[Ran Qiu: I’ve checked, boss.]
[Ran Qiu: Boss, those people you just asked me to check, their children all have “father unknown,” and most crucially, all the children died before they were a month old.]
Gao Shi gripped his phone, a chill rising from the bottom of his heart.
The naming style of Liao Zitu, from the east, ancient formula, early deaths of children—under the overlap of these conditions, something seemed to be emerging.
He immediately called Lele.
“Hello? Dad?”
“Have you encountered ‘Wen Liang’ these few days?”
“No.”
Gao Gusheng walked out of the hospital room and found a corner where no one was around.
“Dad, what’s wrong with Wen Liang?”
“Be careful of him, there’s something wrong with him.”
“Dad, are you saying he might be related to ghosts and monsters?”
“It’s not clear yet. I’ve already reported it. The Wen family is preparing to switch people. This case should be handled by the Spirit Management Department.”
“Okay, Dad, I haven’t seen him these days.”
“Mm, are you wearing the amulet?”
Gao Gusheng touched his chest, “Yes, don’t worry, Dad.”
Footsteps sounded, and Gao Gusheng’s body immediately tensed. He looked up vigilantly, saw it was just a passerby, and slowly relaxed.
Gao Shi sensed something was wrong and asked in a low voice, “What’s wrong?”
When his father asked, Gao Gusheng, who originally had nothing to be upset about, suddenly felt particularly aggrieved, “Dad, you don’t know what kind of days I’ve been having!”
“Three days ago, I went to the cafeteria to get food. That day there was a limited amount of garlic ribs and sour fish. I ran so hard I could barely breathe, just to get past those animals from the Sports Institute, and snagged the last portion. Then Jia Qi came rushing over carelessly, stepped on water on the ground, and spilled all the milk tea in his hand—who drinks milk tea with the lid completely removed?”
“I dodged quickly, so nothing happened to me. Just as I was relieved, Jia Qi bumped into me again, and all my food spilled! He even said he would bring me food he personally made. Bah! Does he know how hard I tried to get that last portion of limited dishes?!”
“Two days ago, I was in the dormitory, about to rest before lights out, when Jia Qi suddenly came knocking on the door wearing only a bathrobe that barely covered his butt, saying the shower in his room was broken and he wanted to borrow my bathroom.”
“He had two roommates following behind him, staring at me, as if afraid I would eat him.”
“Hey, with my temper, I took a wrench and went over there. And guess what, Dad? Someone had removed the shower head in their bathroom, and it couldn’t be reinstalled—I was so disgusted I just came back with my wrench!”
“A day ago, I went out of school to buy food, and on the way back I encountered a gang of hooligans who wanted to ‘have a chat’ with me. I’ve been in a bad mood these days, so I turned around and knocked these guys down.”
Gao Gusheng was extremely aggrieved, “Dad, these days Jia Qi has been circling around me every day, my luck has turned bad, everything is going wrong, and I even ran into hooligans! I guess these hooligans were sent by Jia Qi, but they wouldn’t say anything, just insisting they needed money.”
Gao Shi was speechless and held his forehead, “You… never mind, just remember to stay away from Jia Qi.”
Gao Gusheng had a wild idea, “Dad, do you think we can remove that system from Jia Qi? I’m really curious about what the system entity actually is—could Jia Qi be like a transmigrator from novels? A transmigrator with a golden finger?”
Gao Shi warned, “Don’t get any ideas about that system. I’ve told you, this system isn’t a high-tech product; it should be a living entity produced in this world.”
Gao Shi had always believed that there are worlds beyond worlds, universes beyond universes, but he didn’t believe the system was a product from another world.
The “plot” was watching Gao Gusheng so closely, trying its best to correct the future changed by Gao Shi. If the system were truly a product from another world, it would have probably been cleared away long ago.
Gao Gusheng rubbed his chin, “But Dad, Jia Qi is really a bit strange.”
“Jia Qi is like the protagonist of a [beloved by everyone, counter-attack, multiple male supporting characters, BL novel], almost all the males around him have some interest in him.”
“I previously thought he was only with Sun Langgan, but unexpectedly, he has quite a few people around him. His two roommates, one is the campus heartthrob from the sports department, and the other is a top student from the mathematics department, and they’re willing to… uh, what’s this called, ‘sharing a husband’? ‘Sharing a wife’?”
“Ah, whatever, anyway, the three of them can actually coexist peacefully, putting such a huge green hat on Sun Langgan.”
“Also, when Sun Jun was still in his mother’s womb, a marriage was arranged for him, considered a prenatal betrothal. Now that fiancé is also chasing after Jia Qi and trying to get in his good graces.”
“And, and, there’s one that’s most outrageous—previously Sun Jun’s benefactor, the national painting master, Master Li, expressed appreciation for Jia Qi—damn, Master Li is over fifty, has sons and daughters, he’s really shameless!”
Gao Gusheng spread his hands, “In comparison, poor little Jun is the vicious male supporting character, who schemes in every way but ultimately gets abandoned.”
Speaking of Sun Jun, Gao Shi asked, “I went to see the residence of Jia Qi’s biological parents. The neighbors around said that although that pair of parents weren’t good to Sun Jun and forced him to drop out of school to work, Sun Jun was very strong and optimistic. His painting talent was discovered by Master Li, who sponsored him to go to university.”
“A child who can maintain a positive and upward attitude in such an environment, why would he commit suicide?”
Gao Gusheng casually bought a cup of coffee and sat on a bench in the corner, “I’ve also asked Sun Jun about this.”
“After he woke up, he seemed very calm and quite rational, not like the kind of person who would self-harm, so I asked him.”
“He said he had seen a psychologist, and the doctor diagnosed that he had no psychological problems.”
“Before each self-harm incident, he would suddenly feel a wave of dejection and sadness in his heart, involuntarily recalling bad memories.”
“But each time he would wake up in time, otherwise it wouldn’t have been self-harm, but suicide.”
Gao Gusheng tentatively asked: “Could this also be Jia Qi’s doing?”
Gao Shi said, “It’s possible, after all, the change was too abrupt.”
Gao Gusheng muttered, “Then this person is really unscientific.”
As if suddenly remembering something, Gao Gusheng sent a photo to Gao Shi, “Dad, look at this picture of Jia Qi, someone took it and posted it on the forum.”
“His appearance seems to have changed somewhat, and he’s becoming more and more beautiful, beautiful to the point of being a bit sinister.”
“Also, I remember his eyes used to droop downward, but now they’re upturned, yet no one around is asking what’s going on.”
“The most outrageous thing is, I initially thought this was a photo with a filter added, but it turns out there’s no filter. Why do I feel like there’s a glow effect around this person, as if special effects were added?”
Gao Shi looked at the photo. Indeed, in the photo, Jia Qi’s eyes were slightly upturned, carrying a sort of bewitching, sinister charm.
The light shining on him seemed to come with a soft light effect, with feathering at the edges and blurring in the background. In short, it would make people notice him at first glance.
“Keep your amulet with you. These days I’m in contact with the Sun family, don’t let him take advantage of any gaps.”
“Also, make an amulet and the little pig that Yun Zhiyi carved, and send it to your Uncle Cheng. Your Uncle Cheng has been targeted by Jia Qi.”
A ringing sound came from the other end of the phone, a moment passed.
“I have to go on a mission now. Be careful these few days, call if anything happens.”
“Okay, goodbye, Dad.”
Gao Gusheng looked at the ended call and put away his phone.
He held his coffee and walked towards the classroom.
In a while, he would have a financial studies class, and he didn’t know if Jia Qi would come to cause trouble again.
Gao Gusheng silently sighed.
It was really like having a toad stuck to his foot.
After the previous shower head repair incident, Gao Gusheng now felt uncomfortable all over when he saw Jia Qi.
It was really tough for the fourth roommate in their dormitory.
Enema devices are so cheap, why remove the shower head for an enema? Don’t Jia Qi and his two “gongs” usually shower in the dormitory??
After arriving at the classroom, Gao Gusheng habitually glanced at the first row and immediately saw his friends waving at him.
“Xiao Sheng, we’ve been waiting for you.” Yun Zhiyi flipped her ponytail and made way for Gao Gusheng.
After Gao Gusheng entered the door, he was like a powerful spotlight, attracting everyone’s gaze.
Even after he sat down, his classmates’ gazes involuntarily drifted in his direction.
Yun Zhiyi pinched Gao Gusheng’s face, “Tsk, so many days have passed, and everyone still hasn’t gotten used to Xiao Sheng’s face. These days people have been fighting for seats in the first row. Today I came at 7:20 to secure seats, and I almost didn’t get them.”
“Xiao Sheng, you’re amazing, single-handedly improving the occupancy rate of the front rows.”
Gao Gusheng deliberately grimaced, “Ouch, Sister Yun, it hurts, hurts, hurts!”
“Nonsense, I didn’t even use any strength!”
After escaping from Yun Zhiyi’s “claws,” Gao Gusheng tossed his hair, stroked his chin, and revealed a cheesy smile, “Can’t help it, no one can resist my charm~”
Actions that would appear cheesy if done by others somehow looked so natural when done by Gao Gusheng, carrying a young man’s spirit and flamboyance, as if he was born to be the focus of everyone’s attention.
The classmates watching him were momentarily stunned, with a voice shouting in their hearts—
【Yes, such a wonderful young man was born to receive thousands of gazes.】
Feeling the gazes from around, a bespectacled young man sitting next to Gao Gusheng adjusted his glasses and stood up, “Please prepare the Q&A assignment the teacher assigned last class. The teacher will be asking questions soon.”
The destructive power of finance studies was indeed not to be underestimated. Once these words were spoken, everyone lowered their heads, putting all their energy into appeasing this demanding “little demon” of finance studies. The classroom suddenly had more than a dozen “father-son” pairs.
“Emergency help! Dads, let me copy your work, the class representative says the teacher will be asking questions soon.”
“Son, wait, wait, I haven’t finished memorizing it.”
“Come, good son, dad has finished, let me lend it to you to copy!”
…
The finance studies class representative sat in the chair, confused, scratching his head, beginning to wonder when the teacher had appointed another class representative.
Yun Zhiyi raised her eyebrows at the bespectacled young man, “Well done, Glasses, no wonder you’re the math department’s god, you pretend to be a class representative so convincingly.”
Zhou Jing adjusted his glasses, “When you called me earlier to come block people for Xiao Sheng, I didn’t believe it. I didn’t expect it to be true.”
Yun Zhiyi snorted with laughter, “When have I ever lied to you?”
“Xiao Sheng’s face is too attractive. If we can’t ensure there are no empty seats on his left and right, there will definitely be people sitting next to him, taking the opportunity to make advances.”
“Today the seats on both sides were all occupied, so we had to sit in the middle. Mo Hua isn’t here, so I had to call you.”
This wasn’t Yun Zhiyi exaggerating.
Just two days ago, Yun Zhiyi and Gao Gusheng arrived late, and Gao Gusheng sat in the first row by himself.
Usually, the occupancy rate of the first row was very low, but unexpectedly on that day, an unprecedented scene in the college career appeared—the number of people actually decreased from front to back, and the usually golden seats in the last row were completely empty.
On that day, the Marxist Philosophy professor lectured with enthusiasm, calling on ten students at once to answer questions.
Gao Gusheng had people on both sides. The guy on the left had a red face and didn’t dare to look at him, which facilitated the actions of the person on the right—
Yes, the one on the right was Jia Qi.
During class, Jia Qi put his hand on Gao Gusheng’s thigh and tried to have some more “in-depth” exchanges with Gao Gusheng.
Could Gao Gusheng tolerate this?
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