books44 Chapter 236 He is his indispensable partner
Chapter 236 He is his indispensable partner
Mei Shiyu deftly avoided Li Tingyun's approach, saying, "Stop fooling around, business is more important."
Li Tingyun raised an eyebrow. "Alright then, you can owe it to me for now."
"...What do I owe you now?!"
Two kisses!
two!
"Anyway, you owe me, and I'm keeping track of it. I'll make it all up to you when I have the chance."
Li Tingyun spoke with dissatisfaction and his words were mumbled, sounding like he was grumbling.
"You don't walk properly, you don't speak properly, you're so unprofessional. Aren't you afraid that others will laugh at you?"
"There's nobody here. Even if there were, who would dare laugh at me? Would they be crazy?!"
"..."
As soon as Li Tingyun finished speaking, a burst of laughter was heard.
The laughter was mixed with a few barks from dogs.
It sounded like it was several streets away, not very close, but the six senses of a cultivator are extraordinary, so they could hear it clearly.
Mei Shiyu couldn't help but laugh out loud and asked, "Could it be Wangcai?"
"If it's not him, then who else could it be?" This stupid dog is too disrespectful. Li Tingyun naturally put his arm around Mei Shiyu's waist. "Let's go and take a look."
He used the Star-Picking Step, instantly shifting his form. In the blink of an eye, he was gone. On the empty white ground, a weeping willow as thick as a person's embrace suddenly rose up. A dog, a ghost, and a zombie sat around the tree, laughing and talking.
"Aren't you laughing?" The dead ghost was already laughing so hard he couldn't stand up straight, holding a book with the words "Haikai Collection" written in large characters on the cover.
He slapped the zombie's thigh hard with the scroll, "I can't take it anymore, I'm about to laugh myself to death! Why aren't you moving?!"
The zombie sat up straight, brushing his hand away with a distressed expression. "What's so funny? Tell me the next one."
"Next, I guarantee I'll make you laugh with one word and curse with one word. Do you believe me?"
"You're full of lies and don't deserve to be believed."
The ghost threw the book aside, knelt down before Wangcai, and called out, "Master!"
"Wang Wang!"
The dog was delighted.
The zombie laughed.
Although it was a speechless laugh, it was still a laugh nonetheless.
The ghost turned around, knelt down in front of him, and then cried out, "Father!"
"Me? You?!"
The zombie pointed at him, almost bursting into a tirade.
With a "pfft," Mei Shiyu quickly covered her mouth.
He laughed uncontrollably, his shoulders shaking so much he couldn't stop.
Li Tingyun held him down, afraid he would shake himself to pieces, and looked at him with an embarrassed expression: No, is it really that funny?!
Wangcai spotted them and wagged its tail as it ran over. The zombie also stood up and exclaimed in surprise, "Immortal Master?!"
He was the very man whose pants were pulled down by Li Tingyun. Because of a pair of pants, his soul became a vengeful ghost and his body became a zombie, which shows how deep his obsession was. Not only did Mei Shiyu not kill him, but she also gave him the snow silk clothes that she had prepared for Yuanbao.
The zombie's head ached whenever it saw Li Tingyun. Not long ago, Li Tingyun had used his mental power to manipulate it, searching for the entrance to the market... Mental power! This person, no, he's not even human! He actually used his mental power to torture, humiliate, and destroy a soulless zombie!
Do you know how much psychological damage this causes to zombies?!
Even listening to a hundred thousand lame jokes couldn't heal his fragile heart.
"We meet again." Mei Shiyu forced a smile, glanced at the zombie, nodded slightly, and then looked at the lone ghost. "...You too."
I'd seen him in my past life, and in this life, the first person I saw upon stepping into the market was still him.
This is a swindler, but not a bad person at heart.
"As the saying goes in the opera, 'Those who are destined to meet will meet even if they are a thousand miles apart, while those who are not destined to meet will not recognize each other even if they are face to face.' It seems that we are destined to meet."
The vendor was all smiles.
He was also holding a joke book in his hand.
Mei Shiyu noticed the underworld messenger's token hanging from his waist and asked, "Did Si Wuxie come looking for you?"
“Ah, yes,” the vendor said, looking down and grabbing a handful of tokens. “He gave this to me for self-defense, saying that the mural had collapsed and he was leaving too, resigning from his official post. He said I wouldn’t be able to rely on anyone else, so I’ll just have to make a living with this token for now.”
"Then why are you laughing?" Li Tingyun scoffed. "You still have the leisure to tell jokes to others?"
"Whether I laugh or cry, it's still just one day. Before long, someone from above will come down, and the market will be back to normal. I can still make money with my skills." He's an experienced craftsman, so he's not afraid, haha.
Mei Shiyu asked him, "Why did Si Wuxie take you in before?"
The vendor scratched his head and said, "I don't know either. I just told him about my background. In order to cheat him out of money, I deliberately made it sound very tragic. He fell for it and not only gave me a lot of magic stones, but also allowed me to hide in his mural every forty-five years."
"He was 'deceived' by you?" Mei Shiyu shook her head and said, "How could that be?"
Si Wuxie is an exceptionally clever fox; he's the one who deceives others, so how could he possibly stumble on his "competitors"?
"Actually, your background... there's no need to embellish it, it was already quite tragic."
"Uh, immortal, have I told you about my past life? Judging from your tone, it sounds like you know everything."
“Since you call me ‘Immortal,’ it’s not surprising that I know about your background. I can calculate everything with a few strokes of my fingers.”
Mei Shiyu told a small lie, which outsiders couldn't detect, but Li Tingyun knew that he was definitely lying.
"Don't wait here in vain, come with me, I'll send you to be reincarnated."
"what???"
The vendor was stunned, thinking he had misheard. "What did you say?"
Li Tingyun was puzzled. "Why? Why are you meddling in this kind of trivial matter?"
"Anyway, the cycle of reincarnation has already gone wrong. Even the Ghost Emperor is taking advantage of the loopholes to make a profit for himself, and the underworld officials and Yama are turning a blind eye and doing nothing. So what if I meddle once and interfere once?"
Mei Shiyu used the Binding Immortal Rope to transmit his voice, "With you by my side, this kind of thing is much easier to do. I will escort as many lonely ghosts as I pick up along the way, no matter how many or how few. Helping one is helping one, and that counts as doing good."
He made it clear that he was using Li Tingyun's influence to force this unscrupulous guy to do more good deeds.
"What if you pick up a few utterly wicked bastards and a 'farmer and the snake' scenario unfolds? Aren't you afraid they'll turn around and bite you back?"
Li Tingyun always liked to consider the worst possible outcome first.
"If you meddle in other people's business, you have to bear the consequences. There are more bad people than good people in this world. Can you afford to gamble?"
Would you dare help a stranger who has fallen down?!
If you didn't hit him, why are you helping him up?
I'll extort you until you have no pants to wear.
Although Li Tingyun studied law in college and knew that the classic question of "to help or not to help" was a challenge to the bottom line of morality, and that any law student should cite extensive evidence to argue that "helping" was the right thing to do, she had no doubt about the dark side of human nature.
After reading too many criminal case files, you might feel like the whole world is going to be destroyed!
The depths of human depravity are lower than imagined.
Why study law? He doesn't actually want to be a lawyer at all.
Of course, I don't want to be a doctor either.
He just doesn't like to interact with people!
If he were still alive in his original world, he would consider becoming a forensic pathologist.
It's better to be in contact with a corpse than with a person.
“What you said may not be without reason,” Mei Shiyu did not deny his words, but “I only ask to have a clear conscience.”
Li Tingyun thought for a moment, then hooked his finger on the Binding Immortal Rope and gave it a gentle tug. "Alright, I'll listen to you. From now on, you're in charge of meddling in other people's business, and I'll be in charge of cleaning up after you! If anyone does anything wrong, I'll wipe out their entire family! I promise I won't let you be bullied..."
Suddenly, his heart skipped a beat, followed by a dull pain that enveloped his entire heart.
A rather unpleasant image flashed through his mind.
He seemed to have remembered something again...
But the intense pain of that moment overwhelmed any glimmer of memory; he couldn't recall what had happened, only the excruciating pain.
Ignoring the stares of others, he grasped Mei Shiyu's hand, which was hanging down from her sleeve, and whispered, "I promise, I won't let anyone bully you."
It's like making a vow.
To the heavens, to the earth, and to oneself.
He only asked that he be worthy of Mei Shiyu and owe her nothing; that would be enough.
He is someone who "cannot afford to fail".
Li Tingyun thought to himself, what a load of bullshit system, what a load of bullshit mission. The greatest merit and the most desired fulfillment is for Mei Shiyu to live a peaceful and safe life.