Pei Yubai untangled the red threads, shocking Lu Zhao and earning his admiration (two chapters in one)

Lu Zhao heard the voice, looked up at Pei Yubai, and was stunned for a moment.

Even now, he still finds it difficult to look this person in the eye.

Everyone in the Upper Realm knows that Senior Qiguan has been searching for Senior Moon Official.

That's the Moon Official who shielded Senior Qiguan from the Power of Marriage under the Tree of Fate, causing his soul to be scattered.

Furthermore, everyone knows that Senior Qiguan Guan stripped away his divine essence to nourish the remaining fragments of Senior Moon Official's soul; this is not a secret in the Heavenly Realm.

Although no one has explicitly stated that the two are partners, Senior Qiguan has been tending to a Tree of Fate transplanted to the mortal realm for hundreds of years, brewing eighteen jars of osmanthus wine every year, and drinking the Dragon Ball Snow Tea that Moon Official loved most in his lifetime. Does this need to be explicitly stated?

Everyone tacitly accepted it.

Even Lu Zhao, who had never met Senior Moon Official, implicitly believed that Senior Qiguan and Senior Moon Official were a couple.

So when he saw the red thread on Pei Yubai's wrist that was connected to Senior Qiguan's, his first reaction was bewilderment.

Senior Qiguan isn't waiting for Senior Moon Official anymore? He's taken a liking to a mortal?

Lu Zhao secretly observed Pei Yubai for quite a while.

To be fair, this mortal was indeed handsome, with deep-set features and a composed demeanor, truly possessing the appearance of an immortal.

But no matter how beautiful someone is, they are still just a mortal.

Lu Zhao then secretly glanced at Qiguan Yuan was sleeping in Pei Yubai's arms.

Senior Qiguan was sleeping soundly, his breathing deep and even, which showed that he trusted Pei Yubai completely.

Lu Zhao sighed inwardly.

Perhaps it's because it's been too long.

One person waited for eight hundred years; that's too long.

Having someone you like by your side, even if it's just to talk, is better than facing that silent Tree of Fate.

So Lu Zhao gave those two books to Senior Qiguan. Since Senior Qiguan had chosen this person, he should treat him well, at least to let this person know how to make Senior Qiguan comfortable.

Because of this thought, Lu Zhao looked at Pei Yubai with a hint of sympathy.

However, to be noticed by Senior Qiguan, even if only temporarily, would be a great honor.

You should know that many young deities in the Heavenly Realm secretly admire Senior Qiguan. Every time Senior Qiguan returns to the Heavenly Realm on business, there are always a few of these young deities who pretend to pass by the Hall of Fate and peek inside.

Even the gods didn't have this honor, yet this mortal was chosen by Senior Qiguan.

He scrutinized Pei Yubai's face for a while longer.

That face definitely has the right to be attractive.

As a movie star, Pei Yubai is extremely sensitive to changes in people's facial expressions.

Although Lu Zhao's sympathy was not entirely hidden, it was as if it were written all over Pei Yubai's face.

He looked puzzled and asked, "What's wrong?"

Lu Zhao snapped out of his daze and quickly shook his head, replying to what he had said earlier, "Ah, it's nothing, no need, you don't know how to do this."

"I can."

"How could an ordinary person like you know this?" Lu Zhao pulled the Marriage Register closer to himself, his tone filled with unquestionable disbelief.

"You should keep Senior Qiguan and stop causing trouble. These red lines aren't for just anyone to cross; if you mess them up, they'll be even harder to untangle. I already have enough of a headache today."

Pei Yubai remained silent for a moment.

He looked at Lu Zhao's earnest face, which conveyed an expression that said, "I'm doing this for your own good, but you don't appreciate it," and said nothing more.

He lowered his eyes, his gaze returning to Qiguan Yuan's sleeping face.

Lu Zhao continued to tidy up the red thread.

At first, things were relatively calm. One hand flipped through the Marriage Register, the other held the red thread of fate, occasionally pausing to think before continuing.

After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the calm could no longer be maintained.

There was a red thread that had somehow become tangled with the three red threads next to it, forming a knot. Lu Zhao tried to untangle it from one end, but it didn't work. He tried to untangle it from the other end, but it only got tighter.

He took a deep breath, changed direction, and carefully pulled the end of the red thread outward with his fingers. He got stuck halfway through, and the whole knot shrank into an even tighter ball.

Lu Zhao turned to the Marriage Register, but confused the red line on the next page with the cross-index on the previous page. The record he was looking for was on the third page. When he turned back, the wind blew the pages out of order, messing up the order he had painstakingly arranged.

He closed his eyes, put the pen on the table, and pressed his hands against his temples.

Ugh!!! So annoying!!! I want to peck this tattered booklet to pieces!

Pei Yubai watched from the side.

Lu Zhao went from sitting upright at the beginning to slumping over the table now, from calm to impatient, and from impatient to irritable.

Pei Yubai recalled that Qiguan Yuan had mentioned to him last night that Lu Zhao was the Golden Crow.

Are birds all so impatient?

Lu Zhao tugged at another red thread that he couldn't untie no matter what he tried. He pulled twice but couldn't budge it. Instead, the knot in the red thread shrank even smaller.

He slammed the red thread on the table, stood up, and turned to look in Qiguan Yuan's direction.

Why don't we wake up the senior to help? Even though the senior might scold him for being stupid, they'll still help him solve the problem after they've finished scolding him.

But before he could take a step, a hand reached out from the side and took the tangled mess of red thread from his hand.

Lu Zhao looked down and saw that Pei Yubai had already taken the red thread.

He was about to say, "Don't touch it."

Those red threads were tied in a series of knots, and he couldn't untangle them even after drinking a cup of tea. An ordinary person touching them would only make things more complicated.

Before he could finish speaking, the red thread unraveled in Pei Yubai's hand.

Pei Yubai's fingers were long and slender with distinct knuckles, and he held the red thread with a measured and unhurried motion.

He first picked out the outermost red thread, pinched the end of the thread with his index finger and thumb, and gently pulled it out, thus untying the first thread.

Then place the remaining three strands side by side on the table, find the center intersection of the knot, support the two sides of the knot with two fingers on the left and right, and pull outwards to loosen the knot.

Then, one by one, the red threads were pulled out of the loosened knot, and the four red threads were neatly arranged on the table.

The whole process took less than thirty seconds.

Lu Zhao was completely stunned.

He stood next to Pei Yubai, his mouth slightly open, his eyes fixed on the four neatly arranged red lines on the table.

Only one thought kept repeating in my mind: No, why?

He is the Golden Crow, the essence of the Fire of Departure. Senior Qiguan himself said that he is the god most compatible with the Power of Marriage, besides Senior Qiguan and Senior Moon Official.

That's why he became the current Yue Lao after Senior Qiguan stepped down.

But the knot that he had struggled to untangle for almost the time it takes to drink a cup of tea was easily untied by a mere mortal.

An ordinary person.

A mortal without even Spiritual Power.

This is unreasonable!!!

Lu Zhao snapped out of his shock and, as if possessed, pulled an even messier ball from the Marriage Register and handed it to Pei Yubai.

This knot was a result of him accidentally mixing together five threads from different directions, making it more complicated than the previous one. He had originally planned to take it back to the Heavenly Realm tonight and work on it slowly.

Pei Yubai took it.

His actions were the same as before: first, he observed the structure of the knot, found the direction of the outermost thread, and pushed along the path of the thread with his fingertip to confirm that there were no intersections before pulling it out.

Then, under Lu Zhao's gaze, he easily untied the five threads.

Lu Zhao's beak almost didn't close.

Over the next half hour, Lu Zhao experienced the most intense emotional rollercoaster of his life.

From shock to numbness, then from numbness to worship, and finally from worship to a kind of fawning enthusiasm.

Pei Yubai sat at the stone table and helped him untie the red threads, handing one thread to Lu Zhao would then register the threads in the Marriage Register.

Pei Yubai untangled the threads faster than he registered them, and the pile of tangled threads on the table visibly shrank.

As Lu Zhao wrote notes in the notebook, he secretly glanced at Pei Yubai.

Is this person really an ordinary person?

Can an ordinary person untie a marriage knot that even the Golden Crow couldn't untie with their bare hands?

He thought about Senior Qiguan's discerning eye for talent, then about Pei Yubai's face, and finally about Pei Yubai's hands, which were even more adept at untying red threads than his own.

In conclusion, Senior Qiguan's selection of personnel was indeed for a reason; his eye for talent was exceptional!

They never doubted Pei Yubai's identity.

After Pei Yubai helped him untangle the last knot, Lu Zhao put down his pen, picked up the teapot on the table with both hands, and respectfully poured Pei Yubai a cup of tea.

The tea was no longer hot; it was Longtuan Shengxue, brewed by Pei Yubai earlier, and had been sitting for so long that it was just the right temperature to drink.

Lu Zhao held the teacup in both hands and presented it to Pei Yubai, her eyes sparkling, her voice even sweeter than when she called him "senior" earlier.

" Brother Pei, have some tea."

Pei Yubai took the teacup and glanced at him.

I won't comment much on Lu Zhao's expression and his completely different attitude just now.

" Brother Pei, you're amazing! I've never seen anyone untie a marriage knot so quickly. Senior Qiguan has such excellent taste; you and Senior Qi Guan standing together are a match made in heaven!"

"I've seen countless marriages, but none are as perfectly matched as you and my senior!"

As Lu Zhao spoke, he refilled Pei Yubai's teacup. His words were as sweet as honey, and he showered Pei Yubai with compliments, each one unique and perfectly tailored to his heart.

As expected of the Yue Lao, he knew how to praise people in a way that would win their hearts. When he said that Pei Yubai and Qiguan Yuan a match made in heaven, his tone was sincere.

Pei Yubai sipped his tea, and his mood visibly brightened.

He nodded, accepting Lu Zhao's flattery.

Seeing that he nodded, Lu Zhao became even more enthusiastic, leaned closer, and lowered his voice, saying, " Brother Pei, when Senior Qiguan isn't around, I'll secretly give you a few red ropes. You and the senior can tie them together a few more times, make sure they're tight."

He said that very seriously.

He had already completed the logical loop in his mind.

Senior Qiguan found a mortal partner. This mortal is good-looking and knows how to untie red threads. Senior Qiguan likes him, so he should be with Senior Qiguan.

As for Senior Moon Official... Senior Moon Official Guan has been missing for eight hundred years, Senior Qiguan can't be alone forever.

What's wrong with using a stunt double?

Even a stunt double can defeat the ideal woman! Go for it, Brother Pei! You can do it!

Just then, Qiguan Yuan moved.

He rested his head on Pei Yubai's lap, turned his face towards Pei Yubai's lower abdomen, his eyelids fluttered a few times, and then slowly opened.

The moment he opened his eyes, he saw Pei Yubai holding several red threads in his hand, with Marriage Register spread out on the stone table next to him. Lu Zhao was fawningly pouring tea for Pei Yubai, his face bearing an expression of adoration that said, " Brother Pei is the best in the world."

Qiguan Yuan sat up and leaned against Pei Yubai. His silver hair was a little messy from sleeping, with a few strands sticking up and falling behind his ears.

He glanced at the red thread in Pei Yubai's hand, then at the Marriage Register spread out on the table, and finally at Lu Zhao.

"What are you doing with all this?" he asked Pei Yubai, his voice hoarse from just waking up.

"This person can't untangle it." Pei Yubai handed the few red threads he had just untangled to Lu Zhao Lu Zhao accepted them with both hands, behaving as obediently as a little apprentice.

Qiguan Yuan's gaze lazily swept over Lu Zhao. Lu Zhao shrank back under his gaze and chuckled.

"You can't even figure this out?" Qiguan Yuan's voice was still sleepy, but his tone was familiarly disdainful. "Your bird brain probably can't even sort this out."

Lu Zhao smiled awkwardly, not daring to refute.

He really couldn't figure it out. He was so anxious just now that he almost broke the red thread. If Pei Yubai hadn't intervened, he might still be struggling with that tangled mess.

"Thank you for your companionship, senior." Lu Zhao bowed respectfully in Pei Yubai's direction.

Qiguan Yuan chuckled, took the teacup from Pei Yubai's hand, and took a sip of tea from Pei Yubai's hand.

The tea had cooled down, but the aftertaste of Longtuan Shengxue became even more pronounced after it cooled.

He shifted into a more comfortable position in Pei Yubai, leisurely sipping his tea, showing no intention of helping Lu Zhao with his work.

Seeing that Senior Qiguan had no intention of intervening, Lu Zhao gave up hope.

It's alright, we'll be fine with Brother Pei's help.

He sat back down at the stone table, picked up his pen and Marriage Register, and continued registering while carefully watching Pei Yubai untie the red thread.

Lu Zhao had never used Pei Yubai's method of unraveling the threads before, and was now learning it diligently.

Qiguan Yuan finished his tea, feeling utterly bored, and casually grabbed a red thread from the table.

He wrapped the red thread around his own finger, and then wrapped it around Pei Yubai's hand.

Pei Yubai was concentrating on untying the threads. Just as he pinched the end of a red thread with his right hand, preparing to pull it out, Qiguan Yuan's red thread wrapped around it, circled around his little finger, and then circled back to Qiguan Yuan's own ring finger.

Pei Yubai's fingers paused for a moment.

Qiguan Yuan continued to twirl the red thread between their fingers, sometimes forming a figure-eight knot, sometimes loosening it, without any pattern, just playing around.

Pei Yubai tried to concentrate on untying the thread in his hand, but Qiguan Yuan's red thread wrapped around his wrist again, looping around and around, loosely tying his wrist and Qiguan Yuan's wrist together.

Pei Yubai took a deep breath.

His attention was completely diverted by Qiguan Yuan. He struggled to pull the red thread out of his hand for a long time because he had to glance at it every time Qiguan Yuan circled around.

Qiguan Yuan's fingers were very nimble; the red thread danced at his fingertips, deliberately brushing against Pei Yubai's skin each time it passed between his fingers.

"You can't untie it," Qiguan Yuan said slowly, a smile in his peach blossom eyes as he looked at the red thread wrapped around their wrists.

Pei Yubai looked down at the tangled red thread on his wrist. Qiguan Yuan had indeed made it tangled, even more tangled than the one Lu Zhao had brought earlier.

He put down the red thread he was using for work and began to untie the red threads on his and Qiguan Yuan's wrists.

Qiguan Yuan's solution is much more troublesome than the original one.

Pei Yubai looked up at him.

Qiguan Yuan blinked, his expression innocent, but his hands kept moving, continuing to circle.

Pei Yubai put down all the red threads in his hand, lowered his head, and kissed Qiguan Yuan on the lips.

Qiguan Yuan's fingers stopped.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Pei Yubai untied the last loop of red thread from Qi Guanyuan's finger, then held Qiguan Yuan Lu Zhao.

Qiguan Yuan fell silent after being kissed and having his hand held by him.

He leaned on Pei Yubai's shoulder and stopped causing trouble, only occasionally drawing circles on the back of Pei Yubai's hand with his finger.

Lu Zhao kept his head down throughout the registration process, pretending not to see anything.

As expected, those who could catch the eye of Senior Qiguan were by no means ordinary people.

The viewers in the video, whether they were admiring the actors' looks or shipping the couples, didn't find it boring at all; they were practically mesmerized by the spectacle.