After Marrying the Lord of the Underworld

Chu Banyang went to other places to do commissions, and he never came back for two or three days.

Lu Yingjiu sent him a message, saying that he had something to discuss with him.

After a while, Chu Banyang replied in a neutral tone: 【Oh】

In the two days since he came back, Lu Yingjiu sorted out the formations on his hands again.

The day when the Hundred Ghosts' Night Walk started was the most cloudy day.

And because this is a punishment from heaven, if it uses its power, it will expose itself.That day is also the best time to find the pollution of the Heavenly Dao.

"Reconnaissance" is very ingeniously designed, and the formation to go to the ghost world, one in the mirror and the other in the real world, complement each other.The latter's formation eye is also the formation eye that starts the "survey".

In other words, on the day of the Night Walk of the Hundred Ghosts, they will summon the Spirit Ape in Yunshan Port, Li Snake in Yueshan Sanatorium, Di Ting in Kangli Bridge, and Peacock God in Shangyang University City.And Lu Yingjiu and Jingxian went straight to the place where the ghost gate was opened to activate the formation.

The problem is that no one knows when the Hundred Ghosts of the Night will start.

It could be in a month, it could be in three or four months, it could even be in a year or two.

People are panicking, and everything can't settle down.

The atmosphere in Lujiang City changed quietly.Ordinary people don't even realize that the ghost exorcist has already moved around.

Either arrange arrays on the edge of the city, or paste talisman papers in every corner, or distribute peace talismans from door to door.

The Blue Lantern Society joined hands with the aristocratic family to organize large and small ghost exorcism organizations, and arranged them to patrol in an orderly manner, check potential dangerous areas, and dispel Yin Qi in time.

The Night Walk of the Hundred Ghosts is always accompanied by violent storms.

Previously, the relevant departments used the excuse of natural disasters to open a large-scale curfew to fully cooperate with the exorcist's actions.The routine has not changed this time. They issued a notice to remind that extreme weather is approaching, and hope that the citizens will stock up on supplies.

Now that Lu Yingjiu was walking through the street, he felt the fluctuation of the talisman paper from time to time.

Like the Hyakki Night Walk a few years ago, the atmosphere before the war was extremely depressing.

On the afternoon of the fourth day, Chu Banyang came back from other places.

Jing Xian sent Lu Yingjiu to the Qing Lantern Festival to find him.Before getting out of the car, Lu Yingjiu was about to close the car door, but suddenly stopped, turned around and kissed him respectfully.

Jing Xian raised his eyebrows: "Why are you so active today?"

"Just in case your jealousy is overturned for no reason." Lu Yingjiu said, "I'm speaking from experience, so plan ahead."

He entered the building of the Blue Lantern Festival, and met Xiao Li in the elevator. Xiao Li had a lot of talisman papers in his hand, and he didn't know what to say, and he didn't see Lu Yingjiu.

Lu Yingjiu took the elevator to the top floor and knocked on the chief's office.

He hasn't been back to this office for a long time.

The room has become the flamboyant style of Young Master Chu, with exquisite carpets, gorgeous hanging paintings, and any pen on the table is a gold-plated limited edition.

Chu Banyang stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows.

He just came back from other places, but he was meticulous in everything from hairstyle to clothes to shoes, and he was extremely decent.

Seeing Lu Yingjiu, he put on a subtle look: "What's the matter?"

Lu Yingjiu also disappeared, sat on the sofa, and repeated the rhetoric to Ye Feng: "There is one thing that is related to Baigui Yexing and my life, but after you know it, there will be great danger, and you may even Will die, do you still want to know?"

Chu Banyang was silent for a while.

The silence was subtle and unexpected.

Lu Yingjiu thought to herself, it must be that Young Master Chu wanted to save face, and he really couldn't find a way to refuse decently.

He was just about to find a step for Chu Banyang, when he saw Chu Banyang looking at him with some disbelief and...surprise, and asked, "Lu Yingjiu, are you begging me for help?" Is it the first time ever."

Lu Yingjiu: "..."

How could it be such a reaction! !

He replied frankly: "Yes, I can't do it alone, I need your help."

Chu Banyang's eyes lit up obviously.

He walked over quickly as if he didn't care, sat down opposite Lu Yingjiu, coughed, and said calmly, "Let's listen."

Lu Yingjiu checked again, did he think it over.

Chu Banyang said: "Let's not mention how you are. This matter has something to do with the night walk of the ghosts. I have to take care of everything." He leaned forward slightly, "Besides, this kind of opportunity is once in a thousand years."

Chu Banyang has always been ambitious, pursuing the peak.

Lu Yingjiu knew this.

An opportunity to stop the ghosts from walking in the night and save Lu Yingjiu is probably the only one in this life... The temptation is too great, Chu Banyang can't refuse it at all!

Lu Yingjiu thought to himself, indeed, Chu Banyang is still Chu Banyang.

He didn't hesitate anymore, and carefully explained the whole matter to Chu Banyang.

Like Ye Feng, Chu Banyang couldn't believe it after hearing it.

The difference is that Ye Feng's shock is all written on his face, his mouth can't be closed, Chu Banyang barely manages his expression.

He said: "That is to say, in order to find the way of heaven, I need to go to Shangyang University Town to invite the Peacock God at the beginning of the Hundred Ghosts Night Walk."

"Yes." Lu Yingjiu said, "In theory, it is, but you are likely to be hindered by ghosts and attendants."

"...I see." Chu Banyang nodded, "I will find someone from the Chu family to go with me. According to what you said, I will not tell them the truth to avoid bad luck, but there will be people who are willing to trust me unconditionally of."

Lu Yingjiu said again: "When I find someone in the Chen family, we will go to the spot together. It may take half a month."

"Yeah." Chu Banyang said, "I'll talk to the meeting." He hesitated to speak, and said awkwardly, "The ghost world... the environment should be very bad."

This sounds like a curiosity about the ghost world, so I can only ask in a roundabout way.

Lu Yingjiu smiled, and said to him: "The environment in the upper ghost world is very good, and the Wangchuan River is not as smelly as we thought..."

He told the story of the ghost world, and Chu Banyang listened intently.

When the speech was over, the light of the setting sun shone through the floor-to-ceiling windows, and the sunset glow was as red as fire.

Lu Yingjiu said: "There is nothing else, I'll go back first."

Chu Banyang nodded: "Okay."

Lu Yingjiu said again, "Thank you."

No matter how many times, Chu Banyang was not used to Lu Yingjiu's straightforward expression of emotion, he looked away awkwardly, and replied: "I'll take you out."

"No need." Lu Yingjiu waved his hand, "I've been here for so long, how can I send it away?"

But Chu Banyang still followed, and when he was about to open the door, he yelled, "Lu Yingjiu."

Lu Yingjiu looked back at him.

The orange-red light fell on Chu Banyang's shoulders and hair tips, outlining his tall and straight figure and handsome appearance.

This situation is a bit familiar.

Like...the last time they met on the school rooftop, it was the same sunset, the same burning clouds, and the same vast sky.

Then, what did they say then?

Chu Banyang looked at him and said, "Lu Yingjiu, I have a question for you."

"what?"

The two stared at each other for a long time.

Lu Yingjiu couldn't see any expression on Chu Banyang's face, but there was clearly a dark tide in his eyes.After an unknown amount of time, Chu Banyang said, "If I answered 'yes' that day, what would happen?"

Lu Yingjiu remembered: On the school roof, after Chu Banyang told the story about Chu Qianju and himself, he asked, "Chu Banyang, do you like me?"

At that time, Chu Banyang said "How is that possible" and left in a hurry.

Lu Yingjiu asked, "Why did you bring this up all of a sudden?"

"I just want to know the answer." Chu Banyang said in a muffled voice, and took half a step forward, "If, I mean if, my answer is yes?"

Lu Yingjiu was silent for half a second.

At this point, everyone understands what each other means.

He showed a very light and beautiful smile: "It's not going to happen."

Chu Banyang: "... Nothing will change?"

"Yes." Lu Yingjiu nodded, "Nothing will change. I have someone I like. If you say 'yes', I will reject you."

Another moment of silence.

After a long time, Chu Banyang relaxed as if all the strength had been relieved, and smiled at the same time: "Sure enough, you are still you, and you will always be so hated."

He didn't say any more: "Let's go, I'll take you downstairs."

When I went outside, it happened that the elevator was broken.

Two maintenance personnel blocked the door, sweating profusely, saying that it would take more than half an hour to fix it.Next to it, there are exorcists who are constantly pasting talisman papers.

Lu Yingjiu asked strangely, "How can three elevators break down once it breaks down?"

As soon as the words fell, a teary-eyed Xiao Li rushed out of the stairwell.When he saw Chu Banyang, he rushed over directly: "Master, I'm sorry! I didn't mean it!!"

Lu Yingjiu: "..."

When he came up, he did see Xiao Li taking the talisman paper, but he never expected that things would turn out like this.

Chu Banyang frowned: "What did you do?"

"I, I, I, I accidentally used a piece of talisman paper in the elevator." Xiao Li was about to cry, "A ghost flew out, and it kept spitting blood and making faces in the elevator, breaking the elevator Yes! Now the ghost is arrested, the elevator is broken, what should I do, don’t make me pay, won’t I be fired! Oh, oh, master—”

He cried so much that his nose was full of tears, which seemed to be glued to Chu Banyang's custom-made suit.Chu Banyang hated iron for being weak, pointing to the office: "Go there and wait for me."

"Ok, oh, oh, oh--" Xiao Li went into the office in a broken state.

After the surrounding area cleared up, Chu Banyang looked at Lu Yingjiu: "Sit a little longer? Wait until the elevator is ready."

"No." Lu Yingjiu shook his head, "I'll take the stairs, there are still people waiting for me."

Chu Banyang: "...I'd better take you downstairs."

Lu Yingjiu thought that Xiao Li's ability to deceive his master was really top-notch, and wanted to stop Chu Banyang, saying that it was unnecessary, and there were dozens of floors.

But Chu Banyang had already pushed open the staircase door first.

The two walked in the stairwell one after the other, the footsteps echoed, and the emergency lights illuminated the long corridor.

After walking a few floors, Lu Yingjiu said, "You talked about Chu Qianju before. You said that because you have never been able to surpass Chu Qianju, you never forget it."

Chu Banyang nodded: "This is indeed my fault."

He cares about all those who are better than him.

Lu Yingjiu: "Then...then you are born to care about powerful people, and you may pay too much attention to those people." He didn't know how to word it tactfully, "I was just thinking, is there any Maybe, you misunderstood this 'excessive attention' as other emotions?"

"You simply cared too much about me, and mistook this feeling for liking."

This is what he just remembered.

Chu Banyang likes him, maybe not in essence.

It's just the persistence of wanting to surpass him for so many years.

——Because I have been looking at him, thinking about it day and night, and can't help but pay attention to his every move, so I have the illusion of "do I like this person?"

Judging by Young Master Chu's appearance as an industry elite and a workaholic, he probably has never been in a relationship.If he can't figure out the delicate feelings, Lu Yingjiu won't be surprised at all.

Chu Banyang didn't answer.

The two went down nearly ten floors in silence before Chu Banyang opened his mouth to talk about other topics: "This is quite like what we entrusted last time."

"Well, yes." Lu Yingjiu said.

In one of the few commissions they have collaborated on, the two went to a high-rise building that had a power outage.

It's also the same long stairs, dim emergency lights, running up and down dozens of floors.Lu Yingjiu walked in front, Chu Banyang followed him closely, and the two finally drove away the evil spirits in the building.

"It happened a long time ago." Chu Banyang added, "After such a long time, we are going to act together again."

Lu Yingjiu smiled.

Chu Banyang said: "At that time, you were also walking in front of me, and I kept looking at your back. Do you know what I was thinking?"

Lu Yingjiu: "...after you push me down, you will be number one?"

Chu Banyang: "..."

He was so angry that his brows twitched. If it wasn't for the good tutor, he would have burst out with a bad word.

He took a deep breath and calmed down: "I was looking at you, wondering when I could surpass you. I have been looking at your back for too many years."

"Oh." Lu Yingjiu said.

"However, I also thought about other things that day, for example, what should I do after surpassing you?" Chu Banyang said, "I thought about it, but I still felt that I couldn't find other goals. So for a moment, I think it’s good to be like this forever.”

——The staircase is really too long, too dark, as if it will never end.

Lu Yingjiu and him walked down the stairs with a flashlight.

Chu Banyang looked at his white shirt, at his soft hair ends, at his fair and slender neck, and suddenly felt:

It would be nice if it went on like this forever.

For the first time in his life, his innate competitiveness and unchangeable perfectionism were defeated.

Lost to pieces.

Going on like this, he will never get the first place, and he will always have a goal to pursue.

But Lu Yingjiu will always be in front of him.

Hearing this, Lu Yingjiu raised her eyebrows in surprise: "No.2, you still have such thoughts? This doesn't match your personality."

Chu Banyang didn't say another word.

They moved quickly and reached the first floor in a short while.Push open the corridor door and go out, the sun is shining outside.

Chu Banyang sent him to the gate, lowered his head and lit a cigarette.

Lu Yingjiu said, "I thought you didn't smoke."

"Very rarely," Chu Banyang held a cigarette in his hand, "I rarely smoke."

"Smoking less." Lu Yingjiu said, "Then I'm going first?"

Chu Banyang nodded.

After Lu Yingjiu walked a few steps away, he said again: "You are wrong about one thing."

"I really don't understand delicate feelings, but I can still distinguish between 'attachment' and 'like'. In this life, you are the only defeat I am willing to lose."

Lu Yingjiu: "..."

He turned back to look at Chu Banyang, and saw that man in a suit and leather shoes standing at the door, still as proud and energetic as when he first met.

He stared at Lu Yingjiu intently, and said: "Everything will go well, the Hundred Ghosts' Night Walk will end, the pollution of the heavens will be resolved, and the curse of Chu Qianju and the peacock will disappear without a trace, and I will rely on this Chance to become famous. When all this is over, I will try my best to surpass you, so you have to be careful."

Lu Yingjiu smiled: "Okay, I will."

"But before that, you have to live on." Chu Banyang rarely smiled.

——He seems to have finally let go of something, his brows are relaxed, and his heart is calm.

Lu Yingjiu nodded and waved: "Goodbye."

"Goodbye." Chu Banyang said, "My No.1."