Lv Xin placed both hands on the table in front of him, holding a milk tea cup, his expression revealing unease.
"To tell the truth, I still find it hard to believe what the exorcists say, that my parents were killed by my grandmother’s strangeness."
Yan Junze did not answer.
In fact, he didn’t know what to say.
The day-to-day life of a family escalating to the current, almost irreversible situation wasn’t sothing that could be clarified in just a few sentences.
"Now my uncle’s family and my aunt’s family, they’re all being protected by the exorcists," Lv Xin said, his hands holding the teacup trembling slightly.
"Oh?" Yan Junze sat up straight, "If that’s the case, you’d better stay with them as well, otherwise, you might encounter danger."
"There’s only left in our family, what else is there to fear?" Lv Xin raised his head, revealing a bleak smile filled with self-mockery, "Perhaps we’ve wronged grandma too much. Since she’s now claiming lives, then let it be my life; I won’t resist at all."
"It’s getting dark, you should head back quickly," Yan Junze stood up.
Lv Xin also stood up: "I’m planning to go take a look at room 503 in building number seven, I’ve brought the keys."
"What?" Yan Junze looked at him in surprise, "You’re going to your grandmother’s house now? You must be joking! That place has been sealed off by the police."
"I want to see my grandmother’s belongings, start to understand her from now, to get to know her all over again," Lv Xin said with determination, as if he had made up his mind before coming.
Yet, to Yan Junze, his words carried an indescribable feeling, sothing he couldn’t quite put his finger on.
"In any case, let advise you, Granny Ren might not be in room 503 anymore, but if you encounter her now, it’ll be quite dangerous!" Yan Junze left the milk tea shop after dropping that warning.
Lv Xin followed him out.
As he had expected, the guy didn’t seem to have any intention to leave, following right behind him into FH Community.
Lv Xin quickened his steps, caught up to Yan Junze, and said, "The videos you shoot are pretty good, I just watched one called ’Peeking From the Crack in the Wall’, it’s getting a lot of heat."
"Ah!"
Yan Junze stopped, took out his phone to check, and saw that his recently uploaded video "Peeking From the Crack in the Wall" had surged in popularity, breaking past 500,000 views.
Influenced by that video, even "The Old Woman Knocking at Mid-Night" had surpassed 100,000 clicks.
Looking at the small fla icon in the upper-right corner of the video, Yan Junze couldn’t help but feel a rush of excitent.
Since it had gone viral, rewards like throwing flowers, tossing sedans, and sending rockets definitely wouldn’t be scarce; he’d have to count them carefully when he logged into the backend at ho later.
Yan Junze was sowhat excited, mainly because since coming to this world, he always had the pressing feeling of an ever-empty pocket.
After putting away his phone, buoyed by his good mood, Yan Junze pointed at the supernatural warning sign placed below building number seven and said to Lv Xin, who was waiting beside him, "Don’t say I didn’t warn you, our community is quite old, and there’s an especially large number of strangenesses. You should be careful of other supernatural beings in building number seven as well."
"Yeah, thanks," Lv Xin nodded and entered the building with Yan Junze.
However, after Yan Junze reached his own floor, the fourth, he didn’t continue going up.
Lv Xin didn’t stop either and went directly up to the fifth floor.
Yan Junze stood in the hallway of the fourth floor, slightly sticking out his head and pricking up his ears to listen to the noises from the floor above.
The footsteps were so light that they were inaudible. After listening for a while, he only heard the sound of a key turning in a lock, followed by silence.
Retracting back, he didn’t plan to interfere any more than he already had. However, he couldn’t help but remain concerned about Lv Xin staying in Granny Ren’s place alone.
At that mont, the sky gradually darkened.
Yan Daguo opened the door and saw his son holding a box of pen refills, leaning on the railing outside the hallway, and asked, "Son, it’s getting dark. Why are you leaning out here?"
"Just catching so fresh air," Yan Junze replied.
"The college entrance exam is coming up, how is your revision going?" Yan Daguo also leaned on the railing, looking towards the building across from them.
At this mont, many lights were on in the building, but there were few like them, who didn’t close their doors even when it got dark, leisurely leaning on the corridor and shooting the breeze.
"I’m fine with the review, I could even take the test right now."
Yan Junze wasn’t joking. When it ca to studying, he now only dared not to exert himself too much, because a little bit of effort would not just an swapping a bike for a car, or a car for a plane, but instantly taking off in a rocket.
In that case, he had to consider whether his parents could handle such a surprise.
What if the scores ca in, and the breakthrough results put his parents in the hospital beds, that wouldn’t be good for anyone.
"Still planning to apply for Tianng Science University?" Yan Daguo asked.
Huaying Great Capital had five major districts, with Shuntian City located within Tianng District, and Tianng District itself boasted several universities with excellent educational resources.
Under normal circumstances, residents of Shuntian City wouldn’t consider schools in other districts, preferring those nearby.
"Any of the top five universities in Tianng District will do." Yan Junze nodded, "But no matter which one I attend, I only want to study Physics."
Yan Daguo was shocked, "Is that... easy to find a job in the future?"
"Dad, you forgot, I also have the potential to beco an Exorcist." Yan Junze revealed a smile, "In studies, interest is what matters most."
"Hmm, no matter what you study, as long as you’re interested, that’s good," Yan Daguo seed very open-minded.
He tightened his collar and reminded, "Although the weather is warming up, it still gets cold quickly at night. Be careful not to catch a cold, better go inside quickly."
With that, he himself ran inside to make so tea.
Bang!
The sound of a door closing ca from upstairs at the sa ti.
Yan Junze stretched his neck but still could not hear any footsteps. However, soon at the end of the corridor by the staircase, a figure descended from the fifth floor.
The sound-activated light turned on, allowing Yan Junze to easily see the person’s appearance—it was Lv Xin, who had just gone up.
Yan Junze watched him, and although the two were far apart, neither spoke.
Lv Xin lifted his head, glanced over at Yan Junze, and unexpectedly did not greet him with a wave but turned and continued downstairs.
It seed like there was no issue.
Yan Junze still leaned in the corridor, watching the guy leave Building No. 7 and head toward the community’s gate until he was out of sight.
A sense of inexplicability surged in his heart, and Yan Junze looked up at the fifth floor, then turned to enter his house and shut the door.
Not long after he returned to his bedroom, Zhou Dali’s call ca through, filled with irrepressible excitent, "Haha, Junze, guess how our uploaded video is doing?"
"It went viral," Yan Junze answered.
Zhou Dali: "..."
However, this guy had typical resilience, and soon he was back to his usual self, saying, "How about it, any donations? What’s the inco like?"
Your next chapter is on empire
"I just did the math, and it looks like each of us could get around five to six thousand," Yan Junze also started laughing.
"That won’t do," Zhou Dali shook his head on the other end of the phone, "You should get more, I’ll just take a thousand, enough for pocket money. I didn’t expect making videos to be so profitable. That video of ’The Old Woman Knocking at Mid-Night’ must have earned sothing as well, right? Too bad your fa wasn’t that big back then."
Suddenly rembering sothing, Yan Junze asked, "By the way, the strangeness in the restroom of New Century Ho Plaza, has an Exorcist dealt with it yet?"
Zhou Dali replied, "Not yet, but it’s been reported and queued. I’ve heard there’s already a response, and an Exorcist is expected to handle it in the next couple of days."
"Strike while the iron is hot," Yan Junze grinned, "I’ll take care of it tomorrow night and film another video in the process."
"You an… we do it together?" Zhou Dali exclaid.
"No, this ti I’m going alone."
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