The ultimate master in the city

After listening to Su Sungua's explanation, Liu Zhenguo felt both uneasy and a little excited.

That night, I downed a bottle of baijiu and fell asleep feeling dizzy. The next morning, I got up early, tidied myself up, and went to find the boss. I bluntly stated, "I heard your daughter is sick. I'm sorry, but I, a mere security guard, can cure her."

The shop owner was a little confused, thinking to himself, "Why is this kid talking so recklessly?" He asked him, "Are you alright? You can even cure illnesses?"

Liu Zhenguo thumped his chest loudly, "A family healer's secret technique, cures all ailments instantly!"

The boss was moved. He had thought about the last time the boy retrieved timber from the ravine, but he couldn't figure out how the boy had managed to do it. He had assumed the boy had some extraordinary abilities, but he never expected that the boy could also treat illnesses.

The boss only has one daughter, who has been in a coma for three years. They've been to countless hospitals with no improvement, and have now given up on treatment. If this kid could be cured, that would be wonderful. So he asked Liu Zhenguo, "Is it really possible?"

"Really...possible!" Liu Zhenguo hesitated for a moment, then nodded through gritted teeth, adding, "However, I have a condition!"

The boss said, "Go ahead!"

Liu Zhenguo said, "No one in the world can cure your daughter's illness except me. If I cure her, she has to be my wife! No backing out."

The boss sized up Liu Zhenguo. Although the young man was in his early thirties, he had thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a handsome appearance. More importantly, he was reliable and didn't have the malice of city folks. After all, his daughter was going to die anyway, right? He nodded: "Okay!"

Liu Zhenguo was overjoyed and quickly went out to Nanmen Street, where he bought a serving of stinky tofu and a serving of pure milk. He then turned a corner and went to the supermarket to pick up a bottle of aged vinegar.

When he returned to his boss's house, good heavens! The boss, his wife, all his relatives, and a whole roomful of people were waiting to see how he would "come back to life."

Liu Zhenguo was a little flustered, but remembering Su Sungua's instructions, he calmed himself down, went into the boss's daughter's room, put the stinky tofu on a plate, poured pure milk on the stinky tofu, then held the plate next to the boss's daughter's left ear. After waiting for half a minute, he put the plate on the bedside table, and finally took the old vinegar bottle, opened the lid, and stood by the table without moving.

The boss and his family were dumbfounded. They had been waiting for a long time, wanting to see how he would miraculously cure the disease. But all he did was make a plate of stinky tofu soaked in milk and a bottle of aged vinegar. He looked like an idiot. Could he have something wrong with his head?

The boss also realized this was unreliable and said with a stern face, "Xiao Liu, if you dare to mess with me, you're fired tomorrow!"

"Wait a little longer! Wait a little longer!" Liu Zhenguo said pitifully, while thinking to himself, "My dear Uncle Gua, please don't lie to me."

If you ask him what he meant by doing this,

What a coincidence! This boss's daughter isn't actually in a vegetative state; she's been possessed by evil spirits. Some might ask, how come there are evil spirits everywhere?

But this story isn't actually that dramatic; many people in a vegetative state may have had similar experiences to her.

This evil spirit is called the Ear-Crawling Man. It's not a real evil spirit, but in a more fantastical way, it's called a "Heart Demon." It's a strange thing that comes out of your head when you're bored. It crawls into your ear, and just as you're about to wake up, it starts chatting with you and pulls you back down, and you just stay asleep like that.

This thing doesn't eat grains or cereals; it can survive by talking to its host, but it likes the smell of milk and foul odors, and it's naturally afraid of acid.

Su Sungua probably discovered this thing, which is why he made a promise to Liu Zhenguo.

……

The group waited anxiously for several minutes, but still saw no sign of the boss's daughter waking up. Just as they were about to get angry, they suddenly noticed a pair of small red footprints, about the size of broad beans, appearing near the boss's daughter's ears. The footprints slowly made their way to the head of the bed, jumped off the head of the bed, and then climbed onto the table.

"Whoa—"

Everyone tensed up, and Liu Zhenguo was extremely nervous as well.

Then the little footprints reached the plate of "milk-soaked stinky tofu" and suddenly a hazy, illusory little person appeared, three inches long, with purple skin and glowing eyes staring at the plate.

Liu Zhenguo gritted his teeth and cursed, "You little brat, prepare to die!"

They poured a whole bottle of aged vinegar over there, which ended up soaking the little man.

The little man let out a miserable scream, white smoke billowing from his body, and howled, "My Mother who nurtured me has no mercy! My life is over!"

No one knew what it was talking about. It turned into a pus-filled mass, dripping down the table. Meanwhile, the boss's daughter groaned and woke up.

……

Liu Zhenguo saved the boss's daughter and became incredibly famous. Everyone in his family and friends admired him, and even a hospital invited him to do research together.

Leaving aside the digressions, let's talk about the boss's daughter. This girl happens to be a fan of older men. Knowing that Liu Zhenguo saved her, she often clung to Liu Zhenguo. Before long, their relationship blossomed into romance.

Then, naturally, Liu Zhenguo became the boss's son-in-law.

From then on, Su Sungua would come every ten days or half a month to give Liu Zhenguo all sorts of advice and suggestions.

Within two years, all of the boss's businesses were under Liu Zhenguo's control. Not only that, he also started a furniture factory and a toy factory, making a name for himself.

At this moment, Su Sungua came to take his leave, saying that he had given him everything he wanted, and that he was going to devote himself to cultivation and would not see him again. He told Su Sungua to take care of himself.

At first, Liu Zhenguo was reluctant to part with her, but he gradually came to terms with it. In the following twenty years, he never saw Su Sungua again, and he thought that was how his life would end.

Unexpectedly, not long ago, Su Sungua, whom I hadn't seen for decades, suddenly came to visit again. He didn't look old, but he looked particularly miserable, covered in blood and in a sorry state.

Liu Zhenguo was quite frightened and said, "Uncle Gua, why do you look like this? What happened?"

Su Sungua spoke urgently, "Let's get to the point. Thirty years ago, Master Ziyun appeared in a dream to me and your father, telling me to go on a long journey to hide from Xiaohua. He warned me not to touch water on the way. Your father entrusted me with the family's wealth and saw me off. However, I completely forgot Master Ziyun's instructions halfway through the journey. Not far from the mountain, I came across a small lake, squatted down to wash my hands, but as soon as my hands touched the water, I cramped up and fell in, drowning!"

Liu Zhenguo was startled. "So you're saying you're a ghost?"

"Don't interrupt! Listen to me!" Su Sungua said urgently, "After I died, I met Xiao Hua, and she dragged me into the mountains to live. Then I absorbed yin energy and became a ghost in the desolate mountains. I know some ghost magic to play tricks on people."

I thought things could go on like this forever, but a few days ago, the King of Bazhong Mountain passed by and summoned the mountain gods of all the mountains to capture the wandering ghosts and send them to the underworld, as if to clear the path to the underworld and join forces to deal with the Scattered Flower Ghost King! Now, Xiaohua and I have been captured by the mountain god of Tiger Head Mountain and imprisoned in the mountain jail, and we are about to be sent to the underworld to be tortured.

I bribed the guards and found the maidservant of the Tiger Head Mountain God, who was also the old snake girl Honglang from back then, to help me. She told me that as long as the sacrifice was done properly, she could spare our lives. I have no relatives in the mortal world, so I thought of you, and that's why I rushed here to find you. You must help me!

I like the novel "The Strongest Master in the City".