Chapter 1251: Chapter 1250: Face-changing Technique
After finishing class in the afternoon, Ye Qiu left the classroom and was about to head to the Imperial Cuisine Restaurant when he saw Su Luoluo coming over to find him.
Actually, Su Luoluo had been looking for Ye Qiu since last week, but she just hadn’t found him.
Now, as soon she saw Ye Qiu, Su Luoluo hurried over to catch up with him.
"Ye Qiu, do you have time?"
"What’s up?"
Ye Qiu stopped and asked.
"My dad wants to meet you again."
No need to guess, it’s definitely about the unfinished building issue again.
"When?"
"Tonight, maybe. Where are you going now?"
Ye Qiu was planning to go check out the Imperial Cuisine Restaurant branch, so tonight he should have some time.
"I’ll pick you up at Jin University then."
After discussing with Su Luoluo, Ye Qiu got into his car and drove towards the Imperial Cuisine Restaurant. When he got there, the place was still covered in dust and debris.
After parking his car and getting out to inspect the construction site, he saw that the foundations and underground parking were already completed. If the building and surrounding gardens could be finished this year or next, then the Imperial Cuisine branch could begin operations.
Usually, it’s Ye Weidong who comes here to oversee things, while Ye Qiu seldom visits.
As for that boss Tang, Ye Qiu wasn’t sure, but assumed his father was in touch with him.
Ye Qiu didn’t go inside to have a look; he glanced from outside and then got back into his car. Remembering what Su Luoluo had told him, he drove towards the unfinished building area.
It was afternoon when he arrived there. He could feel that this place made him uncomfortable all over. Of course, those crystal coffins that were unearthed remain there, but from a distance, they might look frightening.
How can this place be transformed from a land of the dead into one of the living? Just altering the Feng Shui pattern alone won’t be very effective, Ye Qiu thought, considering that this place is overrun with spirits of the deceased, especially those lingering resentful ghosts. In such circumstances, trying to build here is indeed quite challenging.
Either dispel all those restless souls, or simply abandon this place.
Ye Qiu took another look without lingering, and drove away from there back to the Jin University Campus.
...
Not far from the unfinished building, in a suburban area filled with abandoned buildings, an old man dressed in black Miao attire, with sunken eyes, was continuously pounding herbs with a hammer.
He never expected his junior brother to get caught stealing bodies from the Affiliated Hospital, and after helping him escape safely, he unexpectedly fell ill.
The illness turned out to be cancer, specifically stomach cancer, and as the cancer cells spread increasingly, the old man had used the most powerful Miaojiang witch doctor techniques to no avail. Now the middle-aged man was being tormented so much, he was merely skin and bones.
"Junior brother, drink some medicine for the pain!"
The old man poured the black liquid directly into the middle-aged man’s mouth. Naturally, that black liquid contained other things still wriggling within it.
For a Miaojiang witch doctor, Gu witchcraft could both harm and heal. It just depended on how one used it.
After letting his junior brother drink it, he indeed felt some relief from the pain, but the middle-aged man knew that his time was almost up and feared he wouldn’t last long.
The middle-aged man was truly unwilling; having followed his senior brother from Miaojiang to Jinling, he hoped to make some money and enjoy it, but now he was facing his end so quickly.
"Senior brother, I’m afraid my time is almost up."
"There are two ways to save you now. One is to first turn you into a living dead, maintaining the integrity of your soul without dispersing, then find a suitable person to inherit your soul, allowing your consciousness to live on. But your body will perish. This is something we’ve always wanted to study and experiment with. Second, I’ve heard that Doctor Ye is very skilled and can cure any disease. If we can get him to treat you, you wouldn’t have to die, nor go through the first method."
Doctor Ye?
The two of them knew that the so-called Doctor Ye was Ye Qiu.
This young man had thwarted their plans several times, but they felt that he was indeed remarkable. In trying to avoid trouble, they preferred not to provoke him if possible.
However, in their current situation, they had to choose between becoming a living dead man or seeking his help.
As for the first option, it’s very difficult to find a suitable body to inherit, requiring a compatible birthdate and other factors that won’t lead to rejection.
So far, they hadn’t found a single body that suited those conditions. Thus, their experiment was only able to turn the dead into living dead, not realizing the rest of their aims.
So, in the middle-aged man’s view, he had only one path left—to death.
"He won’t treat me."
The middle-aged man said.
"How do you know without trying?"
"He and the police might still be looking for us. If we reach out to him, wouldn’t we be falling into a trap?"
The middle-aged man said painfully.
Even though everyone wants to live, given these conditions, it’s extremely difficult.
"See if we can use face-changing techniques to alter our appearances?"
Face-changing technique?
Since ancient times, Huaxia has had face-changing techniques, which were more advanced than today’s plastic surgery and could almost completely change a person’s identity. The old man had mastered such a technique.
In fact, it could be said that the appearances of these two now were very different from their original ones.
"I’ll try. If it works, I’ll find him. If not, I’ll avenge you!"
The old man said.
...
Ye Qiu drove back to the Jin University Campus, where Su Luoluo was already waiting for him. She didn’t know what to busy herself with, but when she saw Ye Qiu’s call,
Su Luoluo came straight down from her dorm.
Getting in Ye Qiu’s car, he drove away, exiting the Jin University Campus, and asked, "Do we need to buy anything?"
"No need!" Ye Qiu didn’t want to go empty-handed.
Last time, he bought two bottles of Maotai. This time, he went to a specialty store and bought two boxes of premium tea. Actually, Ye Qiu’s home still had a few bottles of Viscount Red Wine.
But, thinking that he wasn’t too familiar with Su Luoluo’s parents, he opted not to be so generous.
After driving to the entrance of the Su Family Courtyard, Ye Qiu parked the car and, carrying the tea, walked inside with Su Luoluo.
Having visited once before, Ye Qiu was already quite familiar with the inside.