Guan Qingyan is the key to the whole thing—no matter how powerful a sorcerer is, it depends on whether the employer wants to use you.
Without an employer, warlocks usually avoid getting involved in trouble. In a sense, "doing justice" is also a kind of cause and effect. Once you are involved, it is easy to follow you like a shadow and you can never get rid of it.
A sorcerer would rarely fight with ghosts without an employer, let alone compete for fame and fortune just because he is not employed, or try to compete with the employed. That would be tantamount to breaking the rules of sorcery.
When everyone present looked at Guan Qingyan, someone upstairs suddenly said, "I don't think there's anything to be embarrassed about this matter."
I shifted my gaze again and saw an old man with gray hair but full of energy walking down from upstairs.
"Grandpa, why are you here?" While Guan Qingyan was talking, Jiang Yan and Ye Jin both stood up: "Grandpa Guan."
Old Man Guan nodded slightly before saying, "If you ask me, this matter is not difficult to resolve. Both parties will be hired by our Guan family."
While I was frowning, Taoist Lingxu said, "I'm afraid this is against the rules!"
There were precedents in the art of magic where two groups of magicians took over a business, but the final results were not very good. In the later period, magicians also tried their best to avoid taking over a business at the same time.
However, there is really no rule that says you can’t take on the same business at the same time.
Old Man Guan smiled and said, "I'm afraid you misunderstood, Taoist Priest. What I meant is that the Guan family has two businesses to deal with right now. One is the business of an employee who suddenly got a strange disease, and the other is the business of my grandson being haunted by a ghost."
After Old Man Guan finished speaking, he turned his head and shouted upstairs: "You little beast, why don't you get down here!"
Old man Guan called out twice before a pale-faced young man timidly came down the stairs: "Grandpa."
Guan Qingyan was surprised and asked: "Xiaoyu, aren't you sick?"
"He's sick!" Old Man Guan looked very disappointed. "You beast, tell me what's going on?"
Xiaoyu whispered, "After I broke the coffin, I didn't get any strange disease, but I was haunted by a female ghost. I was afraid that my grandfather would scold me, so I didn't dare to tell you. I dyed a few spots on my body, thinking that when you find a sorcerer, maybe you can solve my problem at the same time. That way..."
Old Man Guan slammed the table before the other party finished speaking: "Then I won't know what you've been doing outside, right? You little beast, I'll break your legs!"
Xiaoyu knew that old man Guan would not hit him, but he still hid back like a child. Guan Qingyan quickly walked over and helped the old man sit down: "Grandpa, don't be angry yet, I will teach him a lesson when I have time. There are guests here, please give Xiaoyu some face."
"You only know how to protect him!" Although Old Man Guan was scolding Guan Qingyan, there was no trace of anger in his eyes.
Old Man Guan said, "Excuse me for making you laugh. Let me put it this way! Xiaoyu is the only child of the Guan family and will inherit the Guan family business in the future; the life and death of those employees are related to the reputation of the Guan family and are the foundation of the Guan family. Both are extremely important to the Guan family and to me, so I would like to ask you to take on both businesses at the same time."
"This..." Jiang Yan obviously didn't want us to get involved, but he couldn't find a good reason. "Okay then! We'll take over the employees' business, what do you think?"
Old Man Guan turned around and said, "Mr. Wu, I wonder if you are willing to help my grandson through this difficult time."
Although Old Man Guan's words were polite, he was still biased towards Jiang Yan. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that it was more difficult to save employees, and he obviously didn't trust us.
I couldn't help but frown. In my heart, I should just turn around and leave, regardless of whether the Guan family lives or dies. But if I did that, it would be like offending Ye Jin, and it would make it difficult for Ye Jin.
As a result, Old Man Guan misunderstood my meaning: "If Mr. Wu feels that the business is difficult, then forget it. I will ask Qingyan to apologize to the two of you later."
My temper, which I had suppressed repeatedly, suddenly came out: "Mr. Guan, although I, Wu Zhao, have been in business for a short time, I am not someone who relies on my mouth to make a living. Today, I will take over the business. If Taoist Ling Xu has not settled his business before I finish the business, his business must be taken over by me, and the commission will be increased by 30%."
As soon as Old Man Guan frowned, Jiang Yan slammed the table and stood up: "Who do you think you are? How dare you threaten Old Man Guan?"
Ye Jin responded sharply: "When did my brother threaten Lao Guan? Why didn't I hear it?"
Old Man Guan laughed: "It seems that Mr. Wu is still angry! I can agree to your conditions. However, I also have one condition."
When Jiang Yan heard that Old Man Guan agreed to the conditions, he wanted to argue, but the Taoist Lingxu next to him gave him a look that said "be patient". Old Man Guan pretended not to see the other party's action: "In order to be fair, if Taoist Lingxu completes the task first, then he will take over your business and the commission will be tripled. What do you think?"
I just said I wanted to increase the commission by 30%, but when it came to Lingxu, it was tripled. It seemed that Old Guan was irritated by me and was deliberately provoking me.
Ling Xu over there also showed a satisfied look.
I raised my head and said, "Okay! I'll take the business, and I'll accept the bet. Then let's go our separate ways!"
Old Man Guan stood up and made a "please" gesture: "Then I will leave Xiaoyu to you two, you just follow him. Taoist Lingxu, shall we go and see those employees outside?"
"Brother Guan, please!" Taoist Lingxu walked past us arrogantly as if he had won a battle.
I turned to look at Xiaoyu: "Tell me, how did you get haunted by a ghost?"
Xiaoyu blinked and looked at me and said, "Can you do it?"
Ye Jin was obviously very familiar with Xiao Yu: "What nonsense are you talking about? Can I bring an unreliable person to help you?"
Guan Qingyan, who was sitting on the side, said, "Can I hear how you two plan to solve Xiaoyu's problem?"
I nodded slightly and said, "Xiao Yu, tell me about your situation."
Seeing that Guan Qingyan had no intention of leaving, Xiaoyu reluctantly nodded and said, "A few days ago, the day after I broke open the stone coffin, I suddenly received a call from a woman who said her name was Mei'er. But I just can't remember who she is."
"But I heard she was nice, so I chatted with her for a few sentences. As a result, the more we talked, the happier we became. Later, she suddenly asked me when I would marry her. I said: I haven't even seen who you are, how can I marry you? Otherwise, come here and show me. If you are good-looking, I will marry you."
"She said that we had met before. She said that we met at the Stone Mountain. She also said that she saw me at that time, but I didn't see her."
When I heard this, I looked at Xiaoyu and asked, "Where is the rocky mountain you mentioned?"
Xiaoyu spread his hands and said, "How would I know? I love traveling and go everywhere. Who knows where that place is?"
I nodded and said, "Go on."
Xiaoyu said: "I thought she was joking, so I said: My eyes are sharp! Where are you hiding? How can I not see you? Then, she said: What if I lie on the ground?"
Xiaoyu's face turned pale. "You don't know, the sound she made at that time was definitely not human. It made people feel cold. I was shocked and said quickly: Don't be kidding."
"She said: I'm not kidding. When you were on the rocky mountain, you stepped on me and sat next to me for a long time. At that time, I leaned against the rock and hugged you, and my hair stuck to you. If you don't believe me, touch your neck and see if there is a long hair."
Xiaoyu pointed at himself and said, "I touched the back of my neck and found a long dark red hair. I had just taken a shower and changed my clothes, so where did that hair come from? I was so scared that I hung up the phone immediately!"
"As a result, the phone call came again the next day. It was the same woman. She asked me directly when I would marry her. How could I dare to joke with her? I said, I will not marry you, and you should stop bothering me. As a result, the woman asked: Do you have someone else? I said: Yes, there are many beautiful girls around me, so don't come to me! I hung up the phone!"
Xiao Yu couldn't help swallowing when he said this: "After that day, I simply turned off my phone. But the woman kept calling me. Even after I took out the battery, the calls never stopped. She either asked me when I would marry her or said she would kill all the bad women around me. She said that if I killed them all, I could marry her."
"That woman is definitely not joking. I can tell that she really wants to kill someone. Yesterday she said that she would come over tonight and if I didn't marry her, she would kill someone in front of me."
Xiaoyu looked at me eagerly and said, "I told Grandpa about this because I was really afraid someone would die."
I said in a deep voice: "Where is the girl who is close to you? Find her first, let me take a look..."
Xiaoyu whispered: "There are too many people, I don't know who to find..."
Guan Qingyan glared at Xiaoyu fiercely: "What did grandpa teach you? You actually..."
Guan Qingyan obviously didn't finish her words in order to save face for Xiaoyu. Later, I learned from Ye Jin that Old Man Guan was very strict about matters between men and women. Xiaoyu, also known as Guan Xingyu, was the kind of person who got more and more angry the more he controlled him. As a result, he couldn't even tell how many girlfriends he had outside. This was the reason why Old Man Guan was furious just now.
I rubbed my eyebrows: "Where's your phone?"
Guan Xingyu pointed out the window and said, "Throw it into the lotus pond behind..."
I said calmly, "Didn't you say that the phone could be returned? Then let's wait for it to come back and see what happens!"
Guan Xingyu's face turned pale. (To be continued)