Chapter 27
Zhou Sheng followed Fan Xiuping out of the hospital, his hands and feet trembling. Then he asked tremblingly, "Captain, that Qi Qiyue is a human, right?"
Fan Xiuping was silent for a moment before he uttered, "The names of ghosts and gods cannot be spoken directly."
Names can communicate with gods. For ghosts and gods, they will feel something when someone calls their name.
In fact, even now, when people mentioned Qi Yue online, they subconsciously typed "July." Even when Zhou Sheng was taking notes, he subconsciously wrote "July" when writing Qi Yue's name. It was because Qi Yue used supernatural means to deceive everyone's perception, so no one noticed the mistake.
The fact that they suddenly came to their senses might be due to Qi Yue's deliberate letting them go.
Anyone who has such means must be at least at the level of a Ghost King.
According to the news from the Tianshi Association, the big commotion the night before yesterday was caused by the birth of the Ghost King.
And Qi Yue just happened to appear the night before yesterday, with no trace of him before that. Does this mean that Qi Yue is the Ghost King who suddenly appeared?
Zhou Sheng's vision went dark. Fortunately, Fan Xiuping was considerate of him because he was frightened and did not let him drive, otherwise he would definitely not be able to hold the steering wheel.
"Then, what should we do? Should we notify the Tianshi Association to catch ghosts, Captain?" Their Special Management Bureau is an official agency, and even the Tianshi Association should be under their control.
But in fact, everyone knew that they were just a newly established small department with only a few small people. It would be difficult for them to deal with an ordinary evil spirit, let alone the legendary Ghost King.
Fan Xiuping shook his head, thinking that the Tianshi Association might not be a good thing.
"He still has some sense. There are people around him who can restrain him. He doesn't intend to harm anyone right now. Don't provoke him for now."
Enraging a ghost king does no good to anyone, especially ordinary people.
What he didn’t say was that his last name was Qi.
Zhou Sheng had just arrived at the Special Management Bureau and didn't know much about the metaphysical world, so he didn't understand what kind of status the Qi family held in the metaphysical world.
Although the surname Qi is uncommon, it is not uncommon either.
However, in the world of metaphysics, when people mention the surname Qi, they only think of the Qi family.
The Qi family is full of geniuses and evildoers.
Every genius in the Qi family excelled in the world of metaphysics, holding a pivotal position within it. They also made significant contributions to exorcising evil and upholding peace and justice on earth, their merits immeasurable. Many members of the Qi family perished prematurely, at the hands of demons and monsters, as they always persevered on the front lines of the battle against evil spirits.
Old Master Qi was the last of the Qi family. It was said that he had suffered a heartbreak in his early years, which was why he remained unmarried and childless, and never accepted any disciples. After his death, the Qi family's bloodline was cut off.
But after the Ghost Gate appeared, Old Man Qi resolutely led the Heavenly Masters to block the front line of the Ghost Gate. In the end, in order to stop the ghost kings from breaking through the blockade and invading the human world, he did not hesitate to use the Qi family's forbidden technique of exchanging life for life, and took the ghost kings away together, giving everyone a brief chance to breathe.
In the end, the president and elders of the Tianshi Association successfully sealed the Ghost Gate by relying on the sealing method developed by Master Qi combined with the talismans and spells left by the ancestors of the Qi family.
So although the Qi family has no one left now, its transcendent status in the world of metaphysics cannot be shaken.
It can be seen how much benefit Xue Tinghe can gain in the world of metaphysics simply by virtue of being the heir of the Qi family.
If word got out at this time that there was still a trace of Qi family bloodline left, the entire metaphysical world would be shocked, not to mention that this bloodline had somehow become the Ghost King. If the news got out in the metaphysical world, it might bring about a shock comparable to a magnitude 10 earthquake in the metaphysical world.
Thinking of this, Fan Xiuping also had a headache.
"I will report this matter to the director, and he will make the decision. You must keep it confidential and not disclose it to anyone." Fan Xiuping instructed.
Zhou Sheng quickly nodded in agreement.
Fan Xiuping returned to the Special Management Bureau's branch in Jiangcheng. As soon as he closed the office door, he received a video call.
He turned on the projector, and a middle-aged man with an ordinary face, sharp eyes, and a dignified demeanor appeared on the screen. Only a few strands of gray mixed in with his jet-black hair indicated that he might be older than middle age.
Fan Xiuping immediately called out respectfully, "Director."
Director Lin nodded slowly. "Xiao Fan, sit down and tell me. How's it going? Have you figured it out? What are those two words?"
Fan Xiuping said solemnly: "Pray for the Qi, and excel for the Yue."
After he finished speaking, he saw Director Lin's expression was stunned, and then he burst into tears.
Fan Xiuping was very worried: "Director?"
Director Lin took out his handkerchief and wiped his tears, feeling very sad: "It really is him!"
Fan Xiuping was stunned for a moment and then quickly asked, "Director, do you know him?"
Director Lin reminisced, "I met him once. He was only seven or eight years old at the time! I was fortunate to work with Mr. Qi. After the collaboration ended, I personally sent him back to his residential complex. I saw two children at the gate of the complex. Mr. Qi told me that one of the two children was from his neighbor's family. He liked them very much and often played with them.
"The other one was originally a neighbor's child, but unfortunately, his fate was unfortunate; both his parents were gone, and his other relatives disliked him as a burden and refused to adopt him. He felt sorry for the child, and since he was all alone, he kept him by his side as a companion. He also said that although the child shared his last name, he was an ordinary person who couldn't practice esoteric magic, and didn't even know about the existence of ghosts.
"His wish was that the child could grow up peacefully like an ordinary person, and live a happy life. Now that I think about it, how could that child be an ordinary person? It's impossible for an ordinary person to become a ghost king within a hundred years after death."
Fan Xiuping was stunned upon hearing this, extremely surprised. "Are you saying that he is truly a descendant of the Qi family? But why did Elder Qi keep it a secret in the first place?"
Director Lin sighed, "Do you think the Qi family is really that good? The Qi family has suffered many setbacks. Some of them are lonely and helpless throughout their lives, while others do not have a good end. Perhaps Mr. Qi hopes that he can escape the Qi family curse, so he concealed his existence!"
It all came down to a grandfather's selfish desire for his grandson. But Mr. Qi probably never expected that his grandson would ultimately fail to break the Qi family curse.
Fan Xiuping said indignantly, "Why? The Qi family has saved countless lives and done countless good deeds, yet this is the outcome. Heaven is so unfair!"
Director Lin shook his head. Wasn’t this the only injustice God had done to the Qi family?
"Do those people in the association know his identity?"
Thinking of the Heavenly Master Association, Fan Xiuping felt even more troubled. "Given the Heavenly Master Association's style, if they knew Qi Yue was the Ghost King, even if Qi Yue was Qi Lao's grandson, I'm afraid they wouldn't tolerate him."
What's more, Qi Yue had just appeared and had caused the association president's beloved disciple to suffer such a big setback. The top leaders of the Tianshi Association must have noticed him.
Moreover, he saw that Qi Yue seemed to have some dissatisfaction with Xue Tinghe, the heir of the Qi family, and was afraid that they would clash.
Even though Qi Yue seems to be sane and clear-headed now, the evil spirit's obsession and negative emotions are growing all the time, and they still don't know what Qi Yue's situation is. They are afraid that Qi Yue will be stimulated by the Tianshi Association to lose his mind and go on a killing spree.
If a ghost has a life on its hands, it will be more likely to lose control.
No matter what, Qi Yue is the only remaining bloodline of Qi Lao of the Qi family. As long as Qi Yue has not lost his mind and become an evil ghost who only knows how to kill, and has not harmed anyone, they should protect Qi Yue. They cannot let the hero's descendant have a bad end as a ghost.
Director Lin snorted coldly, "Back then, Qi Lao kept it a secret. Very few people knew he had a grandson, and many of them died on the front lines of the Ghost Gate. Only those few are still alive. It just so happened that the child made such a big fuss when he returned. They couldn't find any trace of the Ghost King, so they suspected there was a problem with the Ghost Gate seal, and now they're all going to check it out."
"The area is affected by the magnetic field and cannot communicate with the outside world. It takes several days to go back and forth. Those who are still in the association have definitely never seen that child. Not to mention their strength, they are not even as strong as Xue Tinghe. They can't even tell whether Qi Yue is a human or a ghost.
"If that kid hadn't deliberately let us go, neither you nor I would have noticed anything. We might still be blinded by a ghost! However, I will rush to Jiangcheng as soon as possible to talk to that kid in person before making any plans. You have to keep a close eye on his situation."
Fan Xiuping nodded in agreement.
Before Fan Xiuping was about to hang up the video, Director Lin hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Xiao Fan, you really didn't see him back then at the Ghost Gate front?"
Fan Xiuping smiled bitterly: "Director, you know that with my level of skill, I could only kill some of the little ghosts who escaped from the chaos at the periphery. If I went deeper, I would be killed by the evil ghosts and turned into a ghost.
"He's from the Qi family. The Qi family is known for its many geniuses. There have even been monsters who were able to kill ghost kings in their teens. I believe that with his talent, if he really went to the battlefield, he would definitely be on the front lines."
Director Lin frowned and sighed deeply, hoping that things would not turn out as he expected.
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In the hospital, Sun Jiayuan was busy all day and finally found time to come to the hospital to visit Gu Yunshuang.
Sun Jiayuan smiled and extended her hand towards Gu Yunshuang: "Hello, let me introduce myself. I am Sun Jiayuan, Sun Zhanyuan's sister. I am sorry that my stupid brother has caused you trouble."
Gu Yunshuang returned the handshake. "You're welcome. We should be thanking you and Zhan Yuan."
Seeing Qi Yue staring at her hand intently, Sun Jiayuan tactfully touched Gu Yunshuang's hand lightly and immediately withdrew it, saying generously, "Let's not be so polite. I'm a few years older than you all. If you don't mind, just call me sister."
Gu Yunshuang immediately changed her words and called her Sister Sun.
What surprised Sun Jiayuan was that Qi Yue also called him Sister Sun.
Sun Jiayuan was delighted and truly considered them his brothers. He even went out of his way to explain things to Qi Yue: "Did Qi Yue explain this to you? I almost got into trouble the night before last, but he saved me. I saw he was on his way to meet someone important, so I gave him a ride. He left in such a hurry that he left his phone and wallet in my car. I didn't mean to refuse to add you on WeChat or on my phone." He winked at Qi Yue as he spoke.
Qi Yueli immediately understood and took out the mobile phone that Sun Jiayuan had prepared for him. This was the latest model of a certain domestic brand mobile phone on the market. It was more expensive than a certain foreign fruit phone and looked very new.
If Sun Jiayuan hadn't reminded him, this old man who hadn't touched a mobile phone for seven years and almost forgot what a mobile phone looked like would not have even remembered the existence of a mobile phone.
Qi Yue still remembered his character as someone who had returned from studying abroad, and he gave a very emotional speech about homesickness: "This is a new phone I bought specifically to prepare for returning home. After so many years of drifting abroad, only now, with my motherland under my feet, a Chinese phone in my hand, and my beloved Shuangshuang right in front of me, do I finally feel like I've truly returned home."
Gu Yunshuang's face was filled with heartache when he heard this: "Brother, welcome home!"
"Thank you, Shuangshuang."
In order to dispel Gu Yunshuang's suspicion, Qi Yue also tried to press the screen-light recording button, and an interface for entering the power-on password immediately popped up.
Qi Yue raised his eyebrows and glanced at Sun Jiayuan.
Sun Jiayuan looked at Gu Yunshuang with a smile.
Qi Yue understood immediately and pressed Gu Yunshuang's birthday without hesitation.
When he pressed the password, he placed the phone in front of Gu Yunshuang so that he could clearly see what password he was pressing.
The phone was unlocked smoothly, revealing the desktop wallpaper, which was a photo of Gu Yunshuang.
The person in the photo has cold brows and indifferent eyes. The soft light falls on his delicate jade-like face, making him look like an immortal in the Moon Palace who is untainted by dust.
"Shuangshuang, come to think of it, we haven't added each other on WeChat yet. Come on, add me."
When he opened vx, he deliberately made a mistake and accidentally clicked on the album next to it, revealing the densely packed photos inside, all of which were of Gu Yunshuang, all downloaded from the Internet.
Qi Yue was very satisfied and secretly praised Sun Jiayuan for being very considerate and thoughtful.
Gu Yunshuang's face turned red all the way to her ears. She lowered her head shyly and took out her mobile phone. She added Qi Yue on WeChat using her private number. When she opened WeChat, she deliberately let Qi Yue see his WeChat profile picture, which was a photo of the two of them when they were children.
They were two little boys who were only a few years old. The older one had a sour look on his face and stared at the camera fiercely. The younger one hugged the older one tightly and put his face on his shoulder, smiling brightly.
Seeing this photo, Qi Yue still had a smile on his face, but his heart sank.
Qi Yue used to hate taking pictures because he was half ghost and ordinary cameras could only take blurry pictures.
This photo is the only childhood photo of him and Gu Yunshuang. It was because Grandpa Qi secretly pasted a talisman on the camera that the photo could be taken clearly.
Qi Yue and Gu Yunshuang had only known each other for a short time at that time. Qi Yue was controlled by Gu Yunshuang every day, which made him very angry. However, Gu Yunshuang, who was only three years old, did not understand other people's expressions at all. She always liked to jump on him, hug him and would not let go, and said with a smile: "Brother, you feel so cool. It's so comfortable to hug me. I love you so much. Brother is the best."
Xiao Qiyue: ...
Even so, he said, "I like you, you're the best," so what else can I do? It's just a hug, right?
Mr. Qi watched with a smile on his face, secretly took out his camera and took a picture of the scene.
The sound of taking pictures was heard. Xiao Qi Yue heard the noise, turned around and glared fiercely at Grandpa Qi, who was smiling like an old fox who had stolen a chicken.
This should have been a beautiful childhood memory for them.
But in the plot that Qi Yue saw, Gu Yunshuang jumped off a high-rise building in despair while holding this photo.
Gu Yunshuang in the plot was even afraid of implicating innocent people, so he specially found a hotel that had been abandoned for many years and no one had visited.
Oh, his Shuangshuang is still so kind even at this time.
The photo that was supposed to represent a beautiful memory of childhood was stained with a bloody shadow, making Qi Yue not want to see it again.
However, Gu Yunshuang didn't know what he was thinking. Afraid that Qi Yue couldn't see clearly, he deliberately moved the phone towards Qi Yue. Then he "accidentally" clicked on the avatar and enlarged the photo. Qi Yue couldn't pretend that he couldn't see it.
Qi Yue was helpless. Forget it. The photo was innocent. He couldn't abandon the beautiful memories of himself and Gu Yunshuang because of someone else's fault.
Then he hated Xue Tinghe and the Tianshi Association behind him even more.
The weather is getting hot, maybe the Tianshi Association will be destroyed soon!
He suppressed his anger and smiled, "You used this photo as your profile picture? I didn't take a copy with me when I left, and later I tried to use it as my profile picture but it didn't work. Why don't you send it to me? I'll use it as my profile picture too."
Gu Yunshuang immediately agreed with a bright smile, and took a look at Qi Yue's original profile picture, which was also his own photo, and became even happier.
Just as he sent the photo, Gu Yunshuang's phone rang.
He glanced at the number and answered it immediately. He looked a little anxious after seeing the number, and then he started speaking in a series of very fluent English.
Qi Yue could only understand the two words "doctor" and "My father", and the rest sounded like bird language.
But seeing Gu Yunshuang's increasingly furrowed brows and increasingly anxious and serious tone, he knew that the situation was not good.
Qi Yue also felt worried and wanted to find someone to translate.
Sun Zhanyuan sighed from the side, "Brother Gu is indeed a top student who scored 707 on the college entrance examination. His English is fluent. I, a poor student, didn't understand a word he said. I felt like I was missing something. But Brother Qi just came back from studying abroad, so he must understand."
“…”
Qi Yue: "What does Nine-Leaked Fish mean?"
Sun Zhanyuan understood that he didn't understand the term "九漏鱼" (literally "nine-leaky fish"). As a sea turtle, it was normal for him not to know Chinese internet slang, so he sympathetically explained, "九漏鱼" means someone who didn't even complete nine years of compulsory education. They have no education or diploma.
“…………”
Qi Yue was only sixteen when he died. Because he started school two years late, he was only in the second grade of junior high school at that time.
It’s his fault that he died too early and didn’t even finish compulsory education.
The Ghost King returns as a nine-leaky fish!
Sun Jiayuan stepped on Sun Zhanyuan to signal him to shut up and pushed him aside.
At this time, Gu Yunshuang had just hung up the phone. The happy smile on his face was gone, and his eyes were filled with suppressed anger.
Sun Jiayuan asked gravely, "Did you find the foreign expert who treated your father? Is that why you've been silent and letting them smear you? Now the Jiang family wants to use the doctor to threaten you again. Who are they trying to save? Jiang Mingshuang or Xue Tinghe?"
Sun Zhanyuan suddenly realized and became furious. Jiang Honghui, this old bitch, is too shameless!
Qi Yue's face instantly darkened.
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