Shen Xinyue repeatedly shook her head. She wasn't as lustful as Lu Jingzhe.
Even if she wanted something to happen with Lin Feng, it would be between her and Lin Feng alone. Three people together was too embarrassing; she couldn't loosen up and wasn't that shameless.
Just as Liu Mengyao and the others imagined, while they were making cakes downstairs, upstairs was like a private movie screening. Lu Jingzhe's unrestrained sounds were truly something else.
She was screaming so seductively, she almost broke her throat.
Liu Mengyao and Su Qingya's faces flushed red upon hearing it, thinking Lin Feng was still as vigorous as before.
Unknowingly, both Liu Mengyao and Su Qingya started to feel something. Their hearts itched, and they had no intention of continuing to make cakes.
After a full hour, Lin Feng finally came downstairs, refreshed.
"Miss Yaoyao, Qingya, Xinyue, I have something to tell you all. I might have to accompany Jingzhe back to the provincial capital tonight."
"Her sister, Gu Yu, is getting engaged today, and I can't miss it."
Lin Feng announced.
Just now, he learned from Lu Jingzhe about the Lu family's joyous occasion. Lu Jingzhe's younger sister, Lu Guyu, had found a boyfriend, and the Lu family was holding an engagement banquet that evening.
"Do you still need to tell us? Jingzhe already told us, and we're all going."
Liu Mengyao gave Lin Feng a glare. The sisters were together all the time and could talk about anything, so Lin Feng was the last to know.
"Ah? You all knew? I thought this was a secret."
Lin Feng's old face reddened slightly, feeling a bit awkward.
"Only you thought it was a secret. We know much more than you do. Guyu's boyfriend is called Chen Fan, a successor of the Ghost Valley Divine Doctor, with superb medical skills and a very handsome appearance."
"It's said that in the provincial capital, many important figures regard Chen Fan as an honored guest and call him the Medical Saint."
"Chen Fan, leveraging his profound medical expertise, also invested in the Lu family's pharmaceutical company and produced a product called Yangshen Dan, which is now selling exceptionally well."
"Tang Wan's Shen Tang Group has been surpassed by Yangshen Dan, ranking only second in the pharmaceutical sector."
"Do you know all this? You're only concerned with your own matters and don't care about anything at home."
Liu Mengyao's tone became a little annoyed when she brought these things up.
Lin Feng was slightly surprised upon hearing the name Chen Fan.
So this guy was showing off his superiority all the way to the provincial capital, and had secretly developed Yangshen Dan to surpass the medicine produced by Tang Wan's company.
Was this guy showing off a bit too much?
Lin Feng smiled, thinking that the mission to seize Chen Fan's destiny was not yet complete.
This was the perfect opportunity to dampen Chen Fan's arrogance.
"By the way, where is Xia Xue? Why has Xia Xue been so quiet lately?"
Lin Feng, knowing the girls had some complaints about him, immediately changed the subject.
"Xia Xue seems to have become a professional 'haunted house tester.' The last time she visited, she said she wanted to challenge her weaknesses."
Su Qingya replied.
"Haunted house tester? Is Xia Xue out of her mind?"
Lin Feng was startled by Su Qingya's answer.
He wasn't very familiar with the profession of haunted house tester, but he had seen people on short video platforms making money by live-streaming their experiences sleeping in haunted houses.
This profession primarily relied on courage.
But why would Xia Xue, a young woman, do something like testing haunted houses instead of something else? Wasn't she just bored out of her mind?
"Xia Xue is different from us. She used to be a captain, specializing in criminal investigation. Now that she's retired from the front lines, she's bound to challenge new things."
"I actually think the haunted house tester job suits her well, testing her courage and bravery."
Liu Mengyao was very supportive of Xia Xue's work.
"Mengyao is right. Besides Xia Xue, none of us would dare to try such a job."
"I heard that the haunted houses Xia Xue tests are places where murders have occurred, not just normal deaths. Who would dare to stay there?"
Shen Xinyue felt scared just thinking about it.
"How about this, I'll go find Xia Xue. You all wait here for me. We'll go to the provincial capital together when I get back."
Lin Feng was worried about Xia Xue's safety and decided to check on her personally.
"Will there be enough time then? If we're going to the provincial capital, we'll have to book flights soon."
Shen Xinyue reminded him, worried Lin Feng would miss the engagement banquet.
"There's no need to fly, I have arrangements. You just wait for me to get back."
Lin Feng said, then went out.
He sent Xia Xue a WeChat message, asking for her location.
Soon, Xia Xue replied to Lin Feng's message: "Why are you asking where I am? Have you returned to Qingcheng?"
"Yes, I heard you found a new job, one with some danger. I'm coming to see you."
"What danger is there? It's just testing houses where people have died. I've tested several houses already, and nothing has happened."
Xia Xue was dismissive. She was an atheist and, unless she saw it with her own eyes, she didn't believe in ghosts or gods.
"Just tell me your location. I miss you, can't I come see you?"
Lin Feng said helplessly.
"Oh, then come over. It's quite boring being alone anyway."
Only then did Xia Xue send her location to Lin Feng.
Lin Feng followed the location and found that Xia Xue was testing an apartment building that was rented out to the public.
The apartment building was located near the city center. It was built by a real estate developer back then. Due to the high compensation for demolition, the entire apartment building was compensated to the residents as resettlement housing.
As a result, each household received quite a few properties, with some getting two or three units, and others even more than ten.
With so many houses, they naturally had to be rented out.
Over time, this building was rented out by locals to young people working in Qingcheng.
As Lin Feng entered the building, he felt a chill down his spine.
Logically, this building had relatively good lighting, and the local climate was mild.
Yet, the interior of the building was very cold, even a bit eerie.
Most strangely, Lin Feng noticed that very few people lived in the building. He waited at the elevator for a long time but saw no one coming or going.
Even the old man in charge of guarding the entrance was asleep, lying lazily on his chair.
The old man had a newspaper covering his face. Lin Feng walked over, removed the newspaper, and whispered, "Grandpa, don't sleep, wake up."
Lin Feng's actions startled the old man awake.
He blinked sleepily and said lazily, "Young man, are you here to rent a place? Listen to Grandpa's advice, this building is very eerie. Go rent somewhere else."
"Grandpa, what do you mean?"
Lin Feng was surprised by this unexpected information and asked curiously.
Seeing that Lin Feng was completely unaware, the old man immediately took Lin Feng for a new migrant worker in Qingcheng.
He patiently explained, "Young man, to be honest, quite a few people have died in this building recently, all young people like you."
"There are also ghost wails in the middle of the night, very frightening."
"I think this is the work of vengeful spirits seeking retribution. You should leave quickly."
As the old man said this, he couldn't help but shiver all over.
"Grandpa, if it's so eerie, why are you still guarding here? Aren't you scared?"
Lin Feng found the old man quite interesting and asked one more question.
"What am I afraid of? Grandpa is so old, I've lived enough."
"And don't be fooled by how eerie this building is, young man. The salary for security guards here is over ten thousand a month."
"If the salary wasn't so high, Grandpa would have gone home to relax long ago."
"This ghost place, young people are scared and unwilling to work, so only this old man is fearless."
As the old man spoke, he stood up, picked up three incense sticks, and bowed towards the statue of Guan Erye at the entrance.
Seeing the old man's demeanor, Lin Feng thought that the old man wasn't fearless either; he was just doing it for the money.
"Grandpa, I'm not here to rent a place. I'm here to find a friend. My friend is in 2604."
Lin Feng said.
The old man suddenly realized, "Oh, it's your girlfriend, right? Grandpa has seen her. The little girl is quite pretty and insisted on testing haunted houses."
"This girl is very stubborn. Grandpa couldn't stop her no matter what, she insisted on moving in."
"That room is even more eerie. Not long ago, a girl was dismembered, her head was cut off."
As the old man spoke, his entire face was trembling with fear.
"That serious?"
Lin Feng was also startled.
"Take Grandpa's advice, get your little girlfriend out of here quickly. This building is too eerie at night. Grandpa doesn't dare to walk around carelessly."
The old man then, from somewhere, took out a basin for burning paper offerings and, in broad daylight, squatted at the entrance to burn paper money.