Pei Heng looked at his hand, the burning pain now even more pronounced.

He stood up and said, "I'm going to treat my wounds." He then started to walk out of the mourning hall.

Chu Yichen knew he was in the wrong. Looking at Pei Heng's hand and the remaining ashes on his body, he could roughly guess what had just happened.

Pei Heng propped himself up on the ground and said, "I'll be right back." He then looked at Cen Yu and added, "Be more careful when you do things."

It seemed to be a reminder to him not to forget to refill the incense and candles, and to always remember to burn yellow paper.

Cen Yu nodded.

Pei Heng then left.

After Pei Heng left, Chu Yichen touched his abdomen again. After learning from Cen Yu about the scene of his "possession" just now, he felt somewhat helpless.

“My birth chart is indeed a bit weak,” Chu Yichen told Cen Yu.

“When I was a child, I often encountered unclean things.” He thought for a moment and then said, “I don’t know if it’s just bad luck that’s happening to me.”

“How could that be?” Cen Yu immediately said, “Maybe it’s to let you meet your destined love.”

Otherwise, how could he communicate with Pei Leyun, who had become a ghost?

Chu Yichen: "?" He almost thought he had misheard.

Otherwise, who would say it's good that you encountered a ghost when someone else did? They would say that encountering a ghost is to help you meet your destined partner.

What kind of marriage is it? Is it a ghost marriage?

"...It's probably better to avoid this kind of marriage," Chu Yichen said with a wry smile.

Cen Yu looked at him meaningfully, "I don't think so."

"You might change your mind later."

Chu Yichen really couldn't understand where Cen Yu got her confidence from, thinking that she was definitely going to be with a "female ghost".

To be honest, his relationship with Cen Yu wasn't particularly close—they were just senior and junior students who participated in a departmental activity. After learning that the other had a same-sex lover, Chu Yichen wanted to avoid suspicion, but he didn't expect Cen Yu to be so carefree, seemingly not realizing that his actions with his "good brothers" were a bit too intimate between them.

Perhaps realizing that revealing his sexuality would make their relationship even more awkward, Chu Yichen deliberately revealed that he was straight.

During my senior year vacation, someone organized a gathering... There were more than ten people in total, who were either acquaintances from the department or friends of friends.

Chu Yichen never liked such a lively scene, but perhaps because he would be busy with work after the holiday and would have less and less time to participate in departmental activities, he only thought for a few seconds before agreeing when the organizer invited him.

Cen Yu attended almost every one of these lively events.

Cen Yu was there that time, of course.

Seeing that Chu Yichen was actually in the booth, Cen Yu looked surprised, but quickly came over. He said something to Chu Yichen. The music around them was deafening, causing Chu Yichen's heart to pound violently. He couldn't hear what Cen Yu was saying, so he moved closer to him.

Cen Yu simply leaned against Chu Yichen and asked—

What brings you here?

Perhaps worried that Chu Yichen wouldn't hear him, he raised his voice a little higher, "I thought you weren't coming."

Chu Yichen would never normally come here, and he didn't know why he came that day.

He glanced at Cen Yu beside him out of the corner of his eye... He knew that Cen Yu had tattoos, and he could also see the tongue piercing that the other man had while they were talking.

He turned his head to look at Chu Yichen, the beauty mark under his eye was quite conspicuous under the light, and at that moment a beam of light fell on the side of Cen Yu's face, making the beauty mark under his eye even more prominent... In the end, it was Cen Yu who turned his gaze away first, "You'd better stay here obediently, senior."

"Why?" Chu Yichen asked curiously.

“Someone wants to eat you,” Cen Yu threatened him.

As they were talking, the people who were on good terms with Cen Yu pulled her to go dancing nearby. Cen Yu didn't hesitate and immediately followed them, leaving Chu Yichen sitting there behind.

Chu Yichen sat in the corner. Some people in the department who knew about Chu Yichen's family background wanted to take this opportunity to win over this "high-and-mighty flower." "What are you looking at?" This person sat down next to Chu Yichen familiarly.

Chu Yichen remained silent.

The man followed Chu Yichen's gaze and saw that he was looking at Cen Yu, who was jumping up and down with others below.

"He said he could bring his partner, so why didn't he bring her?" the man muttered.

"Do you know Cen Yu's boyfriend?" Chu Yichen asked.

"I wouldn't say we know each other." Seemingly surprised that Chu Yichen would suddenly speak, the man replied somewhat flattered, "We met once. He's a very well-behaved young man."

"Is that so?" Chu Yichen said.

He guessed that he and Cen Yu had the same lottery number, so he wasn't surprised when he heard the result.

So when Chu Yichen learned much later that Cen Yu's partner was actually Pei Leyun... he was filled with astonishment.

He knew Pei Leyun; she was similar to him and definitely wouldn't be the one below him. This made Chu Yichen doubt the "relationship" between Cen Yu and Pei Leyun for the first time. Could it be that he and Cen Yu didn't have the same number in the first place?

Even if he knew, it was no use. After learning that Cen Yu had become the son-in-law of the Pei family, Chu Yichen completely gave up on the idea.

I never expected that the next time I heard Pei Leyun's name, it would be to hear the news of his accidental drowning.

"I've been waiting for you to invite me to your wedding," Chu Yichen said.

When he learned the news, Cen Yu had already held his wedding with Pei Lejun. It was said that the wedding was not attended by many people—probably because Pei Heng was very dissatisfied with him, but could not persuade Pei Lejun otherwise. The wedding ceremony was held quietly at a resort.

If his family hadn't told him that Pei Heng's adopted son had gotten married, Chu Yichen would probably have remained completely in the dark.

After Chu Yichen's reminder, Cen Yu also remembered this plot point from the original work—

The scumbag was still thinking about his white moonlight, but he didn't want her to know that he was "married," so he deliberately kept it from Chu Yichen.

Unexpectedly, the day after the wedding, Chu Yichen somehow found out and immediately sent a message to inquire and congratulate him on his marriage.

Cen Yu could only be careful not to let Pei Leyun find out, and then secretly replied to Chu Yichen with some polite words of thanks.

When Cen Yu met Chu Yichen later, he didn't mention the incident, and Cen Yu thought he had forgotten about it.

After all, in his opinion, Chu Yichen was a straight man who didn't like Cen Yu at all. Cen Yu even thought that this person was a bit homophobic. After all, judging from the scenes in his memory, every time he went over, Chu Yichen's movements were a bit awkward and stiff, as if he was not used to this kind of "straight man trick".