Mu Yu took out a jade bead engraved with runes from his body and handed it to Mu Tiantian, "This... I'll lend it to you first. This is a very effective amulet."
"Lend it to me?" Mu Tiantian took it and looked it over; it looked somewhat familiar.
She recalled that the clone seemed to have worn it when she was a child, but it was lost when she got separated from Mu Yu.
"I'm just taking care of the younger generation, otherwise people will say I'm bullying you." Mu Yu made up an excuse for herself.
Mu Tiantian teased, "Why are you being so kind?"
"Of course, people call him 'Mr. Benevolent Mu.' Keep him, but don't break him." With that, Mu Yu smiled and walked away with the ghost in a dashing manner.
Mu Tiantian recalled his question from earlier, remembering that he had lent her the jade beads for no apparent reason.
Is he testing her because he thinks she's his sister?
She had no recollection of what the purpose of the jade prayer beads was, nor had she ever seen the runes on them before, but they were still a good thing nonetheless.
Mu Tiantian carefully put away the jade Buddhist beads and walked towards Huo Jixiu's business car.
It was getting late, and she didn't want him to come along, but he insisted, so she went along with him to avoid upsetting him.
Mu Tiantian led several ghosts into the car. Before she even sat down, she sensed a small amount of resentment in the car. She saw Huo Jixiu looking at her with a serious expression and a hint of resentment in his eyes.
"You must have been waiting anxiously." Mu Tiantian smiled sweetly at him, stepped forward and kissed his cheek, then told Yang Han where they were going next.
After responding, Yang Han drove away from the building.
He looked in the rearview mirror and saw several pale-faced people sitting next to Mu Tiantian, and he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
Mu Tiantian told him about Huo Jixiu's amnesia, but he couldn't tell.
President Huo told him to speak less and just listen to Miss Mu, so he didn't dare to ask any questions and just did whatever she said.
She said she needed to perform a ritual to release the ghost she had captured from the hotel, which required going to several places, so she opened his psychic eyes, allowing him to see ghosts.
Only in this way could he avoid hitting ghosts while driving at night, thus preventing any danger.
Even though she had given him a protective charm, he was still a little scared.
"Assistant Yang, if you're too scared, I'll drive, and you can keep an eye on them for me?" Mu Tiantian asked with concern when she saw Yang Han looking nervous.
Yang Han naturally understood that she meant those ghosts when she said "they", and quickly replied, "No need, no need, I think driving is fine."
He'd rather die than sit with those ghosts.
Moreover, Huo Jixiu's expression has been noticeably off since just now. I don't know why, but these past two days I've felt that he's more frightening than a ghost.
Yang Han felt he was a good driver.
He was even somewhat afraid to be alone with Huo Jixiu.
Seeing that he insisted, Mu Tiantian didn't say anything more. Suddenly, she felt her wrist tighten.
"Why did Mu Yu give you something? What did he give you? Did you accept it?" Huo Jixiu's three questions were increasingly sarcastic.
Mu Tiantian noticed that the prayer beads on his wrist seemed to be trembling slightly, which meant that he was starting to get emotional.
She quickly took out the jade prayer beads that Mu Yu had given her and made an excuse to explain, "He lent them to me for self-defense. I'll have to return them to him later. This is definitely a sales tactic he's using to get me to buy his stuff."
Huo Jixiu's emotions stabilized slightly, and the black wooden prayer beads stopped trembling.
He reached out and placed his hand on her arm, where Mu Yu had just grabbed it, and asked softly, "He touched you?"
Mu Tiantian recalled the scene at the entrance of the building just now. Mu Yu had only tugged at her for a moment before letting go, not even for two seconds.
"That's just how they are..."
Before Mu Tiantian could finish speaking, Huo Jixiu pulled her forcefully, wrapping his other arm around her waist and drawing her into his embrace.
She sat on his lap, held tightly in his arms from behind.
The ghosts sitting to the side looked on with expressions of watching the show.
Mu Tiantian glared at them, and the ghosts immediately covered their eyes, refusing to look.
Huo Jixiu remained silent. He found that his emotions had become increasingly unstable since he met her, and he was now extremely sensitive, to the point that he would feel jealous if she smiled at another man.
He didn't want to tell her the truth, fearing that if she knew he had returned to his original form, she would keep her distance from him.
He didn't want to say much, afraid she would see through his act.
Mu Tiantian could clearly sense that Huo Jixiu was jealous. Worried that he might have extreme thoughts, she continued to explain, "He just stopped me for a moment because he had something to say to me. He accidentally bumped my arm. I don't know him well."
Huo Jixiu tightened his grip on her arm, but still didn't say anything.
Mu Tiantian touched his prayer beads; they were very stable, and the red string showed no signs of breaking. She breathed a sigh of relief.
She must resolve everything as soon as possible, then stay by his side to ease his resentment and help him return to normal.
...
Mu Tiantian took the ghosts back to their hometown, fulfilling their wish to reunite with their families and see them one last time.
Finally, they transformed into streaks of white light and scattered in all directions, beginning their search for the next chapter of their lives.
As for Huo Hai and his four ghosts, since they were unrepentant and caused deaths both in life and after death, Mu Tiantian has scattered them. However, they will exist in this world in another way, which can be considered as giving back to nature.
Mu Tiantian's counting bracelet stopped timing after it could no longer detect the magnetic field of those ghosts.
She returned to the Yusheng Building and, through a combination of persuasion and coaxing, finally got Huo Jixiu and Yang Han back to the company. After all, his company still had projects underway, and if he didn't deal with them soon, the projects would be abandoned.
Before leaving, she told Yang Han to call her immediately if he had any problems.
Yang Han was so confused that he thought Huo Jixiu had really lost his memory, and couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Huo, have you really lost your memory?"
Huo Jixiu glanced at him, his voice cold, "What do you think?"
"You don't look like you have amnesia at all..." Yang Han's voice trailed off as Huo Jixiu looked at him with a warning, so he quickly changed his tune and said definitively, "You definitely have amnesia..."
Huo Jixiu still had that same look in his eyes.
Yang Han didn't dare to say anything more, so he shut his mouth and drove obediently.
Huo Jixiu then looked away.
After entering the company, I overheard employees whispering among themselves.
"What's this woman's name, Mu Mu? She's practically a real-life Cinderella. If she marries Young Master Gu, she'll be a phoenix rising from the ashes."
"Yeah, she's...okay-okay-looking, but her singing is awful. I don't know what Gu Shao likes about her."
"Stop talking, Mr. Huo is here..."
Upon seeing Huo Jixiu return, the two men quickly put down their phones, greeted him with smiles, and said respectfully, "President Huo, Assistant Yang."
Huo Jixiu looked coldly at the receptionist, "Who did you just say was going to marry whom?"
"Huh?" The receptionist didn't react for a moment.
Yang Han clearly sensed that Huo Jixiu was in a bad mood, so he quickly pushed him away.
After entering the elevator, Huo Jixiu asked in a deep voice, "Yang Han, what's going on?"
Seeing that Huo Jixiu was unaware, Yang Han thought for a long time before deciding to tell him about the news from the past two days, and at the same time share his own speculation, "I found out that President Gu and Miss Mu Mu have an employment relationship. They are just pretending to be a couple, not a real couple. The contract is only for one month. The person who should marry President Gu is probably someone else. People on the internet may have misunderstood."
Seeing that Miss Mu Mu and Huo Jixiu were progressing rapidly, he knew there was no way she would marry someone else. Moreover, he had inquired about the contents of Gu Yichen's past contracts for hiring such "white moonlight" stand-ins, and it wouldn't affect the woman's private life.
Therefore, Yang Han felt that the person Gu Yichen was engaged to must be someone else.
However, Huo Jixiu did not seem to listen to what he said.
The black wooden prayer beads on his wrist also began to tremble slightly.
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