, shooing them away as he departed.
Looking at his back, Zhao PengYu really wanted to kneel down and call him “Dad.” Gu Ye was so awesome! He also wanted to change dormitories, leaving these two fools to go to Xia Xiang and Gu Ye’s room.
When Gu Ye returned to his dorm, all of his roommates were still sleeping soundly as the spell he cast was still functioning. Xia Xiang was still in deep sleep, probably because he hadn’t had a good night’s rest for a long while. Gu Ye placed the bottle under his pillow before lying down and drifting into slumber.
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The next evening, Gu Ye calculated the location of w.a.n.g QianQian and her son’s remains while munching on a pastry and found that it was at a hill near the wall on the west side of the field. In fact, it was just a small mound of soil, sand, and gravel left behind after the construction finished. After many years, the mound was full of weeds, rendering its original shape indeterminable. The students jokingly called it “the school’s peak.” When free, some students will climb the mound and stand at the top to view the scenery outside of the school. n.o.body knew that a corpse lay underneath that mound.
Perceiving the presence of their remains, the porcelain bottle in Gu Ye’s pocket shook. Gu Ye then stroked it soothingly, saying, “You’ve already waited for seven years. What’s a month more?”
The bottle immediately ceased moving. Throwing the last bite of the pastry into his mouth, Gu Ye then took a napkin and wiped his hands. He was about to go back when he suddenly felt a rustling wind behind his head. Tilting his head, a basketball whizzed past his ear and hit the ground, bouncing several meters in the air after the impact. It could be seen that it had been thrown with great strength.
Gu Ye frowned and turned to look. A stocky boy who looked like a ruffian grinned with his teeth bared, apologized with no guilt whatsoever, “Sorry, my hand slipped.”
Gu Ye sneered and threw a mocking look at the student before leaving. He had no interest in arguing with fools.
“Didn’t you say that Gu Ye became smarter? Why is he still the same fool?”
“Who knows? He was raised by his stepmother. Who knows what he was fed while growing up.”
“Maybe his stepmother’s milk is poisonous? Hahahahaha…”
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Gu Ye was already a few steps away, but when he heard this, he stopped and turned toward the boys. Directing a piercing glare in their direction, his eyes were icy cold and his emotionless black pupils were like an endless abyss. The boys taunting him immediately went silent, their next words stuck in their throat. Realizing that they had been intimidated by him, the boy who threw the basketball at Gu Ye earlier took the lead, angrily retorting, “What the f.u.c.k are you looking at? You wanna go?”
Gu Ye scoffed. “At least I have a stepmother. On the other hand, you, you don’t even have one, orphan.”
Si HongXing immediately saw a sea of red after hearing the word “orphan” and rushed toward Gu Ye, fist ready to punch. “My parents are alive and well, you f.u.c.king stupid b.a.s.t.a.r.d. Who the f.u.c.k are you cursing at?!
Gu Ye grabbed Si HongXing’s wrist and used his shoulder as leverage to flip him over onto the ground. Under the surprised gaze of the other boys, he stepped on Si HongXing’s chest heavily and laughed fiercely, “You want to play school bully with me? You think I’m stupid?!”
Gu Ye was enraged. When the original Gu Ye was still alive, he, a young master of a very wealthy family, was bullied by a group of delinquents to the point that they dared to laugh at him and call him a fool. Moreover, they even dared to throw a basketball at his head. Even if he wasn’t a fool, he surely would’ve become one after being smacked in the head with a ball like that.
The boys accompanying Si HongXing were frightened by Gu Ye’s cold eyes and his sharp skills. Si HongXing was half a head taller than Gu Ye, so where did his strength come from?
Gu Ye’s cold gaze swept among them before asking, “Who’s next? C’mere!”
“What are you doing? Are you guys fighting?” At this time, the security guard who had been patrolling the area saw them shouting at each other and the bullies immediately realized that they were in trouble. Like a group of sheep chased by wolves, they ran away swiftly. Gu Ye pursed his lips in mockery and also followed suit, deliberately stepping on Si HongXing’s stomach forcefully before doing so.
The security guard rushed over and saw Si HongXing, the only one who hadn’t left, lying on the ground and clutching his stomach. This boy had a track record of being late to school, and he often snuck out during cla.s.s. The security guard frowned and glared at him. “Are you fighting again, Si HongXing? I’ll report this to your cla.s.sroom teacher!”
Si HongXing got up and said flatteringly, “No, no, no, we were just playing. They’re my friends.”
Si HongXing could only bear the pain with gritted teeth while pleasantly appeasing the security guard. Taking advantage of the fact that the security guard’s expression eased a bit, he quickly left. Cursing Gu Ye in his mind thousands of times, he vowed that he would teach that brat a lesson. Just you wait, Gu Ye! I will definitely kill you once I get the chance to!
As soon as Si HongXing turned the corner, he was stopped by Qian Zhen, who then swiftly draped his arm over Si HongXing’s shoulder and asked him darkly, “I heard your cousin is a real gangster?”
Si HongXing asked defensively, “What do you mean, Zhen-ge?”
Qian Zhen then said, “I want to teach Gu Ye a real lesson. I can’t do anything to him at school, but if your cousin agrees to help, money is not a problem.”
Si HongXing hesitated. A small sparrow flew over his head and a lump of s.h.i.t fell, smacking onto Qian Zhen’s nose with a drip.
Qian Zhen’s expression was cold as he wiped the excrement off his face. He then asked through gritted teeth, “Well?”
Si HongXing said, “…O-okay, I-I’ll ask for you.”
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When Gu Ye went back to his dormitory, he found that his roommates had changed again.
Xia Xiang was sitting on the top bunk bed, swinging his legs while munching on bread. Seeing Gu Ye, he offered him some. “Want something to fill your stomach?”
As a teenager, Gu Ye was constantly looking for something to eat. Taking the offered bread, he tore off the packaging and asked, “Who’s the new guy?”
Xia Xiang smiled and answered, “Zhao PengYu. He fooled w.a.n.g Kai and Ma XiaoJiang into moving to our previous dorm, saying that he feels safer living with you.”
Gu Ye grimaced. When Zhao PengYu returned to the dorm with a basketball in hand, everybody else was wearing a sweater except for Zhao PengYu, who was drenched in sweat and wearing thin sportswear. He pushed open the door and enthusiastically greeted, “Yo, Gu Ye, you’re back? Lemme introduce myself, I’m your new roommate, Zhao PengYu.”
Gu Ye tore off a big chunk from the bread and stuffed it into Zhao PengYu’s mouth. “If you want to live with me, then you must keep quiet, thank you very much.”
Zhao PengYu smiled with stuffed cheeks, his eyes implying : Don’t worry, I will be quiet!
After the lights were turned off, Gu Ye lay down to sleep, only to see Zhao PengYu sitting up on the opposite bed. “I’m so hungry! Do you want to eat some pig trotter? I have some.”
Gu Ye sighed. This is a young master who can’t keep his mouth shut. His days will be quite lively in the future.
The job of students in their senior year of high school was to study, study a bit more, and study again. In such enriching and busy days, three and a half weeks pa.s.sed unknowingly, and suddenly it was already the end of the month. After the second morning cla.s.s ended, Teacher Yu went into the cla.s.sroom and knocked on the table, drawing the attention of the students who were excited at the thought of going home. “Students, now that the two weeks course is over, you should’ve already recovered from your excitement during the winter holiday break. From next month onward, it will be our last sprint before the college entrance exam. The banners have all been completed. I’ll hang them up for you later, so you can go home and study. Don’t slack off, the most important period of your life is just around the corner! As the saying goes, hard work pays off. So if you don’t go the extra mile, the overall result of Cla.s.s 6 will always be at the bottom. I believe that none of you are stupid. As long as you work hard, it will definitely pay off. Jia You!”
“Ooh!!” The students of Cla.s.s 6 excitedly carried the bags they had brought with them before cla.s.s started and rushed to leave the cla.s.sroom.
There was a bus waiting for the students at the school gate. Private cars were not allowed to stop at the school gate in an effort to control traffic, so the students who were going home with their parents had to walk to a parking lot a kilometer away from the school.
Gu Ye stuffed the porcelain bottle containing the ghosts into his bag. As he walked, he thought of buying some more porcelain bottles tomorrow and some other materials for daily spell use. Just as he walked out of the cla.s.sroom, his eyelids twitched and he suddenly had a bad premonition. Generally, when one’s right eyelid twitches, it means bad news. However, he decided to ignore it because, as the saying goes, doctors don’t self diagnose. The same goes for fortune tellers; It just doesn’t work.
Immediately after Gu Ye left the school, a gangster stopped him in his path. “You’re Gu Ye, right?”
Gu Ye shook his head, looking innocent, “No.”
The petty gangster then checked the photo on his mobile phone and happily said, “Our boss invites you for hot pot. Care to join?”
Gu Ye still shook his head, “No.”
“Tut. Well, I’ll show you something.” The minor gangster showed his mobile phone screen to Gu Ye and played a video. Gu Ye’s lips twitched. His little brother, who was quite blind, had already been tricked into following these guys. Squatting in the middle of a group of tattooed ruffians with his hands clutching his head, he looked pitifully at the camera. Gu Ye was very familiar with the people behind Gu Yang. One was Qian Zhen, whom he had taught a lesson to, and the other was Si HongXing, whom he had beaten up. Both of them looked at Gu Yang mockingly and maliciously. In short, if Gu Ye refused to go, then Gu Yang will surely suffer.
Gu Ye sighed helplessly before saying to the small gangster, “Lead the way.”