Chapter 44 Chapter 44
Tang Yang's villa, living room.
Yuan Tian, Tang Yang, Tang Meng and Xiao Jing occupied the four corners and surrounded the two old people.
At first glance, I thought the four young men were bullying the old, weak and disabled.
Although the two old men looked more energetic than the four of them, at least that was the case for now. Because of Yuan Tian's matter, Tang Yang and Tang Meng looked a little embarrassed, and Tang Meng had dark circles under her eyes. Xiao Jing was already wilted from crying too much. Not to mention Yuan Tian, the young boss's soul was a little unstable.
Tang Meng looked at the housekeeper, then at the other old man who looked nothing like the one he remembered, and asked in a tone of fantasy: "Are you really my grandfather?"
Yuan Tian's master smiled and nodded, "The appearance I wore before was just a trick. This is my true appearance now. Also, I am not your real grandfather. I was just entrusted by someone to raise you."
Tang Meng was skeptical, "Then what about Tang Group?"
Tang Yang also spoke coldly, "Tang's Group was founded not too long ago. It has taken root in the local area and developed well more than 30 years ago, which is older than the date of birth on my ID card. If you are not a relative of ours, then you can't be the chairman of Tang's Group. What means do you use to keep such a large group running normally?"
"Is this another trick?" Yuan Tian touched his chin and denied his thoughts, "It shouldn't be, Master, you don't look like someone who can manage a group."
The master said calmly, "I don't know how to do it, but I just need to employ some people who know how to manage a company and how to do things, and that's enough."
Yuan Tian responded with a look of astonishment, "You are really old and cunning. You know how to employ people?"
"You'll know after looking at their academic qualifications and then trying them out." The master's answer sounded somewhat guilty, and he couldn't help but glance at the butler, Old Tang, behind him.
In response, Yuan Tian had only one thing to say: "Confess and you'll be treated leniently, you old man. Otherwise, I'll scatter your ashes!"
"Tsk, who wants that thing when the person is dead!" After the master finished muttering, he was still ready to confess everything.
"This matter is a bit complicated. Let me start with you." The master looked at Yuan Tian with a serious expression. "Twenty years ago, you had been suffering from serious and minor illnesses since birth, and strange things happened around you frequently. Your parents asked an old friend of mine to ask me for help..."
When Yuan Tian, who knew his past very well, heard his master talking about the past, he became distracted. He did not stay still, but began to try to make various shapes in the air.
Tang Yang didn't look at him. It was a rare opportunity to learn about his other half's past, and he didn't want to miss it.
When Yuan Father and Yuan Mother asked for help, the master found out after a test that the child's soul possessed too much spiritual power, which was difficult for his ordinary body to bear, causing him to fall ill frequently.
Unfortunately, because of his spiritual power, many ghosts wanted to take over his body while he was young and had no ability to protect himself, so strange things happened one after another. Fortunately, his family kept a close eye on him, and he also knew an old friend of Master Yuan Tian, who was also a Taoist priest. He placed a protective charm given by the Taoist priest at home, so the ghosts did not succeed for a while.
Yuan's father and mother were just ordinary people with slightly stronger spiritual power, and they could not help the child at all. They could not bear to see him suffer at such a young age, so they left the child in the Taoist temple under the advice of the old Taoist priest. Ordinary ghosts did not dare to approach the Taoist temple, and the child could learn some self-protection skills there.
The child was very clingy, which made his master worried. Later, he developed feelings for him and saw that he was smart, perceptive, and had strong spiritual power, so he simply accepted him as his last disciple and named him Yang An. "Yang" means generation, and "An" means peace.
Unfortunately, despite the careful care taken by the master and other senior brothers, the child still suffered from minor illnesses. The master loved his disciple dearly, so he asked several old friends from other Taoist temples to read Yuan Tian's fortune. The result was not satisfactory, and it was destined to die young.
Hearing this, Yuan Tian became more serious. He knew that what the master was going to say next was what he wanted to know.
The master did not keep the secret. He glanced at Tang Yang and said, "I really couldn't bear to see Xiao Tian die so young. Once a person dies, it is unknown what will happen to his soul. So I looked for ways to change his fate. Until one day, I met an evil creature..."
"You are not a human?" Yuan Tian looked at Tang Yang in surprise.
After a person dies, weak souls will dissipate, while normal souls will become new souls, waiting to be taken away by the underworld, that is, ghosts. But his master was talking about evil spirits, which means that Tang Yang was not even a human when he was alive.
Tang Yang turned to look at him with a wooden face, feeling as if he was being scolded.
The master sighed, "Not only is he not a human, I don't even know what he is."
Tang Yang's face became even more wooden, and he looked at Yuan Tian: "He scolded your man, and you didn't do anything about it?"
Here comes the eternal problem - the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law! Yuan Tian's heart trembled, and he smiled flatteringly at Tang Yang, then looked at his master and cleared his throat: "Pay attention to civilized language!"
The master simply rolled his eyes toward the sky and continued talking about business.
"The evil creature first appeared as a vague ball of extremely yin energy, and it was a conscious energy body. Later, it slowly took on the appearance of a human. It came to me and said it wanted to make a deal with me."
"He claims that he has a way to help Xiao Tian avoid his fate and make him live a long and worry-free life. As a price, I need to help him seal his memory and energy, and help him reshape his human body, so that he can grow up slowly as an ordinary human being and experience the joys, sorrows, anger and happiness of humans..."
Not to mention Yuan Tian, Tang Yang couldn't listen any more: "You just believed it?"
The master glared at him and said, "What could I do at that time! Besides, you exuded an aura that was even more sinister than the underworld's evil spirits. You looked like something that came from the depths of the underworld. Those evil spirits couldn't do anything to you, and they could only let you wander around outside in a swagger. I don't believe what happened to you!"
At this point, the old man still grumbled in grievance: "Who made you so intimidating... You're even more pretentious than the head of a pyramid scheme..."
Yuan Tian felt that this statement had some credibility. After all, when his elder brother Tang pretended to be serious, he did look quite like that.
Tang Yang naturally denied this: "That can only be attributed to my own personal charm."
"You are not a human." The master complained, fearing that his apprentice would become a traitor, so he immediately added: "In short, you didn't have a physical body and couldn't achieve your goal on your own, so you asked me to help you. To sum up our deal, you help my apprentice to overcome the tribulation at the right time, and I help you seal your own consciousness and abilities, so that you can live like an ordinary person."
After being silent for a long time, Tang Meng finally raised his hand tremblingly: "It doesn't seem too ordinary..."
Yuan Tian nodded vigorously. How could the identity of the heir of Tang Group be ordinary? Even the hairline was gilded!
“It seems so. After all, he has not been assigned any parents.” The master nodded in agreement and reflected on himself for three seconds.
“…”
Tang Meng sighed first and raised his hand again: "Grandpa, since my brother is not a human, then, what about me?"
She had already begun to imagine what she was.
Tang Yang and Yuan Tian also turned their eyes to her, trying to find out the differences between her and humans. Their expressions were more serious than finding fault.
"Oh, you are a pure human. You got your yin-yang eyes because you have been with your brother for a long time and your spiritual power has become stronger." The master seemed to be tired of standing and sat down on the sofa. He also took a sip of the Coke from Xiao Jing who was drinking Coke and listening to the "story" beside him.
"That's mine..." Xiao Jing was angry but dared not say anything. He could only look at his boss with grievance.
Yuan Tian pointed directly at the refrigerator: "Be good, there is another refrigerator over there, let's worry about this bottle and half a bottle."
Xiao Jing immediately calmed down and foolishly floated over to eat the Coke as if it were sunflower seeds. The little guy is still keen on Coke now. Seeing that he is a ghost, Yuan Tian and his wife are not afraid of tooth corrosion, so they let him drink it.
However, after soaking in Coke for a long time, the little guy is no longer drunk from Coke. He can even drink one bottle after another while eating melons, which is very comfortable.
"Then why did you adopt me?" Tang Meng was puzzled. "Isn't it strange that an ordinary person like me would sneak into a room full of abnormal people?"
"I know!" Xiao Jing, who was watching the show, raised his hand to answer, "According to the TV show routine, you are the real heir of the Tang family! We adopted you so that we can inherit the family property legitimately! Maybe you are even a child bride?"
Tang Meng looked directly at Yuan Tian: "What did you two show him?"
Yuan Tian looked at Tang Yang with an innocent look on her face.
Tang Yang had a blank expression on his face: "I asked him to watch Peppa Pig, but he refused, saying it would be better to watch a horror movie."
"That's something for children," Xiao Jing muttered, "and it's so ugly."
And he picked it up! Yuan Tian stared at the little ghost in disbelief, reflecting on whether she was too gentle to him. "What's wrong with Peppa Pig! It's so cute and pink, and you can eat it when it grows up!"
"Stop, stop, stop," Tang Meng gestured and shouted, "Let me finish my story first, and then you can go and do the family education, okay? I've been up all night and have fine lines on my face. If I can't stand it any longer, I might fall asleep in the middle of listening. Brothers, please show some concern for the female star, OK?"
The only woman in the family is indeed worthy of care. Yuan Tian turned around and looked at his master tactfully.
This time, it was the butler behind his master who spoke. The old man stood up silently, looking at Tang Meng with a guilty look, "I asked them to raise you."
Tang Meng was a little surprised, but then she quickly remembered that the housekeeper's last name was also Tang, so she asked tentatively, "Who are you?"
"Your grandfather." The old man had a complicated expression. He looked at Tang Meng, then at Tang Yang, and smiled bitterly. "Back then, it wasn't just you who made a deal with him. It was also me, the original owner of the Tang Group."
"At that time, I had committed too many sins and indirectly killed my only son, daughter-in-law and other close relatives, leaving Mengmeng as my only relative. I had to manage the Tang Group and had enemies outside, so I sent her to someone else's home when she was still young. I wanted to take her back after I dealt with my enemies, but I died during the confrontation with them."
"I couldn't let go of Mengmeng, and the family that fostered her didn't treat her well. So I escaped from the Yinchai's capture and looked for people who could help me. By chance, I met the master and the black fog."
At this point, the old man sighed and said, "I took the initiative to offer them the Tang Group and all my assets. The condition is that they can help me take Meng Meng back so that I can stay with her and watch her grow up healthily."
The master also added: "However, Old Tang's death was witnessed by many people. In order to avoid complications, I helped him change his appearance. As for Tang Yang's identity, it is not difficult for us to prove it. In addition, Old Tang also left many confidants in the company. It is natural for him to become the heir of the Tang family with a new human body and identity."
At this point, things finally became clear. However...
Tang Yang frowned slightly, "Then my body was taken from someone else?"
"No, you slowly refined it when you were still Black Mist." The master shrugged. "I don't know exactly how you did it. After all, I only helped you a few times back then, helping you successfully transform into a child, and then helping you seal it."
It's not a possession, that's good. Tang Yang's brows relaxed a little, and he looked at Tang Meng again, wanting to say something but stopping himself.
Tang Meng immediately raised his hand and said, "Don't look at me. I don't care about the Tang Group or anything like that. I'm the youngest movie queen! Besides, you've given me a lot of money over the years. It's enough for me to spend in several lifetimes."
It seems that the possibility of completely transferring the management of the group to Tang Meng in the future is not very high. Tang Yang looked at Yuan Tian silently and could only sigh that it was really difficult to live a simple world for two people.
Xiao Jing, who was eating melons, was full of disappointment and muttered quietly: "This is not bloody enough..."
After the butler finished explaining his business, he looked at Tang Meng eagerly, waiting for her reaction. But Tang Meng didn't know how to face the butler who suddenly became her grandfather, and the scene was quiet again for a while.
At this time, Yuan Tian finally understood the whole story and asked, stroking his chin, "When will Brother Tang's seal be released?"
"It should be soon." The master was actually a little angry when talking about this. "We calculated that year that his seal would be lifted before your death. That's why I plotted against you before I died, indirectly forcing you down the mountain, and letting Old Tang watch in secret, hoping to get you together. In this way, when his seal is lifted and his memory returns, he can fulfill his promise to help you change your fate."
He looked at Yuan Tian again, "I didn't expect that you two didn't need me to add fuel to the fire, and I didn't expect that Mo Kaize would appear among you. Indirectly, your body hastened its decline, and now you are lying in the hospital half-dead, and you didn't even have time to wait for his seal to be completely lifted."
Yuan Tian's eyes widened: "I'm not dead yet?!"
"What death?" The master rolled his eyes, "Can't you feel the difference between living souls and dead souls?"
"It's my first time being a ghost too, I have no experience..." Yuan Tian hummed softly, and then asked: "Then why am I at your place?"
The master took out a small round card and said, "The master is really worried about you and afraid of any accidents, so he asked you to give this to you in a dream. If your life is in danger, it can store your soul in it and prevent you from being beaten to death by other people or ghosts."
"Master..." Yuan Tian's eyes were red. His master was afraid that when he turned into a new ghost, he would not be able to master the skills of being a ghost in a short time, nor would he be able to use his spiritual power well, and would be easily killed by the enemy!
"You are already an adult, don't cry." The master smiled lovingly, touched his hair, and sighed, "In the blink of an eye, you have grown up so big..."
"Yes," Yuan Tian's voice was a little choked, and she pulled Tang Yang over, "I've found a partner."
The master's smile froze on his face. He glared at him, pointed at Tang Yang and said fiercely, "Why are you being nice to him? Once his seal is broken and his memory is restored, he may not be himself anymore!"
Yuan Tian's expression also changed, and she unconsciously tightened her grip on Tang Yang's hand.
But the next second, the other party shook his hand back forcefully.
"A Yuan," Tang Yang's voice was light, but his eyes were sincere, "I won't change. At least, the fact that I like you will never change."
Yuan Tian smiled and nodded. But he was still a little confused, so he had to change the subject to his master: "When are you going to send me back?"
The master rolled his eyes at him again, "Are you sure we want to send you back now? Your organs are failing. If you go back now, you might die in pain."
"Well, then I'll just float around for two days." Yuan Tian quickly backed off, "It's a good opportunity to get used to the feeling of being a ghost in advance."
"That's what I was thinking," the master stood up, "Before the ghost messenger comes, I will find a way to keep your body alive."
At this point, he glanced at Tang Yang, wanting to say something but stopping himself. But soon, he gave up, sighed, turned around and prepared to leave.
"Wait a minute!" Yuan Tian suddenly remembered something, "You haven't told me where your soul went after you died? You didn't even come to see us on the seventh day. Is there a ghost out there?"
"Bah! Don't tarnish my reputation!" the master said angrily. "My master is too outstanding to be taken to the underworld for the judge's trial."
Yuan Tian and Tang Yang looked at each other and asked in unison: "Did it succeed?"
The master puffed out his chest with some pride, "You will officially start work in fifteen days!"
Xiao Jing almost spit out his Coke, and exclaimed: "It turns out that the boss was not lying, there really is someone underground!"
"Then can you protect me when I go to the underworld?"
"Then can you use the back door to let Yuan survive?"
Again speaking in unison, Yuan Tian and Tang Yang subconsciously smiled at each other, sweeping away the previous dull atmosphere.
The master didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Didn't I tell you that you can only start working after 15 days?"
In other words, he couldn't help for the time being, and Tang Yang was even more disappointed than Yuan Tian.
Seeing that he was sad, Yuan Tian quickly changed the subject: "Xiao Jing, Brother Tang and Tang Meng, remember this, you know what to say when you encounter difficult ghosts in the future, right?"
Xiao Jing raised his hand: "I know, I have someone in the underworld, and the judge is my boss's master!"
"Nonono," Yuan Tian shook his finger.
Tang Yang understood his intentions and asked for advice humbly: "Then what should we say? How about a sample?"
Yuan Tian raised his head and said proudly: "My master is Zhang Tiedan!"
Veins popped out on the master's forehead, and he picked up a can of Coke and threw it at him, "I'll make you Zhang Tiedan! I'll make you Zhang Tiedan!"
…
After the chaos, it was already dawn.
The master had already left, and Tang Meng and her new grandfather went back to her own villa to talk. Xiao Jing drank a table of Coke, finally got drunk again, and floated back to the room to count the stars.
The only people left in the living room were Tang Yang and Yuan Tian, who had regained his physical form after being dressed as a paper man.
This paper figurine was originally prepared for Xiao Jing, but the little boy loves to drink Coke, and it is inconvenient for him to wear this thing, so it was left unused. Unexpectedly, this thing was used by Yuan Tian himself in the end.
He twisted left and right in a paper figure. After a while, he slowly walked towards Tang Yang who was sitting on the sofa and looked at him for a long time without saying a word, wondering what he was thinking.
"Brother Tang, your health is really not good..."
Before he could finish, he was grabbed by Tang Yang and fell into his arms.
Looking up at the handsome face of her lover who was very close to her, Yuan Tian changed the subject: "Actually, this body is also quite good. The flexibility is quite good..."
Tang Yang simply lowered his head and blocked his chattering mouth with his lips.
Two minutes later, he silently let go of the person, then silently reached out to take something off his tongue, and then put his hand between his body.
I saw a small piece of wet colored paper lying quietly on his fingers, bright red and charming.
Yuan Tian: “…………”
He touched his torn lips and tried to explain: "Don't blame me, this body is a paper man after all..."
Tang Yang's eyes were dark and the black mist around him was stirring again.
After a while, Tang Yang seemed to have reconciled with himself and his expression warmed up.
He smiled warmly like a spring breeze and stretched out a hand to Yuan Tian: "Ah Yuan, let's take this opportunity to rehearse 'Ghost'."
Yuan Tian: “???”
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