Chapter 314: The Spirit Summoning (1/2)

The girl bowed and introduced herself, ”I'm Luo Youyou, a junior student majoring in computer science. I've heard a lot about you, it’s nice to meet you.”

Luo Youyou was a petite young girl with dainty and delicate features, though she was now tinted with an air of sadness. My guess was she had come for help. ”What can I do for you?” I asked.

Luo Youyou tucked her hair behind her ear and timidly replied, ”Song Yang, one of my classmates has been possessed. Can you please help him?”

”I'm sorry,” I smiled wryly. “I'm not in this line of work. You’d have better luck asking a Taoist priest.”

”Don’t get me wrong,” she faltered. “I know that you’ve solved many cases. You’re a great detective. The thing is, my classmates and I played a game last night, and then one of us was possessed. He insisted he was a woman who had been murdered.”

Exorcism wasn’t my specialty so her flattery was useless. ”I can't deal with this. Please find an expert!”

I left her with those words and helped the two drunk men to our dormitory. ”Dude, why are you so cruel?” asked Dali. “How can you reject a cute junior’s request?”

”Why don’t you help her then!” I rolled my eyes at him.

We were slowly walking up the stairs when Luo Youyou suddenly rushed in with tears in her eyes. ”Song Yang, please, no one can help him except you!”

I didn't intend to pay her any attention but big-mouthed Dali had to run his mouth off. ”He’s agreed to help you. We’ll be down shortly.”

“Thank you so much!” Luo Youyou smiled through the tears.

Glaring at Dali, I couldn’t help but swear under my breath. Dali scratched his head and said, ”Just think of it as doing me a favor. Just promise her first, and I’ll handle the rest.”

”I promised Lao Yao we would play some video games tonight,” I sighed.

”So what if you stood him up once?” retorted Dali. “It's not a big deal. Just send him another naked photo!”

I sighed as I helped our roommates back to their beds. Afraid he would reek of alcohol, Dali started chewing on some gum, tidying up his shirt as we walked downstairs. ”Do you think there’s a chance of romance for me?” he asked.

”I don't know about that, but you’ve a bit of nose hair sticking out,” I laughed.

”Really? I'll have to go trim it now!”

”Geez, I’m just kidding!” I said, grabbing his shirt. “I can’t believe you fell for that!”

Since Dali had decided on helping the girl, I left the talking to him. When we met up with Luo Youyou again, Dali solemnly said, ”Luo-xuemei, can you tell us what happened in detail?”

”Have you guys ever heard of the Four-Corner Game?”

Once the game began, one of them would walk counterclockwise or clockwise in one direction, pat the second person on the shoulder and stay in that corner. The four of them would then repeat this action.

As the urban legend goes, a ”fifth person” would appear during the game, patting one of them on the shoulder which proved the successful summoning of an otherworld being!