"Good heavens!
Dragon veins? The old master of the Ma family? A national-level magical artifact?
Hearing this, even Zhang Wei was surprised.
'None of these three possibilities are good news,' Zhang Wei stated frankly.
Wu Nian nodded noncommittally.
'So the Northeast won't be peaceful for a while. Zhang Wei, I heard you were invited to the Northeast to help.'
'Yes.'
'Then, Zhang Wei, if you can leave the Northeast as soon as possible, you should.'
As he spoke, Wu Nian clasped his hands together and sighed.
'No matter what is happening in the Northeast, this humble monk believes that something big is definitely about to happen.'
'In this situation, it's not wise for a ghost exorcist to stay in the Northeast.'
'Once a major event truly occurs, all ghost exorcists in the Northeast, whether from the Guard Department or independent practitioners, will be asked to provide reinforcements.'
'Casualties will be unavoidable.'
His meaning was clear. If Zhang Wei stayed in the Northeast, and something happened during this period, he might be caught in the crossfire.
Zhang Wei was about to speak when...
'What are you guys talking about?'
Zhang Chao walked over. He had just finished talking to his cousin. Seeing Zhang Wei and Wu Nian chatting enthusiastically, he immediately joined them.
'Nothing much, just chatting with Wu Nian about the recent unrest in the Northeast.'
Zhang Wei got up from his seat. Zhang Chao's interest was piqued.
'Oh, you're talking about that. Speaking of which, I'm also curious about this support for the Northeast.'
'Before coming, I even asked my cousin, oh, the captain I was just talking to on the phone, she's my cousin.'
'Unfortunately, she wouldn't tell me, no matter how much I acted cute or threw a tantrum.'
Zhang Wei smiled and interjected.
'Let's not talk about that for now. Zhang Chao, when you were talking to your cousin about the zombie matter, what did she say?'
Mentioning the zombies, Zhang Chao knew what was more important and stopped gossiping, becoming serious.
'My cousin told me to investigate with Wu Nian first. We're to search for any desecrated auspicious spots in the Northeast these past few days to see if we can find any iron coffins.'
'If we find anything, she'll send more people over to handle it.'
'Actually, this kind of thing should normally be handled by more people, not just me and Wu Nian.'
'It's just that with everything going on in the Northeast recently, they can't spare more personnel.'
In fact, besides this, his cousin also told Zhang Chao that since they were short-handed, she wanted Zhang Chao to ask Zhang Wei to help with the search. However, Zhang Chao had not agreed. Iron coffin zombies were already dangerous, and with the recent unrest in the Northeast, he didn't want Zhang Wei to be in danger, even if they had only known each other for a day, he was still his friend.
Afterward, seeing that it was almost dawn, the three decided to stake out the location, hoping to catch the corpse-raiser. After all, if the corpse-raiser was a stitcher, and a zombie was missing, he might notice and come to retrieve it.
Unfortunately, they waited until noon, but they didn't catch the corpse-raiser. Only Yu Weihong and Li Junfei arrived at the construction site.
...
Around 1 PM.
After lunch.
'Huh? Brother Wei, we're going back tomorrow? Can't we play for a few more days?' Li Junfei looked distressed when he heard Zhang Wei.
'We took three days off, returning after three days won't affect our studies.'
As he spoke, he looked at Zhang Wei curiously.
'Brother Wei, you said on the plane before that you wanted to try Northeast cuisine, why do you suddenly want to go back early?'
Originally, he had planned to come to the Northeast with Zhang Wei not only to witness ghost catching but also to taste Northeast delicacies. In fact, this was Zhang Wei's idea. However, after learning about the recent events in the Northeast, Zhang Wei decided not to stay long. He wasn't a great philanthropist who would stay to fight demons and monsters to prevent harm to the innocent just because the Northeast might be in trouble. That was a joke; his chuunibyo phase was long over. Besides, this wasn't a novel; in reality, people who liked to uphold justice often died the fastest, not surviving past the third episode.
'Don't you remember the anime convention in Xiamen city in a few days?' Zhang Wei tapped Li Junfei on the back of his head. Since Li Junfei was not a ghost exorcist, it was inconvenient to talk about the Northeast matters, so he casually made up an excuse.
'Oh, right, I almost forgot about that.' Li Junfei rubbed his head. Between eating delicious food and seeing beautiful cosplayers at the anime convention, Li Junfei chose the latter.
Immediately, he got up quickly.
'Then let's book our plane tickets quickly. We'll go back tomorrow.'
'Speaking of which, I was so focused on coming to the Northeast to watch Brother Wei catch ghosts that I forgot to prepare my cosplay outfit for the convention.'
'It's just right that we go back early to get ready.'
'By the way, Brother Wei, are you going to cosplay this time, or will you be in casual wear?'
Zhang Wei nodded in agreement.
'Of course, I'll be cosplaying. How else will I pick up girls if I wear casual clothes? I'm still single, you know. I'm counting on cosplaying to find a girlfriend with similar interests.'
Li Junfei nodded in agreement.
'Then, Brother Wei, who are you planning to cosplay? Tell us first, so we don't end up wearing the same outfit.'
Zhang Wei grinned. He had already decided what to cosplay.
'I'm going to cosplay as Uchiha Itachi.'
'A few days ago, I watched an Uchiha Itachi compilation video on Bilibili.'
'Uchiha Itachi is so cool. If he hadn't been killed off by the plot, I think he would have been much cooler than Uchiha Sasuke.'
'And the most important thing is, the Akatsuki outfit is cheap! Haha, only 9.9 yuan on Pinduoduo with free shipping.'
Upon hearing Zhang Wei's cosplay choice, Li Junfei thought for a moment.
'Brother Wei is cosplaying Uchiha Itachi? Then I'll cosplay as Choji. It's like playing myself, hahahahaha.'
Before he finished speaking, as if remembering something, Li Junfei looked at Zhang Wei and awkwardly rubbed his hands.
'By the way, Brother Wei, do you still have that other ticket for the anime convention?'
Zhang Wei asked doubtfully, 'No, I invited someone. What's wrong?'
'Uh, okay, never mind then.' Li Junfei didn't hide it and explained.
'After I gave you the ticket, another girl wanted to participate in cosplay but couldn't get a ticket. I thought I'd get a ticket for her too, and then we could go together. Hehe, that girl is very pretty, and super cute.'
Zhang Wei suddenly understood. Li Junfei had an extra ticket and, if he hadn't given it away, he could have given it to that girl. After all, getting a ticket was quite troublesome. At this moment, Li Junfei waved his hand.
'It's okay, that ticket was originally yours to give away. I'll get another one myself.'
'By the way, Brother Wei, who did you invite to the anime convention? Is it a girl or a boy?'
Zhang Wei took a sip of Yu Xiaoqi's cola and replied leisurely.
'A girl.'
As soon as he mentioned a girl, Li Junfei became gossipy, and Yu Xiaoqi also pricked up his ears.
'Who did Brother Wei invite? Do we know her? Is she pretty?'
Zhang Wei looked at the two of them. Since they were going to the convention together anyway, he didn't hide it.
'You know her, she's very beautiful.'
'Who is it, Brother Wei? Tell us quickly!' Hearing about a beautiful girl, Li Junfei and the other person became even more excited.
Then, Zhang Wei's voice came.
'Our class monitor, Lu Lianxue.'
His voice wasn't loud, but Li Junfei and the others heard it clearly and their eyes widened instantly.
'What?! Holy crap!! Brother Wei, you invited the class monitor?!'"