Chapter 24 24 Not male, not female, neither male nor female...
There were curses coming from all around, and some people even opened the door to see what was going on.
The two figures were getting closer and closer. Wu Ciyan pushed the door open first and said dissatisfiedly, "What are you doing in the middle of the night?"
The two figures outside the door were both stunned. The thinner one stretched his neck to look into the room, and first saw Murong standing in front of him, and then Wen Lanzhi.
They had never seen Murong, but when they saw her with Wu Ci Yan, they probably knew who she was.
Wu Ciyan leaned forward, blocking his view. "What a coincidence, Shanhei."
The smaller man was startled. He had clearly used the Transfiguration Technique, but then he thought it wasn't surprising that Wu Ciyan had figured it out. He quickly apologized, saying, "Excuse me for disturbing your rest, Master Wu. I lost a treasure that cost me a fortune, and I'm still searching for it."
"Oh?" Wu Ciyan raised his eyebrows, "Do you think I stole your treasure?"
Shan Hei quickly said, "No, no, young master wouldn't care about that junk. I'll go look somewhere else."
"Hey! Don't go." Wu Ciyan grabbed his collar. "Maybe he's really here with me. Do you have a ghost?"
Wen Lanzhi's shoulders trembled.
Shan Hei was stunned, then chuckled, "How could it be... Young Master, you're joking. I've always been law-abiding, especially as a demon king, a very small demon king, but I still have to set a good example for those below me. How could it be... How could it be..."
"Oh—" Wu Ciyan leaned against the door, "But I have evidence. What should I do?"
Shanhei couldn't laugh anymore.
Wu Ciyan stretched out two fingers, pointed at his forehead, and said with a slight movement of his thin lips, "Fall."
Shan Hei rolled his eyes and fell backwards.
The strong man following him had run out of sight.
Wu Ciyan waved at Wen Lanzhi, "Give me the purse."
Wen Lanzhi handed it to him.
Wu Ciyan turned the mountain black into one ounce of silver, put it in his purse, and gave it back to Wen Lanzhi, "Be careful and don't spend it."
"What will happen if the money is spent?" Wen Lanzhi asked.
Wu Ciyan said, "Then he will be worth only one ounce of silver for the rest of his life."
Wen Lanzhi looked at the purse thoughtfully and said "Oh".
The two cat demons hiding in the quilt came out. Qin Xi knelt down and was about to kowtow, but was stopped by Murong.
Murong said, "We should do what we should do. There's no need to do this. Young Master, it's getting late. You and Miss Wen should rest. I'll take the two girls to the Imperial City."
"Okay." Wu Ciyan said.
"Goddess Murong," Qin Xi pleaded, "Can you send us to the ghost world?"
"Ghost world?" Murong was surprised. "Do you want to be ghosts?"
Qin Xi said: "We are both ghosts now, so it should be safer to stay in the ghost world."
Murong said, "Okay."
After Murong left, Wen Lanzhi's heart was beating fast. She asked quietly, "Sister Murong, why did you suddenly call me Miss? You don't usually call me that."
Wu Ciyan patted her head soothingly and said, "We agreed to act businesslike in front of outsiders and not get too intimate. Every time Murong comes out, she will report to the Heavenly Court to prevent anyone with ulterior motives from making trouble."
Wen Lanzhi breathed a sigh of relief. She thought she had made Sister Murong unhappy.
Wu Ciyan made the bed and said, "Go to sleep. It will be dawn in a few hours."
Wen Lanzhi took a few steps closer to him with a hint of dissatisfaction on her face.
Wu Ci Yan took two steps back, and Wen Lanzhi followed suit. She stood on tiptoe and moved closer to him.
Wu Ci Yan suddenly realized what it felt like to be at a loss. They were too close, and he couldn't lower his head too much, otherwise he would touch Wen Lanzhi's head. He could only lower his head a little and stare straight into her eyes.
It's strange, they usually hug each other without any hesitation. Wu Ci Yan could have just gone up and hugged Wen Lanzhi's waist, pushed her onto the bed, and let her sleep well.
But he just froze and stood there stupidly.
Wen Lanzhi spoke: "Can you... in the future..."
Seeing that she hadn't said anything for a long time, Wu Ciyan took the initiative to ask, "What?"
Wen Lanzhi said, "Don't pull other people's collars, just pull mine."
The two looked at each other for a long time. Suddenly, Wu Ci Yan chuckled, breaking the ambiguous atmosphere. He took a step back, turned his head and laughed.
"What are you laughing at?" Wen Lanzhi pulled his sleeve, "What are you laughing at!"
"Okay, okay, stop laughing." Wu Ciyan grabbed her collar and lifted her up. "Shan Hei is a man, so even a man can't do that?"
"No! Not a man! Not a woman! Not a man or a woman!" Wen Lanzhi said firmly.
"Okay." Wu Ciyan put her on the bed, "I promise I won't pull other people's collars in the future, only yours. Go to sleep."
After hearing his promise, Wen Lanzhi hummed and lay down to sleep contentedly.
Murong was busy all the time until dawn before she came back.
Seeing that Wu Ci Yan was still awake, she asked.
Wu Ciyan said, "I'll wait for you. If anything happens to you, send me a letter and I can help you in time."
Murong said, "Well, you're so kind. Thank you! After I sent the two girls back, I went to find Granny Wang and told her that Shan Hei wouldn't be coming back. Would she like some help? If necessary, I can buy all the girls in her restaurant and give her some compensation so she can find a job somewhere else."
Wu Ciyan asked, "What did she say?"
Murong said: "She refused. She said that her biggest headache was Shanhei. Now that Shanhei was gone, she would be fine. I gave her some money and never mentioned it again."
Wu Ciyan said: "Even if something happens, she won't leave easily. Business here is so good, it's not certain if she goes somewhere else. Unless it's a critical moment, she is still willing to maintain it."
Wen Lanzhi turned over and opened her eyes.
Murong noticed and asked with a smile, "Did we wake you up?"
Wen Lanzhi shook her head and said, "I had a nightmare."
Murong asked, "What nightmare?"
Wen Lanzhi bit her finger and said, "I dreamed that I turned into a roasted rabbit."
Wu Ciyan grabbed her hand and gently touched her forehead, "No."
Wen Lanzhi thought that she would be laughed at after she said it out loud. She was really scared, so she didn't want to say it out loud and be teased.
When she saw Wu Ci Yan solemnly tell her that he would not do that, she was touched for a moment, so she leaned over and kissed his nose.
Murong went out to get food.
The two of them started whispering in bed again.
Wen Lanzhi said in a barely perceptible voice, "Actually, I dreamt of someone in my dream. I still remember his name, but I don't know him. Can I send him a flying letter?"
"Of course not." Wu Ciyan said with a smile, "Flying Book requires a magical connection. Two people who have never met each other have no magical connection at all, so Feishu can't find each other."
Wen Lanzhi pursed her lips and said, "I want to try it."
Wu Ciyan took out a Feishu and handed it to her, "Then you try it."
Wen Lanzhi took the flying book, activated her demonic power, thought for a long time, and said, "Qi Yuefeng, why do you want to kill me?" She let go, and the flying book caught fire.
Both of them were shocked and watched Feishu disappear before their eyes.
Wen Lanzhi was stunned and asked, "It was sent? Who did you send it to?"
Wu Ciyan smiled, lightening the atmosphere, and said, "Qi Yuefeng, you said it yourself."
"Who is Qi Yuefeng?" Wen Lanzhi asked.
Wu Ciyan said, "I don't know."
He helped Wen Lanzhi up and said, "Forget it, it's already been sent out, so let it be."
Murong came back with a lunch box. "I paid a little more and ordered a few more dishes."
Wu Ciyan said, "Okay, eat quickly, and then we'll set off."
Murong is good at choosing dishes, and she chooses all the ones that Wen Lanzhi likes.
Wu Ci Yan picked up a carrot for her, but Wen Lanzhi took it back.
Wu Ciyan asked in confusion, "Don't you like carrots?"
Wen Lanzhi said, "I don't like eating the whole thing; it tastes weird."
"Okay." Wu Ciyan still didn't understand, "If you don't like it, then don't eat it."
Wen Lanzhi loved to talk during meals, so she made small talk by asking, "Benefactor, who gave you your name? It's so nice."
Wu Ciyan said, "I picked it myself."
Wen Lanzhi took a bite of the steamed bun and said, "Amazing! Why did you choose this name?"
Wu Ciyan replied, "Because I don't like writing."
Murong, who was sitting opposite, laughed out loud. She had asked Wu Ciyan about this before. The name sounded nice at first glance, but it didn't have a good meaning no matter how you interpreted it.
Wu Ciyan said at the time, "How can it not have a good meaning? 'Ci Yan' means to say goodbye to the inkstone and never write again in this life. This is the best blessing I have ever heard. I originally wanted to call it 'Ci Mo', but it felt too direct and not good."
Murong laughed at that time, and she would laugh every time she heard him mention it.
Wu Ciyan asked, "Why are you called Wen Lanzhi?"
Wen Lanzhi shook her head: "I don't know, I don't know."
Murong continued, "Orchid, orchid, magnolia, whether it's magnolia or orchid, they are all flowers of noble character."
Wen Lanzhi asked again, "What about Sister Murong?"
Murong thought for a moment and said, "I actually asked my parents. They originally named me 'Rong', which means prosperity and promotion. But at that time, the Emperor of Heaven was in a state of chaos because of the rebellion in the ghost world. Our family lives in Nian Ting, at the junction of the ghost world and the god world. We had dealings with the ghost world in the past, and our situation was awkward. My aunt and uncle said that we didn't want to cause trouble at this critical juncture, so they changed my name to 'Rong', which means lotus. But after all these years, I have grown up, and the Heaven is still troubled by the affairs of the demon world and the ghost world."
From the time she was born until she grew up, equality for all has always been a slogan, it has always been shouted, but there has never been equality.
After dinner, Wen Lanzhi opened the window. It was foggy outside, but not too serious.
Murong said, "I don't know if it's a sorcery or something else. It could also be normal, after all, this place is so close to the lake."
"Let's go." Wu Ciyan also stood up and said, "It's still early now. If we all gather together later, it will be so crowded and annoying."
Wu Ciyan had been to Xixi Lake a long time ago, and his impression of Xixi Lake can be summed up in one word - big!
It's huge, stretching as far as the eye can see, and you need a boat to get across. Now that everyone is crowded here, the Qinqing Fruit is probably on the other side of the river. I guess something is blocking the way.
It is easiest to get into an accident on the water. Once the boat capsizes, no matter how great your skills are, they are useless. It would be a blessing if you don't drown.
But before he reached Xixi Lake, the fog had already made him unable to tell east from west.
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