Thriller Night Talk

Translator-Rhapsodite

Editor-simpforlife, Proofreader-Ghostie

In the afternoon that followed the conclusion of the ‘Yan Shuangshuang’ case, Wei Fuyuan kept looking at his cell phone for the news of the discovery of a woman’s body at the rear of Mingtai mountain.

While telling Bei Quan about it, he asked, “What about Lan Tian?”

“The police will find her.”

Bei Quan was preparing to make noodles. He scooped red hot peppers into the noodle bowl. Wei Fuyuan felt his throat burst into flames just by looking at it.

“It will be handled by the law.”

Wei Fuyuan felt that it was reasonable.

For the next few days, he paid special attention to any news related to the case.

Sure enough, it was not long before the police issued a notice saying that the suspect had been detained, and the details of the case awaited further investigation.

Although the announcement did not explicitly identify the real name of the deceased and the suspect, Young Master Wei, who knew the inner story, understood that Lan Tian had been detained and the case was closed.

On busy days, time always seems to fly by.

In the blink of an eye, by the end of May, Wei Fuyuan had been working part-time for more than a month at the Sāntúchuān broadcasting company.

Three weeks after the end of ‘Daughter of the Devil’, Young Master Wei listened to three hotlines.

Compared with the previous two cases, the cases in the past three weeks were relatively simple, and Bei Quan had a rich experience. Following the clues revealed by the caller on the phone, he quickly found the person possessed by the Hui Gui and ended the battle easily.

Today was Tuesday, May 25.

Since working in Sāntúchuān, Wei Fuyuan’s ‘nightlife’ had been ridiculously eventful.

Hui Guis were Yin ghosts that thrive on humans’ negative emotions, and their most active time was at night.

To catch them, Bei Quan always took his assistant out to ‘work’ in the middle of the night. Plus, because of the time spent on the return trip, he often had to pull an all-nighter.

Wei Fuyuan had no idea how Bei Quan’s biological clock actually worked. However, he being a normal teenager, was quickly affected by such erratic working hours and insufficient resting periods.

Although the junior year of Business Administration was not very tight, on average, there were six classes per day a week. In addition, Fengxing University strictly controlled the attendance records. Wei Fuyuan dared not skip classes at will. He could only go out to catch ghosts at night and return to school with a pair of droopy panda eyes during the day.

Of course, he also tried to study hard, but it was a pity that he couldn’t stand the drowsiness that seemed to be increasing every passing second. He even fell asleep on the table several times in class.

Of course, Wei Fuyuan’s abnormality didn’t go unnoticed by his classmates.

However, since the image of this rich Young Master was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, no one thought that his lack of sleep was caused by overworking. They teased him about whether he had a girlfriend. The girl was so enthusiastic that the late spring nightslate spring nights resulted in kidney deficiency and severe fatigue.

Poor Wei Fuyuan had never even had a girlfriend, let alone a boyfriend. He felt so betrayed. He had nowhere to turn for help and ultimately became a pufferfish because he was so depressed.

That night, Wei Fuyuan thought of this at dinner and couldn’t help complaining to Bei Quan.

“If I fail at the end of the term, it’s all your fault!”

Then he regretted it immediately.

Wei Fuyuan still remembered the conversation he overheard between Bei Quan and Zhu Ling not long ago.

According to what they said at that time, they only regarded him as a temporary worker, and when Bei Quan’s new partner came, he would be fired.

But it had been more than a month. Wei Fuyuan had worked on five cases with Bei Quan. He hadn’t seen the legendary ‘new partner’, and it didn’t appear that Bei Quan intended to let him go. Even Zhu Ling, who had not given him a good face, wasn’t sure if she had become used to him or had given up on getting Bei Quan to fire him. Her attitude toward him appeared to be a little more reserved these days.

Although the nature of this part-time job was unusual, and not only did he always had to stay up late, his worldview also had been turned upside down, but it was extremely rare to work like this with food and accommodation and high wages and no attendance, and…

Wei Fuyuan lifted his eyelids and secretly peeked at Bei Quan’s face.

… Moreover, he had to admit that he was a little addicted to this exciting job and even vaguely looked forward to the next case.

Bei Quan paused his chopsticks, looked at Wei Fuyuan, and asked with a smile, “Why are you going to fail?”

Wei Fuyuan touched his nose and thought, fortunately, Bei Quan didn’t look angry.

“I fell asleep during market research class today and was caught by the teacher.” He replied, “The teacher of this subject is very strict, and the score range for a good grade is high. I’m really worried that she will fail me.”

Bei Quan raised his eyebrows. “Is it so serious?”

Seeing Wei Fuyuan nod, he thought, “Why don’t I go to your school tomorrow and explain to your teacher for you?”

Wei Fuyuan suddenly turned pale and flat out refused him, “You must not!”

Although Young Master Wei had witnessed Bei Quan’s superb acting skills first-hand, compared to professional fraudsters with 180 kinds of false certificates, he had also seen his unreliability. He was afraid that this man would come up with something very ridiculous.

Bei Quan observed Wei Fuyuan’s panicked reaction quietly. He just smiled and said nothing more.

Young Master Wei breathed a sigh of relief in silence.

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The following day, Wednesday, May 26.

After the last class in the morning ended, Wei Fuyuan turned on his mobile phone and saw a message from the monitor of the class group.

[@ThisHandsomeMasterWei- Teacher Tang asked you to visit her office.]

When Wei Fuyuan saw the message, his heart felt constricted.

Teacher Tang was the one who taught them Market Research. She was over 50 years old. She was like one of those nagging aunts. Her character and style were very similar to that of a middle school teaching director. She was very strict regarding her teaching requirements. In particular, she couldn’t tolerate the students misbehaving under her own eyes. All the students who took her classes had privately christened her as ‘Granny Tang’.

Wei Fuyuan scolded himself in his heart.

“It must be because I slept in class yesterday. Grandma Tang came to hound me today.”

But there was no way for him to escape. It was better to get lectured by her now, than to settle the accounts at the end of the term.

He had to tidy up immediately after class and go to Mrs.Tang’s office.

Before knocking, Wei Fuyuan notably adjusted his mood at the door and tried to put on a remorseful expression of ‘I’m sincerely reflecting on my mistakes’.

But he never thought that when he opened the door, he found a person seated across Mrs.Tang.

“Fuc-”

Wei Fuyuan swallowed the word with a huge gulp moments before blurting it out.

——How could this guy be here!?!

He roared fiercely in his heart.

Hearing the sound of opening the door, Bei Quan turned back, smiled at him and greeted him warmly, “Cousin”.

——Who was your cousin? Excuse me?!!

Wei Fuyuan screamed again in his heart.

The two seemed to have finished talking. Bei Quan stood up and politely said goodbye to Grandma Tang.

Wei Fuyuan was terrified to see that the infamous Granny Tang was smiling!? She stood up and walked Bei Quan to the door of the office. 𝒃𝙚𝙙𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡．𝙘𝙤𝙢

“Xiao Wei.”

Granny Tang looked at Wei Fuyuan and spoke with an unprecedentedly gentle and cordial tone, “The emotional problems between parents are not the fault of you young children.”

Then she patted Young Master Wei on the shoulder, “Don’t be too stressed, relax and have a good rest! The most important thing right now is to avoid disrupting your studies and life, you know?”

Wei Fuyuan: “…”

——What nonsense did this Bei Quan tell Grandma Tang!!!

His sanity was about to explode!

——When the hell did my family have emotional problems!?

——I am already stressed out of my mind! You— Bei Quan, this bastard is making trouble for me too!

——If you didn’t make me work late at night to catch ghosts and evil spirits and whatnot, would it have affected my studies and school life!?

It was a pity that Wei Fuyuan didn’t have the liberty to get angry. He had to put up a humble and grateful demeanour.

After thanking Grandma Tang, he grabbed Bei Quan’s arm and dragged the man in the direction of the elevator.

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“What the hell do you think you are doing?”

As soon as he got into the elevator, Wei Fuyuan could not back his anger. He squeezed Bei Quan’s arm and yelled,

“You came to my school without saying a word. Why did you have to say something like that to Grandma Tang??”

Bei Quan didn’t mind, nor did he get afraid of Wei Fuyuan’s aggressive behavior. He maintained a pleasant smile on his face and gently stroked Young Master Wei’s back as though he was comforting a kitten.

“Isn’t this good?”

Bei Quan moved closer to Wei Fuyuan, lowered his voice, and chuckled softly in his ear, “Now, you don’t have to worry about failing your classes.”

Bei Quan’s breath tenderly tickled Wei Fuyuan’s ear. His body trembled as he released the other’s arm and leaped half a foot away, as if he had been jolted by electricity.

“That won’t work!”

His ears swelled a blood red colour unconsciously, and he stammered a little while speaking, “I— I can solve it myself! Next time you don’t need to get involved in such matters!”

Bei Quan nodded with a smile, “Hm-mm.”

This dude was way too thick-skinned. However, Wei Fuyuan felt that he couldn’t truly get angry at him no matter what.

Just then, the elevator reached the ground floor, and the door opened with a ‘ding’.

Wei Fuyuan took the opportunity to change the topic.

“Come on, let’s go and eat.” He continued, “I still have classes in the afternoon. You can go back after eating.”

The lunch break was not long. Wei Fuyuan directly led Bei Quan to the university canteen.

It’s time for lunch. The canteen in the east district was crowded.

Wei Fuyuan walked around the canteen and saw two people leaving the table after eating. He immediately rushed forward like an arrow and occupied the seat.

“You wait here, and I’ll go fetch some food.”

After more than a month of living with Bei Quan, Wei Fuyuan had a general idea of the other party’s preferences— heavy oil, heavy salt, heavy spice, and a special fondness for sweets. In a nutshell, everything that overwhelms the taste buds.

He didn’t need to ask Bei Quan what he wanted to eat, so he pressed the man on the chair, and then squeezed through the crowd to line up.

Fifteen minutes later, when Wei Fuyuan came back with two trays, he saw that Bei Quan was chatting with the two girls at the table.

“… Really? Then I must go and have a look. ”

Wei Fuyuan put down the plate with a stern face and said to Bei Quan.

“You are not going anywhere!”

Young Master Wei was not happy at all.

He complained silently, “This young master worked hard to help you get food, but you want to flirt with girls here??”

“Eat properly.”

Bei Quan placed the plate in front of him and nodded with satisfaction when he saw the red, diced spicy chicken covered in rice and the braised hairtail soaked in soup.

“I was just asking these two students what places on your campus are worth visiting.”

Bei Quan held up his chopsticks and tasted the diced chicken with chili.

“They told me that many roses had been planted in the Nanyuan of the campus, and now they have started flowering.” He said with a smile, “Shall we go and have a look later?”

The author has something to say: Smart people should be able to notice that the new/next arc is related to a university campus. Hehe/Aye! ⊙▽⊙

Proofreader Ghostie’s Gossip Night Talk-

Ghostie the Great : Our pufferfish WeiWei has been successfully cousin zoned after becoming a poor panda thrown around by a certain black bellied fox >->. Please give a warm welcome to the newly promoted vinegar eating cousin WeiWei and our new arc!

In the meanwhile I’ll run off to get more melon seeds and no I’m not sharing them with you >^<

Translator’s ramble: late night spring? more like late night ghost courting ⊙▽⊙