Although Ji Xiaoyao is currently living in Old Man Chai's body, his aura doesn't resemble that of a man in his fifties at all. Besides, his internal injuries haven't healed yet, so why should he suffer outside the school gate?

Oh, and Meng Fanyu too. What if he's also accompanying the exam? If he discovers something strange about Old Man Chai, that wouldn't be fun. So Shang Lin's tone became slightly more serious when he spoke.

After spending almost a year together, everyone had a basic understanding of Shang Lin's temperament, so they all went home. But even though they were home, no one was in the mood to do anything; they were all restless and waiting for time to pass.

On the contrary, Shang Lin, who was in the examination room, was focused on writing the paper. In any case, no matter what the result was, they would leave the county, just in different ways.

However, when Shang Lin left the school gate with her roommates after the exam, she was somewhat surprised to find that Meng Fanyu did not come to accompany her. Instead, Lin Shengqi's father and Su Jinghang's mother were waiting outside the school gate.

This was the first time Shang Lin had seen Su Jinghang's family. He knew that Su Jinghang had a happy and fulfilling family, but he didn't expect his mother to be so young and to speak in such a gentle voice. No wonder she raised Su Jinghang to be such a well-behaved young master.

However, due to time constraints, they only exchanged brief introductions and greetings before Su's mother took Su Jinghang away on her electric scooter.

As soon as Mr. Lin saw Shang Lin, he said, "Let's have lunch together."

Shang Lin immediately refused, saying, "My house is right across the street. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

Mr. Lin didn't insist. "Alright then, it's close to home so we can rest for a while. We'll be going now."

Lin Shengqi was taken away by his father on a bicycle. Shang Lin immediately asked Meng Zhe, "Didn't anyone from your family come? Where are you going to rest at noon?"

Meng Zhe said somewhat awkwardly, "My family has run away, so how can they take care of me? I just ate at a restaurant and waited there for the afternoon exam."

Shang Lin wanted to ask, "What ran away?"

But now was clearly not the time to talk about that, so he pointed to the seventh floor across the street and said, "Would you like to come to my house? You don't have to pay for meals, and I can share half of my bed with you. We can take the exam together this afternoon. If you don't want to sleep in a separate bed, I can sleep on the sofa."

Meng Zhe was taken aback. "Would it be inconvenient for me to go to your house?"

Shang Lin gave an awkward laugh, "As long as you're not scared, it's fine. After all, my family is a bit special."

In fact, Shang Lin wanted to call his family and tell them not to show up if they shouldn't, but cell phones weren't allowed during the exam, and his family members were even more nervous than he was taking the exam. How could he ask them not to see him?

Most importantly, what will they eat for lunch if Qiu Niang or Hu Tangdi don't cook? It's the first exam period, what if they eat out and get sick? Better safe than sorry.

Meng Zhe looked at Shang Lin with great confusion, "What could be so special about your family?"

In Meng Zhe's opinion, although Shang Lin could see some things and even attract some ghosts, he only had his godfather at home, so how special could he be?

At most, he'd be like Shang Lin, but his godfather isn't his biological father, so he can't inherit anything from his family even if he wanted to. Besides, how special could he be compared to his own family?

Shang Lin grabbed Meng Zhe's arm. "Let's go. You'll see when we get there, but you have to believe me, I have absolutely no ill intentions towards you." This is a golden opportunity with incredible luck; if you can grab it, grab it!

If the Divine Lord knew what Shang Lin was thinking, he would surely ridicule him again, or at least say, "You don't act like the leader of a sect."

Shang Lin would calmly reply, "Times have changed."

Meng Zhe, confused, followed Shang Lin up to the seventh floor, saying as they walked, "Why did you rent the top floor? It must be so tiring to climb up and down every day."

Shang Lin spoke frankly, "It saves money and also provides exercise."

“…Alright.” Meng Zhe conceded, but when he stood on the top floor and saw Shang Lin open the door, he paused slightly. “Your house…is there something in your house?”

Shang Lin immediately gave Meng Zhe a thumbs up, "You're amazing. But whatever my family has is good, otherwise I wouldn't be able to keep it by my side so we can all live together."

Despite Shang Lin's casual tone, Meng Zhe still felt a chill run down his spine. This person... was far more mysterious than he knew. But it wouldn't be surprising if someone who could break his father's puppetry had some oddities around him, right?

It's ridiculous that when he saw the female ghost at school before, he ran out to save Shang Lin without a care in the world. At that time, he said he took the wrong road, but he was obviously just trying to fool himself. His real purpose was to face the female ghost.

As soon as Shang Lin opened the door, the aroma of food wafted out. He didn't know what Qiu Niang had made, but she had laid out a whole table of food. As soon as she saw him, she said, "Hurry up and wash your hands and eat. There's still lunch left..."

Upon seeing that Shang Lin was followed by a tall boy, Qiu Niang immediately shut up. As soon as she heard that he had returned, Ji Xiaoyao and Shen Jun rushed to the living room. Hu Tangdi, who was setting out the bowls and chopsticks, immediately froze in place.

Everyone seemed to have been frozen in place for a moment, but their thoughts were surprisingly unanimous: "Why did the sect leader bring people back?"

Although Meng Zhe had prepared himself mentally, he was still dumbfounded when he saw this scene, especially the small and white deity, which made him feel like he was in a dream.

Seeing that everyone seemed frozen in place, Shang Lin hurriedly said, "Don't just stand there, let me introduce you. This is my classmate Meng Zhe, and this is..."

Everyone snapped out of their daze upon hearing Shang Lin's voice. Hu Tangdi immediately stepped in front of him, "Sect Leader, why did you bring him home? Aren't you worried..."

Shang Lin glanced at Hu Tangdi indifferently, and she immediately fell silent, then obediently went to set out the bowls and chopsticks.

"Old Man Chai" hurriedly said, "Guests are welcome, please wash your hands and eat." He didn't believe Shang Lin would do anything he wasn't sure of, and besides, were all these people in the family just for show?

Shang Lin reached out and pulled Meng Zhe to the bathroom, turned on the tap, and said, "Hurry up and wash. Hu Tangdi didn't mean any harm. She's just outspoken. The person who spoke to me when I came in was Qiu Niang. She's an excellent cook. As for that little man, he's a spirit."

Meng Zhe mechanically washed his hands, but subconsciously asked, "Who exactly are you? They aren't all ghosts."

Shang Lin spoke frankly, "My situation is a bit complicated, and it can't be explained in just a few words. If you want to know, we can talk in detail after the exam. But I'm a little curious, what's missing from your house?"

There are some things sealed in the Meng family's underground "museum". If those things are lost, the Meng family will indeed be unable to take care of Meng Zhe.

Meng Zhe frankly admitted, "Actually, I don't know what it is either. My dad only told me that something was missing from the house. He probably didn't tell me because he was afraid it would affect my exams, but even if he had, what could I have done?"