The disciple of Yue Lao

Chapter 253 Ninth Brother is Injured

When she woke up, Bai Zhi found that the "universal marriage thread" in her pocket was gone. She rushed to Luo Fan's room and asked, "How could you take advantage of the opportunity to steal the red thread from my pocket last night?"

Yesterday, only Luo Fan and she were watching a movie together. Later, she was scared by the movie and fell asleep on the sofa while watching it.

When he opened his eyes, Luo Fan was no longer by his side. The fact that he dared to leave her alone in the living room could only mean that he had secretly taken away her "universal marriage thread". He thought that this way she would not be able to threaten him.

Steal the red line?

Luo Fan was busy going to work. Just as he put on his clothes, Bai Zhi rushed into his room angrily.

"I do not have."

Luo Fan denied it, sitting on the bed and continuing to put on his shoes, "Look again to see if you dropped it somewhere. The movie you chose yesterday was really scary, I didn't dare to watch it and hid in my room, and fell asleep unknowingly. I don't know what time you watched it, and you are so angry all of a sudden, it really makes me feel very wronged!"

"I've searched under the sofa, but there's nothing there. If it wasn't you, who else could have taken it?" Bai Zhi only suspected Luo Fan. Seeing Luo Fan walk past her and go to the bathroom to wash up, she shouted even more angrily, "I'm telling you, even if you took the red string from my pocket, it doesn't matter. I'll have a second, third, and fourth one."

"I know, but it really wasn't me who took it. Do you really have to put this blame on me?" After washing up, Luo Fan picked up his briefcase and left.

Bai Zhi looked at Luo Fan's back and angrily punched the sofa next to her.

If not him, who else could it be?

Bai Zhi's brain was working quickly. Luo Fan's parents said they were going out for a trip these days, Luo Ke basically never went home, and there was no one else at home.

Could it be... Xia Yu?
Bai Zhi's fists gradually clenched, his eyes full of hatred: Xia Yu, I warned you. Since you want to ruin my good thing, don't blame me.

……

As soon as he arrived at the company, Luo Fan remembered that Bai Zhi said the red string in her pocket was gone. If the red string was indeed not taken by him, there was only one possibility, Xia Yu had been to his house.

When did she take it?

Then didn't she see all the actions between him and Bai Zhi that went against their will?
Luo Fan was worried that Xia Yu would misunderstand him and was in no mood to continue working. He found Luo Ke and Zhou Hai privately and asked them to meet in a coffee shop which was empty at the time.

"Xiao Ke, I have to go out for something today. Please help me deal with the boss, and Bai..." Luo Fan hesitated to speak.

"I know, I know." Luo Ke answered with understanding.

Her brother wanted to sneak out to find her sister-in-law. She knew that her brother was not the kind of person who would change his mind frequently. How could he really fall in love with someone else?

"Brother Fan, where are you going?" Zhou Hai wiped his glasses with a piece of cloth and asked Luo Fan in confusion: "You are not going to take leave again to accompany that 'dog skin plaster'?"

Zhou Hai knew that Luo Fan was particularly annoyed with Bai Zhi, so he was not polite to Bai Zhi at all. In addition, Meng Xiaodong also complained about Bai Zhi in his ears, and Zhou Hai's impression of Bai Zhi was extremely bad.

"It's not her." Luo Fan took out his own cell phone and handed it to Zhou Hai, whispering, "Let's exchange phones. It's turned off now because it's been installed with a 'monitoring' system. Lend me your phone and you take my phone and make sure it's always in the company. You two have to help me fake the signs that I'm working overtime in the company."

"It sounds exciting... like being an undercover agent..." Zhou Hai was not afraid, he was just worried that he would lose contact with Meng Xiaodong. But when he thought that Luo Fan was his best brother, he had no way of refusing.

"Brother Fan, if you can't use your phone for the whole day, wait for me to report to my baby Dong and ask for her approval."

A few minutes later.

"Okay, take it! Haha~ You should thank me at this moment. I have your wife's WeChat and phone number on my phone, so you won't be unable to contact her."

After exchanging mobile phones, Luo Fan used Luo Ke's mobile phone to record several recordings, helping Zhou Hai and Luo Ke to use the recordings to have subsequent conversations, creating the illusion that "he was working in the company and working overtime."

……

Seeing that Xia Yu was eager to get away, Luo Fan changed into inconspicuous clothes, disguised himself as a "cleaner", and left the company wearing a hat and a mask.

The traffic on the road was heavy, so Luo Fan quickly got a taxi and headed straight to the Earth God Temple. Xia Yu was not at the Earth God Temple, so Luo Fan used Zhou Hai's phone to call Xia Yu, but "no one answered," so Luo Fan went to the Moon God Temple, but couldn't find anyone at either place.

Probably because of the "flood of universal marriage lines" in the mortal world at this time, the few pilgrims in the Yue Lao Temple have disappeared. It can be said that now there is no one except a few Taoist priests in the temple.

Seeing the statue of Yue Lao in the temple, Luo Fan hurried in, kowtowed, lit a stick of incense, made a pious wish to Yue Lao, and then stood up to leave.

"Cough...cough..."

Suddenly, two "coughing" sounds were heard from behind the statue. Luo Fan thought it was Yue Lao appearing in spirit, so he immediately knelt on the prayer mat with a "thump", kowtowed again, and said sincerely: "Yue Lao... Master... please allow me to call you like Xiaoyu. Bai Zhi and I are really not suitable. I hope you can cut the red string between me and Bai Zhi and find another good match for her..."

Seeing Luo Fan's sincerity, the man behind the statue walked out with difficulty, supporting the statue.

"You are kind to Junior Sister... ahem..." Gu Baili Nianniang staggered out, glanced at Luo Fan, and continued: "...you are quite sincere."

"Nine... Senior Brother?"

Luo Fan immediately got up and looked around to see if anyone was around. He then stepped forward to support Gu Baili who was unsteady on his feet and asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"

"I was ambushed by someone, so I had to come and hide here with my master." Gu Baili said while holding his chest and coughing continuously.

When Gu Baili arrived at the temple, several Taoist priests were chanting. He waited until they finished their chanting and left before sneaking in.

"What happened?" Luo Fan also became anxious. He wanted to ask Xia Yu, but changed the topic and asked, "Ninth Senior Brother, who plotted against you?"

At this time, the voices of several Taoist priests were heard outside. They were discussing that even if there were no pilgrims, they had to clean the temple thoroughly.

When Gu Baili heard the voice, he immediately hid behind the statue of Yue Lao.

He came here with a glimmer of hope that he could contact his master through the statue, but he tried several times and failed.

"Ninth Senior Brother." Seeing Gu Baili hiding from the Taoist priests outside, Luo Fan quickly followed him and hid. He asked in confusion: "Since this is the Yue Lao Temple, those Taoist priests should help you, right? Why are you still hiding from them..."

Gu Baili kept silent, with only intense hatred in his eyes.

Luo Fan didn't ask any more questions. Since Gu Baili wanted to hide, this was not the place to talk.

"Ninth Senior Brother, you can't be hidden here." Luo Fan thought about it and suddenly remembered his hometown located in a rural valley. No one has lived there for more than ten years.

"Your situation..." Luo Fan looked at Gu Baili, who seemed to have no injuries but was completely unable to stand steadily, and asked worriedly: "Can you still use the spell of 'instantly moving'? I will take you to my hometown. The terrain there is rugged and has been deserted for more than ten years. It is definitely a good place to hide."

Niaowo Village, the village is like a huge bird's nest, surrounded by mountains. Luo Fan's hometown is at the bottom of the huge bird's nest.

How to describe it? It's like a huge "U" shape, with narrow paths winding and undulating and going vertically down the mountain. If you slip or go off the track, you may fall down the mountain.

The village is surrounded by fog all year round. One day more than a decade ago, experts from the city came to survey the terrain. They walked for two days and one night to reach the village. The survey result showed that this place would soon experience a landslide if it encountered "continuous heavy rain". Once the landslide occurs, the mountains on all sides will collapse, burying the villagers of Niaowo Village.

Therefore, the government built resettlement housing for immigrants, and all the villagers of Niaowozhai moved out. Luo Fan's parents bought a house in the city, and the whole family moved there.

Unexpectedly, Niaowo Village has not experienced any "landslides" so far, but it has been uninhabited for more than a decade, and the path leading to the village is overgrown with vines, weeds and trees. It has long become a barren mountain, which is not only difficult to walk on, but also more dangerous.

"How far is it?" Gu Baili asked, supporting his heavy body.

"It takes three hours by car to reach the top of the mountain. The village is at the foot of the mountain, but the path to the bottom of the mountain has been closed. If you insist on walking, it may take about two hours." Luo Fan replied.

"Let me try."

(End of this chapter)