Chapter 115: 115 'Shadow' Cannibalism Incident

After Ji Shujun finished his drink, he didn't leave right away.

At the banquet, Tushan Jiu, Xie Shiyu, and Ji Shujun all sat at the head table.

Xu Airu went to talk with friends and didn't sit at this table.

Lou Hua and Xiao Yingwei, bringing Zhuo Sui, also went table to table to offer a toast.

Ji Shujun and Xie Shiyu were quietly discussing some matters.

Tushan Jiu heard a couple of sentences; it was nothing more than the current situation in the business and political circles.

She found it tedious and annoying, so she stopped listening and focused on the dishes in front of her.

Although Tushan Jiu had never participated before, she still knew a bit of etiquette, so she had no intention of eating her fill; just a token amount was enough.

But no sooner had she finished one batch than another batch would reappear on her plate.

She glanced at Xie Shiyu.

Xie Shiyu felt her gaze, looked over, and met her eyes.

He slightly raised the corner of his eyebrows, signaling her to eat and not worry about those things.

Then he also served her the dishes she liked.

Tushan Jiu let out a light laugh.

Her hair today was loose; when she lowered her head to eat, some of the hair on both sides would fall forward.

Xie Shiyu was drinking with Ji Shujun; noticing this in his peripheral vision, he raised his cup with one hand to drink, and with the other hand he tucked her hair behind her, pressing it down.

After doing that, Xie Shiyu saw Ji Shujun smiling with a slight curl of his lips, his eyes full of elder's teasing and blessings, and he also responded with a generous smile.

During this time, many people came over wanting to offer a toast.

But basically all of them were blocked by the accompanying Qiao Yang and Ren Hongtao.

Ji Shujun waited until the entire process of the Xiao family's recognition ceremony was finished before leaving.

After he left, everyone still wanted to find Tushan Jiu, but when they turned around they discovered that Tushan Jiu and Xie Shiyu were already gone from the banquet hall.

The banquet ended, and everyone exited.

Guo Liheng was about to get into his car when Jiang Bin called out to him.

Jiang Bin came over with a cheerful little jog, saying, "Director Guo, do you have time to have another cup of tea together?"

As the saying goes, peers are enemies; seeing Jiang Bin smile with his eyes narrowed into slits, Guo Liheng knew without thinking that he had come to inquire about Tushan Jiu.

Guo Liheng snorted, "Mr. Jiang, tea can wait until next time; I have other matters, I'm leaving now."

Having said that, he opened the car door, got in, and drove away.

The smile on Jiang Bin's face slowly faded; watching the car drive off, he spat and said, "What's there to be proud of? Miss Tushan will be living in Nan Cheng from now on—I'll have plenty of chances to meet her, humph!"

Tushan Jiu was pulled by Xie Shiyu to go on a date.

These days she has been busy; they haven't gone out on a date for half a month.

Simply put, Xie Shiyu didn't go to the company in the afternoon either, treating it as a chance for both of them to relax.

Tushan Jiu said she had never ridden a horse and wanted to learn.

The two first returned to the old residence to change out of their formal attire, then drove off to the horse farm.

Xie Shiyu had already arranged with the horse farm in the suburbs.

This horse farm is one of the Xie family's properties, usually used to receive clients and not open to the public.

Upon arriving at the horse farm, the manager was already waiting there.

First they took Tushan Jiu to change into riding gear, then Xie Shiyu brought her to pick out the gentlest horse.

Tushan Jiu had never ridden before.

The instructor prepared to lead the horse around the arena for two laps first, to let her get used to it.

But Xie Shiyu said he would handle it.

He patiently taught Tushan Jiu slowly, starting from the horse's habits and characteristics bit by bit, letting her listen while gradually getting used to the feeling of riding.

Once she became accustomed to the horse's gait rhythm, he would then teach her some movements and how to control the horse's direction when running.

But Tushan Jiu wanted to feel the sensation of the horse running; she had seen online that it was very exciting.

So she bent over and asked him, "Xie Shiyu, can you take me for a lap? I want to experience what it's like to be a 'girl as swift as the wind'!"

Xie Shiyu didn't know where she got that phrase, but since she wanted it, he had to fulfill her wish.

He swung up onto the horse, took the reins from her hands with both hands, embraced her in his arms, and whispered in her ear, "Get ready, we're about to set off."

Being naturally unable to resist his voice, Tushan Jiu only felt her ears itch, she shrank her neck slightly, and then calmly said, "Go!"

Xie Shiyu couldn't help laughing out loud, he tapped her helmet, "Hold onto the saddle, sit steady!"

"Okay."

Xie Shiyu gave the horse's belly a light kick; the horse seemed to have received the command and galloped off quickly.

Tushan Jiu felt that what the online people said was right; this feeling was truly exhilarating.

But, well, there are things that should and shouldn't be said.

If it weren't for Xie Shiyu protecting her from behind,

she would very likely have been thrown off.

This netizen didn't mention that horseback riding would be so hard on the buttocks!

After riding two laps, Xie Shiyu slowed the pace.

The sunlight was just right; he held the reins with one hand and wrapped his other arm around her waist.

Tushan Jiu also began to share with him her recent experiences catching ghosts.

But when she got to talking about the matter concerning Jiang Zhiyi, she suddenly stopped.

When she moved her hand this way, Xie Shiyu accurately anticipated her next motion and preemptively shielded her forehead.

Pa—

"Ah ya, I forgot something—Jiang Zhiyi was complaining to me!"

Xie Shiyu was stunned.

He lowered his head and looked at the hand on her thigh.

Alright, my prediction was wrong.

The thigh that Tushan Jiu wanted to pat.

However, after Tushan Jiu finished saying that, her head didn't move; she lifted her eyes to look at the hand on her forehead and asked, "Xie Shiyu, what are you doing covering my forehead?"

Xie Shiyu didn't know how to answer; he took back his hand and then kissed her forehead, saying, "Nothing, want to go another round?"

Tushan Jiu shook her head, "No more riding, no more riding—I'm fine, it's just my butt protesting. Let's go rest; I happen to need to make a phone call."

Xie Shiyu nodded, turned around, and rode back.

When they arrived not far from the stables, the staff came running over.

Xie Shiyu was the first to dismount, then he helped Tushan Jiu down.

The two went to the changing room and changed back into their own clothes.

On the way, Tushan Jiu called Lin Xiu'er.

Because she was fairly familiar with Lin Xiu'er, she would always ask her first about anything.

As for the complaint, she didn't even know which department of the office handled it.

But reporting the matter to her was just the same.

But after she called, the other side never answered until the call ended.

Thinking she might be busy, she didn't call again.

Once she was free, she would call her back.

Anyway, it wasn't urgent.

Little did she know, Lin Xiu'er and the others were completely overwhelmed.

This morning, in a park in Nan Cheng's urban area, a 'shadow' cannibal incident occurred.

Moreover, by coincidence, the scene of that 'shadow' gnawing on corpses was also witnessed by a group of square-dance aunties.

On the spot, two fainted, and another had a heart attack and is still unconscious in the hospital to this day.

This incident had a terrible impact; the underworld has set a three-day deadline to capture that 'shadow ghost'.