I Refuse to Take That Charlatan as My Master!

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After his grandmother's relentless calls, Bei Yeming cut his graduation trip short. On the way home, he gave a scam artist who preyed on the elderly a thorough tongue-lashing.

Bei Yeming is a young master from a wealthy family, but his background is tragic. His grandmother told him he was cursed, and to save him from disaster, she had specially hired a teacher to teach him how to ward off evil and protect himself.

Staunch materialist Bei Yeming: ...

Fine. To put his grandmother's mind at ease, he would learn a little for now.

But could someone tell him why this teacher was the very same scam artist he'd just chewed out?

Xiao Kuang pretended not to know him and greeted him with false warmth.

Bei Yeming gritted his teeth and politely returned his teacher's greeting.

There's no need to go easy on a fraud. He'd start by exposing the man's true colors!

Xiao Kuang couldn't eat spicy food, so Bei Yeming made him tomatoes pickled with chili peppers.

Xiao Kuang was an exorcist, so Bei Yeming stocked his room with exorcism supplies.

But Xiao Kuang wasn't one to take it lying down. He returned the chili peppers in kind, along with the full mud-pit-and-sandpit package!

On the first day, after training, Bei Yeming was so exhausted he couldn't even crawl. His hands were still shaking at dinner, and Xiao Kuang even ate all the dishes he liked!

That night, when he opened his eyes, there was a ghostly face right in front of him. Bei Yeming was nearly scared to death by Xiao Kuang.

Bei Yeming gritted his teeth.

So you want to play? I'll play along to the bitter end!

*

A few months later.

With a ghost hot on his heels, Bei Yeming quickly latched onto Xiao Kuang's thigh

"Master, save me!"

A sweet, short story about a sharp-tongued, goofy master and disciple. Around 100,000 words.

Happy ending, one-on-one romance.

Younger disciple is the pursuer.

Theme: Finding joy because of you.