The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 321 The Child I Pushed (10)

"Cough cough cough cough..."

A violent cough woke Qian Xiaoyi up. He raised his head sleepily. His arms were numb from resting on the stone table. Qian Xiaoyi wiped his saliva, looked at the figure who was still coughing, and asked, "Why are you coughing again? Didn't you take your medicine?"

He stood up and walked towards the old Taoist priest who was wearing an ordinary black Taoist robe and had gray hair, and patted him on the back.

The courtyard was a little hazy in the sunlight at dusk. After coughing for a while, the old Taoist priest finally straightened up and said, "...I took it. I took the medicine a long time ago. It's okay. It's an old illness. You know it."

Qian Xiaoyi said, "People say that Taoists live longer, but you are only in your early 70s and you cough like this. If pilgrims see you, they will think you are not a good enough Taoist priest. Then the money for incense will be taken away by those bald monks nearby."

"Nonsense~" The old Taoist glared at him and said, "You can't give it to anyone but those fake monks. They are all fat and smell like meat. I saw with my own eyes that abbot and his mistress being affectionate with each other that time..."

"What?! There is such a thing!" Qian Xiaoyi immediately became interested: "I'll go get some melon seeds, and you tell me in detail!"

The old Taoist priest waved his hand and said, "What the hell! You get excited when I mention this kind of thing! You have no respect for your elders. Have you cooked today's meal?"

"It's still cooking. I guess it will take a while to steam it." Qian Xiaoyi said, "I say, shall we buy you something to nourish you? Some deer penis or dog treasure? You are too weak. What on earth did you encounter that year? You are always mysterious."

"Nothing, it's all over." The old Taoist priest showed a look of reminiscence on his face: "...It's all over."

"Tsk, forget it." Qian Xiaoyi said, "I'll go see if the dishes are ready. Today's dish is a hard one, so you have to eat two more bowls of rice."

After a while, he returned to the yard with a large plate of braised pork and said to the old Taoist priest who had his back to him, "It's time to eat. There are still two dishes. Don't eat them first~"

He was about to turn around to bring other dishes when his wrist was suddenly grabbed by the old Taoist priest.

"You..." The old Taoist stared at Qian Xiaoyi with a serious expression and said:
"You went anyway? Didn't I tell you not to go?"

Qian Xiaoyi's relaxed expression slowly calmed down, and he said, "But I'm already here. Who told you not to tell me what happened back then? So I can only check it myself."

"I didn't tell you because there's no need. You don't need to do anything. It's none of your business." The old Taoist priest stared at him and said anxiously, "It's too dangerous there, much more dangerous than back home. Come back. I didn't ask you to go there! It's not too late to come back now!"

"But you're already dead." Qian Xiaoyi said, "And this was my own decision. You have no right to teach me a lesson because you are just my perception of you in my mind. Who told you to die so early? You can't control me anymore."

"You idiot, why are you so stubborn... Alas~"

With a sigh, all the surrounding scenery turned into dust and disappeared, leaving only a dazzling sunshine.

"Hmm..." Qian Xiaoyi woke up. He squinted his eyes and raised his hands to block the dazzling sunset shining in from the window. He opened his coat, sat up from the sofa, scratched his head, and muttered, "What time is it? It's time to go eat..."

Qian Xiaoyi took out his cell phone and checked the time, then yawned. He put on his clothes and prepared to go out for the party.

What kind of banquet are you attending?
Of course, it is the most important meal of the year - the New Year’s Eve dinner.

It was already February, and the previous investigation was still going on. The new project of "Horror Night GO" also needed to be put behind the already decided project, so everything was proceeding step by step in the past two weeks, and we would be ready to start the action in a few days.

However, today is the New Year's Eve, so Qian Xiaoyi plans to take two days off. Now he is going to attend a hometown gathering organized by the Chinese community and have a good meal.

After picking up Inuyama Heita at the apartment, they rode their bikes to their old place - Shanwailou. After all, he had promised before that he would let Inuyama Heita see what real New Year's food is, instead of those cold New Year dishes.

"There are so many people!" Inuyama Heita looked at Shanwailou in surprise. If the business was usually good, it was so crowded now that the noisy sounds coming from inside could be heard from outside.

Qian Xiaoyi said, "Because it's New Year's Eve, it's the Spring Festival, there must be a lot of people in this kind of Chinese gathering place~ Let's go in."

Inuyama Heita asked with some concern: "Is this really okay? I'm not Chinese, is it okay for me to attend this kind of event?"

"It's okay." Qian Xiaoyi waved his hand and said, "I've asked around, and many people bring their local friends to eat here. We have a saying here, 'One more person means one more pair of bowls and chopsticks.' You can eat as much as you want. If there's any leftovers on the table, just pack them up and take them away. It's no problem."

"That's good." Inuyama Heita breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid of encountering an awkward situation where everyone else was Chinese and he was the only Japanese.

Ken whispered in Inuyama Heita's ear: "Pack more, Inuyama. Slurp~ Just looking at the food inside makes me drool! Although I don't have drool... By the way, do you want me to possess you? This way we can eat more!"

"Don't even think about it." Inuyama Heita rolled his eyes.

They walked in and, under the guidance of the waiter, came to the top box.

As soon as he entered the door, Qian Xiaoyi bowed happily and said, "Happy New Year, Happy New Year, and wish you prosperity, Brother Zhang~"

"Brother Qian, you're finally here? This table is waiting for you! You're a big celebrity now, and I can't invite you normally."

Zhang Chunfa, who was wearing sunglasses, saw Qian Xiaoyi coming and immediately stood up from his seat, invited Qian Xiaoyi to take a seat, and introduced him: "This is the recently famous psychic detective, Qian Xiaoyi. He has been in Japan for less than a year, but he is already so famous. The future of this young man is limitless."

"Mr. Qian, I watched your show."

"Dude, I haven't seen you for a while. You've become so awesome. No, we have to take a photo together."

"Mr. Qian, nice to meet you. Please take care of me. I'm from Yamada Real Estate..."

"Brother Qian, we meet again. Do you remember the last time you checked the Feng Shui for my store?"

The fellow villagers at the table immediately stood up one after another to shake hands with Qian Xiaoyi. They came from all over the country, from China and Japan. Many of them were merchants on the nearby streets. Some came to Japan to settle down, some came to do business or had business dealings with Zhang Chunfa. Many of them had met Qian Xiaoyi before.

"Now that everyone is here, let's get started." After everyone was seated, Zhang Chunfa raised his glass and said, "Happy New Year, cheers."

"Happy New Year."

"Cheers~"

(End of this chapter)