She didn't know what she was thinking.

Beichuan Si couldn't be bothered to care about those things and carried his Switch towards the dining room.

...

After finding a corner in the dining room and eating some food, Beichuan Si heard Magong Tong's voice:

"Sorry to keep you waiting, Beichuan, have you been waiting long?"

As she spoke, Magong Tong took off her bag and placed it on the table.

"Not at all. You said you wanted to discuss something with me, Magong... may I ask what it is?" Beichuan Si took a sip of his cold drink and looked at Magong Tong.

Logically speaking, Magong Tong shouldn't have any worries by now.

After all, neither curses nor ghosts were clinging to her, and her interpersonal relationships at school were gradually improving.

So why was Magong Tong still feeling uneasy?

There shouldn't be any reason for her to feel insecure here.

Beichuan Si gently swirled his cup of cold drink, waiting for Magong Tong's answer.

"Actually..." Magong Tong glanced around nervously before continuing, "Recently, I've been having this feeling..."

This feeling?

Beichuan Si looked up, not understanding.

Then he realized what Magong Tong was trying to say.

The last time they met at the cold drink shop, Magong Tong had already vaguely had this feeling.

Someone was secretly watching her, like a parasitic shadow at her heels.

The chilly sense of being spied upon made Magong Tong shiver with fear.

But whenever she looked back, she would find no one there.

This inexplicable feeling led her to wonder if she was being haunted by a vengeful spirit, which was the main reason she wanted to talk to Beichuan Si this time.

"Somebody is spying... right?" Beichuan Si raised an eyebrow and then thoughtfully asked, "Does Magong feel this way right now?"

Under his gaze, Magong Tong gently shook her head.

"...Is that so." Beichuan Si looked around.

To be honest, just like Magong Tong, he didn't feel that apparent watchful gaze either.

Beichuan Si tapped lightly on the table.

There were two possibilities now.

The first was that Magong Tong's feeling was wrong.

Her long hours of part-time work might have affected her mental state, leading to the illusion of being watched.

The second was that Magong Tong's feeling was correct, and there really was something or someone tracking her.

Compared to the first possibility, Beichuan Si was actually more inclined to believe the second.

After all, Magong Tong had once been possessed by Shenzhu Shihui and had thus acquired a spiritual sensitivity beyond that of ordinary people.

She could sense things that others could not perceive.

And that included watchful gazes.

As for whether that gaze belonged to a vengeful spirit...

Beichuan Si had already formed some ideas about that.

If Magong Tong was haunted by a vengeful spirit, there should be detectable traces of that spirit's malice on her.

But there was nothing on her, just like the last time Beichuan Si saw her at the cold drink shop.

Then the answer was clear.

The one stalking Magong Tong from the shadows... was a person.

But why would that person be stalking Magong Tong? What could his or her motives be?

For now, Beichuan Si could only think of two possibilities.

One was money.

When ordinary people thought of the Magong Family, they naturally thought of wealth.

As the daughter of the Magong Family, kidnapping her would certainly provide a way to demand a large ransom.

And the second possibility was...

"Happiness Truth Sect."

Beichuan Si rubbed his chin.

At first, Gangye Yoshiko and her group had indeed destroyed the headquarters of the Happiness Truth Sect, but some had slipped through the net.

After all, there were so many believers in the Happiness Truth Sect, with their intricate hierarchy of core members; naturally, it wasn't easy to tell them apart clearly.

Under such circumstances, it was only natural for some zealous believers to evade the initial capture.

Like that zealous believer from Hetian Wu, who had managed to avoid the first wave of arrests, his current whereabouts were unknown...

But most importantly... the fact that Beichuan Si had falsely claimed to be from Beidao Temple when meeting Shirasaki Chiyoda was something Hetian Wu knew.

To those fanatical believers, certainly, some of them wouldn't accept the fact of Shirasaki Chiyoda's betrayal, and that person who had been closest to Shirasaki Chiyoda at the time... Beidao Temple... might know something... or perhaps even some extremists would blame their accumulated grievances on him.

However, Beidao Temple was just a false identity, so no matter how those people investigated, they would find nothing.

But there was another person related to the identity of 'Beidao Temple'...

Beichuan Si looked toward Magong Tong.

That person was naturally Magong Tong.

After all, it was she who had introduced him with that false identity to Hetian Wu.

If they really wanted to investigate, they would probably start with her.

Starting with Magong Tong, then using her to trace the identity of Beidao Temple... this was also a possibility, right?

As for the possibility that some men harbored ill intentions toward Magong Tong because she was too cute...

It was a possibility Beichuan Si hadn't entirely ruled out, but compared to the other two scenarios, this one lacked a solid foundation.

If it were a case of being haunted by a vengeful spirit, it would have been easier to resolve; they would just have to start with the grudge, directly find the location of the vengeful spirit, then finish it off with one blow, which was much simpler than solving human crimes.

"Be, Beichuan?" Magong Tong spoke up, looking somewhat uneasy.

After she had told Beichuan Si about her situation, she noticed that Beichuan Si was sitting on the bench with a changes in his expression.

Could it be that she was entangled with a vengeful spirit that even Beichuan found troublesome?

The thought made Magong Tong feel cold in her hands and feet, and her mind started to slow down.

At that moment, Beichuan Si suddenly came back to his senses and said, "I think I might already have an idea... Magong, please rest assured, the issue is not as simple as a vengeful spirit causing trouble."

"Eh?!" Magong Tong exclaimed.

It wasn't as simple as a vengeful spirit causing trouble?

This statement from Beichuan Si only added to the unease.

Under Magong Tong's worried expression, Beichuan Si continued,

"But that's only in comparison to me. The problem with you, Magong... if we really talk about it, more ordinary methods of coping would be more effective. You can solve it with your own ability. There's actually very little I can help with."

These words from Beichuan Si made Magong Tong stare with incomprehension.

There's very little that Beichuan can help with? I can solve it with my own ability?

Do I have such powerful abilities?

Driven by such thoughts, Magong Tong asked subconsciously, "So what should I do exactly? Beichuan?"

"Of course, you should use money... um... that is, hire a few bodyguards to protect you closely. That should make everything safe and secure."

Beichuan Si responded expressionlessly.

Yes, to deal with those lurking in the dark, Magong Tong just needed to speak to her parents, asking them to hire a few bodyguards to protect her personally.

This was indeed the most straightforward solution to the problem.

Although for people of ordinary means this would be almost impossible, for a girl with the financial capability of Magong Tong, hiring a few bodyguards was nothing.

"Bodyguards…?" Magong Tong finally understood what Beichuan Si meant, "Beichuan, do you mean... these past few days, the malicious stares I've felt, they aren't due to a vengeful spirit? But from people...?"

"Mhm. At least, I can't see any grudge within my field of vision around you, but—"

Beichuan Si paused, then took out a small, battery-like device from his pocket: "To ensure true safety, Magong, you should still carry this."

Magong Tong took the small object with a puzzled look.

"What is this…?"

Beichuan Si did not hide anything, explaining straightforwardly:

"It's a tracker connected to my phone. I equipped my sister with it a long time ago to prevent suddenly losing contact... but rest assured, I normally don't use it. You can return it to me after this incident is over."

Indeed.

Beichuan Si was always cautious.

After the incident at Yuchuan Elementary School, he had bought a tracker early on to prevent emergency situations from happening.

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