“Ying Naiyan’s answer was very firm.”
“This made Ye Yu somewhat surprised.”
“It’s not that he hadn’t seen forward female ghosts before, but he never expected Ying Naiyan to be so straightforward.”
“You have to understand, all along,”
“Ying Naiyan gave Ye Yu the impression of a tall, black-haired, aloof older sister type, naturally exuding a ‘keep out’ aura.”
“In her speech and actions, she was always cold and indifferent.”
“She would never use more than one word if one was enough.”
“But today, she actually answered so decisively, even using four characters.”
“Ye Yu really hadn’t anticipated it.”
“He couldn’t help but say, ‘Is that your true feeling? You’re not shy at all.’”
“Ying Naiyan replied seriously, ‘Of course it’s my true feeling. As for being shy? That word is somewhat unfamiliar to me—I am a ghost, after all.’”
“I have already died once. What’s there to be shy about?”
“Besides, you wouldn’t take it as a burden.”
“I like you; that’s my business.”
“At most, I’ll just come by to see you now and then.”
“If one day you find a suitable Dao partner, I will step back.”
“After saying that, Ying Naiyan felt it was somewhat imprecise.”
“She even added, ‘I should step back.’”
“For some reason, looking at Ying Naiyan like that, Ye Yu found it very amusing.”
“Is this considered a confession?”
“Actually, thinking carefully, among the many wives, only three seemed to have confessed actively: Liang Yu, Yun Roumu, and Zhuo Lanqing.”
“Their ways were... how to put it, quite aggressive.”
“But Ying Naiyan was completely different.”
“She was like moonlight—seemingly distant, yet accompanying for a long time.”
“If Ye Yu hadn’t taken the initiative to bring it up today, Ying Naiyan probably wouldn’t have spoken about it.”
“Nor would she have shown such a cute side.”
“Still stepping back?”
“This uncertain tone sharply contrasted with before.”
“Seeing the smile on Ye Yu’s face grow deeper,”
“Ying Naiyan felt quite embarrassed.”
“She immediately turned her face away, no longer looking at Ye Yu.”
“Softly she said, ‘That’s enough for today. I’ll go now.’”
“Before the words had fully fallen, her figure instantly vanished from the spot.”
“She hadn’t given Ye Yu any chance to reply.”
“This made him feel a bit awkward.”
“She left too hastily!”
“Couldn’t she stay a bit longer and hear the answer?”
“As expected, a woman’s courage always comes fast and goes fast too.”
“Actually, calculating carefully, since returning to Ku Han City,”
“Ying Naiyan had accompanied for more than thirty years.”
“Only that most of the time, Ye Yu chose to ignore it.”
“Thinking seriously, it really wasn’t easy.”
“Maybe he should just agree then.”
“He himself seemed to have grown used to Ying Naiyan’s presence.”
“Thinking this, Ye Yu raised his head again, looking toward the place where she had just disappeared.”
“His eyes were full of smiles.”
“Half a month later.”
“Ye Yu still sat alone in the Ye family home, occasionally looking up at the sky.”
“But that familiar figure did not appear.”
“This made Ye Yu very curious.”
“Counting the time, it was about that time.”
“Normally, Ying Naiyan would come about once every ten days, but now, it had been half a month.”
“Could something have happened?”
“Thinking this, Ye Yu felt a sudden unease.”
“He immediately took out the Memory Stone and began to summon someone.”
“A moment later, Jiao Hekang arrived at the Ye family home in Ku Han City and knelt on one knee before Ye Yu, softly calling, ‘Master, what are your orders?’”
“In these more than thirty years,”
“Jiao Hekang had become the top person in Ding Ling City, organizing the ghost city in good order.”
“He was quite outstanding.”
“But no one had expected he would be Ye Yu’s puppet.”
“‘Go check on the whereabouts of Ying Naiyan at the Duan Hun Village. See if she’s encountered any trouble recently.’”
“‘After checking, contact me as soon as possible!’”
“Hearing Ye Yu’s orders,”
“Jiao Hekang hesitated not at all and immediately set to work.”
“In just half a day,”
“Jiao Hekang gave a reply.”
“‘Elder Ying Naiyan of Duan Hun Village is currently in the Ghost Sect. Everything in the sect is normal.’”
“Ye Yu’s expression became very strange.”
“‘Huh? What does that mean?’”
“What is Ying Naiyan doing?”
“‘Shoot and run? Come when she wants and not come when she doesn’t.’”
“‘Was that confession just a joke?’”
“That was a bit much!”
“The more Ye Yu thought, the more wrong it felt.”
“He no longer hesitated and disappeared from the spot.”
“At the other side,”
“In Duan Hun Village, Sect Master Xia Yuping also wore a strange expression.”
“Over these years, he had witnessed Ying Naiyan going out.”
“Every ten days or half a month, no matter what happened,”
“this junior sister would go out once.”
“Out of curiosity, Xia Yuping had secretly investigated, and when he found Ye Yu was searching, he was very surprised.”
“‘Look, look, what was said back then? When a woman finds a man interesting, that’s the beginning of surrender.’”
“This saying also applied in the Underworld.”
“However, Xia Yuping did not interfere.”
“First, his junior sister was already at the Earth Ghost realm; liking whoever she wanted was her freedom, so as an elder brother, why bother?”
“Second, the fact that Ye Yu could leave Ding Ling City safely showed he really had something.”
“From this perspective, he was not a bad person.”
“So Xia Yuping stopped caring further.”
“But recently, he noticed something wrong.”
“Since the last time she came back, junior sister had stayed in the Blessed Land grotto, no longer appearing.”
“Moreover, half a month had passed, and logically she should have gone to Ku Han City by now, but she hadn’t left.”
“This was unreasonable.”
“Was it a problem with her feelings? Hurt by a scumbag?”
“Thinking this, Xia Yuping’s anger immediately rose.”
“He regarded Ying Naiyan as his own sister.”
“How could he allow this to happen? He immediately prepared to go settle things for his junior sister.”
“But as Xia Yuping just left the Ghost Sect entrance, he ran into a strange ghost.”
“The other party immediately asked, ‘Where is Ying Naiyan now?’”
“Xia Yuping frowned slightly and coldly said, ‘Who are you?’”
“‘Ku Han City’s Ye Yu.’”
“Hearing that name, Xia Yuping’s anger flared again.”
“‘You scumbag, bullying my junior sister and still daring to come here? Do you really think our Duan Hun Village is made of mud?’”
