The King of Curses

Chapter 78 The End
“——That’s probably it.”

In a roadside restaurant, Cen Dongsheng sat in front of Yi Qingyan's aunt and told the story he had spent a lot of brain cells to make up last night.

In short, Yi Qingyan was spotted by his agency and was planning to sign a contract. Maybe for a long time, the girl would have to follow him to another city.

The middle-aged woman opposite looked at him with obvious distrust in her eyes.

Cen Dongsheng took out a prepared document from his pocket and placed it in front of her.

"If you're worried, you can ask a lawyer to come over and take a look. Or I can provide you with advice."

Yi Qingyan's aunt took it and flipped through a few pages, her expression becoming a little surprised.

He spent so much energy to make it look so serious, and even came to question parents specifically. He doesn't seem like a liar.

To be honest, if someone else came and kidnapped the girl, she might not find out until a week or two later, after all, even the teachers at school didn't care much about her.

At this time, Cen Dongsheng took out another thick envelope, pushed it in front of the middle-aged woman, and smiled kindly.

"Here is the signing fee, take a look."

Anything that can be solved with money is not a problem.

The middle-aged woman was stunned for a moment and raised her brows.

"You're asking me to sell—"

"No, don't get me wrong, that's not what I meant." Cen Dongsheng said, "You are her elder. Qingyan wanted to thank you for taking care of her over the years, so she asked me to pass the money to you. Just keep the money for now."

"..."

The middle-aged woman hesitated for a moment, picked up the envelope, and weighed it in her hand.

"If I let Sister Zhizhen persuade me, it would definitely be easy even without using my abilities," he thought.

However, this matter can only be left to him.

"Mr. Cen, I still don't quite understand. What did you see in Qingyan that made the firm take a liking to her?"

"I understand what you mean, but my job is to find rough diamonds. In my eyes, Miss Yi is a diamond covered in dust."

Seeing that she was still skeptical, Cen Dongsheng thought it was time.

"Miss Yi is here today too, I'll ask her to come over."

Seeing the other party nodded, Cen Dongsheng immediately turned around and called out to the figure behind him. A figure who had been sitting not far away with his back to them stood up and walked towards them.

"Come, say goodbye to your aunt."

Yi Qingyan walked up to the two of them and took off her mask and hat.

The moment the aunt saw the girl's true face, she was obviously stunned.

She looked up and felt that the face was both strange and familiar, and asked in disbelief.

"You are... Qingyan?"

"Ah."

Yi Qingyan nodded slightly.

"Yes, it's you, it's you... I remembered your childhood."

The woman murmured.

Yi Qingyan's aunt had seen her when she first came to Tianhai City. At that time, the little girl was delicate and pretty, and it could be seen that she was a beauty.

But gradually, as the little girl's hair grew longer, she only came to see her once every half a month to a month, and she almost forgot what Yi Qingyan's real appearance.

"Are you... sure you want to go?"

Yi Qingyan nodded slightly.

"It's my decision."

"I... see. I agree."

Yi Qingyan's aunt's doubts were resolved. After thinking for a moment, she put the money away and signed the guardian's consent form.

"In fact, if you hadn't come, we would have planned to move to another city in a while. She would have gone with us then. After all, I'm her guardian... We haven't figured out how to deal with this matter yet."

The woman seemed relieved as she spoke.

Originally, Yi Qingyan lived alone at her grandmother's house. She would visit her every two weeks and give her some living expenses, so the burden was not particularly heavy.

But if she moved to another city, it would mean that her family would have to take in a child who is still in high school. More people means more mouths to feed, and it would naturally be stressful to take care of them.

"Oh? Is it a job transfer?"

"Yes, my husband's company needs him to leave Tianhai and expand business elsewhere."

"Where are you planning to move to?"

"Hoju City."

Cen Dongsheng nodded.

as predicted.

I'm afraid that in his previous life, Yi Qingyan eventually moved away with her aunt and her family.

Baozhu City will become a part of the "Cangdong District" in the future; and the earliest records of King Pingdeng's activities started from the Cangdong District.

The doubt in his mind when he first met Yi Qingyan finally had an answer:
Why did King Pingdeng appear in Tianhai City?
In fact, she had lived in this city for more than ten years, and moved to Baozhu City only later.

……

After watching the woman leave the restaurant, Cen Dongsheng turned his gaze back to the girl beside him.

"Auntie, she..."

Yi Qingyan looked at the stairs in front of the door illuminated by the sunlight. After a while, they became empty.

"You were avoiding my sight just now."

"Aren't you used to it?"

"I know that some people... don't like others looking at them directly like this."

"Yes."

"I don't know if I am already a stranger to my aunt, or a burden. She has wanted to abandon me for a long time, and this time she finally has a good excuse..."

she whispered.

"It's possible that I'm overthinking it."

Cen Dongsheng patted the little girl on the shoulder.

"No matter what she thinks, if you want to see her, you can still see her again. By then, it will be easy to ask her questions clearly."

"……Um."

*
in the afternoon.

At the Experimental Middle School Affiliated to Tianhai University, Cen Dongsheng and Yi Qingyan were sitting in the principal's office.

"Is this the person who is going to transfer in?"

The principal exclaimed as he looked at Yi Qingyan, who was dressed like an innocent idol.

"What a pretty girl."

His eyes turned to the tall young man sitting next to her.

"What is your relationship with her...?"

"This is my sister. I am studying at Tianhai University now."

“Then we are still alumni.”

The principal said with a smile.

"Are you planning to transfer to Class 1 of Grade 2? Let Mr. Xu, the head teacher there, show you the way later."

Yi Qingyan blinked.

"Is this okay?"

"Yes, the files have been transferred. I have already checked them. There is no problem."

Who knows who is behind this little girl? She handled the matter specially and all the formalities were completed in just one day. Someone had already informed him in advance, so he naturally did not dare to neglect it. "Old Xu, take your new student away."

Teacher Xu, who was waiting at the door, came over and took them away to take a tour of the buildings on campus.

His attitude was a little too attentive, and he obviously understood that the brother and sister were of "extraordinary status".

"This is the cafeteria and the canteen, so you don't have to worry about getting hungry after class."

"That's the gymnasium. Physical education classes are usually held either on the playground or inside the gymnasium. There's also a big swimming pool inside. Middle schools in other places don't have such facilities at all."

"This is the experimental building..."

Cen Dongsheng echoed Teacher Xu's words along the way, but his mind was mainly focused on observing Yi Qingyan beside him. He found that her attitude was a little absent-minded.

"Okay, that's it for now. The textbooks have been distributed to the seats. You just need to come to school to register tomorrow or during the week."

Teacher Xu said.

"Don't be too nervous. In the first few days, you should mainly adapt to the learning rhythm. If you encounter any problems, please discuss them with me or other teachers. The classmates in the class are also very enthusiastic and you can ask them anything."

"Ah."

Yi Qingyan just nodded slightly and didn't say much.

"It's getting late, and I have classes later."

Teacher Xu saw that the child didn't like to communicate with others, so he tactfully planned to end the conversation. Before that, he issued a final invitation.

"Would you like to come to the classroom and take a look?"

The brother and sister looked at each other.

"Would you like to meet your future classmates? This is considered a first meeting."

Cen Dongsheng asked softly.

Yi Qingyan hesitated for a moment, and finally shook her head.

"…We will meet each other eventually."

Seeing that the little girl was not very interested, Cen Dongsheng understood what she meant and said to Teacher Xu:

"Thank you for your hard work. We won't follow you. We'll just walk around here."

"Ok."

……

After Teacher Xu left, they left the teaching building and came to the playground. They could still see students in groups of three or four. It was unclear whether they were taking physical education classes or skipping self-study classes to hang out.

The brother and sister took a walk and admired the facilities on campus.

Tianhai University Affiliated Middle School is a key school in the city. Both its educational quality and school environment are better than Caixin Middle School where Yi Qingyan previously studied.

Of course, it’s still a school after all, and the feeling of déjà vu is everywhere.

"Brother, I have a question."

Yi Qingyan beside him suddenly spoke.

"Ok?"

"Why... do I still need to go to school?"

"You don't want to?" Cen Dongsheng replied, "If you really don't want to go, you can choose not to come."

"I'm not unwilling, I just want to hear what my brother thinks."

"School not only provides knowledge, but also an environment where you can get along with your peers, which is good for psychological development. However, you are not a real child after all, so I must respect your ideas."

"So, brother, you are a college student, will you continue to go to school?"

"Yes." He shrugged. "I'll probably go to university after the summer vacation."

"Eh……"

"You may have misunderstood. Everyone has a different identity. For us, 'Curse Master' is of course the most important. But when you don't need to worry about it, just treat the school as a place to relax and enjoy life as an ordinary person."

Cen Dongsheng explained.

"After all, there is not much time left to do this."

He estimated that within a year at most, the world would undergo a radical change. At the end of the first wave, Cen Dongsheng's school experienced a "ghost army passing through", and most of the teachers and students were forced to leave the campus, so his university life naturally ended early.

As someone who has been through this, Cen Dongsheng feels that the period before this was quite precious in a sense.

Of course, there is also a most crucial reason, which is that in this era, neither he nor Yi Qingyan needs to be too busy.

Yi Qingyan had the most suitable situation for herself, and Cen Dongsheng only needed to pay attention to the whereabouts of "that thing"; and he himself...

If he hadn't obtained the "Tiger Demon Cloak", he might have been really anxious. Since he couldn't find suitable curses or forbidden items in Jinjiang City and Tianhai City, he would have to go to other places to look for them.

But the situation was much better than he had imagined. Apart from a few incidents related to special forbidden spells/forbidden objects that would still arouse his interest, Cen Dongsheng no longer needed to be busy. He only needed to find a way to lay a good foundation when the troubled times came.

What's more, his "greatest ambition" since his rebirth - the plan to curry favor with someone powerful - has been accomplished, and the degree of completion far exceeded his expectations.

"I understand."

Yi Qingyan nodded.

"I think I can understand what my brother means."

What seems like a boring school life to other students of the same age is, for them, a diversion from the intense and exciting battles.

"It would be even better if I was the same age as my brother and could go to school together."

The two were walking and chatting, and after a while, they noticed that more than one person in the playground was looking at them with curious eyes.

Several groups of girls walking on the track noticed Yi Qingyan, a strange girl who was not wearing a school uniform. She was the same age as them, but was dressed youthfully and beautifully, which was very eye-catching; and the tall man who followed her like a bodyguard.

They began to discuss in low voices who this person was, and some even excitedly speculated whether a TV series was planning to use the school as a filming location.

"See? I have a feeling you'll be very popular in your new school."

Cen Dongsheng smiled and made a joke to the little girl next to him.

"..."

Yi Qingyan didn't say anything, just sighed.

"let's go."

"Okay, let's..."

Having said this, Cen Dongsheng paused.

"Are you going to stay at my house for the next few days?"

“I don’t plan on going home anymore.”

Yi Qingyan raised her pretty face, she showed a faint smile, and her tone was slightly mischievous.

"If my brother chases me away, I'll have nowhere else to go, okay?"

It seems that she is really dependent on it.

Cen Dongsheng originally didn't think it mattered. It was nice to have a lively home. Besides, compared to living with Sister Zhizhen and little Sister Qingyan, he would have less psychological pressure in all aspects.

But the problem is...

"Kill her. Before it's too late, before she gets into any trouble - kill her."

Last night, Sister Zhizhen’s words were still echoing in my ears.

Although An Zhizhen actually meant "leave all matters concerning Yi Qingyan to him", Cen Dongsheng still found it a little scary.

Of course, it is impossible to share this with Yi Qingyan, otherwise it would really be a "Mars hitting the Earth" ending.

The problem is, the two of them are currently living under the same roof, and I am caught in the middle, it is no exaggeration to say that I am sitting on a powder keg——

……

With such a slightly nervous mood, Cen Dongsheng and Yi Qingyan returned home. When Sister Zhizhen came back in the evening, she told him the good news that she had been waiting for for a long time.

"I've received reports of a 'demon' appearing in the nearby mountains."

(End of this chapter)