Chapter 34: Being Haunted 3 (2/2)
The news was like a bolt from the blue. Assistant Wang was at a loss, “Her, her boyfriend? Then I …”
“Qin Li’s usual ploy is honey trap, which tends to be of use. Her men also learn it well.” Gazing out of the window at the sinking sun, Di Qiuhe pointed to the villa and the scenery that stretched out of window, and said faintly, “Money talks. The shameless can do anything to make money.”
Assistant Wang also looked out of the window, with his hands unconsciously clenched, and said reluctantly, “You are right. Money is really a good thing... Boss wanted to meet me next morning, Mr. Di.
Di Qiuhe looked back at him and smiled to his heart’s content, “Well, tomorrow morning. It’s a good time.”
After Assistant Wang left, Di Qiuhe had a simple dinner. Then he picked up a backpack and went out of the provisionally arranged villa, ready for a “chance encounter” with Little Puppy at Q University.
“No, it’s a sheer waste of ingredients. I wouldn’t like to have loose bowels at night.”
“Believe me. It smells so good.”
“Turn it over, you’ll find it’s scorched by fire.”
A vague noise caused by the collision of cooking utensils came.
“Well, I'm unskilled. Roast more, and I can cook well! Don't throw my meat away! It is edible if I cook it again!”
Di Qiuhe halted and cast a glance at the walls of a villa by the wayside.
“You’ve messed it up. If you don’t stop, we’ll have nothing for dinner. Just leave it to your cook. I’m terribly hungry.”
“Okay... How about we go swimming? You can put on my swimming trunks. It’s too hot. Let’s swim a lap first to cool us down. They’ve changed the water inside. I guarantee you’ll have fun!”
“Sure.”
“Take off your coat and trousers. Let me see... You're thinner than me. This pair of swimming trunks may suit you, which I wore only once... Don't, there are few people in the yard—you, me and my cook, all male. Don't bother to go inside. You can change the clothes here. If you mind me putting on it once, you can keep your underwear inside. But it may make you uncomfortable.”
“I choose to cover the underwear with it. I hope you can follow me, in case I see something too personal!”
“You have already seen it before. After all, we’re close friends… Oops, Bai, there’s a bite of a mosquito on your back. Aren’t you getting itchy? Ha-Ha, I’ve mistaken it for a worm.”
“Don't touch it! I do feel itchy!”
Di Qiuhe’s brow knitted. He took out the phone and dial He Bai’s number.
“Bai, your phone seems to be ringing.”
“Let me take a look... O, crap, it’s a ghost’s call!
“What the hell? Hmm, his name is Di Qiuhe.”
Di Qiuhe’s patience suddenly snapped and he put the phone down angrily. Drawing a few steps back, he leapt over the parapet after a run-up, yelling at He Bai who wore nothing but a pair of swimming trunks under the tree at a short distance, “Little Puppy, put it clear, who is the ghost?”
Beep—
The villa alarm went off, and the searchlight at the corner of the wall shone down on Di Qiuhe’s body.
A banging sound came. He Bai was so scared that he couldn’t help but let the cell phone loose, which hit a stone and fell into the swimming pool.
“Ah!” Niu Junjie bowed his head, staring straight at the swimming pool. He somewhat got into a panic, “Bai, the phone your parents left you is gone, so are the texts saved inside...”
He Bai didn’t realize his phone was gone until Niu Junjie reminded him. He looked at the empty palm and his mind went blank.
‘Where's my phone?’
Throwing a glance at He Bai who was still gazing at his palm, Di Qiuhe frowned. He jumped off the parapet, removed his backpack and casquette, strode to the pool and sprang into it.