Pedestrian street, an eye-catching corner:
A man in a white shirt, kneeling on the ground, mumbling to himself, looking around aimlessly, repeatedly shifting and scraping at the ground in one place.
Anyone with a keen eye could easily tell.
What was this man in the white shirt doing?
Right, at this moment, this man in the white shirt was searching for a ring!!!
The man in the white shirt was named: Zhu Bufan.
As his dad Zhu Buchun said: when Zhu Bufan's grandfather was naming his father, he hoped Zhu Buchun would not do any foolish things in life, nor be a fool; hence the name: Zhu Buchun.
By the time it got to Zhu Bufan's dad, Zhu Buchun, it wasn't just about not being foolish, but also about Zhu Bufan being extraordinary, as his dad had been a farmer all his life, and he hoped Zhu Bufan wouldn't lead the ordinary life he had.
However, fate played a big joke on Zhu Buchun.
Because Zhu Bufan had attended college entrance exams three times and still failed to get into a university. Not to mention he had finally found a girlfriend who looked quite pretty but just today, she dumped him outright.
The reason for the dumping was because of a ring.
Zhu Bufan worked at the same company as his girlfriend, and just a few days ago, while shopping with her, suddenly, she asked Zhu Bufan to buy her a ring worth 8888 yuan, saying that if Zhu Bufan bought it, they would immediately go get a marriage license.
Hearing this!!!
Zhu Bufan thought his spring had finally arrived. So, he eagerly gathered 10,000 yuan from his family and friends, spent 8888 yuan on a ring, and prepared to propose perfectly today.
But!!!
But!!!
His girlfriend turned around and got together with his boss, and even today, she proudly showed off the 8-carat diamond ring her boss bought for her, looking at the less than half-carat ring in Zhu Bufan's hand with scorn, and said:
"Wow, Zhu Bufan, you actually managed to buy a ring? Oh... you really thought I would marry you if you got this ring? Let me tell you the truth, I've only been toying with you for a while. You know, when you live a comfortable life for too long, you inevitably want to try something bland. So!!! So... sorry, haha..."
At that moment, hearing his girlfriend of one month speak to him this way, Zhu Bufan was so angry that he casually threw away the ring he bought for 8888 yuan and said to the woman, "Haha, Chen Bixia, you must be overthinking. Actually, this past month, you were just a physical need for me."
After saying that, Zhu Bufan left quite dashing.
But while walking away, Zhu Bufan suddenly realized something was wrong. Then he slapped his head, "Damn, I'm such a wastrel, how could I throw the ring away? Damn, it was bought with borrowed money..."
That's why there was a man in a white shirt crawling on the pedestrian street looking for 'something'!!!
At this moment, Zhu Bufan was filled with regret.
At the time, looking at Chen Bixia's almost contorted face did feel great, but after that feeling passed, it left him empty-handed and broke.
How could Zhu Bufan not regret it?
"Damn, it must have been that woman Chen Bixia who picked it up!" Zhu Bufan had been searching here for almost half an hour, nearly ready to lift the manhole cover and search the sewers. Yet, he couldn't even find a trace of the ring.
"Forget it, even if Chen Bixia didn't pick it up, someone else must have! Alas, I deserve this bad luck, to be left with nothing!" After a few more minutes of fruitless searching, Zhu Bufan had completely given up hope.
However, whenever Zhu Bufan thought of that woman, he got furious, especially thinking about her and his boss together—and that they all worked for the same company—Zhu Bufan wished he could emulate the protagonists in the immortal cultivation novels he read. He wanted to snatch up his sword and, on a dark and windy night, sneak into the residence where the despicable couple lived. Then, while they were making love, he would pierce their intertwined, filthy, naked bodies with a single thrust of his sword.
But!!!
Reality is reality.
Zhu Bufan couldn't be like the main character in a cultivation novel.
Zhu Bufan could only sigh facing the sky.
"Kid, do you want to cultivate? Kid, do you want revenge? Do you want to sneak into that despicable couple's house on a dark and windy night, and then stab through their dirty bodies entwined in embrace?" However, just as Zhu Bufan was sighing to the sky, an old voice echoed by his ear.
"Holy shit!!! Ghosts..."
Initially, Zhu Bufan was just weakly sitting on the ground, but suddenly, an old voice sounded by his ear, speaking such strange things, Zhu Bufan after freezing for ten seconds, couldn't help but shout out loud.
Zhu Bufan's shout immediately drew the contempt of the spectators who were already displeased with him: "Someone dressed so neatly, yet picking things up from the ground to eat and claiming to see a ghost, where are there ghosts in broad daylight? I think this guy must be crazy!!!"
"Huh? There shouldn't be ghosts in broad daylight!" Zhu Bufan, rather than caring about others' disdain, became sober instead.
"Kid, do you want to cultivate? Kid, do you want revenge? Do you want to sneak into that despicable couple's house on a dark and windy night, and then stab through their dirty bodies entwined in embrace? I'm asking you!!! Do you or do you not?" However, just as Zhu Bufan had calmed down, the old voice rang out once more.
"Holy shit, who is speaking? Who the hell are you? Do we know each other?" But this time, Zhu Bufan wasn't scared. Instead, he asked directly.
"Who am I???"
"I am called Demon by the Immortal Cultivation World, the Cultivation Demon..."
"Immortal Cultivation World? Cultivation Demon? What's that?" Zhu Bufan, hearing the reply from the old voice, was momentarily stunned. "Hey, old man, you think I'm reading a novel here? Cultivation Demon of the Immortal Cultivation World, can I also say I am the Cultivation Emperor of the Immortal Cultivation World?"
Although he didn't see an old man standing beside him, Zhu Bufan still couldn't help but scorn.
"Kid, don't be a nonbeliever. If it weren't for someone scheming against me, causing me to fall to your world, you know, with just that sentence of yours, I could have beaten you into mincemeat, no, turned you to ashes."
"Pfft... who would believe you, alright, I've got no time for your ghost talk, I've just suffered both personal and financial losses, not in the mood!!!"
If Zhu Bufan hadn't read a few cultivation novels, he really wouldn't have said a word.
"Hey... hey... hey, kid, don't go!"
"Damn, you're ruthless!"
"Kid, actually, I am the ring you just bought and then threw away!"
"Holy shit, what nonsense are you spouting?" Zhu Bufan's step that he was about to take suddenly retracted, saying with a somewhat chill on his back.
"You don't believe me? Fine, look under your foot!"
Under the foot?
Zhu Bufan was somewhat skeptical, at the same time, his back was getting cooler.
However, in the end, Zhu Bufan still turned over the sole of his foot.
Damn, it really is... the ring... ah...
But just as Zhu Bufan lifted his foot to turn it over to look, a Porsche was speeding toward his position.
"Beep beep..."
Sitting inside the Porsche was a woman, at this moment, the woman showed a look of urgency, frantically honking the horn!!!
"Ah..."
However, the goddess of fortune ultimately did not favor them.
In just the blink of an eye, the Porsche tragically crashed right into Zhu Bufan.