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Chapter 36 $3xual orientation is a problem Part 2

Yu Ze looked at Gu Ye’s sleeping face, raised his hand, and gently touched Gu Ye’s cheek. His deep eyes were half-closed, but they were still unable to conceal the dominance in his gaze. Thinking of Gu Ye’s weird but kind-hearted character, Yu Ze couldn’t help but curve his lips. He bent down to pick up Gu Ye and carried him back to his bedroom.

A few minutes later, Yu Ze went to the guest room with a quilt in his arms. After calculating the success rate of making the bed[1], he returned to the living room with a cold face and expressionlessly slept on the sofa.

The next morning, Gu Ye got up and came to the living room with a confused look on his face. When he saw Yu Ze lying on the sofa, he suddenly sobered up. How did he switch places with Yu Ze last night?

Gu Ye was too embarrassed to think deeply when the doorbell rang. Yu Ze slowly opened his eyes, sat up, and said to Gu Ye, “Good morning.”

Gu Ye blinked, “Morning.”

Yu Ze went to open the door. Secretary Liu was so shocked when he saw Gu Ye that he almost dropped the breakfast in his hand. Hurriedly handing the breakfast to Yu Ze, Secretary Liu lowered his head to cover up his gaffe. He took out a pair of shoe covers from his pocket and put them on, his inner thoughts have exploded. After receiving a call to bring two breakfasts, Secretary Liu didn’t sleep well last night. He spent the whole night wondering which little devil had seduced the aloof President Yu. Unexpectedly! It’s actually a man! Looking at Gu Ye’s familiar face again, Secretary Liu felt that Gu Ye did look quite devilish.

Yu Ze put the meal on the table, “I’ll take you home after breakfast.”

Gu Ye calculated his fortune with his fingers, “No, I’ll take a taxi and go to an overpass.”

Seeing Yu Ze’s puzzled expression, Gu Ye smiled and said, “Someone will be coming to give me money today.”

Yu Ze: “…”

As a competent good secretary, Secretary Liu had already put on gloves and started cleaning. When he heard Gu Ye’s words, he asked in surprise, “That kind of thing also can be calculated?”

Gu Ye smiled and said, “Yes, you are in trouble with the water element today, so… don’t touch the hot or cold water.”

Secretary Liu lowered his head. In his heart, he blamed himself for being too talkative and brought disaster to himself.

While Gu Ye was eating, he suddenly thought of what happened last night and explained, “By the way, I lied to that little girl last night. I didn’t take advantage of you (by saying that he liked men). Don’t worry.”

Yu Ze paused and put down the steamed dumplings he picked up.

Just when Gu Ye was about to ask what was wrong, he heard an ‘ouch’. He and Yu Ze looked at each other and walked quickly to the kitchen. They saw Secretary Liu holding a water glass with an embarrassed look on his face, and the crotch of his pants was soaked.

“Master Gu, your calculation is so accurate.” Secretary Liu said these words in embarrassment, his face turned red. In his heart, he felt extremely happy after listening to Gu Ye’s words and took a glass of room-temperature water. Imagine if it’s hot water or ice water… it makes his balls ache just thinking about it!

Gu Ye didn’t know what to say and could only give the other party a sympathetic look.

When Gu Ye went back to eat, he noticed that Yu Ze seemed angry. Because the other party ate all his favorite steamed dumplings with seafood fillings. After finished eating, Yu Ze wiped his mouth expressionlessly and handed him the plate of steamed dumplings with beef and celery fillings.

Gu Ye ate slowly, feeling confused. What happened? No one messed with him(YZ)!

…

He Yunyi drove for more than 4 hours and traveled more than 800 miles, and finally came to the imperial capital again, to the footbridge where he met Gu Ye and Gu Yang that early morning. After listening to Gu Ye’s words that day, he headed eastward and found a factory by chance. After some discussion, the factory director took out all the inventory and gave him to deliver his unfulfilled orders first, then he could return to pay the money. With the help, his processing factory didn’t need to be closed and the jobs of hundreds of workers were saved.

He Yunyi was not only grateful to that factory director but also grateful to Gu Ye who pointed out the direction. He originally planned to wait here for a few days, hoping to find Gu Ye. After all, Gu Ye said that the summer vacation is here, but not exactly when. Unexpectedly, when he got out of the car, he saw a long queue at the place where Gu Ye was. That young man surrounded by the crowd, isn’t he the little master he was looking for?

“There are ten principles of selecting an ancestral tomb’s location. Every violation of one of them will bring harm to the descendants. From your facial appearance, you don’t have illness or disaster in the family. There is no problem with the current location of the ancestral tomb. Why do you still need to move the tomb?” Gu Ye looked at the aunt’s face in front of him and really didn’t understand.

The aunt smiled sheepishly and said, “Didn’t people say that burying their ancestor in a good Feng Shui land can help future generations make a fortune? But I just selected the location of the ancestral tomb in my hometown at random.”

Gu Ye clicked his tongue and said slowly, “You, at present, you don’t have to worry about food and drink, and your family is full of children and grandchildren. This is a blessing that others can’t get even if they want it. You don’t have to torment your ancestors for eight generations for the sake of future generations and tire your ancestors. Won’t this end up ruining the blessings of future generations, don’t you think?”

“Indeed, there’s some truth in it.” The aunt nodded in agreement, “Then you can give me a word reading to see if my son can be promoted this year?”

Gu Ye stood up and said with a smile, “I can’t, the ten readings I allocated are finished today.”

“No way? Am I not the 9th person?”

Gu Ye pointed to He Yunyi, who was standing at the back of the crowd, “That old customer made a reservation 3 months ago.”

Seeing everyone disperse, He Yunyi stepped forward and said excitedly, “Little sir, we meet again!”

Gu Ye smiled and said, “I knew I was right about your character. You will come back and pay me the 30,000 yuan fee for fortune-telling.”

He Yunyi laughed, quickly took his wallet, and pulled out a card with a password written on the back. “This is 60,000 yuan. Thank you, little master, for your guidance.”

Gu Ye took it and looked at the card with squinted eyes. “That’s 30,000 yuan extra. Tsk, there’s no reason to give the money back once it’s in my hands. Let me give you one more piece of advice. After 3 years, don’t let your son near deep water.”

A chill ran down He Yunyi’s body. His son is only 1 year old now and likes to play in the water. The little master actually reminded him of this. Could it be that… He Yunyi was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.

“Thank you for your advice, little master, thank you very much!”

As He Yunyi said that, he wanted to pay money again but Gu Ye picked up his folding stool with a smile and waved his hand.

“You don’t have to give me anymore. It’s enough. Your most difficult time is over. In business, it all depends on you. As long as you stick to your original intention and develop with quality, you can expect a bright future.”

With Gu Ye’s words, He Yunyi, who was still a little lacking in confidence, immediately straightened up and became confident.

Gu Ye took the money and went to an ATM. He also took out another 200,000 yuan from his account and transferred them all to Hope Primary School. He has transferred money to this account countless times and knows it by heart. He had forgotten several other accounts that needed funding and needed to check his record for the number.

When Gu Ye got home at noon, just in time for lunch, Gu Decheng asked with concern, “What did you do yesterday? Why did Yu Ze say you went to save people? Is it dangerous?”

“It’s not dangerous,” Gu Ye spread his hands and said with a relaxed expression, “I just saved some people along the way and tied some loose ends.”

Only then did Gu Decheng feel relieved, “Don’t try to be a Holy Father whenever you have nothing to do. Protect yourself first. Since you can talk to Yu Ze well, you should also learn from him.”

Gu Ye didn’t take it seriously. Inside his heart, he is still complaining about his steamed dumplings with seafood filling being eaten, “I don’t know how to do business, and he doesn’t know how to tell fortunes.”

“How much money can you make from fortune telling? Do you plan to spend your whole life telling people’s fortunes?”

“I have no problem supporting myself in this life. It’s pointless to make too much money and not be able to spend it.”

“When you get married in the future, will you take your wife to follow you to set up a stall under an overpass?”

“I may not be able to get married, so there will be no one to follow me.”

When Gu Ye said this, his parents were stunned, “Why?”

Gu Ye touched his chin and said deeply, “To be honest, I don’t know whether I like a boy or a girl, or maybe I like a ghost. As long as they looked good and caught my eye, I might fall in love with them, and I don’t even know what species my partner would be.”

Papa Gu immediately felt that his blood pressure was going to rise.

When Mrs. Gu saw that her husband didn’t look good, she quickly gestured at Gu Ye with her eyes to ask him to shut up, “The child is still young, so it’s a bit early to talk about this. When he has time to fall in love in college, he might find a girl he likes. By the way, several schools called me today, but I rejected them all. I listened to my son’s decision and let him choose Capital University, it’s closer to home.”

Gu Ye smiled with curved eyes, “Thank you, Mom!”

“You are the best. When your brother’s school has a holiday, I want to stay with grandma for a week. You can come with us too.”

Gu Ye’s expression stilled. His little stepmother comes from a farming family. Her parents made a fortune by contracting a mountain and planting fruit trees. She also has a younger brother, whom this original body always calls uncle, as Gu Yang did. Erm, how to say? The family members from his stepmother’s side are all honest and have good intentions. They are not bad to him either. It’s just that they are not biological after all, which is a bit embarrassing. When people are talking as a family, why is he getting involved?

“I’m all grown up, so no need to follow along.”

Mrs. Gu was worried, “Then won’t you stay at home alone?”

Gu Ye nodded, “I’ll eat breakfast and dinner with Dad. If Dad doesn’t come back at noon, I can ask the nanny to cook for me. If I don’t want to eat home-cooked food, I can still go outside to eat with my classmates. You can go home at ease. Please send my hello to grandparents, uncle, and aunt.”

Gu Ye didn’t want to go, and Gu Yang naturally didn’t want to go either. Mrs. Gu angrily tugged her son’s ears and said, “You have to go! We’ll leave after getting your results.”

Gu Ye gave his brother a look that said, “Good luck, you’ll need it”.

Soon, Gu Yang’s results came out. He forgot to write his name on the Chinese test paper, and he got 0 points. Mathematics was done normally, 52 points. In English, 68 points. Physics, chemistry, biology, geography, history, and politics all scored no more than 60, ranking him last in the grade. When Gu Yang came back with the report card, Gu Ye knew that this child was finished.

Sure enough, his little mother chased Gu Yang in high heels with a feather duster in hand for half an hour. She finally let him go when she couldn’t run anymore. She was so angry that she sat in the living room and wiped her tears, “Did I give birth to a fool?! Are you stupid?!”

Gu Yang squatted at the door and whispered, “Can you blame me? Do you think I didn’t want to get good marks too? I think I did it right, but the teacher didn’t give me points.”

Mrs. Gu was so angry that she wanted to beat him up, even with bare feet. Gu Ye rushed over, grabbed his mother, and persuaded her earnestly, “That should be it, he still has a beating waiting for him, so please be merciful.”

When Mrs. Gu heard this, she wanted to cry even more. She was distressed and angry. There was really nothing she could do. She turned around and hugged Gu Ye and cried, “I can’t live this life. When I get old, I will count on you! Your brother is a wastrel and cannot be relied upon!”

Gu Ye suppressed a smile and patted her back, “Okay, okay, I will take care of you when you get old, I will take care of you!”

Gu Yang sat at the door carelessly and complained, “Moms are made of water, they are unreasonable and crybabies.”

Gu Ye glared at Gu Yang. This silly kid, how much do you want to be beaten?

After a while, Papa Gu came back. The first thing he did was to ask for Gu Yang’s result paper. Seeing the miserable score, Papa Gu looked around angrily and grabbed the feather duster used by Mrs. Gu earlier.

Gu Ye stood on the second floor. Lying on the banister, he watched the domestic violence in the hall and exhaled expressionlessly. Then he went back to sleep.

The next day, Gu Yang, who had been beaten up by the mixed doubles, went to his grandma’s house. Gu Ye stroked the dog’s head and took a deep breath. Without Gu Yang’s noisiness, the whole house felt peaceful.

Gu Decheng held a document and called Gu Ye, “This is your second brother’s thing, please help me send it to him.”

“Ah?” Gu Ye grabbed Dog King’s ears. He thought to set up a stall soon, but his father gave him tasks again.

Gu Decheng said seriously, “It’s very important. You must hand it over to your second brother personally.”

“Oh.” Gu Ye took it helplessly, “What’s the name of my second brother’s company?”

Gu Decheng answered angrily, “Yu Ming Media and Entertainment Company! Are you really his biological brother? You don’t know where your brother is working.”

“I’m sorry!” Gu Ye bent down and apologized, admitting his mistake so quickly that people were off guard. After that, he hurried out of the house without giving his father any chance to preach.

After leaving the house, he sent a message to his second brother, asked for an address, and called a taxi. No matter how much he thought about it on the way, Gu Ye felt that something was wrong. What documents needed to be delivered by him and he had to hand them over to his second brother in person? Gu Ye looked at the document bag and saw nothing unusual. What’s the old man’s idea?

Gu Ye subconsciously pinched his fingers and calculated. After he figured out what happened, the expression on his face was distorted. There was only one sentence in his heart, ‘Frick! Dad is also a sly fox!’

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Gu Ye: I don’t know what type of guy or girl I like.
Yu Ze: You like the type like me!

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[1] Banana: Poverty has limited my imagination because I can’t imagine how hard it would be to make a bed XD

Chapter 36 $3xual orientation is a problem Part 1

When they arrived at Yu Ze’s house, Gu Ye took off his shoes but didn’t dare to step on the floor. The warm white floor was so clean and reflective!

Yu Ze looked back at Gu Ye in confusion, as if asking, why don’t you come in?

Gu Ye took a small step forward and saw a pair of slippers on the shoe rack. Gu Ye took them and put them on, “Your house is too clean. I can’t bear to put my feet down. How many times do you mop the floor a day?”

The corners of Yu Ze’s lips raised, “Just once.”

“That’s awesome!” Gu Ye was extremely impressed. Even though he cleaned his room twice a day, he still could somehow make it as messy as a doghouse.

Yu Ze took two glasses of water and said calmly, “This is just a place to sleep.”

Gu Ye smiled but felt a little empathetic. Staying alone, seeing the house as a place to sleep only, and there is no one waiting at home. What kind of home is it?

After taking a sip of water, Gu Ye took out two small bottles from his pocket; starting to get serious.

“I brought the children with me but their souls are too weak. They will be hurt if they appear in front of you just like that. I have to hide your aura first.”

Yu Ze sat across from Gu Ye, “Okay.”

Gu Ye rubbed his hands, “Then I’ll start to do it.”

With a burning gaze, Yu Ze watched as Gu Ye approached nearer. His tone was still calm, and no emotion could be heard, “Come here.”

After saying what he said earlier, Gu Ye felt inexplicably embarrassed. He kept having a feeling like he was teasing Yu Ze. Yu Ze’s face really makes people want to tease him. Putting aside these messy thoughts, Gu Ye first opened Yu Ze’s spiritual eyes and then used a talisman to temporarily suppress the purple aura on Yu Ze’s body. Seeing that Yu Ze looked like a normal person now, he picked up a porcelain bottle and said softly, “Children, you can come out now.”

More than a dozen wisps of black smoke floated out from the mouth of the bottle and turned into small figures. They gathered together in horror and looked around. Previously, Gu Ye drew a charm on the porcelain bottle so the children could not feel the passage of time inside. They only know one moment they are in the courtyard and the next moment, they are in a strange place, which scared the children.

Gu Ye looked around but didn’t see the little girl in a red skirt so he went and released all the souls from the other bottle. Then, he waved to the girl acting as a leader, “Shasha, come here.”

The little girl did not move, staring defensively at the Yu Ze beside Gu Ye. Her red eyes glared at him coldly, with murderous intent hidden in her eyes. Feeling distressed for the girl, Gu Ye walked over, knelt down, and said with a smile, “Don’t be afraid, I asked him to give you some good things to help you all grow back arms, hands, and feet. You will be like normal children in the next life.”

Shasha hesitated for a moment, then leaned over and put her arms around Gu Ye’s neck. She looked at Yu Ze defensively, as if she was looking at a pretentious scumbag.

Gu Ye looked at Yu Ze apologetically, “This child has suffered the most harm, please don’t mind it.”

Yu Ze looked at the little ghosts standing in several rows in his living room with an expressionless face, and then looked at the little girl Gu Ye was holding in his arms. His expression became even stiffer, and he randomly said, “There are really ghosts in the world?”

Gu Ye pointed to the group of children, “Aren’t you looking at them now?”

Yu Ze took a deep breath and couldn’t help pinching his eyebrows.

Gu Ye patted Yu Ze’s shoulder apologetically, Mr. Yu’s three views have completely collapsed tonight. It must be hard for him to remain so calm.

Putting Shasha on the sofa, Gu Ye squatted down and helped her adjust her little skirt, “My little princess, let’s start. Quickly let your friends line up and come forward one by one.”

For Shasha, she still could let herself believe in Gu Ye who rescued them. She waved her little hand and directed the little souls, “Stand in line, you come first.”

The child who got picked was the same one who was hiding in the puppet to scare Gu Ye. His limbs were intact, but he had no eyes. Walking up to Gu Ye, the child looked at Gu Ye with empty eyes, tilting his head, still looking innocent.

Gu Ye rubbed the child’s head with pity. He took Yu Ze’s hand and placed it on the child’s head. Then, he extracted the purple aura from Yu Ze’s body and moved it to the child’s body bit by bit. When this child is reborn, with the blessing from the purple energy that represents the destiny of heaven and earth, he will definitely be a healthy person and no longer blind.

After his purple aura was taken away, Yu Ze did not feel any discomfort, just feeling the sensation of Gu Ye holding his hand and touching the poor child. He turned around and saw Gu Ye’s face close at hand. This big boy who is usually carefree and lively, now has tenderness and sadness in his eyes.

Two minutes later, Gu Ye happily rubbed the child’s head, “Okay, next one.”

“That’s it? Is that alright?”

“En.”

Gu Ye glanced at the area between Yu Ze’s eyebrows with a smile. A normal person would have been possessed by bad luck after so much purple aura had been taken away, and their forehead would turn black (spiritually, with bad luck). But Yu Ze is still covered by auspicious clouds like nothing happened. His life is so good that no one else dares to envy him.

At this moment, Gu Ye felt a tug on the corner of his clothes. Gu Ye lowered his head and saw Shasha hanging on him, staring at Yu Ze with an unkind expression.

Gu Ye couldn’t understand why, so he comforted her, “Girl, don’t make trouble, you have to be the last one.”

Shasha kept a tight face and refused to let go, still staring at Yu Ze defensively. Gu Ye had no choice but to let her pull at him and call the next child over.

One after another, one child will need about 2 minutes. Hence, 30-plus children would require more than an hour. Gu Ye continued extracting Yu Ze’s purple aura and then distributed it to the children. At first, he was fine, but by the time there were a few children left, his face turned extremely pale.

Yu Ze frowned, “We won’t continue tonight, let’s talk about it tomorrow.”

“No, I calculated that you wouldn’t be free tomorrow night.” Gu Ye smiled and shook his head, “I’m fine, there are just 3 more. Furthermore, I can sleep peacefully after sending them away.”

For the last 3 children, Gu Ye spent several more minutes on each one. In the end, only Shasha was left. Gu Ye leaned on the sofa weakly and pinched his forehead, which was stinging like being stabbed by a needle. His energy has been drained out of him and he can’t do anything now.

Sitting next to Gu Ye, Shasha hugged Gu Ye’s arm and lowered her head but said nothing.

Gu Ye forced a smile and said softly, “Little princess, it’s your turn. I’ll take a breather and then send you away. When you guys get to the other side, I’ll burn toys for you all.”

Shasha puffed up her cheeks and said quite decisively, “I won’t leave. I don’t want to be reincarnated now.”

Gu Ye raised his eyebrows, “Why?”

Shasha raised her head and said seriously, “I’ll go when you give birth to your child.”

Gu Ye was amused, “Silly child, if I don’t marry, won’t that mean you never be reincarnated for the rest of your life?”

Shasha urged Gu Ye, “Then go and get married now.”

Gu Ye couldn’t laugh or cry, “Even if I go to marry someone now, I won’t be able to have children right away. Silly girl, there is nothing to miss/linger in this world. You should immediately forget what happened in this life, reincarnate, and grow up happily. You can’t wait for me, because I like men and will not take a wife and have children.”

Hearing that, Shasha’s eyes widened in shock. She couldn’t accept this fact for a while and was so stunned that she couldn’t move.

Gu Ye nodded, that’s how it is.

Shasha stayed speechless for a long time before accepting this statement. Then she said, “Still, I don’t want to be reincarnated. Those men, when will they die?”

This question sounded somewhat malicious.

“When the sentence is passed, they will all die.” Gu Ye’s tone was light, with a smile on his lips, but his eyes were darker than before. “Such a beautiful little girl, don’t look at those dirty things anymore, don’t think about them anymore. You should stay beautiful and happy, and don’t let dirty things stain your eyes anymore. Alright then,” Gu Ye sat up, “I’ll see you off, Mr. Yu…”

Before Gu Ye finished speaking, Yu Ze had already held his hand. The gesture caused Gu Ye to be stunned. Unexpectedly, the other party already knows what to do. He said gratefully, “Thank you!”

“You’re welcome.” Yu Ze looked serious.

Gu Ye also imbued Shasha with purple aura, hoping that the girl would find a good family and become a carefree little princess in her next life. In Shasha’s resentful eyes, Gu Ye steeled his heart and forcibly sent her away.

After sending Shasha off, Gu Ye fell down on the sofa with a splitting headache and his lips were bloodless.

Yu Ze frowned and looked worriedly at Gu Ye’s current state. He had no experience in taking care of others and didn’t know how to start.

Gu Ye said pitifully, “I want a drink, something iced.”

Yu Ze hurried to get it. As soon as he took off, a ghost appeared in front of Gu Ye. He said in a hoarse voice, “I can take them all away.”

It’s none other than Ghost General.

Now, instead of wrapping his body with the dark ghost energy, Ghost General is wearing the black Hanfu that Gu Ye burned for him. He was tall and thin, with a gloomy murderous look in his eyes. When he said ‘I can take them all away’ with that big sword in hand, a phrase appeared in Gu Ye’s mind: One swipe for one child*!

*Not sure what it meant, probably a Chinese thing

Gu Ye shook his head feebly, “No, we must wait until they are sentenced and confess their crime in front of the public. Let people who think like this know the consequences of doing evil. This is also a form of closure to the child’s parents, even if they don’t want such a closure.”

Brother Ghost General said with a cold face, “I understand.”

“Brother Ghost, do you guys have a ghost market over there?” Gu Ye narrowed his eyes and continued, “For example, the paper servants we burned to the deceased. When the ghosts have enough of it, they can exchange or buy and sell it in the market.”

Ghost General thought for a while, “I’ve seen other ghosts buy it.”

Gu Ye smiled, “I’ll send you some in a while. Sell it into the hands of evil spirits to work as slaves, and you can get some money.”

Ghost General immediately understood what Gu Ye meant. After nodding in agreement, he hid in the darkness again. Gu Ye finally couldn’t bear it anymore and closed his eyes tiredly.
Yu Ze rummaged through the refrigerator and only found a bottle of soda water, which was not very cold either. By the time he clumsily chopped the ice, put it in the drink, and returned to the living room, Gu Ye had already fallen asleep.

Yu Ze just held the glass of water and stood in front of Gu Ye for a while and looked at him. It wasn’t until he heard Gu Ye’s gentle breathing that he put the water glass down and called Papa Gu.

As soon as Gu Decheng heard that Gu Ye had fallen asleep at Yu Ze’s house, he said embarrassedly, “This kid is so undisciplined, how can he stay out overnight? I will send someone to pick him up.”

“No need,” Yu Ze looked at Gu Ye’s face and said slowly, “He has already fallen asleep. Today, he saved 38 children.”

Gu Decheng asked anxiously, “Did he go to rescue people? Was he injured?”

Yu Ze looked at Gu Ye sleeping soundly, with a hint of tenderness in his eyes, “No, just tired.”

“That’s good,” Gu Decheng breathed a sigh of relief, “Please take care of him, thank you for your hard work.”

Yu Ze said calmly, “Uncle Gu, you’re welcome. Goodbye.”

Hearing that, Gu Decheng raised his eyebrows. Yu Ze used to call him Mr. Gu, or President Gu. Was this because he hit it off with Old Third so now he changed his way of speaking to him?

Mrs. Gu has been listening at the side. Seeing Gu Decheng put down his mobile phone, she said, “This is not good, how will it look to other people, sleeping in someone else’s house? Why don’t you take him back?”

Papa Gu didn’t take it seriously, “I believe in Yu Ze’s character and he will not lead him into bad ways.”

“This is not a question of character! Say, Yu Ze is already 26, normal people at this age have to have a girlfriend, right? The middle child in our family is often involved in scandals, although it was those actresses deliberately trying to use his popularity. However, Yu Ze doesn’t even have any rumors. Don’t you think it’s strange?”

Gu Decheng praised, “That’s because he handled it well. Our Old Second was not reliable in his work.”

Mrs. Gu is still a little worried. Mothers are sensitive and always feel uneasy.

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Chapter 35 How about getting a room? Part 2

Gu Ye decided to return the souls of Xia An, Xia Xiang, and several classmates after breakfast. Not long after, Xia Xiang called and said feebly, “Gu Ye, my brother, and I, give our thanks to you and Peng Yu.”

At this moment, Gu Ye had already taken a taxi to a stuffed toy store. Knowing that Xia Xiang had woken up, he felt relieved and said, “There will be more days ahead. Let’s enjoy the next four years together.”

When Xia Xiang heard this, he suddenly realized something, and the corners of his mouth curved up, “Okay, let’s enjoy the next four years together.”

After Gu Ye bought dozens of stuffed toys, he became worried. If he brought these things home, his family would definitely ask him what a boy was buying these things for. It’s very hard to hide his things without getting noticed. He had to find a way to move out.

In order to prevent his family from suspecting that he had any special hobbies, Gu Ye handed these dolls to their own security guard at the main gate and told him that they were to be sent to children in mountainous areas so please help to keep them for a few days.

The security guard brother thought of what Gu Ye said previously about ‘sending express delivery to a friend’ that night, and his expression looked particularly complicated when he took it.

As soon as Gu Ye entered the house, he asked Mrs. Gu, “Mom, will my dad come back for lunch?”

Mrs. Gu curled her lips and said, “When other children return home, they will ask for their dad ‘Where is my mom?’ but you? You just know to look for your dad.”

Gu Ye doesn’t know if to laugh or cry, “I want to ask my dad for money.”

Mrs. Gu blinked and immediately changed her expression, “Oh, you need money? I’ll call your dad and ask him to come back and eat.”

…

In just one morning, Gu Ye’s photos were exposed on the Internet: Shocking! This year’s science stream top scorer looks like this!

These reporters are also very capable. Gu Ye went to the toy store to buy dolls in the morning and still managed to get photographed by them. As soon as this post was posted, the Internet immediately became lively. Many people were shouting:

This little brother looked handsome enough to debut!

The top scorer in science has a girly heart, he went to buy dolls!

With such talent and good looks, how else other people going to compete?

Soon there will be a recruitment battle among prestigious schools across the country. Let us wait and see who will win this school grass*!

[In case there are still people who don’t know these terms, school flower is for girls, and school grass is for boys. It’s something like prom king and queen, just that it’s not prom but for the whole year]

Immediately afterward, Gu Ye’s identity was also revealed: he turned out to be the third son of real estate tycoon Gu Decheng! With good looks, money, and talent, countless netizens joked that this is a life that not many people could afford to envy!

Gu Ye’s score also shocked everyone who knew him. What were his previous scores? And looking at his current score, even the head teacher, Teacher Yu, found it incredible. Gu Ye has completed a counterattack from the bottom-most rank to the first rank in the past six months!

This was the last batch of students taught by Teacher Yu before retirement, and he actually taught the top scorer in the science stream in the country. Teacher Yu is overjoyed and makes a phone call to Gu Ye. While congratulating him, he also told Gu Ye, “Several prestigious schools have contacted the school for your contact information. This means they are here to snatch the best scorer. Discuss this with your family and make plans in advance.”

Gu Decheng had already heard the news at noon. He was so happy that he looked several years younger. Even his footsteps were light with a breeze and his posture was straighter than usual.

Gu Ye sat opposite his father and asked with an obedient face, “Dad, what are you going to reward me this time?”

“I heard that you don’t want to live on campus?”

Gu Ye nodded vigorously, not expecting the opportunity to come so soon, “I like peace and quiet. I learn better outside than in a dormitory.”

“Okay, I’ll have someone go there to buy you a house tomorrow.” Papa Gu, who was in high spirits, asked excitedly, “How big of a house do you want? Dad will buy it for you.”

Gu Ye happily stretched out a finger and said humbly, “A 1-bedroom unit is enough.”

“How unambitious!” Gu Decheng laughed and scolded, “Your father is engaged in real estate, alright? If I get you a one-bedroom apartment, won’t you be afraid of others laughing at you?! I’ll buy you a two-story house with a loft. If you live alone, 200 square meters should be enough.”

“Thank you, Dad! I love you, Dad!” Gu Ye wanted to hug the old man and spin him around twice. It’s so cool to have a rich dad! Gu Ye struck while the iron was hot, “Dad, Yu Ze said to have dinner with me tonight, can I go?”

Gu Decheng waved his hand, “Go, go, go, you’ve grown up now. Our family won’t have too many restrictions on making friends. You can make more friends like Yu Ze.”

On this side, the atmosphere is nice – the father is feeling kind and the son is being filial. The more Mrs. Gu looks at it, the more uncomfortable she becomes. She got reminded of what Gu Ye said earlier about Gu Yang not doing well in the exam this time, and she felt even more uncomfortable. Of the four brothers, the stupidest one now becomes Gu Yang. How will they live in the future?

When Gu Yang came back from the exam that afternoon, the first thing Mrs. Gu asked him was how he did in the exam. The child was full of confidence and replied, “I filled in all the blanks, no problem! Don’t worry!”

Mrs. Gu just wants to beat Gu Yang to death. The point is not to fill in the blanks, but to be right or wrong!

Gu Yang is still feeling good about himself. Hearing that his brother was the top scorer in science this year, he happily went to play with Gu Ye. But before he even entered Gu Ye’s room, he got blocked by a sentence ‘Your brother needs to catch up sleep’. Reluctantly, he took the ball and went to play with the Gou Wang (dog).

When Gu Ye woke up, the silly boy is already playing well with the dog. As he drank coffee, he looked at the silly boy’s eyebrows (to read his fortune). The corner of his mouth twitched uncontrollably, and he asked with concern, “Little brother, have you handed in your answer sheet?”

Gu Yang answered with a confirmed tone, “I did, I definitely handed it over!”

Gu Ye asked with a complicated mood, “Are your answers, filled in the correct spaces?”

Gu Yang scratched his head, “That should be right!”

“What about your name? Have you written it down?”

Gu Yang asked worriedly, “Brother, what’s wrong with you? Are you awake?”

Gu Ye twitched his lips and patted the child’s shoulder, “Take care!” Gu Yang won’t be able to escape a beating from both mother and father.

After drinking coffee, Gu Ye went back to his room and took a shower. Just as he was about to go out, the security guard at the door called him, “Third Young Master, someone from the Xuanshu Association is looking for you and wants to confirm something with you.”

“Xuanshu Association,” Gu Ye clicked his tongue, “Just wait, I’ll be there soon.”

After deliberately lingering for more than 10 minutes, Gu Ye blew his hair before going out. The weather is very hot now even in the evening. Hence, the people from the Xuanshu Association waited until their heads were sweaty and oily due to heat, and were not in a good mood. When they saw Gu Ye coming out looking refreshed and strolling around, they suppressed their anger and asked, “We came here to ask about the courtyard house number 24. Did you use the ghost summoning array?”

Gu Ye looked innocent, “What?”

This time, two middle-aged men came on behalf of the association. They have been in this business for a long time and have a relatively stable temperament so they haven’t gotten angry with Gu Ye yet.

“Our people found clear evidence that you used something that is forbidden in the association and even hurt someone.”

Another man added, “Scumbags should be taught a lesson, but you can’t use ghosts to hurt people. The art of controlling ghosts has long been banned.”

Gu Ye innocently said, “I didn’t do it. Why do you say I did it? The police didn’t say anything.”

The two of them looked at each other for a moment, and their expressions were not very good due to Gu Ye’s refusal to admit it. “Let’s put this question aside for now, what about those children? It’s impossible not to leave a single soul behind. Are they in your hands?”

Gu Ye took out his cell phone angrily, filled with righteous indignation, “I’m going to call the police uncles, you guys are crazy! What age is this? Talking about souls! I *spat!”

The two middle-aged men were so angry that they made a futile trip on this hot day and didn’t manage to ask anything. Sure enough, people named Gu Ye are not ordinary chaotic people!

At the same time, at the Xuanshu Association headquarter, even the good-tempered Elder Tang lost his temper.

“What right do you have to send people to question Gu Ye? Do you guys represent the law? Did you guys write the laws of the metaphysic society? If people don’t follow the association’s word, they can’t live?”

“Master…”

“Shut up!”

Actually, Xie Cheng wants to say to be careful of getting a heart attack. But as soon as he opened his mouth, he was scolded by Elder Tang so everyone present did not dare to speak. Xie Cheng is Elder Tang’s direct disciple and Elder Tang cares for him the most. At this moment, even Xie Cheng doesn’t receive a good treatment from Elder Tang, who else can persuade him?

“If you all still have some conscience, please clear Gu Ye’s name! He is a hero, why can’t he be mentioned in the society now?” Elder Tang clutched his chest angrily, his heartbeat pounding.

At that time, a witch doctor from the Miao tribe extracted viruses from corpses and added them to a Gu worm to create a worm that could turn a person into a walking corpse after death. Unexpectedly, the witch doctor made a mistake somewhere causing that Gu worm to mutate and reproduce in large numbers. Those insects carrying corpse poison can not only poison people to death but also turn those corpses into walking corpses. If they can’t all be wiped out, the entire Huaixin City’s millions of people will turn into zombies. By that time, it is not an exaggeration to say that it will be the end of the world.

Within the metaphysic society, anyone with some sense of conscience has gone to Huaixin City to help. They tried every method, but it was helpless. It was Gu Ye who used a forbidden technique banned in the entire metaphysic society to summon heavy rain. Then, using every drop of blood in his body as a guide, he sacrificed his life to heaven and integrated all his merits into the heavy rain. This heavy rain lasted for three days and three nights, which wiped out all the bad qi in Huaixin City. Millions of people are safe and sound, Gu Ye is the hero who saves the world!

But Gu Ye is not from the Xuanshu Association, and he usually goes against the Xuanshu Association. His use of forbidden techniques to save people made the society feel like they were slapped in the face. In order to prevent newcomers from imitating Gu Ye and not following the rules, no one is allowed to mention Gu Ye’s name. What about conscience? For the sake of the so-called face, their conscience has been fed to the dogs!

Like his senior brother, Gu Ye does not seek fame and wealth and does not like disputes. He does not ask for any explanation regarding his senior brother’s death, nor does he seek revenge cynically, nor does he seek revenge on society. All he does is do good things to save people. Now the association is starting to cause trouble for Gu Ye’s junior brother again. This is the only one disciple left of Shao Fuxian’s faction! Do they still want to force him to death? Didn’t everyone say that the mystic arts society would be united and develop together? They say one thing and do another!

Elder Tang looked at this group of people and stood up in great disappointment, “I’m quitting the Xuanshu Association. You guys can continue doing your thing. I’m old and can’t fight anymore. President Jing, perhaps choosing you to be the president was the biggest mistake I made in my life.”

Jing Lianzhong’s face turned pale, “Master!”

“Elder Tang!”

“Master Tang!”

“Elder Tang, please don’t!”

…

Everyone in the room panicked and hurriedly tried to persuade him to stay, but Elder Tang turned a deaf ear and left without looking back. Xie Cheng, who was leaning at the door, looked at the commotion and did a palm-hold salute to the president of Xuanshu Association.

“Senior brother, Master has left. I still have to serve him, so I’ll quit too.”

“Xie Cheng!”

Jing Lianzhong called out calmly. Jie Cheng turned around and smiled brightly at him. He made a goodbye gesture before running to catch up with Mr. Tang, leaving with a smile.

…

Gu Ye still doesn’t know that Elder Tang has withdrawn from the Xuanshu Association. While having dinner with Yu Ze, he talked about those children. Yu Ze’s expression remained cold during the conversation. Although he doesn’t speak, he eats very slowly. Later, he simply put down his chopsticks with a sullen face and stopped eating. He was obviously very angry.

Gu Ye was not in the mood to eat either, so he put down his chopsticks and said seriously, “These children have no limbs and will be disabled in their next lives. But these disabilities were caused in later of their lives and not pre-destined so their fate can be changed. I want to use your purple qi to help these children return to normal. Mr. Yu, are you willing?”

Still wearing that cold expression, Yu Ze pointed at the meal that Gu Ye had only eaten a few mouthfuls of and said, “After you finish eating, I will promise you.”

Gu Ye suddenly felt that the breath he was holding in his heart became much smoother. He smiled and picked up the bowl, “Then where should we go later? Find a hotel nearby?”

Upon saying this, Gu Ye chuckled. What he said seemed to be inviting Yu Ze to ‘get a room’.

Seeing Gu Ye’s smile, the corners of Yu Ze’s mouth finally curved up. He said gently, “Go to my house.”

“That’s not very good? I heard from Zhao Pengyu that you don’t like other people entering your residence.”

Yu Ze took another sip of soup and said in a calm tone, “Other people can’t but it’s fine if it’s you.”

Gu Ye widened his eyes and asked curiously, “Why?”

Yu Ze put down the spoon, held his chin, and looked at Gu Ye quietly. His slender index finger touched the mole at the corner of his eye. Then, his phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and it was hard to tell whether he was joking or serious, “You looked pleasing to my eyes.”

Hearing that, Gu Ye put down his chopsticks and pulled his chair to Yu Ze’s side. Raising his hand. he patted Yu Ze’s shoulder and said happily, “Hahahahaha, you have such discerning eyes! I also think I am the most pleasing to the eye in the world!”

Yu Ze couldn’t restrain himself and the corners of his mouth twitched. The eyes he looked at Gu Ye flashed with a bit of frustration.

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Gu Ye: I am the most handsome person in the world!
Yu Ze: What you said… is correct.

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Chapter 35 How about getting a room? Part 1

Gu Ye and Zhao Pengyu were taken to the police station. The police checked their videos and saw that they didn’t do anything to the criminals. So, they only got a severe scolding, “Not sleeping at night but visited a ghost house, looking for excitement. Well, isn’t it exciting this time? If something really happened to you, wouldn’t your family be heartbroken?”

Gu Ye and Zhao Pengyu each held a cup of instant noodles, they were really hungry. So, they ate while being scolded. When they have free time to speak (between bites), they will apologize to the police uncle. Their attitude of admitting their mistakes was very pious. The policewoman next to the boys was afraid that they would not have enough to eat, so she gave them a piece of ham each.

At this moment, the policeman at the door called the captain, “One of those two high school students is the son of real estate tycoon Gu Decheng. Another is the nephew of Yu Ze, the chairman of the international electronics industry. Right now, both Gu Ye’s second brother and Yu Ze have come to pick them up in person, asking if they can be taken away?”

Looking at the two naughty kids holding the cup of instant noodles and drinking up all the soup, the captain uncle didn’t know what to say about them for a moment. To eat instant noodles so voraciously, the boys don’t look like a rich second generation no matter how he looked at them. The rich second generation of other families knew to spend money, race cars, and pick up girls but these two rich second generation went looking for ghosts in the middle of the night. The uncle felt helpless and said, “Don’t go out running around in the middle of the night from now on, do you hear me?”

Gu Ye and Zhao Pengyu put down the cup of instant noodles at the same time, nodding obediently.

So obedient! It is simply a breath of fresh air among the rich second-generation naughty kids! The captain uncle softened his expression and told the boys, “This matter must be kept secret, otherwise it will cause panic in the outside world. We can only announce it to the outside world after the case is resolved, do you understand?”

The two young men nodded obediently. No matter what the other party said, they just nodded.

“Okay, you can go after you finished eating.”

Gu Ye yawned as he walked out of the room. Seeing that Zhao Pengyu was dawdling, he asked, “What’s wrong with you? Do you want to stay?”

Zhao Pengyu said with an ugly face, “My parents are on a business trip so I have been staying at my grandpa’s house recently. That means the person who came to pick me up …is …my uncle?”

Gu Ye nodded, “Probably.”

Zhao Pengyu clutched his chest, feeling a sense of sadness that he is going to die soon.

After the boys left, someone in the police station said, “I checked the information and heard that Gu Ye is good at fortune-telling, psychic, and catching ghosts. Does it have anything to do with him that those scum are now like this?”

The young police officer who said this was immediately scolded, “Stop talking nonsense, what age is this? You are simply spreading feudal superstition! What we have to do right now is follow this line of evidence and bring all criminals to justice. Bring these scum to court and make them plead guilty and serve as a warning to others! Instead of worrying about whether the students who discovered this incident will summon spirits! If you understand, go investigate the case immediately. Even if we don’t sleep or eat, we still need to find out all these scum!”

The theory about ghosts is dismissed, and everyone devotes themselves to investigating the case. The female police officer in charge of sorting out the report pulled out a file and said, “Some of the dozen criminals woke up and shouted that there was a ghost. Moreover, they all had problems with their bodies. Some could not move their arms, and some could not move their legs and feet. However, during the examination, no problems were found. It seemed to be psychological problems.”

“From a psychological analysis, this can also be explained. After living in that house for so long, guarding a big grave mound every day, and killing so many children, they will have a hidden guilt in their hearts. It is understandable for them to imagine that these children came to seek revenge on them.”

And so, Gu Ye and Zhao Pengyu’s involvement with this case is washed cleanly.

However, people from the Xuanshu Association found out the problem. After they learned what was going on there, they quietly came to investigate (at the house). An old man said angrily, “This is a forbidden technique in the metaphysic world, the ghost summoning array. He dares to control ghosts and hurt people! If we don’t restrain this Gu Ye, he will be as lawless as his senior brother!”

Several young people didn’t speak, but some even thought that Gu Ye did a good job. They didn’t say anything, but the expression on their face was very happy.

The old man saw a young man casually sitting on the table who didn’t usually follow the rules. He tried to make an example from him and asked, “Xie Cheng, do you also think he did the right thing?”

*Xie Cheng answered with a smile, “No, I didn’t say anything. I’ll go to the scene again to check whether all those children have been reincarnated.”

Seeing that the atmosphere is not good, Xie Cheng jumped down from the table and dodged people as quickly as possible. His partner also left with him and said with a sullen face, “Right now, the upper management of the society is very resistant to Gu Ye, and the management is becoming more and more deformed. I really don’t know what will happen in the future.”

“Then, let’s disband (leave). Instant Noodle Superman* is fearless. I really want to quit and do something I want to do.”

[Banana: It wasn’t explained in the novel so far but it seems that Xie Cheng and his partner were the ones who appeared in chapter 23 where Gu Ye fought an unscrupulous master in Aunt Wang’s case]

…

At the door of the police station, Gu Ye saw his second brother and Yu Ze standing on each side of the entrance. Looking at Zhao Pengyu again, he was as honest as a quail, moving slowly and with difficulty. After thinking about it, Gu Ye walked towards Yu Ze and said with a smile, “Zhao Pengyu helped me a lot. I am honored to have him as a friend.”

The implication is please let him live!

Yu Ze looked at them with a cold face and said nothing. There was no expression on his face, but it made people feel surprisingly stressed. Gu Ye smiled awkwardly and quickly apologized, “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have asked him to take risks in the middle of the night. It was my fault.”

Zhao Pengyu hurriedly said, “I took the initiative to follow him. I willingly accept the punishment and I will do 3 advanced math reviews when I get back. But I don’t think I did anything wrong. I will still follow him next time he goes out.”

Hearing that, Gu Ye is speechless. Silly boy, stop pretending to be manly at a moment like this!

Yu Ze watched Gu Ye keep making eye signals at Zhao Pengyu, and said coldly to Zhao Pengyu, “Go back and write me a report on this incident, and give it to Secretary Liu tomorrow morning.”

“Okay!” Zhao Pengyu felt relieved. Afraid that Yu Ze would change his mind, he hurriedly dodged 5 steps away.

Gu Ye secretly glanced at his second brother standing on the other side, looking at him with a smile on his face, unable to tell what he was thinking. But still, he turned to Yu Ze and asked guiltily, “Um, is Mr. Yu free these two days? I want to treat you to a big dinner.”

Yu Ze narrowed his eyes, “Do you need my help?”

The corner of Gu Ye’s mouth twitched, this person is too smart!

Yu Ze’s expression softened, “Did you get scared tonight?”

Gu Ye shook his head, “I’m fine.”

“Go back and have a good rest. I have time after 6:30 pm, and I will listen to your story then.”

Gu Ye’s eyes lit up, “Okay! Let’s keep in contact via WeChat.”

“What contact?”

Gu Ye heard the teasing words behind him and turned around with his lips pursed. Gu Lin is standing behind him. Compared with his eldest brother, Gu Ye thinks that Gu Sen is easier to deal with than Gu Lin. His eldest brother has a temperament like his father, a bit serious. On the other hand, his second brother who likes to smile like a fox is someone Gu Ye couldn’t grasp his real emotion.

“It’s just a plan to have dinner together. Second brother, why are you here?”

“If I don’t come, do you want Dad to come? Aren’t you afraid that he will be so angry that his blood pressure will rise and he will be admitted to the hospital?” Gu Lin smiled at Yu Ze, and Yu Ze nodded to him. The two don’t have any intention of communicating, each took their charge away and got into the car.

Gu Lin sat next to Gu Ye and said with a smile, “I will keep tonight’s events a secret from our family, but just this once. If you dare to take risks like this again in the future… hehe.”

Gu Ye trembled all over and looked at Gu Lin defensively, “Brother, are we really biological siblings?”

“It’s because we are biological brothers that I can’t watch you die!” Gu Lin’s lips curved up, but it was obvious that he was angry. “If something happens to you, how will my eldest brother and I explain to our deceased mother?”

Gu Ye lowered his head, feeling too guilty to continue the topic. After all, he was not the original owner of this body.

“Since I returned home last time and saw how much you have changed, I realized that I cared too little about you before. I was busy at school before and had no time to care about you. Now that I have time, do you think I don’t know what you have done recently?” Gu Lin looked at Gu Ye with a smile, “You are so naive, kiddo.”

The corner of Gu Ye’s mouth twitched. This kiddo now doesn’t want to talk to the big bad fox.

“When did your relationship with Yu Ze become so good?”

Gu Ye helplessly replied, “Brother, when you act like this, I feel like our parents caught me in an early romance. We just have common interests and gradually get to know each other.”

Gu Lin sneered, “Yu Ze having a common interest with you, a high school student? Are you out of your mind? Do you how ruthless is Yu Ze? Just ask our eldest brother who is the same generation.”

“Oh.” Gu Ye lay down on the side and said tiredly, “Brother, you can scold me again tomorrow. I’m too tired.”

Controlling the Hundred Ghosts was very mentally draining, and seeing so many children who died tragically made Gu Ye feel really tired. After seeing too many such things, he only had one thought in his mind: Everything goes by with the wind (follow the flow), the world is not worth it (to fight for improvement), live freely as he likes in the future.

Gu Lin couldn’t bear to scold Gu Ye anymore, so he covered him with a blanket and took him directly back to his own residence.

Sleeping in a comfortable guest room, Gu Ye still had trouble sleeping. When he closed his eyes, all he could see were those mutilated children. There were too many negative emotions, which made him feel uncomfortable. He keeps thinking that those scumbags have gotten off easy, and he still wants to do something to them. He couldn’t let out this stuffy feeling, which made him uncomfortable. This caused Gu Ye to get up early in the morning and sit on the sofa in the hall with a tired look, in a daze.

After Gu Lin got up, he frowned and asked Gu Ye, “What are you thinking about?”

Gu Ye said deeply, “I’m thinking about how to make a doll with a soul.”

“You think you can do anything, wanting to be a tailor now?” Gu Lin smiled and said, “You should see how many points you got in the college entrance examination.”

“Ah! It seems that the results were released early this morning! I forgot to check!” Gu Ye suddenly sobered up and hurriedly logged on to the Internet to check the results.

Gu Lin also came over to take a look with concern. When he saw Gu Ye’s results, Gu Lin was shocked, “That’s amazing, my little one!”

Gu Ye’s comprehensive score in science was 300 points, and he only lost 1 point in mathematics, with a score of 149 points, 135 points in Chinese, and 145 points in English. In the second half of the year, he also won the first prize in the National Olympiad. According to the regulations, 20 points were added to his total score, and his score actually reached 749 points! It is only one point away from the perfect score of 750. This result is unprecedented!

Gu Ye was also happy, he scored 40 points more than in his previous life! Reviewing back lessons is still useful!

“You will definitely be the top scorer in the science stream this year,” Gu Lin happily rubbed his brother’s head. “Take this report card and go home. You will definitely not get scolded.”

Gu Ye was moved, “Second brother, you are so smart!”

“Of course, it’s experience.”

Gu Ye clenched his fists with a serious face and asked in an extremely solemn tone, “Brother, if I do something that makes Dad unhappy in the future, and if he wants to beat me, can I come to you? Do you think you have more experience than our eldest brother?”

The smile on Gu Lin’s face stilled, “Don’t even think about it!”

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Chapter 34 A horrific tragedy Part 2

Gu Ye hugged the little girl and returned to the house with the graveyard, “Are all your bones buried here?”

“Yes.” The little girl is still in defensive mode. She didn’t do anything to Gu Ye because she felt that Gu Ye is too powerful and she couldn’t beat him.

Gu Ye lifted the tombstones at the corner of the wall and saw a coffin that was not tightly covered. Using the flashlight to shine into the gap, Gu Ye pursed his lips and couldn’t bear to look at it anymore.

Zhao Pengyu followed behind and said, “Gu Ye, let’s call the police. We can’t dig up all of their bodies. Not to mention, there are too many.” When he said the last part of the sentence, Zhao Pengyu’s voice was trembling.

Gu Ye said with a sullen face, “Find Xia Xiang and the other living souls first. Little girl, let’s exchange conditions.” Without an exchange of conditions, the little girl would not let down her guard and keep thinking that he had evil intentions, so Gu Ye simply said, “Release those people you captured a few days ago, and I will help you go home. There is my friend among them, and his parents are waiting for him to come home.”

The little girl said defensively, “Two of them have already run away. I couldn’t return them to you.”

“Run away?” Gu Ye had a bad feeling that it was the Xia brothers who ran away.

Hearing that, Zhao Pengyu also felt a headache, “Isn’t this just giving us trouble?”

“Hong Dou, go look for them. They can’t escape from this yard.”

As soon as Gu Ye finished speaking, a big grizzly bear rag doll appeared with a small green dinosaur in its arms. It struggled to get out from under the wood fixtures at the corner of the wall and ran over quickly. However, the moment they came out of their hiding place, all the little ghosts in the yard looked over and saw the little dinosaur in the bear’s arms. All the little ghosts rushed over excitedly as if they had been injected with chicken blood. When the bear saw this, it got so frightened that it hugged the little dinosaur tightly and ran away as fast as it could.

Gu Ye’s eyes lit up and he pointed at the running cloth bear, “Xia An!”

Hearing that, the bear doll looked back. But at this pause, the little ghosts caught up with it and rushed up to snatch the little dinosaur in its arms. This little dinosaur is like addictive candy to them, everyone wants it.

Zhao Pengyu ran over with the wooden sword and said fiercely, “Get out of my way! Whoever wants to snatch with me will not be sent home!”

The little ghosts are so frightened that they quickly dispersed and formed a circle around the doll, looking at the bear lying on the ground like a piece of delicious cake.

“Are you Xia An? We are here to rescue you. Where is your younger brother?” Zhao Pengyu twitched the corner of his mouth, can’t bear to look directly at the battered bear with its cotton exposed.

The little bear looked down at the doll held in his arms. The little green dinosaur is also ripped out of its cotton.

Zhao Pengyu twitched the corner of his mouth and stretched out his hand, wanting to touch Xia Xiang in such a condition, As a result, Xia An kicked him on the back of his hand. He seems to have quite a temper.

Zhao Pengyu raised his hand helplessly, “I’m sorry, I won’t touch it. You two brothers’ tempers are very different.”

At this moment, Xia An anxiously pointed to the next door and then to the door, flailing around. Zhao Pengyu puzzledly asked, “What do you want to say? Just say it!”

Gu Ye ran over, grabbed the little bear’s head with one hand, and pulled out Xia An’s soul. Xia An’s first words were, “I’m telling you guys to run away! Someone is coming! They have guns!”

As soon as Xia An said these words, a dozen people wearing masks rushed in at the yard and locked the main gate behind their backs.

When the little ghosts saw them, they quickly ran away in fear. Gu Ye swiftly picked up the little dinosaur that fell on the ground and pulled out Xia Xiang’s soul without pausing for a second. Next, he grabbed the two brothers and roughly stuffed them into the small porcelain bottle, then pulled Zhao Pengyu to run into the house.

At moments like this, we can see the psychological quality of a rich young master. Zhao Pengyu calmly took out his mobile phone and called the police. He simply and clearly explained his location, who is outside the house, what weapons they had in their hand, and reminded the other party, “There are bodies of young children here and we found human bones.”

As soon as the little girl heard that Zhao Pengyu called the police and the police would arrive immediately, her precautions are no longer obvious. Crouching between Gu Ye and Zhao Pengyu, she looked back at Hong Dou who is standing behind Gu Ye, and thought for a while. Then she grabbed the corner of Gu Ye’s clothes.

“Are you afraid of them?” Gu Ye felt the little girl trembling and said softly, “Don’t be afraid. Do you want to make them pay the price? Do you want to let off some steam?”

The little girl’s eyes lit up, “Yes, I do.”

“Very good,” Gu Ye smiled. Sitting cross-legged on the tomb mound, he picked up the cinnabar pen and drew a spell between the little girl’s eyebrows. “Go and put your little friends into this bottle, and then all of you can watch a big show together.”

“Gu Ye,” Zhao Pengyu frowned at Gu Ye’s action, “the police will be here soon. If these people die, it will be easy to suspect that you used mystical skills to harm people.”

“They won’t die, I will only disable their souls. They will also be disabled as animals in their next life. I’m just letting them feel what it is like to go to hell.” Having said this, Gu Ye smiled with his eyes curved, comforting, “Don’t worry, I have experience.”

Gu Ye picked up the cinnabar pen and began to write and draw in the air, “I can’t make it easy for them. Even the death penalty can’t atone for their sin of harming so many children.” Gu Ye frowned, made a small cut on his finger, and squeezed out two drops of blood. “Ghost summoning formation, summoning hundreds of ghosts, hungry spirits gather, Formation Activate!”

As soon as the word ‘Activate’ is chanted, a gust of eerie wind rises in the room. Zhao Pengyu saw a group of green-faced fanged evil spirits suddenly appear in this gloomy small house. The evil spirits looked extremely ferocious, causing him to feel something buzzing sound in his mind. He got scared until his mind blanked out.

Gu Ye tapped his finger between Zhao Pengyu’s eyebrows and closed his spiritual eyes.

Zhao Pengyu took a deep breath, but before he could recover, rapid footsteps were already at the door. Zhao Pengyu threw away the wooden sword, picked up a small tombstone without looking at what was written on it, and waited by the door. The moment anyone comes in, he will fling it at their head and smash their brain out.

Gu Ye curled his lips and smiled, “No need for you to take action,” he waved to the ghosts, “As long as you keep them alive, you can do whatever you want.”

Several criminals who had already come to the door outside were frightened when they saw this room. “This house can’t really be haunted, right? The ghost-suppressing thing seems to be broken and it doesn’t glow anymore.”

Another said fiercely, “What are you afraid of? How can there be ghosts? Even if there is, you are not afraid of them when they are still living. So why should you be afraid of them dead?”

The man felt that it sounded right when he thought about it so he boldly kicked the door open. Standing outside the room, they saw a very handsome young man sitting on the grave mound, and sitting next to him is a little girl in a red dress, looking at them with a smile. Seeing the little girl’s face clearly, the man immediately got frightened and took two steps back. His voice changed, “There is a ghost, there really is a ghost!”

Gu Ye raised his phone and pressed the camera function. The next moment, he started talking and trembling as if he is frightened, “Ghost? It must be you have done too many bad things and your conscience is feeling guilty. If you don’t do something bad, how can ghosts come knocking at your door?”

Zhao Pengyu couldn’t react in time to what Gu Ye is trying to do. This brother, you change your face too quickly!

Those starving ghosts found that their sacrifices just delivered themselves to their doorsteps. They rushed forward with a burst of eerie wind, grabbed the souls of these people, and dragged them out. The pain of having their soul (3 ‘hun’ and 7 ‘po’) stripped out of the body is no different than getting skinned alive. Since the criminals couldn’t see anything, when such a situation suddenly happened, they could only hug their heads and scream in panic.

Zhao Pengyu mustered up the courage and pointed to his eyebrows to indicate: Please open my spiritual eyes again.

“Ghost! Ghost!” Screams keep going in the house. When Zhao Pengyu opened his eyes again, he saw a ghost twisting off the arm of a living soul and eating it. He regretted his decision on the spot. The scene that happened next immediately made his face turn green. The evil ghost stretched out its long nails, pulled out the intestines of the living soul, and swallowed it whole. Zhao Pengyu felt so sick that he wanted to vomit, so he covered his eyes and didn’t want to look anymore.

In Gu Ye’s footage, it can only be seen these people going crazy, screaming, and writhing in pain on the ground. It wasn’t until one person lay on the ground motionless and the others started to struggle less that Zhao Pengyu asked nervously, “Did anyone die?”

Gu Ye shook his head and said fearfully, “I don’t know, who knows why they went crazy? They said they saw ghosts,” When Gu Ye said this, his voice trembled and he asked, “Did you see it? There aren’t really ghosts here, are there?”

Zhao Pengyu opened his mouth in shock. Man, your acting talent is so terrifying!

But this time, Zhao Pengyu understood what Gu Ye meant when he said he had experience, so he could only cooperate with him in acting, “What do we say when the police come?”

Gu Ye is trembling with fear. The are hints of cries when he spoke. “We’re just here for adventure. When we found bodies under these stones, bad people came to hunt us down. We are just victims, so let’s be honest.”

Zhao Pengyu swallowed and quietly gave Gu Ye his thumb. Buddy, you sure are acing it. You can act in a movie called “Self-cultivation of an Actor” and it will definitely become a huge hit. But he also understood that Gu Ye making the video is to leave evidence for himself. How could he turn a blind eye to a performance that should be coordinated together? So Zhao Pengyu slapped his thigh excitedly, “Fortunately, you recorded this video, which can prove that we really didn’t touch them! Damn it! Look, that man is still holding a gun, it’s contraband ah!”

Gu Ye asked tremblingly, “We won’t die, right?”

Zhao Pengyu comforted his friend thoughtfully, “No, the police will be here soon. Listen! Police sirens!”

Gu Ye is so moved that he cried, “I will never play this kind of game with you again. If you play again, I will end our friendship! Police uncle, come and save me!”

Zhao Pengyu gritted his teeth and squeezed out the words from his throat, “…I’m sorry!”

Another soul dragged out by evil spirits, this one is even worse. 5 ghosts pulled a limb each, and the soul got torn apart, just like the capital punishment of dismemberment by 5 horses. Each ghost held a part and started to chew on it. For a hungry ghost, this is a filling delicacy.

Seeing that this man’s soul is about to disperse, Gu Ye turned off the video and threw a talisman over to protect the soul. The fear from before was no longer on his face, and he smiled lightly, “Friends, you can eat their bodies and leave them limbless, but please don’t eat their spiritual consciousness. They still have to go to court sober and face trial.”

These hungry ghosts looked at the talisman in Gu Ye’s hand with fear, and obediently let go of the food in their hands. Seeing that Gu Ye had a bad look on his face, they all invariably stuffed the chewed soul into the man’s body, signaling that they really didn’t want to eat anymore.

Zhao Pengyu no longer dared to look at it. Gu Ye smiled at the starving ghosts and drew the spirit-dispersing talisman. Watching the hungry ghosts disappear, a bit of fatigue appeared from his brows.

“Giggle…hahaha…” When the little girl saw this scene, she clapped her little hands happily and started singing the nursery rhyme again.

Gu Ye looked at the little girl and rubbed her head distressedly.

The police finally arrived, prepared for the worst. The two young men who reported the incident may have been caught by criminals or have been killed. However, after rushing in, they saw a dozen people lying on the ground, and two high school students sitting on the ground, huddled in fear.

“Police uncles! Help!” Gu Ye ran over and grabbed a young female cop in plain clothes, “They all said there was a ghost, they were all crazy!”

When the police saw that the young men could still move and scream, they felt relieved. They quickly called a doctor to check their bodies and then arrested these people lying on the ground. The young lady comforted Gu Ye gently, “It’s okay, we are here now, don’t be afraid.”

“The safety on this gun is turned on. It’s too dangerous.” The policeman in charge of the scene investigation looked frightened. “You two are really lucky!”

Gu Ye pointed to the room and said nervously, “Big sister, there is a child’s body inside, a body!”

People from the police team and forensic doctors rushed to investigate. Unexpectedly, the digging lasted all night.

For such a tragic case, the entire police department was mobilized. When digging up these children, they all did so with tears. There weren’t enough tools, so some used their bare hands causing their fingers to be bruised up. A policewoman with a child even broke down and cried on the spot. When the bodies were finally counted, everyone’s eyes were red.

38 corpses, all children under the age of 8!

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When I was writing this chapter, I felt very uncomfortable. It’s the kind of discomfort that couldn’t be vented out no matter how much revenge, how much legal judgment, or how much worse life than death for these beasts. Because no matter what I did, these children still died. Trafficking in women and children, child abuse, and child molestation have often been reported in the news in recent years.

Such crimes hidden in the sun are often heinous. What to do if you can’t recognize these beasts in human skin at first glance? You can only learn to protect yourself first. Girls should go out less alone in the middle of the night. Those with children must teach their children to be defensive.

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[Banana: Even though I have read this chapter a few times already (first read and a few times during translation), it still makes me sad TwT]

[Warning: Mention of child abuse, mutilation, molestation, and death in this chapter.]

Chapter 34 A horrific tragedy Part 1

That puppet probably didn’t expect that someone not only wasn’t afraid of it but could come up and beat it brutally. It lay on the ground and stared at Zhao Pengyu for 5 seconds. Then, under Zhao Pengyu’s fierce gaze, it turned over and crawled away on his hands and feet, crawling very quickly.

Zhao Pengyu chased after it angrily and pinned it on the ground with his foot. “You scared Laozhi and you still want to leave. I still want my face, alright?!”

Gu Ye quickly pulled Zhao Pengyu away. He lifted the puppet from the ground by its arm, patted the dirt on its body, and said, “Be gentle to him, he is still a child.”

Zhao Pengyu sneered, “I’m still a baby too!”

Gu Ye is speechless and affirms, “I know, you are a giant baby. But he is really a child.”

Zhao Pengyu snorted and expressed his deep disdain for this kid. After discovering that ghosts can also be beaten, classmate Zhao Pengyu’s aura instantly rose 18 meters high. Right now, he is like the God of War and just wants to fight with ghosts.

The puppet got frightened by Zhao Pengyu and cried out with a WAAAAAH. The cry sounded as if it was squeezed out of the throat. It is heavy and muffled, but strangely harsh and made people’s heads buzz. But it sounds like he really is a child.

Zhao Pengyu got dumbfounded and said, “Frck! Toddler’s voice!”

Gu Ye rolled his eyes, “I told you it was a child, but you don’t believe it!”

At this time, I heard the voice of a little girl singing:
“Ten little people ate together, one choked to death and nine were left. Nine little people stayed up late, one overslept and there were eight left. Eight little people went out to play, one was left there, and there were seven left. Seven little people were chopping wood, and one cut himself in half and there were six left…”

In this strange environment, in such a quiet courtyard, a little girl with a tender voice actually sang such a clear song. Anyone also knew that no little girl would be here in the middle of the night.

Zhao Pengyu became nervous, “What the hell? A singing ghost?”

Gu Ye frowned, “It sounds like a scary nursery rhyme.”

The nursery rhyme was still singing, getting closer and closer to them, and it became clearer and clearer:
“Six little people played with honeycombs, one was stung to death by a wasp, and there were five left. Five little people entered the hospital, one was left behind and four were left. Four little people went to the beach, one was eaten by a shark, and three were left. “

Zhao Pengyu got frightened by this weird nursery rhyme and had goosebumps all over his body. “Is this song implying something? Why do none of them die in peace?” He looked around and said warily, “Why do I feel that this place, this place is a bit like… a place where children are being raised illegally?”

Gu Ye looked at the crying kid in his arms and said solemnly, “Yes, the ghosts here are all children and have missing limbs. I asked those little ghosts from before and they were all abducted children. Some had their organs removed and died on the spot. Some had their bones broken multiple times, causing them to grow into deformities and were sent to different places to beg. Those who cannot hold on will die here. Rather than saying that this haunted house is scary, it is better to say that it is the human heart, using this somewhat terrifying house to do inhuman and unscrupulous things.”

Hearing that, Zhao Pengyu’s expression turned cold and he cursed angrily, “These beasts!” Looking at the puppet in Gu Ye’s hand, Zhao Pengyu couldn’t help but pat the dust on the little figure, “I’m sorry, does it hurt from the kick just now?”

The little puppet didn’t expect that Zhao Pengyu would apologize to it. The crying finally stopped, and it twisted its body uneasily, still trying to escape.

Gu Ye took out the small porcelain bottle from his pocket and pulled the ghost’s soul out of the doll. “When things here are resolved, I will send you to reincarnation. Can you tell me where are the people you guys captured a few days ago?”

The little soul struggled in fear and did not cooperate at all. Gu Ye had no choice but to stuff him into the bottle.

At this time, a red shadow flashed in front of Gu Ye. Hong Dou came back with a kid in her arms, “Young master, I caught him.”

This child is holding a small bunny doll in his arms. Gu Ye clearly felt the breath of a living soul in the rabbit so he grabbed the rabbit and took out the soul; the soul is a stranger. This person is not very old and should be a similar age to Xia An.

As soon as the soul came out, he collapsed and cried, “Oh my god, I actually dreamed that I turned into a stuffed toy!”

Gu Ye kicked the soul with a cold face and said disgustedly, “You are not dreaming, you are seeking death! What frcking haunted house exploration! Where are your classmates?”

“I, I don’t know!” The soul looked around in horror, “Why am I here? Didn’t I go home already?”

Gu Ye pressed on the soul’s head in frustration and chanted, “Seven spirits of life protection, go to the Three Pure Ones, Return!”

The soul disappeared in the blink of an eye. When the ghost child saw that his toy was gone, he cried loudly. Gu Ye picked him up, glared at him, and threatened, “Where are those people you captured? If you don’t tell me, I will…”

The child’s eyes are empty sockets. Even if you can’t see his eyes, you can still feel his fear. Gu Ye frightened the child but couldn’t continue to speak anymore. He held the child in his arms, patted him gently, and coaxed, “Okay, okay, don’t cry anymore. Don’t you just want toys? I’ll buy them for you. I’ll buy a cartful of them.”

Zhao Pengyu couldn’t see anything and worried asked, “Why can’t I see it? Please let me see!”

Gu Ye tapped on the area between Zhao Pengyu’s eyebrows and opened his spiritual eyes. Seeing the miserable state of the child in front of him, Zhao Pengyu no longer cared about being afraid. He just felt a flaming fire in his heart, rushing straight to the top of his head. “These beasts, even if they are caught and sentenced to 800 times shot to death, it wouldn’t be too many!”

At this moment, a little girl in a red dress came to the window quietly. Staring at them with blood-red eyes, her red mouth moved, and the weird nursery rhyme started again:
“Three little people walked into the zoo, one was snatched away by a big bear, and two were left. Two little people were basking in the sun, one was heated to death and only one was left. The little person felt so lonely. After he hanged himself, no one was left. Hehe, hehehehe… hahahaha… not a single one is left, they are all dead.”

Gu Ye looked towards the window. The little girl just looked at him with a smile, a pair of shallow dimples on her face. She obviously looks very cute, but now she looks extremely eerie. At this moment, the window slammed shut, and the only light source in the room is from the flashlight in Gu Ye’s hand.

“Giggle…” Clear laughter kept coming from outside the window. It sounded innocent, but if you listened carefully, it was full of resentment.

Zhao Pengyu pushed the window nervously and found tightly shut as if it was welded to the frame.

Gu Ye sighed, “Kid, you are the most powerful here, right? Did you stuff the souls of the people who entered this yard into the rag doll?”

“Giggle, giggle…” A string of sweet laughter came from the window again, “They are all dead, they are all dead, there is no one left, they are all dead!”

Gu Ye crossed the grave mound and walked to the locked door. “Little girl, do you think you can trap me like this?” Gu Ye raised his foot and kicked on the door panel. With a BANG, the entire wooden door flew out.

The little girl got so frightened that she exclaimed in surprise and flew backward far away. Gu Ye rushed out to chase her. Unexpectedly, Gu Ye froze when he saw the scene in the yard.

In the yard, he doesn’t know when many more children appeared. He counted more than 30 children. Judging by their height, they ranged from 3 or 4 to 7 or 8 years old. Every one of them has missing limbs.

Having seen too many human tragedies, partings between life and death, too much moral decay, and the loss of humanity, Gu Ye thought that he had developed a heart of stone and had become a perfect bystander; able to face all kinds of things rationally. But now, he suddenly couldn’t suppress his heartache, nor could he suppress his impulse to kill those scum.

“Gu Ye, these children…” Zhao Pengyu couldn’t continue his words. If he said that those criminals are animals, he basically insulted animals by comparing these low lives with them.

Several of the children are holding shabby rag dolls in their arms. Gu Ye had already sensed that there are living souls hidden inside. But now, he is reluctant to snatch them from the hands of these miserable children. Gu Ye knelt down under the hostile gazes of the children and released the few child ghosts he had captured. Seeing that the other children are safe and sound, all the children are eager to surround the strangers but they are afraid of Gu Ye; not daring to approach nearer.

“Don’t be afraid, I won’t hurt you. The police will take you home, back to your parents. There will never be any bad people to hurt you again.” Gu Ye spread his hands and said with a smile, “Look, big brother has nothing in his hands. I won’t hurt you.”

The little girl in a red dress stood quietly in front of Gu Ye, watching him smile at them, but did not step forward or do anything. It is obvious that she did not believe Gu Ye very much.

Gu Ye stretched out his hand to the little girl and asked with a smile, “Do you want to go home? I will help you.”

The little girl looked into Gu Ye’s eyes and took a tentative step forward. Finding that Gu Ye hadn’t moved, she took another small step forward, little by little. Soon, she reached in front of Gu Ye. She stretched out her little hand and gradually moved closer to Gu Ye’s palm. Just when she is about to touch Gu Ye, a sinister sneer appears on the corner of the little girl’s mouth, and a cold ghostly aura swiftly claws at Gu Ye’s eyes!

This brat is so fast, no one expected that she would suddenly turn against Gu Ye and use such a cruel move. Gu Ye instinctively raised his hand to block the attack, but it was too late, and his eyes could already feel the cold ghostly aura. At this moment, the Buddhist beads on his wrist emitted a dazzling golden light, and the little girl was instantly thrown away by the golden light.

Gu Ye looked at the beads in shock, and when he looked up again, he saw the little girl’s resentful face, “Liar! You are all liars! You are all liars!”

“Just because I don’t want to fight you doesn’t mean I won’t hit the naughty kid!”

Gu Ye stood up, feeling a little angry. But he is more angry at those who lied to this child. How many nightmares did such a young child go through before she no longer believed anyone?

Gu Ye walked over, and under the little girl’s resentful eyes, he reached out and picked her up, “Be honest with me, and I will take you home.”

The little girl’s eyes widened. Feeling the warmth in Gu Ye’s arms, she tilted her head back in disbelief and looked into Gu Ye’s bright black eyes. Being so close, she could clearly feel the tenderness hidden in these eyes. It seems that he is really different from the people who used to lie to her with a gentle mask.

The little girl asked defensively, “Why are you helping me? Do you also want to take off my clothes like those uncles?”

Just with this sentence, Gu Ye’s breath hitched and he felt like something is clutching his heart. “No,” Gu Ye hugged the child tightly with a cold face. His fingers are trembling as he says, “I just want to let those scumbags die.”

…
At this moment, in the yard next door, someone is speaking on the phone quietly, “Brother Long, two people came in next door and they tore down the door. They must have found something. What to do?”

“What to do?! What else can you do?!” The person on the other end of the phone said angrily, “Stone them to death, hit them with a car, strangle them to death with a rope. I don’t care what method you use, they must be silenced forever. Otherwise, we will be the ones who die! How the hell did you guard the yard for so many people to get in? It was the same with those people two days ago, how did they get in?!”

The young man broke into a cold sweat and said nervously, “I clearly remembered to lock the door and it was locked from the inside. I don’t know how they opened it!”

“You can explain to me later. Go and stop them. I will be there with my men right away.”

“Okay Brother Long, I’ll go right away.”

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Chapter 33 Night visit to the haunted house

Gu Ye came to the gate of the hospital and happened to see 2 young men coming out with ugly expressions. Xia Xiang’s mother hurriedly stopped the car after seeing them, ran down, and asked, “Masters, how is my son?”

The older one said desperately, “I’m sorry, this big sister. Please ask someone else!” After saying that, he walked away as if running away from something.

Hearing that, Mother Xia’s body shook by the shock. Then she looked at Gu Ye more cautiously, as if looking at the last straw that could save her two children.

Gu Ye sighed. He really pitied all the parents in the world, he couldn’t bear this kind of look at him.

A few minutes later, Gu Ye saw Xia Xiang and Xia An in the same ward. Xia An is 2 years older than Xia Xiang and looks physically fitter than Xia Xiang. Lying on the hospital bed, his body is 2 sizes larger than Xia Xiang. Gu Ye couldn’t help but squint his eyes when he saw the grandparents sitting next to Xia Xiang, and then the father sitting alone between the brothers.

Seeing Gu Ye, Xia Xiang’s family members all stood up and asked nervously, “Is it little master Mr. Gu?”

Gu Ye nodded and stretched out a finger, “I only have one request. No matter what I do later, you guys don’t talk or disturb me.”

Grandma Xia asked nervously, “Little master, can my grandson still be saved?”

The corners of Gu Ye’s lips curved up, “Which one are you talking about?”

The old lady said nervously, “Both grandsons also must be saved.”

Gu Ye smiled and said, “Your eldest grandson will be very happy if he hears this.”

The Xia family got taken aback by the remark. There seems to be an underlying meaning in what Gu Ye said. Before they could think more about it, Gu Ye had already gone to see the boys. He looked at Xia Xiang first, and pointed his finger between Xia Xiang’s eyebrows, “One ‘hun’ and one ‘po’[1] were dragged away. Even soul summoning cannot call him back. How did this unlucky kid manage to stay alive until this age?”

Mother Xia’s face turned pale with nervousness. Just as she is about to speak, she got reminded of what Gu Ye said earlier so she held back her tears and tightly closed her mouth.

Gu Ye turned to look at Xia An, and his expression softened slightly, “The brother is fine, he only lost one fragment (po). I will wake him up in a while. Auntie, you can talk now.”

Mother Xia came up and asked, “What about Xia Xiang?”

Gu Ye smiled, “Auntie, you really don’t care for your eldest son?”

Mother Xia worriedly answered, “No, how could I not care?”

“The feeling I got from your family is that the eldest son is not important, while the second son is the treasure. If you guys have been acting like this, have you ever thought about how the eldest son feels?”

Gu Ye looked at the eldest son’s face, “Xia An has not studied well since he was a child, and he is not as good as his younger brother in everything. He is rebellious and disobedient, and he doesn’t like Xia Xiang even more, is that right?”

The Xia family members all changed their expressions, Gu Ye is right.

Mother Xia wiped her tears and said with red eyes, “The palms and backs of my hands are all flesh, how can it not hurt? (meaning, both sides are also important, sacrificing either side hurts the same). It’s just that Xia Xiang has been in poor health since he was a child, plus his eyes are like ‘that’. Our whole family is afraid that one day he will be killed by something, so we care more about him. It may be because of this that my eldest son has resentment. So he became more and more disobedient, and unwilling to communicate with us. Towards the accident this time, we are also at fault.”

Xia Xiang’s father also voiced his regret, “If we had cared more about him, we wouldn’t have made him like this. If he hadn’t gone out with his friends, then he wouldn’t be here in hospital today.”

“When Xia An wakes up, you can try to communicate with him. I think he is a responsible person, but he just lacks love.” Gu Ye held a piece of talisman paper between his hands and asked for Xia An’s birth date characters. After that, he folded the talisman paper into a square and pressed it on the back of Xia An’s head, “Xia An? Xia An?”

After calling twice, Xia An didn’t respond, and Gu Ye frowned, “It stands to reason that it shouldn’t be like this, unless, he doesn’t want to come back.”

“Don’t want to come back?” The Xia’s family members came over nervously when they heard this, and Mother Xia cried, “Is he angry with us and doesn’t want to live anymore?”

As soon as Gu Ye heard the mother crying, he felt a headache, “Calm down first! I think there is another possibility.” Gu Ye looked at Xia Xiang, who had lost fragments of his soul. It has been two days but this piece of sweet pastry (XX’s soul) is still stable and has not been eaten up. There must be a reason.

“He should be with Xia Xiang, otherwise Xia Xiang will not simply lose just 1 ‘hun’ and 1 ‘po’.”

“He’s protecting his younger brother?” At this point, Mother Xia started crying again, and Gu Ye palmed his forehead. He likes the rational type like Mother Zhao and the kind like his little mother who makes other people cry instead when she is wronged. It’s not that women like Mother Xia, who seems to be made of water bad, it’s just that he can’t handle it.

Gu Ye pinched his forehead, “Don’t cry, Auntie, it’s easy to find them. Do you know which haunted house Xia An went to explore?”

Xia’s father comforted his wife and told her to go aside to calm down. He shook his head and said, “We don’t know much about it. I’ll ask his classmates.”

As Father Xia is on the phone, Gu Ye tilted his head and looked around the ward. From the moment he entered the door, he felt something peeping at him. Just now, he felt more obvious that there is not just one ghost here, but several!

Gu Ye clicked his tongue, and said flatly, “Places like a hospital where yin and yang intersect. No wonder you guys dare to come out to prowl during the day. Please draw the curtains and close the door[2].”

The Xia family obediently followed suit. This ward is a special ward, and the curtains are for shading and sun protection. After the curtains are drawn, the whole room becomes dark, almost like it is night.

Gu Ye walked to the shelf at the corner. There is a small vase with several pink artificial flowers in it. Gu Ye sneered with the corner of his mouth and picked up the cinnabar pen. Drawing in the air, a red line appeared and slipped into the vase. The next second, the red line pulled something dark out. Gu Ye threw it on the ground with a swing of his hand, and the black thing turned into a small human figure in the blink of an eye. Just when the little thing is about to struggle, a cinnabar pen is already poking its head.

Gu Ye said with a cold face, “Don’t move!”

Sensing Gu Ye’s killing intent, the black shadow is so frightened that it trembles all over and doesn’t dare to move.

After seeing clearly what this black shadow is, Gu Ye widened his eyes in surprise, “A child?”

The ghost child shrinks into a ball in fright, frightened by Gu Ye’s ferocity just now.

Gu Ye frowned and looked under the bed. He squatted down, reached out, and grabbed another little black figure from under the bed. In order to prevent the ghosts from escaping, Gu Ye drew twice in the air with the cinnabar pen and tied them up, placing them at the corner of a wall.

Gu Ye pointed at them and threatened, “Squat down and don’t move! Whoever moves will be spanked!”

The two little ghosts trembled with fear from Gu Ye’s words, as if the person in front of them is not a human being, but a big devil who could eat people.

Looking at the ghosts, Gu Ye’s expression gradually became serious. He thought that the ghosts who could play the masters around like that are very strong and evil. He was ready for a big battle, but he didn’t expect to pull out 2 young ghosts instead. What surprised him the most is that the limbs of these two children are incomplete which means they already lost their limbs when they were alive. He can still think it’s a coincidence if one of the ghosts is like this. But why are both of them the same?

At this moment, Gu Ye suddenly felt a chill on the back of his head, and a biting cold air suddenly hit him. He swiftly turned around and saw a strange red light flashing through the air outlet of the air conditioner. Raising the cinnabar pen, Gu Ye drew a red line, tied up the kid inside, and dragged it out directly. This kid is obviously bigger than those two and its left arm is deformed. It bared its teeth fiercely, wanting to pounce and bite Gu Ye. Gu Ye grabbed the back of its neck with one hand and drew another red line. He tied it up twice more and pressed it against the wall.

Seeing this ghost child, Gu Ye suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart. This one is also missing limbs.

“Hong Dou, catch those two who ran away.” As soon as Gu Ye finished speaking, the Buddhist beads on his wrist emitted a red light and disappeared in the blink of an eye. After a few breaths, the two little black figures are also brought back by Hong Dou. Gu Ye tied them up with a red line and pinned them to the corner of the wall.

5 little ghosts are squatting at the wall like carrots. Gu Ye looked at these souls with an ugly expression. They were all missing limbs!

At this moment, Xia Xiang’s father finished his phone call, and said in a trembling voice, “Little master, I just asked the family members of Xia An’s 2 classmates. They all said that after their child came back, they fell unconscious like Xia An.”

Gu Ye said solemnly, “No need to ask the classmates’ family anymore. It’s more appropriate to ask them instead.”

But none of Xia Xiang’s family could see these little ghosts. The more they couldn’t see the things, the weirded out they felt. They all stood in the corner by the window with pale faces, not daring to speak. Gu Ye looked at them and pulled out a porcelain bottle helplessly. He collected these little ghosts, stood up, and said, “I will go to that haunted house to find the brothers tonight. Right now, I have sealed their souls so their condition won’t get worse. Just wait for my news.”

The Xia family gratefully sent Gu Ye out, and Gu Ye asked for Xia Xiang’s father’s mobile phone number to keep as a backup.

Just after leaving the hospital, Gu Ye received a message from Zhao Pengyu: [I heard that something happened to Xia Xiang. Did you go to the hospital?]

Gu Ye: [At the First People’s Hospital right now.]

Zhao Pengyu replied instantly: [Don’t move where you are, wait for Zhen* to find you!]

*Zhao Pengyu referred to himself as the Emperor

Half an hour later, Zhao Pengyu rushed to the entrance of the hospital, drenched in sweat. He found Gu Ye eating popsicles at the side, and asked anxiously, “What’s going on? Is Xia Xiang rescued yet?”

Gu Ye shook his head and ate another mouthful of ice to calm down.

The answer caused Zhao Pengyu to be frightened, “What’s going on? Even you can’t do it?”

Gu Ye said calmly, “Xia Xiang and his brother can still be saved. I will go to the haunted house tonight to resolve the matter. They should wake up tomorrow morning.”

“You are going by yourself?”

Gu Ye nodded, “It’s okay, I’m used to acting alone.”

Zhao Pengyu worriedly said, “I’ll go with you. If there’s a ghost, you deal with it. If any human comes, I’ll stop them.”

Gu Ye felt warm in his heart and patted Zhao Pengyu on the shoulder, “I can go by myself. You are not in this profession. There will be things that will terrify you.”

“Then, get a friend in your profession to go with you!”

Gu Ye smiled awkwardly, “Okay, I’ll look for one in a while.”

Zhao Pengyu: “Bah, what gibberish. At first glance, I know that ‘this friend’ doesn’t exist.”

Zhao Pengyu knows Gu Ye’s temperament. From the outside, he seems to be smiling with everyone and doesn’t distance himself, but in fact, it is difficult for others to enter his heart, and he keeps a arm’s-length from everyone. Zhap Pengyu thinks that he and Xia Xiang should be Gu Ye’s only friends. Even so, they are not even friends who Gu Ye can talk about everything to them.

Zhao Pengyu also bought a popsicle at the entrance of the hospital and said while eating it, “I’ll go with you and I’ll bring the equipment with me. Didn’t you say that I have a strong yang energy? When something happens, I will stand forward. ‘One man can hold out against ten thousand’!”

Gu Ye raised the corner of his mouth and said, “If you are willing to follow, just follow then. Thank you.”

Zhao Pengyu smiled and punched Gu Ye on the shoulder, “What thank you? We are buddies.”

Gu Ye went and informed his family. At around 10.00 pm, he took a taxi to the address he asked from the ghost kids. This is a very ordinary alley, and the people living in it are also very ordinary. Walking from the entrance of the alley to the deepest part, there is a semi-old courtyard house. The two got out of the taxi and Gu Ye looked up at the sky above the courtyard. The bad premonition became stronger.

Gu Ye reminded Zhao Pengyu, “Let’s be careful.”

“I’ll go first.” Zhao Pengyu is tall and thinks he is much more powerful than Gu Ye, whose figure is smaller. He walked over without fear and pushed the door open, “Eh? This door is actually ajar!”

Zhao Pengyu took out the flashlight he had prepared in advance from his backpack and shined it straight ahead. When he saw what was pasted on the door, he got frightened to the point of numbness, “Gu Ye, look. What is that?”

There is a Bagua diagram hanging directly above the door, which is drawn on a yellow base and blood-red cinnabar. From a distance, the cinnabar looks like solidified blood. It makes people feel horrified even in the daytime, let alone in the middle of the night.

“It’s to suppress ghosts. It’s not that no human lives here, but inhuman things have lived here!” Gu Ye’s eyes turned cold, starting to feel murderous.

Zhao Pengyu looked at the records on his phone and said, “I checked the information from the gossip forum this afternoon. This haunted house was built in the early days of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and actually has been taken care of. It only got abandoned in recent years, and rumors of it being haunted have never ceased since then. Look at this house number. Starting from the first unit in the alley, the number counted from 001 to 022, 023. But for this haunted house, its number is 24, missing a zero.”

Gu Ye puzzledly asked, “Why?”

Zhao Pengyu doesn’t know if he should laugh or cry at this, “That’s why I say it’s weird! It is said that children’s cries often come from inside in the middle of the night.”

“Children?” Gu Ye pursed his lips and his gaze became cold again.

The whole courtyard is quiet. Under the moonlight, the Bagua diagram emitted a lingering red light, as if it is trying hard to restrain something. Gu Ye took out a piece of written talisman paper from his pocket and said to Zhao Pengyu, “I’m going to destroy the thing that is shielding this house. This will make it easier to find Xia Xiang’s soul. Something unnatural may happen in a while so please stay close to me.”

“Don’t worry, I’ve been mentally prepared for a long time.” Zhao Pengyu sneered and took out 2 sections of wooden swords from his bulging backpack. There is actually a hole in the middle, and the 2 sections can be inserted together to form a complete sword. “With my big precious sword, I’ll finish anyone who messes with me!”

Gu Ye looked at the sword. The 3 words ‘Peach Wood Sword/桃木剑’ are clearly written on it, and he immediately gave Zhao Pengyu a thumbs up in admiration. Zhao Pengyu has an upright aura around him that even ghosts avoid him. Although he got deceived and the wooden sword is actually from an ordinary poplar tree, as long as he has enough dominance, the sword can still fight ghosts.

After Zhao Pengyu braced himself, the talisman paper in Gu Ye’s hand flew up by itself and floated towards the Bagua diagram. It seemed to be lightly floating over, but when it came into contact, there is a BANG and a purple light flashed. Then, the blood-red color on the bagua darkened.

Zhao Pengyu cursed excitedly, “Frck! It’s so awesome! It’s like making a movie!”

Hearing that, Gu Ye is speechless. Is it okay to swear when it gets exciting?

Gu Ye closed his eyes and felt the mixed ghost energy coming from all directions. He raised his hand and pointed at the room next to them, “There! The aura of live soul!”

As soon as Gu Ye started running, Zhao Pengyu quickly followed, carrying his bulging bag and peach wood sword. He ran into the room immediately and almost bumped into Gu Ye’s back. The room is empty, like a warehouse. There are some white things on the floor in front, which seem to be pieces of something but they can’t see clearly what it is. Zhao Pengyu shined the flashlight at it and instantly turned pale with fright.

“Don’t be afraid, it’s fake,” Gu Ye walked over, picked up a human-looking arm, and shook it at Zhao Pengyu, “The plastic arm should have been removed from a mannequin.”

Zhao Pengyu finally let go of the breath stuck in his throat, and cursed fiercely, “Crazy! Putting these broken limbs here to scare people huh!”

Gu Ye brought the arm over and said, “Shine the light at the edge of the opening.”

Seeing that, Zhao Pengyu wanted to curse even more, “It’s purposely destroyed, not wear and tear. Why would anyone destroy so many mannequins? Got nothing to do after eating (too much free time in hand)? And they even did it so realistically?”

Eh? Look, are they mostly children mannequins?” Zhao Pengyu discovered the problem and asked, “Why destroy children’s mannequins?”

Gu Ye’s expression darkened, “To scare the children. This is the consequence for disobedience.” After Gu Ye finished speaking, he suddenly sensed a live soul running past from outside. He stood up and gave chase.

Zhao Pengyu caught up from behind, “Is it Xia Xiang?”

“Not sure.” Gu Ye ran a few steps and saw a dark shadow entering a room in the blink of an eye, seems to be holding something in its arms. He ran after the figure to enter the room. As soon as he opens the door, he is greeted by a bloody face. Gu Ye got startled and subconsciously took a step back. Looking at it again, he saw a mirror smeared with blood, and the face he saw just now was his own.

Gu Ye angrily pulled the mirror down and smashed it to the ground. Then he went forward to stomp on it and said, “Hong Dou, smash all these creepy things here!”

Hong Dou floats out. She looked at Gu Ye’s angry look with a smile and replied gently, “Okay.”

Gu Ye suddenly felt that his violent temper was suppressed, Sister Hong Dou sure has an inexplicable power to soothe people’s hearts. Watching Hong Dou search out a lot of these things from the house, Gu Ye laughed angrily, “How many bad things have these bastards done to be so afraid of ghosts knocking on the door at night?”

“Gu Ye! Come!” Zhao Pengyu shouted softly outside the door.

Gu Ye went out to take a look and saw that Zhao Pengyu had pried open the window next door. Inside is a bedroom with many small beds, all bunk beds.

“There are signs that children have lived here.”

Gu Ye climbed inside first, “Go in and take a look.”

The two of them jumped in from the window and walked around the small beds. There is a small door at the end. When they opened the door and saw what was in the next room, they both got shocked. Zhao Pengyu was so frightened that he jumped on the spot, “Frck Frck Frck!! AHH AHH AHH AHH!!”

“Shh!” Gu Ye held him down, “Keep your voice down, we are breaking into a private house here. There are people living next door, so be careful of them calling the police!”

Zhao Pengyu pointed at the scene in front of him with a pale face, “Why not call the police?! Or you want to save it for the New Year*?!”

*common sarcasm, in case y’all don’t get it.

What is in front of them is not a living room at all, but a large graveyard. Who would build a graveyard in the living room?! Looking at the edge of the graveyard, there are more than a dozen tombstones of various sizes piled up together. Zhao Pengyu didn’t dare to look at the view anymore. He gave the flashlight to Gu Ye and held up his wooden sword with both hands, ready to fight anyone who came.

Gu Ye squatted down with a flashlight to look. “This tomb belongs to a large family in the Qing Dynasty, a clan. This tomb was built by a descendant of this family. Later, the area got converted into a residential area so the later generations bought it and built houses on it.”

Zhao Pengyu’s hands were trembling as he asked, “Who told you?”

Gu Ye chuckled, “It’s written on the tombstone.”

Zhao Pengyu still feels weirded out and scolded, “Are they sick, building a tomb in the house! There are also traces of people living around this tomb. Crazy ah, sleeping here?!”

At this time, a black shadow flashed past. Gu Ye pointed at the black figure, “Hong Dou, catch him quickly!”

Zhao Pengyu turned pale, “Who is Hong Dou?”

Gu Ye patted Zhao Pengyu and comforted him, “Don’t be afraid, no one can hurt you here. You have lived with your uncle for so many days (in the main residence) so you are shrouded in purple qi. What are you afraid of?”

Zhao Pengyu looked at himself, “What purple qi?”

“It’s a kind of treasure that you don’t know how to use on your body. You just need to know that ghosts don’t dare to approach you.”

When Zhao Pengyu heard this, he immediately puffed up his chest. Just when he was about to brag, he heard a “da-da-da” sound coming from above his head. When he looked up, he saw a little man hanging on the beam, swinging back and forth.

Zhao Pengyu gasped, almost pulling back all the courage he had just mustered up. At the same time, he pulled out his phone to call the police.

Gu Ye took a photo with a flashlight and said calmly, “There’s no ghost aura on it, it’s a puppet.”

Zhao Pengyu got really annoyed by now, “Are they sick?! Why did they hang a puppet up there?!”

Gu Ye looked at Zhao Pengyu’s face and felt a little regretful. He shouldn’t have brought Zhao Pengyu with him. Things that are common to him are frightening to ordinary people.

Zhao Pengyu looked at Gu Ye with admiration, and felt a little distressed, “Dude, what kind of training have you received since childhood? Why are you not afraid at all?”

Gu Ye smiled, “I’m used to it, it’s fine.”

Hearing that, Zhao Pengyu sympathized with Gu Ye even more. How could anyone get used to this kind of thing? He would believe it more if Gu Ye said he got used to them from being tortured.

At this time, the puppet on the beam of the house suddenly fell down by itself and fell to the ground with a slap. A pair of dead fish eyes stared straight at them, then blinked.

Zhao Pengyu really couldn’t believe that it was just a puppet this time, “This doll is quite realistic and can even blink.”

“Emmmm…” Gu Ye’s expression is complicated. He felt a bit embarrassed to say that there was a wisp of ghostly aura on the puppet the moment it fell down.

Zhao Pengyu stabbed the puppet with his wooden sword. Just when he is about to say a few words about this puppet has all its limbs, the unexpected horror arrives. The doll stood up straight, turned 360 degrees in a circle, and then ran away.

Zhao Pengyu’s mind is full of thoughts: It ran away… ran away… ran…

In his 19 years of living, Zhao Pengyu has never been frightened like this before. Even when the ghost bride came knocking on his door, he had never been so scared. Classmate Zhao Pengyu became furious from the shame and anger. He caught up with the puppet with the speed he used to chase basketball, jumped up, and kicked the puppet.

“Everyone dares to scare Laozhi huh?! You guys just won’t stop?!”

Gu Ye palmed his forehead. He actually made such a violent friend, how terrible!

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[Banana: Took me quite some time to translate this chapter lol. I must admit, even though it’s not that scary, it still makes me jump when my phone suddenly make noises when I’m translating. It’s the month of Hungry Ghost Festival after all, and I’m doing this at night T^T]

[1] For more information about ‘hun’ and ‘po’, click on the wiki link I attached. If you are lazy to learn the concept, then you just need to know that Chinese believe a person’s soul is made out of 10 fragments – 3 hun and 7 po. You can’t be lacking either one of the fragments or your soul will be incomplete.

[2] There’s actually another way to interpret the sentence but Banana dunno which one is correct unless we can hear it verbally. The word ‘troublesome’ and ‘please’ is the same chinese character, the meaning differs depending on how it is placed in a sentence.
The second interpretation is “Such trouble. Draw the curtain and close the door.” Banana didn’t pick this because it sounds rude and I don’t think Gu Ye will be rude at this moment.

Chapter 32 Running nekid for thousands of years

Gu Ye is speechless. What’s wrong with this big brother? He came all the way here so why is he acting taciturn?

The Ghost General brother hesitated for a moment and handed Gu Ye a bell, “When you need help, call me.”

Gu Ye looked at the bell. It is filled with soul power which means no matter where it rang, the Ghost General could hear it. This can be considered as giving him a protective amulet. Not bad, giving a gift in advance before asking someone for a favor. Gu Ye accepted it with a smile, “What’s next?”

Ghost General said solemnly, “2 things. One, you cannot tell my Lord of my existence.”

The corner of Gu Ye’s mouth twitched, “Lord? This title… how many years have you been dead?”

“It’s been too long, I forgot.”

Gu Ye is speechless. Alright, this reason is acceptable, “So why can’t I tell him?”

“He won’t allow anything he can’t see or control to stay around him.”

Hearing that, Gu Ye frowned. Does Yu Ze have this kind of personality? He looked quite gentle to him. Then Gu Ye wondered, “Then why did you follow him?”

“My Lord has saved me 3 times, so I will protect him for 3 lifetimes.”

Gu Ye paused and said with emotion, “Okay, I understand. I will keep your secret. What about the second thing?”

Ghost General paused and asked hesitantly, “Can you lend me… some money?”

Gu Ye: “Pfft!”

When Ghost General saw Gu Ye laugh, he gave him a palm-hold salute. Next, he swiftly turned around and wanted to fly away. Gu Ye quickly stopped him, “Brother Ghost! Wait a moment!”

The Ghost General had his back turned to Gu Ye, but he stopped obediently.

Gu Ye took out a cinnabar pen and talisman paper from the drawer. He drew a spell that can help ghosts to hide their ghostly aura and handed it to brother ghost outside the window. For real, he doesn’t know how brother ghost managed to be hanging around so flamboyantly without being caught by those people from the Xuanshu Association.

“I will burn the money for you tomorrow. Don’t worry, I will do what I promised you.”

The Ghost General gave Gu Ye another palm-hold salute before flying away quickly with his big knife, not even wanting to stay longer even for a second.

Gu Ye thought for a while. It seemed that the few times he saw brother ghost, apart from the mask, he has always been wrapped in a mass of black ghostly aura. This brother has been dead for thousands of years. In other words, this brother has never been worshiped and is so poor that he doesn’t even have clothes?

My god! Running nekid* for thousands of years!

*When the slang is created, it does mean running around nekid, but eventually, it’s just used to describe someone out in the open without clothing, not necessarily running

Even if brother ghost has to stay nekid, he still wants to repay the favor to Yu Ze. Thinking of this, Gu Ye is immediately filled with admiration for Brother Ghost.

After closing the window, Gu Ye inserted a piece of paper into the bell to stop it from making a sound. Then he took off a string of beads on his wrist, tied the bell and beads together, and put it back on his wrist. Looking at the matching, it is quite harmonious, and the corners of his mouth are raised in satisfaction. After that, Gu Ye released the young lady from the porcelain vase, intending to have a chat.

“I don’t know your name yet.”

“I don’t have a name.” The beauty in red stood at the side with a soft expression. Her voice is gentle and sweet, quite like the gentleness of a Jiangnan woman*.

*Jiangnan is rumored to be famous for beautiful ladies

Gu Ye thought for a while, “How about calling it Hong Dou? When I saw you, I thought of the word ‘Lovesick Red Bean’[1], which is very beautiful.”

The beauty in red performs a deep bow, “Hong Dou thanks Master for giving me a name.”

Gu Ye sighed. That one just now calls people Lord, while this one calls people Master. Hearing that made Gu Ye feel like his tooth hurt.

“If you want to follow me, just call me Young Master. If you have somewhere you want to go, I can also help you.”

Hong Dou shook her head, insisting on the original intention, “No, I have nowhere to go in this world. I will just follow Young Master.”

“Okay.” Gu Ye didn’t dissuade Hong Dou. In his eyes, he saw this beautiful beauty, so well-behaved and obedient, with clean and transparent eyes that are not tainted by the world, and only felt grateful to him. Thinking again about the ghost brother who ran nekid for thousands of years just to repay Yu Ze’s kindness, Gu Ye felt a little uncomfortable.

“Even ghosts know how to repay kindness and keep the words ‘benevolence’ and ‘righteousness’ in their hearts. Even if they are reincarnated, they dare not forget it. Yet, why do I see so many ungrateful people? The more I see it, the more I doubt life.”

Gu Ye originally said those words due to his current feelings, so he didn’t expect Hong Dou to say anything. Unexpectedly, Hong Dou gave him a piece of thoughtful advice, “Everything in the world has yin and yang, good and bad. Maybe the reason why Young Master can get a glimpse of Heaven’s secret is to find bad people and punish them on behalf of God? There are many beautiful sides of good things, it’s just that you don’t often come into contact with them.”

Gu Ye blinked in surprise, “Hong Dou, what you said makes sense. It’s rare for you to have such understanding.” Gu Ye took off the string of beads on his wrist again and said, “It is said that this is my mother’s relic. It was given to her by an eminent monk. Hong Dou, try to see if you can attach yourself to this prayer bead.”

Hong Dou obediently turned herself into a wisp of light smoke, and really able to attach herself to it.

Gu Ye smiled in surprise until his eyes are curved happily. It was a random incident that he brought back a lonely spirit in the painting. He didn’t expect the spirit to have such a high understanding and a fateful relationship with Buddhism.

“Hong Dou, I will buy you some Buddhist scriptures tomorrow. You can read it when you are free. Then you can chant scriptures and cultivate.”

The beads gave off a red light, and then returned the same appearance as usual. Gu Ye smiled. Lying on the bed looking at the beads and bells, he fell asleep contentedly.

At just 6:00 a.m., Zhao Pengyu called to wake up Gu Ye, summoning him to gather quickly and go fishing! Gu Ye got up in a sleepy state, thinking that if he couldn’t catch any fish today, he would kick Zhao Pengyu into the water.

When Gu Ye arrived at the reservoir, he rented a fishing rod and a deck chair and fell asleep directly by the side.

Zhao Pengyu gave a disdainful look at Gu Ye, “You came here to fish, not to sleep. What will you eat for lunch if you can’t catch anything?”

“Who said I’m not fishing?” Gu Ye lazily looked at the beautiful sister sitting on the small folding stool, holding his fishing rod with a focused expression. Gu Ye yawned and said confidently, “My fish will climb up along the fishing rod and jump into the bucket by itself.”

Zhao Pengyu rolled his eyes, yeah sure!

Not long after, the fishing rod beside Gu Ye lifted up by itself. Then, a big fish is pulled out of the water and it jumps into the bucket.

Zhao Pengyu on the side jumped up in shock, “Frck! Gu Ye! What kind of magic did you use?!”

Gu Ye lazily held his chin. A bottle of juice unscrewed itself and hovered to his mouth. Gu Ye took a sip and said emotionally, “It’s probably because I’m good-looking. All fish love me.”

“Bah!” After Zhao Pengyu said that, he suddenly thought of the spirit that Gu Ye took away. It is a spirit, not a ghost so it could come out during the day. Could it be…

Zhao Pengyu couldn’t help but tremble when he thought of this possibility, “If we are going to the same university, I refuse to share a dormitory with you.”

Gu Ye smiled and said, “I want to apply for off-campus accommodation because I want to take my treasures with me. Do you want to share the rent with me?”

“I reject!”

“Come on, hero~”

“Father, please let me go!” Zhao Pengyu felt chilled all over when he thought of the mental image where Gu Ye brings along a group of things he couldn’t see.

Gu Ye sighed regretfully, “Must I live alone? Alas! The rent near Capital University is very expensive.”

Hearing that, Zhao Pengyu turned speechless, “You help people to see their feng shui and make a lot of money in one go, but you can’t afford the rent? You should think about which major you want to study instead.”

“My dad fulfilled my wish to apply to Capital University so I’m planning to follow his wish on my major and study business management with you.”

Zhao Pengyu became serious and said, “That’s right, your father can’t let you keep telling people’s fortunes all the time.”

Gu Ye shook his finger, “No, no, no, I’m just comforting him with my major. Whatever I learn is the same because I will still set up a stall under the overpass.”

Zhao Pengyu: “…Please forget what I said just now.”

Classmate Zhao Pengyu is the kind of person who can do well as long as he wants to do it. He read the fishing manual in advance before coming to the reservoir. He just installed whichever hook for the fish he wanted, and he really caught a lot of fish. The two of them ate 2 fish at noon and brought back more than 20. They divided their loot into bags and each carried a large bag back to their mother. The smell was so strong that the taxi driver almost wanted to refuse them a ride.

When Gu Ye got home, Gu Yang had already gone to school, and the house is extremely quiet. Mrs. Gu is walking in the back garden alone with scissors. When she saw flowers that she didn’t like, she would snip them with the scissors and stuff them into the vase.

Gu Ye handed the fishes to the nanny and asked doubtfully, “Mom, who made you angry?”

Mrs. Gu is so angry that she cut the rose bushes bald. She gritted her teeth and said, “I want to get a dog!”

“Do it.”

“I want to raise the most beautiful and expensive one!”

Gu Ye couldn’t laugh or cry, “What stimulated you?”

Mrs. Gu gets angry when she thinks about it, “That old woman Duan Ying has a little dog that barks at me!”

Gu Ye understood as soon as he heard it. Must be some noble lady’s dog frightened his little mother. She probably got embarrassed so right now, little mother is holding a grudge. Gu Ye suggested, “Then, don’t raise the most expensive one, you should raise the most lethal one. Raise a big wolfdog, and let it bark at other people[2].”

“Good idea!” Mrs. Gu’s gaze turned cold, “I want to raise a huge dog!”

During dinner that night, braised fish, squirrel fish, fish stew, fried fish, and steamed fish; a table of fish with rows of dead fish eyes. Gu Ye looked numb and regretted his decision. Why did he bring the loot back?

After a few bites, Gu Ye sneaked off while everyone in the family is eating. He took out the bag of hell money he bought during the day, and stole an iron basin from the kitchen. Next, he went to hide behind the rockery and pulled out the paper from the bell. Ringing the bell, he said. “Brother Ghost, come to collect the money.”

Not long after the basin of hell money is lit, a ghostly figure comes to Gu Ye’s side. The excessive ghostly spirit is suppressed by Gu Ye’s spell so this ghost brother is no longer exuding his aura flamboyantly. However, from a visual point of view, he still gives people a great impact. With long black hair, a big knife more than 2 meters long, and a mask with a ghostly face, he looks like an emotionless killing god.

“I’ll send you a few sets of clothes, some ancient and some modern. You can choose them yourself.” Gu Ye also threw a few sets of clothes into the brazier and looked up at Brother Ghost with a smile, his eyes full of admiration. He likes brother ghost’s temperament of emphasizing righteousness, “If you need anything in the future, you can come to me for it.”

Ghost General said in a low voice, “Thank you!”

The 2 short words seem to weigh thousands of pounds.

Gu Ye finally threw the entire bag into the brazier as well. At this moment, the security guard at home noticed the fire light and ran over to take a look nervously. He found that Gu Ye squatting here burning paper.

The security guard asked in a complicated mood, “Third Young Master, what are you doing?”

Gu Ye said seriously, “Shhh! I’m delivering a courier to a friend.”

The security guard paused, then ran away.

Gu Ye felt wronged, what did he say? What are you running for?

…

Early the next morning, someone pulled over a cage in a car and delivered the puppy Mrs. Gu wanted. The servants of the family are busy building the kennel, and welcome the little black dog out of the cage like a little prince.

Gu Ye went over to take a look with interest, and the corner of his mouth twitched. His little mother bought a Great Dane. Judging by its appearance, it is very handsome. Gu Ye looked at his little mother’s proud pose with hands on her waist. She had the look of superiority that she had already won, and asked curiously, “Mom, what kind of dog that barked at you last time?”

Mrs. Gu looked disdainful as she replied, “Hehe, it’s just a toy poodle.”

Gu Ye looked at the Great Dane puppy, which is already as big as a toy poodle, and gave his mother a thumbs up in admiration, “Ruthless!”

After wandering around on the lawn, the puppy started to run around mischievously. With a pair of big blinking black eyes, one can see that it is quite clever at a glance. Mrs. Gu named it ‘Gou Wang/Dog King’. It can be seen that she has high hopes for its future combat effectiveness.

Gu Ye teased the puppy with the ball for a while and Gou Wang is already familiar with Gu Ye, following Gu Ye wherever he goes. Just as Gu Ye is having fun with the dog, the security guard called him, “Third Young Master, a woman is at the gate, saying that she is the mother of your classmate Xia Xiang, and she is looking for you urgently.”

“Xia Xiang?” Gu Ye frowned. From Xia Xiang’s usual reaction, it could be seen that Xia Xiang’s family didn’t like him, or should be said acting repulsive toward him. But his mother came to find him in person. Did something happen?

As soon as Gu Ye arrived at the door, a well-dressed woman hurried over and asked with red eyes, “You are Xia Xiang’s classmate, Gu Ye, right?”

Gu Ye nodded, “It’s me.”

In the next second, Xia Xiang’s mother knelt down to Gu Ye, “Little master, please go and save my son! My son… is dying!”

Gu Ye got frightened by the woman and jumped to the side more than one meter away, avoiding the kneel[3]. Together with the security guard, he helped Mother Xia up and said, “Auntie, don’t worry, speak slowly. What’s wrong with Xia Xiang?”

Xia Xiang’s mother cried, “Xia Xiang’s brother went on an adventure to a haunted house with his classmates and fainted from fear in the haunted house. He was unconscious when he got sent back, and then Xia Xiang fell unconscious as well. Both brothers are lying in the hospital now. Xia Xiang’s eyes have been able to see ‘dirty things’ since he was a child. He must have seen something to become like this. I heard that Zhao Pengyu was rescued by you, please go and save my two sons!”

A mother who is about to lose her two sons, her emotions are nearing breakdown. Gu Ye comforted her, “Calm down first. Xia Xiang is not a short-lived person. I looked into his fortune before and he can live to be 80 years old. Let’s leave for the hospital now.”

At this time, in the hospital where Xia Xiang is staying, 2 masters couldn’t take it anymore and returned the money to the Xia family. “It’s not that we brothers don’t want to save them, it’s that we really can’t.”

The older one took off his hat and said in a broken voice, “Look, they did these all to me! My junior brother’s clothes were also cut off, and there were fist marks all over his body.”

The master’s hair is like tender grass after being gnawed by cows, only a few sparse hairs are still trying to stay alive on the top of the shiny head. There is still some hair on both sides of his ears, but it is uneven. It is obvious that the person who shaved his head is not very good at it. The masters couldn’t bear it anymore after being pranked all night!

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[1] 红豆相思 – A saying, red bean/hong dou is also called lovesick bean. It is a metaphor for the longing caused by a man and a woman falling in love but unable to meet each other.

[2] Random reminder to reader, this is just a novel plot. It’s wrong to raise a dog just to boost your ego. There, Banana said it so nobody argues in the comment box ya (if there’s any comment at all lol).

[3] Banana explained before about avoiding a kneeling gesture from other people, do you guys still need me to explain again? XD

Chapter 31 Hello, Brother Ghost General! Part 2

Saying goodbye to the two respected seniors, Gu Ye went out and got into Yu Ze’s car silently. After sitting down, he hugged the paintings in his arms tightly. He felt a swelling feeling in his heart, which was indescribably uncomfortable. Inside, he wondered if it was because he was too lonely in his previous life, with no family or friends. After his master died, he lived alone without a goal, so he chose to end his life in that way? If he had chosen other methods, would it have saved lives as well? Unfortunately, there is no ‘if’.

After Gu Ye got into the car, he kept silent. A few moments of silence later, Yu Ze saw that Gu Ye is still immersed in his own world, so he moved to tug the paintings from his arms.

It is only then that Gu Ye came to his senses, he hugged the scrolls tightly reflexively. So Yu Ze pushed them back into Gu Ye’s arms again, telling him to hug tightly and not let go.

“Did the two old men tell you about life?”

“En, they said a few words, and I feel quite touched.” Gu Ye touched the painting in his arms, and smiled wryly, “Some words were never said to me after Master passed away.”

“Your master?” Yu Ze lowered his gaze to hide the inquiry in his eyes, “Hasn’t your master passed away for several years?”[1]

Gu Ye knew that he had made a slip of the tongue, and turned his head to look out the window, “En.”

Seeing that Gu Ye didn’t want to continue the topic, Yu Ze suppressed this doubt in his heart for the time being, and changed the subject, “What do you want to eat tonight? I’ll take you home after dinner.”

Gu Ye turned around and said with a smile, “You can choose. I did say that I owed you 2 meals last time. I’ll treat you tonight.”

Yu Ze thought for a while, “Then, we’ll find one with a quiet atmosphere.”

Gu Ye nodded, no objection.

At this moment, Gu Ye suddenly felt a familiar ghostly aura and looked out the window in surprise. A black mist appeared in the blink of an eye and the Ghost General with a domineering aura glanced inside the car from the window. Through the ghost’s mask*, Gu Ye clearly caught his eyes; a pair of black pupils, swirling with pressing chill.

*[Banana: Apologies for the note here. Just want to say the author should be making a typo here, as the raw said ‘face’ but it should be ‘mask’ instead so I used ‘mask’. If the later chapters prove me wrong, I’ll come back to amend them.]

Gu Ye shivered all over, and waved in surprise, “Hi! Hello!”

Ghost General didn’t expect anyone to be able to see him. He vigilantly flew away for more than 2 meters and kept this distance from the car. He stared at Gu Ye scrutinizingly, as if to see through Gu Ye’s soul.

Quickly putting down the painting, Gu Ye excitedly pressed both hands on the glass window. Then he leaned over and asked animatedly, “Brother Ghost, can you hear me? Is the glass a bit too soundproof?”

The driver got taken aback, his whole body tensed up, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. In his heart, he lamented that this master is too carefree. This is the first time he saw someone trying to chat with that kind of thing!

Gu Ye is still trying to chat with this mysterious elder brother when a hand grabbed his head and turned him to face the front. Gu Ye looked at Yu Ze in bewilderment, is it okay to grab my head like that? Does he looked like a watermelon?

Yu Ze said with a cold face, “Don’t talk to strangers, it’s dangerous.”

Feeling that the Ghost General is sitting on the roof of the car again, Gu Ye just wanted to poke at the top with the painting box. Seeing that Yu Ze is staring at him with an unkind expression, Gu Ye thought for a while but didn’t do anything. He doesn’t have the nerve to play tricks. For those who cannot see them, this may be a kind of scary situation, so let’s find another chance to strike up a conversation.

Half an hour later, they finally arrived at Yu Ze’s home, a high-end residential area close to his company. Yu Ze doesn’t like noisy environments so he bought a three-story building alone in the villa area. He only lives on the second floor, and everything else is empty.

The corner of Gu Ye’s mouth twitched as soon as he entered the door, not knowing what to say for a moment. This is no home, it should be an office instead. There is no breath of life at all. And it’s so clean that people dare not set foot on it.

After entering the door, Gu Ye sat in a corner of the sofa. Seeing that the table is clean enough to reflect his face, Gu Ye didn’t dare to move anywhere. Yu Ze doesn’t seem to live like a human being, but a heavenly being instead.

Not long after, Yu Ze took out a big old box. It is about 1.3 meters in length and 30 centimeters in width, and he put it on the table.

Rubbing his hands, Gu Ye opened the box, and a killing aura poured over his face. It is the broken sword drawn by Yu Ze, exuding the same aura as that of Ghost General. Seeing the Ghost General staring at him defensively outside the window, Gu Ye smiled, “I’m just curious, nothing else.”

Yu Ze looked out the window, “Are you talking to me, or to someone I can’t see?”

Gu Ye can’t laugh or cry, Yu Ze’s thoughts are too meticulous. Just from what he said, Yu Ze guessed that there is something outside the window that he couldn’t see. Gu Ye is just about to ask if he has heard of guardian spirits before when the Ghost General outside the window shook his head at him. Gu Ye understood and said, “I’m talking to you. There’s no one else here, right?”

Yu Ze looked out the window suspiciously. For a moment, Gu Ye thought that he and Ghost General are looking at each other. The sharp eyes made Gu Ye secretly startled. The good thing is that Yu Ze really couldn’t see ghosts. Since he couldn’t find any suspicious parts, he could only give up.

Though finally seeing the real thing, he still couldn’t chat with Big Brother Ghost openly but Gu Ye didn’t force it.

Gu Ye had dinner with Yu Ze and was sent to the door by Yu Ze. After getting out of the car, Gu Ye stood at the door and asked, “Would you like to come to my house?”

Yu Ze smiled and said, “Next time, it’s too late now.”

Gu Ye thought about it and agreed, “Then you should pay attention to safety on the road.”

The corner of Yu Ze’s mouth curved up, and he said cheerfully, “I’ll make an appointment next time when I have time.”

Gu Ye nodded in response, holding the picture scroll and watching the other party’s car go away before entering the house. Gu Yang is watching TV in the living room at the moment. When he saw Gu Ye come back, he snorted unhappily.

Gu Ye gave Gu Yang a puzzled look, not knowing what kind of nerve the brat had short-circuited. He moved to go upstairs with the painting in his arms.

However, Gu Yang got upset, “Brother, don’t you see that I’m unhappy?”

Gu Ye just stepped up two steps and stopped. He answered in confusion, “I can see it.”

Gu Yang raised his hand, wanting to slap the table, but after he raised it high, he didn’t dare to slap it down. In an aggrieved tone, he asked, “Then why don’t you ask me why I’m unhappy? You’ve always asked me before!”

Gu Ye suppressed a smile and said, “You were young back then, but now you got older, isn’t it normal to have unhappy things? I can’t interfere with your human rights.”

Gu Yang turned off the TV angrily, unable to hold back anymore, “You didn’t take me when you went out to play! You used to take me everywhere! That man, who is that man? How can you make friends with people in society? What should you do if you were cheated?”

Gu Ye shook his head dumbfounded, “All this is just because you want to go out to play with me? That’s fine. Tomorrow I will go fishing with my friends and I will take you with me.”

Gu Yang stomped his feet angrily. It’s not about going out to play, the point is getting cheated by people in society! But if Gu Ye can take him out to play together, he will forgive him this time.

Mrs. Gu came down from upstairs, “He’s not allowed to go anywhere, the final exam is coming up next week.”

“Oh, the exam is coming soon,” Gu Ye read Gu Yang’s eyebrows and then burst out laughing, “Pfft! He might not do well in the exam this time. Mom, you have to be mentally prepared, it’s really bad!”

“You…” Mrs. Gu pinched Gu Ye’s ear angrily, and said through gritted teeth, “Don’t say it out for such a thing! Don’t say it!”

Gu Ye nodded obediently, “Okay, I won’t talk about it in the future.”

Mrs. Gu let go of Gu Ye angrily, but in her heart, she already felt despair (with GY’s result). It was already so bad before, how could it be worse?!

She signaled at Gu Ye with her eyes and said weakly, “Your father is angry. He said that you only knew to run out everywhere after your wings could fly. He wanted to wait for you to have dinner with him earlier, but you didn’t come back. So hurry up and coax him.”

Picking up ‘Man Jiang Hong’ from his stash, Gu Ye went upstairs helplessly. After coaxing the young one, he has to go to coax the old one next. It’s not easy for him every day. Pushing open the door of his father’s study, Gu Ye put the painting in front of the cold-faced and angry Gu Decheng, “Here.”

“What?” Gu Decheng frowned with a look of disdain.

“You’ll know when you open it. Originally I wanted to wait 2 more days until your birthday to give it to you, but I’ll just give it to you in advance now. I made a trip outside today just to ask for this for you.”

Gu Ye is not in a hurry so he leaned on his dad’s table. Crossing his arms, he smilingly watched his father looking curious but desperately trying to keep up a front, and not wanting to open it.

“This is something that even money couldn’t buy, are you sure you don’t want to see it?”

“Hmph, what good thing can it be? Just for this, you didn’t even go home.”

Gu Decheng opened the box angrily but unable to hide the curiosity in his eyes. The moment he saw that it is a painting scroll, his movements became more careful. Upon opening it, Gu Decheng stood up suddenly, “Is this… this… written by Old Master Yu?”

Gu Ye pursed his lips and teased, “Yeah. I went to the Yu family’s residence today and did Old Master Yu a favor, just to ask for a birthday present for you. So, are you still mad at me?”

“Who is angry?” Gu Decheng cherished the scroll so much that he didn’t know what to do, for fear that he would accidentally tear up the scroll if his touch is too strong. “Who told you that I was angry? You are so filial, how could I be angry? Aiya, this word is so beautiful!”

Gu Ye suppressed a smile, “It’s good if you are not angry. I’m tired so I’ll go back to my room and wash up, then go to bed.”

“Go, go ahead.” Gu Decheng didn’t look up when he said that. He is holding the scroll happily, his eyes searching all over the wall looking for free space. He wanted to hang it up so that he could admire it carefully. Getting angry or whatnot, it’s long forgotten.

Gu Ye shrugged, this one is also quite coaxable.

Going back to the room to take a shower, Gu Ye left the bathroom wiping his hair. Suddenly, he felt a wave of ghostly aura. He walked a few steps to the window and saw a dark ghostly figure raising a two-meter-long sword. The figure smashed the protection shield he had set up at the window and rushed up to him in the blink of an eye.

Gu Ye’s expression darkened. Just as he opened the window and is about to start scolding, the ghostly figure stood outside his window sill, his hoarse voice sounded somewhat embarrassed, “I’m sorry, I used too much strength.”

Gu Ye: “…Then next time, cut lightly.”

“En.”

There is an embarrassing silence for a while and Gu Ye couldn’t hold back anymore, “Since you didn’t follow Yu Ze and came to see me at a time like this, you have something to say?”

“En.”

The short reply caused Gu Ye to be twitchy, “Then, say it!”

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Brother Ghost General: I’m embarrassed to say.

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[1]Raw: “有些话，是在师父过世之后，再也没人对我说过的.” and “你师父不是过世好几年了吗？”

Chapter 31 Hello, Brother Ghost General! Part 1

Hearing what Yu Ze said, Gu Ye stood stiffly on the chair. His hands are still raised to take the painting while his face is showing a stunned expression. His fingertips trembled as he asked, “So it’s not just Old Master Yu’s masterpiece in this room?”

Yu Ze put one hand on the chair and stabilized it, “His so-called treasure is this one. On his birthday one year, I forgot to prepare a present. So I drew this for him impromptu, and he hung it up as a treasure.”

Gu Ye is shocked, Yu Ze must have been influenced by his father to draw so well! He really can’t imagine that the cold and calm Yu Ze could have such a mind at the age of sixteen. This person’s appearance is too deceiving.

“Well, the sentence just now… doesn’t count.” Thinking of what he said just now, Gu Ye explained awkwardly, “I thought it was all Old Master Yu’s work.”

Yu Ze’s eyes darkened, and he asked lightly, “Which sentence?”

Gu Ye hehe-ed twice. He can’t tell Yu Ze that it’s the part where he said he has fallen in love. Seeing Yu Ze’s expression, it seems that he doesn’t care at all. Gu Ye felt relieved immediately, normal men should not be so sensitive. He took off the painting and shifted to another topic directly, “It’s nothing. So, can this painting be given to me?”

Yu Ze suppressed the emotions in his eyes that no one else could understand, “If you like it, just take it away.”

Gu Ye smiled with curved eyes, “I like this one the most, and can you write a few words for me?”

Yu Ze refused in disdain, “The painting is too ugly. It is not worth an inscription.”

Gu Ye looked at the painting again, and really couldn’t agree with Yu Ze’s sense of aesthetics, “Where is it ugly? It’s so handsome, alright?! Please write me an inscription, thank you!”

Yu Ze stretched out his hand to help Gu Ye get off the chair but didn’t answer.

There’s nothing Gu Ye couldn’t do if he wanted to do it. How could he just let Yu Ze go like this? Grabbing Yu Ze by the sleeve, Gu Ye dragged him to sit at the desk by the wall, “Please write me a sentence, consider it as my reward.”

Yu Ze is still unmoved, “You have taken all 3 paintings, and you still want a reward?”

Gu Ye pressed Yu Ze on the chair, acting like a rogue, “It’s because the old master likes me and appreciates me, so it doesn’t count.”

Yu Ze laughed, “So clever to see it like that.”

Gu Ye pointed to his eyes, “Brother Monkey’s golden fire eyes*, I can tell whether others are looking down on me or not/take me lightly.”

*Reference to Monkey King who has golden fire eyes that can see through the disguise of demons

Yu Ze laughed, “It’s a good skill. But I want to know, why did you choose this one among so many paintings?”

“Because ‘Broken Sword’ is very imposing, and I feel quite similar to myself. I have been abandoned by thousands of people, and yet I am still standing here strong.” Gu Ye then asked proudly, “Looking at the entire mystic society now, who else but me?”

Gu Ye put the calligraphy brush into Yu Ze’s hand and urged him, “You won’t understand anyway even if I explained, just help me write it!”

Facing those longing eyes, Yu Ze dipped his brush in the ink helplessly, “What do you want me to write?”

Gu Ye said seriously, “Please write – Gu Ye is number one in the world, everyone else is bullshit!”

Yu Ze just wanted to put the brush down.

“Eh? Don’t put it down, write it quickly! You must sign it with your name, and also state the date.”

Amidst Gu Ye’s urging, Yu Ze wrote such a second-grade/chuunibyou sentence with a sullen face. After finished writing, he held his forehead with his palm. Gu Ye patted him on the shoulder to comfort him, “Mr. Yu has written such good words. The stroke is proud and flamboyant. Someday when I set up a stall under the overpass, you can sell calligraphy by my side. We will definitely get rich.”

Yu Ze imagined the scene with a sullen face. Then he put down the pen with a cold face, never wanting to pick it up again.

Gu Ye chuckled a few times. He put the painting on the table and admired it again. In his heart, he felt that this painting not only has the temperament of the Ghost General but also magically complements his life. He, Gu Ye, is dead, but so what? He has come back to life and kicking, and he has done so many good things that even God can’t bear to take him.

And so, the painting is placed on the table while Gu Ye went around in the study again. Finally, he chose a calligraphy scroll of majestic poems, Yue Fei’s ‘Man Jiang Hong’. Gu Ye felt that his father would definitely like the heroic style of Yu Lao’s cursive strokes.

As soon as Gu Ye picked up the calligraphy scroll, Zhao Pengyu entered while eating an ice cream, and saw the painting on the table at a glance. Then, when he saw the inscription on the painting, Zhao Pengyu couldn’t control his tongue out of shock.

“You guys… Uncle, are you being hor-n-y (fā sāo)?”

Yu Ze’s expression darkened and he said sternly, “Swallow what’s in your mouth before speaking.”

Zhao Pengyu quickly wiped his mouth, “I mean, do you have a fever (fā shāo)? You even wrote this for him!”

Zhao Pengyu is in a complicated mood and doesn’t know how to describe his feelings. After hesitating for a moment, he choked out a sentence, “You guys…you are so childish!”

Gu Ye rolled his eyes, “What do you know!”

Zhao Pengyu went and sat down on a chair. He really didn’t understand why his uncle doted on Gu Ye so much.

“Gu Ye, I heard that you took that female ghost away, what do you want to do with it?”

“Not a ghost, she is a spirit and she agreed to be my servant. Good points about her are good-looking, good at singing and dancing, and playing the pipa. In the future, we can develop her skills to do laundry, cooking, accepting delivery, and takeout.”

Gu Ye carefully packed the ‘Man Jiang Hong’ and ‘Broken Sword’ into a box. After a moment of consideration, he planned to ask Old Master Yu later about ‘Broken Sword’. Since it is his treasure, why would he tell him to find it and take it away? Can’t figure it out.

Standing by the window, no one knows what Yu Ze is thinking, but when he hears their conversation, he asks without turning his head, “Spirit, is there a physical body?”

Gu Ye waved his hand and said regretfully, “No, to cultivate a physical body, it will be a hundred years later, or unless she encountered a big lucky encounter. But I took her because I didn’t want to see her destroyed.”

Zhao Pengyu shuddered when he thought of Gu Ye carrying a female ghost-like spirit with him, “I feel chilly when I see you.”

Gu Ye still said the same sentence, “People like you don’t understand at all.”

Seeing Gu Ye holding the painting in his arms, Zhao Pengyu suddenly remembered, “I seem to have seen that broken sword in the painting before, eh? Uncle, isn’t it the one that was placed in your study before?”

Gu Ye’s thoughts are instantly captured, “Is there a real thing?”

Yu Ze turned around, “Do you want to see it?”

Gu Ye had a premonition that the broken sword is definitely related to the Ghost General. Now that it is getting dark, it is time for the Ghost General to show up. “I want to see the real thing, is it convenient?”

“Let’s go.” Yu Ze turned around and left. Gu Ye is taken aback by the swift decision, Yu Ze is really easy to talk to.

“Mr. Yu, wait a moment. I need to say goodbye to Old Master Yu.”

Yu Ze said with a gentle face, “I’ll wait for you at the car then.”

Zhao Pengyu quickly raised his hand, “I want to go too!”

Yu Ze’s expression turned cold, “No, you don’t want to.”

Zhao Pengyu: “…”

Gu Ye hurriedly went to look for Old Master Yu and saw that those masters had all left. Old Master Yu is drinking tea with Elder Tang. When he saw Gu Ye holding 3 scrolls, he asked him with a smile, “Which other 2 did you pick? Let me have a look.”

Gu Ye opened the scrolls with a smile. As soon as Old Master Yu saw Yu Ze’s writing, he burst out laughing, “You really have some abilities, to be able to make him write for you. I asked him to write for me before, but he didn’t do it.”

Gu Ye said with a smile, “Because I’m shameless enough, I can play tricks.”

Old Man Yu chuckled, “How can you be so self-deprecating? This is also your skill. I really want to know what expression Yu Ze had when he wrote these words.”

Gu Ye thought for a while, then smirked, “Probably a despairing expression.”

“That must be very interesting.” Old Master Yu took a sip of tea happily, “So tell me, you coming to see me shouldn’t be just to say goodbye, right?”

“Yes,” Gu Ye put away the painting, and asked earnestly, “I don’t understand. Since you have always cherished this painting, why did you give it to me now?”

Old Master Yu looked at Gu Ye with a smile, “Because I think you are destined for this painting, so I know you will fall in love with it. I hope that even if you encounter setbacks in the future, you will not change your original intention. A gentleman must have the will to break rather than bend. Even if broken, there must be the belief in yourself to be able to take down the enemy. I was very happy that Yu Ze was able to draw such an imposing manner years ago, but now he has learned to restrain his sharpness. I seem to see the younger version of him in you.”

Old Master Yu then said regretfully, “It’s a pity that now that he’s grown up, I can’t figure out what he’s thinking, alas.”

At the side, Elder Tang’s words gently stabbed Old Master Yu, “Didn’t he already have such a temperament since he was a child? But you never didn’t guess it.”

Old Master Yu pressed the teacup on the table with resentment on his face, and several drops of water splashed out.*

*Not sure how to phrase this to make it gentler because they are not quarreling.

Gu Ye almost laughed. He understood the meaning of the two old people’s words, and sincerely thanked them, “I understand what you two mean. Thank you for the teachings, seniors. No matter what happens in the future, I will not change my original intention. As for temper, I will listen to Elder Tang and try to change it.”

Elder Tang said happily, “That’s good. Your senior brother was just too rigid. There are many ways to save people but he chose the most extreme way. When the entire society of mystic art was at a loss, he slapped them with the fact that he saved a whole city of people with forbidden techniques, at the price of his life. His death made me feel so sad, and it also made me understand that the society of mystical arts needs to be reformed. Otherwise, even if it is passed on, it will be deformed and unhealthy.”

Gu Ye said obediently, “I will cherish my life in the future, don’t worry.”

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