Work Prophet
Chapter 394 - 12 Ban Ai is My Wife

Chapter 394: Chapter 12 Ban Ai is My Wife

Li Yu and Zhang Yanlin got out of the car outside a Lanzhou Noodle House near the hospital.

Before they even entered the shop, the two saw Lu Weijia sitting by the door.

He looked much chubbier than in the videos, or more accurately, swollen, but he seemed to be in good spirits, holding a laptop and absorbed in whatever he was watching, enraptured.

Not until Li Yu walked up to him did he notice, looking up and saying, "Double Rest Sect?"

Lu Weijia didn’t bother to lower his voice, fortunately, it wasn’t mealtime, and the owner had just gone to the kitchen, so there was no one else in the noodle house aside from them.

Li Yu, unfazed, also mentioned Lu Weijia’s Bilibili user ID, causing the latter’s expression to shift slightly.

"Chidori Wenjing, the best in the world."

Ultimately, in this contest of shame, Lu Weijia admitted defeat with a wry smile, "Let’s call each other by our real names."

"Okay, I have no objections," Li Yu said as he pulled up a bench and sat down in front of Lu Weijia.

Lu Weijia pretended to be sizing up Li Yu, but he was actually sneakily stealing glances at Zhang Yanlin by Li Yu’s side.

"What are you looking at?"

Lu Weijia was startled and quickly averted his gaze, only to find Li Yu was pointing at his laptop.

"Oh, just randomly watching videos. It’s hard to find any other entertainment in my current state."

"Aren’t you going to continue updating? Aren’t you a video creator?" Li Yu asked.

"Ah, I haven’t cooked for a long time, and I’ve run out of materials from before."

"Then just film your life in the hospital, that should get some heat too."

"nonono! I’m a creator to spread joy to everyone, not to add to their troubles," Lu Weijia shook his head, "If I can’t find any materials worth remixing, I’d rather not update at all."

His words actually gave Zhang Yanlin a newfound respect for him.

Li Yu remained noncommittal and after a pause continued, "Since you know who we are, you should also know why we’ve come."

"Hmm, I understand some, but it would be even better if you could introduce yourselves again."

With that, Li Yu didn’t mince words and pulled a business card from his jacket pocket and handed it over.

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

Lu Weijia read the phrase printed on the front of the card word by word and commented, "That’s quite philosophical."

Then he flipped the card over and his expression instantly became animated.

"Merlin, Prophet of the Double Rest Sect, spokesperson for Saturdays in the mortal world, Ferryman of Souls—Are all these titles an emulation of the Mother of Dragons?"

"I’ve introduced myself. Now it’s your turn," there was no detectable emotion on Li Yu’s face.

"No problem, what do you want to know about me?" Lu Weijia said, touching his chest.

"Your graduate studies were in the field of Mineral Exploration and Prospecting, which specific area did you focus on?"

At this Lu Weijia’s expression shifted, "How do you know I studied Mineral Exploration and Prospecting in graduate school? I don’t recall mentioning that in my videos, did you find it directly on CNKI?"

"You mentioned it once during a chat with Niu Xiangui," Li Yu said.

"Did Brother Niu tell you guys?" Lu Weijia was somewhat surprised, "So, my phone number was also given to you by him."

Li Yu nodded, "Correct."

"Then Brother Niu now..."

"You still haven’t answered my question from before."

"Oh, my mentor has always been researching isotope geochemistry in the ancient ocean environment."

Li Yu and Zhang Yanlin recognized every word, but when put together, they couldn’t understand.

"What is that?"

"To be more specific, it mainly involves using the distribution characteristics of elements on the cross-section of shells to study the preserved primitive geochemical information."

"So your field of study is also the ancient ocean environment?"

"That’s right."

Li Yu decided to be more direct, "Then can you find minerals on land?"

"Mineral exploration? That is a required course that everyone must take, and of course, I took it," Lu Weijia said, "However, not long after graduation, I switched fields, and much of that knowledge has been returned to my teachers.

"If you have such needs, you should go to professionals who specialize in that field."

"But right now, the only talent in that area who’s close to death that we can find is you," Zhang Yanlin explained.

"Oh, oh, oh... Look at my memory, I almost forgot," Lu Weijia slapped his forehead, "You are helping someone transmigrate, right, so it’s the other side that needs it."

Li Yu didn’t want to beat around the bush with Lu Weijia anymore and threw out the secret code that Niu Xiangui had told him.

"Ban Ai is my wife."

"Ah, is that something you can say out loud...?" Halfway through his sentence, Lu Weijia’s body suddenly shook, all traces of jest vanished from his face, and he asked in amazement and uncertainty, "How do you... How do you know that phrase?"

"The same, Niu Xiangui told me."

"Before he died?"

"After."

"Are you kidding me?!" Lu Weijia’s voice rose so much that he began to pant slightly.

"It’s a secret agreement between the two of you." As Li Yu saw the owner come out from the back kitchen, he waved and ordered three bottles of Weiwei soy milk.

Lu Weijia was still immersed in shock, struggling to calm his emotions for a long time.

Li Yu didn’t say anything further and waited for the soy milk to arrive; he let Lu Weijia take a couple of sips to settle his nerves before continuing.

"Niu Xiangui told me quite a bit about you, like how you went to confess to a senior sister who was studying in the garden in high school, and before you even got close, you scared her away..."

"No, no, that’s not right, this must be a prank you’ve all planned together, Niu Big Brother too, even after death, leaving you to play such a joke on me," Lu Weijia wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Even though it was still daytime, and moreover late morning, he felt a chill breeze around him.

"This is no joke." Li Yu had Zhang Yanlin take out the labor contract and hand it to Lu Weijia, "If you sign it later, I can reunite you with Niu Xiangui."

"Honestly, this offer isn’t very tempting," Lu Weijia said, squeezing out a reluctant smile.

"You’re going to die, and sadly, that’s a natural law that no one can change," Li Yu said, "Nor am I an exception. The reason I found you is to offer you a chance to start the next Chapter of life in another world with your memories."

"You... You’re serious?" Lu Weijia no longer had his previous composure and humor; his eyes widened.

"Yes, Niu Xiangui has already gone ahead of you. If you choose to go as well, even in the face of an unfamiliar environment over there, at least you can look out for each other."

"Of course, I have a few questions for you before that."

"What questions?"

"What’s your opinion on a double rest over the weekend?"