At this moment, many people were sitting in the room.
“Mayor, what do you think about that plot of land?” Shen Yuelan was sitting in the main hall, currently bringing up official business.
And Jiang Tongran was actually sitting right next to Shen Yuelan, listening with rapt attention at this moment, clearly not having noticed Luo Chen’s arrival outside the door either.
“That piece of land is a no-go.” A middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties waved his hand.
The temperature had not yet cooled down; the weather was just right. Yet this person was wrapped in a thick down jacket, appearing exceptionally strange, and his complexion was deathly pale with darkened glabella.
Even more absurd was that he actually had three heaters placed beside him.
“Mayor, isn’t this just a matter of one word from you?” Shen Yuelan was wearing a black dress, looking dignified and elegant.
“Alas, CEO Shen, that plot of land over there is someone else’s ancestral shrine. If it could be demolished, I would have done so long ago. After all, having it in the city centre is rather unsightly.”
“But they are Miao people. We simply cannot communicate with them properly.” The top official of Qingshui City frowned.
Indeed, that place was the ancestral shrine of the Miao people. If they did not agree, it simply could not be demolished.
At this moment, just as Shen Yuelan was about to open her mouth, Wan Hongwei brought Luo Chen in.
“Uncle, I’ve brought someone to help treat your illness.” Wan Hongwei smiled.
Shen Yuelan and Jiang Tongran turned to look, and upon seeing Luo Chen, both of their faces showed surprise.
Just as they were about to greet him, the top official of Qingshui City spoke first.
“Nonsense! I am here discussing proper business. What are you bringing people here for?” The top official of Qingshui City suddenly darkened his face and directly rebuked him.
“Isn’t it because your illness has never been cured?”
“Moreover, the person I’ve invited is by no means ordinary. Far stronger than so-called masters.” Wan Hongwei spoke with great seriousness.
Mayor Li had not been particularly interested in this matter to begin with, because for someone of his status to still be superstitious would be somewhat inappropriate.
But his illness was indeed rather strange.
He still felt cold even in this weather. If not for having just met with guests, he might have wanted to wrap himself in a quilt.
It was just that he truly did not like Wan Hongwei.
He had more or less heard some rumours about Wan Hongwei’s dealings in Qingshui City, but had never had clear evidence.
Otherwise, he would have had someone deal with Wan Hongwei long ago.
For the sake of his own integrity, he had always tried to keep his distance from Wan Hongwei.
So he already disliked Wan Hongwei. Now, seeing that the “master” Wan Hongwei had brought was merely a young lad, he felt even more displeased.
How much ability could a young lad possibly have?
The one who truly had skill should be the person sitting beside him. That person was filled with the scent of Chinese medicinal herbs, had a ruddy complexion, and naturally exuded an air of extraordinary bearing just sitting there.
Moreover, the person they were waiting for today was not the one beside him. The person beside him was merely a disciple of that Master Li who had not yet shown his face.
So Mayor Li took one glance and ignored Wan Hongwei, which made Wan Hongwei somewhat anxious.
After all, he had gone through great effort to invite Luo Chen over. Who knew it would turn out like this?
If Luo Chen were angered at this moment, things would become troublesome.
It was at this time that Jiang Tongran suddenly stood up, quickly ran to Luo Chen’s side, and threw herself onto him, greeting him with an especially intimate gesture.
“Why did you come?”
“Why did you come?” The two of them spoke in unison.
“Official business.” Luo Chen smiled.
“I came to find my…”
“Tongran, in this public hall with so many people, what kind of behaviour is this?” Shen Yuelan rebuked.
“Aunt, this is that Luo Chen I mentioned to you.” A hint of shyness flashed across Jiang Tongran’s face, not minding in the slightest.
“Luo Chen, this is my aunt, call her…”
“We know each other.” Shen Yuelan spoke, then glared at Luo Chen twice.
She had a decent impression of Luo Chen, but was unwilling to let Jiang Tongran get too close to him.
Because with Shen Yuelan’s insight and experience, she could naturally tell that Luo Chen was by no means an ordinary person.
Or rather, if it was for Jiang Tongran’s own good, it would be better to advise Jiang Tongran to give up.
This kind of man was not a man Jiang Tongran could control.
“Hehe, Mayor Li, please be at ease. My master should be arriving shortly.” The young man sitting beside Mayor Li spoke.
“No rush, Little Master Wu. Oh, CEO Shen, why don’t you stay and watch as well? This Master Li I’ve invited was introduced to me by a major figure in the province.” Mayor Li spoke to Shen Yuelan.
Shen Yuelan’s background was not simply that of a merchant; Mayor Li was very clear on this point.
So he did not dare to offend Shen Yuelan either.
“Oh right, Little Master Wu, what exactly is this illness of mine?” Mayor Li asked.
“My master said, your illness, well, you’ve encountered something unclean.” Little Wu picked up the tea on the table, slowly savoured a sip, and then continued.
This bearing truly had the full style of a master.
“So-called demonic possession is extremely complex and multifaceted.” Little Master Wu seemed rather confident.
“Yours is not that serious. Let me tell you about something even more bizarre that my master encountered before.”
“Everyone’s heard of the Beijing Bus 375 incident, right?”
“At that time, a young man was sitting on the night bus of Route 375 late at night. Then three suspicious-looking people got on. At this point, an old lady suddenly went crazy, grabbing a young man and saying he had stolen her money.”
“The two argued for a long time, and finally the driver threw both of them off the bus. Only then did the old lady say, young man, I just saved your life. It turned out the old lady had noticed that the three people who had just got on had no shadows — they were ghosts.”
“Sure enough, the next day there was news that the bus had had an accident, and everyone on it had died.”
“But what my master encountered was the exact opposite. It was also on a bus. An old woman dragged a young man off the bus. The young man had probably heard this story, so he foolishly followed the old woman off.”
“Had it not been for my master’s kind heart and also getting off the bus, that young man would have died then and there.”
“Because that old woman was the unclean thing.” Little Master Wu slowly took another sip of tea.
This left the entire room of people stunned.
Except for Shen Yuelan, who remained composed.
Only Luo Chen shook his head off to the side.
“Luo Chen, you don’t believe him?” Jiang Tongran asked when she saw Luo Chen shaking his head.
After all, even she somewhat believed it.
“Hehe, before a swindler deceives people, they always have to first make up a half-true, half-false story to make you believe. Only then will you believe what follows next without any defence.” Luo Chen shook his head.
“You believe such a simple trick?” Luo Chen shook his head.
This method was like when you go for a job interview — you always have to tell them about your previous work experience, right?
When there is no way to verify, you can make up whatever you want.
And Shen Yuelan could not help but regard Luo Chen with even higher esteem.
“Luo Chen, what illness do you say he has?” Jiang Tongran had no scruples and directly asked.
“Nothing much. Just corpse poisoning, that’s all. It has already entered the spleen. If it is not extracted soon, he has only a few days left.” Luo Chen likewise had no scruples, not taking these people seriously at all.
He just spoke directly like this in front of others. “Hmph, nonsense!”