Chapter 23 Chapter 23
A trace of surprise flashed across Mo Kaize's face, and then he smiled maliciously, still stabbing with all his strength. If he couldn't kill the person who posed the greatest threat, then killing the person that person cared about would be a good idea.
Knowing it was too late, Yuan Tian still rushed towards Tang Yang like mad, but his heart was full of despair.
And just as he expected, the long sword was unstoppable, wrapped in black mist and pierced into Tang Yang's body in the blink of an eye.
At the moment the sword pierced his abdomen, a burst of blood-black light spread from the place where Tang Yang's body and the sword touched. The light covered the long sword at a lightning speed and swallowed the long sword in an instant.
The long sword gradually turned into ashes and dissipated, but the light was still eroding upwards. Mo Kaize let go of the sword in fear, but the arm holding the sword was still touched by the light, and the area at the base of the palm was instantly bloody.
He looked at Tang Yang in disbelief, then looked at Yuan Tian who had rushed to Tang Yang and reached out to pull him back. He gritted his teeth, turned around and jumped out the window to escape.
Things were moving too fast, and Cong Shu just got up from the ground. He was about to chase him, but Yuan Tian stopped him: "Don't give yourself away, you can't beat him."
Cong Shu could only grit his teeth, stop unwillingly, and turn towards Yuan Tian and the others.
At this time, Yuan Tian had already pulled Tang Yang to sit on the bed, and anxiously lifted up his shirt to check his abdomen.
Apart from a small wound that seemed to have only scratched the skin and did not bleed much, the six-pack abs were the most conspicuous. When he touched the wound with his fingers, there was no sign of spiritual power fluctuations near it.
Yuan Tian didn't bother to find out what the light that just burst out of his body was. He just looked up at Tang Yang, whose face was normal but confused, as if he didn't understand what happened. He was so nervous that his throat trembled: "How are you? Are you feeling unwell?"
Tang Yang stared at him blankly, and finally shook his head after a while: "It just hurts a little where the skin is broken, but I don't feel anything else."
Yuan Tian finally breathed a sigh of relief, then angrily scolded: "Are you a fool? Why are you standing in front of me? Don't you know that you are an ordinary person? What if you get killed? What should I do? Do you want me to live with guilt in the future?"
Tang Yang looked innocent, pointing at the wooden sign on the ground: "I didn't think so much at the time... Besides, you said that thing could buy time to escape."
"…………" Yuan Tian slowly cast his eyes towards the wooden pendant that was broken into two pieces on the ground, then silently turned to Tang Yang, his voice full of weakness: "Well...it seems that you are in good condition, then I feel relieved."
What a sin! It seems that the other person listened to him and thought that the pendant would serve as a human shield for him so that he wouldn't die.
Who knew that he would run into that unknown thing called Mo Kaize, who was neither human nor ghost, and who appeared out of nowhere. This was great, someone saved him, but almost lost his life, and he was still cheated by her.
Tang Yang stared at him with a teasing look in his eyes: "That's it? You don't want to say anything else?"
Yuan Tian blinked and said jokingly, "I can't repay you for saving my life, how about I repay you with my body?"
Tang Yang couldn't help but teasing: "It's not impossible." His sister would definitely be happy to do so.
But thinking about this, he felt a little sad for some reason. Tang Yang thought, maybe he didn't want to see his sister leave with someone else.
"Before that," Tang Yang lowered his head and said, "Can you take your hand away first?"
Yuan Tian: “…………”
He silently moved his hands away from Tang Yang's tight and beautiful abdominal muscles, took one last look at him with reluctance and envy, and then put his clothes back on to prevent him from catching a cold.
Six pack! Brother Tang actually has the six pack abs he always dreamed of! It's so unfair!
Tang Yang finally breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at the others. Cong Shu, who was standing next to them, looked up at the sky and down at the ground, not looking at them, as if he was feeling guilty for interrupting someone else's good deeds.
Ouyang Xiu, who was far away, met his gaze and asked blankly, "How about I leave? To make room for you two?"
“…………”
What a mess!
Not to mention how to deal with the aftermath here, on the other side, in a quaint old house in the suburbs of S City.
The old man in a dark Tang robe and full of silver hair pushed his glasses, frowned, and muttered to himself: "Is it broken..."
Yuan Tian and Tang Yang finally went to the hospital together and were both hospitalized. The former had a fever again after all this trouble; the latter had an abdominal injury, which seemed like a minor matter, but what if there was any internal injury or aftereffects? It would take a careful examination and observation before making any decisions.
This time we booked a double room, which was quite big and saved money.
Ouyang Xiu and Cong Shu were busy helping them with the paperwork. When they came back, they saw the two of them using their cell phones to check into a hotel and play Landlord, which almost got them mad.
It was too late, so Cong Shu planned to find a hotel nearby to stay overnight. Ouyang Xiu had to go back to rest because he had a scene to shoot the next morning. So they added each other on WeChat, and Ouyang Xiu settled the commission for them and asked Cong Shu for some amulet paper.
Originally, she wanted to ask Yuan Tian for it, because it was obvious that the young boss was better than Cong Shu. But he said that he usually didn't use talisman paper and didn't have any on him, so she turned to Cong Shu for help.
With a few pieces of talisman paper in her pocket, and after confirming again and again that Mo Kaize was unlikely to come to see her again, she hurried back. As for Mo Kaize, she no longer wanted to mention that person.
From the moment Mo Kaize suddenly burst out and stabbed Yuan Tian, she understood. After all this time, it turned out that this man was not an ordinary person at all. What he said about liking her and setting up the trap just to be a hero to save the beauty was naturally false. Such a complete liar, I'm afraid he just wanted to use her from the beginning.
It's just that she didn't know why Mo Kaize wanted to use her, and now she had no interest in knowing. She just hoped that in the future, she would never meet him again.
When they returned to the hotel and dealt with some follow-up issues, it was already past two in the morning. Ouyang Xiu was completely sleepless, so she simply posted a circle of friends to see who was still awake and chat.
After a while, Tang Meng sent her a message.
"How's it going, Xiuxiu? Has the problem been resolved? I see you're still in the mood to post on WeChat Moments, so it shouldn't be a big problem now?"
Ouyang Xiu replied bitterly: "It's solved, but it's hard to explain. I'll tell you in person later."
"Okay, then how about my brother and Boss Yuan? Have they made any progress today?"
Mr. Tang and Boss Yuan...
Ouyang Xiu's mind flashed with the scene of Yuan Tian pulling open Tang Yang's clothes and her hands lingering on his abdominal muscles. She silently replied to Tang Meng: "Great progress, they are honest with each other. I feel that Boss Yuan seems to be a little greedy for your brother's body."
Tang Meng: "???" Is this what she understands as being honest? Hey, isn't this the family his brother covets?
That night, one more person suffered from insomnia.
The next morning, Yuan Tian was awakened by the sound of Tang Yang talking on the phone. He opened his eyes dazedly, and Tang Yang just hung up the phone, looking unhappy. So he rubbed his eyes and asked vaguely, "Is there something wrong with the company?"
Tang Yang shook his head: "The company is already on the right track. If there is anything, I can contact you by phone or handle it on my mobile phone."
"Why are you so serious?" Yuan Tian was puzzled.
"It was my grandfather who called me." Tang Yang was silent for a moment before he smiled bitterly, "He asked me if anything happened last night and urged me to go home as soon as possible."
Yuan Tian was silent, staring at the wooden plaque on his bedside table. After a while, he said, "Tang Meng said her wooden plaque was given by your grandfather, so yours must be the same. It broke last night, and he came to ask you today. It's a coincidence."
After a pause, he continued, "I couldn't figure out what the light on you last night was, but I guess it might be a special ability inherited from your elders. So, do you want to go back and ask?"
"No." Tang Yang said decisively. After a long silence, he continued, "I may not have told you that Tang Meng, our grandfather and I are not related by blood."
Yuan Tian was a little surprised. He thought that the Tang brothers and sisters both had the ability to see ghosts and strong inspiration, which was inherited from their elders. Unexpectedly, it turned out that they were not even related by blood.
"I don't know where I came from, but I've been with my grandfather since I can remember. This wooden sign has been with me for a long time. As for Tang Meng, I actually picked her up. At that time, she was three years old and was abandoned at the door of the orphanage..."
"At first, Tang Meng couldn't see any ghosts, but after spending more time with her, I found that she could slowly see those things. At that time, she was still young and couldn't tell the difference between the living and the dead. I guessed that Tang Meng was too close to me and was influenced by me, so she could see those things."
"It wasn't until my grandfather gave her a wooden sign that was somewhat similar to mine, so that she could no longer see those things, that I guessed that my wooden sign was also made by him."
"But no matter how I ask my grandfather, he just keeps silent. I don't think I'll get anything out of him this time. At most, he'll give me another wooden sign." Tang Yang smiled bitterly, "It's just a temporary solution, not a permanent one. It's pointless."
Yuan Tian finally understood at this time: "That's why you moved out to live alone. Even if Tang Meng moved to the same community with you, you would only be willing to be her neighbor and live in a villa each."
Tang Yang nodded silently and admitted it. Although the brother and sister are both relatively independent, the villa is so big and they grew up together, so there is no way that there is no room for one of them. A few years ago, he used the fact that they were all grown up and should have their own private lives to trick Tang Meng into agreeing to let him buy the villa next door for her to live in.
He was afraid that if the brother and sister continued to live together, Tang Meng would become like him after a while and would still be able to see ghosts even with the wooden sign to protect him.
"Then who is your grandfather?" Yuan Tian still didn't understand. Anyone who could give such a amulet didn't seem like an ordinary person.
"I don't know. He has been elusive over the years. He doesn't treat us like his grandchildren, and he likes quietness. But I don't think he will harm me. After all, he raised me."
At this point, Tang Yang had a worried look on his face: "I used to think that if he was just an ordinary person, and I could influence Tang Meng, maybe I could also influence my grandfather, so I just stayed away from both of them."
Yuan Tian didn't know what to say. After a while, he finally sighed, "You have good intentions. I don't know whether I should admire your greatness or something else."
"Forget it." Tang Yang shrugged and smiled helplessly, "What greatness? I'm not sure about anything. Staying away from them is just a precaution. Besides, even if my guess is correct, I'm just making amends. After all, Tang Meng was indeed influenced by me."
There is some truth in this. Yuan Tian was about to say something else when there was a knock on the door.
He had no choice but to stop talking and look towards the door.
Cong Shu came in, holding a bouquet of carnations in his hand. He smiled at Yuan Tian, with a hint of flattery: "Daoyou Yang An, I'm here to see you."
Yuan Tian immediately frowned, and his heart bled when he thought about the commission that had just been plundered by this guy last night.
Tang Yang looked at him with amusement, then looked at Cong Shu and said, "Master, how are you going to deal with that little ghost?"
"It's just as agreed," Cong Shu took out a small umbrella from his bag and said with a smile, "He's in my soul-collecting umbrella now. I'll take him back to Sande Temple later. I'll give him some snacks that I promised him, and then find an auspicious day to perform a ritual to help him transcend."
To transcend the dead means to purify the resentment, and then ask the ghosts to take them to the underworld so that they can have a chance to be reincarnated.
Yuan Tian couldn't help but complain: "Why pick an auspicious day? We still have to queue up after the prayer."
Those underworld officials don't care whether the time you come down is good or bad, they are busy. Even if you are the king of heaven, you have to queue up for him.
"Well," Taoist Cong Shu smiled sheepishly, "Well, to be honest, we Taoist friends actually want to wait until there are more wronged souls and evil ghosts before we concentrate on salvation. You also know that the ghost messengers are very busy, and if the number is too small, they are too lazy to come and take them away."
Tang Yang couldn't help but complain, how short-handed they must be! No wonder the last time a kid sent a fierce ghost to the underworld, the ghost messenger was so moved that he almost swore brotherhood with him.
Cong Shu chatted with the two of them, mainly with Yuan Tian, for a long time. During this time, he inquired about Tang Yang's situation. The sudden burst of light from this man last night and the energy that seemed to devour everything made him more worried than curious.
Things have not been peaceful in recent years. If this guy has any bad intentions, it would be a time bomb.
Unfortunately, Yuan Tian and Tang Yang themselves couldn't figure it out, so they could only casually attribute the cause to the wooden sign and try to fool Cong Shu.
Cong Shu was very skeptical, but he could do nothing about it. However, he believed that Yuan Tian, as a Taoist priest of Kongmen Temple, would not let Tang Yang have any bad intentions if he did.
So he had no choice but to say, "Then you two, I will take the little ghost back now. I also have to report the matter of Mo Kaize to the Taoist Association."
Mo Kaize escaped, but they didn't understand his purpose and origin. Yuan Tian and Cong Shu analyzed it and came up with two speculations.
First, he wanted Ouyang Xiu's money and beauty. After all, Ouyang Xiu was a well-known star in the entertainment industry, good-looking and wealthy.
Secondly, it was Yuan Tian's idea - he was using Ouyang Xiu to make her constantly invite sorcerers to come and exorcise evil spirits. And he would use the little ghosts to kill or control those sorcerers one by one, so as to strengthen himself.
To exorcise evil spirits, no Taoist temple would send a powerful Taoist priest, at most they could send someone like Cong Shu. But it was obvious that Cong Shu couldn't control the little ghost, and if they really fought, he could only barely save his life.
No matter which result, it is not very optimistic. Mo Kaize might have already started looking for a buyer. Such things may happen again in the future. Reporting to the Taoist Association and having them send people to search is the best way.
Before leaving, Cong Shu seemed to remember something, looked at Yuan Tian with some embarrassment, and said: "Daoyou Yang An, I have something to tell you in advance."
After that, he bowed solemnly to Yuan Tian: "I'm sorry!"
Then, without waiting for Yuan Tian to react, he left quickly.
Yuan Tian blinked, looking puzzled: "What did he do to me?"
Tang Yang was also puzzled: "I always feel like he sold you out."
The two looked at each other, unable to figure out the mystery, so they shook their heads and simply stopped thinking about it.
Their ward is bound to be very busy at this moment.
First, Ouyang Xiu came to see them again and gave them some fruit snacks. Then Tang Yang's assistant Xiao Li and another company executive also came to see him and gave him a lot of supplements.
It was a little shock again. The little boy struggled to float to the hospital under the scorching sun. When he saw Yuan Tian receiving intravenous drip with a pale face, he rushed over, hugged him and started crying.
“Boss, wow, wow, wow… You’re so miserable…”
She cried her heart out, tears streaming down her face, so pitiful.
Yuan Tian didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and couldn't help but complain: "If someone didn't know, they would think you were mourning for me."
Tang Yang couldn't help but joke: "How many tables are you going to set up? Don't forget to invite me."
Yuan Tian couldn't help but pick up a pillow and throw it at him. Is he thinking about eating his feast? !
Not long after Xiao Jing came, Tang Meng also came. As soon as she entered the room, she was relieved to see Xiao Jing, and said helplessly: "This little brat cried like crazy when he knew that you, Boss Yuan, were in the hospital. He didn't even take the car, but just floated over here."
Xiao Jing wiped her tears with grievance: "You said that the boss was in the hospital again... I thought it would be very serious if he was in the hospital..."
Who knew it was just a fever?
Tang Meng knew she was in the wrong because she hadn't expressed herself clearly. She had no choice but to coax him a few words before looking at her brother.
"Are you sure everything is alright?" she asked.
Tang Yang shook his head: "It's okay, just a superficial wound. I'll be able to be discharged from the hospital tomorrow after today's observation."
"Huh," Tang Meng breathed a sigh of relief, thought for a moment and said, "Then, about Grandpa's side..."
"No need to let him know." Tang Yang said calmly, and then added: "Old people are not easily frightened."
Tang Meng thought of the energetic and cold old man in the old house, and the corners of his mouth twitched. Really, he was so scared!
She looked at Yuan Tian, who was helplessly opening the snack bag for Xiao Jing, and after thinking for a while, she couldn't help but said, "Brother, Xiuxiu has already told me the details. You stood in front of Boss Yuan at the critical moment, it was really..."
After thinking about it for a long time, she still couldn't figure out what adjective to use, so she simply gave a thumbs up: "Manly enough!"
Tang Yang raised the corners of his mouth and smiled with some pride: "Of course." It's my duty to stand by my brothers and brother-in-law!
Yuan Tian, who was apparently trying to stop Xiao Jing from crying with snacks, was actually paying some attention to Tang Yang. At this moment, she caught sight of Tang Yang's smug look from the corner of her eye, and couldn't help but laugh or cry. This guy, did he know that if he wasn't careful at that time, he would have died!
What is he so proud of? Is it because he saved him?
Tang Meng glanced at Yuan Tian secretly, and seeing that he was still talking to Xiao Jing, she looked at her elder brother again.
She said earnestly, "Brother, just because you are willing to risk your life to protect Boss Yuan, I will always support you! You must work hard and get along well with Boss Yuan."
Tang Yang looked at her with some disapproval. What's the point of his efforts as a brother-in-law? You, a little girl, have to do it yourself! Otherwise, how can you catch up with someone!
But because the girl was shy, he didn't say it out loud. Forget it, nowadays people look for a partner not only for the partner, but also for the partner's family. Some people even decide to break up because of the difficulty in getting along with the mother-in-law or the mother-in-law.
The eldest brother is like a father. As the eldest brother-in-law, he should indeed improve his sister's impression points so that Yuan will have one less consideration when accepting his sister in the future.
Alas, as an older brother, he really has good intentions.
However, what he didn't know was that Yuan Tian heard everything Tang Meng said.
He stared blankly at Xiao Jing eating snacks, his thoughts in a mess.
From what Tang Meng said, Brother Tang was interested in him? Was he pursuing him?
But they have only known each other for a few days, not even half a month!
But Tang Meng was right, Tang Yang did risk his life to protect him. Then he thought of what Tang Yang said last night - "I've only heard that if you really like someone, you will do your best to protect him, even at the cost of your own life."
Doesn't this further prove that Tang Yang likes him sincerely?
Thinking deeper, he recalled some details.
When they met for the first time, Tang Yang agreed to let him stay. He was considerate and offered him a Coke and even helped him open the bottle. He was very considerate.
Later, when he was exorcising evil spirits in his company, he was able to notice that his face was not good and his fingers were cold even though evil spirits were surrounding him. After he was sent to the hospital, he insisted and patiently persuaded him to go for a check-up...
And yesterday, I put down my work and brought a thermos to see him, accompanied him to kill ghosts, and even saved him with my own life in the end...
Everything, it turns out, had signs of happening long ago.
Yuan Tian thought vaguely that the legendary love at first sight was true. Brother Tang fell in love with him at first sight.
He was a little flustered and confused, and didn't know what to do for a moment.
Who can face someone who truly loves you and is even willing to protect you with his or her life without feeling any emotion?
Yuan Tian thought in distress, what should he do...
Just when he was having a headache, Tang Meng's voice called him back to his senses: "Boss Yuan?"
Yuan Tian looked at her blankly.
"I have to go, I have to go to the announcement." Tang Meng said, "What were you thinking about just now? I called you twice."
Yuan Tian looked at her, then silently cast his gaze towards Tang Yang who was looking at him with a worried look. After a long silence, he finally uttered a few words with difficulty: "I seem to have committed a sin..."
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