Li Hongyu turned his head and looked at the young man on the sofa.
Wu Weiwei had already swiftly taken off his T-shirt and was turning around to look for his own clothes in the paper bag next to him.
The young man's back was firm and smooth, with slightly protruding butterfly bones and a deep depression in the middle of the spine.
Li Hongyu walked over with his eyes downcast, passed Wu Weiwei, and put his hand into the same paper bag as him, and his fingertips happened to fall on the back of the other's hand.
Wu Weiwei was stunned, and turned back suddenly, his eyes just meeting several rows of abdominal muscles.
Because of the distance, the other person's warm body temperature was transmitted to his face through the air. Wu Weiwei suddenly felt dry in the mouth, swallowed his saliva subconsciously, and dodged backwards, "Why did you suddenly get so close?"
Li Hongyu answered the question irrelevantly: "You got the wrong one. The clothes in this bag are mine."
Wu Weiwei's thoughts were distracted in an instant, and he exclaimed "Ah" in surprise.
Li Hongyu took out a white shirt from the bag, then held up the paper bag and showed it to Wu Weiwei: "There's a note on it."
The note stated that the clothes in the paper bag belonged to Li Hongyu, and the size was marked on the back.
Wu Weiwei quickly took his hand out of the paper bag, silently picked up another paper bag next to it, and went to the bathroom dejectedly.
He locked the door and looked down at the back of his hand.
No one knew what Li Hongyu's hand had touched. The static electricity was too strong. He was just touched just now, and the tingling feeling still lingers, making him feel numb.
He slapped the back of his hand a few times, then deftly took out his clothes from the bag and put them on.
When he went out, the other person in the room was gone.
Wu Weiwei went downstairs carrying his dirty clothes. Lu Guangan, who was talking to Li Hongyu, came up to him and said, "Mr. Wu, give me your clothes. My men will wash them and send them back to you."
Wu Weiwei refused: "No, I'll take it back myself after I finish my work tonight."
Li Hongyu glanced at him and chuckled: "Are you so sure that we can solve this problem tonight?"
Wu Weiwei looked at him sincerely, "Of course, you are very powerful." And his crossbow can also come in handy. As long as water ghosts appear, he and Li Hongyu can work together to get things done quickly.
Li Hongyu didn't think so, and said, "It's almost nine o'clock now, let's go back to the construction site first."
Lu Guangan didn't have the courage to stay and watch the water ghost, so he personally sent the man to the construction site. Before leaving, he suddenly stopped the man and couldn't help asking, "Is the person who dumped the body really just going to let it go?"
After all, the haunting was caused by him. Lu Guangan is not a great saint, and he doesn't want to let it go.
Li Hongyu said: "If you do evil, you will naturally get evil consequences. Don't worry, Mr. Lu."
Lu Guangan knew that the "bad retribution" the other party was talking about was probably not as simple as compensation for economic losses. "Given his financial situation, it is impossible for him to compensate me for my work losses. I don't expect to waste time going through legal procedures with him. So Mr. Li, what do you mean...?"
"Didn't that guy say before that he has nightmares every night and always encounters accidents when he goes out?" Wu Weiwei sighed and said, "What will happen specifically depends on his own luck."
Feeling that Li Hongyu was looking at him, he turned his head away with his eyes wide open. "Why, did I say something wrong? He asked for this. If he had called the police or buried the person properly, he wouldn't be so unlucky."
The young man opened his eyes wide and argued seriously, looking like a proud and confident rooster.
Li Hongyu suppressed his laughter, nodded and said, "You are right."
Considering that Lu Guangan had seen the corpse of the water ghost and was afraid that he would be infected with the same bad luck as the middle-aged man, before he got on the car, Wu Weiwei reluctantly stuffed him an exorcism talisman drawn by Chen Ling.
Lu Guangan held the money in his hand, feeling extremely relieved, and thought that he would give the two of them another big red envelope after everything was settled.
At night, a simple temporary street lamp was lit at regular intervals on the construction site. Three or five workers were gathered together, squatting outside the shed and chatting.
Wu Weiwei followed Li Hongyu into the project manager's office. The steel bed was covered with a thick mattress and a soft quilt. The desk was also moved closer and placed on it a thermos and two upside-down cups.
"This must have been prepared by Brother Wang." He picked up one of the cups, and there was a note underneath.
The note contained the security guard's phone number so they could contact him if they had any problems.
Wu Weiwei folded the note and put it away. "Brother Wang is a good person."
Li Hongyu hummed, sat down on the edge of the bed, spread his legs slightly, and placed his hands on his knees.
Wu Weiwei laughed out loud at his straight sitting posture: "You've been tired all day, aren't you sleepy?"
"I'm not sleepy. I'll sit for a while." Li Hongyu took off the copper coin sword on his back, put it on the desk, crossed his legs, and slowly closed his eyes.
Wu Weiwei touched his chin, his eyes fixed on the face not far away.
Li Hongyu is so self-disciplined at such a young age.
Wu Weiwei observed calmly during the meal that Li Hongyu had a light taste and didn't eat much meat. He was very restrained in his diet. But now, even though they had been running around all day, he didn't rest and had to spend his mind meditating.
Even a strong man would get tired, but Li Hongyu wouldn't, just like a perpetual motion machine.
Wu Weiwei took off his shoes, walked around Li Hongyu and climbed to the inside of the wire bed.
The steel bed was a bit flimsy. It would creak when the person on it moved a little. It also shook, making people worry that it would fall apart.
Wu Weiwei lay down flat, and when the steel bed stopped making noises and shaking, he turned his head to look at Li Hongyu's straight back, "Hey, why don't you close your eyes and rest with me? Who knows what time that thing will come out at night."
Li Hongyu frowned, then relaxed: "No, go to sleep."
Wu Weiwei sighed, thinking that this person was too stubborn, and he didn't know who would be able to stand it in the future. This thought was like a switch, completely turning on Wu Weiwei's gossiping mind.
He turned over, resting his face on his arm, and turned towards Li Hongyu. "Li Hongyu, I have a question for you."
Li Hongyu remained unmoved, even his breathing remained steady.
Wu Weiwei waited silently. He wanted to see whether this person really didn't hear it or was pretending not to hear it.
I don't know how long it took, Li Hongyu resigned himself to his fate and put away his legs, still with his back to Wu Weiwei: "Tell me, what's the problem."
Wu Weiwei said in his heart, smiling very happily, "I just want to ask you, in your mind, what should your ideal partner be like?"
Li Hongyu raised his eyes, and his gaze wandered around the room aimlessly, finally stopping on the floor under his feet.
"I haven't thought about it." he said.
Wu Weiwei tilted his head and asked, "Why would you have thought about it?"
This time, Li Hongyu remained silent for a long time.
Just when Wu Weiwei thought there would be no more news, Li Hongyu suddenly turned around, put his hands on the steel bed, and pressed his upper body down slightly: "Not everyone has a standard in their heart. When you meet that person, all your standards will be him."
Wu Weiwei stared at Li Hongyu in a daze, and his heartbeat suddenly quickened.
He looked away, cleared his throat, chuckled, and said, "What a coincidence, I thought so too." He stealthily moved his gaze back, and found that the young man was still looking at him, so he quickly turned his head to the wall and said, "Well, I'm going to sleep first. If you can't sleep, you can keep watch."
There was a creaking sound behind me.
Wu Weiwei pricked up his ears and listened for a long time. After confirming that Li Hongyu was facing him with his back again, he breathed a sigh of relief.
He quietly raised his hand and patted his chest in the quilt... Oh my god, what the hell is with Li Hongyu's eyes? They are usually cold and clear, but just now they suddenly had a bit of aggression, making his eyes look deep and dark, which made people a little overwhelmed.
Li Hongyu closed his eyes again, meditated for a moment, then opened them again, sighed impatiently, and couldn't help looking back.
Wu Weiwei was already fast asleep, with the back of his head facing him.
Just when Li Hongyu was about to turn around, Wu Weiwei suddenly turned over, his lips moved a few times, and he seemed to feel itchy somewhere. He frowned impatiently and raised his hand to scratch his face hard.
Perhaps because the nails were a little long, there were several blood marks on the fair face.
Li Hongyu reached out and held Wu Weiwei's hand, stopping his remaining movements.
As if he was not satisfied with the current situation, Wu Weiwei's brows furrowed more and more tightly, and he was about to open his eyes. Li Hongyu reached out his hand and scratched his face twice.
Wu Weiwei's brows were no longer furrowed and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Li Hongyu: “…”
He gently released Wu Weiwei's hand and put him under the quilt. Perhaps because he thought this man's reaction was really interesting, after a while, when Wu Weiwei fell asleep again, Li Hongyu suddenly pinched his nose.
Wu Weiwei had difficulty breathing, so he subconsciously opened his mouth to breathe. The tip of his tongue was faintly visible behind his lips and teeth, but he still did not wake up.
Li Hongyu had a smile on his lips. He withdrew his hand after teasing enough, then stood up and walked out.
The construction site is shrouded in darkness most of the time at night. The street lights cast messy shadows of the protruding steel bars, which are intertwined in a crisscross pattern, making people feel lonely and depressed.
Li Hongyu stood at the door, rubbing his fingers together in his pockets, as if recalling something. At this time, a slightly cool breeze blew past his cheeks and blew his hair.
The young man's deep eyes changed his mood and he took a few steps forward.
The whimpering sound was mixed in with the wind and was difficult to distinguish, but soon, the sound became louder and louder, more and more shrill, and in the end it was almost a roar.
Wu Weiwei was frightened awake and jumped up from the bed. The room was empty and Li Hongyu was not there at all.
As he put on his shoes, he called out, "Li Hongyu!"
The office door was pushed open, Li Hongyu walked in quickly, picked up the copper coin sword on the table, and said, "She's here."
Wu Weiwei was scared, excited, and nervous.
He excitedly took out a crossbow from his bag and put it on his hand, then waved to Li Hongyu: "Let's go!"
The crying continued, and a brave worker covered himself with clothes and secretly looked out through the crack of the door. Seeing two young men passing by, he kindly shouted at them: "You two young men are new here, don't wander around, there are ghosts, there are ghosts at night!"
Wu Weiwei waved at him proudly, patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, brother. We are ghost catchers. The construction site will be peaceful after tonight."
Li Hongyu didn't even turn his head and grabbed his clothes with his backhand, "Watch the road."
Only then did Wu Weiwei discover that there was a pit at his feet. If he had not been pulled suddenly, he would have become a mud man.
"Oh." He didn't dare to look around anymore, and quickened his pace to run to Li Hongyu's side. "There are all kinds of water pipes in the construction site. For a water ghost, this is her best place to attack and defend. Wait, you pay more attention to the front, and I will take care of the back."
Li Hongyu: "Just take care of yourself."
"Don't look down on me." Wu Weiwei said unconvincedly, "You haven't seen my new stuff yet, I'll open your eyes later."
Li Hongyu glanced at his confident expression, nodded seriously and said, "I'll wait and see."
Before I knew it, the crying stopped.
Before Wu Weiwei could react, the sound came again from a water pipe exposed on the surface.
He hurried over, lowered his body and put his ear to the water pipe, raised his hand and pointed in a direction: "It's on the right."
There is a T-shaped pipe in front. To the left is the direction of the work shed, and to the right is Building No. 1 which has not yet been topped off.
Wu Weiwei looked up at the building and took a deep breath. If he didn't use the elevator and just climbed up with his legs, he would be so tired that he would die.
"Let's go." Li Hongyu grabbed his arm and walked towards the building.
Wu Weiwei followed closely and soon reached the second floor of the building following the sound.
The second floor is a completely open area with nothing on it except for square load-bearing columns and some unused bags of cement.
Tick, tick, tick.
Wu Weiwei made a gesture to Li Hongyu to keep quiet, crouched down and stuck his head out. There was a dripping faucet not far ahead, and there was a large puddle of water on the ground opposite it.
The color of the water was slightly darker, with a hint of green.
Wu Weiwei opened the safety lock of the crossbow and walked over. This small area was slightly sunken, and the ground covered with water was covered with moss, but this was not due to the depth of the water.
"Why is there blood?" Wu Weiwei turned around and waved at Li Hongyu, "Come and take a look."
Li Hongyu reached out and helped the man up from the ground, then took two steps back: "The Yin energy is very strong, it's the blood of a water ghost."
Wu Weiwei: “Hmm?”
Li Hongyu said: "When I took the body out of the branch pipe, I found a big wound on her back. It should be caused by a sharp weapon."
Wu Weiwei took a deep breath and said, "If she wasn't drowned, why would she cling to the water and refuse to leave?"
"She probably didn't die when she was stabbed," Li Hongyu said, "but this wound was enough to make her unable to resist when she drowned."
"This is too fucking vicious." Wu Weiwei was so angry that he wanted to curse the murderer's mother. If he were killed in such a cruel way, he would die with regrets.