A Manual for Surviving a Weird World

Chapter 388 Emerald

Ning Zhe glanced at the rearview mirror and saw He Nianjun, dressed in a bright red dress, sitting upright next to Bai Zhi in the back row, still holding the almanac in her hand, which had been turned countless times.

Fortunately, Ning Zhe had already memorized the day's fortune in detail. He took out a small, palm-sized notepad from his pocket and wrote down the day's fortune with a ballpoint pen:

[The second day of the eighth lunar month]

[Suitable for: cleaning, trading, opening a business, hanging plaques, and offering sacrifices]

[Avoid: Planting, logging, raising livestock, burial, and funeral processions]

This notepad is a reflection of the notepad that Plumeria usually uses to record the number of moves in a game of Go.

Upon seeing the handwriting on the notepad, Plumeria quickly understood Ning Zhe's meaning. She hung up Ning Zhe's call and called Meilin, casually making up a strange procedure similar to a sacrificial ritual, which included several things that should be done today.

As long as you follow this fabricated ritual procedure step by step, it's equivalent to triggering all the auspicious events of the day, instantly receiving the Snake God's blessing, and enjoying great fortune all day long.

Soon after, several black cars drove into the courtyard. The drivers and the medical staff inside were all extremely lucky individuals who had completed the ritual procedures. The serpent god's favorites quickly found Plumeria in the flower garden.

Professional doctors and nurses unpacked Plumeria's hastily treated wound and properly cleaned, sutured, and bandaged it again. Inevitably, some minor accidents occurred during this process.

For example: accidentally dropping the bottle when opening medical alcohol, accidentally tearing a blood vessel while suturing a wound, or gauze on a tray rolling off the floor and no longer being sterile...

Despite the many unexpected incidents, they were all minor and harmless. The overall treatment process was completed smoothly, and Plumeria quickly returned to her bedroom.

"Indeed, the great fortune bestowed by the summons has to some extent offset the misfortune brought by [Fenwu], otherwise I could not have been healed so smoothly."

Plumeria tore off the note indicating the day's fortune and set it alight, then set it on fire. She watched as Ning Zhe's handwriting turned to ash in the flames, the flickering flames reflecting a hint of excitement in her dark pupils: "Master, are you watching me? I know you must be somewhere nearby..."

Her soliloquy was not a product of ignorant blind faith, but rather the result of rational thought. Like most bizarre events, the scope of the summoning rules was limited—at least the size of Hejia Village.

Beyond this range, it is no longer the territory of the Serpent God. Breaking taboos will no longer be punished, and Xunyi will no longer be favored. However, the doctors and nurses that Meilin found actually improved their luck and offset some of the bad luck through the ritual she fabricated. This shows that Zhaoyou's true form is nearby.

This is the territory of the Serpent God, and the Serpent God's master—Ning Zhe—is nearby!
"Ah... Master, you really do care about me." Plumeria held the ashes from the burning note in her palm, pressed them against her chest, and looked completely ecstatic.

The bedroom door creaked open, and a nurse in a white uniform appeared in the doorway. Plumeria's fervor and ecstasy vanished instantly, replaced by a hint of anger. She looked coldly at the nurse in the doorway: "I told you not to come in without my permission. Did you knock?"

The nurse didn't answer, she just stared at her.

"Are you deaf?" Plumeria frowned.

The nurse's gaze swept across the bedroom before finally settling on the girl before her. She said calmly, "Tell me, where is your master?"

Upon hearing this, Plumeria's pupils contracted sharply: "It's you!"

Furious!

Or rather, the former holder of Fenwu!
Yes, what I can think of, others can naturally think of as well. Not to mention that person is an ascendant who controls [Furious Desolation]. He knows the rules of Furious Desolation like the back of his hand, so how could he not have predicted the current situation?
It's likely that long before his gambling game with his master even began, he had already prepared to pay out [Fenwu] as a wager.

He probably already knew that Ning Zhe would be hiding somewhere nearby, providing her with the protection of the Snake God, long before the group of medical staff completed that 'ritual'!
"So you're trying to pinpoint your master's location through me..." Plumeria's pupils trembled, a resolute glint flashing in her eyes: "Don't even think about it."

The nurse stepped forward and slammed her knee into the girl's abdomen. Already injured, Promelia couldn't dodge in time and was knocked to the ground. A semi-automatic pistol clattered to the floor, followed by a gunshot; the bullet pierced the nurse's neck. "Looks like he's not here..." the nurse chuckled, then lay lifeless on the ground.

She is dead.

The gunshot startled Mary and the other medical staff downstairs. The sound of footsteps echoed up the stairs. Plumeria collapsed onto the carpet, curled up in pain, clutching her lower abdomen. She looked at the pistol lying on the floor and the nurse's body with some surprise.

What happened?
Despite the excruciating pain in her abdomen, Plumeria tried to piece together what had just happened:
"Just now, in order not to implicate my master, I was about to commit suicide with a pistol."

"The nurse saw through my intention, knocked me down, and stopped me."

"My pistol fell to the ground and was accidentally knocked off the trigger, causing it to fire."

"The bullet that went off accidentally pierced the nurse's neck, and she died instantly."

"Before she died, she said, 'It seems he's not here...'"

A warm hand patted Plumeria's shoulder. Meilin, her expression anxious and eyes red, knelt beside her. "Miss, are you alright? What happened in the bedroom?"

"I'm fine... Tell them to go downstairs, I need to call the Lord..." Plumeria said haltingly, enduring the pain.

Seeing her weak state and pale face, Meilin felt heartbroken, but she still gritted her teeth and followed Plumeria's instructions to send away the medical staff who rushed over after hearing the news, and closed the bedroom door.

The bedroom, with its doors and windows tightly shut, was now empty except for the two half-sisters. Plumeria took out her phone to call Ning Zhe, only to find that the screen was cracked and the phone wouldn't turn on; it must have been broken when she was knocked down.

Without asking Mary for a spare phone, Plumeria pulled out her notepad and began to describe in writing what had just happened and her doubts:

[...Then, the nurse was struck by misfortune; she was accidentally shot and killed by a pistol that had fallen to the ground.]

[But she should have already completed the ritual and gained the highest level of favor from the Serpent God, enjoying immense good fortune. Why was she still killed by misfortune?]

[The way Fenwu controls a person is not by possession or replacement, but by rewriting their memories. In other words, even if the nurse is controlled by Fenwu, she is still the same person, and the protection of the Snake God should still be there.]

Why did this happen? Has the serpent god's protection failed? Have you already left?

In the underground parking lot of the Yun City Municipal Hospital, in the Kyushu inland region, thousands of miles away.

Ning Zhe sat in the passenger seat and finished reading Plumeria's written description. A faint smile appeared on his distorted face.

He picked up a pen and wrote a few lines on the sticky note:

Well done, my dear Promelia, thanks to you.

You are safe now. 'He' won't try to get close to you or cause you trouble anytime soon.

Because I already know what the core rules of 'Anger' are.

(End of this chapter)