Han Junjie only slept briefly before Niu Lin called him to the company and gave him a business card and money.
Han Junjie realized that the address belonged to a hotel, and the room number "4403" was written on it with a marker.
Niu Lin evaded his complicated gaze, "Don't look at me. You reap what you sow."
That was the truth of the glamorous industry. People prey on others' dreams for their benefit. Every business has its flaw and underhanded tactic. If it is a mutual agreement, then a transaction will benefit them.
In his previous life, he didn't know this kind of transaction before his mid-twenties. His old self was a star trainee, and the company invested a lot in him. They wouldn't let him get involved with this deep water. But it's different now; it seems H Media has given up on him. They let him open a room with god knows who.
That night, Han Junjie came to the hotel as scheduled and stood at the door. There's red mist covering the door. Just in case he met Hellraisers, he never took off his spatial ring since his reborn.
Junjie pushed open the door, and a woman's muffled grunt came from the door.
He has an extensive movie library and knew exactly what the sound was.
'I'll have to waste my power on you, but you actually had sex with the ghost first.. Unacceptable!'
The red mist was suffocating, covering the entire room with bloodlust.
"Don't you like it rough? I'll suck you dry right now!"
The naked couple was certainly on a different frequency. The middle-aged woman's eyes were tinted red, and her face was ecstatic.
The male ghost his age was towering on her; he grabbed a quilt and towering on the woman, "Die you bitch!"
Before the boy made a grave mistake and ruin his reincarnation, Han Junjie threw a red thread to tie him. Successfully yanking him to the wall.
Unlike spirit, ghost was actually a mass of energy formed by grievances and has no substance. Only by using certain tools a hunter like him could get them.
"Don't ruin your reincarnation chance to kill her."
The ghost snarled; he was completely demonized and losing his ability to talk; this was what happens when you're blinded by hatred.
Stroking his ring twice, he held the ghost's head and finally got his answer.
It was a room similar to this one, and the young boy was among the excited youth that enjoyed the party. Amidst music and drinking, everyone else was leaving one by one.
The woman brought him to her room and tried to drunk and rape him, but he struggled,d and they fought. She got angry and accidentally pushed him out the window of the hotel. Afterward, she forged evidence and claimed it was self-defense on her part. She even paid the keyboard warrior to harass his family to stop them from asking for further investigation.
"I will never let her go, even if I am a ghost!"
Junjie frowned. It was good that he got his sanity back, but his determination to kill was too strong. He will be demonized again in no time.
"Listen to me. From the moment you die, everything that happened in this world got nothing to do with you. No matter how angry and wronged you are, you'll be in the wrong if you kill a living person."
The male ghost shot him a bloody stare.
Han Junie sighed, "I'll help you to put him in jail, but you have to work for me from now on. How about it?"
"How can I trust you?"
"You don't have a choice. You either trust me, or it's hell straightaway."
Reluctantly he agreed. Han Junjie drew his family crescent with his blood and the male ghost now in his ring.
The next day's entertainment headline was indeed the news of a certain music producer that accidentally pushed an idol trainee out of a hotel window.
On the other hand, Han Junjie hid his achievements and fame. Training like usual. But a certain man in the director's room was sitting in a hot seat.
"Are you sure Han Junjie doesn't act weird?"
"He was training as scheduled, Director Niu. Do you want me to call him?"
Niu Lin dismissed his assistant with a wave of his hand. A relative called him about a certain person's arrest because his number was listed as the last number she called. He was there to make sure that they weren't acquaintances and brought disaster to both families.
He could shrink responsibility if Han Junjie had never been there; even if he couldn't, there's no proof of him asking the boy to meet her because his room had no CCTV. But still..
As his mind actively thinking of countermeasures, a new email popped out of his inbox. "Overseas Training System Try Out."
.
.
"Sister Zai, I'm back."
"Oh, Junjie's back. You can take your break now; you've been running delivery since we opened."
Junjie took the milk tea she offered, "Thank you, Auntie Zai."
"Sister Zai, I think your complexion is not very good. Shall I help you take care of the twin?"
If it were someone else, it would actually be presumptuous to say these words, but they are both from Beiling, and she has always regarded Junjie as her own brother. Zai Hua's expression became softer.
The young man could tell that she was in a bad mood. This day's business was particularly good. She was already extremely busy, but her ex-husband pestered her about marriage's reconciliation.
Reconciliation, my ass!
They just want her money! Did they think she was a stupid countryside woman from before?
Zai Hua wasn't just the owner of this café but she owned the entire building and two department store downtown.
After her divorce from her husband, she moved from Beiling to Aon. She opened a street snack bar in winter and autumn, and fresh fruits in summer and spring. Thanks to her persistence she accumulated a net worth of millions and finally bought a department store on the verge of bankruptcy. Her bold investment and life experience attracted local television and her story was heard even in her hometown.
After that, the ex-husband's family reached out to her, and soon Ding Lihai himself showed up. Disgusting her with his shamelessness.
The reason Zai Hua was disgusted by her ex-husband was because he was cheating. Not simply cheating, but raising mistresses with her dowry and wasting away their feeling, and abandoning their children.
You eat mine, use mine and take my money to go out to pick up girls, and then tell me that you love me.
Disgusting!
Before Zai Hua could answer Han Junjie's offer, a coming customer interrupted their conversation.
"Welcome to TeaZone."
"Hello, please give me these orders."
Zai Hua took the note, "Right away, please wait a minute."
"Thank you," Nie Linzhi wipe her runny nose and accidentally met a pair of familiar eyes.
The two sets of eyes mirrored each other but one was impassive while the other was stunned.
Han Junjie gave a slight nod and left the premises. If he was Nie Linzhi, he would be uncomfortable to meet him too. After a strange incident, she was forced to stay at a stranger's place.
Yesterday's incident was a strange thing for him too.
Demonizing happened to spirits with deep resentment and hatred, while humans could get phantomized under the influence of black magic. Yet, the Beno guy from yesterday was demonized, which means it was pure demonic energy.
Why?
Why would a Hellraiser target humans? It didn't align with their operation.
"Han Junjie!"
With her earmuff and hair in a ponytail, she was wearing a varsity jersey, and carrying two bags full of milk tea.
"Do you have time? I want to buy you milk tea."
Han Junjie raised the corner of his mouth, his eye forth back to back from his uniform to the cafe logo.
'Nie Linzhi you stupid!'
.
.
Slicing onion, frying vegetables, and stewing meat.
The platform development team was looking at Han Junjie with envy. Linzhi was cooking meals for them but never this pompous. It was a full meal course and it was all delicate.
Just like any other best friend, Sunny raised her phone and sent the picture to the sisters in Beiling. Linzhi was delaying her departure from Aon and staying here instead. The trio joked that she wouldn't stay there just to be a domestic helper, there must be a ghost there and there really was.
Rachel: That's Han Junjie?!??
Andrea: Did Linzhi gonna skip her cousin's wedding to get her childhood crush?
Sunny: Whose wedding? We've only been gone for a week..
Sunny: What did I miss?
Andrea: It's Brother Zhan
Andrea: Rumor has it he will hold his wedding with Rachel's cousin
Rachel: Heyy
Rachel: It's my maternal cousin's in-law or something, the relation is very far-fetched!
While Sunny was fueling her inner gossip, Linzhi was nervous for the first time in a long time.
"Yesterday.. I.. I didn't get you in trouble, right?"
Han Junjie paused, "Get in trouble?"
He was considering between a potion and a spell to erase her memory but her next word stunned him.
"Yeah, I'm afraid someone see me in your dorm and get you in trouble."
"Why?"
"Of course! You're gonna debut someday, someone with intention might use this against you."
Han Junjie put his spoon down, "That's what troubled you?"
"You're a talented musician and you love performing. I can't let you fail because of me."
"Don't worry, it won't be a problem."
"Are you sure?"
"Of course I am, I'm the trainee. But I have one problem though," Linzhi froze, her staring made Junjie not have the heart to tease her anymore. He showed his empty bowl, "I need more food."