Chapter 003 Water Vapor
Xu Lai asked her to tell him about it.
"When I first entered the room, the three of them had something painted on their bodies, bright red. I thought it was blood at first, but then I touched it and found out it wasn't," said Chen Duo.
"The landlord is quite brave." Xu said.
"Of course! Are you going to listen or not?" Chen Duo was annoyed. She had a pair of yin and yang eyes. She had seen those unclean things every day since she was a child. It was impossible not to be brave. This was nonsense.
"Listen, keep talking."
"Those things are like they are branded on the skin and cannot be wiped off, but in the blink of an eye, they are suddenly gone. Don't you think it's strange? Let me make it clear in advance that I am definitely not seeing things," said Chen Duo.
Xu Lai asked her to describe in detail what she saw.
"It looked like some symbols of different sizes, twisting around. It looked weird, and I couldn't tell what it was because I had never seen it before," recalled Chen Duo.
"Can you draw a few and see them?" Xu Lai asked.
"Just wait." Chen Duo took out his phone and drew a symbol on the screen. After he saw it clearly, he drew two more. "I just remember these few strokes are the simplest. My drawing is not exactly the same, but it's almost the same."
Xu Lai asked a few more details and said, "This is a Yin tattoo, and it's a rune tattooed on it."
"What is that?" Chen Duo was stunned.
"It's a tattoo technique that you can't see at all unless you have the ability to see ghosts and ghosts," Xu said.
"There is such a thing!" Chen Duo was shocked.
"When you went to see, the three of them had rosy faces and bright lips, but their bodies were cold, they had no breathing and no heartbeat, and there were no wounds on their bodies?" Xu Lai asked again.
"Yes, yes, how did you know?" Chen Duo was surprised.
Then he said, "In fact, when you first went in, the three of them were not dead yet. They were not really dead until their pubic tattoos faded away."
"Ah?" Chen Duomu didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Don't think too much. Even if you knew they were not dead at that time, you couldn't save them." Xu said.
Chen Duo was speechless. This sounded like a comfort, but why did it make her so angry?
Besides, how could the three of them still be alive when their heartbeats were gone? This guy is just a half-baked mage, maybe he is just talking nonsense!
"The ones you just drew are a kind of runes, which are tattooed on people's bodies using the technique of piercing the Yin. When the runes penetrate the body, the person will die. Afterwards, there is no trace or form, and ordinary people can't detect it at all. By the way, landlord, do you want to rent this house?"
Chen Duo had been nodding her head at first, but she didn't expect him to jump to another place all of a sudden. She was stunned for a moment and said unhappily, "I'll rent it to you, I'll rent it to you!"
"What about the rent?" Xu Lai asked.
"I'll reduce your price by half." Chen Duo was not angry.
"The landlord is so nice! It's settled then. When will we sign the contract?" Xu said.
"Why are you in such a hurry? Let's wait until tomorrow. When you move in, let me know and I'll help you." Chen Duo said.
Then I heard him say, "No need, I have all my things with me, I can stay here tonight."
Chen Duo sweatdropped. What on earth was this guy doing here?
"That won't work. There are no sheets or quilts. How are you going to sleep?" Chen Duo said. Although the furniture and electrical appliances are all available, there is nothing else.
Xu Lai pointed to the sofa and said, "We can stay here for the night."
"Okay, okay, whatever you want." Chen Duo was really defeated by him and slapped him the room key. "Let's wait until tomorrow to sign the contract. You can live here first. Your rent will not be charged before the contract is signed."
Xu Lai took the key and said with a smile, "The landlord is so generous." He took off his backpack and threw it on the sofa.
"Well, it's only one or two days away." Chen Duo said, looking at the sky outside, and said, "How about we go downstairs and have a meal together to celebrate your joining us?"
"Okay."
The two closed the door and went downstairs.
When I came out of the community, the rain had stopped, the air was moist and smelled particularly fresh. The lights were on and the streets were crowded with people.
Chen Duo took him to a nearby restaurant, sat him down by the window, and ordered some dishes. Chen Duo said there were several shopping malls nearby and he could go there to buy some daily necessities after dinner.
Xu Lai wrote down the address.
"You can buy toothpaste and towels there. Duvet covers and sheets are more expensive there, so you can buy them online," suggested Chen Duo.
Who would have thought that he said online shopping was not very convenient, so he would just buy everything there.
Chen Duo sweated a little: "Brother, you think it's troublesome to shop online? Take out your phone."
Xu Lai took out a keyboard phone with a screen so small that it was almost invisible.
"You just use this?" Chen Duo was speechless. What kind of person is this? He actually uses such an antique.
"Yes, in the past, being a mage mainly focused on simplicity." Xu said.
"Change it quickly, it's not keeping up with the times." Chen Duo said, "What do you want to buy? I'll buy it for you first, sheets and quilts, right?" Then she opened her mobile phone.
Xu Lai simply picked out two sets, bought some daily necessities, and wrote down Chen Duo's cell phone number: "I'll give it to you with the rent next time."
"It's okay." Chen Duo said, looked at him, and asked curiously: "When did you start doing this?"
"About six years old." Xu said.
"Is this true?" Chen Duo didn't believe it at all. "Then you don't have to go to school?"
Xu said: "I never went to school. I learned everything by myself."
"So you don't even have a high school diploma?" Chen Duo was shocked.
Xu said yes.
“You’ve been wasting so many years, and in the end you didn’t even learn the skills of a mage, and you don’t have any academic qualifications. Isn’t that too miserable?” Chen Duo felt a little pitiful just thinking about it.
As soon as she said this, she immediately realized that she had said it too directly. Fearing that it might hurt his self-esteem, she hurriedly added, "Haha, it's okay. Education is not that important now."
The two chatted for a while, and then Chen Duo got up to go to the bathroom.
Xu Lai sat there and looked around for a while. This restaurant was quite popular with many customers. After a while, he saw Chen Duo coming out of the bathroom, but she didn't walk over here immediately, but went to another table.
There were about six or seven people at the table, all young people, both men and women. Chen Duo seemed to say something to one of them, and Xu Lai thought she had met a friend, so he didn't think much about it. At this time, the waiter brought the dishes up, and he helped to take them down.
When he turned around to look again, he saw that Chen Duo seemed to have a conflict with the people at that table and started quarreling.
He was just about to go over to take a look when he saw two waiters coming forward to try to stop the fight. Chen Duo came back with a dark face and sat down on the chair angrily.
"What's going on?" Xu Lai asked.
Chen Duo pointed to that table and said, "Do you see that woman? The one with long hair and a white skirt?"
Xu came over to take a look, nodded and said, "I see, she's pretty."
"Who asked you this!" Chen Duo was angry.
"Then what is the question?"
"Pretend to go to the bathroom and go over to see if the woman is covered with a layer of water vapor?" said Chen Duo.
Xu Lai glanced over there again and said, "It really is."
Chen Duo was so angry. How could he see anything from such a distance? Even if he wanted to be perfunctory, he couldn't be so perfunctory!
"I am a magician, not like you." Xu said.
"Let's eat." Chen Duo was too lazy to argue with him. She sulked alone and picked up a piece of black pepper beef fillet with chopsticks.
"Who is this person, your friend?" Xu Lai asked while eating.
"Who is her friend?" Chen Duo said unhappily, "She is my former classmate. We were in the same class in elementary and middle school."
Xu Lai was surprised: "It's quite a coincidence, then we should be good friends."
"Good friends!" Chen Duo said angrily, "This woman relies on her family's wealth and has a spoiled temper. She has been bullying people at school since she was a child. Others are afraid of her, but I am not. I will go against her!"
"So they are sworn enemies." Xu Lai said with understanding.
Chen Duo became more and more angry as she spoke: "I just went to the bathroom, and I didn't expect to meet her here. You saw the layer of water vapor covering her body, didn't you?"
"What's wrong with the water vapor?" Xu Lai asked.
"I've seen this kind of water vapor once before. It happened to an uncle who lived nearby. He died two days later. I asked around and was told that he had a strange disease and his whole body became shriveled. I wanted to go over and remind him," said Chen Duo.
"You don't get along with her, so isn't this exactly what you want?" Xu Lai was surprised.
Chen Duo rolled her eyes at him in anger: "Brother, human life is at stake. Even if she and I don't get along, I wouldn't want to kill her, right?"
Xu Lai laughed and said, "Then what did you tell her?"
"I told her that she was sick and asked her to go to the hospital for a check-up," said Chen Duo.
"No wonder others are against you." Xu Lai was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
"How else can I tell her? Tell her that I can see things that others can't?" Chen Duo said angrily, "She takes my kindness for granted, let her do whatever she wants!"
"That's right, let her die and let's eat." Xu said.
Chen Duo snorted and just kept eating with a sullen look on his face, but he was in a bad mood.
"Actually, you and her are mortal enemies, so wouldn't it be just what you want if she died?" Xu said.
Chen Duo glanced at him and said, "What's your mentality? Even if you hate this person, he is still a human life."
Xu Lai couldn't help but laugh and said, "Do you want her to listen to you?"
"Do you have any idea?" Chen Duo looked at him.
Xu Lai drank a sip of lemon juice and said, "Go over and ask her if her waist is sore, her head is heavy, her eyeballs are swollen and painful, especially at night, her whole body is itchy but she can't tell where it itches, like a bug bite. Just say it like this."
"Is it true?" Chen Duo was skeptical.
"I'm not lying to you. Go ahead." Xu said.
"Then...should I really go?" Although Chen Duo didn't quite believe it, he thought that this man had worked as a wizard after all, and maybe he could really see something.
Xu Lai waved his hand, let her go, and lowered his head to eat.
Chen Duo hesitated for a while, but still stood up and walked towards the table.
Xu Lai was drinking lemon juice when he saw that before Chen Duo got close, two waiters came over. They were probably afraid that she would cause trouble again, so they rushed over to persuade them to stop fighting.
Xu Lai couldn't help laughing and looked out the window. It was already dark, but the streets were still bustling with cars and pedestrians.
Before he went to Tianshi Mansion to be the headmaster, he often traveled around. However, the city is now much more prosperous than before. It is changing really fast.
Just as I was lost in thought, I heard footsteps. Chen Duo and the girl in the white dress walked towards me, one after the other.
