Chapter 42 Happy Birthday Gu Yuan
In the evening, they packed their luggage and returned to City A.
Gu Yuan sat on the edge of the bed, watching Ji Yunzhou neatly fold his clothes into the suitcase, and an indescribable melancholy welled up in his heart.
This short three-day journey seems like a beautiful dream, and now it’s time to wake up.
Gu Yuan's spirit was obviously declining, as if the energy he had in the past two days was borrowed and now it was time to repay it.
On the way back in the car, he was asleep most of the time, and his head unconsciously rested on Ji Yunzhou's shoulder.
Ji Yunzhou's body stiffened for a moment, but he didn't move away. Instead, he carefully adjusted his sitting position to make Gu Yuan lean more comfortably.
After returning to City A, Ji Yunzhou helped Gu Yuan rent a small and tidy apartment.
It is quiet and comfortable here, with a great view. You can see a corner of the city sky from the window.
"Do you like it here?" Ji Yunzhou stood at the door, watching Gu Yuan look at this new home.
Gu Yuan nodded, his voice a little hoarse: "Very good, thank you."
Gu Yuan knew that this would be where his life would end.
Gu Jing and Li Chuan helped pack up the things, and the boy's face was full of anxiety and reluctance.
"Brother, are you really not going to come home and live with me?" Gu Jing asked for the third time, with obvious grievance in his voice.
Gu Yuan shook his head and reached out to ruffle his brother's hair.
"I will come to see you often, brother." Gu Jing promised.
Gu Jing didn't know about Gu Yuan's illness. He just thought that his brother was still blaming his parents for abandoning him and was unwilling to go back with him.
He thought about buying more things for his brother next time.
Li Chuan gently put his arm around his shoulders without saying a word.
Gu Yuan smiled and nodded, knowing in his heart that this might be the last time they met.
He didn't want his brother to witness his death.
After seeing off Gu Jing and Li Chuan, only Gu Yuan and Ji Yunzhou were left in the apartment.
The setting sun streamed in through the window, casting a golden hue on the room.
"Are you leaving too?" Gu Yuan asked softly.
Ji Yunzhou stood by the window, his back straight and lonely: "Do you want me to stay?"
Gu Yuan didn't answer directly, but said: "I remember you said that the Ghost King would also dissipate, so why did you continue to exist for so long? Aren't you tired?"
Ji Yunzhou turned around, his blood-red eyes softening in the sunset: "Maybe he's waiting for something."
"Have you waited?"
Ji Yunzhou walked towards him and gently brushed his cheek with his cold fingers: "Maybe."
This night was supposed to be a festive occasion.
His 19th birthday became the end of his life.
Gu Yuan sat on the edge of the bed, looking at the sky gradually darkening outside the window, feeling mixed emotions.
As the night deepened, the entire apartment building began to be shrouded in an invisible yet suffocating cold air.
In the dark corner outside the apartment building, countless distorted and blurry shadows began to gather and wander.
They are ghosts and monsters that have come here after smelling the breath of death and the temptation of the ultimate Yin body, greedily longing to share a bite of the energy and flesh that overflows before this rare body dissipates.
However, no evil spirit dared to actually come close.
Because they could all clearly feel that in that seemingly ordinary apartment, there was a powerful aura that made them tremble from the depths of their souls.
That was Ji Yunzhou's absolutely suppressive power.
"Oh……"
Gu Yuan leaned against the headboard, a bitter smile on his face, and shook his head slightly:
"I didn't expect that the person who would celebrate my birthday with me in the end would be you."
"Happy birthday, Gu Yuan."
There was a rare gentle tone in Ji Yunzhou's voice.
He took out a small and exquisite birthday cake that he had prepared in advance, carefully inserted a number candle "19" on it, and then lit it.
The dancing flames reflected on Gu Yuan's pale face.
He patiently cut off a small piece of cake and handed it to Gu Yuan.
Gu Yuan only reluctantly took a small bite and shook his head.
Ji Yunzhou did not insist, but just quietly put the cake away.
Then he brought a chair, sat beside the bed, and silently watched Gu Yuan fall asleep.
Watching his breathing become weaker and weaker, watching his unusually peaceful expression.
Until the darkest moment, everything is silent, even the hustle and bustle of the city is completely submerged.
Gu Yuan's eyelashes suddenly trembled a few times, and he slowly opened his eyes.
At this moment, his eyes were unusually clear and regained their former spirit.
"Ji Yunzhou?" He called softly, his voice as soft as a whisper.
"I am here."
Ji Yunzhou responded immediately, reaching out to hold his cold fingers and wrapping them tightly with his palm.
"I'm sorry..."
Gu Yuan's strength was rapidly fading, and his voice was as thin as a thread: "Also... thank you... thank you for your company these past few days..."
This "I'm sorry" is for the implications brought about by the imposed blood contract.
And this "thank you" is the purest and most sincere gratitude.
Ji Yunzhou did not answer, but just held his hand tightly.
"If I become a ghost, will I remember you?" Gu Yuan asked, his voice already weak.
"Yes."
Ji Yunzhou promised: "No matter what you become, you will remember me."
Gu Yuan closed his eyes contentedly, his breathing gradually stopping.
The last breath of life escaped from his lips and merged into the red rope on his wrist.
The Five Emperors' Coins on the red string shone slightly, and then returned to normal.
Ji Yunzhou held his hand for a long time without letting go.
He leaned over and placed a cool kiss on Gu Yuan's forehead.
"Good night, Gu Yuan."
He whispered, "Sweet dreams."
After saying this, Ji Yunzhou slowly stood up.
He took a last deep look at the boy lying on the bed who seemed to be just asleep.
Then he raised his hand, and an invisible protective spell quietly enveloped the entire room, isolating everything inside and outside.
It's time to clean up all that noise and noise outside.
Ji Yunzhou's figure disappeared from the room in an instant, and the next moment, he appeared on the rooftop of the apartment building.
The night wind blew, ruffling the hem of his clothes.
The majestic and cold aura that he had deliberately restrained was released without reservation.
The pressure instantly enveloped the entire area.
Those ghosts that were originally wandering greedily around the periphery quickly fled in all directions.
However, there are always some evil spirits who are completely consumed by greed and crave power to the point of being desperate.
Instead of escaping, they were attracted by the pure and powerful energy from Ji Yunzhou, like moths to a flame, twisting and howling, and swarmed out of the darkness from all directions.
Ji Yunzhou looked at these low-level evil spirits rushing towards him indifferently. There was no emotion in his blood-red eyes, only a cold and dead silence.
Just right.
He thought lightly, just treat it as...
Let’s accumulate some merit for Gu Yuan.
He raised his hand, his mind moved slightly, and the terrifying pressure that permeated his body surged in all directions like an invisible wave.
The evil spirits that rushed towards them frantically were unable to even utter a scream the moment they came into contact with this force.
The hideous and twisted bodies were like ashes torn apart by the wind, dissipating and disappearing one by one...
Countless pure golden lights that ordinary people cannot see emerged from the places where the annihilated evil spirits disappeared, and sank into the ancient Five Emperors Coin worn on Gu Yuan's wrist in the apartment.
However, in the blink of an eye, the evil aura around the rooftop and even the entire area was cleared away, and the tranquility that should have been there in the middle of the night was restored.
Ji Yunzhou stood alone on the rooftop, gazing at the skyline at the edge of the city in the distance as dawn was about to break.
He sighed softly, and his tall and straight figure gradually faded in the rising morning breeze, and then completely disappeared into the fading night.
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