Chapter 163 Obsession is the gift
"Yueyue, what are you thinking about?"
Dongfang Qi waved his hand in front of her, and Lin Qingyue came back to her senses.
"What did you call me?" she asked seriously, "I'm your master now, how can you be so disrespectful?"
Dongfang Qi said, "I just slipped my tongue. We're in private now, and it would be too formal for me to call you Deputy Envoy Lin or Prince Chaolan. We haven't officially become disciples yet, so it's not appropriate for me to call you Master. We're close friends, so is it okay to call you by your nickname?"
Lin Qingyue wasn't a person who cared much about rules. Thinking back to how he'd always addressed Dongfang Qi by his given name, sometimes even calling him Xiaohua, he didn't get angry either.
If you care too much, you will end up being inferior.
But the word "Yueyue" always reminds her of her old friend.
But then I thought again, three thousand years have passed, and the past is hard to come back to, so why bother too much about a name?
So she waved her hand and said, "Forget it, it's just a name. Call me whatever you want."
The most important thing is that she doesn't seem to reject it in her heart.
"Then I will call you that in private from now on, Yueyue." Dongfang Qi seemed very happy and even ate an extra bowl of rice.
Lin Qingyue frowned at him and said, "Remember to pay for your meals. Even brothers have to settle accounts!"
Late at night, when everyone is asleep, who will listen when the clock stops?
Xie Shouzheng returned to his mansion to rest at the sound of the three-o'clock gong.
His family's house was a large mansion with five courtyards given by the prince, but he had very few servants.
There were only an old cook who cooked, an old maid who took care of his daily life, and an old servant who guarded the door, a total of three people in the house.
These three people were the ones who took care of him after he was picked up by the prince and brought back to the Eastern Palace. They also knew his identity as a wolf demon.
Xie Shouzheng was nostalgic and people who were used to it didn't like to change it. He ate a few bites of the food left for him by the kitchen and went to bed.
He always slept well, falling asleep almost as soon as he lay down, snoring loudly while sleeping, and occasionally murmuring a few words:
"Your Highness, I don't want to leave the East Palace. Xiao Hui, I just want to be your beloved pet for the rest of my life..."
"Hongyao, get out of the way! Don't take over my case!"
"Your Highness... Hongyao... don't even think about snatching the Crown Prince from me..."
It was late at night when a dark shadow squeezed in through the gap in the window frame and slowly gathered in the room.
"Wuwuwuwu... I'm so cold... Wuwuwuwu..."
Xie Shouzheng turned over and cursed impatiently, "Who's crying? You're disturbing me and making me restless!"
Suddenly, he felt a chill on his back, and his eyes, which suddenly opened, emitted a cold, oily green light.
"who?"
He rolled over and sat up, and the evil spirit that had been in the room just now disappeared instantly.
Xie Shouzheng looked around the room, scratched his head, and was a little confused:
"Strange, why did I suddenly feel a ghost coming into my dream just now? Could it be that a wronged spirit is looking to complain to me?"
This kind of thing has happened before.
But it won’t appear and disappear suddenly like it does now.
Was it an illusion? A sequelae of the many bizarre cases he'd seen during the day?
So, the carefree Xie Shouzheng lay down again.
But just as he fell into a dream and was playing catch with his beloved Crown Prince, he suddenly heard sobbing sounds entering his ears.
He was distracted for a moment, and the ball thrown by the prince hit his wolf head with a "bang".
"Ouch!" Xie Shouzheng woke up with a scream, and looked around, only darkness and nothing.
"Who are you? If you have truly been wronged, please come forward and I will redress your grievance!"
No one responded, as if everything that had just happened was just an illusion in a dream.
However, when he lay down again, the sobbing sound appeared again...
The next morning, Mr. Xie, who was never late, was late for a rare occasion.
After Da Mi finished counting the hours, he looked around but didn't see Xie Shouzheng. He asked curiously, "It's time to go on duty, why hasn't Mr. Xie shown up yet?"
Hong Yao was talking to Lin Qingyue when she heard this and asked, "Are you tired last night and overslept today?"
Xie Shouzheng and Hong Yao handled the case last night together:
A man died in an accident. Fearing that his wife would remarry, he refused to leave her and would come back every night in the middle of the night to knock on her door:
"It's me, Chun. Open the door quickly. I'm back."
"Achun, why don't you open the door? Is there someone hiding in the house?"
"Open the door, let me see which adulterer dares to steal my wife!"
But he didn't know that after becoming a ghost, his consciousness became confused and he mistook his neighbor's door for his own home.
The neighbor whose door was knocked: “…”
Finally, the neighbors were so annoyed that they had to seek help from Xuan Jingsi.
After Xie Shouzheng and Hong Yao found the man's soul, they advised him to reincarnate well.
The ghost hugged Xie Shouzheng's thigh and cried bitterly: "I saved money for several years, scraped together money from everywhere, and finally got enough for the betrothal gift to marry a wife. But less than half a year later, she died in an accident."
"I can't accept this! My money, my wife..."
Xie Shouzheng used his talent for persuasion and tried hard to persuade the male ghost for a long time... but ended up persuading the male ghost to go berserk.
The male ghost's hair stood on end with rage, his eyes red as he roared, "You high-ranking officials, how could you possibly know the hardships of us low-class people? You can easily have three wives and four concubines, but it's so difficult for us to get married! You asked me to let go, why don't you let go?"
He roared and was about to turn into a fierce ghost and attack and hurt people.
Xie Shouzheng had no choice but to pull out the bloody whip and prepare to beat him up first.
If he listens to advice after the beating, he will be liberated. If he doesn't listen to advice, let him die again. Anyway, it's hard to persuade a damned ghost with good words.
At this moment, Hong Yao suddenly said, "If I return the betrothal gift to you, will you be willing to leave?"
The violent male ghost suddenly calmed down and turned to look at Hong Yao: "Can you really return it to me?"
Hong Yao nodded, smiling brightly: "Of course."
Xie Shouzheng hurriedly pulled Hongyao aside and said in a low voice, "How could you make such a promise? I've already asked about the betrothal gift, and they won't return it. Besides, the marriage is over, the house is settled, and the man is dead. A young widow with no skills can't survive without a little money to protect herself."
Hong Yao said, "I didn't make any false promises. Doesn't he want to return the betrothal gift? Then let his wife burn some money from the netherworld for him. He has no parents and doesn't need support. Even if you really give him money from the living world, he won't be able to receive it. It's better to give him something more practical."
Xie Shouzheng suddenly realized: "Wow, this is a brilliant trick! It kills two birds with one stone! As expected of a vixen, she's full of tricks."
Hong Yao rolled her eyes at him and said, "Is this how you praise people, Master Xie? Then don't praise me next time."
After burning paper money several times the amount of the betrothal gift for the male ghost, the male ghost's resentment completely disappeared, and he left with a full armful of money, feeling satisfied.
Before leaving, he was still muttering, "I wonder if you can marry in the underworld. If you can, I have so much money, wouldn't I be able to have three wives and four concubines?"
Hearing this, Hong Yao showed sarcasm on her face: "Men are nothing more than this."
Xie Shouzheng was unconvinced: "You're wrong. How can you generalize? For example, I'm not the kind of person who's obsessed with profit!"
Hong Yao glanced at him deeply: "Thank you, sir, you are naturally different."
Xie Shouzheng immediately smiled and asked, "Really? In your heart, I am still a special person! Hehe..."
It was at this moment that he realized Hong Yao was actually quite a good person. Although she had taken a wrong path, she corrected it in time. After joining the Xuanjing Division, she was diligent, pragmatic, and intelligent. She was indeed a good helper.
He was about to say something complimenting, but Hong Yao added, "You are not a human, so naturally you are different from ordinary people."
Xie Shouzheng was stunned: "Are you scolding me?"
Hong Yao laughed, "To others, that would be an insult. But to someone like you and me... it's just a statement of fact."
Xie Shouzheng said seriously, "Although we are demons, now that we have become human, we are still human! Remember, I am a human, and your superior! If you dare to insult your superior again, I will deduct your bonus!"
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