At 10 a.m., a police car was parked downstairs at the J City Management Office. There were only two people in the car: a police officer who was driving and Xiaobaicai.

Because Xiaobaicai had gone to another place with the police, she was sent back after the case was closed.

"Thanks, I'll go up now~"

After thanking the police officer who brought him back, Xiao Baicai headed upstairs to the office. However, just as he was going up the stairs, he ran into Mu Xiaoyi and Ye Dongfeng, who were rushing down the stairs.

Ye Dongfeng and Mu Xiaoyi hurried downstairs, seemingly heading off to do something. When they saw Xiaobaicai return, they quickly greeted her.

"Hey, Little Cabbage, you're back!"

"Um, by the way, where are you guys headed?"

Little Cabbage watched the two of them running and jumping downstairs and asked curiously.

Ye Dongfeng waved to Xiaobaicai while holding his phone, saying, "Xiaoyi and I have something to do, so we'll be leaving now."

Mu Xiaoyi also said, "Yes, we think we'll have to take a few days off. Bye~"

Xiao Baicai didn't know what the two of them were up to, but seeing how hurried they were, she didn't ask too many questions and continued upstairs.

My colleagues upstairs are still the same as before; they do nothing but play games, watch TV, and play on their phones.

All that could be seen was Yue Jiuling eating snacks, Ya Zi watching a movie with his legs crossed, Bai Xinyu transforming back into a big white cat and taking a nap on the table, while Yin Ni was still engrossed in playing games on the computer.

Hi, I'm back!

Xiao Baicai returned to her seat and greeted a group of bored colleagues.

When Yue Jiuling saw Xiao Baicai, she smiled and said, "Oh~ it's Cai Cai back. By the way, was it fun at the police station?"

"They're so-so. They all know who I am, and they're quite nice to me."

When Xiaobaicai recalled the treatment she received when she went to the police station, she said, "But their work is different from ours. They seem to be very busy and have a lot of things to do."

Upon hearing this, Yue Jiuling raised her eyebrows and said, "Of course, it's about serving the people. They're different from us; they work much harder than us."

Ya Zi, who overheard their conversation, also held a cup of milk tea and said, "Yes, they work so hard."

"By the way, I ran into Sister Xiaoyi and Brother Dongfeng on my way back. What happened to them? Why did they say they needed to take leave?"

Yue Jiuling roughly knew the reason why the two of them had asked for leave, so she said, "Oh~ it's nothing serious. Isn't it almost July? It's the Ghost Festival in the seventh month, which they attach great importance to in the human world. I heard that several big families in their metaphysical world are holding some kind of gathering, so they have to go back."

"That's right. Actually, they hold this kind of gathering every year. Dongfeng and Xiaoyi have to take leave to go back to their family home every time, so we're used to it."

Hidden explained to them from the side.

"Oh, I see."

Little Cabbage understood, and then said, "So, the Ghost Festival is quite important in the human world."

“Yes, because the gates of the ghost realm open during the Ghost Festival, they pay more attention to it,” Yue Jiuling said, taking a few popsicles out of the small refrigerator and sharing them with everyone. She said while biting into a popsicle, “And the human realm is also not peaceful during the days when the gates of the ghost realm open.”

Ya Zi had heard about some things in the human world before, but he didn't know much about those traditional festivals. He asked, "Why is the Ghost Festival so unsettling?"

"Because the gates of hell have opened, the ghosts inside will come out and might even disturb the human world!"

"Oh, so they can come out after all."

Ya Zi was unaware of these things. He used to enjoy spending time in the demon realm and rarely visited the human realm. Even when he came to the human realm, he didn't pay much attention to these matters.

Just as everyone was discussing some traditional festivals in the human world, Yin Ni suddenly received a phone call, and he also had to ask for leave, and he also had to ask for leave with Bai Xinyu.

It turned out that an elder of the Hidden Clan had run into some trouble and needed to summon all the clan members back to their hometown for a meeting. Bai Xinyu was actually a distant relative of the Hidden Clan, so they were going to return to the Demon Realm together.

Yue Jiuling already knew that Bai Xinyu and Yinni were distant relatives, so she didn't react when she saw them asking for leave together. Ya Zi and Xiao Baicai, on the other hand, were very surprised because they never expected that two monsters of different species would be related!

Little Cabbage stared blankly as Bai Xinyu followed Yinni away, then said in a daze, "No way? Sister Xinyu and Brother Yinni are actually distant relatives?"

Ya Zi was also quite surprised: "Tsk tsk~ This is really too unexpected for me."

Yue Jiuling chuckled as she sucked on her popsicle, making a crunching sound as she bit into it. She said, "Haha~ Actually, I was quite surprised when I found out about this. But they are indeed distant relatives. Xinyu's second aunt's niece married the cousin of the hidden cousin's sister-in-law, so they really are related. The two families often get together during festivals and often discuss things together."

Ya Zi frowned upon hearing this relationship and said, "Tsk tsk~ Isn't this relationship a bit too far-fetched?"

Yue Jiuling glanced at him and then continued, "Actually, it's not just this relationship. Their previous patriarchs also intermarried. Otherwise, do you think the two families would be so close just because they are related by such a distant relationship?"

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