Past
Ye Jingning didn't believe in ghosts and gods, and wasn't interested in things like exorcising demons, which sounded outrageous. She'd spent her childhood studying and living away from home, even building a successful company. Too busy with school and work to care about anything metaphysical at home, she'd only come back to attend a ceremony.
After the sacrifice, she said hello to Ye Zhuoran and Ye Yu and said she would go back to the company immediately. She had just received two business orders yesterday and was very busy at the company, so she had not planned to come back to participate in the sacrifice.
But there was no way out. Ye Zhuoran kept calling. To put it bluntly, he could give up business and not make money, but he had to come back to worship his ancestor, a ancestor whom no one could offend.
Ye Jingan followed Ye Jingning and tried to sneak away, but Ye Zhuoran picked him up and asked loudly, "Where are you going?"
Ye Jingan stretched out his hands and pulled twice, but his clothes were tightly grasped and he could not break free. He could only lower his head and give up resistance, preparing to be criticized or beaten.
"Hey?! What are you doing? Don't hurt my precious grandson!" Ye Yu walked over and picked up Ye Jing'an.
"Dad, look at him. Don't spoil the child all the time, you've spoiled him!" Ye Zhuoran's face twisted, but he didn't dare to get angry. After all, Ye Yu was protecting his precious grandson, whom he held in his hands for fear of freezing and in his mouth for fear of melting, and he didn't stand up for his own son.
"What does he look like? Children of this age are lively. If everyone is as mature as you were when you were a child, wouldn't they be childish?" Ye Yu said.
"That's right, that's right!" Ye Jing'an immediately hardened up when he saw his grandfather on his side. He looked at his father with a smirk on his face and even stuck out his tongue to irritate him.
Ye Zhuoran: "..."
"Okay, you go back first." Ye Yu touched Ye Jing'an's little head with a gentle smile, "You performed well today. Grandpa will take you to the street to buy delicious food."
"Oh yeah, Grandpa is the best, long live Grandpa!" Ye Jing'an broke free from Ye Yu's arms and jumped up and shouted. He was still young and short, but his jumping ability was very good. With just a little jump, he could jump over Ye Zhuoran's head.
Ye Zhuoran narrowed his eyes, staring at the little monkey, speechless again. He had to endure it and wait until his grandfather was not around before beating him!
Ye Yu looked at his lively grandson with a doting look on his face, and was pulled by Ye Jing'an and jumped towards the street.
"Ah..." Ye Zhuoran thought to himself. He had always been a well-behaved child, and his mother was a gentle and virtuous woman. How could she have given birth to such a naughty child? He sighed deeply again and walked slowly back to clean up the house.
"Interesting." Liu Muzhe curled the corners of his mouth slightly.
Ye Jing'an and his grandfather went from the amusement park to the cinema, and finally to the mall to buy whatever they wanted. Ye Yu and his precious grandson were carrying a large amount of snacks and toys. They played for a long time, and in the evening, they slowly strolled back home.
Ye Yu sent him back to his room and said, "Jing'an, you must be exhausted today. Have a good sleep."
"Yeah, good night, Grandpa!" After tossing and turning for so long today, Ye Jingan was really tired and wanted to just lie down on the bed and fall asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow. But as soon as he lay down on the bed, the scene of the sacrifice in the morning unconsciously appeared in his mind.
Forbidden land, sacrifice, ancestor...
Suddenly, everything in his mind seemed to connect. He sat up and muttered to himself, reviewing everything: "The sacrifice is to the ancestor, so the choice of the sacrifice location must be related to the ancestor. Therefore, the forbidden area must be related to the ancestor. Maybe he lives there. Dad didn't let me in because he was afraid I would disturb him, so he scared me!"
Ye Jia'an's grin spread wide, but he quickly covered his mouth, afraid of waking his father and getting another beating. He threw on his clothes and shoes and headed towards the forbidden area, hoping to see if he could encounter this immortal ancestor.
Ye Yu and Ye Zhuoran could never have imagined that after standing for the entire morning at the sacrificial ceremony and playing with his grandfather for the entire afternoon, he didn't collapse into a sleepy rest at night. Instead, he still had the energy to continue working.
The weather wasn't great this year during the Dragon's Head-raising Festival. It felt like a light rain had just stopped in the evening, and the air was slightly chilly. The rain had cast a thin layer of mist over the osmanthus trees surrounding the forbidden area. Within the area lay a small lake, purple irises in full bloom, and a bluestone pavilion, completely empty on all sides, stood in its center.
Liu Muze sat in the stone pavilion, drinking wine. He wore a white shirt, black trousers, and his hair was half tied up. He looked gentle and clean, but there was a hint of inexplicable coldness around him. He stroked the pink chalcedony that Ye Chenyi had given him, and his thoughts returned to the last time he spent with Ye Chenyi...
"Waiter, give me a jar of sweet-scented osmanthus wine and two plates of braised beef." Ye Chenyi said, "The sweet-scented osmanthus wine they have here is the best."
Liu Muzhe looked around the shop and asked, "This place is so remote, have you been here before?"
"Of course. When I was young, I was a chivalrous man and went to many places. I know where the food is delicious." Ye Chen smiled, "Amu, stretch out your hand. I want to give you something."
Ye Chenyi dug into his pocket, pulled out a small gadget, and put it on his back. His movements were so fast that Liu Muze only saw a small section of the black thread that he had hidden.
"What is this, so mysterious?" Liu Muzhe asked with a smile.
"This is a piece of pink chalcedony that I found by chance. It looks beautiful, so I bought it for you." Ye Chen stood up with a smile and put the pink chalcedony around his neck.
Liu Muze looked at the pink chalcedony in his hand, which was still flashing with a faint white light in the middle, and asked curiously: "What is that white light in the middle?"
Ye Chenyi frowned slightly, took a sip of wine, and immediately returned to his previous smiling face. He calmly replied: "Maybe when this kind of jade was made into a pendant, something was put in it to make it more eye-catching. I also put something to ward off evil spirits in it to protect you. Do you like it?"
Liu Muze looked at the pink chalcedony hanging on his chest, smiled and hummed softly. He didn't ask any more questions and continued drinking.
Ye Chen took a quick glance and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he no longer had any doubts. The item had been delivered, but he felt empty inside. Ye Chen drank several glasses of wine in a row. His favorite sweet-scented osmanthus wine, however, made him feel more depressed the more he drank it today.
"You don't talk much today. Are you worried about something?" Liu Muzhe asked.
"Why, you like talking to me?" Ye Chen propped his face with one hand, smiling frivolously, like a dandy. "Amu, you're so handsome and elegant, those beautiful women pale in comparison to you. How about I marry you?"
"..." Liu Muzhe felt a little regretful that he shouldn't have asked him.
"Not happy?" Ye Chenyi's mouth curled up unconsciously, and he reached out to pinch his face, "Let me tell you, there are countless people who like me, don't regret it if you don't marry me."
Liu Muze opened his hand and said helplessly: "Stop it."
"What's wrong? Is it not okay for me to pinch my wife's face?" Ye Chen moved closer and wanted to touch him.
Liu Muzhe turned his head away.
"Amu, you're really not easy to tease. I won't tease you anymore." Ye Chen laughed loudly. After a while, he stopped laughing and said slowly, "According to my calculations, the last celestial demon will descend tomorrow. If we get rid of it, we can live in peace. This chaotic world with strange phenomena and rampant demons will soon come to an end."
"Is it finally over?" Liu Muzhe breathed a sigh of relief.
"Yes, everything... is about to end." Ye Chen stared at him with a complicated look.
Liu Muze noticed that Ye Chenyi was in a bad mood and asked softly, "What's wrong with you?"
"It's okay, just look at you." Ye Chen smiled faintly. He stared at her without blinking, and secretly said to her in his heart: Amu, I want to see you more, to carve your face into the depths of my soul. Because I don't know how long I can look at you like this, how long I can stay with you...
"What's so good about it? Drink your wine." Liu Muzhe raised his glass.
Ye Chenyi lowered his eyes and said with a smile: "Amu, after you ascend to heaven, you must first try the Forget Worry Wine in heaven. It is a rare and fine wine."
…
Thinking of this, Liu Muze smiled bitterly. How slow had he been back then, not even understanding the meaning behind his words? He hadn't expected that what he thought was a normal drink and chat would become the last.
The image in his mind flashed, and Ye Chenyi was lying in his arms, his entire body bloody and broken. He used up his last bit of strength to raise his hand, wanting to touch Amu's face again.
Liu Muze held his hand and put it to his face, saying softly, "Please don't leave, okay?"
"Amu, I'm happy... ahem, to be well... alive!" Ye Chenyi raised the corner of his mouth covered in blood and smiled with difficulty, then lowered his hands and closed his eyes.
"No, you can't leave!"
"I beg you, don't go."
"Wake up and look at me. I...will agree to anything you ask!"
"Please don't leave, okay? You are all I have..."
Ye Chenyi's soul turned into white spots of light and floated in the air. He desperately reached out to grab it, holding it tightly, but he couldn't keep a single particle.
"No wonder you have always refused to teach me fortune-telling. It turns out you were afraid that I would predict what would happen today!" Liu Muzhe knelt on the ground powerlessly, covering his face tightly.
"You lied to me..."
"What did I do wrong that you all abandoned me?"
…
The demon was destroyed, and the world returned to normal. Heaven rewards hard work, and those who achieve perfect merit can ascend to become immortals.
Liu Muze remembered that when his master died, he told him that his master had gone to heaven to become a god, so he didn't need to be sad. Liu Muze thought that his master had great magical powers when he was still a human, so now that he has become a god, he must be even more powerful and can definitely save Ye Chenyi.
He went to the civil servants in the heavens to inquire about his master, but after asking everywhere, he found that no one had ever heard of this person. Liu Muze did not give up and asked someone to help him check. It turned out that his master had also lied to him. His master did not become an immortal, but had now been reincarnated as a human.
Liu Muzhe found the emperor who was in charge of the birth and death of all things and said that he could give up ascension, could die, and was willing to pay any price just to save Ye Chenyi.
The emperor shook his head and said, "He used forbidden techniques and deserves heaven's punishment. I can't save him."
"Forbidden technique?" Liu Muzhe frowned.
"In this world, there are gains and losses. In the final battle, you should have been the one who died." The emperor sighed.
"What!" Liu Muze was stunned. In an instant, all the words Ye Chenyi said flooded into his mind.
Everything is coming to an end...
Can I marry you?
It's okay, look at you.
I like...living well...
Liu Muzhe closed his eyes, sighed deeply, and stopped thinking about it.
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