After Marrying the Lord of the Underworld

The Hundred Ghosts Night Parade had just ended, and the affairs of the Green Lantern Association were busy. It was not easy for Chen Zheng to find time to meet with Lu Yingjiu.

 

The car drove through the city.

 

Ghosts and bad weather had caused great damage. The road was broken, trees had fallen, and even a few telephone poles had been broken. Fortunately, Jing Xian led the priests to intercept seven or eight tenths of the ghosts in the ghost world, and Lu Yingjiu also timely purified the Heavenly Way. The actual number of ghosts that came to the human world was very few.

 

There were no deaths, and the injured were properly settled.

 

People returned to their daily lives, and the city’s repair work was carried out in an orderly manner.

 

When he arrived at the tea house downstairs, Lu Yingjiu was ready to go see Chen Zheng alone, so he asked Jing Xian to take hairball to eat some “healthy and nutritious things”.

 

Jing Xian solemnly promised, and then let hairball go to eat ferocious ghosts.

 

Lu Yingjiu went upstairs and entered the innermost private room.

 

As expected, Chen Zheng had brewed flower tea and was waiting for him.

 

The faint rose fragrance spread out, the hot water pot gurgled with bubbles, Chen Zheng poured the tea, and pushed the exquisite bamboo hat shaped cup. “Try the new tea.”

 

Lu Yingjiu sat down, took a few sips lightly, the floral scent was not strong or light, just right.

 

He smiled and said, “It’s delicious.”

 

“Of course,” Chen Zheng immediately smiled, “This is the top grade, I wouldn’t be willing to brew it for someone else.” He looked up at the clock again and murmured, “She should be coming soon…”

 

“Who?” Lu Yingjiu asked.

 

Chen Zheng said, “Someone you know.”

 

As soon as the voice fell, a sound of footsteps came, and the door of the private room was opened.

 

Zhang Shuwan, dressed in sportswear, with a high ponytail, walked in briskly. “Hello!”

 

“Let me introduce you,” Chen Zheng smiled, “The new exorcist of our association.”

 

Lu Yingjiu was extremely surprised, but then he also laughed.

 

After all this was over, Zhang Shuwan no longer had to guard the mirror world alone.

 

She could start her own life.

 

Zhang Shuwan sat down, drinking the flower tea handed over by Chen Zheng, and said with emotion, “It’s really not easy. Come on, Xiao Lu, quickly tell your story, I’m dying of curiosity. What does the Heavenly Way look like? What is the source of contamination?”

 

Just like in Chu Banyang’s place, Lu Yingjiu told them the story of the Heavenly Way.

 

Chen Zheng was also stunned, saying again and again, “It’s really not easy, it’s really not easy.”

 

Zhang Shuwan shook her head and said, “It’s simply unimaginable… Fortunately, the formations are all effective.”

 

Then, the three of them casually talked about the  Hundred Ghosts Night Parade, discussing where the Yin energy was still rolling and needed an exorcist to go, and discussing the new ghosts that appeared this time, and how to deal with them afterwards.

 

By the time they finished talking, the orange glow of the setting sun shone in, falling into the cup with rose petals floating in it.

 

Zhang Shuwan looked at the time and said, “I have a class, I have to go.”

 

“Oh,” Chen Zheng was surprised, “You’re so quick, you’ve even signed up for classes.”

 

“Yes.” Zhang Shuwan said, “Sketching class. I’ve always wanted to learn to draw when I was a kid, but I never had the time, now I finally have some.” She waved her hand, her eyes curved in a smile, “I’m leaving first, you guys continue to chat!”

 

Left with Chen Zheng and Lu Yingjiu, the two chatted for a while.

 

Mainly reminiscing about the past.

 

They talked about the story when they first joined the association, talked about the previous commissions and companions, and talked about what the Green Lantern Association was like at that time. Time flies, Chen Zheng’s temples were already white, and the young exorcist who was once naive was now able to stand alone. When they talk about the past, they all have a lot of nostalgia and emotion in their hearts.

 

By the time they finished talking, when the two of them were standing downstairs in the teahouse, the night had already fallen.

 

Chen Zheng insisted on giving Lu Yingjiu a few boxes of tea leaves, saying that he should drink them slowly when he gets home, and come to him for tea when he has time.

 

Lu Yingjiu agreed, and then heard Chen Zheng say, “Xiao Lu…”

 

His expression was somewhat serious.

 

“What’s wrong?” Lu Yingjiu asked.

 

Chen Zheng said, “Recently, I’ve been thinking about something: after settling down, I want to properly reorganize the Green Lantern Association.”

 

Lu Yingjiu raised his eyebrows in surprise.

 

Chen Zheng continued, “The current Green Lantern Association does not conform to its original intention of existence, it does not deserve the word ‘Green Lantern’, your incident is the best proof…so I think, it’s time to make a change.”

 

“The situation in the association is complicated, involving various interests, backgrounds, and worldly wisdom, and I don’t have absolute say. But as long as we change a little bit, one day it will become what we imagine.”

 

He smiled a bit embarrassingly, “You can consider that I was also inspired by the stories you told and the experiences you’ve had. I’m over fifty years old, but as I said before, occasionally, I still need to be passionate.”

 

Chen Zheng took a deep breath.

 

He extended his right hand, looked at Lu Yingjiu, and said seriously, “From now on, please supervise me.”

 

“…Okay, then I’ll wait and see.” Lu Yingjiu also smiled and extended his hand.

 

Their hands gripped firmly.

 

****

 

After saying goodbye to Chen Zheng, Jing Xian, with the stuffed hairball until it hiccuped, picked up Lu Yingjiu.

 

The two of them headed straight for Lu Ying Bar.

 

During the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade, the bar was temporarily closed for half a month, and finally returned today.

 

As soon as the car arrived at the bar downstairs, they could see the bright lights inside the bar and hear the laughter.

 

They went upstairs and were surrounded by a huge cheer as soon as they entered the door! Confetti exploded in the air, applause, and the table was filled with soda, pizza, cupcakes, and colorful snacks.

 

In addition to the bar staff, Chen Xiaoling also rushed over, sitting on the sofa eating a lollipop, and smiled when she saw them.

 

Ye Feng pulled Lu Yingjiu over and pressed him on the sofa, “We bought a big cake, just waiting for you to cut it!”

 

“Is there a big cake?” Lu Yingjiu laughed, “It’s like a birthday.”

 

“To celebrate the reopening, of course, it has to be grand.” Ye Feng patted his shoulder and looked around, “Where’s the cake? Where’s the cake?”

 

Ah Mei said weakly, “Actually, I wanted to eat cake, so I bought such a big one.” After saying that, she turned around and brought out a red cake box with Yao Gou.

 

When they opened the box, the fruit cake looked particularly delicious, and a beer mug was drawn on top with chocolate sauce.

 

Surrounded by everyone, Lu Yingjiu cut the cake, and everyone got a big piece. Ye Feng started to mix drinks again, and a few colorful cocktails were lined up, making Chen Xiaoling take pictures continuously.

 

Yao Gou got excited as soon as he drank, rolled up the paper as a microphone and sang songs that no one understood, and insisted on hooking shoulders with Ye Feng to sing with him. Chen Xiaoling took pictures all the way and quickly posted them to her circle of friends. Ah Mei was more shy, just sitting on the side slowly eating cake, laughing with everyone.

 

When everything was almost swept away, Ye Feng also got drunk.

 

He leaned in the corner of the room, pulling Lu Yingjiu and slurring, “Yao Gou, Yao Gou has been promoting the office, and soon there will be a lot of exorcism commissions, and we have to start getting busy.”

 

“You plan on accepting commissions?” Lu Yingjiu asked, “What did your dad say about it?”

 

Ye Feng said his secret, that he was reborn, and the Ye family’s family rules were so strict, of course, it needed to be dealt with.

 

Ye Feng held his head, half-drunk and said, “They discussed it for a long time, and told me today, they originally planned to remove me from the family, but…”

 

“But what?” Lu Yingjiu asked.

 

“They, they said, I performed very well this time.” Ye Feng said, “My dad also spoke a lot for me, they finally decided, if I continue to prove myself in commissions in the future, they will not pursue this matter anymore. So, I definitely have to start accepting commissions.”

 

If things could develop like this, that’s the best.

 

Lu Yingjiu couldn’t help but say, “That’s great.”

 

“Yes, it’s great, it’s great.” Ye Feng laughed drunkenly, “Thanks to the courage you gave me, come on, let’s have another drink together!”

 

The cups collided.

 

The two raised their heads and drank the good wine in one gulp.

 

After a while, Chen Xiaoling suddenly remembered something, “Hey hey hey, we haven’t taken a group photo today! Come over quickly!”

 

Yao Gou was swaying from side to side, “Everyone’s drunk, what’s the point of taking pictures? When the time comes, hiccup! Everyone will fall under your lens.”

 

“Come on, come on.” Chen Xiaoling pulled him, “Otherwise, I won’t be able to post my last Moments.”

 

She stepped on her high heels, exerting an amazing strength, pulling all the drunkards together, and then shouted, “Xiao Lu, come here quickly! Sit in the middle with your big demon!”

 

When everyone was ready, she flicked her hair, set up her phone, set the countdown, and hurriedly ran into the crowd to show a perfect, well-rehearsed smile.

 

Click!

 

– The photo froze at the most perfect moment.

 

Chen Xiaoling, with her exquisite makeup, stood behind the sofa, hugging Ah Mei who was smiling shyly. In the middle of the sofa, Lu Yingjiu and Jing Xian were sitting close together, smiling. To their right was Yao Gou, and to their left was Ye Feng, the two drunkards were like door gods, swaying from side to side, making a “Yeah!” gesture towards the camera.

 

Chen Xiaoling was very satisfied with this photo, murmuring that she would print this photo and hang it at the entrance of the bar in the future.

 

When it was late at night, the celebration ended.

 

Jing Xian and Lu Yingjiu drove the drunkards home one by one, and returned home at midnight.

 

Lu Yingjiu was already very sleepy. After taking a bath, he lay in Jing Xian’s arms in a daze, vaguely hearing Jing Xian excitedly planning to change houses and furniture.

 

He was so sleepy that he couldn’t hear anything, and just agreed with a hum.

 

Jing Xian was excited, and then said, “We have a flight tomorrow afternoon, where do you want to eat at noon?”

 

Lu Yingjiu: “Hmm hmm hmm.”

 

“How about a buffet? Or is hot pot and barbecue better?”

 

Lu Yingjiu: “Hmm hmm hmm.”

 

Jing Xian said to himself, “Or eat healthier, a vegetarian restaurant is also good.”

 

Lu Yingjiu: “Hmm hmm hmm.”

 

Jing Xian: “…..”

 

Jing Xian said, “Am I the most handsome in the world?”

 

Lu Yingjiu: “Hmm hmm hmm.”

 

Jing Xian was satisfied, contented, and kissed Lu Yingjiu’s face, “Go to sleep, go to sleep, I love you.”

 

This time Lu Yingjiu heard clearly.

 

“Hmm hmm hmm.” He mumbled, “Me too.”

 

After Jing Xian was happy for a while, he reacted and shook Lu Yingjiu again, “I don’t want to hear ‘me too’, I want you to say ‘I love you too’.”

 

Lu Yingjiu: “…..”

 

Just when Jing Xian thought he had completely fallen asleep, Lu Yingjiu hooked the corner of his mouth, “I love you too.”