Chapter 32
Director Lin had just turned off the lights and gone to bed when he suddenly felt a cold gaze. He opened his eyes abruptly and saw a head floating beside the bed in a room so dark that he couldn't see his hand in front of him. The scarlet eyes were staring at him coldly.
There seemed to be something rolling and twisting violently in the darkness.
This scene is extremely terrifying, and any normal person would be scared half to death.
Director Lin was stunned for a moment, then calmly sat up from the bed and reached out to turn on the bedside lamp. Unsurprisingly, the light was completely unable to illuminate the thick darkness. Then he delivered a fatal blow, "Qi Yue, what brought you here so late at night? Have you finished the test? Are the questions difficult? How many of them do you not know how to answer?"
“………………”
Qi Yue performed a trick for him, splitting apart on the spot and turning into two human heads. The darkness in the room also shrank and condensed into two long tails that fell behind the two heads. Then, the darkness twisted and crawled all over the floor, and the two mouths uttered the same scream: "Why don't you have any idea why I came here so late at night! How can you fall asleep? I can't sleep! I can't see the endless mountains and seas of questions when I close my eyes! I can't believe that after seven years, I still have a day when I am tired of writing papers! You are deliberately trying to trick me, right? Right, right!
"It's obvious that a certificate would solve the problem, but you had to go through so much trouble to find me some top-tier tutoring team in the country! What good is that tutoring team? Don't I still have to start from junior high school? Shuangshuang is two years younger than me, and he's almost graduated from college, has a successful career, and has become a household name. But I still have to start from junior high school, take the middle school entrance exam to enter high school, and then take the college entrance exam. Don't I have any dignity left?"
What's even more insidious is that in order to prevent him from having a chance to escape, Director Lin actually told Shuangshuang that he had actually worked in the most dangerous department of the country for the past seven years and was sent to the poorest place abroad to work undercover for seven years.
Because the area is poor and mountainous, with communication difficulties, and he had just recently completed his undercover mission perfectly and returned with great merit, he had no chance to study for the past seven years and had not even graduated from junior high school. The country felt very guilty about this, so they specially found him a top domestic gold medal study tutoring team.
Gu Yunshuang felt very distressed at the moment, and tried her best to cheer him up and encourage him to study hard.
What else could he say? He could only obediently accept the test paper handed to him by his instructor, pick up his pen and write with tears in his eyes.
He wrote all day long until he felt like going crazy. When it was late at night and everyone was asleep, he immediately turned into black mist and ran out of the window to settle the score with Director Lin.
Then he saw that he had been tortured by the test paper for the whole day, but Director Lin could still sleep soundly in bed, which made Qi Yue even angrier.
He was so angry that he split into countless black Qi Yue worms, crawling and twisting in the darkness of the room, which was very eye-catching.
Director Lin was so spicy that he closed his eyes deeply and told himself silently: It's okay, who wouldn't go crazy studying? Especially since he's an older junior high school student.
He was not surprised that Qi Yue came to see him, as they were neighbors now.
Qi Yue's matter was very important, so not long after Qi Yue and Gu Yunshuang left the ward, he reported it to his superiors.
Ever since the Ghost Gate was sealed seven years ago, the higher-ups have paid special attention to metaphysics. Upon receiving Director Lin's report, they took it very seriously and immediately convened a team of experts, including professors of folklore and psychology, to evaluate and discuss Qi Yue's mental and physical state.
The final conclusion was similar to what Director Lin had thought. Qi Yue looked very unstable and could easily lose control, but in fact, as long as Gu Yunshuang was there, he could immediately wake up and stay rational.
Qi Yue is in the sea that may trigger a magnitude 10 tsunami at any time, and Gu Yunshuang is the stabilizing force.
As long as Qi Yue doesn't lose his mind and maintains his human side, it will be very easy to understand him.
So the higher-ups fulfilled Qi Yue's wishes very quickly.
Also, because Gu Yunshuang had completely broken up with Xinchao Entertainment, for his safety, his superiors were not comfortable with him continuing to live in Xinchao Entertainment's apartment dormitory, so they arranged a small villa for them.
In recent years, the country has established special armed forces specifically to deal with ghosts and monsters. The community where the villa is located is the residential area for the Special Management Bureau and the families of these special armed forces. The security situation is very good, and the surrounding neighbors know everything about Qi Yue and are not afraid that he will be exposed and reveal his inhuman identity.
In order to observe Qi Yue's situation closely, Director Lin lived next door to them.
But this also made it convenient for Qi Yue to come and settle the score with him in the middle of the night.
Director Lin rubbed his forehead and said solemnly, "Qi Yue, I'm doing this for your own good."
Countless Qiyue black worms have the same expression: =_=
"Do you think this fake certificate can solve the problem? Have you ever thought about it? The difference between Jiulouyu and the top graduates from the country's top prestigious universities is more than just one or two diplomas."
Director Lin's words successfully stopped the mad Qi Yue black stripe worms from twisting darkly, and they all turned their heads and stared at him intently.
But being stared at by so many identical heads with the same pair of scarlet eyes was still very stressful.
Director Lin remained calm and composed as he posed a soul-searching question: "You should know that Gu Yunshuang's English is very good and he can communicate smoothly with foreign friends. When he talks to foreign friends, can you understand him? He is a top student, good at math, physics, chemistry, biology, history, geography, literature and politics. If he talks to you about math, physics, chemistry and biology, can you understand him? If he talks to you about history, geography, literature and politics, can you answer him?"
"Besides, he's going to continue acting in the future and take on more good scripts and big productions. To perform well, he has to carefully study the script, research the plot and characters, and even rehearse his lines in advance. He's asking you for help, and you, a clueless person who can't even do high school reading comprehension, can you understand the script? Can you help him?"
Qi Yue: “…”
He really hadn't thought about these questions.
Director Lin, not satisfied with this, delivered an even more devastating blow: "What if someone else appeared at this time who was as knowledgeable, hobbies, and cultured as him, and could chat with him about any topic, and could even help him study the script and rehearse his lines? They would talk about everything, and you wouldn't be able to get a word in. Do you think that person's position in his heart would become increasingly important, or even surpass yours?"
"Impossible!" All the Qiyue black worms stretched out their little hands to cover their faces and screamed distortedly, "The most important person in Shuangshuang's heart will always be me!"
Director Lin: "That's not necessarily true. You might not know this, but there's a popular saying these days: childhood sweethearts can't beat a gift from heaven."
He continued to issue soul-searching accusations against the scumbag, which became the last straw that broke Qi Yue's back: "You can't blame him for being so outstanding just because you are so useless, and you can't allow him to make friends with equally outstanding people."
Countless Qi Yue black stripe worms solidified together, fell from the ceiling with a plop, rolled together with those on the ground, and merged into a wilted Qi Yue black stripe worm, beating the ground with its fists.
"Do I have to obediently repeat junior high school, take the junior high school entrance exam, go to high school, and then take the college entrance exam to go to university? I'm already such a grown-up, and I still have to go back to junior high and high school, it's too embarrassing! And I missed seven whole years! Seven years! I have to repeat seven years! How could Shuangshuang still be waiting for me after seven years? He must have become even more powerful!"
Thinking about how he had studied hard for seven years, but was still illiterate compared to Shuangshuang, he wanted to go crazy, scream, split, become dark, twisted, and crawl.
Director Lin soothed him, "The time issue is easy to solve. You don't actually have to follow the routine of finishing junior high school, then three years of high school, and four years of college."
Qi Yue immediately looked at him hopefully: "Can I go straight to university in one step?"
Director Lin smiled and said, "As long as you can pass the college entrance examination."
Qi Yue: =_=
Director Lin smiled kindly, "You are so smart. As long as you study hard, you will be able to catch up with the high school entrance examination this year and get into a key high school. Then you can just register and you don't have to go to school or even take the exam. The gold medal tutoring team we have prepared for you will do its best to help you complete high school knowledge and prepare for the college entrance examination as quickly as possible. If all goes well, you can take the college entrance examination next year. After you are admitted to university, we will also arrange for you to have another tutoring team based on your major to help you skip grades in the shortest possible time.
"Gu Yunshuang might even want to take the postgraduate entrance exam and get a doctorate. If you skip grades quickly, you'll be able to continue studying with Gu Yunshuang soon. Then you can sit at the same table and go out together. You can go to the cafeteria together after class, go back to the dormitory together, have evening self-study classes together, go to the library together, and even play ball together. You can make up for the campus life you once missed."
“…………”
Qi Yue, the black stripe worm, curled up into a ball and put his hands in his pockets quietly. He had to admit that he was tempted by Director Lin's big pancake.
Suddenly, someone knocked on Qi Yue's door, and Qi Yue disappeared in a flash.
Director Lin calmly turned off the lights and lay down to sleep. He had been in meetings all day about the plot Qi Yue had described to him, and he was exhausted.
Qi Yue returned to the room as quickly as possible and turned back into human form. He checked carefully and found nothing unusual. Then he turned on the light and opened the door, only to see Gu Yunshuang standing outside in pajamas.
He immediately forced a smile, "Shuangshuang, why aren't you asleep yet so late?"
Then I couldn't help but wonder in my heart, could it be that Shuangshuang is alone and wants to sleep with him again?
This won't do. This time he must refuse firmly and must not be soft-hearted again.
But how can he reject Shuangshuang without making her sad?
He was having a headache when a cup of milk tea was suddenly stuffed into his arms. It was icy cold, and the faint aroma of milk tea went straight into his nose.
"This is……"
Gu Yunshuang handed him another McDonald's bag and said, "Brother, you've worked hard studying today. This is takeout I ordered especially for you. It also includes your favorite fried chicken and hamburgers. I'm an artist and can't eat these, but you studied so hard today and used up so many brain cells. You need to replenish them."
Qi Yue was a little stunned.
Qi Yue really liked to eat these junk foods in the past, but with Grandpa Qi and Gu's father and mother watching over him, he could only occasionally urge Gu Yunshuang to buy them secretly with him.
Once they were caught eating secretly, their pocket money was confiscated and they had no pocket money to eat secretly for a long time.
It was not until the Chinese teacher submitted one of Gu Yunshuang's essays to a composition journal that he received a sum of royalties.
As soon as school was over that day, Gu Yunshuang couldn't wait to drag him to McDonald's.
By the time Mr. Qi and Mr. and Mrs. Gu came, they had already spent all the royalties and even ordered hamburgers for the three of them.
Old Master Qi laughed out loud and nodded at them, "Do we look like such unreasonable parents? Since this is the first money Shuangshuang has ever earned, it's natural for her to handle it herself. Needless to say, this must be another case of you, Qi Yue, instigating this, right?"
As he said this, he glanced at Gu's father and mother who were very angry.
Gu's father and mother, who were worried about the money, said: "..."
I was conveyed with connotation.
Just like how Grandpa Qi was worried about Gu Yunshuang being beaten by Gu's parents in mixed doubles, Gu's parents were also worried that Qi Yue would be beaten by Grandpa Qi again. They hurriedly said, "How can we blame Qi Yue? This is obviously Shuangshuang's own decision. He is also very greedy."
"Uncle, you also said that this is Shuangshuang's first money, and it's not much, so he should be able to spend it himself. Shuangshuang wants to share his favorite food with all of us!"
In the end, Mr. Qi paid for more and ordered a lot more, and also gave each person a cup of milk tea.
They had a very enjoyable meal at McDonald's.
At that time, Qi Yue was thinking that he also wanted to make his first money, make more, and then treat everyone to a big meal.
But no one expected that this would be the last dinner together for the five of them.
Speaking of which, since Qi Yue came back, he hasn't had the chance to try the current milk tea fried chicken burger to see what it has become and whether it tastes better.
Gu Yunshuang talked about Gu's father and mother again.
Father Gu's condition has improved a lot. Doctor Wu said that there is a greater chance that he will wake up. Maybe he will wake up in a few days.
Gu Ma already knew that the top medical team was sent by the authorities at Qi Yue's request. She was very grateful to Qi Yue and felt even more sorry for him.
To be able to make the authorities take such an attitude, how great must his contribution be, and how much hardship did Qi Yue have to endure to succeed?
So when the officials said they wanted to give her a villa to choose from, she didn't refuse. She directly picked the best and most valuable one in Kyoto. She also insisted that Qi Yue's name be in their name. They also said that the car they were going to give her should also be in Qi Yue's name.
Qi Yue disagreed, but was unwilling to answer the phone and talk to her directly.
Gu Ma's fortune is so bad now, and if she gets to communicate with ghosts, it might get even worse.
Unable to catch him, Gu Ma could only nag and complain to Gu Yunshuang, "Qi Yue is such a fool. How could he just give away the money he worked so hard to earn to buy his life? We all just need to accept his kindness. You should persuade him to keep the house, car, and money for himself so that he can marry a wife and raise children in the future. If others knew that he was so stupid as to give away so much money, which girl would dare to marry him?"
Then his son's words silenced her.
Gu Yunshuang: "Brother said that we don't need to think about these things, and I think so too. It's fine for brother and I to stay together until we grow old."
Mother Gu: “………………”
Her silence was deafening and she hung up the phone without a word.
Gu Yunshuang told Qi Yue everything he had talked about with Gu Ma.
Qi Yue agreed very much: "Please persuade Auntie. The house and car are specially requested for her. Tell her to choose according to her own preferences and don't worry about me. I have received more than these rewards, there are many more. I am not considering getting married and having children. Just having each other's company is enough for me."
Gu Yun's eyes lit up. "I don't want to get married and have children either. It's too troublesome. As long as I have my brother by my side, that's all I need."
Qi Yue's eyes also lit up: "Well, then it's settled. We two brothers will stay together and support each other when we grow old."
"Okay, it's a deal. No one can go back on their word."
The two looked at each other and smiled brightly.
Gu Yunshuang happily went back to his room to rest. Before leaving, he reminded Qi Yue to combine work and rest and not to work too hard. Also, he should not turn off the lights and secretly use the light from his cell phone to do his homework or read books, as this would hurt his eyes.
Qi Yue then understood that Gu Yunshuang suddenly sent him midnight snacks because for some reason she thought he was quietly doing homework or reading in the room with a flashlight.
After Qi Yue closed the door, he took a big sip of the milk tea. It was so sweet, just as sweet as his Shuangshuang.
The fried chicken and burgers tasted better too.
Glancing at the unfinished work spread out on the table, he tutted his words and thought to himself, "Isn't it just studying, doing homework, and taking a test? How could such a small matter possibly stump a Ghost King like him?"
It is his contribution that Shuangshuang is such a top student.
Shuangshuang looked cute and well-behaved when she was a child, but she was not very smart in studying.
In his first exam as a freshman, he was the only one in the class to fail, with a combined score of less than 60 in two subjects. Qi Yue, who didn't particularly enjoy studying and didn't pay attention in class, managed to get two perfect scores. Seeing Gu Yunshuang's results, he was stunned.
At that time, some classmates were whispering and laughing at Gu Yunshuang, calling him an idiot for not being able to pass such a simple test. But they were scared into shutting up by Qi Yue's fierce glare.
Gu Yunshuang didn't react at the time. After school, when Grandpa Qi came to pick them up, he held Qi Yue's hand with one hand and Grandpa Qi's hand with the other, sobbing all the way. No matter how much he tried to persuade them, it was useless, and both Qi Yue and Grandpa Qi were heartbroken.
Since then, Qi Yue took the initiative to take on the task of tutoring Gu Yunshuang.
If Gu Yunshuang didn't understand after the first try, he would teach her twice. If two times didn't work, he would teach her three or four times until she understood. Finally, with great difficulty, he raised Gu Yunshuang's grades to over 80 in both subjects.
But Qi Yue still scored 100 in both subjects, so Gu Yunshuang was still not very satisfied.
So Qi Yue taught more attentively.
As they got older, the knowledge they had to learn became more and more difficult. Qi Yue couldn't just pass the exams and get 100 points without attending classes. He could only listen carefully and learn everything before he could continue to tutor Gu Yunshuang.
By the sixth grade, Gu Yunshuang was finally able to get perfect scores on both the English and Chinese exams without his tutoring.
Later, when they entered junior high school, the knowledge they had to learn was more difficult, and Shuangshuang didn't understand much. Qi Yue could only study harder, and then pull up Gu Yunshuang's grades. The two of them took turns to be the first and second in the class.
After he left, without his guidance, Gu Yunshuang would have had to work even harder to become the top student he is today.
Forget it, in order to become a top student like Shuangshuang again, isn’t it just about studying? He can do it!
As Qi Yue thought this, his body below the waist turned into black mist. The black mist rolled and stretched, splitting into two, and then a head grew on each side, followed by a neck, shoulders, and hands.
The two newly grown Qi Yue opened their two pairs of scarlet eyes. One of them came to the desk, picked up a pen, and started to work on the questions.
Another put a pile of brand new junior high school textbooks on the carpet and started flipping through them.
The main character held milk tea in one hand and fried chicken and hamburger in the other, half leaning on the headboard and eating happily.
Isn't it just studying? How hard can it be? Luckily, in the ghost world, he figured out how to split himself into multiple parts while still maintaining consciousness, in order to devour as many evil spirits as possible and strengthen himself. Now it's perfect for studying.
Moreover, he is a ghost now. He doesn't have to study during the day and sleep at night like humans. He can split himself into two selves to study and do exercises non-stop for 24 hours a day.
If he continues like this, he will soon be able to take the junior high school entrance exam and the college entrance exam, and go to college with Shuangshuang.
Thinking of this, Qi Yue felt that the milk tea in his hand became even sweeter.
In the villa next door, a group of uniformed Special Management Bureau staff stared at the test data on the screen.
After watching the data above gradually decrease until it finally dropped to zero, Assistant Fang happily patted the table and cheered softly: "The evil spirit has been completely reduced to zero! Gu Yunshuang is indeed the magic needle that stabilizes the sea. When he appears, anything can be solved!"
The others were also excited and happy, but their smiles soon froze on their faces. Assistant Fang realized something was wrong and turned around abruptly. He saw that it was pitch black outside the window, without a trace of light. A head was floating in the darkness, and its scarlet eyes were looking at them dimly.
Assistant Fang's heart nearly jumped out of his throat. He pulled the corners of his mouth and revealed a stiff smile: "Good evening. Is there anything we can help you with?"
Qi Yue's voice drifted off: "Can you order me another midnight snack? I've used up too much energy doing so many papers during the day, so I need to replenish it."
Assistant Fang continued smiling, "Okay, what would you like for a late-night snack? Fried chicken, hamburgers, milk tea, spicy hot pot, duck feet and snail stew, spicy lobster, Happy Fat House Water, or candles and incense?"
Qi Yue smacked his lips. "Give me some to try. Come to think of it, I've been a ghost for so many years and I've never tasted candles or incense. I heard they're good for ghosts, but I don't know if it's true."
Assistant Fang said, "It's true. Don't worry. The candles and incense we provide are all handmade and pollution-free. They are healthy, environmentally friendly, nutritious, and delicious. Even ghosts say they are good."
Qi Yue nodded: "For the sake of midnight snack, I won't mind you secretly reporting me to Shuangshuang."
After saying that, he disappeared.
The people in the room finally breathed a sigh of relief, their legs and feet went limp and they collapsed into the chairs. At the same time, they thought to themselves, although this Ghost King looks scary, he is actually quite easy to talk to.
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