Chapter 35 Play along with the plan
King Yama heard these words and was a bit surprised.
You could even say he was a bit curious.
“What’s in your book?”
“No, nothing.”
Youtan shook her head and put the book away.
“Nothing?” King Yama looked at Youtan suspiciously, “When you smile, it’s never good.”
“Let’s not dwell on these matters. How about we first think about how to deal with that old thing named Gu Qianyang?”
“Gu Qianyang…”
Speaking of this person, King Yama felt a headache.
If he had to use one word to describe that old thing, he would need a word more aggressive than “sinful to the extreme” and “worse than livestock.”
“Can Qin Liu and Liu Haoyu handle that guy?”
“If it were in the human world, it would definitely be no problem, but what about after that old thing returns to the underworld?” Youtan said indifferently, “This old thing is comparable to a rat in a sewer. It’s not that easy to catch him after he returns to the underworld.”
As Youtan said, Gu Qianyang was killed by Qin Liu back then. After falling into the underworld, he had been evading the pursuit of the underworld officials. He hadn’t been captured for over forty years, which showed how cunning Gu Qianyang was.
“That’s true…” King Yama pondered for a moment and then suddenly thought of a good idea. “Right, didn’t you say Gu Qianyang wanted to open the mirror door and send Qin Liu into that out-of-control Hell of Reincarnation?”
“Mhm.”
Youtan nodded faintly, but seeing King Yama’s expression like an old fox, she seemed to understand what he meant.
“You mean…”
“That’s right,” King Yama stroked his beard with one hand and put the other behind his back. “Why don’t we play along with the plan and make some small modifications to that mirror door? Then, we can save ourselves some effort in apprehending him. I call this inviting the enemy into the trap.”
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“I feel like I lost out.”
Qin Liu puffed out her cheeks, her entire small face propped up on the table at Meng Po’s coffee shop, mumbling.
“This lifelong contract…”
Thinking that she had to work for four hundred years after she died, Qin Liu felt that her future was dark, and she had lost all hope in life.
“More importantly, my physical problem still hasn’t been solved. I can only survive in the black coffin.”
Although she had borrowed some lifespan from Liu Haoyu, there was no solution to her physical problem. With the current level of technology, it was almost impossible to cure someone with total organ failure.
Moreover, even if it could be cured, the expenses and costs would be something that Liu Haoyu, this penniless ghost exorcist, couldn’t afford.
So, after careful consideration, Qin Liu realized that the old fox King Yama was completely ripping her off!
“Here are the lemon tea and coffee you ordered.”
While Qin Liu was complaining, a little ghost carrying a tray delivered the drinks they ordered.
Liu Haoyu listened to Qin Liu’s complaints, inserted the straw into his coffee, took a sip, and said.
“However, I feel quite satisfied.”
Qin Liu was alive, so it was okay for him to have a shorter lifespan.
And what was the thing people feared the most?
It was to die for nothing, with nothing left.
But now, even if he died, he wouldn’t have nothing left.
Didn’t he still have the little ghost pouting beside him?
“Mmm… Gulu gulu gulu~”
Qin Liu took a sip, then blew bubbles in the lemon tea with the straw, getting angrier the more she thought about it.
This contract was not as good as stuffing Liu Haoyu, this shrimp head, directly into a coffin.
“Look on the bright side, isn’t it true that people feel very empty without a job?”
“Alright.”
Seeing that Liu Haoyu had no objections, Qin Liu stopped complaining.
At this moment, a young girl wearing glasses and holding a book walked into the coffee shop. She was about to order a cup of milk tea when she saw two completely unexpected people.
“Qin Liu? Liu Haoyu? What are you two doing here?”
Hearing this, the two turned their heads.
“Liu Qian?”
Qin Liu looked at her clothes and found it a bit strange.
“You’re… working here?”
Liu Qian used to wear a teacher’s uniform, but today she was wearing a milk tea shop uniform.
“Yes, I just started recently, but today is not my shift.”
Saying that, Liu Qian sat between them.
“Are you two… dead?”
“Not dead, not dead.”
Qin Liu repeatedly waved her hands.
“We just borrowed some lifespan from Old Yama, so we’re still alive and well.”
“Yes, we’re just here to take a break.”
Liu Haoyu also nodded, but his gaze fell on Liu Qian’s… thighs.
Not bad, this uniform had some flavor of a maid outfit.
It would be great if these black stockings could be replaced with white ones.
“Stare…”
As Liu Haoyu was secretly evaluating, Qin Liu’s death stare fell on him.
When the latter reacted, he saw a little ghost sharpening a knife and Liu Qian with an embarrassed smile on her face.
“Is there something on my leg?”
“Ah… I guess he’s thinking it would be great if the stockings you’re wearing could be replaced with white ones…” Qin Liu said with a smile, but there was a hint of danger in that smile, “Right~?”
Facing Qin Liu’s questioning, a few drops of cold sweat dripped from Liu Haoyu’s forehead.
“No, no, no, I was just spacing out.”
Did he dare to admit it?
If he admitted it, he might as well be hung on a tree.
“Cough cough…”
Fortunately, Liu Qian was a very, very good and honest young girl, unlike Qin Liu, who was a possessive and latent yandere.
“He probably didn’t mean to look at me, because Qin Liu, you are cuter, aren’t you?”
In comparison, Qin Liu’s appearance was indeed higher, otherwise, Liu Haoyu wouldn’t have described her as “beautiful beyond human.”
“Who knows?” Qin Liu stared at Liu Haoyu with a sideways glance, “Perhaps he thinks a wild flower is more fragrant than a home-grown one.”
Liu Qian had a gentle smile on her face. Although she had also felt Liu Haoyu’s gaze just now, she wasn’t angry at all. She even kindly helped Liu Haoyu out of the awkward situation and said,
“Mr. Liu probably isn’t that kind of person.”
In this regard, Qin Liu could only shrug and say,
“You can know a person’s face, but not their heart.”
“Speaking of which,” Liu Haoyu saw this and quickly changed the subject, “Liu Qian, why did you think of working in this place?”
“This…” Liu Qian sat up straight and pondered for a while before saying, “My lifespan hasn’t run out yet, so I can’t be reincarnated. Therefore, King Yama and Meng Po arranged this job for me first.”
Saying this, Liu Qian’s expression became a bit emotional.
“And I happen to be waiting here, perhaps to see Ning Ning again before reincarnation.”
The “Ning Ning” Liu Qian mentioned was her younger sister, Liu Zining.
