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Zhong Kui's Diary
The person in front of me turned out to be President Wang.
I found myself somewhat at a loss for words, thinking about all the confusion; this was indeed President Wang.
So, this person in front of me is really President Wang! Well, it seems he isn't really President Wang!
...
Damn, it's really unclear. I can't describe my current thoughts; my mind is a jumble. I took a deep breath and silently repeated "Two Tigers, Two Tigers, running fast, running fast" a few times before calming down.
What I thought was that this President Wang in front of me is actually Sister Rong from the Moonlight Pavilion in Yue City. She once teamed up with a girl named Hui, under Ma Xingrui's commission, to scare me and Fatty. At that time, her identity was President Wang, while Hui's identity was Manager Zhang.
I never expected that the Matchmaker behind the Broker would be Sister Rong. For a moment, I was speechless and didn't know what to do. Sister Rong seemed equally surprised to see me and was at a loss for words.
"Hey! Pay up!" The taxi driver couldn't help but loudly remind us as we stood there dumbfounded.
Sister Rong finally snapped back to reality and hurriedly paid the fare before the taxi sped away.
After putting the change into her Handbag, Sister Rong smiled and said, "I only knew your last name was Zhong. I didn't expect Zhong Zhengnan to be you. Mr. Zhong, I've finally found you."
"You were looking for me?" I said in surprise, pointing at my own nose.
"Yes," Sister Rong nodded earnestly.
"I left you my phone number, didn't I? You could have just called me," I scratched my head.
"My phone was stolen, and all my contacts were stored in it," Sister Rong sighed.
"What about Manager Zhang?" I asked with a smile. "Her name is Hui, right? Aren't you two partners? Where is she?"
"She’s dead," Sister Rong's tone quickly turned somber.
"What?" I was taken aback. "What happened?"
"That's actually the main reason I'm here to find you," Sister Rong said, her nose wrinkling as tears shimmered in her eyes.
"Don't, don't do that," I glanced around. "It's hot outside; let's go inside."
We entered Qifeng Temple and pushed open the door to Kong Xuan's room. Kong Xuan had met Sister Rong before, and their surprise at seeing each other was evident. I introduced them, saying, "This is my friend, Kong Xuan, also known as Master Kong from Nan Kong. And this is her wife, Ai."
Kong Xuan and Ai greeted Sister Rong with smiles, and Kong Xuan remarked, "Just a title, just a title; it's all an illusion." Then she cast a questioning look at me, seemingly asking what I meant by bringing Sister Rong along.
"Sister Rong is President Wang!" I announced like a host revealing a secret.
"Sister Rong is the Broker for Matchmaker?" Kong Xuan asked in surprise.
"Exactly!" I turned to Sister Rong with a smile. "Sister Rong, could you explain why you're not working at Sea Moon in Yue City but instead came to Star City to be a behind-the-scenes Broker for Matchmaker? And what happened to Hui? Why did you come to find me?"
Sister Rong didn’t answer any of my questions but instead asked me, "Mr. Zhong, I knew you weren't ordinary people when we met in Yue City. Let me ask you this: if there are ghosts involved, can you really handle it?"
"In this regard, he’s the master; it’s better to ask him!" I pointed to Kong Xuan.
"You need to tell me the situation first so I can determine if it's a ghost. Generally speaking, it shouldn't be a big problem," Kong Xuan said with an enigmatic expression.
"That's good." Sister Rong sighed in relief and slowly said, "Let me start from the beginning. Not long ago, Hui and I attended a party, which I'm sure you all know about—the famous yacht party held in the South China Sea that was reported by various media outlets. The one who introduced me there, Sister Duan, is an experienced escort. Hui and I made quite a bit of money inside."
"Make money?" Ai asked in surprise from the side. "Isn't it just a high-end cocktail party where successful people bring their partners? How can you make money there?"
Sister Rong's expression turned a bit shy but was mixed with disdain and a hint of embarrassment. "That's just a facade for the outside world. In reality, we escorts are all women of considerable worth, that's all."
"Sister Rong is quite straightforward!" I quickly changed the topic. "So what happened next?"
"Hui and I met quite a few sisters from all over the country, and there was one named '...' who we got along particularly well with. The three of us had almost no secrets from each other. She even had some incredible skills that opened our eyes." At this point, Sister Rong's eyes revealed a sense of admiration.
"What skills?" I asked curiously. Aren't you all escorts? What skills could you possibly have? Climbing mountains or swallowing swords?
"Is it appropriate?" Sister Rong glanced at Ai.
"Sure, it doesn't matter." Kong Xuan chuckled.
"She can... she can... open a beer bottle cap with..." Sister Rong looked at Ai again, embarrassed to continue.
"Where?" Ai asked, confused.
Kong Xuan and I naturally understood what "where" referred to and exchanged an ambiguous smile. Ai hurriedly pressed Kong Xuan for details, and Kong Xuan mischievously whispered something in Ai's ear. Ai's face turned red as she rolled her eyes at Kong Xuan and then shot a fierce glare at Sister Rong.
"It's fine, you can continue," I smiled to reassure Sister Rong. "But if it's not the main point, you can skip it."
"This is the main point!" Sister Rong couldn't help but raise her voice. "When she performed this trick, it immediately caused a sensation. Many big bosses specifically requested her service because they wanted to experience the thrill of being almost crushed."
"Hmph!" Ai couldn't help but snort again. "Are you sure this has anything to do with your situation?"
"Of course there is," Sister Rong said with a bitter smile. "This girl, I came here to seek help, and I won't say too much about unrelated matters."
"Go on, go on," Kong Xuan said with a smile as she hugged Ai.
"When she saw the light, just with this move, she earned a fortune. Hui immediately became envious and wanted to learn from her. She didn't hold back; this ultimate skill relies half on innate talent and half on technique. Anyway, the two of them would chat endlessly, and unexpectedly, Hui really learned it." Sister Rong paused for a long moment before letting out a deep sigh. "If she hadn't learned it, she might not have died."
"How so?" I asked in surprise.
"After Hui went back, her fame skyrocketed in the circle. Finally, there was an old man who specifically requested her services, and as a result, someone ended up dead," Sister Rong said hoarsely.
"Did she kill that old man?" Kong Xuan couldn't help but ask, while Aiden shot an angry glare at Kong Xuan.
"No, it was that old man who killed Hui. When I went to the scene, it was a bloody mess. I don't know if you all are aware of the recent murder case in Star City? If you had seen Li Yingying's murder scene, you would know how gruesome it was. But Hui's situation at that time was ten times more horrific than Li Yingying's." Sister Rong's face showed a look of terror.
"Damn, is this even something a human would do?" I was greatly astonished. I hadn't seen the scene where Li Yingying was murdered, but Lingfeng was cursing up a storm about it, so it must have been exceptionally bloody. The fact that Sister Rong said Hui's murder was ten times more terrifying than Li Yingying's made it hard for me to imagine that scene. "What about that old man? Was he caught?"
"No, there was only Hui's body at the scene; the old man's whereabouts are unknown. No one even knows his name," Sister Rong's expression grew even more fearful. "After that, I couldn't stop having nightmares. From the second day after Hui's incident, I would dream of her bloodied and calling for help every night."
"Is that your ghost haunting you?" Kong Xuan asked.
"If it were just that, I wouldn't have come to Star City to be a Matchmaker Broker," Sister Rong said with a bitter smile.
"Oh?" Kong Xuan and I exchanged glances, both seeing deep confusion in each other's eyes. Could there be more to Sister Rong's role as a Broker?
"This nightmare is very strange; it comes like clockwork at midnight. No matter whether I'm asleep or awake or what I'm doing at the time, I would faint completely. Then a dream would appear before me: Hui is constantly calling for help while there's an indistinct old man talking to me." Sister Rong said with a pale face.
"What about the old man?" Kong Xuan asked with a frown.
"He was originally looking for someone, but unexpectedly found Hui instead. Now that the alarm has been raised, he can only find out through me. Otherwise, this nightmare will continue to haunt me." Sister Rong shook her head with a bitter smile. "I asked him why he was looking for me, and it turns out that Hui had a strong consciousness binding me to her before she died."
I raised an eyebrow at Kong Xuan, asking if Sister Rong's situation was credible. Kong Xuan nodded slightly, indicating that Sister Rong's condition indeed existed.
Sister Rong continued, "This nightmare wraps around me regularly, but strangely, it only entangles me for half an hour at most. At twelve-thirty, I wake up on time."
Kong Xuan cleared his throat. "And then?"
Sister Rong took a deep breath and said faintly, "At first, I thought it was just a nightmare, but after more than ten consecutive nights of the same dream with the same old man saying the same things, I started to get scared. I decided to listen to him and help him find what he was looking for. However, by that time, I couldn't reach him by phone, so the old man told me to come to Star City to organize as a Matchmaker..."
I was quite surprised. "You mean this old man wanted you to come to Star City to be a Matchmaker? What is his purpose in doing this? Can he really find that person through a Matchmaker?"
"I don't know what the old man's purpose is; I only know that if I follow his instructions, the nightmare will ease." Sister Rong sighed weakly. "Another reason I came to Star City is to find you. I know you are not ordinary people; you can definitely help me get rid of this nightmare."
Note 1: The term "outdoor women" refers to business models who often have respectable professions such as flat models or actors, having appeared in lesser-known movies or TV dramas. They introduce each other and have a price list for services including dining companionship, sexual companionship, attending extreme parties, or even drug use companionship. Their clients are mostly newly wealthy individuals and second-generation rich kids. In short, they are a marginalized group within the modeling industry; they do not engage in genuine modeling work but instead use the guise of modeling to solicit illicit business.
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