Chapter 60

Chapter 60

Xi Xi: Huh?

Wait, really?

Xi Xi finally understood that her dad was scared.

Xi Xi really liked her dad, who created her, and nodded her snake head obediently, saying, "Okay, I'll tell my godfather to pick you up after school from now on."

He Yunxiao's face grew slightly warm, and looking at the strange black fog in front of him, he added, "It's too late tonight, so don’t bother coming."

He Yunxiao felt like he was getting a taste of being picked up and dropped off at an elderly university fifty years early.

After the call ended, He Yunxiao's roommates looked at him with a smile, "Who were you on the phone with just now? Is it really the snake daughter you had over the summer? How do you communicate with her? Does she hiss and screech?"

He Yunxiao thought with a sneer, these country bumpkins didn’t know his Xi Xi could talk, did they?

He Yunxiao looked at the thick black fog and felt an inexplicable sense of horror. He instinctively pulled out a medicinal talisman from his pocket.

The talisman had been pre-soaked in various medicinal herbs by Wu Heng, and a secret character was written on it with medicinal liquid. He gripped it tightly in his hand.

With their phone flashlights lit, each of them grabbed the sleeve of the person next to them and ventured into the black fog.

He Yunxiao instinctively covered his mouth and nose with the talisman, holding his breath.

One of his roommates couldn’t help laughing, "He Yunxiao, you’re really once bitten, twice shy. Isn’t it normal to have fog on winter nights?"

The roommate took a deep breath of the fog right in front of He Yunxiao, who stubbornly held his breath and didn’t say a word.

He Yunxiao couldn’t quite explain it, but he felt a sense of unease. He decided to play it safe tonight and wait for his guardian spirit daughter to start picking him up and dropping him off tomorrow night, then he wouldn’t be scared.

Luckily, they made it to the dormitory building in a few minutes without any weird encounters.

Meanwhile, Shi Xuan also led Li Hao, Wang Dong, and the three black-haired guys out of the school. Shi Xuan didn’t head straight to the car but stopped to buy some barbecue outside the school.

While waiting for the vendor to grill the barbecue, Shi Xuan sent a WeChat voice message to Xi Xi.

"SX: Xi Xi, tell the little white snake to come and get some food later."

Xi Xi immediately and obediently relayed Shi Xuan’s instructions, and the little white snake’s eyes lit up instantly, showing it understood.

It watched as Wu Heng was still craning his neck, intently observing the tourists on the Dream Cruise having a seafood barbecue feast. The little white snake crawled along Wu Heng’s arm to the back of his pale hand, gently bit him with its small fangs, and made a pitiful hissing sound:

'Wu Heng, Wu Heng, can you also buy me a little genius smartwatch? I want a blue one.'

Its dearest godfather wanted to contact it but had to rely on Xi Xi to relay the message.

The little white snake thought if Wu Heng didn’t agree, maybe it could ask its godfather to buy it?

Wu Heng was still watching Su Chenyu and the others, saying, 'Xi Xi initially bought the little genius to facilitate voice learning with Yang Xing.'

Upon hearing Yang Xing’s name, the little white snake immediately curled up into a ball, but soon it was shocked again: 'Wait, does Xi Xi know how to connect to the ghost network?'

These spirit beasts naturally have a magnetic field that can occasionally connect to this spiritual network, but only after learning can they ensure a consistent connection.

Seeing Xi Xi nod, the little white snake wilted for a while, then picked up a leaf imbued with Wu Heng’s spiritual power, saying, 'I’ll go find my godfather.'

Wu Heng glanced at the live stream, for the first time so tempted by the patients that he wanted to cut the broadcast.

Su Chenyu said while eating, "Dr. Wu, as soon as I get off the ship, I’ll arrange to send these seafood over, guaranteed... the police!"

Everyone looked up in confusion, seeing several coast guard ships appearing on the distant sea, their flashing lights bringing joy to all the tourists.

Indeed, the police would never give up on them!

Looking around, the sea fog gradually dispersed with the arrival of the coast guard ships, as if the mist was lifting at dawn.

"I had guessed that the police were monitoring Chengde Medical Hall’s live stream, and it turned out to be true."

"Seeing them come, I feel at ease, and I don’t have to worry about Mr. Wei causing any trouble—all the evil forces will be banished."

"By the way, according to internal sources, it seems Mr. Wei has already died."

"A troublemaker even in death—if I were his widow, I’d have divorced him long ago, don’t involve me, thank you."

The officers were extremely efficient, as usual, quickly boarding the cruise ship, finding the drowsy captain, waking him up, and urging him to dock at the nearest port.

Meanwhile, in the medical hall, the little white snake exclaimed:

'Wu Heng, godfather got us barbecue, and it’s still hot!' The little white snake excitedly pushed in with its head against the insulated box.

The insulated box was wrapped in foil to keep the food warm.

The little white snake thought it would be more fitting for the occasion if it were yellow or blue.

Wu Heng opened the insulated box, and the aroma of spices and the steam from the hot food hit him.

Wu Heng was delighted to see all kinds of grilled seafood and river delicacies in the box—skewered mantis shrimp and oysters stuffed with vermicelli, and the spicy stir-fried snail meat.

Was his craving for seafood barbecue that obvious?

The little white snake coiled its tail, eagerly ready to eat, and Xi Xi, seeing this, hurried to the second floor of the medical hall to call Zhou Yi down for a midnight snack.

"Ah? Who sent the midnight snack? Is our Heng Bao seeing someone? Is it a guy or a girl?"

"What are you even talking about upstairs? Wu Heng is still two months away from adulthood—what love?"

"Look at Heng Bao’s beaming smile—it must be a local who sent the midnight snack so quickly."

Wu Heng checked the WeChat message; Shi Xuan had sent a message a few minutes ago.

"SX: Help me taste it."

So it was for the midnight snack—no wonder he sent the little white snake to fetch it.

Wu Heng was no longer envious of Su Chenyu and the others, now that he had his own treat, and when Zhou Yi came down holding Xi Xi, he handed him a pair of chopsticks.

Wu Heng ate the grilled shrimp, thinking he should return the favor to his good friend.

Beijing is a hotspot for supernatural illnesses, and it has become more serious recently. Wu Heng decided to make a cloth mask for Shi Xuan by hand.

Though, given Shi Xuan’s constitution, he might not even need it.

Wu Heng ate the stir-fried snails while watching the live stream and reminded, "Patients who have eaten fish head dishes can interact physically with the police, and after returning, sleeping for more than ten hours can cure them, but they might have bad luck for the next week."

So a group of officers saw the tourists excitedly shaking hands with them, and the more enthusiastic ones even hugged them, more excited than meeting idols.

"It takes a week to recover luck? And have bad luck for a week?" This news made many tourists frown, silently cursing Wei Tianming.

A female tourist suddenly suggested, "Since that's the case, why don't we just go to Nan Nuo Village to attend their village Nuo festival? It's originally a five-day, four-night trip, and I've already taken leave for it."

This proposal immediately appealed to many tourists.

Right!

Why not just head to Nan Nuo Village from this port for tourism? After all, Wu Heng is there, and seeing him would surely be reassuring, no matter how bad the luck is.

"I'll join!"

"Count me in."

Village Chief Zhou Dagui, who was quietly watching the live stream, couldn't stop smiling when he saw so many affluent young men and women expressing their desire to attend the Nuo festival.

Do it! Not only will we do it, but we'll also make sure the tourists are so enchanted that they'll never want to leave. Tomorrow, he'll go door to door to promote the event among the villagers. Anyone who acts uncivilly won't be considered part of Nan Nuo Village!

A police officer walked over and stared at Master Liu, who was lying on the ground. His wrist, which had been pierced, was quickly bandaged by Chen Zhao to keep him from dying. He had already passed out.

Yuan Song stood nearby, calmly watching the police approach.

When the police asked if he was the one who injured Master Liu, Yuan Song stated bluntly, "Yes, it was me who pierced it."

The lead officer smiled and said, "Understood. You'll need to come with us to the station. This case will be transferred to another department."

A department named Special Event Management had just been established, specifically to handle these increasingly frequent supernatural events.

Yuan Song was afraid he might not come back. He lifted the wisdom tooth necklace from his neck and kissed it, gently wiping away the dense and intricate cinnabar symbols with his fingertips. He looked at the phone in Su Chenyu's hand, which was still live-streaming, and smiled warmly, like a little sun, "Alright, take care."

Tang Xueshan's heart clenched at the sight.

She knew it was her wisdom tooth. Back then, she had to have it removed due to inflammation, but many dentists were hesitant to remove it because it was too close to the nerve, fearing the risk of facial paralysis.

Finally, she went to a well-known dental hospital and successfully had it removed. Yuan Song was even more nervous than her, so after processing, the tooth was given to him. It was the only part of her left after cremation, and it was probably used to create the spell.

Tang Xueshan suddenly stood up and ran outside her home. As soon as she opened the door and took a step out, she heard several eerie wails.

"Ahhh! Ghost sister, can you please not scare us? We're easily frightened!" Wang Dong and three others with black hair huddled together and cried.

They almost bumped into Tang Xueshan, if she had a physical form.

Li Hao, who was also cowering nearby, wasn't faring much better. Seeing Tang Xueshan standing outside in paper slippers, he exclaimed in surprise, "Ghost sister, can you leave now?"

Tang Xueshan was stunned to find that she had indeed walked out. Remembering Yuan Song wiping away the cinnabar symbols on the wisdom tooth, she suddenly realized.

He was the one who had trapped her, and now he was the one letting her go to reincarnate.

Li Hao and the others started wailing again, "Ahhh! Please don't cry, it's all bloody tears, it's terrifying!"

Li Hao avoided looking at Tang Xueshan and said, "The port police station where Yuan Song is is thousands of miles away from our city. Are you planning to float all the way there? Not to mention whether you have enough yin energy, it's likely you'll be intercepted by a yin emissary halfway and taken to the underworld. Why not just wait here for him to arrive?"

After saying this, Li Hao wanted to slap himself. Five grown men huddled together all night, living under the same roof as a female ghost. Her leaving would actually be a relief.

It seems he's truly enlightened, intending to serve the people in the future, and now he's trying to serve the ghostly people in advance.

After calming down, Tang Xueshan thought Li Hao made sense and turned back into the house.

Li Hao met the resentful, tearful gazes of Wang Dong and the three others with black hair: "..."

"Hahaha, serving the people, serving ghosts counts as service too!"

Li Hao and the others reluctantly stepped inside and saw Tang Xueshan still watching the black-and-white version of the Chengde Medical Hall live stream. They decided to head back and finish their homework.

Meanwhile, after Wu Heng and Zhou Yi, along with two snakes, finished all the late-night snacks, the Dream Cruise arrived at the port.

The tourists eagerly lined up to get off the ship. The old man in the wheelchair trailed behind, moving slowly.

The old man clutched the worn-out, vintage pen tightly, tears rolling down his cheeks as he gazed at the white-robed yin emissary on the shore.

The young ghost could float, but his eagerness led him to carefully step onto the solid ground.

This was the hometown he had yearned for all these years.

He had returned home.

Like falling leaves returning to their roots, he was finally back on the soil that raised him.

He also laid eyes on the person he had longed for, even though the man's hair had turned gray.

He felt at peace.

The young man turned to look at the old man, 'I have to go.'

The yin emissary had graciously let him come ashore before leading him away. He shouldn't cause any more trouble for the master.

The old man's wheelchair picked up a little speed.

Wu Heng spoke up suddenly, "If you live out your natural life without committing crimes, you can get a yin marriage certificate. The underworld does not restrict gender for marriage."

The old man grasped Wu Heng's meaning instantly. He didn't have much time left.

The old man watched the young man step towards Lai Yin Chai, his trembling hand slowly falling.

They had waited years for each other; a few more years were nothing to fear.

He had never married, dedicating his life to building a cross-sea bridge. Eventually, he adopted a grandson, who turned out to be quite successful. He had found some joy in family in his later years, leaving him with no regrets.

The old man sat in his wheelchair, watching the young man go, his kind and gentle eyes on the phone camera as he said, "Thank you, Dr. Wu."

This was a powerful shaman. He appeared healthy, but his heart was beyond healing.

This online shaman had effortlessly cured the heartache that had plagued him for fifty years.

Strange illnesses are easy to catch, but a good doctor is hard to come by.

Wu Heng smiled gently, "May you find happiness, old sir."

"So that's how it is. Looking at it this way, death isn't scary, but it seems suicide isn't allowed?"

"Heng Heng is really a careful and gentle person. He understands the old man, wuwuwu."

"Wu Heng, gentle and a big eater. He ate so much just now; isn't he afraid of getting fat?"

"He's a shaman; does he have any weight-loss secrets? Can he sell some weight-loss medicine? The mosquito repellent ointment from last time was really good."

The comments somehow shifted, urging Wu Heng to launch new products.

Lai Yin Chai looked pleased as the sea ghost slipped into the lantern, making the paper lantern in his hand feel a bit heavier.

Amazing!

This is no ordinary heavy paper lantern. What he’s carrying is the key to a promotion!

Lai Yin Chai was feeling pretty pleased with himself tonight. He looked up at the night sky and quickly said, "Wu Heng, I’ll head straight back to Nan Nuo Village to grab medicine for those sick spirits. I’ll be there before dawn, wait for me."

Wu Heng: "?"

Are you okay?

Doesn’t he need to sleep? Wait for what exactly?

Wu Heng looked at the little white snake, which immediately shook its head and said, "I don’t get why he’s so into working overtime."

Just like he doesn’t get why Xi Xi’s so into studying.

Wu Heng checked the time; it was time to wrap up the live stream.

"Thanks for tuning in to explore Nan Nuo Village. I’m signing off for now. Good night!"

Upon hearing this, Su Chenyu quickly shouted, "Dr. Wu, hold on, I’ll send over some seafood real quick."

As soon as he finished speaking, the live stream connection ended.

Wu Heng stretched out comfortably, working the kinks out of his neck, and then picked up his phone to reply to Shi Xuan.

"Baby Heng Heng: Tried it—so good! Absolutely delicious."

"SX: When are you hitting the sack tonight?"

"Baby Heng Heng: ? You wanna do a voice call with me?"

Shi Xuan: "..."

Tonight was the first time Shi Xuan saw that white-robed yin emissary, who seemed to be an old friend of Wu Heng’s.

Is that yin emissary another one of Wu Heng’s buddies?

He stood by the desk, his gaze passing through the window to the lonely courtyard with its old well.

And he could only wait for him to show up.

The little white snake said that beneath the ancient well, there’s a vast network of waterways, and because the well water connects to the yin, it’s a breeding ground for spirits. Only someone as powerful as Wu Heng can handle this place, even he and Xi Xi, as spirit snakes, rely on Wu Heng’s power.

He knew what lay beyond the well, but all he could do was wait.

Until Shi Xuan saw the message Wu Heng sent, he paused.

"SX: Is it okay?"

Wu Heng always felt a little strange, scratched his head, and replied with a voice message, "Catching up with a buddy over voice, it’s... pretty normal, right? Right, Xi Xi."

Xi Xi immediately nodded obediently, saying in a childish voice, "Yes!"

The little white snake felt strange and commented, "What kind of bros have late-night calls?"

Wu Heng turned to look at the little white snake, "I didn’t ask you. And Chengde Medical Hall is closing, head back to your place by the well in the east end of the village."

He Yunxiao wouldn’t let his daughter stay overnight with the white-haired and dyed-hair guys.

Zhou Yi had no choice but to shoo the little white snake away, watching as Chengde Medical Hall shut down for the night.

After getting ready for bed, Wu Heng lay down on his small bed and made a phone call to Shi Xuan.

Shi Xuan wasn’t a talkative person, and the senior year review sessions were quite dull, so it was mostly Wu Heng who did the talking.

He shared his daily life in Nan Nuo Village, practicing the Nuo dance by the river at noon, and the difficulties he encountered while studying for the college entrance exam.

Wu Heng asked, "Why aren’t you saying anything?"

Shi Xuan didn’t know what to say, thought for a moment, and then replied, "I’ll recite some key math formulas for the exam for you."

Wu Heng: "..."

What? Did Yang Xing possess Zhou Yi before and now Shi Xuan?

Wu Heng lay in bed listening to the dry and dull math formulas and essential historical points, his eyelids gradually drooping, and he fell asleep.

Shi Xuan, noticing the other party wasn’t speaking, hung up the phone.

You shouldn’t stay up late; it’s bad for your health.

*

Tang Xueshan was now free, feeling all sorts of emotions, and could only pace around in this duplex villa.

She finally understood why, despite being dead for several months, no yin emissary had come to escort her, leading her to believe she was still alive.

It turned out that Yuan Song had cast a magic spell at home, which not only restricted her movements but also isolated the outside world, so the yin emissaries outside had no idea there was a ghost here who needed to head to the underworld.

But now she really wanted to see Yuan Song again before going to the underworld.

Tang Xueshan, new to being a ghost, didn’t know what to do and could only roam around the house, floating into the room of five high school boys and seeing they were still doing their homework.

Tang Xueshan: "Huh? You haven’t finished your evening study session? Why so slow?"

"Ahhh, ghost lady, don’t scare us! What are you doing here?" Wang Dong was scared out of his wits and couldn’t help but complain.

Li Hao and the others indeed felt awkward; their grades weren’t good, and their efficiency was low.

Previously, they did their homework only when they wanted to, and if they didn’t, the teacher couldn’t do much about it, and they could just go abroad to study later.

But now it was different.

Li Hao had set a small goal for himself, so he had to do his homework diligently.

Shi Xuan was top of the class and finished his day’s homework during evening self-study, He Yunxiao was in the middle, and they were lagging behind, naturally not as efficient.

Li Hao: "Don’t worry about us."

Li Hao had a ballpoint pen in his mouth, digging through his backpack.

Black Hair No. 1, seeing this, said, "Li, didn’t bring your books back? Use mine for now."

Li Hao: "...I forgot the test paper assigned by Mediterranean."

They looked at each other, wondering what to do.

"Forget it, maybe just don’t do it. We often didn’t do homework before," Wang Dong suggested.

Li Hao felt that he had just made a bold resolution, and it wouldn’t be good to back out so soon; he would scribble something to finish the homework.

Li Hao immediately called He Yunxiao: "Can you bring me my homework? Meet me at the school gate."

The other end of the line immediately went to a busy tone: "Beep—beep—beep."

Li Hao: "..."

After washing up, He Yunxiao climbed into bed. The strange black mist earlier made him feel like he was out of his mind to run out in the middle of the night to deliver homework to his rival.

Time to sleep.

Li Hao felt like he might not need to write tonight after all. Forget it, maybe I’ll just...

Tang Xueshan, who was observing the situation, spoke up: 'How about I go get your homework from the classroom? I’m free to go out now, and I don’t have much to do anyway.'

Tang Xueshan found out Li Hao’s class and seat number, walked to the window, jumped down, and floated toward the school.

This was Tang Xueshan’s first time going out as a ghost since her death. Looking at the closed streets around her, she found it rather intriguing.

Tang Xueshan noticed a faint mist around the school and floated in, easily finding Li Hao’s classroom.

Upon entering, she saw students still sitting at their desks reading, quietly surprised.

Is senior year at this elite school really this competitive?

—

Meanwhile, Wu Heng was still deep asleep. The moon was bright outside the window, and he didn’t know how long he had been sleeping when he felt a familiar yin energy—a ghost stood by his bed.

'Wu Heng, wake up, I’ve come to get the medicine.'

Wu Heng opened his sleepy eyes and looked speechlessly at the exhausted Lai Yin Chai, who was breathing heavily. "Have you lost your mind?"

Rushing back in the middle of the night just to get medicine from me.

The working hours of a yin emissary are opposite to those of the living—night for them, day for us.

Wu Heng glanced at the sky, guessing that dawn was approaching, which meant the yin emissary’s shift was almost over.

Lai Yin Chai said: 'Urgent illnesses can’t be delayed, where’s the medicine?'

'Then you can go back to sleep, I’ll go find Zhou Yi next door to help me deliver the medicine.'

Wu Heng thought he was crazy for wanting a promotion, afraid he might disturb Zhou Yi. With his sleepiness gone, he threw on a coat and walked downstairs to the clinic.

He had prepared the medicine for the ghosts the night before—this was the medicine Lu Guoliang had been anxiously waiting for. It had been boiled in a paper bowl and was ready to be cooled by a white candle before being consumed.

Lai Yin Chai planned to summon the ghosts and have them drink the medicine right in the clinic before leaving.

Wu Heng watched them drink the medicine and settled onto the wooden sofa. His phone, lying beside him, suddenly vibrated.

Wu Heng saw it was a video call from Li Hao and asked, surprised: "What’s wrong?"

Li Hao and his friends were huddled together, their hands trembling as they held the phone, causing the camera to shake uncontrollably.

Li Hao quickly said: "Dr. Wu, the female ghost Tang Xueshan said she’d go get my homework but hasn’t come back yet."

Could this female ghost have sneaked off to find Yuan Song because of her obsession? That’s just too direct!

Wu Heng asked: "And then?"

Li Hao’s hand holding the phone shook even more, making the camera shake so much it was hard to see. He turned the camera toward the window, his lips trembling as he said: "And then… then this yin emissary seems to have caught the scent. Why can we see him? It’s horrifying."

InIn the camera, there was a Yin Emissary in a black robe, holding a lantern and wearing a tall hat, standing by the window.

014 didn’t understand why these people were so afraid of him. Didn’t they meet him last time at Zhao Qingyun’s villa? Or maybe they couldn’t see him last time, but now they can?

Dr. Wu explained, "Because you’ve been living with the female ghost Tang Xueshan for a long time, and she’s been drinking the yin-supplementing medicine you brew every day. Your yin energy has been over-supplemented, and since you’ve been staying up late studying, your yang energy has weakened. That’s why you can now see ghosts and demons."

Seeing their fear, Dr. Wu added, "Don’t worry. Once the female ghost reincarnates, after a few days of rest, you’ll recover and won’t be able to see Yin Emissaries anymore."

Li Hao and the others said they understood, but they could still see him now!

Yin Emissary 014, holding the lantern, walked over and said, 'I just sensed the presence of a ghost. The ghost needs to follow me to the underworld for reincarnation. Will she come back?'

Li Hao and the others hesitated.

014’s lifeless eyes suddenly sharpened, and he coldly warned, 'Think twice before lying to a Yin Emissary.'

Wang Dong, the most scared, quickly closed his eyes and said, "She should come back. She just wants to see her boyfriend one more time."

The black-robed Yin Emissary 014 had seen too many partings in life and death, and too many ghosts clinging to their loved ones in the mortal world. He didn’t care much about it.

As long as she returns, it’ll save him the hassle of chasing her.

His eyes rolled, and he leaned against the window, saying, 'Then I’ll wait here for now.'

He decided to take a break and wait for his shift to end.

Li Hao and the others cowered in the corner, terrified, pleading with Dr. Wu not to end the video call.

Even though they were connected through the internet, having Dr. Wu on the line made them feel a bit safer. Though they were unlucky to run into two Yin Emissaries, both online and offline.

Dr. Wu had no option but to agree, then turned to look at the ghosts queuing up for their medicine.

'Dr. Wu, you’re a real lifesaver. I’ve been itching so badly down there, I even scratched it raw, but now I feel so much better,' the female ghost said, holding the paper bowl and looking at Dr. Wu in surprise.

Then she lowered her head, seemingly feeling the topic was a bit sensitive. After all, the illnesses they had were embarrassing and difficult to discuss.

Dr. Wu said gently, "It’s okay, it’s not your fault."

"As a doctor, it’s normal for patients to describe their symptoms and conditions. There’s no need to feel ashamed."

In medicine, you have to handle all kinds of unpleasant stuff like vomit, excrement, and blood. You get used to it.

A group of male and female ghosts repeatedly bowed to Dr. Wu, thanking him.

Unfortunately, they had no money to pay for the consultation. They’d been exploited until they had nothing left, no currency from the mortal world nor the underworld.

Meanwhile, Lai Yin Chai herded the ghosts into the lantern and told Dr. Wu excitedly, 'I need to rush back to report my new achievements to my superior. As for their consultation fees, I’ll see if I can get you some compensation after I report it.'

Dr. Wu figured he didn’t need underworld money right now, so he just noted it as a small merit.

Before he could speak, Wang Dong and the others’ panicked cries came through:

"Dr. Wu, the Yin Emissary is moving! He’s moving! What’s he going to do?"

Dr. Wu looked at the video. Yin Emissary 014 was leaning against the window, craning his neck to check the sky outside, then suddenly straightened his clothes.

He climbed onto the window, turned back to the five terrified people huddled together, and said, 'I’ve got to go, it’s an emergency.'

Li Hao, hearing Lai Yin Chai’s voice on the other end of the video urging him to rush back to work, mustered the courage to ask, "Aren’t you going to wait for Tang Xueshan?"

'I’ll deal with it tomorrow night. I’m busy clocking out,' the black-robed Yin Emissary 014 said firmly, holding the lantern and crossing his arms, 'Only rookies get excited about overtime! If you’re not eager to clock out, there’s something wrong with your mindset!'

Lai Yin Chai: '?'Was he being called out here?