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Thursday, April 29.
Wei Fuyuan was a little distracted in class during the day, his mind was filled with thoughts about tonight’s broadcast. He didn’t even go to the canteen at noon and directly went back to Sāntúchuān from school early.
“Don’t be nervous, there’s still time before the broadcast.”
Today, Bei Quan had ordered takeout from a popular Sichuan restaurant nearby; the Pickled Cabbage Fish, Mao Xue Wang, Dengying Beef, and Cold Bean Sprouts were all spicy and delicious.
“I don’t know if you can handle spicy food.” He opened the bowl and chopsticks and motioned for Wei Fuyuan to sit down, “But sweating can help you expel some of the heat from your body.”
Wei Fuyuan, embarrassed on being looked down upon by Bei Quan, immediately retorted, “Who said I am nervous?”
Then he sat down. Picking up the chopsticks, he grabbed a large piece of meat and stuffed it in his mouth.
The Sichuan cuisine of this restaurant was very authentic. Wei Fuyuan was instantly struck by the heat from the spice; he could only chew the meat twice before hurrying to swallow it in an attempt to fight the physiological urge to bawl his eyes out.
“Not bad!”
His eyes were red as he spoke with clenched teeth, “Spicy enough and very stimulative!”
As midnight approached, the studio prepared to begin broadcasting.
Bei Quan sat in front of the mixer, hanging a little yellow paper bag on the loudspeaker like he had done the previous week.
Wei Fuyuan, who was sitting outside, could see it clearly this time.
He guessed that it might be one of Bei Quan’s spells or magic weapons.
As the countdown came to zero, Bei Quan turned on the microphone.
“Welcome to Midnight Radio’s [Thriller Night Talk], this is the anchor, Bei Quan.”
His tone of speech shifted to a gentle and magnetic tone, which he exclusively used during hosting.
“Please share your story with us, no matter how bizarre it is.”
Wei Fuyuan had to admit that he was slightly attracted to Bei Quan’s hosting voice. Every time he heard Bei Quan speak in a lowered voice, he would feel his ears begin to heat up, and his heart would feel itchy, as if it were being gently caressed by cat paws.
“The weather is pleasant tonight. It’s a good time to chat.”
Bei Quan appeared to be in a good mood and was loquacious before diving into today’s topic, “Okay, now without further ado, let us connect to the audience hotline for tonight.”
Wei Fuyuan held his breath nervously.
He didn’t have to wait long.
[Ring—Ring—]
About two seconds later, the phone rang abruptly.
“Okay, looks like we’ve got a member of the audience calling our hotline.”
Bei Quan chuckled.
“Let’s look forward to what kind of story he or she will bring us.”
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
[Hello, Bei Quan.]
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[I am very happy to be able to make this call.]
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When she talked with Bei Quan, it was like having two professional anchors working together on a program.
“Hello.”
Bei Quan responded with a smile, “What should I call you?”
[Hmm…]
The woman on the other end of the line hesitated a little.
[You can just call me Xiaoqing.]
Everyone knew the story of “Madame White Snake,” and Wei Fuyuan, who was listening to their conversation, immediately envisioned a beautiful woman in a green dress with long hair, elegantly dressed in a period costume.
“Okay, then I’ll call you Xiaoqing.”
Bei Quan leaned closer to the microphone and lowered his voice a bit, “Xiaoqing, what story do you wish to share with us?”
[Let me think about how I should start …]
Xiaoqing pondered for a while.
[Bei Quan, have you ever heard of ‘the Daughter of the Devil’?]
“Oh?”
Bei Quan humbly asked, “What is ‘the Daughter of the Devil’?”
[It is a kind of woman who has a strange charm]
Xiaoqing explained.
[Every man who becomes familiar with her, will fall in love with her involuntarily.]
——It’s not RMB. How could people fall in love?!
——What’s more, even if it was RMB, some noble people still regard money as dirt!
As a gay guy who has never been attracted to women, Wei Fuyuan couldn’t help but scoff in his heart when he heard her say that ‘Every man will fall in love with her’.
Xiaoqing sighed from the other end of the phone.
[There happens to be a Daughter of the Devil by my side.]
[That woman, I’ll just call her ‘S’.]
Xiaoqing said,
[She was our new colleague. In the beginning, she had a good relationship with me.]
In comparison to Mr. A’s call from the previous week, the woman’s speech was extremely well structured, and her word choice and sentence logic were also quite precise.
[‘S’ is very beautiful, with a delicate melon seed face, big bright eyes, a slightly upturned nose, and a pair of sweet dimples on her cheeks when she smiles.]
[She likes to apply earth-colored eyeshadow and milk tea-colored lipstick, wears small earrings and has good taste in clothes, and she often carries a Bvlgari checked bag.]
Xiaoqing paused, then added.
[‘S’ is also only 162 cm tall; she is very petite, so she wears high-heeled shoes every day. She especially likes to wear pointed and thin heels.]
Bei Quan did not rush her, and,instead, listened intently to Xiaoqing’s thorough description of ‘S’’ appearance and attire, and carefully stored the information in his mind.
[When she first came to our company, she was just a graduate intern. She didn’t know much about anything, and she was a little shy. She chased after me every day calling out, ‘Senior, Senior.’ Every time she had a task she didn’t know how to deal with, she would come to me for advice.]
As she said this, Xiaoqing let out an inexplicable chuckle.
[Such an adorable girl, right?]
Bei Quan was not sure what the other party wanted to hear, so he answered vaguely, “Oh.”
[Don’t get me wrong, I like ‘S’ very much.]
[During that time, I took care of her like a sister. We were almost inseparable in the company: we ate lunch together, walked to the bus station together after work, and even when I had to work overtime due to the workload, ‘S’ would stay back with me all night.]
Xiaoqing abruptly came to a halt.
[Unfortunately, after a while, I started to realize that… she… was not quite right.]
Bei Quan, “Oh? What did you discover?”
[‘S’ is indeed very beautiful, but the most important thing about our company is that everyone hired is good-looking men and women. To tell you the truth, ‘S’ is not that devastatingly beautiful to even captivate the birds and beasts.
[However, every man around ‘S’ will pay special attention to her. Wherever she is, we women, whether beautiful or ugly, will become her foil.]
Xiaoqing paused, then suddenly asked:
[As I say this, you must be thinking I am jealous of her, right?]
Before Bei Quan could answer, she explained herself.
[Truthfully, I am not envious of her. I just think she is terrible. ]
“Oh?”
Bei Quan asked, “Did she do anything that made you feel she is terrible?”]
[No, she did not do any such thing.]
Xiaoqing’s answer was quite surprising.
[She did not do enough to make every man crazy for her.]
—————————-
According to Xiaoqing’s description, ‘S’ was like a demon fox Daji If you want to charm someone, you only need to smile a little and the person would fall head over heels.
[There are more than ten male colleagues in our department, from manager to intern, and everyone is infatuated with her– even though most of them are married and some even have children.]
[‘S’’ admirers would overwhelm her with sultry messages every day and shower her with expensive gifts. Even if she is unwilling to receive them, they will still forcibly present them to her.]
[Once, a client made a special trip to the company to wait for ‘S,’ intercepted her after she got off work and claimed he would take her home. She humored him and followed, but that person drove them directly to a restaurant and insisted on dating her. ‘S’ rejected him, but the man was persistent.‘S’ ended up contacting hotel security for help, and the man was taken to the police station.]
Xiaoqing gave a wry laugh.
[Is it not terrible that she has done nothing wrong from beginning to end, but continues to make all the men around crazy about her?]
At this point, Wei Fuyuan, who was also a spectator, spat comments in his heart like a barrage on an online video platform.
He had expected to hear a ghost story full of blood and suspense like last week, and came psychologically prepared for it, but he only got to hear shoddy gossip from a girl complaining about another girl being overly popular.
——Was this call accidently routed to the wrong line?
It was difficult to believe that ‘S,’ who had so many admirers, had anything to do with ghosts!
At this time, Bei Quan raised a question, “So many things have happened, does ‘S’ still continue to work at your company?”
[——Yes.]
Wei Fuyuan tapped his thigh quietly.
Indeed, if a girl encountered so many rotten peach blossoms in the workplace and almost got raped, she would feel quite frustrated and unsafe. She would undoubtedly hurl her resignation letter in the face of her boss.
Unexpectedly, Xiaoqing replied.
[‘S,’ she is still at our company, but she has been promoted and transferred to another department…I haven’t seen or heard from her for a while.]
Bei Quan said, “Do you know about ‘S’’ current situation?”
[Haha! Now, I don’t dare ask about her anymore.]
Xiaoqing suddenly laughed and the laughter seemed rather bitter.
[Before she was transferred, a major event had occurred…]
Bei Quan, “What was the major event?”
[One of our department’s salesmen and the manager of another department got into a fight over ‘S’ and ended up involving a knife.]
At this point, Xiaoqing’s tone of speech, which had been soft until now, started to display evident emotional swings.
[The salesman cut the manager’s throat with a large utility knife and… killed him.]
Wei Fuyuan gasped in silence, and finally got the real, thrilling feel of listening to horror stories.
A workplace tends to have many types of scandals, but office employees have more moderate ways of dealing with emotional conflicts; in other words, they are usually more conscious of their actions to avoid losing face.
Even a fight openly breaking amongst co-workers, in the case of love between men and women, was uncommon, let alone the use of a knife to kill someone.
[I have never lied. ‘S,’ she is abnormal.]
From the other end of the phone, Xiaoqing said in an unusually firm tone.
[No man can escape her temptation, all men will be obsessed with her.]
[She is the ‘Daughter of the Devil’ who will drive people crazy!]
Author’s Note-
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»Bei Quan asked, “Did she do anything that made you feel she is terrible?”]« – ]
And here I’m just thinking that when they go to see S and WFY has so absolutely no reaction… wouldn’t he come out just like that? xDD (Or his mental state is just better than other’s xD)
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Hello! Thank you for journeying with us! Please take care of me in the future ^_^
A witch that makes all the men fall in love with her?? Well, the caller is lucky master Wei is thoroughly gay but Bei Quan…he is still a mystery. Excited about the new ghost case. Thank you for the chapter.
Reminds me of “Tomie” by Junji Ito a bit. Don’t think there were any gay dudes in that though, so we’ll see how this plays out.
You are kind of heading towards right direction ﾍ(･_|
I thought “milk tea-colored lipstick” sounded ugly as sin, but google is showing me that apparently it’s a brownish red? Is there reddish milk tea??
Maybe Rooibos tea color. The color looks very pretty.
I also thought it weird at first and had to read it twice and then google it😂
Also, in my country we have a pink tea or Kashmiri chai which we drink in winter— it’s a green tea made with milk and optional spices like cinamom, cardamom, salt, sugar, nuts, etc. The colour can be lighter or darker depending on how much milk/water is used.
Thanks for the chapter ❤️❤️
When she mentioned “Daughter of the Devil” I got some major Nanon vibes 😅