What if you were targeted by a cool and aloof beauty?

As she was speaking, she paused for a moment.

The aura suddenly weakened, and Jiuge's face flushed slightly. "Your main responsibility is to protect yourself and then... and then help me drive away any irrelevant and terrifying spirits... no, to prevent them from coming over."

An Chen remained silent.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing An Chen's expressionless face, Jiu Ge felt uneasy.

She lowered her head, took a breath, and looked at An Chen again, pretending to be calm.

An Chen was speechless for a moment, then rubbed his forehead and said, "Before that, I have some very basic questions."

"what?"

When she heard that there were other questions, Jiuge's mouth opened slightly, as if she didn't quite understand what she hadn't explained clearly.

An Chen poured two cups of tea, pushed one of them towards Jiu Ge, and then said indifferently, "I don't know much about the association you belong to yet."

Upon hearing this, Jiuge revealed an expression that said, "So you do care about these things."

She cleared her throat and explained, "I don't really know the specifics... I joined the association because of my mother. Up until now, all I know is that our association is made up of people with a certain level of spiritual power. Tasks are assigned from above and then randomly distributed, and most of the work content is kept secret."

“…” An Chen remained silent.

"After all, this kind of thing is inherently mysterious and not known to most people, so keeping it a secret is normal," Jiuge continued to explain.

"So, how do you define spiritual power?"

Nodding, An Chen seemed to accept Jiu Ge's explanation.

"If the maximum score is 100, a spiritual power value of over 50 is considered exceptionally talented. The higher a person's spiritual power value score, the more personal skills, available functions, and salary they can obtain. Our association also only allows people with a spiritual power value of over 50 to join."

Seemingly worried that An Chen, whose personality seemed rather aloof, might be uneasy, Jiu Ge added, "Because I didn't tell the association your name, you're not a member. Don't worry, I'm a loner in the association for personal reasons."

"Hmm, what are you referring to as personal reasons?"

“It’s nothing…” Jiuge’s expression turned cold again as she spoke.

After pondering the cause and effect in his mind, An Chen took a sip of tea and said, "Aside from the possibility of other forces, has the association explained why they are looking for that person who always secretly makes transactions in the middle of the night? What if the other party is just an ordinary person with spiritual power?"

Nine Songs might be fine, but there's still a possibility that Phantom and the Association are in contact.

"As I said before, normal people can't stay with spirits for a long time without any problems, let alone help them or even make deals. You know, even the most powerful people I know can't do that. However, we can't rule out the possibility that the association wants to use him as a guinea pig for dissection."

Jiuge thought for a moment, her expression becoming somewhat serious.

"...dissection?"

"It's just a hypothesis, it shouldn't be that serious," Jiuge said, shaking her head gently.

"Do they often assign you tasks to purify evil spirits?" An Chen asked.

Jiuge gave a wry smile. "Most of it was done on my own initiative."

Hearing this, An Chen was slightly surprised.

"You must be terrified of evil spirits."

"It is my duty to prevent them from harming anyone. Since I have this ability, then it is my responsibility."

Jiu Ge spoke coldly, her expression towards An Chen somewhat puzzled, as if she couldn't understand why An Chen would ask such a seemingly obvious question.

"Do we usually have to exorcise a lot of evil spirits?"

"Not many, relatively few. There have been a few more evil spirits in recent years than before, but there are only a few occasionally, so they won't take up too much of your time. Besides, I can usually take care of them in two or three moves at most."

Looking calmly at Jiu Ge, An Chen nodded. "I understand, but can we first go and purify the evil spirits to protect world peace, and not look for that mysterious genius for now?"

Looking for myself is a complete waste of time and will not yield any results.

"why?"

"I'm scared," An Chen said expressionlessly.

"?"

……

By noon, the cat had adapted to its new environment and was jumping around in the living room.

"Milk Candy, come here~"

"Meow~"

Hearing An Chen call her, Naitang darted up on her short legs.

After petting the cat's head, An Chen changed its food again.

Milk Candy is a cat that An Chen accidentally rescued in the wild a year ago while he was "working". Because it was all white, had a sweet voice, and was a female cat, An Chen named it Milk Candy.

Back then, Milk Candy was still very small and was entangled by a group of fierce spirits.

Surrounded by enemies, it arched its back, its fur standing on end, and let out a soft, babyish growl.

It wasn't until An Chen, who couldn't bear to watch any longer, went over to ask what was going on that he learned that the spirits just wanted to pet the cute little kittens.

Chapter 9 Be confident

Because of her long-term interaction with spirits, over time, Naitang also became like An Chen, completely immune to the floating spirits.

In this respect, it is even stronger than Jiuge.

The rain stopped outside.

After fiddling with the red dagger-shaped crystal in his hand, An Chen glanced upstairs out of the corner of his eye.

Jiuge's door was still half open.

From the moment Naitang Miaomiao started her parkour adventures, subtle noises began to emanate from Jiuge's side.

If it weren't for An Chen's strong intuition, he probably wouldn't have noticed at all.

First, it cautiously peeked out half its head, then quickly withdrew.

In a short period of time, Jiuge kept repeating these two actions, completely unaware of what she was trying to do.

When talking about work and spiritual matters, Jiuge is quite normal and talkative. However, once she leaves these topics and enters her daily life, she gives Anchen the feeling of a socially anxious person who doesn't know how to get along with people and deliberately puts on a cold facade.

An Chen took out the noodles, eggs, and tomatoes she had bought yesterday from the refrigerator and quickly cooked a pot of tomato and egg noodles.

He ladled out the noodles and ate two bowls in a few bites.

After thinking for a moment, An Chen placed another bowl on the outdoor dining table.

He sent Jiuge a message telling her to come down for dinner when she was done with her work, and then went back to his room.

The association that Jiuge belongs to is called the Psychic Association. It was founded in the 1980s and its members are from all over the world and of all ethnicities. The total number of members is approximately tens of thousands.

The association has always maintained a low profile and its work content and nature remain unclear.

An Chen tapped his fingers on the keyboard, trying to search for relevant information on his laptop.

No matter which browser I use, I can only find a handful of related terms, and none of them contain any useful information.

Based on the information An Chen gathered two years ago, the Psychic Association was not a place that advocated charity.

Thinking of this, he sighed softly.

After a while, An Chen lowered his hand and closed the notebook.

At 6 p.m., Milk Candy suddenly started meowing loudly.

When An Chen went downstairs, he found that the cat had eaten all the cat food he had added at once.

Thinking that Naitang hadn't eaten anything the day before because of stress and fear, he smiled and went back to his room to get a can of cat food.

As An Chen stepped out of the room, he noticed that Jiu Ge's door was ajar again.

"If you like cats that much, you can just go down and pet them a couple of times." The scene before him was quite amusing, and he suddenly felt like laughing again.

For the past three years, An Chen has tried to keep his distance from people and has rarely found enjoyment in creatures other than spirits.

"You actually spied on me, how disgusting." Hearing An Chen's words, Jiu Ge opened the door and looked at An Chen with a cold expression.

"...Is it possible that you made it too obvious?" An Chen shrugged and said slowly.

"I don't like cats..." Jiuge's voice suddenly became very soft.

"That is?"

"I just want to know what it's called!" Jiuge said matter-of-factly, taking a breath and her ears still turning red.

"..."

After opening the can of salmon for Naitang, An Chen went to the kitchen.

Judging from the terrible state of the kitchen before, Jiuge must not know how to cook.

He quickly cooked two dishes and served them together on the table.

Jiuge was still squatting on the ground, secretly observing Naitang.

It seems she really loves cats.

During meals, the two maintained their principle of not speaking while eating or sleeping.

After finishing her meal, Jiuge glanced at Naitang reluctantly before saying, "I have to finish my homework tonight. Message me when you're free."

“Mm.” An Chen nodded in understanding.

He knew that professional assignments in literature and education fields were much more numerous than those in other majors.

After taking a shower, An Chen returned to his room.

He opened the window and jumped down gently.

Tonight was a perfect night too.

An Chen only had two classes on Monday.

At 7:40 a.m., An Chen arrived at the classroom early.

Because he had stayed up all night making a deal with a spirit, he was feeling sleepy.

Even the strongest constitution can't withstand not sleeping for two consecutive days.