I can rewind time to prevent death-Chapter 446 329: Strengthened Club (5000 words)

"Ku Zai, why are there dark circles under your eyes, didn't you sleep well last night?"

Yan Junze saw Ku Zai looking listless as soon as he got up early in the morning.

"Your body is very weak, you need to get some good rest!" Xiang Er also said.

Ku Zai had a wronged expression on his face.

"Blame me?"

He had been looking forward to when Xiang Er would come over to sleep all night, being in such a dazed state, but ironically, he couldn't get a good night's rest himself, waking up at every rustle and bustle.

"No can do, Brother Yan, after breakfast, I might need another sleep," Ku Zai shook his head.

"Sleep then, eat well and go back to bed for some more sleep, try to put on a few more pounds," Yan Junze nodded, "Just stay in the neighborhood, don't go anywhere before we come back, Xiang Er and I have some things to take care of."

Ku Zai was startled and hastily shook his head, "If you and Sister Xiang Er go out, what will I do? What if the strangenesses come looking again and Sister Xiang Er isn't here? And doesn't Sister Xiang Er need to sleep? It seemed like she was up all night..."

Yan Junze patted his shoulder and whispered, "Xiang Er is always sleeping standing up. As long as you don't leave the neighborhood, you're safe, trust me. Now, go have your breakfast."

After her son came back, Li Man prepared a very rich breakfast; she went out early to buy some steamed buns, pancakes, and soy milk, additionally making some millet porridge and a small pot of oily soup noodles at home. Everyone sat at the dining table and enjoyed their meal immensely.

After breakfast, as expected, Ku Zai ran off to his bedroom to lie down, looking totally spent, but he still dared not sleep on the bed, instead sticking to the floor.

There was no helping it; in his mind, being careful around Yan Junze had become deep-rooted, sleeping in his bed without the owner's permission was just asking for endless retaliation.

Yan Junze left the house with Xiang Er, heading straight for the "Zhou Erfu" jewelry store they had been to before. This store was still rented out by Zhou Dali's aunt's husband's sister to someone else, and by now, Yan Junze was considered a regular customer there.

Last time, it was the store's craftsman Gu Bai who helped forge the alloy Black Spirit Mallet for him. Of course, Yan Junze had also done Gu Bai a big favor, saving him from the embarrassment of being cuckolded by a strangenesse fond of taking candid shots.

Upon arriving at the store and inquiring, Gu Bai was still working there.

Going to the back workshop, indeed they saw him wearing a loupe, holding tweezers, and meticulously repairing a damaged delicate necklace.

When Gu Bai lifted his head and noticed Yan Junze had arrived, he immediately smiled, asking them to sit for a while, as he would be done with his current work shortly.

After sitting down, another young apprentice brought two cups of tea for them.

The young apprentice, full of youthful vigor, kept glancing at Xiang Er, seemingly drooling over her presence.

Yan Junze, on the other hand, was meticulously observing Gu Bai, noticing that after not having seen him for a few months, his health seemed to have improved considerably, no longer looking like someone who could faint at any moment from lack of sleep.

The man had put on some weight and, true to his name, was fairer.

About twenty minutes later, Gu Bai put down his work, removed his loupe, and apologized with a sheepish face to Yan Junze, "Sorry, sorry, the customer is coming to pick up this piece soon, so I had to finish it quickly."

While saying this, he passed the repaired necklace to an apprentice who had been waiting nearby.

Yan Junze shook his head, "No problem, by the looks of it, you've been living quite well these days."

"That's thanks to you." Gu Bai walked over, took the heated electric kettle and added some hot water to Yan Junze and Xiang Er's cups.

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"This is... your girlfriend?" Gu Bai asked with a smile.

"No," Yan Junze answered, "just a good friend."

Xiang Er looked up and glanced at Gu Bai, her expression calm.

Yan Junze pulled out the Black Spirit Mallet from behind him as if by magic, "Just got off for the holidays, thought I'd drop by and have you do me another favor, help me inlay two more..."

As he spoke, he took out two Black Spirit Pearls, "these two pearls."

Gu Bai took the mallet and the Black Spirit Pearls, smiling, "No problem."

This item was originally crafted by him, and now, he just needed to add two more secretive clasps for inlaying on the surface and set the Black Spirit Pearls into them to complete the job.

Talking with Yan Junze, he turned and walked to the assembly station to begin his work.

"My wife is very thankful to you. After you left, she kept saying she wants to invite you to dinner when you get back," Gu Bai said.

"No problem, why not do it today instead of picking a date?" Yan Junze replied.

With such polite offers as "I'll treat you to dinner another day," Yan Junze always had a disdainful attitude—eat now or never, no need to "pick another day."

Gu Bai was taken aback but nodded, "Alright, I'll call her in a bit to close the photography studio earlier today and we'll go to a restaurant."

With that, Gu Bai laughed, "Ever since that mysterious incident at the photo studio, my wife dares not to enter the darkroom anymore, nor does she dare play with those film rolls. I dismantled the darkroom afterwards, expanded the photo studio, and now Lin Meng no longer touches film cameras, she only uses digital cameras."

"Digital cameras are good, at least they're convenient," Yan Junze agreed, nodding without much knowledge.

About forty minutes later, the reprocessed Black Spirit Mallet was finished.

This time, to take into account the functionality and aesthetics of the mallet, Gu Bai specifically added six more secretive clasps around where the Black Spirit Pearls could be inlaid.

With the original one, there could now be a total of seven Black Spirit Pearls inlaid on it.

Currently, three Black Spirit Pearls occupied three of the clasps, while four were still vacant.

Of course, the clasps were very secure, and the Black Spirit Pearls would not fall out even if the mallet was hit. To remove the inlaid Black Spirit Pearls, one would also have to see what tools were being used.