Chapter 206 Confession

Qi Gu suspected that he had read the message wrong, or that Sang Ma had made a typo. He stood under the eaves of the main hall, looking at Lin Hanzhi's back while sending a confirmation message to Sang Ma.

Sang Ma replied: [Right now, that’s right, wait and see]

Qi Gu: [Hmm]

He took two steps at a time and walked forward towards the figure he had been watching for a long time. When he got closer, he reached out and patted the other person's shoulder: "Hanzhi."

Lin Hanzhi was still preparing himself mentally when Qi Gu patted him on the shoulder and he almost jumped off the mountain gate. "...You're here."

Qi Gu nodded, and stood with him in front of the mountain gate, looking at the long stone steps that stretched downward until they were completely swallowed up by darkness.

This was the eye of the storm, and the mountain wind was so sharp that it bit the bone. Even Qi Gu felt bone-chillingly cold after being blown for a minute or two, not to mention Lin Hanzhi, who was already in poor health. He grabbed Lin Hanzhi's wrist and squeezed it to check the temperature, then said, "Go in first, it's cold outside."

"What about you?" Lin Hanzhi didn't expect Qi Gu to be so calm after learning about his identity, as if he had already known it.

And Qi Gu's natural action of testing his body temperature just now made him feel extremely comfortable and soothed. His body temperature, which had been chilled by the wind, seemed to be warmed up a little by the accelerated heartbeat.

"I'll wait here. I'll call you when I'm here." Qi Gu said as a matter of course, and gave Lin Hanzhi a light push, urging him to go in quickly.

At this moment, Lin Hanzhi finally realized that something was wrong. His facial expression changed subtly, and a trace of thought flashed across his peach blossom eyes: "May I ask, who are you waiting for now?"

Qi Gu didn't expect Lin Hanzhi to ask this. Does this mean he wants to take off his vest?

Is it so sudden?

Qi Gu didn't know why Lin Hanzhi suddenly did this, but he continued as he said, "Wait for a director to discuss the matters of Haigong Temple."

As he spoke, he glanced up the stone steps, trying to catch a glimpse of an elderly figure wearing a jacket in the darkness.

Lin Hanzhi: "Hmm... Is there a possibility that the person you are waiting for is me?"

He suggested quietly.

Qi Gu turned his gaze back and looked at him calmly: "There is absolutely no such possibility."

After all, I heard that the director is a good fighter.

But Lin Hanzhi was just a small clerk who had never seen the world, and was so scared that he would hide behind himself even if he saw a ghost.

Unexpectedly, Qi Gu refused to budge, so Lin Hanzhi had to change the way of asking the question: "Then what do you think the image of the director will be?"

Qi Gu thought to himself, I know this, and then immediately said: "It should be a handsome, upright, dignified old man or old woman in her fifties or sixties, holding a thermos cup and wearing an executive jacket."

Lin Hanzhi: “…”

Ah this.

He felt that if he continued to ask, Qi Gu would have arranged for him to have a life with both sons and daughters and grandchildren. He hurriedly said, "Wait, I really am the director. I asked Sang Ma to pass on the message for me."

Qi Gu frowned.

Lin Hanzhi thought he hated her deception, so she quickly slid down to her knees and said, "I'm sorry for deliberately deceiving you for so long. At first, I just wanted to test your abilities on behalf of the Alien Management Bureau. You're really amazing and easily dispelled my doubts. When I asked Pubu Gesang to recruit you, I should have explained the situation to you... But at that time, I always felt that if I told you, I wouldn't be able to get along with you like before, so I kept it a secret."

Lin Hanzhi's top-notch appearance makes him look worthy of pity even if he does something wrong. A pair of eyes under the moon are like two sparkling lakes, bright and moving.

Seeing Qi Gu no longer talking, and the smile in his eyes gone, as if he had returned to the coldness at the beginning, Lin Hanzhi's heart was flustered as if there were a nest of kicking rabbits living in it. She nervously grabbed Qi Gu's wrist and looked at him with an apologetic look: "I'm sorry, I really know I was wrong, can you... forgive me this time?"

Qi Gu's brows were still furrowed, which undoubtedly made Lin Hanzhi feel more anxious. He felt like a sinner being held in court, with Qi Gu as his presiding judge. He admitted his guilt, but his presiding judge remained silent from beginning to end. This would undoubtedly make every guilty sinner feel extremely painful and anxious.

Just when Lin Hanzhi was about to say something else, Qi Gu suddenly spoke up, his brows furrowed even more tightly: "Can you be the director of the Abnormal Management Bureau if you are afraid of ghosts? Will you be scared when you read the information?"

Qi Gu's focus passed through the whole world and finally landed on a point that surprised Lin Hanzhi.

Lin Hanzhi: “……?”

The joy he had previously felt from acting out whatever he wanted was completely wiped out at this moment. He lowered his eyes and said in a low voice, "I acted all that out to...get your attention."

Qi Gu began to remain silent again. His ears and cheeks were burning hot. Fortunately, the moonlight was not bright enough, and the pitch-black mountain gate completely concealed his abnormality, without revealing any trace of it.

Lin Hanzhi felt that Qi Gu was really angry, and didn't care about anything else. She simply grabbed Qi Gu's wrist and pressed his wrist against her face: "If you are really angry, you can hit me. I am very resistant to beatings. You can hit me until you calm down."

Lin Hanzhi's profile had smooth lines and a beautiful curve. Qi Gu's palm was pressed on his face, and he subconsciously rubbed it gently with his fingertips... Well, Lin Hanzhi's skin was as smooth as it looked, but a little paler.

Qi Gu was not angry about Lin Hanzhi's concealment. On the one hand, Lin Hanzhi had already revealed the truth a long time ago. On the other hand, Lin Hanzhi's apology was quite sincere.

The only thing that surprised him was that Lin Hanzhi's identity was not an ordinary civil servant, but the director of the Abnormal Management Bureau.

But now, Qi Gu really started to feel angry... What does "I'm very resistant to beatings" mean?

Qi Gu raised his eyes, his face lines were cold and hard, and he gently patted Lin Hanzhi's face twice with the back of his hand, "Oh? How resistant are you? Tell me in detail."

Lin Hanzhi was slapped twice on the face by him, and her cheeks felt a little hot. She didn't know if she fainted from the heat or what, but she didn't realize the danger in Qi Gu's words. She continued, "When I was fifteen, I killed a C-level ghost on my first mission. It pierced my abdomen, but I just used local materials and smeared some wood ash and continued to crawl. After a week of hospitalization, I was alive and kicking again."

"What else?"

"Also, when I was seventeen, I lost too much blood and thought I was going to die. However, my body had already gotten used to the blood loss and I could still fight for another half an hour. So I managed to hold on and finish the fight." Lin Hanzhi wanted to show Qi Gu his excellent self-healing ability and ability to withstand blows, so that the other party could beat him without any psychological burden to vent his anger.

He thought that once Qi Gu calmed down, it would be time for him to continue to confess his true feelings.

"The old wound on your soul was left from that time?" Qi Gu stared into Lin Hanzhi's eyes, his gaze even colder than the mountain breeze.

Lin Hanzhi didn't want to lie to him anymore and shook her head: "No."

"Speak." Qi Gu said briefly.

The mountain breeze and mist in the middle of the night flowed between the two of them. For a while, they could only hear the sound of the wind, the rustling of leaves, and the calls of some unknown animals.

Lin Hanzhi spoke slowly: "Do you also feel that there is no vitality in the Lin residence, and it looks dead and dull?"

As soon as he opened his mouth, Qi Gu knew that one of his previous guesses about Lin's house had come true.

Sure enough, the next moment, Lin Hanzhi said, "In fact, they are not traveling, but they are all gone... They are the same as you and me. They were once members of the Abnormal Management Bureau. However, a ghost disaster befell the Lin residence. That night, all the Lin family members were there, but in the end, I was the only one who survived, and I can't even remember what happened that night."

As if feeling the atmosphere was a bit heavy, Lin Hanzhi raised her voice slightly: "Then, I was taken home by the former director. In order to seek revenge, I concentrated on practicing magic, fighting monsters and leveling up, and finally became the director... Doesn't it sound a bit like a level-up male protagonist novel? I also happen to be an orphan. Miao Yue said that my personality is very suitable for making a living at Qidian Orphanage."

"Don't laugh if you don't want to." Qi Gu said, "You haven't told me what happened to your soul being damaged."

The guess came true. Qi Gu felt a pang of pain when he saw Lin Hanzhi in front of him, who seemed to want to talk about the past in a more relaxed tone.

Qi Gu thought that he had been heartbroken for so long because he had lost his master who had been with him day and night, but Lin Hanzhi had lost all his relatives at the same time. He was powerless and could not even remember what had happened in the first place, so as to provide some information to avenge his relatives.

If he were in Lin Hanzhi's shoes, Qi Gu really didn't know if he could grow up to be as strong and stubborn as Lin Hanzhi.

He moved his fingertips, then opened his arms, held Lin Hanzhi in his arms, and gave him a warm hug. While hugging, Qi Gu gently stroked Lin Hanzhi's back, as if he was comforting a wounded kitten being taken to the pet hospital for treatment.

Qi Gu's hug was not very broad, but it was a rare warmth for Lin Hanzhi. They hugged each other for a long time in the dark mountain breeze. After a long time, Lin Hanzhi continued to answer Qi Gu's questions.

But just as he said a few words, Qi Gu, who had just let go of his arms, came up again and held his hand tightly, as if hoping to give him some courage in this way.

Lin Hanzhi said: "My soul is damaged not because of the injuries from fighting those evil spirits, but because of the magic I practiced. The magic I practiced was passed down from my mother's family, the Ning family. This magic is called bone control. The way to practice is to refine the remains of relatives with one's own flesh and blood and soul. Once fully refined, the bone blade will be indestructible, and ghosts and gods will be afraid of it."

Qi Gu had seen the introduction of this technique in an ancient book left by his master, but at that time it said that this technique had been lost for a long time. Because it could easily damage one's lifespan, basically no one would take the initiative to practice it. Moreover... the book at that time said that this technique was difficult to master and the practice process was extremely painful. Anyone who could manipulate two bone blades at the same time was already a genius.

But judging from the degree of damage to Lin Hanzhi's soul, it was obvious that he had refined more than just two bone blades.

Just at this moment, Lin Hanzhi turned his wrist, pulled out a thin bone blade from his sleeve, held it at his fingertips, and gestured to Qi Gu.

He didn't know that Qi Gu had seen the ancient books about the Ning family's secret techniques.

Qi Gu held Lin Hanzhi's hand with one hand, and with the other hand he raised without hesitation and pinched the zipper of Lin Hanzhi's gray cardigan, pulling it down smoothly, and then his palm slid into Lin Hanzhi's sleeve along the open lapel - his purpose was obvious.

Lin Hanzhi hurriedly put the bone blade into his sleeve, held down Qi Gu's fingers that were groping in his clothes, and said, "Don't touch it randomly, it's very sharp and will scratch people."

"I'll do it myself." said Lin Hanzhi.

With a thought, all the bone blades hidden in the clothes vibrated and hummed slightly, and then flew out one by one and were neatly arranged in the air for Qi Gu to see.

Qi Gu counted them, his facial features becoming more tense: "Forty? That many?"

"There are forty-six swords, representing the lives of forty-six members of the Lin family. Six of them have been loaned out." Lin Hanzhi didn't dare to hide the truth from Qi Gu anymore and confessed it honestly.

Qi Gu became more and more dizzy after listening to this: "How did you borrow it?"

This kind of weapon that is contracted to a soul cannot be loaned out, and can only be used by the owner of the soul.

Lin Hanzhi looked at Qi Gu's face, which was not good and was getting darker and darker, and finally realized some kind of crisis. He tried to change the subject: "It's some kind of secret method."

"explain."

Lin Hanzhi was intimidated by Qi Gu's aura. He felt that if he didn't tell the truth today, he would easily lose his wife. "...It's very simple. Just take a part of me, really just a very small part of my soul and flesh, put it in a container, and then cast a confusing spell on the bone blade, so that it can recognize the other party as me."

"I've known you for so long, but I just realized that you're actually a lunatic." Qi Gu shook off Lin Hanzhi's hand and said word by word through gritted teeth, "You look like you're not afraid of death."

Forty-six bone blades...separate the soul, flesh and blood to lend out the bone blades.

How could Lin Hanzhi not know that if any of these things went wrong, he would die on the spot? But he did it anyway. After doing it, he told Qi Gu that it was nothing special and pretended that it was nothing unusual.

If Qi Gu hadn't known the danger, he would have been fooled by him.

"Don't go... I'm sorry, I really know I was wrong now, I won't lie to you again, and I'm scared to death, really scared to death..." Lin Hanzhi hugged Qi Gu from behind as he turned to leave, "I've never felt more afraid of death than I do today. I admit that when I was refining those bone blades, all I thought about every day was that if I couldn't hold on any longer, I would die, but now... I really don't want to die."

He has not yet obtained Qi Gu's forgiveness, nor has he confirmed Qi Gu's love... He has never been with Qi Gu, and he is unwilling to die now.

"I like--hmm?" Lin Hanzhi's mouth was suddenly covered by Qi Gu who stretched out his hand from the front.

Qi Gu said coldly, "Shut up, you're freezing."

If Lin Hanzhi said this now, wouldn't it disrupt his confession plan? No, absolutely not. After all, he spent a lot of time preparing for this confession.

Salted fish time is the most precious thing for salted fish

Qi Gu immediately chose to cover his mouth.

He broke free from Lin Hanzhi's cold embrace, his face flushed and warm, and slowly stretched out his hand to the confused Lin Hanzhi: "Do you want to go?"

Seeing that Lin Hanzhi was even more confused, Qi Gu had to condescend to explain: "The wind is strong, and you came up to freeze me. I want to go back to my room."