Chapter 60 Chapter 60

"No time."

"Let's talk later."

"...Are you there?"

"...Tomorrow, ok."

"Hotel? Find one yourself."

After hanging up the phone, Gu Chi grabbed the railing and climbed onto the bed in two steps.

Come to think of it, Gu Chi had said before that he had no parents.

Xi Bai came to his senses now and was speechless. He blamed himself for cursing himself in his heart. Now think about it: Yes, the ghost king born between heaven and earth, how could he have parents!

Xi Bai stared at a pair of round eyes that sparkled in the night, quietly waiting for Gu Chi to speak.

"Ahem." Gu Chi coughed lightly, "Um, are you free tomorrow? I want to take you to see my...family."

Yeah, cousin, he just heard it.

Xi Bai thought.

Of course, he still didn't show any emotion, and just said, "Okay, you arrange the time."

"Yeah." Gu Chi nodded, lying down and hugging Xi Bai's waist, "Then make an appointment with them tomorrow morning."

"Screen the alarm?"

"Wake up naturally, it's New Year's Day."

"Okay."

His ears were kissed, leaving a warm and slightly itchy touch.

Xi Bai raised her hands and rubbed them, feeling the warmth from the boy's chest on her back.

"Good night, baby."

"Good night, Gu Chi."

In the end, the wish to sleep until waking up naturally did not come true. When the first ray of morning light broke through the mist, Gu Chi's phone vibrated.

He almost teleported under the bed, and Gu Chi gritted his teeth and pressed the mute button.

Listening to Xi Bai's mumbling after being woken up and the sound of him turning over in a half-asleep state, he answered the phone with gritted teeth.

"What are you doing?"

"Wow, cousin, you are so fierce." The boy on the other end of the phone sounded aggrieved.

"If you have something to say, say it quickly!" Gu Chi said impatiently.

"It's already the second day, didn't you say you would take me to meet my sister-in-law today?" The boy's tone became lively again, and he said excitedly.

Gu Chi rubbed his temples. He almost forgot that as a non-human opponent, and when he first came to the world, many of his cognitive concepts were different from those of humans.

He said tomorrow, and this guy really thought it was the second of dawn.

"Don't make noise." Gu Chi lowered his voice, "Let's talk later, I'll call you..."

"It's okay, let's go in a minute."

A sleepy voice came from the upper bunk, and Xi Bai yawned.

Gu Chi raised his head, "Won't you sleep a little longer?"

His tone suddenly changed from disgust to tenderness, which made the boy on the other end of the phone feel sore and raised his hands to cover his face, his facial features wrinkled with numbness.

What kind of face-changing performances are the ghost troupe in the underworld doing every day? Wouldn't it be better to let his cousin go on stage?

Xi Bai shook his head and moved to the bed, and his hanging leg was grabbed by the ankle by Gu Chi.

His thumb rubbed the thin and protruding ankle, and the eyes of both parties met and were so disgusting that they were about to tear.

After making so much noise early in the morning that his ears turned red, Xibai shook his head and said, "I'm not going to sleep anymore."

He usually has a hard time falling asleep.

"Okay, I'll take you to wash up later." Gu Chi kissed Xibai on the smooth and white calf, and his eyes narrowed with a smile.

Xibai stepped on his shoulders and tried to push him away, but Gu Chi grabbed his ankles with his backhand, stepped on his chest with his soles, and pressed hard on his chest muscles.

Xibai: ...

With a red face, Xibai went back into the quilt to cover his head.

Gu Chi smiled so hard that his teeth were showing. After retracting his hand, he rubbed his fingers and licked his lips.

"............ Cousin."

The person on the other end of the phone couldn't help but remind him.

He's still here!

Gu Chi said indifferently, "Okay, I'll give you an address later, go there by yourself."

After saying that, he hung up the phone without waiting for the cousin to answer.

After turning the phone to do not disturb and putting it back on the table, Gu Chi raised his head, "Baby?"

There was a big round quilt bulging on the bed. It was impossible to block the sound, but the person inside seemed not to hear it.

Looking at the soft quilt, Gu Chi glanced at the time again.

It's still early.

Thinking of this, he turned over and climbed onto the bed again.

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When he carried the person to the passenger seat, Xi Bai was still embarrassed.

He motioned for Gu Chi to put him down, but the latter said, "The school is empty, no one will see you."

Xi Bai reluctantly agreed.

The main reason is nothing else, it's just that he went a little too far last night. Now when he walks, his thighs exert force, and the friction between the skin is a little painful.

And just now Gu Chi made a fuss again.

Although this time he used his hands, the result is that Xi Bai's arms are now so sore that he can't lift them .

"We knew we had to meet..." Xi Bai buried his face in Gu Chi's shoulder, leaving only two blood-red ears exposed.

Gu Chi said: "It's okay, just let him wait."

"That's not very polite." Xi Bai said.

Although he is just a cousin, he is also Gu Chi's family after all, so Xi Bai is still a little nervous.

"He is very noisy, and he won't just wait there. It's good that he doesn't make trouble and let me clean up the mess." Gu Chi said.

The two drove to a nearby shopping mall. From a distance, they saw a group of people gathered in the middle of the first floor, watching something.

At first, Xi Bai thought it was a stage for some New Year's performance, but after parking the car and taking the elevator upstairs with Gu Chi, they realized it was not.

The group was watching a handsome guy... telling fortunes.

A tall and strong man with strong features, a high nose and broad face, and very dark and thick eyebrows was telling fortunes. He pulled a piece of cloth in an empty corner on the first floor of the mall. Some money, jade pendants and other valuables were already placed on the cloth, which looked like they were just earned.

He didn't place any statues of gods, prayer flags, or tortoise shells.

The boy sat on the cloth with his legs crossed, his arms propped up on his thighs, and his chin in his hand while talking to the person who came to him for fortune-telling.

The couple was doing the calculation. The girl looked like a student, while the boy was about seven or eight years older. He was fat and white, and his eyes were squeezed into a slit by the fat on his face. He was smiling dryly, as if he wanted to pull the girl away.

"Let's go, sweetie. How can these charlatans be accurate?" said the fat boy.

The girl didn't want to leave, and pulled her boyfriend. "What's wrong with the calculation? Don't look at this guy's young age. He just calculated a lot of Aquaman scumbags and scumbags. He also calculated a fugitive who had plastic surgery and shaved his head. He has been arrested."

The sound of police car sirens came from outside, as if to confirm the girl's words.

The corner of the Bubble Meat boy's mouth twitched, but he didn't seem to be relieved after listening to it. Instead, he seemed to be more worried. He grabbed his girlfriend's hand and was about to leave, "Ha, so, but there is no need. Who do you want to be, little sweetie..."

The girl stared at him with wide eyes, "What's wrong, I'm just curious, is there anything you don't want me to know!"

"No! Of course not!" The boy said hurriedly.

During the whole process, the tall and strong handsome guy held his chin and watched the young couple talking and yawning, and he didn't seem to be in a hurry at all.

Seeing that he couldn't argue, the Bubble Meat boy had to cooperate and walked to the front of the stall.

He took out his mobile phone and looked around, "Do you have a QR code?"

"What code?" The tall and strong boy raised his eyelids and looked at him.

The corners of the bubble-fleshed man's mouth twitched twice again. He put away his phone and searched his pockets, which were bulging with his fat flesh. In the end, he couldn't find even a single banknote.

But his girlfriend was beside him, so he had to take off his watch, which looked very valuable, and put it on the paper money and valuables on the fabric of the booth.

"Hey, brother, my sweetheart wants you to tell her fortune, but you have to be nice!" When he said the last sentence, his pronunciation suddenly became heavier.

The boy yawned again and glanced at the watch.

He looked back lazily and looked at the girl, "What's it?"

"Can he and I get married?" The girl pointed at herself and her boyfriend next to her and asked expectantly.

She and the boy met while playing games online. At first, they just liked each other's voices, but they fell in love after spending a long time together.

Although she was not satisfied with the other person's appearance when they met offline, her friends around her also advised her to break up after seeing the photos of the two of them. But this girl thinks that appearance is not that important, and finding a reliable and good person is the most important thing.

The two have been together for three years. Although they are in different places most of the time, she thinks that as long as she is determined enough, she will definitely be able to walk towards the palace of happiness. After

she asked, she hoped that the fortune-telling guy in front of her could give her an answer that would make her happy.

Unexpectedly, after listening to him, the other party didn't even look at her and her boyfriend.

"No."

The girl's footsteps staggered, "What, what..."

The chubby boy quickly held the girl's shoulders and started to curse, "Your grandfather, what did you say!"

"I said no." The boy looked at the chubby boy's fat hand that was stretched out to take the watch back.

He took out a bamboo stick from nowhere and swung it casually.

With a crisp "snap" sound, the chubby boy withdrew his hand with a scream, and the watch fell on the cloth.

He looked at the back of his hand in horror, and saw a black and red blood mark that was shocking.

"Fuck you!" The chubby boy wanted to rush up and fight.

The girl was heartbroken and about to cry. She asked in confusion and injustice: "Why?"

The tall fortune-teller shook the bamboo stick in his hand and said nonchalantly: "I remember that you don't allow you to marry two people at the same time."

After this, not only was the girl stunned, but the surroundings were silent.

Even the bubble-fleshed boy who raised his fist froze in place.

He came to his senses and pointed at the fortune-teller and cursed: "Your uncle, what nonsense are you talking about!"

"On June 30 last year, you said you were going on a business trip, but you actually went home to celebrate your wife's birthday; on September 2, you said you were going to a closed training, but you actually attended your son's opening ceremony; on November 7, you said you were catching up with the project and resting at the company, but it was actually your wedding anniversary..." With

every sentence he said, the bubble-fleshed boy's face turned paler.

Soon, there was a burst of teasing and sighing, and the girl came to her senses and burst into tears on the spot.

People blocked her and started to blame and criticize her, and a few girls took the crying girl aside to comfort her.

Xi Bai, who was standing by and watching the whole process, opened his mouth in surprise. The boy just now seemed to have done nothing, but he exposed the scumbag's lies as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

Is this the reason why so many people gathered here? It really looks amazing!

He was surprised, but unexpectedly found that Gu Chi next to him was rubbing his eyebrows, and he looked like he had a headache.

Moreover, Gu Chi's eyes were locked on the boy sitting in the booth.

Huh?

Xibai was stunned. Could it be...

Just as he was thinking, the boy who was sitting on the ground with his chin in his hand watching the show turned his head, and his eyes seemed to be locked on the two people outside the crowd.

He jumped up from the ground and waved his hand happily, "Cousin!"

The boy patted his trouser legs, pushed through the crowd and walked in front of Gu Chi.

When he saw Xibai next to him, he tilted his head and looked at the man carefully from top to bottom.

"This is my sister-in-law... Well! It's really a male sister-in-law!"

Xibai's ears turned red instantly. It turned out that this man was really Gu Chi's cousin.

"Hello, my name is Xibai." Xibai shyly leaned to the side, and his shoulder bumped against Gu Chi's arm, which made him feel a little better.

He added softly, "Now I'm Gu Chi's boyfriend."

Gu Chi glanced at him and added seriously, "In the future too."

Xibai bumped him with his shoulder.

The boy pouted and looked Gu Chi up and down, as if he was very disgusted.

Looking back at Xibai, he smiled and stretched out his hand, "Hello Xibai, my name is Xie Jian, and I'm the cousin of this guy."

He stretched out a finger to Gu Chi.

Gu Chi closed his eyes.

"Okay, let's go."

Xibai was held by Gu Chi's shoulder and walked into the mall. Xie Jian followed with his hands behind his back, talking to the two of them with a smile.

After walking a few steps, Xibai remembered something and asked Xie Jian, "Your money..."

He saw that there was a lot of money on the cloth that Xie Jian used for fortune-telling. The watch on the boy's wrist might be worth six figures. So he didn't want it?

"Oh, I don't need it." Xie Jian shrugged and said nonchalantly, "Sister-in-law, if you want it, I'll take it back."

Before Xibai could say anything, Gu Chi replied, "He doesn't need it."

"He only spends my money." Gu Chi added.

"He~only~spends~my~money~~" Xie Jian rolled his eyes.

The two brothers were arguing with each other, and Xibai began to daydream.

Xie Jian's attitude of not caring about money and his words "I don't need it" made him suddenly realize that if Gu Chi is not a human, then his cousin is probably not a human either.

Xie Jian... Xibai pondered over this name.

He did not know Xie Jian, but he knew that there was a creature with the same pronunciation as Xie Jian in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

The mythical beast representing fairness and justice - Xiezhi.

Xibai knew about Xiezhi not only because he had read about it in books, but also because he often saw Xiezhi statues in real life - the four-legged statues with a horn on their heads, which looked like unicorns, were placed at the entrances of all courts.

Xiezhi has bright and clear eyes.

——Translated into adult language, it means: big-eyed handsome guy.

Xibai turned his head to look.

When Xie Jian looked at him with a pair of energetic big round eyes and asked him "What's wrong with sister-in-law", Xibai was already 70% sure of his guess.

"Is there anything you want to eat?" he asked Xie Jian.

Xie Jian touched his chin, "Well, as long as it's meat, oh yes, I have a big appetite, it's better to have big dishes."

"Then let's have a buffet." Xibai flipped through his mobile phone and took the two of them to a recently opened and very popular self-service barbecue restaurant on the third floor of the mall.

But when Xiezhi walked to the door, he paused. He glanced at the side and immediately said, "This restaurant uses high-tech meat."

His voice was not loud, but when the store manager who came forward to greet the guests with a smile heard it, his face was obviously stiff for a moment.

"Then let's go to another one." Gu Chi hugged Xi Bai and turned around and left.

Xie Jian also ignored the embarrassed store manager beside him and followed him.

"Have you been to that store?" Xi Bai asked.

Xie Jian paused and answered subconsciously: "No."

"Then how did you know?" Xi Bai blinked, as if he was very surprised and surprised.

Xie Jian groaned.

Gu Chi handed the phone to Xi Bai, "Baby, do you want to go to this one? It's upstairs."

Xi Bai glanced at Gu Chi with the rest of his eyes, and then, as if his attention was attracted, he lowered his head to look at the screen, "Okay, let's go to this one."

The few people continued to move forward, and when Xi Bai was not paying attention, Gu Chi gave Xie Jian a warning look.

Be careful with what you say.

Xie Jian scratched his face and looked away.

Tsk…

Gu Xiu frowned and his eyes became more serious.

Xie Jian sighed speechlessly.

Got it, got it!

Xi Bai remained calm, but his heart became more determined.

He went to that store on purpose - Zhuang Suan had followed an online store exploration blogger to check in before, and complained to him on WeChat for three days after he came back.

But Xie Jian had obviously never been there, but he knew it accurately and said it directly.

Xi Bai immediately thought of the legend that when the Xiezhi saw a bad person in office, it would use its horns to knock the person down and eat him. This also represents a characteristic of this mythical beast: it can distinguish right from wrong - that is, it knows the truth of all things in the world.

And as a "fair and upright beast", Xiezhi has another characteristic: never telling lies.

The 70% certainty increased to 90%.

At the same time, Xibai had another idea in his mind.

The new restaurant was a self-service restaurant where you could order dishes. The three of them sat down, Xibai and Gu Chi sat on one side, and Xie Jian sat alone on the other side.

"See what you want to eat." Xibai asked for the menu and handed it to Xie Jian opposite him.

"Thank you, sister-in-law." Xie Jian stretched out her hand to take it.

"Just call me Xibai." Xibai said.

He felt a little embarrassed to be called sister-in-law all the time.

Xibai poured everyone a glass of lemonade, and as if he was chatting casually, he looked at Gu Chi and asked.

"Come to think of it, you never told me that you have a cousin."

Gu Chi groaned.

Actually, to be honest, he had never expected that Xie Jian would run into Xi Bai one day.

Xie Jian himself was a divine beast, accustomed to living in the mountains and forests. Because he had a good relationship with Gu Chi, he would often stay in the underworld for a few days. But except for a few major events in history where snow fell in June and he needed to judge justice, he had hardly ever set foot in the human world.

And this year, it was because Xie Jian accidentally heard that his cousin, the old tree that never bloomed for thousands of years, was actually in love! And the other party was a human!

Out of curiosity and greed for novelty, he suddenly decided to come to the human world to see what kind of person could be so charming to Gu Chi.

Before Gu Chi could say anything, Xie Jian, who was flipping through the menu and sighing at how many delicious foods there were in the world, responded casually.

"Oh, we are not related by blood."

Xi Bai turned his head and Gu Chi nodded.

"Oh?"

Xi Bai's tone was a little doubtful, and he put the glass of lemonade that belonged to Xie Jian in front of him. He looked at the boy with big and bright eyes in front of him and raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Then when did you two know each other?"

Xie Jian paused in drinking water, and Gu Chi's eyelids twitched suddenly.

When did we know each other... thousands of years ago.

Xie Jian hesitated to see Gu Chi. Before he came, Xie Bian specifically reminded Xi Bai that he was afraid of ghosts, so he didn't know that Gu Chi was not a human.

For fear of scaring people, Xie Qian couldn't really say that he and Gu Chi had known each other for thousands of years.

But he wouldn't lie!

"Ahem." Gu Chi spoke, signaling Xie Qian with his eyes to shut up quickly, "Baby, you said two days ago that you wanted to eat roasted pineapple, is there any here?"

He really wanted to tell Xi Bai his true identity, but not at this time of dinner.

Moreover, after telling the story two days ago, Xi Bai seemed not to understand it, which made Gu Chi feel a little confused for a while, not knowing whether he should reveal more or hint more.

Poor technique of changing the topic...

Xi Bai complained in his heart, and when he turned around, his face was full of smiles again.

"Yes, this restaurant seems to have grilled pineapples." "

I ordered it!" Xie Jian immediately raised his hand, "I ordered three servings of frosted grilled pineapples, one for each person!"

Xibai nodded, "Okay."

"What about the meat? What kind of meat do you want to eat? This thick-cut beef cubes?"

Xie Jian asked again. Xibai nodded again, "Sure."

The two of them talked back and forth, and then Xibai simply took the menu and ordered with him.

Xiezhi's usual foodie attribute unexpectedly came in handy at this moment, and Gu Chi rarely liked him.

At this moment, Xibai held down Xie Jian's hand that wanted to turn the page.

The menu stopped at the drinks, and Xibai stretched out his hand and pointed to a picture on the menu.

"Would you like to order some wine?"

Seeing that both of them were looking at him without saying anything, he looked at each other blankly.

"Don't you guys drink?"

Xibai looked at Xie Qian and then at Gu Chi.

"I said we should celebrate the New Year and also celebrate that we are officially together."

Xie Qian still had his mouth slightly open without reacting when he heard a decisive sentence from the side:

"Order."