"Put me down first."

"Let me kiss you first, or you can kiss me."

Ye Jiu raised the corners of her mouth, "Lin Jin'an, that's enough. Don't you kiss me enough? Do you really think I don't know anything when I'm asleep?"

Lin Jin'an immediately put Ye Jiu down obediently and whispered to herself, "I only kissed you twice while you were asleep, just twice."

Ye Jiu sneered, "Yeah, just twice, five minutes each time..."

Lin Jinan: QAQ

"I was wrong."

Seeing that he finally had a chance to speak, Li Jingxing floated to Ye Jiu's side and said, "Your blood awakened me; you are my destined bride."

Ye Jiu pondered for a moment, "This was an accident. Perhaps it was Lin Jin'an's blood that awakened you."

Lin Jin'an looked at Li Jingxing in disbelief, "Pah, if I hadn't been wearing gloves, my blood would have killed him directly."

Ye Jiu fell silent. Oh right, his blood also had supernatural effects.

"But it really was an accident. Wasn't your wooden statue supposed to make anyone who touched it bleed? I just happened to pick it up."

Li Jingxing smiled gently, "No." He looked at Lin Jin'an, "This man's finger is just because I simply don't like him. But you are different. From the first moment I saw you, I knew that you were my destined bride."

"Hmm? First time meeting? Do you know what happened outside the wooden statue? Weren't your eyes closed?"

Li Jingxing nodded, "If I want to see it, I can see it."

Ye Jiu raised an eyebrow, "So you saw that monster eat ten people but didn't stop it?"

Lin Jin'an chimed in, "That's right, you're an accomplice too. I think you should be dismembered by me as well."

Li Jingxing lowered his eyes. "I'm sorry, I did witness all of this, but I couldn't get out of the wooden statue and couldn't stop its actions."

Lin Jin'an said with dissatisfaction, "Tch, then why are you out now?"

"Naturally, it's because of her blood. Her blood resonates with my soul, helping me break through this wooden statue." Li Jingxing held out his hand to show the two the red mark on the web of his left hand, which was shaped like a leaf.

“This is the symbol of the contract between you and me,” Li Jingxing explained softly. “This contract will not affect you, but I will sense if you are injured. Don’t be afraid of her.”

Ye Jiu raised her hand to look at it. She didn't see any marks on her hand. Li Jingxing noticed her confusion and said, "Only I have this mark. It won't have any effect on you."

Ye Jiu couldn't help but take a second look at the mark on Li Jingxing's hand and casually remarked, "It looks quite like a tattoo."

What was said in jest was taken to heart by Lin Jin'an. He silently made a mental note: Yes, he would get Ye Jiu's name tattooed on his body one day, on his wrist! It had to be bigger than this Li Jingxing's!

Lin Jin'an grabbed Ye Jiu's hand and played with it, trying to attract Ye Jiu's attention, but unfortunately it was useless. Ye Jiu pulled her hand away and put it behind her back, continuing to ask Li Jingxing, "So are you really a ghost? Who sealed you into this wooden statue?"

This was the first time Ye Jiu had ever seen a real ghost in all his years at the Special Administration Bureau. In the past, he had only seen strange and grotesque ghosts. Ghosts had a physical form in the hands of people who could see them, and they could cause physical damage to them. But for people who couldn't see them, they could pass through their bodies.

Li Jingxing is completely different from ghosts; he can pass through Lin Jin'an's body... and he can even touch noses with Ye Jiu.

When she kissed Ye Jiu, Ye Jiu could also feel the touch.

Li Jingxing didn't really know what he was, and nodded hesitantly, "I guess so, but I'm definitely not human."

Lin Jin'an coldly said, "You're quite honest; you know you're not human."

Ye Jiu couldn't hold back any longer, "Speak properly."

Lin Jin'an was annoyed. "Fine, fine, you've forgotten your old love now that you have a new one, huh? You're treating me like this because of someone you just met."

"I'm on official business here."

"Hmph." Lin Jin'an snorted coldly and didn't say anything. He would definitely keep a close eye on Li Jingxing and not give him any opportunity to take advantage.

Li Jingxing wasn't angry at Lin Jin'an's words. "It's okay, what he said is true. As for why I was in the wooden statue, I don't remember. I'm not afraid you'll laugh at me for saying it. I seem to have lost a lot of memories. I only remember my name, and I can't remember anything else."

He smiled sheepishly after saying that, "May I come with you first?"

Lin Jin'an turned his head to look at Ye Jiu, and was about to say something when he remembered Ye Jiu's warning. He held back and thought, "Never mind, Ye Jiu would be too polite to refuse. It's okay, I'll just give him my room. I'll just have to squeeze in with Ye Jiu."

Ye Jiu nodded, "Okay, maybe you'll regain your memories soon."

Li Jingxing chuckled, "I hope so."

"We've been talking for so long, how come this 'domain' hasn't collapsed yet?" Ye Jiu looked up at the ceiling of the ancestral hall. There wasn't a single sign of disturbance. But wasn't the owner of the "domain" already dead?

"'Domain'? Are you referring to this space?"

“Well, we call the small world created by ghosts a ‘domain’. Generally speaking, the small world will collapse soon after the master of the ‘domain’ dies. But that ghost has been dead for a long time, so why is there no sign of this small world collapsing at all?”

“Hmm…” Li Jingxing raised his hand and waved it, and the ceiling of the ancestral hall disappeared. “The reason why this ‘domain’ did not collapse after that ghost died is because the master of this ‘domain’ was not it. This is a space I created.”

Ye Jiu looked up at the clouds in the sky and exclaimed, "Wow, this is the first time I've discovered that 'domains' can be used in this way!"

"Hmm? Do you like it like this?" Li Jingxing asked thoughtfully. Then the clouds in the sky began to change, sometimes looking like rabbits, sometimes like puppies, drifting in the wind as if they were running.

Ye Jiu gave him a thumbs up, "It feels like a lucid dream, you can do whatever you want, but how do we get out?"

Lin Jin'an was quite satisfied that Ye Jiu hadn't become obsessed with his little tricks; he could only control a "domain."

Ye Jiu didn't miss the change in Lin Jin'an's expression, and she couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Lin Jin'an, you're so cute."

Lin Jin'an, who was suddenly called out, was taken aback at first, then his ears turned red. He cleared his throat and said, "Ahem, I'm glad you like it."

Li Jingxing managed to maintain a smile. "Once I take it back, we can leave."

Ye Jiu nodded, "Then let's get started quickly. Ming Youyi is waiting outside; she's probably getting anxious."

Lin Jin'an: "Speaking of which, wasn't she here to supervise us? She didn't see anything outside the 'domain,' so does that mean we passed the test?"

"Who cares? It's fine if she didn't pass. It's good to keep having her relay mission information to us, haha."