When Qi Huaijin woke up, a doctor and several members of a special team were standing by his bedside. They all breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that he was awake.
The leader, still shaken, said, "Master Qi, you really scared us to death."
Qi Huaijin coughed a few times, asked some questions, and confirmed that the seal on the hidden door was still secure.
Because there was a doctor present, it wasn't appropriate to say much. So, after the doctor told Qi Huaijin to take care of herself and rest, he led everyone out of the ward.
The only sound in the huge ward was the dripping of IV fluids.
Qi Huaijin slightly raised her hand and touched her lips; they felt icy cold.
He kissed Gu Qingqiu in his dream, but perhaps it wasn't a dream...
Qi Huaijin quickly noticed the abnormality in his body; there was an inescapable ghostly aura within him.
At first, Qi Huaijin thought he had been accidentally affected by a backlash, but he soon discovered that the ghostly aura had a sense of familiarity and was not hostile to him.
After a moment of contemplation, Qi Huaijin summoned the water ghost from the pearl necklace, confirming his suspicions—the little female ghost had saved him once again.
But where has she gone now? She used to be so clingy, but now she always seems to disappear.
Qi Huaijin realized that he knew nothing about the little ghost girl, not even where she lived or where her grave was located.
Yesterday, those ghosts... dressed like the underworld's ghost messengers, and they actually called Gu Qingqiu "Miss".
Could it be that the little ghost girl comes from an extraordinary background?
Qi Huaijin had always thought that Gu Qingqiu had a bad relationship with her family, otherwise why would she leave the underworld and run to the mortal world?
How could her parents allow her to linger in the mortal realm for so long?
Qi Huaijin had so many questions he wanted to ask, but he couldn't wait for Gu Qingqiu to appear until a week later when the doctor determined that he could be discharged from the hospital.
Qi Huaijin went home and then went to the incense shop, but still couldn't find Gu Qingqiu.
She acted as if she had never existed. If her ghostly aura hadn't been constantly influencing Qi Huaijin, Qi Huaijin might have even thought that Gu Qingqiu was a figment of his imagination.
Qi Huaijin has been frequently turning the obsidian bracelet on her wrist lately, and she also seems to be lost in thought a lot.
The ghosts in the incense shop also noticed that Qi Huaijin was acting strangely, but none of them dared to come out and mention Gu Qingqiu, for fear of touching Qi Huaijin's sore spot.
Actually, becoming a living dead isn't so bad. It's just that after more than ten years, I won't be able to contact my current work partners anymore, and I might have to use a different identity and name.
Because the living dead don't age, which is illogical.
But once he becomes a living dead, Qi Huaijin is no longer a simple person. Perhaps he no longer needs to strictly follow the doctrines of human sorcerers, and he and the little female ghost can no longer be considered completely separated by life and death.
Qi Huaijin finally admitted that he missed Gu Qingqiu and wanted to see her. If she didn't show up, he would go find her himself.
Qi Huaijin had lost count of how many times he had used the ghost-finding talisman on Gu Qingqiu. He drew the talisman with practiced ease and burned it. However, this time, the location marked by the white light seemed to be particularly far away.
Why did Gu Qingqiu go to such a remote place?
Qi Huaijin simply started the car and drove towards the direction indicated by the white light.
More than an hour later, Qi Huaijin stopped the car at the foot of a mountain, looking somewhat stunned. This was... the place where Gu Qingqiu first met him. However, at that time, Qi Huaijin had no intention of paying any attention to this little ghost who was pushing her luck.
When Qi Huaijin went up the mountain again, his feelings were completely different—Gu Qingqiu was on the mountain, and he was about to see her.
As if he didn't feel tired, Qi Huaijin even quickened his pace.
The white light disappeared in the cemetery, and Qi Huaijin did not see Gu Qingqiu's figure, so there was only one possibility—Gu Qingqiu was sleeping in her own cemetery.
Qi Huaijin felt a little nervous. Was he really going to find out about Gu Qingqiu's background in this way?
The cemetery looked like it hadn't been cleaned in a long time; the weeds were growing very tall. If Qi Huaijin hadn't taken on a job earlier, he wouldn't even have known that there was such a cemetery in the suburbs.
The inscriptions on the tombstones here look quite old, and there are no photos of the deceased.
After searching through several rows, Qi Huaijin finally found a tombstone with the name "Gu Qingqiu" on it. The inscription read that she was a young woman from the Gu family of Chujiang who died young, but there was no further information.
Qi Huaijin touched the cold tombstone with a pang of heartache, then began patiently clearing away the weeds around it.
Gu Qingqiu had been in a daze for the past few days, so she didn't open her eyes when she heard the noise outside the tombstone. It wasn't until the moon was hanging in the sky that she rubbed her eyes and prepared to float out of the tombstone to stretch her body.
But as soon as her foot left the tombstone, she heard a familiar voice, "Awake?"
Gu Qingqiu shuddered in fright and immediately pulled her foot back. Was she still dreaming? Or had she not woken up yet? Otherwise, how could she hear Qi Huaijin's voice here?
But soon Qi Huaijin's helpless tone made Gu Qingqiu realize that this was not a misperception.
Qi Huaijin sighed and said in a declarative tone, "You're avoiding me."
Gu Qingqiu hugged her legs with both hands and remained silent.
Qi Huaijin knew that Gu Qingqiu could hear him, so he continued, "Can you tell me why? Did I do something to upset you? You disappeared without a word, and I was really worried about you."
Gu Qingqiu couldn't help but pinch her thigh again, using the pain to prove that it wasn't an illusion.
When has Qi Huaijin ever spoken to me in such a gentle tone? Has he been bewitched?
Having considered all sorts of bizarre ideas, Gu Qingqiu felt that no one could possibly cast such an illogical curse on Qi Huaijin, this master sorcerer, so the reason might be...
Gu Qingqiu said sullenly, "If you want to thank me for saving you, there's no need. I did save you, but I also harmed you."
If she hadn't taken it upon herself to channel ghost energy into Qi Huaijin, he wouldn't have become a living dead. Doesn't he hate her at all?
"I'm sorry." Qi Huaijin sighed, "I don't understand you at all, but you don't understand me at all either. I never had any friends to begin with, and the people I'm close to now are all people I work with, so it doesn't matter if I never have to contact them again. I'm still a sorcerer, and I can still use my abilities to protect the peace of the mortal realm."
“So…” Qi Huaijin said sincerely, “Qingqiu, come home with me.”
When a man's words are sharp enough, he can even fool a ghost. Gu Qingqiu was tricked out of the tombstone by Qi Huaijin in a daze, and then tricked into the obsidian bracelet on his hand in a daze, and then he took her home.
"What kind of relationship do we have now?" Gu Qingqiu sat on the sofa in a daze for a while, but still couldn't help but ask.
Qi Huaijin sat down beside her and gently patted Gu Qingqiu's head. "What kind of relationship do you think we have?"
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