“Good! Lin Ze, you should use your eloquence and persuasive skills more often on Kayako and Sadako, I have high hopes for you!” It’s clear he could be a Casanova, such potential.
“How can you compare those two? I’m just telling the truth, how can that be called persuasion? I’m being sincere with Kayako, and I won’t lie to Sadako either.” Lin Ze protested. Although he had painted a picture, he could make it real. He could just talk to Qin Zi, saving people isn't deceitful, is it?
“Yes, yes, yes, anyway, as long as you really can get Kayako and Sadako, I’ll go to the officials to help you, I’ll make sure you can marry both!” Qin Zi was in a good mood and had the leisure to tease Lin Ze.
“As for the method… forget it, I’ll go see you now. Get me a room to rest in, I'll pack my things, and I'll go over there to handle everything. I’ll go find Kayako at dawn.”
“Okay, also, Qin Zi Jie, bring some sleeping pills when you come. I can’t sleep after waking up.”
“…. I know.”
After hanging up, Qin Zi began to pack her things. Zhen Qin, who was playing games in the room, came out upon hearing the sound, “Sister? What are you doing in the middle of the night?”
“Zhen Qin? Lin Ze needs help, I’m going to his place. I won’t be back tonight. Go back to your room and get some rest, don’t stay up all night playing games! Look at your dark circles!” Qin Zi was already out the door before Zhen Qin could comprehend.
“It feels like… a father hearing his daughter say she won’t be back tonight…” Zhen Qin shook her confused head. Thinking that it must be related to exorcism, she went back to her room to play games.
Lin Ze cleaned up the room downstairs that Kayako had stayed in last time, changed the bed sheets and waited for Qin Zi to arrive.
A while later, Qin Zi arrived with a black duffel bag. She threw a box of medicine to Lin Ze and started putting on her shoes. After Kayako’s last visit, Lin Ze had bought a couple of pairs of guest slippers.
“Don’t buy those sleeping pills yourself. These are made by the official agency, they won’t hurt your body, they can make you fall asleep quickly. You might need to use them to fall asleep sometimes because of your situation, ask me for them when you’re out.”
“There’s something like this? Why don’t they promote it more?” Lin Ze opened the box and saw ten bottles of emerald green liquid inside.
“You think this stuff is cheap? It's specially made for us exorcists, and it's used in certain situations. The ingredients inside are very rare.” She changed her shoes and followed Lin Ze into the living room, but stopped at the door of the room he prepared for her and wouldn’t go in.
“Change rooms for me!” Qin Zi stood outside the door, feeling exhausted.
“Huh? Why? Is there something wrong with this room?”
“Did Kayako stay here? There’s a strong aura in the room, staying here is asking to shorten your lifespan?” Ordinary people can’t see this kind of thing, but staying in such a strong aura for a long time can cause nightmares and make people’s personalities change. It’s even more dangerous for them exorcists. She didn’t want to dream about her tonight.
“Ah? I didn’t know, Kayako only stayed for one night. Is this room not habitable anymore?” Lin Ze was startled.
“You’ll be fine, I’ll come back here later to see if I can dispel this aura. If not, I’ll just renovate this room, burn everything, scrape the walls, the whole thing.” Qin Zi was also puzzled. It couldn’t have gotten this strong from just one night, it usually takes years of accumulated aura, this is even more absurd than the bento box.
After thinking for a long time, she thought about Kayako’s love for Lin Ze, which reached the point of stalking, and then she suddenly twitched her lips and had a ridiculous guess. Could Kayako have…
“I will not stay in this room!” Qin Zi’s attitude was stronger than before.
“Alright, I’ll go to the second floor and prepare another room for you.”
“Forget it, just let me spend the night on the sofa after it’s done. Alright, just go to sleep and let her out.” Qin Zi thought it was troublesome and there was no need for Lin Ze to prepare anything, so she went to Lin Ze’s bedroom after saying that.
She took out a jade pendant with a doll on it, then some talismans and a doll statue, sat down and watched Lin Ze drink the potion and fall asleep.
“Go, I’m letting you out.” Lin Ze kissed Kayako lightly and let her release Hanako.
Hanako’s face was filled with joy, she thought she would have to endure another few days.
Lin Ze and Hanako disappeared together after bidding farewell to Kayako.
The lights in the room began to flicker, a cold, ominous atmosphere began to spread, and at the moment Lin Ze opened his eyes, Hanako appeared out of thin air on his bed. Hanako was about to speak when a talisman instantly stuck to her forehead, followed by the chanting of incantations. In an instant, she was sucked into the statue.
“It seems she really cares, otherwise she wouldn’t have gone into the statue so easily.” Qin Zi patted her hands and put two talismans on the statue and the pendant. After reciting a few obscure incantations, she handed the pendant to Lin Ze.
“Let Hanako keep this pendant on her at all times, just keep the statue in your house. I knew you’d wake up so soon, I should have knocked you out with a hand chop, it’s a waste!”
… Lin Ze took the pendant, but a voice suddenly sounded in his head, the whimpering cry of Hanako: "Wuwuwu, I told you I wouldn't run, you didn’t even let me speak before you locked me up again.”
“Don’t be so sad, at least you’re outside, right?”
Qin Zi thought Lin Ze was talking to her, but she didn’t expect him to be talking to the pendant, “Can you communicate with her?” Normally, it’s only possible to communicate through spiritualism or dream-like methods. Lin Ze can communicate directly just by holding it?
“I can, is that strange?” Lin Ze didn’t understand.
Qin Zi looked at him in awe, “Why don’t you help me communicate with any spirits I need to talk to in the future, it’ll save me trouble.”
“?”
Am I the tool or are you the tool? He knew Qin Zi was joking, if someone actually asked him to do that, Qin Zi would be the first to disagree.
“That’s all, I’m going to sleep outside for a while. I haven’t rested all night.” Qin Zi yawned, left everything to Lin Ze, and went to sleep on the sofa in the living room.
Lin Ze couldn’t sleep at this time. He was idle and wanted to chat with Hanako, “Hanako, do you know each other in your urban legends? Are there any other urban legends besides you?”
“I don’t want to talk to you!” After saying this, Hanako seemed to have been cut off, and no matter how Lin Ze called her, she didn’t respond.
When Qin Zi woke up the next morning, she sensed that there was no movement in the room, so she guessed that Lin Ze was still asleep. She got up quietly and went to the bathroom to wash up, Lin Ze had prepared toiletries for her last night.
Passing by Lin Ze’s room, she found that the door was still open as it was last night. She glanced inside and found that Lin Ze was sleeping in his clothes on the bed, with a copy of “How to Be a Warm Man” covering his face.
She nodded approvingly, Lin Ze is working hard! Even this kid is like this, Qin Zi you must also strive to do better, don’t let a child surpass you! I’ll go through the scriptures again later.
When Lin Ze woke up, he saw Qin Zi reading scriptures in the living room. He couldn’t help but scratch his head, she’s so diligent! No wonder she’s the top exorcist.