You Want to Commit Suicide? Obstinately Unrepentant. Part 2

"The Merit Lotus has the effect of suppressing Yin Miasma. Plant one. Before the problem is completely solved, we'll use it to temporarily keep things under control."

Upon hearing this, Yu Zhen unhesitatingly took out a lotus seed, found a spot that looked most pleasing to the eye, buried the seed, and habitually patted the ground.

"Let's go." Yin Yan walked to the car, opened the door, and gestured for him to get in.

Yu Zhen got up and went over, asking, "Is planting one lotus seed enough?" 'Don't we need to perform a ritual or something?'

Yin Yan glanced at him, pretending not to have sensed the very amateurish implication in his words, and replied, "For now, this is all we can do. The design of the Leisure Center needs to be changed, and you have other tasks."

The two got in the car and fastened their seatbelts. Yu Zhen asked, "What tasks?"

As he started the car, Yin Yan explained, "Although the stadium and the school have suppressed the Baleful Qi here, they haven't neutralized it. As a result, this entire area is more prone to accidents than other places. What you need to do is, just like you did now, plant a large number of Merit Plants here and let them use their own power to slowly neutralize the Baleful Qi."

"This is a good deed that will benefit the country and its people. If it succeeds, the Merit you obtain will be enough for you to advance another stage."

Merit Plants.

Yu Zhen looked down at the Brocade Pouch in his hand and asked, "Merit Plants, do you mean plants that I use Merit to ripen?"

"Not entirely." Yin Yan didn't answer in detail. "This is your own Dao. You need to comprehend it yourself."

Yu Zhen squeezed the Brocade Pouch, frowning in deep thought.

During dinner, Yin Yan proposed the idea of modifying the Leisure Center's design to Yin Hexiang.

Yin Hexiang frowned but didn't object, stating that since the project had been handed over to him, he could do as he pleased. The designer's contact information was in the folder, and he should contact them himself to discuss changing the plan.

After discussing work matters, Yin Yan brought up Wu Xuan's car accident.

"Car accident? Wu Xuan?" Chou Feiqian was surprised, then sneered. "Drunk driving, heh. This Han Ya really has some skills, managing to send Wu Xuan to the hospital too. Do you know the detailed cause of the accident? What was the police's conclusion?"

Yin Yan shook his head. "I'm not sure. I left for the construction site right after I finished cooperating with the police investigation at the scene."

"It's right for you not to get further involved." Chou Feiqian wished her son would never encounter that Han Ya again. Hearing his words, she nodded in satisfaction. She found Yu Zhen, who was eating quietly beside Yin Yan, more and more perfect in every way. She couldn't help but stand up, move a plate of spare ribs from in front of Yin Le to in front of Yu Zhen, and say, "Here, Xiao Zhen, eat more. You're a growing boy; you need to keep your nutrition up."

Yin Le, who was just about to pick up a spare rib: "???"

'Am I not a growing boy too? I'm at the prime age for development!'

Over the next few days, Yu Zhen was constantly pondering the matter of the Merit Plants.

He tried using Merit to ripen plants, and it worked every single time. He forced them to grow so fast that they were all over-nourished and grew at an incredible speed, which clearly wasn't right.

Moreover, the construction site was large. If it were all planted with his force-ripened plants, the number of plants required and the amount of Merit consumed to ripen them would be enormous, almost the same as sweeping the entire site with his Merit.

He would probably really die from exhausting his cultivation.

What should he do?

His hard thinking yielded no results. With the New Year approaching and the workers set to return to the site afterward, he started to get anxious. He finally couldn't hold back anymore and went to find Yin Yan, brazenly hoping for some guidance.

During this time, Yin Yan had been cramming business management knowledge, typing away at his computer every day, looking every bit the part of an industry elite.

After hearing his request, Yin Yan moved his gaze from the computer, looked at him quietly for a few seconds, then stood up, pushed him out of the study, and stingily uttered a single word: "Wait."

After speaking, he took a step back and closed the door.

Yu Zhen: "..."

'Cheapskate!'

With no other choice, Yu Zhen could only wait while he thought. And as he waited and waited, a big piece of gossip came his way.

"The reason for Wu Xuan's accident is out. Apparently, Wu Xuan wanted to break up, but Han Ya refused. She went drinking and even called Wu Xuan over. When they were talking, she got emotional and said that if she broke up with the person she loved so deeply, there was no meaning in living, and she was going to kill herself by crashing her car. Wu Xuan didn't expect her to be so extreme and hurriedly drove to stop her. In the ensuing chase, they crashed."

"How come this Han Ya resorts to drinking and reckless driving every time there's a breakup? You really can't judge a book by its cover. She usually looks so gentle and ladylike, yet she loves to drink and has a fondness for red sports cars. What a contradiction."

Yin Le analyzed plausibly. After finishing his analysis, he lowered his voice conspiratorially and leaned in closer to say, "Wu Xuan broke two ribs in this accident and got a big gash on his head. Luckily, there's nothing wrong with his brain, and his arms and legs are fine. I heard Han Ya went to see him later, but Wu Xuan refused to see her, and Wu Xuan's mother even slapped her in public. This incident has blown up. Everyone's talking about it now, saying Han Ya is a jinx, and whoever gets involved with her has bad luck."

The part about refusing to see her and getting slapped was practically a carbon copy of what happened after Yin Yan's accident. When Yin Le brought it up, his tone was indescribably strange, and he kept glancing over at Yin Yan, his eyes practically gleaming with mischief.

"Where did you hear all this gossip? Go on, shoo!"

Chou Feiqian was afraid Yu Zhen would overthink things, so she reached out, pulled Yin Le back, and said to Yin Yan, "Although the Wu Family and our family don't interact much usually, we do have some business collaborations. Since we happened to be involved this time, Xiao Yan, you should find some time to visit him in the hospital. Wu Xuan should be able to receive guests by now. We still need to maintain appearances. Remember to take Xiao Zhen with you when you go."

Yin Yan nodded and replied, "Then I'll go with Yu Zhen tomorrow."

Hearing this, Yin Le quickly raised his hand to show he wanted to go too, but he was forcefully suppressed by Chou Feiqian and sent upstairs to read.

The next afternoon, after lunch, Yin Yan took Yu Zhen to the hospital where Wu Xuan was staying.

On the way, Yu Zhen felt restless, as if a seed had been planted in his heart, and now that seed had grown, ready to break through the soil and sprout at any moment.

Yin Yan turned his head to look at him, then suddenly took his hand after they got out of the car.

Yu Zhen turned his head to look at him.

"We might run into Han Ya in the hospital," Yin Yan explained, making an excuse for holding his hand.

'Showing off affection with the "new person" to avoid entanglement with the "old one". He understood.'

Yu Zhen nodded and actively squeezed his hand back. Then, he magically discovered that the feeling of unease in his heart had vanished. He glanced at him and tightened his grip on their clasped hands even more.

Just as Yin Yan had expected, they saw Han Ya outside Wu Xuan's private hospital room. Her face was haggard, and she sat with her head lowered on a bench outside the room, looking extremely pitiful.

Hearing footsteps, she looked up. She was clearly stunned when she saw Yin Yan, and then tears immediately fell from her eyes. She said in a daze, "Yan, you're finally willing to come see me..."

Yin Yan ignored her and directly pushed open the door to the room, stepping inside.

Although Yu Zhen disliked Han Ya, he sensed the aura around her, hesitated for a moment, and still advised, "Don't be like this in the future. Life is precious." 'If this continues, you'll face retribution.'

After Entering the Dao, besides being able to perceive the existence of ghosts and monsters, he had also gained an intuition—a vague sense of whether a series of negative things like bad luck, evil intentions, and disasters existed or would occur.

This feeling was very mysterious, coming and going, and not very obvious, but it followed a certain pattern—anything that made him feel uncomfortable, disharmonious, or inexplicably uneasy when he looked at it carried some negative things, more or less.

And negative things could easily induce disaster.

Just like now, when he saw Han Ya, he felt that the aura on her was terrible, giving off a feeling that made one not want to get close. If this aura was allowed to accumulate, something bad really could happen.

He spoke up to remind her out of basic human kindness, and also in the hope that no one else would get into trouble because of Han Ya.

When Han Ya heard this, however, she only felt that he was flaunting his victory and humiliating her.

The sorrowful, dazed look on her face vanished. She stared straight at Yu Zhen, her voice suddenly dropping low as she said, "You're very proud of yourself for stealing someone else's things, aren't you?"

Obstinately unrepentant.

The little bit of goodwill in Yu Zhen's heart dissipated. He frowned and met her gaze, his tone turning uncharacteristically cold. "Yin Yan is a person. He has his own thoughts; he's not someone's property. Miss Han, people's hearts are not meant to be trampled on like this."

After speaking, he ignored her and stepped into the hospital room.

Yin Yan stepped aside to let him in, glanced at Han Ya outside the door, and closed it.