Arc 9: Chapter 10
Lin Yuan flushed and flusteredly tried to stop him: “Wait, no! Yu Jin!!” He grabbed the edge of his pants and pulled them up quickly. His hands didn’t let go, clenching the pants tightly out of fear that Yu Jin would pull them down again.
Yu Jin slowly lifted his gaze and looked at Lin Yuan’s embarrassed expression. The teenager’s small face was like a pink peach, and his eyelashes fluttered like a fragile butterfly. In contrast, Yu Jin was abnormally calm, and his wide frame loomed over to completely cover Lin Yuan’s body like a cage.
For some reason, when Lin Yuan made eye contact with Yu Jin, he felt his heartbeat begin to speed up, as if it could jump out of his chest any second.
Yu Jin’s eyes narrowed and he smiled dangerously: “Why not? That kid got to taste your essence, why can’t I? Sui Sui is biased.”
After Lin Yuan finally realized who Yu Jin was talking about, he hurriedly explained: “That only happened because Xiao Ying doesn’t know anything… That was an accident!”
“Oh~ an accident~” Yu Jin lengthened his words sarcastically. He didn’t hesitate to press his hand over Lin Yuan’s pants, and make slow motions.
Lin Yuan yelped, and he watched helplessly as Yu Jin’s handsome face approached as if he was sniffing a rose. The man said: “Xiao Ying was an accident, I’m not. Sui Sui smells so good, let me taste it once. I’ve never tasted a living person’s Yang essence, I want to taste it.”
Lin Yuan was flattered and conflicted. Just as he was about to agree, a cold voice interrupted: “Lin Yuan, you’re not an adult yet. You didn’t know before, but you know now. If this ghost king wants a person’s Yang essence so much, go find someone else. Don’t stay here and harm minors.”
Xie Daolan knew that Yu Jin would never go find someone else, he just deliberately said so to disgust him. However, Lin Yuan took his words seriously, and became really worried that his husband would go eat someone else’s essence!
Lin Yuan hurriedly wrapped his arms around Yu Jin’s neck and promised: “Don’t go! Yu Jin, I can give it to you after I become an adult, is that okay? I’ll give you a lot then!”
Yu Jin almost laughed out loud. He had a novel feeling, as if his heart was scratched by the teenager’s dedication and naivety. He scooped the teenager up onto his lap and buried his face into the pocket of Lin Yuan’s slender neck, saying: “Okay, then you can’t forget. And you have to be fair to all three of us.” He inhaled the scent of milk-flavored shower gel on Lin Yuan’s skin, but the deeper, thicker sweet fragrance that ran through the teenager’s veins was unparalleled.
He really wanted to eat… Eat it up one bite at a time…
He wanted to swallow Lin Yuan whole. He didn’t want to share even a drop with others.
Unbeknownst to the dangerous thoughts of the ghost king behind him, Lin Yuan was feeling very comfortable at this moment. The temperature in the summer was hot and humid, but letting the air conditioner blow made his skin dry. Yu Jin was like a cool blanket, and it was really comfortable to be held, Lin Yuan really liked it~
Lin Yuan nestled in Yu Jin’s arms like a cat, and he melted into a comfortable position.
Xie Daolan felt this scene was a little annoying. He still steadfastly believed that people and ghosts should be separated. For this reason, Lin Yuan should stand with himself rather than snuggling with a ghost king happily.
Xiao Ying’s eyes had never left Lin Yuan, but he didn’t have any extra thoughts. He only knew that the ghost holding Lin Yuan was more powerful than him.
The clock reached seven o’clock, which was the agreed time between Lin Yuan and the female ghost. Right on time, she floated to Lin Yuan’s door and “knocked” politely: “Benefactor, I’m coming.”
When Lin Yuan heard her voice, he jolted in fright and buried his face into the ghost king’s chest: “Yu Jin, there’s a ghost! I’m scared…”
Except for Xiao Ying who didn’t understand the words, Yu Jin and Xie Daolan had the same unbelievable expression.
Yu Jin chuckled with amusement, how could there be such a funny child?
Xie Daolan was even more dissatisfied, did Lin Yuan not see that he, a human, was right here?
When the female ghost didn’t hear Lin Yuan’s response, she drilled her head through the door to look inside. Then her eyes almost popped out of her head.
To the female ghost, Yu Jin’s energy was as heavy as a mountain and as suffocating as if drowning in a sea of blood. She was so scared that her soul became unstable, until Yu Jin collected his pressure and she could breathe again.
Yu Jin looked at her nonchalantly and said: “Come in.”
The trembling female ghost floated into the room.
With the sense of reliability from his three husbands, Lin Yuan peaked out to look at the female ghost. Today he saw… a floating toothpick.
The last of Lin Yuan’s fear dissipated. He asked the female ghost to state her name and date of birth, and then turned to ask Xie Daolan: “Sir, can I give her my blood?”
As soon as he asked, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became strangely still and quiet.
Yu Jin's eyes were no longer as lazy. He said with a smile that didn’t reach his eyes: “So… In addition to raising the three of us, you also want to raise wild ghosts outside. How hard-working.”
The air around Lin Yuan felt a little chilling all of sudden. Although he was just donating blood, he felt like Yu Jin was accusing him of being a scum husband.
Xie Daolan’s face was expressionless and he said indifferently: “There is no killing karma on her.”
Lin Yuan hummed and was about to give his blood to the female ghost, when Yu Jin grabbed his wrist and questioned: “Sui Sui, why are you giving her your blood?”
Lin Yuan explained how he met the female ghost and her story. After he finished, Yu Jin’s mood seemed a little lighter. He said with a real smile: “I see. Then you don’t have to use your blood. I’ll help this lady.”
A wisp of dark resentment condensed on the tip of his fingers, and then drilled into the female ghost’s soul.
The female ghost felt her soul become more solid and stable, and she was brimming with energy. She asked Lin Yuan excitedly: “Benefactor, I don’t think it hurts anymore! What does my face look like now?”
Lin Yuan couldn’t tell at all. He said at random: “Uh, probably how you looked when you were alive.”
Surprisingly, the female ghost laughed. She laughed and laughed, and then her voice suddenly choked: “It’s good to look alive. Even if living every day was tiring, at least it’s better to live than die…”
Lin Yuan was a little bewildered and at loss. After he had become human, his life revolved around doing the task and his eyes could only see the person he liked. But at times like these, when the world expanded a little in front of his eyes, bringing him unfamiliar sights and emotions, he would consider them carefully.
Facing the sobs of the female ghost, Lin Yuan thought for a bit and then looked at Xie Daolan, asking softly if he could also read the destiny of her child and husband.
Xie Daolan tapped the sword handle as if he was thinking. After a minute, he turned to the female ghost, saying lightly: “Your child and husband’s names and date of birth.”
The female ghost gradually calmed down, and answered slowly as she recalled.
Xie Daolan closed his eyes and calculated: “You child has been reincarnated. Your husband has heavy resentment and murderous karma. With the resentment of a ghost king, he can’t hurt you. But you can’t be relentless. I will give you two days to take revenge. After you finish your revenge, I will send a master to subdue your husband and send him to the underworld to face his due punishment.”
The female ghost’s eyes filled with tears. She looked at Xie Daolan with gratefulness and bowed deeply, then she also bowed to Yu Jin and Lin Yuan.
When she stood up again, she showed a radiant smile: “Thank you, benefactor!”
Unfortunately, Lin Yuan couldn’t see this smile.
After the female ghost left, Yu Jin declared naturally: “Sui Sui and I will sleep together tonight.”
Xie Daolan said coldly: “Ghosts and half ghosts don’t need to sleep. I’m a living person, I need it.”
Lin Yuan looked at his small twin-sized bed and helplessly proposed: “Why don’t we all sleep on the floor?”
In the end, Lin Yuan was hugged in Yu Jin’s arms, and one hand was tightly held by Xiao Ying. Xie Daolan, who was lonely, was the one who Lin Yuan said good night to.
Around three or four in the morning, the haze of resentment surrounding Xiao Ying began to expand and grow. When it faded, the room only left a human and a ghost.
The human, Xie Daolan. And the ghost, Yu Jin.
The ghost king sat up and slowly cracked his knuckles. A black wisp shot out of his fingers like a thread to the outside.
“Half ghost? No intelligence? What a joke, he’s smart enough to kidnap people.”