Zhu Yan Had It Rough

Zhao Yijiu almost laughed.

This was the first time he'd ever considered cracking open Yu Xing's skull, but not to see why the guy was so smart; he wanted to ask him, "Did a zombie finally eat your brain?"

He was trying to talk about serious matters, but Yu Xing managed to veer off into the Pacific Ocean.

"Who told you to stammer like that?" Yu Xing breathed a sigh of relief, fastened her pants, and buckled the weapon strap. "When did you become so hesitant? It made me think that Zhu Yan was too outstanding, or that Brother Jiu was experiencing his first crush... So what's wrong?"

"Well..." Zhao Yijiu took a deep breath, swallowing back the curse that was about to come out, after all, what he was about to say was in the wrong, "When Zhu Yan came to find you, Qu Xuanqing wasn't there, Zhao Mou saw her."

"They chatted for a while. Zhu Yan should have heard you mention us before, so she wasn't surprised."

I was sitting next to him reading a book at the time.

Everything was normal up to this point. Zhao Yijiu paused, Yu Xing pricked up her ears, knowing that the important part was about to begin.

Zhao Yijiu's voice deepened slightly. "I can tell that Zhu Yan is not human."

He has a vengeful spirit within him, having merged with it since childhood. Zhao Yijiu is very perceptive when it comes to those who are "of the same kind" in a certain sense.

He could even see that if he himself was half human and half vengeful ghost, and the vengeful ghost was suppressed, then Zhu Yan was a completely vengeful ghost.

She had no trace of life; she was completely dead, yet strangely, she maintained a human appearance and human bodily functions.

Zhu Yan was even more eccentric than him.

This wouldn't have been a problem in itself, since Zhu Yan was raised under Yu Xing's care. For some reason, Zhao Yijiu felt that everything about Yu Xing had trained.

But his vengeful ghost state thought otherwise.

For a fleeting moment, he paused when he heard Zhu Yan mention being raised by Yu Xing during her self-introduction to Zhao Mou. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the already restless ghostly consciousness briefly took over his body, and then...

Then came a chaotic scene, one he doesn't want to recall.

Anyway, five minutes after he walked over with a mocking smile and interrupted Zhao Mou, Zhu Yan ran away, her face flushed red with anger at the pervert.

Zhao Mou sighed and said to Ghost Wine, who appeared innocent but was actually quite satisfied, "Listen to what you're saying."

"You mean, 'Little sister, can I see what you look like without your human skin?' or 'What kind of ghost are you? Yu Xing's aesthetic sense has always been so excellent...'... Which sentence?" Ghost Wine leaned against the door with his arms crossed, spreading his hands, his tone irritating. "What? I was just a little curious, and you went around in circles trying to find out, so troublesome."

He stepped forward, getting close to Zhao Mou, and grinned, "I'm only thinking of you... brother."

By the time Zhao Yijiu regained control of his body, Zhu Yan had already finished complaining to Qu Xuanqing. He had just been massaging his temples to recover from the near-death experience when Qu Xuanqing arrived and mocked him again.

As a result, Zhao Mou, who had failed to keep a close watch on things, was also ridiculed and taken the opportunity to be asked to cook for a week.

Anyway, Zhao Yijiu never saw Zhu Yan again. After hearing a more complete Yu Xing and Zhu Yan from Qu Xuanqing, he felt extremely ashamed and indignant.

Even Yu Xing carefully protected this girl, hoping she would come into contact with sunny and righteous people, but what kind of bastard things did he say?

At this moment, inside the restaurant, Yu Xing, having heard the whole story, also fell silent.

To avoid getting halfway through his gossip, Yi Qing, despite his amused nature making him want to laugh, carefully concealed his upturned lips with his fan.

"I did think about apologizing," Zhao Yijiu coughed, "But she said she didn't want to see me, so I've been avoiding her as much as possible since then."

Yu Xing stared blankly ahead. "..."

Zhao Yijiu: "... Are you angry?"

Yu Xing: "..."

Zhao Yijiu: "... Don't look at me like that. Maybe I should go apologize."

"Well, that's not necessary. If she doesn't want to see you, the best apology is not to go to her." Yu Xing finally spoke, saying seriously, "Maybe she's seen hooligans before, but she's never seen one from this angle, ha, haha ..."

He couldn't hold back in the end.

Yu Xing certainly wouldn't be angry. Although Zhu Yan was being protected by him, it was only in relation to the Absurdity System. He simply didn't want Zhu Yan had finally achieved a normal life, to relive her own death.

He never tried to raise Zhu Yan into an innocent and carefree hothouse flower. Just from the cases Zhu Yan had encountered with the criminal investigation team, there were countless dark secrets.

Therefore, Zhu Yan was very resistant to what Zhao Yijiu said. He immediately understood why Zhu Yan thought Zhao Yijiu's identity as a perverted ghost was Zhu Yan's biggest secret.

The secret that no one had noticed in her 20 years of life was suddenly exposed one day by a guy who didn't seem like a good person. That guy even had the tendency to tear off her human disguise. Like an animal encountering its natural enemy, Zhu Yan, out of her instinct for self-preservation, would stay far away from Zhao Yijiu.

There was no need for these two to be familiar with each other. Since Zhu Yan was afraid of Zhao Yijiu, the best choice was for Zhao Yijiu to stay away. After all, she had witnessed the terrifying ghost-like personality of Zhao Yijiu upon first meeting him, and Zhu Yan would probably never trust him again.

"If you keep laughing..." Zhao Yijiu, "I'll unleash my vengeful spirit."

Yi Qing, thoroughly enjoying the gossip, couldn't help but interject, "Should we release him to personally apologize to Yu Xing?"

"A vengeful ghost's consciousness will apologize?" Zhao Yijiu glanced at Yiqing coldly. "Would you apologize if you did something wrong?"

"No, I won't do anything wrong." Yi Qing understood. "If I do do something wrong, I'll kill the right person."

"So, Yu Xing," Zhao Yijiu tried to stop Yu Xing from laughing uncontrollably, seemingly conjuring up some scene, "If you laugh again, I'll have the vengeful spirit fight you with poison!"

As long as they're all dogs, they can bite each other.

Unlike now, with Yu Xing so cunning, he has absolutely no way to deal with him.

If Zhao Mou were here, he would be very pleased. Zhao Yijiu is growing faster and faster. It's been a long time since she has shown such strong emotions. Usually, she only shows some vitality when she is bothered by Carlos or suppressed by Qu Xuanqing.

Since spending those two months underground, Yu Xing has developed a habit of overly divergent thinking; otherwise, he would have been very bored and easily broken down while underground.

He was thinking a little too much now, and the more he thought about it, the happier he became, laughing for quite a while before finally stopping.

"Brother Jiu."

With a smile in his eyes, he took a breath and saw Zhao Yijiu numbly pick up a standard-issue pistol from the box, the dark muzzle pointed directly at him.

Yu Xing's smile faded, "... Wasn't that pistol for me? Don't point it at me, okay?"