Chapter 37: Temptation
To Wei Ran's surprise, when he saw Yu Youwei the next day, Yu Youwei was as calm as if nothing had really happened last night.
Of course, everything happened last night, and even the God Eater Beast was still in Yu Youwei's sight, and the God Eater Beast told her that when its spiritual power grew to a certain level, it would be able to possess entities, but until then, it could only exist in Yu Youwei's sight. Yu Youwei discussed it for a long time before it agreed to return to Yu Youwei's afterglow, but the God-devouring beast was no longer a small black dot, and even in the afterglow, Yu Youwei was occasionally startled by it.
As for Wei Ran, Yu Youwei had a lot of ideas, but she didn't want to be controlled by emotions, she hadn't fully digested everything the God Devouring Beast said, she didn't want to go to Wei Ran to match at this time, so she was ready to calm down and talk to Wei Ran again.
Wei Ran didn't cook much, but he still tried his best to make up a breakfast with meat and vegetables, Yu You sat down calmly and took a sip of the milk that Wei Ran took out of the refrigerator, "Remember to heat it up next time, you can use the microwave oven or that white pot, my stomach will be uncomfortable if I drink such ice in the morning." ”
Wei Ran nodded, "Okay." ”
"I have to go to work today, your injuries are not completely healed, just rest at home today, wait for me to add your fingerprints to the fingerprint lock at the door, and you can enter and exit freely in the future."
"Okay."
After Yu Youwei left, Wei Ran lay in the room for a while, and he couldn't stand it, so he cleaned up. He has to do a lot of work in the Taoist temple every day, and staying in good health like today is a rare experience for him, and it is a little unblessed.
Yu Youwei is very busy at work, and often travels, many things that are not commonly used at home are covered with a layer of dust, these small bits and pieces are not too boring to clean up, and it is very time-consuming, he likes this entertainment very much.
Just as he was polishing the knick-knacks in the living room and preparing to cook himself noodles and rest for a while, a knock on the door rang out just in time.
Yu Youwei didn't tell him that someone would come before he went out, nor did he say that there was anything like express delivery or takeaway, he could only open the door first, and the person standing outside the door was Zhang Chongzhi.
Zhang Chongzhi seemed to be very sure that he was the one who opened the door, and a friendly smile was already ready on his face, which appeared in time when Wei Ran opened the door to the right angle.
Wei Ran was very surprised, when he saw Zhang Chongzhi yesterday, he just thought that it was a coincidence that he and Yu Youwei lived opposite the door, but today he obviously came to find him.
"Brother Wei, it's really good that you're here." The smile on Zhang Chongzhi's face did not decrease, and he raised the red wine in his hand, "I have always been worried that I will not have a chance to thank you properly, and when I saw you yesterday, I thought that I must come to thank you today." ”
Wei Ran smiled noncommittally, if Zhang Chongzhi really just wanted to thank him, why did he come while Yu Youwei was at work?
Seeing that Wei Ran didn't mean to let himself in, Zhang Chongzhi said very colorfully, "Go to me, it's just time for lunch, I'll have some wine and food." ”
Wei Ran readily agreed, pulled his slippers and followed Zhang Chongzhi to his house, he didn't know how familiar Yu Youwei and Zhang Chongzhi were, and he didn't know whether it was appropriate to invite Zhang Chongzhi into the door, since Zhang Chongzhi proposed to go to his house, he had no worries.
Zhang Chongzhi quickly ordered a sumptuous meal, and while setting up the tableware, he made tea for Wei Ran.
Wei Ran calmly accepted Zhang Chongzhi's warm hospitality, he always felt that Zhang Chongzhi had a strong curiosity about him, since he was responsible for answering questions later, it was normal to collect some tuition fees in advance.
Sure enough, after greeting for a while, Zhang Chongzhi got to the point, "Brother Wei, I pride myself on being curious about the universe, and I can accept any species when I find it, but this trip still expands my cognitive scope, I didn't expect that revenants and evil spirits really exist." ”
After speaking, he pretended to joke and said, "I don't know where Brother Wei learned this method of slaying demons and eliminating demons, and I also want to learn it." ”
"It's too late for you to learn now." Wei Ran said very bluntly, "I grew up in the Taoist temple since I was a child, and I have been learning Taoism since I was a child. ”
"Taoism?" Zhang Chongzhi was stunned, no wonder he had never heard that Yu Youwei had such a powerful friend, and he met him on a business trip.
"Then, what is the strength of this monster we encountered this time? Uh, I mean, if you meet someone more powerful, someone like you, can you still solve it? ”
Wei Ran raised his eyebrows, "More powerful?" With his ability, he might die there this time, and he was thinking about cultivating all the Dao techniques he had learned before but had not fully digested in the next time.
"For example......" Zhang Chongzhi hesitated if he could say that word, after all, he didn't know Wei Ran's details, but his curiosity about the answer still overcame his reason, "For example, ancient divine beasts and the like." ”
After speaking, he added in one more move: "I mean if, look, I am reading the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", Zhang Chongzhi raised the book in his hand, and wanted to express that his question was really not well thought out, but just happened to be seen in the book.
"Since it's a divine beast, it's naturally beyond the reach of manpower." Wei Ran didn't have any waves on his face, but he was horrified in his heart, could it be that he knew the secret of Yu Youwei's body?
Immediately, Wei Ran vetoed his guess in his heart, there were few people left who knew Bi Fang's legend, and it happened to appear next to Yu Youwei, and the chance was even more minimal.
Zhang Chongzhi tried many times, but Wei Ran went around in circles, and he didn't get any information he really wanted to know. Wei Ran was also very aggrieved, Zhang Chongzhi's questions were very sharp, and each question wanted to point to the essence through the phenomenon, how could this be possible?
In this way, the two ended their absent-minded lunch very happily and said goodbye to each other.
Wei Ran opened the door and found that Yu Youwei had returned home and was preparing lunch.
"You're back?" Yu Youwei is a fast food expert, and a row of fast food is spread out in front of him: ramen, instant noodles, fried rice noodles, Xuzhou rice noodles, "Which one do you like?" ”
Wei Ran, who had eaten a tasteless meal at Zhang Chongzhi's house, saw that these instant noodles were very appetizing, and pointed to the fried rice noodles, "I want this." ”
Two portions of fried rice noodles were cooked, and the two of them chatted while eating.
"Where did you just go? You gave me the card, what do you do with the money? Yu Youwei was so spicy by the rice noodles that he burst into tears.
"I've tied my card to WeChat and Alipay." Wei Ran replied without raising his head.
Yu Youwei was surprised, when she first met Wei Ran, Wei Ran was still an isolated little Taoist priest who had never used a mobile phone, and now he didn't need to teach him anything by himself when he lived here.
"Your colleague across the door came to me, and I went to sit with him for a while." Wei Ran thought about it, but still told Yu Youwei.
"Huh?" Yu Youwei didn't care, "He probably wants to thank you, in fact, I'm not very familiar with him, I only know that he is P University, oh, it's one of the best universities in our country, I guess it's looking for excitement, I have to come to a second-rate newspaper like us, or I have to come to the Ministry of Paranormalcy." ”
"Hmm." Wei Ran replied casually, Zhang Chongzhi became more and more suspicious in his heart, and he decided to list Zhang Chongzhi as a key suspect in the next time.
"Why did you come back at noon? Isn't it a whole day to work? Wei Ran asked without words.
"I'm a little tired today." Yu Youwei lied, in fact, it wasn't that she was too tired, but she didn't get along well with the God Eater Beast, and said that it would hide in her afterglow, but it would always run to the center of her sight out of boredom, causing her to hardly do any work this morning, so she simply pretended to go out to run errands, and returned home to communicate with the God Eater Beast.
Thinking of this, Yu You looked at Wei Ran, if Wei Ran was a trustworthy person, she would really like to share the matter of the Devouring Beast with him, but ......
"Wei Ran, can you tell me about what happened to us in the ancient tomb?" Yu Youwei decided to give Wei Ran another chance.
Wei Ran's eyes were deep, he glanced at Yu Youwei, and then lowered his eyes, his long eyelashes covered his eyes, so that Yu Youwei couldn't see through what he was thinking at this time.
"If you want to know anything, you can ask me directly, and I promise I won't hide anything." is as smart as Wei Ran, since Yu Youwei already knows everything, it is impossible to pretend to be out of the way and ambush beside her, it is better to exchange information and discuss countermeasures together, he thinks that Yu Youwei is a very chivalrous girl, and she must not mess around.
"That monster, was it burned to death?" Yu You thought about it for a long time, and felt that if the question was too direct, he might not be able to bear it, so he decided to think about it slowly.
"Yes." Wei Ran replied very simply, without the slightest hesitation.
Seeing that Wei Ran answered so thoughtlessly, Yu You was a little reluctant to ask the following questions. If everything the Devourer said was true, then one thing was for sure, she had thought that she had survived the hard days before and that everything in the future was in her own hands, but in fact, on the contrary, the days ahead would only be more difficult.
"Was it burned to death by a one-legged bird?"
"Yes."
"Is that divine bird in my shadow?"
"Yes."
"Is it an ancient divine beast, is it a red flame Bifang?"
"Yes."
"Is it trying to devour my soul and resurrect me?" Finally, Yu Youwei asked the most critical question.
Wei Ran hesitated for a moment, raised her eyes and looked at Yu Youwei, her hands were clenched tightly, her fingers were a little white because she was too hard, as if she was afraid to say the answer by herself, but her eyes were full of determination. He knew that Yu Youwei was very strong, no matter what difficulties she encountered, she never flinched, and he also sympathized with this girl who worked hard to live, but he had to say that cruel answer at this time.
"Yes."