Work Prophet
Chapter 378 - 136 The Last Meeting

Chapter 378: Chapter 136 The Last Meeting

The initial website design was very simple, essentially just a few lines of text paired with some medieval-related images scraped from a free material library, directly applying a ready-made template.

As Wang Guowei put it, it looked so unappealing that he didn’t even feel comfortable taking Li Yu’s money for it; he just had a meal and considered it compensation for his efforts.

Subsequently, Zhang Yanlin was responsible for the domain name registration of the webpage, while Li Yu returned to Green Field to continue handling the various affairs of the Double Rest Sect and to make the necessary preparations for the arrival of the Servant.

About two weeks later, Li Yu received another WeChat message from Niu Xiangui, who said he had been admitted to the ICU and might not last many days, hoping to see them one last time.

Upon receiving the message, Li Yu hurried to the hospital with Zhang Yanlin.

Niu Xiangui looked much thinner than he had half a month earlier, his whole spirit was feeble, and he was also suffering from fever, difficulty breathing, and bone pain; he could barely speak relying on painkillers.

He asked a nurse to help raise his hospital bed, and the first thing he said upon seeing Li Yu and Zhang Yanlin was,

"I’m not going to make it."

After saying that, he shakily reached out a hand to grasp the hem of Li Yu’s suit jacket, "At this point, brother, give it to me straight, did you make up that world to deceive me?"

"We are not a charity," Li Yu said indifferently, "We have also spent quite a bit of time and effort on you these past days, and if it was just to comfort you, the cost would have been unnecessarily high."

Having heard this, Niu Xiangui felt somewhat reassured, "I, I was just afraid somebody paid you guys."

"According to my investigation during this time, Mr. Niu, there isn’t such a good friend by your side," Zhang Yanlin said, "Moreover, you come from a single-parent family, your mother remarried when you were very young, and your father passed away the year before last. There are no particularly close relatives around who would spend money on this kind of end-of-life service for you."

"That’s good, that’s good," a tinge of relief appeared on Niu Xiangui’s face, then he began to cough violently again, had to put on an oxygen mask, and inhaled for a while.

He then continued, "I really don’t have much to miss about this world, and don’t blame me, but when a person is about to die, it’s easy to get carried away with crazy ideas, not to mention this business of reincarnation..."

"Understandable," Li Yu said, "it’s hard for most people to believe."

"But who exactly are you guys? To be able to help people reincarnate." This question had been buried in Niu Xiangui’s heart for a long time, and now that he was near death, he couldn’t help but ask.

"Oh." Li Yu pulled out a business card from his pocket and handed it to Niu Xiangui, "This was actually your suggestion."

Niu Xiangui took the business card.

The first thing that caught his eye was a sentence.

——Death is not the end, but the beginning of a new journey.

After that, Niu Xiangui turned the business card over, Merlin, Prophet of the Double Rest Sect, Saturday’s representative in the mortal world, soul ferryman.

Below was a string of QQ numbers.

"Why not leave a phone number directly?" Niu Xiangui puzzled.

"Too many harassment calls," Li Yu said frankly, "I usually don’t answer calls from unknown numbers."

"Oh, same here," Niu Xiangui realized, "I’m about to die, yet I still get an average of two harassment calls a day, especially after I bought a new house. It must have been the developers who sold my number to decoration companies. My phone is practically exploding, damn it, it pisses me off just thinking about it."

Then Niu Xiangui picked up Zhang Yanlin’s business card, which looked the same on the front, but when he saw the job title on the back, he was confused again, "What’s a ’Prophet Assistant’?"

"That would be my assistant," Li Yu said, "Yanlin will help me handle some affairs related to reincarnation."

"Um... Are you guys a church or a company?"

Seeing Niu Xiangui still a bit confused, Li Yu decided to show him something to put his mind at ease.

Li Yu had Zhang Yanlin fetch a basin of water and, while the nurse wasn’t looking their way, he took off his shoes and socks and stepped into the water.

Niu Xiangui’s gaze was initially filled with doubt, but it widened in disbelief as he carefully observed where Li Yu’s feet were positioned.

Then, with a look of horror, he pointed at Li Yu, "You, you are not human!"

The young nurse heard Niu Xiangui’s outcry and rushed over, glaring fiercely at Li Yu and Zhang Yanlin, "What are you doing? I don’t care what issues you had before, but he’s in this condition now, why would you still agitate him! Hey, why did you take off your shoe covers?

"This is the ICU, a sterile ward! Everyone must be disinfected before coming in, you can’t just take off the shoe covers!"

"I’m sorry," Li Yu apologized, fortunately having been quick enough in his actions to have finished putting on his shoes before being noticed, though he had no time to put his socks back on and Zhang Yanlin had hastily stuffed them into his pocket.

"Out, out, if you can’t follow the rules, then don’t stay here," said the young nurse, starting to usher them out.

Li Yu didn’t linger, leaving the ward with Zhang Yanlin.

Once they reached the corridor outside, Zhang Yanlin handed back Li Yu’s socks.

"Thank you," Li Yu said as he put them on and then told Zhang Yanlin, "You should go wash your hands."

However, Zhang Yanlin did not leave and just stared blankly at Li Yu, finally breaking the silence in a soft voice, "Are you, are you really a god?"

Zhang Yanlin had already found it incredible when Li Yu performed simultaneous interpretation in various languages for her.

But that kind of thing could still potentially be mastered through learning.

What Li Yu had just done, however, was completely beyond her understanding. Not just Niu Xiangui, but Zhang Yanlin herself had been deeply shaken.

"I am not a god, just a worker who clocks in and out like you," said Li Yu.

"I certainly can’t do what you did back in the ward," Zhang Yanlin shook her head.

Li Yu deliberately changed the subject, "By the way, how’s the background check on Niu Xiangui going?"

"I’m almost done with it. I’ll send it to your email before I get off work today."

"Good, his character..."

"I didn’t find any problems. He’s a workaholic who doesn’t have much time for a social life. He had a girlfriend in high school. The relationship lasted for about four years, then they broke up during his sophomore year of college, at the girlfriend’s initiative.

"Due to the long-distance relationship, I called the girl and she said Niu Xiangui is a good person, just a bit of a straightforward guy who doesn’t quite grasp the delicate thoughts of women, and also..." Zhang Yanlin hesitated.

"And also what?"

"And also, she said Niu Xiangui likes to read yuri novels, and he has some yuri movies stored on his computer hard drive. In that regard..."

"That’s no problem, it’s just a personal preference," Li Yu said, "I’ll look at the report tomorrow. Please keep an eye on the hospital, and contact me immediately if Niu Xiangui can’t hold on any longer."