"Ah, I’ll send my elder sister back and have some fun on the way. Our teacher asked for a day off, so we are free tomorrow."
Shuhang emphasized the term, "elder sister".
He had to make the relationship between him and Soft Feather clear.
Otherwise, the entire department would think he’d got a girlfriend who was in a better shape than a model, as it’d be spread by these big mouths.
As a result, his reputation would be ruined, and it would be hard for him to get a girlfriend in the college to end his virginity.
Besides, he also wanted to get back at Soft Feather, because she kept calling him "Senior".
He was an eighteen-year-old boy but was called ‘Senior’ by a girl, God!
"Oh, so she’s your sister."
The eyes of the boys in the dorm lit up as they all came up with an idea—Shuhang, let’s make friends?
It would be even better to go further and become his brother-in-law!
"We gotta go, see you later!"
Shuhang laughed, and without giving these guys any chance to cotton up to Soft Feather, he waved to them and left.
Soft Feather waved to the boys with a smile, then quickly left the dormitory behind with Song Shuhang.
"I didn’t know Shuhang had such a beautiful sister. I've decided that from tomorrow, I'll be his brother and take care of him."
Someone laughed.
"I guess that what you really want is to become Shuhang's brother-in-law?"
Another man chuckled.
"Be careful of your own sister. I remember you have a beautiful sister too."
"Tsk, if he's willing to introduce his sister to me, I'll sell him my sister at once. He can even buy one and get one free!"
They went back to the dormitory, talking and laughing.
After all, although she was stunningly beautiful, modern people had experienced the baptism of all kinds of belles on the Internet—who would be so innocent to fall in love at first sight?
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They checked in at half past three and the bullet train left at four.
Soft Feather sat by the window, and Song Shuhang sat next to her.
To be honest, Shuhang suddenly remembered some novels he recently read when he got on the train with Soft Feather.
In these novels, every time hero and beautiful heroine went out, no matter if what they took was a luxury car, subway, a bus, or even a bicycle, there would be a well-connected villain attracted by the beauty of the heroine, coming up to launch various provocations.
Then, the hero with great skills would be in the limelight, and beat the hell out of the villain.
And, the villain would bore a grudge as he got abused so bloodily.
He wouldn’t dare attack the hero publicly, but would play dirty in secret.
Then, there would come all kinds of love and hatred.
Shuhang didn’t think he would make it as a hero, but the beauty of the girl beside him should not be inferior to that of the heroines in the novels.
So, Song Shuhang was wondering whether there would be a powerful man coming over, cottoning up to the belle and trying to provoke him?
When the time came...
Should he beat him to death to spare himself all later troubles?
Or just beat him half dead?
Unfortunately, it was just fiction.
In reality, there might be people as arrogant and mindless as the villains from the novels, but there were simply too few of them.
They were as rare as pandas, so it was not easy to meet them.
During the two-hour journey, no one came over to provoke Shuhang, or cotton up to Soft Feather.
This made Shuhang a little bit disappointed...
After driving for half an hour, Soft Feather got sleepy and soon fell asleep, leaning on her seat.
Before long, she leaned her head on Shuhang's shoulder.
Song Shuhang had to relax his shoulders as much as he could so that the girl could sleep more comfortably.
Time flew.
"Ding ding ding~~ Hello, dear passengers, we’ve arrived at Heixiang Station. Please take your baggage and valuables, and get off from the right side of the train. Please pay attention to the gap between the train and the platform when you get off."
"We’ve arrived."
Song Shuhang patted Soft Feather gently.
Soft Feather opened her eyes sleepily, rubbing her eyes with saliva dribbling at the mouth. "Is it morning?"
He got struck by her cuteness. Though the woman looked like she could be his elder sister in age, he still got struck by her cuteness.
"The train has arrived. Let's get off."
Song Shuhang, holding her hand, pulled the heavy suitcase and quickly left the train.
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Soft Feather didn’t really wake up until the train roared away.
"What time is it, Senior?"
"It’s 6:07 in the evening. We’ve already arrived at Heixiang Station of J-City. Let’s take a taxi to directly go to Luo Xin street area after we get out of the station, and then find a place to stay," Song Shuhang answered.
"Okay, it’s all up to you, Senior."
Soft Feather nodded...
That's exactly what she wanted!
Somebody would arrange everything for her all the way long and she just needed to follow him before arriving at the destination.
It felt so good that she didn’t even need to use her brain.
There was a taxi lane in Heixiang Station, and there were lots of taxis waiting for passengers.
"Where’re you going, Little Brother?
A taxi stopped beside Song Shuhang and Soft Feather.
"Luo Xin street area." Song Shuang jumped onto the front passenger seat and replied.
"Luo Xin street area of J-City!"
Soft Feather added. Luo Xin Street Area of Jiangnan almost left a shadow in her heart.
The taxi driver was puzzled, and then laughed: "Haha, you are so funny, girl."
Knowing she had made a stupid mistake, Soft Feather blushed again.
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Luo Xin street area of J-City was very close to Heixiang Station. It only took about ten minutes to get there by car.
After they got off the car, they were guided to a hotel in Luo Xin street area by the navigation software on their cell phones, and checked in.
Since they were not a couple, they didn’t even need to consider sharing a room in the hotel.
Even if Song Shuhang wanted it and Soft Feather didn’t object to it, the hotel owner wouldn’t agree!
These days, the police took a strict control of it.
In case there was any problem, the hotel shall be held responsible as well.
After dinner, while it was still early, the two planned to walk around in Luo Xin street area to find Ghost Lamp temple.
Soft Feather was busy moving the big suitcase to the middle of the room.
Shuhang had nothing to tidy up, so he took the room card and waited at the front desk.
There weren’t many guests today, so the hostess was not busy.
Song Shuhang took this chance to ask her, "Hi, is there a place called Ghost Lamp Temple here?"
The hostess thought for a moment and shook her head. "I'm sorry, Sir. There are many temples in Luo Xin street area, but I’ve never heard of Ghost Lamp Temple."
She would definitely know the temple with such a strange name if it actually existed.
"Is there any temple whose name sounds similar? It may not be called Ghost Lamp Temple, so are there any other temples with similar-sounding names?"
Song Shuhang continued to ask.
Now that the Internet was so developed, if they couldn’t find any clue about the temple, they might’ve got the name wrong.
The hostess thought for a long time and shook her head again apologetically, "I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't help you. Maybe it’s a temple that existed a long time ago. If you really need to find it, maybe you can ask the elderly in Luo Xin street area."
"Thank you."
Shuhang nodded.
As they spoke, Soft Feather came out of the room.
"Where are we going next? She asked.
"Let’s just hang around to see if there are any elderly chatting along the street. Maybe we can get some clues from them."
The two talked and left the hotel.
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As soon as the two left the hotel, a woman in the lobby of the hotel pulled out her cell phone. "Altar Master, I saw someone asking about Ghost Lamp Temple in Luo Xin Ronghua Hotel. A man and a woman, both 20-something."
"Have those supposed to come finally come? What about their strength?"
On the other side of the line, a cold voice resounded.
"The woman looks quite strong. The man looks like an ordinary man, but the woman is very respectful to him, calling him ‘Senior’ in private," replied the woman.
"How strong?" The voice was still calm and cold.
"Altar Master, I can't figure it out but I can feel that she is very strong."
"I see. Keep a close watch of their whereabouts, and don't let them find out. I’ll arrange for someone to probe them.
Besides, tell the members of other watch points to be more vigilant. Maybe there’s more people searching for Ghost Lamp Temple."
"Yes."
The woman put away her cell phone and quickly left the hotel, following Song Shuhang and Soft Feather.