"That day, after leaving Sinisterium Pawnshop, I took Monkey to get his tattoo removed. I knew he wouldn't go voluntarily, so I escorted him there."
"But during the tattoo removal, the machine suddenly malfunctioned for some reason, and instead of removing the tattoo, it injured his back."
In the taxi, Alon clenched his fists, his eyes fixed firmly ahead.
"I asked the tattoo artist to change the machine, but it was the same. Monkey was shouting in pain, and the tattoo artist didn't dare to continue, fearing an infection. He suggested that Monkey rest for a few days before trying again."
"In that situation, I couldn't hold on, so I had to let him go back. But as soon as I left, he stopped answering my calls and messages, and his family said he hadn't returned home."
"I know he's avoiding me, not wanting to remove his tattoo. This is the path he chose. I've helped him, but he doesn't have the drive. I can't keep asking Brother Fa for leave to watch over him every day."
A Long's face showed a look of disappointment and frustration.
"But today, he actually called me, asking for help."
Lu Fei, holding the black puppy, looked at A Long in puzzlement: "Didn't I give him a safety amulet to wear while he was getting his tattoo removed? Why is everything still going wrong?"
"He didn't want to part with what he believed was his good fortune, so he secretly got the amulet wet when I wasn't looking," A Long sneered.
"No wonder!"
Lu Fei was speechless.
"He really values money more than his life! Now, not only did he fail to remove the tattoo, but he also messed up the Five Ghosts diagram, which means he has offended the little ghosts. The backlash is bound to come sooner now."
"It seems it's not just the tattoo backlash..." A Long mused.
"What's up?" Lu Fei grew curious, "Did he touch other inauspicious things?"
"He..." Along frowned, a strange and embarrassed expression appeared on his face, "Manager Lu, I don't know how to say it. You should just come and see for yourself."
"Oh, alright."
Lu Fei became even more curious.
A quarter of an hour later.
The taxi stopped outside an old residential area.
"Manager Lu, this way please."
Along led Lu Fei, walking familiarly into a building.
He used to live here when he was a child, right across from Huang Mao's place.
"Monkey's parents have passed away. He only has one sister, but she is too busy with work to take care of him, so she gave me a set of keys."
A Long took out the key and opened the old security door.
"Manager Lu, wait a moment, don't come in yet."
As soon as the door opened, a sour and stinky smell mixed with the odor of cigarette smoke and alcohol rushed towards them.
The small black dog even covered its nose with its paws.
A Long, feeling somewhat embarrassed, stood in front of Lu Fei, waiting for the smell to dissipate a bit before inviting Lu Fei in.
Good grief!
The room was dirty and in disarray, with smelly socks and takeaway food containers scattered everywhere, making it worse than a pigsty.
"This guy hasn't gotten out of bed for two days."
A Long opened the window and led Lu Fei into the bedroom.
Inside, the light was dim, with thick curtains blocking the sunlight, and the bedside was piled high with bottles and cigarette butts.
There was a person lying on the bed, seemingly cold, wrapped in thick blankets, with only a head of messy blond hair showing.
"Monkey, wake up."
Ah Long walked over and gave the blond hair a push.
The blond-haired man drowsily opened his eyes, and upon seeing it was Ah Long, his eyes immediately reddened.
"Brother Long, I don't want to die..."
"You chose money over your life, and now you're regretting it?" Ah Long sneered coldly.
"Brother Long, I know I was wrong, please save me... I'm still a man, even if I have to die, I don't want to die like this..."
The blond-haired man started to sob pitifully.
"Enough! I've called Boss Lu over." Ah Long glared at him with a look of exasperation, then turned around and nodded to Lu Fei.
"Boss Lu, I appreciate your help."
Lu Fei stuffed Xiao Hei into the backpack, leaving only the dog's head exposed.
Once inside, the little thing showed its disdain by refusing to touch the ground.
"What's the situation with your tattoo now?" Lu Fei asked with interest, looking at Huang Mao.
There was no need to mention how bad his complexion was.
"It's not about the tattoo right now." Huang Mao, with a sallow face, struggled to sit up, trembling as he lifted the quilt.
He revealed a high, round belly.
Lu Fei was taken aback: "What's going on with you?"
True to his name, Huang Mao was skinnier than a monkey, with thin, wiry limbs and a distended belly, looking incredibly odd.
Lu Fei had seen this scene before, on Hu Zi, who had been possessed by a hungry ghost.
"I, I... I might be pregnant!" Huang Mao's chapped lips trembled, taking a long time to squeeze out these few words.
The messy bedroom was quiet for a moment.
"What do you mean you're pregnant?" Lu Fei was shocked.
Yellow-haired looked at A-Long pleadingly.
A-Long held his arms with a cold expression on his face.
He had to explain it himself, reaching out to pat his bulging belly, which immediately began to tremble as if there was something alive moving inside.
"You're pregnant?!"
Lu Fei was speechless with shock.
This bulging and round belly of Yellow-haired was just like that of a woman who is seven or eight months pregnant.
"But I'm a man!" Yellow-haired cried in humiliation, hugging his belly.
The scene was both strange and comical.
Although it was quite mean.
Lu Fei couldn't help but chuckle to himself.
A man carrying a fetus.
This is really as rare as a rooster laying eggs, the first in the world!
Lu Fei finally understood the reason behind A Long's hesitant expression.
"Manager Lu, can you figure out what is going on here?" A Long sighed slightly and asked.
As everyone knows, men do not have the ability to get pregnant. Whatever is in Yellow Hair's belly definitely isn't human.
"Hold on a moment."
Lu Fei activated his magical power, squinted his eyes to look at the bulging belly, and then reached out, placing his palm on it.
Whatever was inside seemed to sense a threat and reacted very strongly.
"Ah! It hurts, it hurts..."
The hairy guy's belly wobbled like waves, and he screamed in pain.
"There's yin energy! He must be carrying an evil spirit. As for how it got there, we still need to ask him." Lu Fei retracted his hand, looking at the hairy guy with extreme curiosity.
His belly gradually calmed down, and the hairy guy was drenched in cold sweat, panting heavily, his face as pale as a sheet of paper.
"Tell us quickly!" A-long urged him.
"I, these past two days when I've been sleeping... I keep having erotic dreams. A beautiful woman climbs out of a coffin and asks me to sleep with her..."
Leaning against the headboard, the hairy guy spoke weakly.
"It felt so real, better than any girl I've ever met. She kept me up all night. The next day, I couldn't even get out of bed, and I was groggy and slept through the whole day."
"Last night, I dreamed of her again, and she asked if I wanted to have a child with her."
"In that situation, with an arrow on the string, could I say no?"
"Then I woke up in the morning, and I was like this...I'm a man..."
Yellow Hair wiped his tears with a dejected look, resembling a wronged young wife.
"Lust is like a knife above your head! You deserve it!" Long couldn't help but curse.
"It was just a dream, how could I have known? We're all men here, Brother Long, you even said you dreamed about my sister..." Yellow Hair argued, feeling wronged.
Long burst into anger: "Shut up!"
Then, he gave Lu Fei an awkward glance.
Fortunately, Lu Fei didn't notice and instead fixed his gaze on Yellow Hair, asking, "You said the beautiful woman in your dream crawled out of a coffin?"