Yu Daohan stood up and walked to the drawer, taking out a peach leaf from one of them. He then returned to the tea table and sat down, placing a teacup in the middle of the table and putting the peach leaf into it.
"The rule here is that I only recommend people who can handle the matter. As for the price, that's between you and the person handling it. I only charge a referral fee, but only if you can drink this cup of tea." Yu Daohan began to explain the rules of the Midnight Spirit Shop.
Li Bi and the other two exchanged glances. Now, their only hope was Master Yu.
"Alright, I'll drink the tea." Li Bi's current worry wasn't about money, but about the lives of the three of them.
"Money can be earned again, but once life is gone, nothing remains."
Seeing that the three agreed, Yu Daohan picked up the boiling water nearby and poured it into the teacup.
The moment the hot water touched the peach leaf in the teacup, the water quickly turned blackish-purple.
Yu Daohan put down the kettle and pushed the teacup towards Li Bi.
Li Bi looked at the blackish-purple water, feeling a bit puzzled. It was her first time seeing a peach leaf that could be steeped in water, and moreover, it was a blackish-purple peach leaf.
To be honest, Li Bi really didn't want to drink this. It looked like poison, but rules were rules. She couldn't possibly ask Guo Hongyuan and Zhang He to drink it for the trouble she had caused.
Li Bi picked up the teacup and took a small sip. Her eyebrows furrowed slightly. The tea wasn't hot at all; instead, it made her feel relaxed all over.
Li Bi drank it down in one gulp. Seeing that Li Bi could drink the tea, Yu Daohan picked up the kettle again and poured another cup.
Li Bi also picked up the teacup and drank it down in one gulp.
Yu Daohan's expression turned slightly grim. What was going on? Could it be that this tea had lost its efficacy?
"Try drinking another cup," Yu Daohan said, picking up the kettle again to pour another cup.
Although Li Bi was puzzled, she still picked up the teacup.
This time, it was different from the previous two. Li Bi could clearly feel the hand holding the teacup getting faintly warm.
The moment Li Bi's lips touched the tea, she felt an intense heat, making it difficult to swallow.
"It's so hot!" Li Bi couldn't help but exclaim.
Yu Daohan breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed the "invitation tea" hadn't failed. However, he would have to personally handle this matter.
"Invitation tea: one cup to invite, two cups to help, three cups to lodge, four cups to forfeit life."
"Since you could drink this invitation tea, come to the shop tomorrow morning. I'll take this job," Yu Daohan said.
Li Bi's suspended heart slowly settled, but her expression was still a little troubled. "Master Yu, what about the ghost finding us tonight?"
Yu Daohan nodded. Protecting the client was also one of the shop's rules. "I'll give you a yellow talisman to stick on your dormitory door, and then you can sprinkle blood from a rooster over a year old on the doorstep. You should be fine tonight."
As soon as Yu Daohan said this, the three of them breathed a heavy sigh of relief. They hadn't had a good night's sleep in days.
Yu Daohan walked to the drawer and took out a yellow talisman from one of them, and then took out a small bottle of rooster's blood over a year old from another drawer.
Yu Daohan looked at the yellow talisman in his hand. These were still drawn by Qiangzi, and they were almost all used up.
Yu Daohan didn't know how to draw talismans. All the talismans he used were drawn by that guy Qiangzi. Now that Qiangzi had eloped to Yunnan with his lover, the shop's supply of talismans was cut off.
Yu Daohan walked back and handed the items to Li Bi. "Set these two things up at the door tonight, and that thing won't dare to come in."
Li Bi took the items and nodded repeatedly. Now, whether they worked or not, they had to try their best.
"Master Yu, what's the referral fee?"
Yu Daohan didn't rush to answer. Instead, he began to calculate with his fingers.
After a few seconds, Yu Daohan slowly said, "Three hundred yuan!?"
Li Bi and the other two, along with Yu Daohan, all showed expressions of confusion.
Li Bi and the other two had expected the fee to be at least seven hundred yuan, but they didn't expect it to be only three hundred yuan.
"I'll scan it to you via WeChat, Master," Li Bi said, a smile appearing on her face.
Yu Daohan nodded in a daze and took out his phone, opening his WeChat payment QR code.
Li Bi scanned the money and also added Yu Daohan on WeChat.
After a few seconds, the three of them still hadn't left. Yu Daohan was a bit confused. The money had been transferred, and WeChat had been added, so why were these three lingering?
Li Bi seemed a little embarrassed. "Master Yu, there's not much going on on Old Street at night. The three of us girls are a bit afraid to walk alone. Could you escort us?"
If it were in the past, Li Bi would definitely not have been afraid, but after this incident, Li Bi no longer dared to walk alone at night.
Yu Daohan finally realized. After what these three had experienced these past few days, even if they were men, they wouldn't dare to walk alone at night.
"Don't worry, ladies. As long as you have this yellow talisman, no evil spirits will dare to come near," Yu Daohan said with confidence.
Li Bi looked down at the yellow talisman in her hand. Rumor had it that the owner of the Midnight Spirit Shop on Old Street was very powerful, and there was no job he couldn't complete if he accepted it.
Li Bi could only muster her courage and leave the Midnight Spirit Shop with Zhang He and Guo Hongyuan.
Watching the three leave, Yu Daohan once again calculated with his fingers. "It's correct. Why is it only three hundred yuan this time?"