Chapter Thirty-Two: You Can't Afford Flying Kites

  The campus disturbance ended like this, it started with great shock, and even hundreds of special police came, but in the end nothing happened.

  Du Haibo not only failed to teach a lesson to Lu Yang, but also became the prime suspect in Li Yi's disappearance due to his conversation with the beautiful policewoman. He had to keep a low profile and stopped bothering Lu Yang for the time being, waiting for the exam results to be announced before making his next move. Earlier, the class teacher had said that if Li Yi failed to get into the top thirty, he would advise him to drop out of school, so there was no need for Du Haibo to take further action against Li Yi.

  After school in the afternoon, Liu Wei found Li Yi and said: "Brother Yi, the police didn't give you a hard time, did they?"

  "I didn't smuggle cultural relics, did they have a reason to leave me behind?" Li Yi thought of Du Haibo and sneered, "This guy is a smiling tiger, can't be underestimated."

  Liu Wei also knew who Li Yi was talking about, and said in a low voice: "I've long known he's not a good guy, didn't expect him to be so sneaky behind our backs."

  "I said how come there are so many police, it turns out that he was the one who called them." Zhang Chao suddenly realized.

  Three people left the campus side by side. As soon as they came out of the campus, they saw Wang Shanshan. She walked quickly to Li Yi's face and said, "Do you have time at noon?"

  "What's wrong?" Li Yi knew this girl was waiting for him here and asked in a hurry, "Because of Grandpa's matter?"

  "Hmm!" Wang nodded slightly and didn't elaborate, indicating that Li Yi should speak privately.

  Li Yi glanced at Liu Wei and Zhang Chao, but before he could speak, Liu Wei smiled and said: "Brother Yi, if you have something to do, go ahead and take care of it first! We're going to lunch."

  Arriving at Wang Shanshan's room, Li Yi said: "Where is Grandpa?"

  "He went to find Sun Dafu, I heard Grandpa say this morning that Sun Dafu had someone bring a letter to him. If he can't prepare one million within three days, he will sell the house exclusively to others and compensate us with only 10,000 yuan of liquidated damages, and let us move out within a week." Wang Shanshan's face looked gloomy and didn't know how to deal with this matter.

  Li Yi took a deep breath and said, "Leave this matter to me. I'll definitely get one million within three days."

  "Li Yi, don't be reckless, one million is not a small amount, at worst we can set up a street stall." Wang Shanshan truly didn't want Li Yi to get into trouble, after all Li Yi had helped her family so much.

  Li Yi gave the beautiful school flower a reassuring look and smiled: "Don't worry, I can handle this matter well."

  At noon, Li Yi simply ate something and came to the woods in the school campus. He found a deserted place, took out the yellow paper from his backpack, and quickly drew on it. After about an hour, several talismans were drawn, and Li Yi nodded in satisfaction, putting the talismans into his backpack. He then went to the classroom and found Liu Wei chatting idly with Zhang Chao.

  "Help me ask for a leave of absence, I need to go out this afternoon." Li Yi had no choice but to ask for leave. For the sake of this one million, he could only take time off.

  "Ah! You're going to skip class again? Aren't you going to meet Wang Shanshan in private?" Liu Wei said with an evil smile.

  "That's hard to say." Zhang Chao said with a sly smile, "If I had such a girlfriend, not to mention skipping class, even if you asked me to give up my studies, I'd be willing."

  Li Yi glared at the two of them and said irritably, "Less nonsense, I'm leaving first."

  Leaving the campus, Li Yi took a bus and headed straight for the Chenghuang Temple in the city.

  The temple is famous throughout the city for selling small ornaments, which are not only cheap but also very delicate. Many shops come here to wholesale. However, there is another street that is quite famous, which is a retro street. Although there are not many shops on the street, everything sold inside is antique jade. If you come during the day, you can still see many Taoist priests and fortune tellers drawing symbols.

  Li Yi bought a mask when he came, covering his face and making it impossible for people to recognize him. When he arrived on the street, Li Yi took out a white paper and slapped it on the ground, with eight big characters written on it: "Ancient symbol, can cure all diseases". Of course, this statement is somewhat mysterious, but some stubborn and miscellaneous diseases, especially neurological ones, can indeed be cured.

  On the street, there were hundreds of Jianghu doctors like Li Yi, and few people noticed him.

  However, perhaps it was a coincidence, or maybe there was a divine intention, a very luxurious sports car stopped in front of the street.

  A man and a woman got out of the sports car, both in their early twenties. The man was tall and handsome with an extraordinary demeanor, wearing a black suit. The woman was beautiful and slender, wearing a long blue dress paired with white high heels, revealing a unique temperament.

  It's obvious that these two are rich young masters, just by looking at their clothes.

  Two people walked side by side on the street, perhaps with the woman walking in front and the man following closely behind.

  After walking for a while, the man seemed unable to bear it and said: "Xiaolu, when are you going to stop buying? Are these days of buying useless things not enough?"

  "Zhang Wei, it's not your turn to worry about my affairs. If you can't cure my mother's illness, I won't agree to be your girlfriend, and I don't have the mood to talk about so-called romance with you." Liu Xiaolu's words were ruthless, she had been coming here these days to try her luck, hoping to encounter an ancient treasure that could cure her mother's disease.

  Zhang Wei's expression changed, but he didn't get angry. He said, "Xiao Lu, I know you want Aunt to recover, but you also know her situation. Even the best experts can't do anything now, yet you believe in these superstitions?"

  "You have no contact with ancient culture, how do you know those are not true?" Liu Xiaolu retorted, "I Ching Bagua, dare you say that those things are deceiving."

  "This...". Zhang Wei was speechless and said, "Even if those things are true, how many people in this era completely understand, let alone cure diseases and save lives."

  "I don't care, even if I'm being cheated, I'll still go find it." Liu Xiaolu said stubbornly, then squatted in front of a stall selling divine water dan medicine. "What's the function of this divine water?"

  "A cure for all diseases." The old man stroked his beard and said solemnly.

  "How much money?" Liu Xiaohu was indeed a bit foolish, who would buy things like this.

  The old man deliberately showed a look of being above the world, saying: "I am mainly for saving the world, talking about money hurts harmony, but for survival, you symbolically give some!"

  Liu Xiaolu pulled out a stack of money from the red LV bag, roughly several thousand yuan, and handed it to the old man. Then she picked up the holy water and handed it to Zhang Wei: "Take it, put it in the car later."

  Zhang Wei took over and said somewhat uncomfortably: "Xiao Lu, when are you going to stop buying?"

  "Aren't you supposed to be chasing me?" Liu Xiaolu was furious, having heard such words countless times on this journey, but she didn't want to lose her temper due to embarrassment.

  Zhang Wei was taken aback and asked in confusion: "What does this have to do with chasing you?"

  "I'm just like this. If you can't stand it, get out of here now. I can find someone else to help me carry things." With that, Liu Xiaolu walked forward without looking back.

  Zhang Wei was depressed and wanted to turn around and leave, but thinking of the other's family background, he could only grit his teeth and start chasing after him.

  The two of them strolled around the street for over an hour, buying countless things. Zhang Wei went back to the car several times to put their purchases inside. The old men here seemed familiar with them, and many of them changed their appearances several times, selling what they called "treasures" in their hands, and each time they were able to sell them off.

  As they walked to the end of the street, near Li Yi's stall, Zhang Wei said: "We've bought everything in their hands, can we go back now?"

  "Wait a minute!" Liu Xiaolu saw Li Yi and quickly walked over.

  Zhang Wei snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "He wears a mask in broad daylight, just to prevent others from recognizing him. Do you believe such a person?"

  "Hmph! Those old men didn't wear masks, but they changed their faces. Can't I see through it?" Liu Xiaolu said coldly.

  Zhang Wei's eyes widened in surprise, clearly not expecting the other person to say such a thing. He stuttered: "If you knew they were cheating you, why did you still buy so much?"

  "Am I supposed to watch my mother die in front of me?" Liu Xiao thought of the heart-wrenching past and choked back a sob, "My mother raised me from childhood, if it wasn't for her, there wouldn't be me today. Now that I've grown up, it's time for me to repay her kindness, but she's become like this... even if I know they're deceiving me, I still want to do this, because having hope is better than seeing no hope at all."

  Liu Xiaolu paused for a moment and said, "Take those things to be tested. As long as they don't have any side effects after eating them, I will give them to my mother."

  "Xiao Lu, wake up!" Zhang Wei couldn't help but say, "Don't believe those things, you have to believe in science."

  "Science?" Liu Xiaolu burst out laughing and said self-deprecatingly, "I'm too trusting in science, that's why my mother has become like this now, do you understand?"

  Zhang Wei was speechless, after all, her mother's illness was too complicated, even experts couldn't do anything.

  Liu Xiaolu walked up to Li Yi's stall and was about to speak when Zhang Wei took a step forward and said, "Take off your mask, I want to see what you look like."

  At this time, Li Yi only noticed that he was holding a miniature camcorder, which had recorded the appearance of everyone here.

  "If you want to buy it, then buy it. If not, you can leave. I won't force you." Li Yi said in a hoarse voice, closing his eyes and intentionally putting on an air of mystery.

  In recent years, Li Yi has watched too many fantasy and martial arts shows, and his imitation is quite authentic.

  Zhang Wei's face fell, and just as he was about to speak, Liu Xiaolu waved his hand and said, "Forget it, he doesn't want to take off his mask because he doesn't want us to recognize him."

  "What if something goes wrong with his stuff, how are we going to find him?" Zhang Wei said worriedly.

  Liu Xiaolu burst out laughing and looked at Zhang Wei with an expression as if she was looking at a fool, saying: "Do you think a few talismans can kill someone?"

  "What if, I mean what if these talismans are problematic?" Zhang Wei blurted out.

  Liu Xiaolu took a glance at the few talismans placed on the stall and said, "If these talismans can kill people, he is a Daoist master. Can you find any trace of such a person?"

  "Hmph! What a Daoist master, looking at his appearance, he's no more than twenty years old, probably just a little brat who deceives people." Zhang Wei said with disdain.

  Liu Xiaolu was determined to do something and would not give up halfway. She looked at Li Yi and said, "How much are these talismans? I'll buy them all..." After saying this, she thought Li Yi would say some hypocritical words like those Taoist priests, and then take some money to buy them off.

  However, Li Yi's next sentence made Liu Xiaolu stunned, "You can't afford it."