Chapter 179: White Ghost Poker

Wu Xian had originally thought.

That after returning home, what would greet him would be a feast cooked by Blackie.

But he didn't expect that the first thing he would see would be Blackie's look of disdain.

It covered its nose with one dog paw, while the other dog paw pushed Wu Xian into the bathroom, offering a bath towel and new clothes to change into.

The conditions in the previous Fudi were too crude.

Wu Xian had been stained with blood and filth multiple times and had even rested directly on the muddy ground; his image was already worse than a homeless person, to the point that as soon as he returned home, Blackie smelled the strange odor on him.

His mere existence was polluting this clean home.

The sound of trickling water came from the bathroom.

Wu Xian stood barefoot on the tiles, shaved his beard, brushed his teeth, looked in the mirror, and felt the warm water flowing over his body, unable to help but feel a sense of returning to the civilized world.

After coming out of the bathroom.

Four plates and one basin were already set on the table, steaming hot.

The reason it wasn't four dishes and one soup was that each large plate was divided into compartments, containing four types of dishes—eight meat dishes, four vegetable dishes, and four cold dishes—and the basin also contained two types of soup.

Wu Xian's mouth immediately watered, his eyes staring straight at the dining table.

Although Wu Xian had only disappeared for half a day in the real world, in reality, he hadn't eaten proper food for a long time. Having eaten too many toads and rats, looking at these dishes on the table, they were simply mountain delicacies and delicious treats, as good as it could get.

After downing a glass of ice-cold beer, he began to eat like he was taking revenge, even feeling a bit moved in his heart.

After fighting in the Fudi, having someone at home to cook him a feast—although Wu Xian had only experienced this once, he felt he was already becoming somewhat dependent on it.

It was hard to imagine what kind of loss he would feel if, after coming out of the Fudi next time, he was all alone at home.

He patted Blackie's dog head.

"Blackie, you are truly too good."

Blackie happily wagged its tail.

"There's a matter I want to discuss with you. The high-end kitchenware I promised you might have to be delayed for a while; I'm really strapped for cash recently. Also, can you let me draw a little... Ah!"

Wu Xian was bitten by the dog.

Blackie had a good sense of proportion and didn't hurt Wu Xian, but it bit him quite painfully.

But Wu Xian still decided to find a time to take it for a rabies vaccination later.

After a noisy dinner.

Wu Xian had a long-lost, wonderful sleep; only those who had slept in a mass grave could understand how comfortable a soft bed at home was.

Two days later.

Wu Xian was well-rested, and he still had many important things to do.

First and most importantly was purchasing poker cards.

When he was in the Heavens of Parting Sorrows, he had decided to use poker cards to serve as his Constant Ornament, but for such an important thing, using a two-yuan deck would be a bit sloppy.

Therefore, Wu Xian ran to several places in Fuyuan City and finally took a fancy to a deck of cards at the largest local second-hand trading market.

This was a long-discontinued 'White Ghost' cardistry deck, with dried bloodstains on the box. The cards met Wu Xian's needs in every aspect, except the five-hundred-yuan price was a bit expensive.

"Don't think it's expensive; these cards were brought out from a crime scene. The deceased was holding this deck at the end; some say the deceased's resentment is still attached to them."

Looking at the stall owner's smiling face, Wu Xian was dismissive.

"I'm here to buy things, not to listen to you tell stories. These bloodstains count as damage..."

Wu Xian picked up the cards and skillfully haggled with the stall owner.

The moment his hand overlapped with the bloody handprint on the card box, his whole body gave a jolt, and he felt a slight chill; he had just heard a shrill scream!

"This deck of cards..."

Wu Xian immediately realized that this deck of cards was emitting a feeling similar to a Fudi. Although it hadn't reached the level of a Malevolent Entity, there was indeed something like resentment attached to it, and the bloodstains on the box were truly human blood!

"I'll buy it, five hundred it is!"

Wu Xian paid the money readily, and his mood improved a bit; it would be hard for him to find a Constant Ornament more suitable than this deck of poker cards.

But what made Wu Xian feel a bit strange was.

His luck had always been bad; was such a thing something one could encounter just like that?

So he carefully examined this second-hand market.

This market only provided the venue; the venue was filled with individual sellers setting up stalls, selling all sorts of things: bottles and jars, second-hand tables and chairs, electrical appliances, air conditioners...

"Wait... second-hand air conditioners!"

Wu Xian looked sharply at the air conditioner seller, who was surprisingly a shy female college student, currently haggling with an auntie who had come to buy an air conditioner.

"Du E!"

Wu Xian suddenly realized.

This second-hand market was likely used by Lotus Juanren to fence stolen goods. After they accepted tasks from the Chenghuangmiao, they often managed to get some second-hand items, so they would come here to set up stalls!

It was easy to understand why Wu Xian could encounter poker cards that had just happened to experience a crime scene.

That stall owner likely hadn't said a single lie!

Du E discovered Wu Xian's gaze and immediately lowered her head, blushing; a tiny snake head poked out from her pocket, curiously looking at Wu Xian.

Wu Xian had no intention of reminiscing with Du E.

He tucked the poker cards away and was about to leave, but he didn't expect Du E to actually chase after him.

"Let's find a place to talk."

Wu Xian waved his hand and left; he didn't want to have too much involvement with other Lotus Juanren in the real world.

"I know where Auntie He is hiding."

Wu Xian stopped his footsteps, his mouth curling up.

"Fine, we can talk."

In his conversation with Du E, Wu Xian learned that Wei Dian and Du E also had similar thoughts to his, both feeling that Auntie He's proposal was very troublesome.

Wei Dian had even found Auntie He's location through some channel.

It was just that Auntie He hadn't taken action yet, so they were all waiting.

There were also two small episodes.

Both of these were related to Liang Fang.

Liang Fang felt that there must be a reason why Xu Fenglan wanted to return to reality so badly, so she asked Wei Dian to find out that Xu Fenglan still had a child under one year old. She found this child and sent it to the doorstep of Xu Fenglan's parents' house.

As for why she was able to ask Wei Dian, that was the second small episode.

She and Wei Dian had actually gotten together; not only were they intimate in the Fudi, but they had also officially become boyfriend and girlfriend in reality...

This news made Wu Xian feel unhappy.

Therefore, after Wu Xian and Du E left each other contact information, agreeing to contact each other immediately if there was news about Auntie He, he found a place that could make him happy.

The bank!

Wu Xian checked the balance of this card at the ATM.

Two hundred thousand!

For a small boss's pocket money, this number was already not small.

"One hundred thousand... the broken car left by the old man can finally be replaced."

"High-end kitchenware can also be arranged!"

Wu Xian was in a great mood.

He transferred one hundred thousand from the card to his own account and then found Boss Yu's home according to the address he had left behind.

Actually, even if Wu Xian had pocketed this money, there wouldn't have been any trouble.

But although he scoffed at many rules, he had his own bottom line in his heart; taking someone's money without doing the job was something he disdained to do.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 180 =====