One day, Qi Shu began to smell a stench from time to time.
It was like the rotting carcass of an animal left in a sealed space on a sweltering summer day, fermenting into a foul reek that made him want to throw up.
Troubled, Qi Shu went to see a doctor. The doctor looked grave and told him, "You..."
"You have allergic rhinitis."
Qi Shu: "Oh."
Could the doctor tell him something he didn't already know?
After leaving the hospital, Qi Shu got into a random taxi. The stench in the driver's seat was so overpowering he could barely breathe. As he debated whether to jump out or stick it out, a yellow talisman shot through the window and struck the driver between the eyebrows. The driver deflated like a balloon.
The skin draped over the leather seat looked faintly ridiculous, but Qi Shu couldn't bring himself to laugh.
Someone casually opened the door and got in, then lit a cigarette. "Did you know that after people die, they become ghosts, then put on the skins of other animals to return to the human world?"
"Human skin stinks."
Qi Shu: "..."
He'd rather not know.
"I tell you something you don't know, and you're still unhappy." The man blew smoke into his face. "It's too late. You're on the boat now."
*
Tan Fuqing told him there was medicine that could cure his sense of smell. "Transfer me 100,000 yuan. I'll give you a good deal."
Qi Shu: "Transferred."
Tan Fuqing pulled out a rhinitis pill.
Qi Shu: "You jerk."
"Apply it externally. Put it up your nostrils and it treats both the symptoms and the cause, until you're a specimen."
Theme: Stay alert and watch out for strangers
