I've never felt happy to become an immortal.

Chapter 53 The rumors gradually became outrageous

The landlord thought it was better to do it today than to wait for another day, so after receiving Bai Xuan's call, he immediately notified the decoration designer.

As soon as Bai Xuan left, the designer arrived at the community, ready to look at houses and start design work.

The landlord was happily discussing how to renovate the house next when he suddenly heard a series of thudding sounds coming from the neighbor's house, like some kind of percussion instrument.

The neighbor's door opened, and the landlord asked with a smile, "Are you beating the child?"

The neighbor said angrily, "My child is already in college. Is it too late to beat him now?"

"Then what are you doing, making such a big noise?"

"I was just lying down when suddenly several cockroaches came scurrying out of my house." The neighbor said with an unhappy expression, "Have you forgotten that a few years ago, an old man who collected scrap moved into our building. His house looked like a garbage dump, and the whole building was filled with cockroaches that crawled out of his house!"

"I remember that." The landlord also moved out for this reason: "But I remember he moved out and the house was cleared out?"

"Do you think it's that easy to clean up bugs? We don't even know where they live." The neighbor sighed. "Actually, I almost forgot about them. I haven't seen them in half a year. How come they suddenly appeared again today? You should go inside and take a look. Maybe you can see some."

"How is that possible?" the landlord said confidently, "When I checked the room just now, it was spotless. I didn't see a single bug!"

The neighbor closed the door: "I have to go get some insecticide."

After saying that, he hurried away.

The landlord was a little embarrassed and assured the designer, "There are definitely no cockroaches. I just saw it with my own eyes!"

Then he opened the door, and before he could say anything, he saw a black spot on the ceiling moving rapidly.

boom--!
The landlord closed the door and said with a serious expression: "I must have opened the door incorrectly."

The designer smiled awkwardly: "Well... maybe before renovating, we should prepare a plan to exterminate insects throughout the house."

"Impossible." The landlord opened the door and saw some black Cantonese-style elves. His scalp tingled. "I didn't see them when I checked the damage just now. The tenant never mentioned the existence of cockroaches before. How could cockroaches appear as soon as I left? This is too much of a coincidence!"

The designer tried to ask: "Does he have any method to get rid of cockroaches?"

"It doesn't look like that. I didn't see him buy any insecticide or anything, and there wasn't any strange smell in the house."

The landlord pushed open the bedroom door and the sunlight came in. The room was spotlessly clean.

"This room is very clean. No cockroaches crawled in."

The landlord was puzzled.

But he had no choice but to take the designer to quickly look at the house layout and then left. For some reason, the number of cockroaches in the empty room seemed to be increasing.

When I arrived at the property management office, I saw several owners arguing as soon as I entered.

"Old Hu, are you here also because of the cockroaches?"

"Yes." The landlord nodded. "Your family showed up too?"

"That's right, I don't know where it came from!"

"Didn't the property management say that they had eradicated all the pests last time?"

"More than half a year has passed, and it's popping up again!"

"We must find a more reliable pest control company and a professional team to wipe out all nine of its clans!"

At this time, all the owners were very angry.

If you leave it alone, you might wake up with a strange taste in your mouth, or find a black tentacle falling out while you're brushing your teeth...that would be a horror story.

The property management had no choice but to say that they would arrange it as soon as possible.

The landlord sighed. If the insect problem couldn't be solved immediately, he would probably have to sell the house and buy another one.

The security guard standing guard nearby was chatting with his colleague, saying, "Brother Bai just left today, and cockroaches are crawling out here. Isn't that a bit strange?"

"No way, you've read too many novels. Bugs don't care who you are. I think he's just chasing away cockroaches, right?" the colleague responded reasonably.

He does not mean that.

After getting in the car, the designer suddenly asked, "Did the tenant just move out today?"

"correct."

"There were no bugs before he left; after he left, the bugs suddenly appeared?" the designer asked again.

"That's right." The landlord was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "You graduated from a prestigious university after all. You shouldn't believe in such metaphysical things, right? How could such a coincidence happen? I guess I just didn't notice it when I went to assess the damage."

The designer said, "Mr. Hu, you saw the money tree in my company."

"I saw it."

"Most people who do real estate-related business believe in metaphysics and understand feng shui," said the designer.

"You mean, I should ask a Feng Shui master for help?" the landlord asked tentatively.

"No, no, no, I just took a look. The furnishings in your house are very ordinary. There's no feng shui at all." The designer shook his head and said, "Besides, this house isn't at the point where it needs to be feng shui-conscious. Even if there's something dirty, a statue of Guan Gong will be enough."

The landlord didn't understand: "What do you mean?"

"Your home doesn't have feng shui arrangements, but you didn't have insect infestations before. Even the entire building didn't have insect infestations, and that was half a year ago, which happened to be the time when your tenant moved in." The designer lit a cigarette, puffing out white smoke.

"Are you trying to say there's something special about that guy? But he looks just like an ordinary guy." The landlord said stubbornly, "At most, he's kind of... handsome."

The designer smiled and didn't explain: "You can go back and look at it again now and compare it carefully, and you will understand why I think so."

"But I'm hesitant to take your business. I can introduce you to other designers, but you should look for someone else." The landlord frowned unhappily. "Not really, just some bugs. I heard you have a good reputation..."

"I'm a businessman, a rather timid one at that. I don't like taking risks." The designer took a deep drag on his cigarette. "It's mainly because you were anxious to decorate the house for your wedding, so you kicked them out early..."

"I didn't rush you. I said you just need to move out within this month."

"That's not important," the designer confessed. "It's mainly because I don't want to be associated with this matter anymore. It's a bit mysterious, so I'm afraid of getting into trouble... It's just a business deal. I'll return the deposit, that's all."

After he finished speaking, he put out his cigarette, left the community, and drove away without looking back.

The landlord was a little annoyed and turned back to his house to figure out some solution.

After waiting for half an hour, he suddenly opened the door and ran out sweating profusely. He almost bumped into someone, fell down, and was almost disfigured.

The patrolling security guard helped the man up and asked, "What are you doing? Why are you running like that?"

"I have to invite them back, I have to set up a table to apologize to them..." the landlord said breathlessly.

The property security guard looked puzzled: "Please stop for a moment, explain the situation clearly, and calm down. If there is anything, we can discuss and solve it, okay?"

The landlord said a few words, then realized he couldn't explain himself clearly, so he pulled the security guard back into the room to take a look.

A few minutes later, the security guard also came out, his expression obviously not right.

They all saw a very clear fact.

There were a lot of cockroaches in the room. They crawled everywhere, but they avoided the bedroom with the door wide open and the floor of the living room. They only dared to crawl on the ceiling and walls... The scene was as weird as it could be.

During this time, the security guard even plucked up the courage to put on gloves, caught two cockroaches and tried to throw them into the bedroom.

The cockroach had just landed on the ground when it ran out of the room at an extremely fast speed and hit the wall at an extremely fast speed.

With a snap, it exploded and died.

No other cockroaches dared to approach the traces left by the dead cockroach.

The security guard just felt his scalp tingling.

Because this is totally inconsistent with the habits of this species!
Cockroaches will eat their dead counterparts, but now when they see the corpse of one of their own kind, they are actively avoiding it just because it entered the bedroom.

The security guard immediately looked at the landlord with admiration. "Mr. Hu, I don't know what to say right now... but I have to give you a thumbs-up. Most people in our neighborhood know that Mr. Bai is no ordinary person, yet you were able to kick him out so quickly."

The landlord wiped the sweat from his forehead, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "How could I know that? I didn't do it on purpose. I was just in a hurry to renovate the house, and the rent has been refunded. He also agreed to move out on his own initiative... I, I didn't do anything wrong."

"Maybe so."

The security guard thought that Brother Bai didn't seem like someone who would deliberately harm others. He had a good personality and spoke nicely. Moreover, he didn't show any resentment when he left. He was as free and easy as ever.

It is estimated that these cockroaches dared to come back because they sensed that the person had left. It has little to do with him. It’s just that the person is gone, but the scent is still there, so the insects dare not get close.

After all, this thing had been making trouble half a year ago, and it only settled down during the time he was here.

The security guard sighed heavily and turned to walk out of the room.

The landlord hurriedly chased after him: "What should we do now?"

"What else can we do? Wait until the company comes to exterminate the pests tomorrow." The security guard replied, "Even if you go find Brother Bai now, it's no use. He's gone, so how could he come back to live here? The bugs only came back because they saw him leave. I don't think they're deliberately trying to retaliate against you. They're not that petty."

The landlord finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Yeah, yeah, he won't bother with me."

As he spoke, he took out a half-pack of cigarettes and handed it over: "Well, don't tell anyone about what happened today!"

The security guard refused to take the cigarette. "No, no, no, I can't accept this cigarette... I can only promise not to tell anyone, but I'm sure a lot of people will have some thoughts."

Just as the security guard guessed, all kinds of rumors soon spread in the community.

"What?! In the room he stayed in, cockroaches would commit suicide if they entered it?"

"What?! He's actually being disliked by cockroaches?"

"What?! He's been turning all the cockroaches into a healing solution for the past six months?"

Various outrageous versions of the rumors gradually increased.

The person who left the community was unaware of this.

He had just arrived at his hometown at this time.

He got off the car at the intersection, carrying his suitcase and walking slowly towards me.

The scenery of the old streets in the old city remains the same, but there are fewer people.

In front of the Old City God Temple, there is a nearly century-old ginkgo tree. The leaves rustle in the wind, as if saying welcome back.

Bai Xuan looked at the City God Temple located in the corner between the buildings on both sides. A hint of sandalwood incense wafted from the temple.

Although I have seen it many times.

But he still couldn't help sighing.

There is still a sense of life in the temple, but there is no real City God anymore.

He had never seen any righteous god in this world, no matter how tall the temple was or how shiny the golden body was.

Bai Xuan said to the dog who was standing beside him with a solemn expression, "As a human being, you still have to believe in science... The same goes for dogs, don't be superstitious."

Big yellow dog: "Woof?"

(End of this chapter)