Chapter 1310 - 1277: Reunion with an Old Acquaintance

In the office, Yang Jian was arranging some matters while also paying attention to the surrounding situation.

As expected.

The Ghost Cabinet had not appeared again for the time being.

“Xiao Yang, you’re really something, can’t you let me have a little peace of mind for even one day? Every time something happens, you call Daddy Xiong to come and help. But that’s normal. After all, without me, you can’t get things done. However, let me make it clear, I’m only staying here for three days. After that, I have to go back and do my homework.”

At this moment, Xiong Wenwen pushed open the office door and walked in, still with that arrogant and domineering demeanor.

“The captain asked you to come over, no good news there. A special ghost tamer has joined the company, accompanied by a ghost. Although there’s temporarily no danger, who can really say for sure?” Huang Ziya said with a smile.

“Wha, what?”

Xiong Wenwen’s face changed drastically: “There’s a ghost? Xiao Yang, you’re not being fair. Just wait, I’m going to tell my mom on you.”

After saying that, he turned to leave.

“Are you chickening out?” Yang Jian asked.

Suddenly, Xiong Wenwen stopped in his tracks, turned around, and said, “What? Xiao Yang, say that again. Am I chickening out?”

“If you’re not chickening out, then why are you running?” Yang Jian asked.

“You need to be reasonable when you speak. I’m not running, it’s just you’re being unfair, so I’m going to tell on you.” Xiong Wenwen said righteously.

“Afraid is afraid, don’t look for excuses, hurry home and do your homework. Kids are just kids, so cowardly.” Yang Jian waved his hand.

Xiong Wenwen immediately got anxious and decided not to leave. He plopped himself on the sofa: “I’m not leaving. Daddy Xiong will stay here these few days. Let’s see if I’m really scared.”

“Don’t sneak away in the middle.” Yang Jian added.

“Promise I won’t. Daddy Xiong keeps his word.” Xiong Wenwen immediately said, seemingly not realizing he had fallen into Yang Jian’s trap.

After all, as a kid, he’s quite easy to fool.

A while later.

Li Yang also received the message and rushed over to the company.

“Captain.” He greeted.

Yang Jian nodded: “How’s the recent investigation into the disappearance case going? Any new findings?”

Li Yang shook his head: “No progress. Some people disappeared out of thin air, with no warning signs or traces of supernatural activities. However, it can be preliminarily determined that it has nothing to do with the Black Umbrella incident and wasn’t caused by a ghost tamer. But I think it’s linked to a supernatural event. There’s a possibility that the supernatural event doesn’t originate in Dachang City but elsewhere.”

“A supernatural event occurring elsewhere but people disappearing in Dachang City…”

Yang Jian’s expression shifted: “Such a thing does exist. Some supernatural events are global, and the location of the event and the location of the victim do not coincide.”

He previously suspected the Wishing Ghost was behind it, but Li Yang’s deduction gave this matter a new direction.

“I browsed the ghost tamer website, and a few new supernatural events have surfaced. I’ll keep an eye on them to see if there’s any connection.” Li Yang said.

Yang Jian said: “Stay in the company these few days. I brought someone rather special here. You and Xiong Wenwen need to observe the situation in the company, see if any supernatural occurrences happen.”

He then briefly explained Zhao Xiaoya’s situation.

“Zhao Kaiming’s daughter, Zhao Xiaoya? Didn’t expect that Wishing Ghost to get entangled with a little girl.”

Li Yang frowned, also feeling this ghost wasn’t simple and indeed should be taken seriously.

“We’ll monitor Zhao Xiaoya for three days. If all is well within three days, I’ll transfer Zhao Xiaoya to a better sanatorium in the suburbs for care.” Yang Jian said.

The transaction period with the Ghost Cabinet was three days.

If there was no effect in three days, he would have to give up.

“Three days, huh? That’s not long.”

Li Yang nodded: “I’ll stay at the company these days, specially focusing on this matter.”

Yang Jian said: “During these few days, Zhao Xiaoya will remain in a comatose state, unable to make wishes, so there’s no need to worry too much about danger. If the ghost does appear, it’s most likely to come for me, since Zhao Xiaoya’s last wish was to kill me.”

“Letting a ghost follow such a young girl is indeed unstable; can’t we switch to someone else?” Li Yang asked.

“Anyone in the company is better than a little girl.”

“Things aren’t that simple. The Wishing Ghost following Zhao Xiaoya is dangerous, but it’s also restrained. If this host no longer exists, the Wishing Ghost is essentially unbound. Who becomes the new host isn’t up to us—more likely determined by the ghost. I definitely don’t want another Zhao Kaiming situation.” Yang Jian said.

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Li Yang thought for a moment and found it made sense.

As a child, Zhao Xiaoya might be unstable, but at least she has no ambitions. If the next host is an ambitious adult, the impact would surely be greater.

In a controllable situation, it’s best not to act recklessly.

“Alright, let’s end the discussion here. Li Yang, take Xiong Wenwen to check on Zhao Xiaoya, and scout around the company whenever you can.” Yang Jian said.

“I’ll go check it out right now.”

Li Yang, without taking a break, was ready to start working again. He called out: “Xiong Wenwen, come with me.”

“Xiao Li, you go ahead, Daddy Xiong will come over later.” Xiong Wenwen’s eyes darted around, trying to avoid it.

Li Yang walked over and grabbed Xiong Wenwen: “Don’t waste time, use your foresight to assess the situation first. If nothing’s wrong, you can go play wherever you want.”

Xiong Wenwen couldn’t resist and was taken away by Li Yang.

After arranging everything, Yang Jian idly sat in the office for a while, drank a Coke, browsed the ghost tamer website, and killed some time.

Near noon, Zhang Liqin received a call at the front desk.

After hanging up the phone, she immediately conveyed the message to Yang Jian: “President Yang, Zhang Wei is downstairs, asking you to come down.”

“Zhang Wei? Did he mention what it’s about?” Yang Jian asked.

Zhang Liqin said, “He said Liu Qi wants to see you, to treat you to a meal and have a get-together.”

“Liu Qi? He acts really fast. He just arrived in Dachang City this morning, and now he’s already found Zhang Wei, asking him to arrange a meeting with me. He must be worried he won’t be able to see me if he’s at Shangtong Tower alone. Tell Zhang Wei I’ll be down right away, and have him wait a moment.” Yang Jian said.

“Okay.” Zhang Liqin nodded and began to reply.

Yang Jian stood up at this moment, ready to meet Liu Qi.

This Liu Qi was his high school classmate. After the Door Knocking Ghost incident ended, they hadn’t met again. Once, during a class reunion, Zhang Wei invited him, but he didn’t show up, said a family member had passed away, so he couldn’t make it.

Counting the time, it’s exactly a year since the last reunion.

In just one year, Liu Qi is no longer an ordinary person; he’s a ghost handler and joined the headquarters, becoming a candidate for team leader.

Even though he doesn’t know what Liu Qi has been through, it is imaginable that for an ordinary person to reach such a level within a year is absolutely extraordinary.

Yang Jian felt the need to get to know this classmate better.

He had had this idea before during the team leader meeting at headquarters, but Zhang Xiangguang’s appearance interrupted the meeting, and many things were left unfinished.

With this thought in mind, Yang Jian took the elevator to the lobby on the first floor.

At this moment, in the lobby, Zhang Wei is enthusiastically telling Liu Qi about recent events.

“Liu Qi, you wouldn’t believe what we went through after escaping from No. 7 Middle School. Luckily, you went back to your hometown. Otherwise, it’s uncertain if you would have survived until now. Only someone like me, with enough capability, barely survived. Others would’ve died countless times already.”

Zhang Wei was bragging, recounting some of his glorious achievements, conveniently forgetting most of the instances where he got beaten up.

Liu Qi smiled and didn’t say much, but he was surveying the Shangtong Tower.

“Yang Jian’s office is quite ordinary, not at all like what an Enforcement Captain’s place should be. It seems he’s as low-key as ever.”

“What? Enforcement Captain, Brother Tui got promoted again? Damn, if I had known, I would’ve joined that headquarters too. With my abilities, getting promoted and raising salary would be a piece of cake.” Zhang Wei said somewhat indignantly; he initially wasn’t interested in the headquarters.

But hearing that Liu Qi joined the headquarters, Zhang Wei was immediately tempted.

After all, with two classmates at headquarters, not joining felt a bit embarrassing to him.

“You better not join the headquarters. The paranormal circle is not a good place. Yang Jian and I are involuntarily stuck here. To be honest, even I envy you, being a carefree and worry-free rich second generation.” Liu Qi expressed some emotional feelings, with a tinge of maturity beyond his years.

“Yeah, you’re right, being a rich second generation is quite nice.”

Zhang Wei outwardly agreed, but internally he sneered: you definitely wouldn’t expect, I go by another nickname, Dual-wielding Gunslinger. I stream during the day, and at night, I maintain the peace in Dachang City. My intelligence network stretches across the streets and alleys of Dachang City, even Brother Tui is impressed.”

“Didn’t you mention in the group chat you wanted a class reunion? Didn’t the other classmates come to Dachang City?” Liu Qi asked again.

“Other classmates? There aren’t any others. Back when we escaped from No. 7 Middle School, there were only seven of us, and over the years, they’ve mostly died one after another. Only Wang Shanshan, Miao Xiaoshan, Yang Jian, you, and I are left. However, Miao Xiaoshan is flying back tomorrow, and as for Wang Shanshan, she’s visiting her grandmother’s house, hasn’t been in touch. I left her several messages, but she hasn’t replied to any.”

Zhang Wei continued, “You should be careful, don’t suddenly end up dead.”

“?” Liu Qi looked at him, slightly puzzled: “Why would I accidentally end up dead?”

“You look like someone who could die easily,” Zhang Wei said.

“From where do I look like someone who could die easily?” Liu Qi asked.

Zhang Wei said, “You don’t breathe when you talk, and you cast no shadow when you walk. Isn’t that a sign of death? I’m pretty good at judging people.”

“…”

Liu Qi didn’t know whether to say Zhang Wei was observant or just making things up?

Being a ghost handler, having some paranormal traits physically was normal. Not every ghost handler can appear the same as normal people.

“Don’t worry, I’m sure I can live a long life.”

Liu Qi said, but while saying this, he felt inexplicably a lack of confidence, as if not very sure.

After all, ghost handlers have short lives.

Even Yang Jian wouldn’t dare to say he could live long.

“President Yang.”

“Hello, President Yang.”

Suddenly, at this moment, a series of respectful voices echoed in the lobby.

Passing employees greeted Yang Jian with a questioning look.

The person hadn’t arrived, but the voice had.

Liu Qi turned his head, immediately seeing Yang Jian, who had just walked out of the elevator, striding toward them.

“Brother Tui, it’s me, Ah Wei.” Zhang Wei waved, calling out loudly.

“No need to shout, I heard you.” Yang Jian said, “Why are you and Liu Qi at the company today?”

“I’m quite busy every day. Mainly, Liu Qi wanted to find me, said he wanted to meet with you, didn’t know how to reach you, so I brought him here,” Zhang Wei said, “Just right, this guy’s treating, let’s go have lunch.”

“Hello, Yang Jian.” Liu Qi seemed a bit pleased to see Yang Jian, though somewhat reserved.

Yang Jian nodded: “Let’s go, find a place to sit, and we’ll talk about anything later.”

Since Liu Qi joined the headquarters, there wouldn’t be any major conflict, at least not like with Sun Ren, who kidnapped Zhang Wei, extorted a detained fierce ghost, and tried to kill me.

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