Chapter 209

Chapter 209

“There truly is… no other way?”

Second Uncle desperately wanted to keep Liu Ye away. The man was profoundly unreliable.

“Second Uncle, don’t worry about me. I’m young and have plenty of strength,” Liu Ye said, thumping his chest.

Second Uncle stared at him.

I’m not worried about you! I’m worried about my family’s ancestral graves!

The old monk didn’t want this either. The problem was that those things were already causing serious disturbances. He possessed methods of his own, but he couldn’t use them all at the beginning. If he did, the rest of the journey would become impossible.

He could only place his hope in Liu Ye. The man was undeniably uncanny. Perhaps he might actually work.

Seeing the master’s expression, Second Uncle knew there truly was no alternative. With a mournful face, he said to Liu Ye, “Master Liu, I leave this matter… in your hands.”

“Second Uncle, listen to you! We’re family-genuine relatives. Helping with a small matter like this is only natural.”

Xiaoshuai and the Driver fell silent.

The last family of “genuine relatives” Liu Ye had helped seemed to have been wiped out entirely. And how many times had he gotten Steward Wang killed?

Second Uncle knew none of that. Liu Ye might blow up everything he approached, but this was only a little digging. Surely nothing could go wrong.

With that thought, Second Uncle agreed.

Liu Ye was delighted. Nothing made him happier than helping someone.

The old monk had the Zhao family bring over a child’s garment, then instructed Liu Ye to wear it.

With the scent of a Zhao family member on him, Liu Ye might barely deceive those things.

Liu Ye pinned the child’s clothing to his chest and rolled his shoulders. He was about to approach the graveyard when the Driver and Xiaoshuai each grabbed one of his arms and pulled him aside.

“Brother Liu, take it easy when you start. These are the family’s ancestral graves. If you blow them up, I’m afraid the Zhao family will fight us to the death.”

“Exactly. Do only what they tell you. Don’t do anything unnecessary,” the Driver added earnestly.

He had said those words countless times, but he had to say them again.

This was a golden opportunity. While Liu Ye changed clothes, the Driver had reached an agreement with Second Uncle. If Liu Ye helped move the coffins, he would receive thirty million yuan.

With that money, Liu Ye could move out of the Building Manager’s place, and all of them would finally be free.

Nothing could be allowed to go wrong this time!

“Relax. I’m not the man I used to be. I’ve learned a lot in the past month. I know what I should and shouldn’t do. Big Brother, you can trust me.”

The Driver felt a surge of pride at those words, as if his child had finally grown up.

“Perhaps I worried too much. Maybe I pushed Liu Ye too hard before, and that was what caused his failures?”

The Driver began reflecting on himself. Raising a child truly was a profound discipline!

Liu Ye carried his shovel to the edge of the graveyard.

“Amitabha. Patron Liu, begin the moment this poor monk finishes reciting the sutra. You must uncover every coffin within three hours.”

“All right!”

Liu Ye answered with complete confidence. He truly believed he could do it. After all, he had dug up more than a hundred graves on Nine Worlds Mountain.

The old monk wasted no time and immediately began reciting. Ten minutes later, he opened his eyes and shouted, “Dig!”
At the old monk’s command, Liu Ye immediately stepped forward and began digging into the grave.

“Aaaah!”

Liu Ye put his back into it. He had to finish within three hours, and he was afraid there wouldn’t be enough time. His arms swung without pause, making him look like a human excavator. In no time at all, he had dug out a small pit.

Second Uncle and the others watched him in delight.

“Good! At this rate, we’ll make it in time!”

“Master Liu seems like a decent man. He’s nothing like the rumors say.”

“Exactly. It looks like we all misunderstood him. Those rumors were probably just professionals bad-mouthing a rival.”

The remaining members of the group began discussing him among themselves. They were all relatives of the Zhao family and had not thought much of Liu Ye before, but now their opinion of him began to improve.

Hearing their praise, the Driver immediately straightened with pride.

“That’s my little brother. He’s nothing special, really. Not much of an achiever. He’s just a solid worker-that’s about his only good quality. By the way, if any of you need renovation work in the future, you can come to us. Just call this number if you need anything.”

Pride was pride, but one could never neglect an opportunity to make connections.

Xiaoshuai fell silent.

Wait, wasn’t Brother Liu supposed to be a fortune-telling master? Since when did he do renovations too? That was one enormous career leap!

Liu Ye heard the voices outside as well. Spurred on by everyone’s praise, he worked even harder. Rocks that others could barely pry loose went flying with ease. Soil as hard as steel in anyone else’s hands went sailing out of the pit with a flick of his shovel. The enormous coffin before him went sailing up just as easily… Hm? A coffin?

The people above were still praising him when a massive black coffin suddenly shot into the sky.

Everyone fell silent.

“Aaaah!”

Screams erupted from the crowd. A little girl nearby tilted her head back, pointed at the sky, and said in a babyish voice, “Mommy, Great-Grandma went up to heaven.”

Her mother hurriedly clapped a hand over her mouth.

The Driver wanted nothing more than to crawl into a hole. He never should have placed any hope in that bastard. Forget earning thirty million-he would be lucky if they didn’t have to pay thirty million in damages!

“Brother Lü, this little brother of yours…”

“Hey! Don’t talk nonsense. I hardly know him. I just came along to watch the excitement.”

Xiaoshuai fell silent again.

Fortunately, Liu Ye reacted in time. He sprang out of the pit, raised both hands as the coffin came crashing down, then spun his body to bleed off the force. Afterward, he hurriedly reassured everyone around him.

“It’s fine! Everything’s fine! Just a tiny mistake. A tiny mistake!”

No one said a word.

Tears welled in Second Uncle’s eyes. He must have been insane to believe this man could behave himself. Damn it, this man truly was a walking disaster!

The old monk spoke in a trembling voice. “Patron Liu, you… you must lower the coffin slowly. Very slowly.”

“Master, after that coffin just went flying, do you really think lowering it slowly will make any difference?” Xiaoshuai asked from the side.

The question left the master at a loss for words. He had lived for nearly eighty years and had never seen anything like this.

For certain special reasons, these coffins were extraordinarily heavy. Even a dozen ordinary people working together could not lift one. Who could have expected an aberration like Liu Ye to appear and handle one as though it were a toy?

What was more, the yin energy clinging to the coffin was extremely harmful. Then again, the thing had already flown high enough to rub shoulders with the sun. What was the point of worrying now?

“Well, Patron Liu… just do as you see fit.”

The crowd remained silent.