At first, Jin Yue pretended to be his concubine, then there was Man Yue, and now Hu Qingluan has appeared. Isn't the red thread of love getting a bit tangled?
It seems even the God of Matchmaking can't sort it out.
"Hu Qingluan, this time I'll take the blame for you. No celestial beings from above will come to trouble you. You can go."
She gave a charming smile and walked slowly towards Gu Yuan with a fox-like gait. That kind of coquettishness that came from the bottom of her bones made me feel really uncomfortable.
Just as Hu Qingluan's hand was about to land on Gu Yuan's shoulder, Gu Yuan's cold eyes flashed, and Hu Qingluan immediately composed her face and withdrew her hand.
"Since Third Master is willing to help, I have nothing else to say. However, the Qin family killed several of my fox demons. They still have to pay for this debt."
Gu Yuan didn't say a word and waited for her to continue.
"I want Qin He to buy a geomantically auspicious plot of land in Fox Ridge to build a cenotaph for my deceased family members. And they have to move their ancestral graves here. The first stick of incense when they worship their ancestors must be offered to the fox demons in the cenotaph. Their family must remember this for generations."
After listening to Hu Qingluan, Gu Yuan didn't object. The wrongdoer should bear the blame. This request was reasonable.
As long as their family went to pay respects at the graves, they would surely remember the massacre of the fox demons. It could be regarded as a warning to them.
I opened the door and let the Qin family into the room. I told them Hu Qingluan's request.
They had no objections. As long as this matter could be settled, these things didn't matter.
Having achieved her goal, Hu Qingluan bowed slightly to Gu Yuan and said, "Qingluan thanks Third Master. You've saved me again."
Then she walked seductively up to me and whispered, "Little girl, sometimes being too smart can be annoying."
I also bowed slightly to her and said politely, "I'm not a popular star. How can I be liked by everyone?"
"Fine. We'll meet again. You should keep an eye on your Third Master. Don't let me steal him away."
After saying that, she looked back at Gu Yuan, threw a flirtatious glance, and said, "Third Master, my spiritual medium disciple is also in Longcheng School. We'll develop our relationship slowly in the future."
After saying that, she turned around and disappeared.
Not long after, Qin Lan, who was lying on the ground, gradually regained consciousness. In a daze, she saw a bunch of people in the room and had no idea what had happened.
Seeing me standing in their house, she was suddenly very happy and said, "Brother, did you manage to deal with her?"
"It's your brother who was dealt with by my sister. Old Master Qin, you must keep your word. We'll all go to school to wait for you tomorrow morning." He Bi looked so proud, as if she was happier than winning a battle herself.
Qin He could only smile apologetically and said that he would definitely go to apologize tomorrow.
When we were about to leave, I gave Qin He the school's account number. They could transfer the remaining money there.
The school playground needed to be renovated now, which would surely cost a large amount of money. This should be almost enough.
After leaving Qin Lan's house, we didn't say a word all the way. When we got home, Ji Xiang kept pestering me to let him join my spiritual medium group.
Otherwise, all the good deeds he had done wouldn't count as merits without a spiritual medium disciple to record them on yellow paper.
I apologized repeatedly. In fact, I should have let him join the group when he saved me. I had been so busy with things that I had forgotten.
I filled in Ji Xiang's name on the yellow paper, burned incense, and recorded it on the yellow paper.
Now, besides Gu Yuan, there was already a gray fairy and a wandering soul in my spiritual medium group.
To make the group bigger and stronger, all five types of fairy troops must be complete. But Gu Yuan didn't seem to be in a hurry. For some reason, I always felt that he wasn't very interested in becoming an immortal.
After everything was settled, I went back to my room, took a shower, and lay on the bed, wanting to have a good sleep.
Just as I was about to fall asleep, I always felt that there was someone watching me.
I hooked the corners of my mouth. My nose was filled with a faint fragrance. Without even thinking, I knew it must be Gu Yuan.
I leaned my head into his cool embrace and rubbed it. Smelling the sandalwood scent on him, I fell asleep soon.
When I woke up, he still hadn't slept. Instead, he was playing with the necklace around my neck.
"Why aren't you sleeping yet?" I asked.
"I'm not sleepy." His voice was so soothing and extremely nice.
Following his hand, I looked at the necklace. The tear inside was like blue sea water, rippling in the crescent moon. It seemed there was a little more than before.
I sat up in surprise and asked, "Is there more?"
Gu Yuan hooked the corners of his mouth, showing a thought-provoking expression.
"Yes, there's one more tear."
"Great. All efforts will pay off. But whose tear is this? I didn't even notice."
I held up the pendant of the necklace and looked at it carefully. It seemed I couldn't tell whose tear it was.
Gu Yuan hugged me from behind. His chest was tightly pressed against my back and he asked, "Why aren't you curious about what Hu Qingluan said today?"
"Which words? I don't remember." I pretended not to care.
"About the engagement."
I didn't expect Gu Yuan to bring up the matter of his engagement with Hu Qingluan on his own initiative.
I turned around and wrapped my arms around his waist. I looked up and secretly glanced at Gu Yuan's extremely beautiful face. I whispered softly, "It's a long time ago. There's nothing much to talk about. Since I've already chosen you, I'll be with you for this lifetime. Those past events don't matter much to me."
After I finished speaking, Gu Yuan hugged me even tighter.
Since he wanted to talk, of course I had to listen carefully.
I sat up straight seriously and listened to his story with Hu Qingluan.
Hu Qingluan was the youngest daughter of the Nine-Tailed Fox in the Fox Clan and the great-granddaughter of Lord Hu San. She had been very spoiled since childhood, especially by Lord Hu San.
So she developed an overbearing and willful personality. The Fox Clan was born charming, and Hu Qingluan was even more naturally coquettish.
She had been surrounded by countless men since childhood and was known as a beauty rare to see in three thousand years. She had always been very arrogant.
Later, Hu Qingluan offended a Miao doctor and was poisoned by a voodoo. No medicine could cure her. Lord Hu San heard that Gu Yuan could solve this poison, so he asked Lord Liu San for help.
In this way, Gu Yuan went to the Fox Clan and saved Hu Qingluan. Lord Hu San thought Gu Yuan was a good person and intended to matchmake them.
Without asking for Gu Yuan's consent, Lord Hu San and Lord Liu San hit it off and arranged the engagement.
However, Gu Yuan didn't sign the engagement letter, so this matter was put on hold for the time being.
Later, Gu Yuan got into trouble. He just glossed over it with one sentence. He didn't say what kind of trouble it was.
The Fox Clan was afraid of getting into trouble, so they returned the engagement letter. So the two of them only mentioned this matter nominally, and it never became a reality.
After Gu Yuan finished speaking, I still had a question.
Since Hu Qingluan was a direct descendant of Lord Hu San, why did she ask Gu Yuan for help today?
Gu Yuan said that Hu Qingluan was rebellious by nature and didn't want to be restricted by the family. She insisted on setting up her own spiritual medium group.
Lord Hu San was very angry and said that no one in the Fox Clan was allowed to care about her anymore. In fact, it meant that she was cut off from the family.
So now she was similar to Gu Yuan. Nominally, she had a powerful background, but in fact, she had no support. They were both celestial beings who relied on their own abilities.
After listening to Gu Yuan's story, I thought that Hu Qingluan must still have feelings for Gu Yuan. She would surely be an obstacle in our relationship.
However, since Gu Yuan was willing to be honest with me, it meant that he was afraid that I would misunderstand. So I was happy in my heart. I would surely work hard to maintain our relationship.
I pretended to be angry and pouted, "It turns out you have so many love debts. I seem to be at a disadvantage. I only have you as a man."
Gu Yuan gave a charming smile. He lifted my chin with one hand and asked, "Can't I satisfy you?"
My face flushed with embarrassment. I blushed and said, "Oh, you're so annoying..."
Just as we were about to do something, Li Xue suddenly called me.
It was already past eleven o'clock at night. Normally, the school should have turned off the lights and gone to sleep.
Moreover, she rarely called me. We usually contacted each other through the Internet.
Calling me so late at night, something must have gone wrong.
I quickly got out of bed and answered Li Xue's call.
"Hello, Li Xue. What's the matter?"
There was complete silence on the phone.
"Hello! Hello!" There was still no sound. Maybe she had pressed the phone while sleeping.
I shrugged and hung up the phone.
As soon as I hung up, the phone rang again.
I answered it again and said, "Li Xue, is there something wrong?"
"Li Xue, is there something wrong? Meow~"
There was actually a cat imitating human speech on the phone.
Suddenly, my heart started to throb violently. I felt dizzy in front of my eyes. A soul-stirring force forced me to fall into a darkness...