They All Say I've Met a Ghost

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You’ll be all right staying the way you are… I would take this as praise for the moment, since after all Xiao Ning was smiling as he said it.

"What are you going to do in the future?" I asked in concern.

Although Xiao Ning had said that he had money, he actually lived a very impoverished life. He had to sit on a hard seat for over thirty hours to get home, and he had to rely on the most primitive means of transportation on his return, running wildly along the road. I knew that in modern society there were still circles where a Celestial Master could make a good deal of money, but Xiao Ning was only a trainee Celestial Master, and his graduation assignment had somehow vanished. H City's cost of living wasn't cheap. It must have been hard for him to stay here.

"I want to spend more time going around H City at night, and I also want to come and listen in on your classes. Can I?" In Ning Tiance's eyes there was confusion, and a hint of something else I didn't understand.

"Of course, there's no problem!” I said, nodding.

My classes were all at night. I imagined the dark of the night, the howling wind, myself and Xiao Ning alone on the school bus...

Finishing that thought would have been a little embarrassing.

"Where are you staying?" I was waiting for Xiao Ning to say that he hadn't found a place to stay long-term yet and was making do with a hostel and had to find somewhere as soon as possible.

If he just said the word, I would invite him to stay with me. My bedroom was the largest in 404. There was plenty of room to add a single bed. Then Xiao Ning could take the double bed, and I could have the single.

"I don't have to worry about accommodation," said Xiao Ning. "The Maoshan Sect has a long-term private room at an international hotel, large enough to house a dozen disciples. I've been staying there this whole time."

He took out a business card and handed it to me. Looking at it nearly gave me a stomachache.

This was the most luxurious five-star hotel in H City. An ordinary room started from 2000 yuan a night. Xiao Ning's room, with space for a dozen disciples, had to be a suite at the very least. The cost per day would be…

A poor college student like me couldn't comprehend it!

It turned out that Xiao Ning had told the truth when he'd said he had money.

"It's getting late," Xiao Ning said to me after a look at the sun. "You probably didn't sleep well last night, so I won't bother you any further. If you have a class in the future, please make sure to tell me. I really want to listen to Teacher Shen teach."

"That's no problem at all."

After I reluctantly sent Xiao Ning away, I ate a bit of something and then sat on my bed staring into space. Before this, I had always wanted to destroy his feudal superstitions, get Xiao Ning to study math and science, become a young man of the modern era. But thinking about how much money the Maoshan Sect's Celestial Masters made hunting ghosts, I felt a bit...

Alas, at heart I was a vulgar materialist. Just hearing about making money could shake my firm faith in science.

Could a bit of money defeat an upright man?

I lay in my bed in my rental apartment, imagining the handsome Ning Tiance taking a shower and going to bed in his five-star hotel, and at some point slipped quietly into sleep.

Principal Zhang had told me before that the class schedule wasn't busy. There wouldn't be classes every night. She would send me the schedule the day before, which would give me sufficient time to prepare for class, and I shouldn't worry about it.