The work of the Go master

Just as Ke Zhiguang was about to leave after getting his beloved little spray bottle back, two elementary school students suddenly rushed up, grabbed his arm, and frantically pulled him into the house.

"Hey lady, what are you doing! How can you just kick out a customer like that?"

"Quickly, go prepare some snacks and treat him well!"

"Sir, please come inside and have a seat. Otherwise, you'll be disrespecting us!"

Bai Mengyinyu was stunned by her sister-in-law's sudden enthusiastic gesture.

"What are you two doing?" Bai Mengyin asked.

At this moment, her younger sister leaned over and whispered in Bai Mengyin's ear, scolding, "I want to ask you what you're doing, sister! Sending away your boyfriend who took you home like this, is that something a human being would do?"

Bai Meng was taken aback and quickly retorted, "He's just my classmate."

"That's not important. What's important is that we've already accepted him. You can tell just by looking into his eyes!"

"Eyes?" Bai Meng was puzzled.

The two elementary school students saw it clearly: when Ke Zhiguang entered the room, he kept a close eye on his surroundings, as if he were a guardian.

So tall and so handsome, this is the kind of person you can entrust your life to!

And so, Bai Meng was pulled into the house by her younger sister to prepare some snacks, while Ke Zhiguang was also pulled in by his younger brother.

Although Ke Zhiguang didn't understand why the two elementary school students were so enthusiastic, he also felt it was necessary to come in and check.

Since the mission requires defeating the Lord of the Swamp, this person must have some special connection with Bai Mengyinyu, even if it was just a brief encounter. Perhaps clues can be found at her house.

Let's also take this opportunity to see what we might get if we kill her later...

Passing through the corridor, you arrive at the living room, which is a Japanese-style tatami room with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the courtyard.

I'd only ever seen this scene in manga before, and being here now was incredibly evocative. It made me want to sit in the courtyard in a yukata under a full moon and whisper, "I want to become a righteous... pshaw."

"What's your name, brother?" Guan Lian, the younger brother, asked eagerly.

"Ke Zhiguang".

"The name is quite strange."

"International students, you know."

"That person must be very rich!"

"It will definitely happen in the future."

Guan Lian started asking questions in a friendly manner, as if she were filling out a wedding ring information form.

Outside the paper door, Xia Kui, the younger sister, was urging Bai Mengyin Yu to bring in some snacks, slapping her lower back repeatedly.

"Take the initiative! Big sister, this is your chance to show your feminine charm! No man can resist this!" Xia Kui said in the tone of a sixty-year-old mother who had never held a grandchild.

"Stop filming! Stop filming! I've already said we're just classmates, I'm just fulfilling my duty to entertain a classmate."

Rice crackers and green tea were served, following the familiar Japanese routine. After a soft thank you, Ke Zhiguang immediately began to enjoy them.

"Hmm? This senbei tastes pretty good?"

Could it be that the props she reveals in the future will be this rice cracker?

“Right? As long as you stay at our house, you can eat as much as you want!” Xia Kui immediately agreed.

After Xia Kui entered the battlefield, it immediately became a two-on-one situation. Bai Mengyinyu sat awkwardly to the side, watching her younger siblings, who were several years younger than her, chatting and laughing with Ke Zhiguang.

These two look like parents, don't they?

"Could you show me around here?" Ke Zhiguang asked.

Looking at just one living room isn't enough; we need to look at more places.

Xia Kui and Guan Lian were stunned.

Touring the house?

Is progress really this fast?

“No problem, no problem, I’ll take you to see it right away! You can even see my sister’s bedroom if you want!” Guan Lian immediately pulled Ke Zhiguang up.

"Wait! You said you can look anywhere?" Bai Meng trembled.

Xia Kui immediately pulled Bai Meng back and continued to whisper, "Don't worry, big sister, we have our bottom line. Unless he really has the nerve to ask us to look at your wardrobe, we won't open it for him."

"No, no, no, this isn't about having a bottom line, it's about having no bottom line at all! Even if he really begged, you shouldn't open the closet!"

After a lot of noise, the whole house was explored. We observed the places that needed to be observed, and... we didn't observe the places that shouldn't have been observed much.

Ke Zhiguang had a general idea.

The furniture was simple and the environment was clean, suggesting that only the three siblings were using the place.

My family wasn't well-off, but it wasn't the kind of terrible situation where people were chasing me for debts. On the contrary, we had a simple and leisurely kind of happiness.

Nothing unusual was found, and the system did not issue any warnings.

Ke Zhiguang reorganized his thoughts and realized that he might have overestimated the phenomenon of symbolic spirits turning evil. In fact, apart from Bai Mengyinyu, the only other person he had ever seen turn evil was Yoshida. It was possible that Yoshida's extremism was just due to his personal peculiarity and did not mean that everyone would be extreme.

"I'm sorry, if I stay any longer I'll miss the last bus. Goodbye." Ke Zhiguang still chose to leave, and the two little ones around him couldn't persuade him to stay.

"Okay, goodbye," Bai Mengyinyu said. Although she was touched and missed the long-lost liveliness at home, she really had no reason to stay any longer.

However, the moment Ke Zhiguang stepped out of his house—

Boom!

Thunder rumbled in the sky.

Then a torrential downpour began.

this......

A rainstorm has trapped me here...

[Special Item: Weather Doll] Activated successfully.

Ok?

If I remember correctly, its effect is to change the weather at a critical moment, meaning that in this item's eyes, now is the critical moment?

Bai Mengyinyu stared blankly at the heavy rain before her. Could it be that the next part of the story is...?

Behind her, her younger siblings high-fived each other, as if celebrating God's help.

"Report, I... I feel like I can't leave." After a long while, Ke Zhiguang stiffly turned around and scratched his head.

Chapter 46: But the eaves where we sheltered from the rain?

In the dead of night, all the lights in the houses went out.

Strangely enough, the moment Ke Zhiguang turned off the light and lay down, the torrential rain outside immediately subsided, as if it had calculated that he would not be able to get up and go home.

Even stranger, when Bai Mengyinyu took a shower, she returned to her room to find that the roof was leaking, so she had to change rooms.

Strange things continued. Bai Meng had planned to squeeze in with her sister, but found that her room also had a leak. Xia Kui decisively chose to move to the study, saying that the study was too small to fit two people, and that her sister should go find Guan Lian.

Bai Meng had no choice but to squeeze in with her younger brother, but he said that he was too old to sleep in the same room as his sister.

To be honest, the two leaks in this room look like they were caused by someone.

It was as if it was done hastily and deliberately during the few minutes she was in the bathroom.

—What are you two little devils up to?!

And so, Bai Mengyinyu rolled up her bedding and moved to the living room, sleeping in the same room as Ke Zhiguang.

Fortunately, the living room is big enough.

The feeling of sleeping on the floor and sharing a room with other people, especially a male, is quite unique.

"I'm so sorry to have you sleeping in a place like this," Bai Mengyinyu said apologetically, clasping her hands together in front of her chest.

"Sleeping here feels pretty good. It easily reminds me of the memories of sleeping on a makeshift bed in the living room with a straw mat when I was a child," Ke Zhiguang said, lying on the bed and looking out at the dark night. The sound of rain falling in the courtyard was especially peaceful.

"That's quite a special memory... Was it with your family?" Bai Mengyin asked.

"Yes." Ke Zhiguang paused for a moment before answering, not expecting the other person to bring up family.

He knew that the other person's parents had passed away long ago, but he didn't expect that he couldn't even find their portraits in this room.

Either the relationship is terrible, or they don't want to face the truth.

"Have you heard anything about my family?" Bai Mengyinyu suddenly asked.

I've heard a little bit about it.

"Since you've heard it before, I'll speak freely then." Bai Mengyinyu unconsciously wanted to tell some bedtime stories.

The night has this magic that makes you want to say something to the person sleeping next to you for no reason.

—In this situation, it shouldn't be a problem to complain about some things, right?

“My family is actually a very ordinary working class. My father is good at Go and is an amateur Go teacher. My mother also has a certain income. I learned Go on my own by studying my father’s books and practicing.”

“You must have exceptional talent. If you had pursued a professional career from the beginning, you would have been very successful,” Ke Zhiguang said.

“I’m not that talented. I started playing Go by myself when I was 5, and I was only at the amateur 3-dan level when I was 14. Those truly talented children would have reached that level by age 11 if they taught themselves,” Bai Mengyinyu said, her voice unusually soft in the night.

"But later, my parents borrowed some money to start a business, but they passed away unexpectedly right after the money was spent, and the debt suddenly fell on my shoulders." Bai Mengyinyu said this without any displeasure, having already accepted reality.

"A lot?"

"It's a little... a lot, but not too much, just five million. Actually, considering the trends of recent years, it's not a huge amount. For graduates from prestigious universities, it's just a few months' salary."

Will I be chased by debt collectors?

"No, I've already discussed it with the creditor. He will support me through college, and then I'll work to pay off the debt."

"Sounds like the creditor is actually quite nice?" When Ke Zhiguang heard the word "creditor," he couldn't help but think of those villains who forced high school girls into prostitution at knifepoint.

"It's not good at all. During this period, the creditors will include all the expenses paid to our family and then gradually add interest... I've calculated that even if I can get into the University of Tokyo, study economics hard, and get a job at a good company after graduation, it will still take a year and a half to pay off the debt. During this period, my quality of life will not be very high."

But Bai Meng's tone quickly changed, becoming light and optimistic: "By then, I'll only be 24 years old, still quite young, and I can still do what I want to do, like traveling, raising pets, and... falling in love."

The last three wishes were spoken in increasingly softer voices.

Ke Zhiguang mentally calculated the current timeline and felt that her idea might not be reliable.