Chapter 7

Sitting stiffly on the sofa, Jiuming stared intently at a door in the room... a very strange door, because it should have been an outdoor door, but now it was awkwardly left inside...

This wasn't important; what was important was that he now had to face the 'guest' about to come out from the other side of the door!

Click—

"Ah~ Where am I? Is this a case of kidnapping a high school student... Oh, you're not some weird uncle!"

"...Oh?" Kidnapping? Raising an eyebrow, Jiuming sized up the girl standing in front of the door. She had a slender and light figure, bright black eyes, long eyelashes, and a pale pink mouth, with a beautiful face. In short, when she came out, she gave the impression of a beautiful woman, but after she spoke...

In short, she seemed like a troublesome guest. Was this a bad start?

Very subtly, Jiuming temporarily decided to keep the situation here a secret and find a way to send her away first!

"You're trespassing, right? Could you please turn around and leave now?"

"Um...?" The girl placed her hands on her hips, leaned forward, and carefully examined Jiuming with half-closed eyes. When she seemed to have guessed something, she stomped her foot hard, "Are you trying to play a locked room game!?"

"By the way, how did you get me here? It seemed like I was just going to the bathroom..."

In no time, the girl in front of him had already started changing the subject as if no one else was there. At this moment, Jiuming quietly summoned the panel and asked some questions.

"Alright, the bathroom is on the right, you can go there yourself, and then please go back where you came from?"

"Thank you, Mr. **."

The girl immediately ran in the direction Jiuming pointed to, but halfway through, she suddenly turned around, "Hey, you won't be peeping, will you?"

"Are you doubting my character?!"

"What about the cameras?"

"I'm not that bored!" Scratching his head, Jiuming just wanted to stand up and grab her by the collar and throw her back through that door!!

"One last thing!"

"What?" Thinking about the panel's abnormality, Jiuming temporarily held back the urge to try the above idea.

"You... won't suddenly rush in, will you?"

"Very likely, after all, it's just a man and a woman here. If you're scared, go back through that door, and you can leave!" His eyes flickered, and a faint, malicious smile appeared at the corner of Jiuming's mouth. He was currently powerless in matters of the opposite sex.

"How could it be so simple? Just wait and see."

"Hey! Panel, explain what's going on. There was no bathroom here when I was alone, not even a bedroom! How did everything become complete now?!"

Gripping the panel that appeared in front of him tightly, the panel, which only Jiuming could see, shook violently, and even the text on it trembled...

Bang!

The panel turned into fine light particles, and then a new panel reappeared in front of Jiuming.

[When you're alone, such useless things naturally don't need to exist. The customer is God...]

"Oh? What about a bad customer?"

[A mysterious shop can generate a morgue for you.]

"What about her?"

[A mysterious shop can consider choosing the next shopkeeper.]

Bang!

The panel in front of him turned into fragments under Jiuming's fist!

Damn it, I'll go out myself!

Not expecting the panel to answer like that, Jiuming smirked, took out a pen and paper, wrote a note, and placed it on the coffee table in front of him. He quickly stood up and walked out.

In the city of Lingquan, Jiuming sat on a bench at an inappropriate time. It was currently evening, and although a few couples came by, they quickly left as if they had seen a ghost. This person had no shadow!!

"There you are, finally."

Holding a cigarette, the man who had fought Jiuming that night frowned and looked at the... ghostly figure in front of him with a puzzled expression.

Only now did he realize the abnormality of the young man in front of him, "What... what are you, or who are you?"

"I? Just call me Jiuming."

"Is that so? I'm Wang Hai," Captain Wang also sat down, "Can we talk?"

"Isn't this already a conversation?" Jiuming yawned, his expression somewhat troubled, as if he couldn't go home.

It had been two hours since he came out. The girl should have left by now, right?

"Your expression... What? Kicked out by your family?" Captain Wang took out a cigarette box, flicked one out, and threw it to Jiuming.

"You're quite experienced, aren't you, Uncle?" Catching the cigarette, Jiuming twirled it in his hand, "Have you been looking for me?"

"Exactly." Captain Wang nodded and glanced at Jiuming again. Through subtle observation, Jiuming's state didn't seem to be caused by a power but rather was inherent.

A passive ability?

"What's the reason?"

"You and Zhou Jingsu don't know each other, right? Why did you do that, and what do you know about Du Fei's incident?"

"Wow? Your school is quite good, noticing even such ordinary students?" Jiuming chuckled, a bit teasingly.

"I just happened to notice. What's your purpose?" Jiuming didn't deny his question, so Captain Wang nodded and took out a lighter to hand to Jiuming.

"Don't worry, it was just a fair deal. Don't worry about it happening again." Lighting the cigarette, Jiuming let the smoke waft freely. He dared to take a puff, and the smoke would dare to float out of his head...

Just smell it.

"Fair deal?" Captain Wang frowned, "That kid was in the hospital for half a month, and his body seemed to be overdrawn."

"Half a month? This guy's constitution is worse than I thought." Shaking his head, "Alright, my mistake. Next time, I'll find someone stronger..."

"Next time? Explain clearly, what kind of deal could make someone like that?" His eyebrows furrowed, Captain Wang's tone was somewhat displeased. Then he noticed another issue that made him pause.

The faint smoke from the cigarette was slowly passing through Jiuming, not just around his body, but through it!

What was going on?

"Confidential, but if you need help with something you can't do, I can help. Of course, you'll have to pay the price. I believe in fair deals."

"...No!" After some hesitation, Wang Hai was a bit stunned. He already knew that the deal Jiuming mentioned had made Du Fei like that, and now he had the nerve to suggest it to him?

He also vaguely felt that the school beauty's incident was related to Jiuming and Du Fei's deal, but he let it go. The matter was over, and there was no need to bring it up again and make himself uncomfortable.

"Don't worry, Du Fei's case was just an example."

"I really don't want any more examples, at least not at Changhe College or involving those students." Wang Hai's expression was serious, as if he was ready to take action if Jiuming didn't agree.

"You care a lot about those students?"

"That's my duty!"

"Well, I can't guarantee that, but if you trust me, such incidents won't happen again." Shrugging, Jiuming answered with a rather relaxed tone, "Of course, nothing more extreme will happen."

"...Alright, that's it for now. Here's my number." Standing up, Wang Hai shook his head helplessly, "Can I ask one more thing, are you human?"

"As you see, I'm a ghost."

"Really? Such beings exist?" Exhaling the smoke, Wang Hai tapped his forehead, "See you next time."

"Letting a beautiful girl wait so long, can you be any worse?" Staring at the girl with her arms crossed and a face full of complaints, Jiuming opened his mouth in surprise.

"You're still here?"

"Why should I leave? You haven't answered why you brought me to your house." The girl darted to Jiuming's front, "And how did you bring me here without me noticing? Also, I'm hungry!"

"If you're hungry, go home and eat. Don't stick around here. I'm going to sleep." Scratching his messy hair, since the girl had made the mysterious shop complete, he was happy to avoid sleeping on the sofa.

"You...!" The girl pointed at the counter, "Is this a shop? I saw the introduction book."

"..." Jiuming turned around expressionlessly and summoned the panel, "Tricking me?"

[As the shopkeeper, you shouldn't hide information about the mysterious shop from customers.]

"So she knows everything?"

[Her identity is special, and she only knows the surface information.]

Oh~ Special identity, so a VIP? A VIP who can't be fully explained?

"Alright, what do you want to buy? Or do you have any special requests? Of course, payment is required afterward."

"Finally, you're being serious." The girl crossed her legs and sat back down, "I'm Nagato Haruhi. I'm not interested in ordinary humans. Aliens, time travelers, people from other worlds, or psychics, do you have any? Do you have food?"

"I'm Jiuming, the shopkeeper... What can you pay?"

"Money?"

"Why do people always mention money? It's so hurtful! If you're hungry, go home and eat!"

"You're trying to get rid of me!! Let's talk about your kidnapping of a high school girl. I'll call the police." The girl took out her phone, but Jiuming remained calm.

"Wow? I'm so scared, do you have a signal?" His eyesight was good, and he saw the empty signal bars on Haruhi's phone.

"I say I do, so I do. Do you have a problem with that?"

Then, as if God had said, "Let there be light," the phone miraculously had a signal!

This... With a compromising expression, Jiuming walked to the door and pointed at the ground, "Looking for non-human beings, right? Look at the ground, I have no shadow!"