They All Say I've Met a Ghost

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Yesterday I’d gotten a new job, and today I had to go to work. I looked at the time, then quickly got up and washed. I was brushing my teeth when Xiao Ning walked in.

"You're up early," I greeted him.

"I went to mail my letter."

After exchanging good mornings I immediately got dressed. When I got to the hotel yesterday, I’d given my clothes to the hotel staff to be washed, dried, and ironed. A big hotel really was a great thing. My clean suit had already been delivered earlier.

A waiter brought breakfast to the hotel room. I ate as soon as I was finished washing up, sighing to myself. Under the corrupting influence of money I almost didn't want to go to work. I just wanted to stay with Xiao Ning at his hotel.

I beat my chest and said to myself, Buck up, Shen Jianguo! In order to conduct myself with integrity, I had to display strength and discipline, spend the money I had earned myself so I could hold up my head. Though I was poor, my soul was still worthy, without any psychological stain. I could even sleep peacefully in a morgue.

When I was finished eating, Xiao Ning said, "You said you'd found another job. I'll take you."

"No need, no need." I put a piece of bread in my mouth. "I'll be fine taking the subway."

"Please let me take you," Xiao Ning said with light smile. "I really want to learn more from Teacher Shen."

Usually I would be happy to hear this, thinking it meant Xiao Ning was interested in me. But this time, even though I wasn't a very sensitive person, I could still hear the bitterness behind Xiao Ning's smiling expression.

"Xiao Ning, I think you aren't in a good state right now."

He gave me the feeling of having ascended through an epiphany, as though he had already cast off the mortal realm. If he hadn't been eating breakfast, I would have been afraid that he was going to shun food the way they did in novels.

Wake up, Xiao Ning! A novel is only for entertainment, it isn't reality!

"It's not what you think." Ning Tiance looked up at me. "I love my sect. It's my dream to inherit the Maoshan Sect and carry it forward. But sometimes, it's not enough just to love it. I want to learn more social principles from Teacher Shen. The old ideas are out of date. We need a new theoretical system. "

Ning Tiance was a really good student. He'd had this realization after attending just one class. I was very glad.

Since he insisted on taking me to work, I graciously accepted.

After I got out of the car, my phone sounded. It was a message from Principal Zhang that had been sent around three in the morning.

Was there something wrong with the WeChat system? The message had only arrived after five hours.

Principal Zhang's message was an answer to my question about Tian Bowen. She said that Tian Bowen had learned his lesson and would never harass the students again. As for the formalin he had used to breed his maggots, it had been completely destroyed. Ning Tiance hadn’t violated the law but had used aboveboard means to take care of Tian Bowen. I was reassured.

When I thought back to the Ning Tiance who jumped over walls and smashed up glass doors, I was full of satisfaction. Xiao Ning had grown up so fast. He was getting more and more reliable.

For the next three days my life was peaceful. During the day I was busy getting used to my new job. I tagged along after Manager Lu, working as his assistant. In the evenings I happily chatted with Xiao Ning. Since attending my class, Ning Tiance had been very interested in my specialty, always discussing my courses with me. I'd accompanied him in performing a rite when I'd gone to his hotel before. Our lives were getting closer and closer together.