Wang Ya let out a heavy scoff. She opened her wallet, counted out three thousand yuan—which was her original amount—left it as hers, and slapped the excess money back onto the table. “For finding my wallet, last night’s incident is settled! Goodbye, and farewell forever.” With that, she stood up, grabbed her bag, and headed out.
Zheng Yanxia said, “There were twelve people at the scene last night. Only four of us escaped. My Senior Brother is still in a deep coma and hasn’t passed the critical stage. The other eight are missing without a trace, dead or alive unknown. We didn’t even catch a glimpse of that thing at the construction site before we fell into its trap.”
Wang Ya ignored her and pulled open the door. She saw the two bodyguards standing there with faces full of guilt toward her. Before she could say anything, the two began apologizing profusely, nearly on their knees! Wang Ya felt a surge of anger just looking at them. Last night, these two—one had shouted, “Expert, hold on!” while the other ran without a word! They remembered to drag Zheng Yanxia away but left her, the heroic beauty who stepped in, behind. Damn it! Wang Ya jabbed her slender fingers at their chests and started berating them: “As two big strong men, tall as oxen and horses, what a waste of height! At the critical moment, you ditched a delicate beauty like me—aren’t you ashamed? I stepped in righteously, and you abandoned me to run off alone. Do you have any sense of loyalty? Do you even know how to write the word ‘loyalty’? Do you know I used up all my signature moves last night just to save my own life? Do you know how pitiful, scared, and helpless I was alone there? Do you know how many snakes, rats, bugs, and ants swarmed out later to bite me? I’ve been afraid of snakes, rats, bugs, and ants since I was little—didn’t you know? If apologies worked, what would we need laws for!” She raised her bandaged fingers in front of the two bodyguards and said, “Ten fingers connected to the heart—do you know that? Do you know how painful a bite on the finger is? Four fingers all bleeding; it’ll take a month’s worth of supplements to recover!”
The square-faced bodyguard on the left said, “Miss Wang, I’ll buy you Ginseng and Lingzhi Mushroom. I’ll brew soup for you to replenish the lost blood.”
Wang Ya shouted, “No need! Goodbye! Make way!” Her attitude to leave was extremely firm!
Zheng Yanxia waved at the bodyguards at the door, signaling them to let Wang Ya go and say no more.
Wang Ya picked up her bag and strode out with her head held high. After walking dozens of meters without anyone chasing after her, she turned to look. The three at the door had all entered the ward. Wang Ya rolled her eyes, turned back, and circled to the ward entrance. The two bodyguards inside were surprised to see her return suddenly and looked at her. Assistant Liu pursed her lips in disdain before forcing an enthusiastic smile and coming forward. “Miss Wang…”
Wang Ya ignored Assistant Liu and looked toward Zheng Yanxia on the sofa. “For the sake of you helping me find my ID Card, I’ll give you a heads-up: don’t send any more half-baked people to that construction site. If you want to save them, do it soon!” Without caring about their reactions, she turned and left.
Once out of the hospital, Wang Ya called her grandma, told her the ID Card was found, and recounted the events of the past couple of days. Though angry at Zheng Yanxia and her group, she prided herself on her skills and wanted to step in—for the money—but not this infuriating money.
Her grandma said nothing, only cautioned her to be careful in all things, as human hearts could sometimes be more terrifying than ghosts.
Wang Ya asked, “Grandma, should I step in or not? I think that blind girl with Heart-Eye Vision definitely wants to hire me to deal with that Old Ghost. 100,000 yuan—rich indeed!”
Her grandma said, “There must be experts behind that Heart-Eye Vision girl.”
Wang Ya let out an “oh.” Her grandma added, “Handle it as you see fit. If you’re short on money, just call home.” Then she hung up.
Wang Ya understood her grandma didn’t want her to get involved. She felt the same—they’d ditched her once and would do it again. Better not deal with such people.
After checking into a cheap little inn, Wang Ya resumed job hunting. But her situation was neither high nor low: decent jobs required education, which she lacked, along with any work experience. Jobs without degree requirements were waitress, factory worker, or apprentice positions. At the talent market, she saw many fresh university graduates struggling to find work. With her abysmal grades and no high school diploma, only factories hiring laborers would take her—or those seeking public relations girls who looked good and could drink and flatter! Wang Ya gritted her teeth, spent thirty yuan on a fake junior college diploma, altered her resume to that of a fresh junior college grad, and finally got a company to accept her resume and call her for an interview. When she arrived, the HR girl handed her an exam paper. Seeing the ABC translations, fill-in-the-blanks, multiple choice, and essay questions, Wang Ya was dumbfounded. Determined, she decided to stick to her profession. She headed to the street in the city lined with Zhouyi Bagua Shops and finally saw one recruiting an apprentice. Full of confidence, Wang Ya went in to apply. Facing the boss’s test, she answered fluently and chatted knowledgeably. She even showed off some Talismans and Blessings to demonstrate her skills. The boss looked at her with sudden respect, chatted idly with her for two hours, then stood up respectfully and led her to the door: “Miss Wang is an expert, impressive. You see, I just do face-reading, Birth Charts, and name-giving here—really no place for your talents. If I offend you, I’d be terrified. Please, please…” He bowed at the door several times and said, “Take care! Welcome to drop by for tea anytime.”
Wang Ya’s mood was indescribable!
Finally, Wang Ya gritted her teeth and set up a roadside stall with a sign beside it: Authentic Xuanmen, Ghost Catching and Demon Exorcism!
She put up the sign at four in the afternoon; by six-twenty in the evening, the urban management arrived and confiscated her sign and little table onto their truck. Wang Ya turned green with anger! She was about to roll up her sleeves and confront them when her mobile phone rang.
