GRMFBS CH262

Gu Jiancheng returned to the hotel carrying a large bag of breakfast.

The hotel receptionist stared at him, doubting their own memory. Weren’t there five people checking in, not two?

His mind was swirling with a chaotic mess of thoughts on how to handle his future brother-in-law, but the moment he opened the door, everything vanished, leaving only Yan Yan, Yan Yan, Yan Yan.

Zhan Yan was sitting on the bed playing with his phone, a slightly long curl plastered to his face, resting perfectly at the corner of his eye. He was haphazardly wearing an oversized T-shirt, leaning against a bundled-up quilt behind him, with the loose neckline revealing his collarbone and quite a few mosquito bites.

Gu Jiancheng’s Adam’s apple bobbed, and his gaze darkened by several degrees.

—That was his T-shirt.

Zhan Yan got goosebumps from his stare and couldn’t help but shrink back a bit.

[Gu Jiancheng saw you wearing his T-shirt, *******]

Zhan Yan: …What were you thinking that even the Gossip System had to censor it!

He cleared his throat: “You’re back from buying breakfast?”

It wasn’t like he wore this on purpose; changing his sitting posture practically cost him his life. The clothes from last night were thrown everywhere, and this one was the closest… Wouldn’t it be even worse if he didn’t wear anything…

“Mhm, what do you want to eat?” Gu Jiancheng withdrew his gaze, pushed the small low table to the bedside, and the two large bags of breakfast filled up even the nightstand.

Zhan Yan: “…Why did you buy so much?”

“It’s fine, we can finish it.” Gu Jiancheng sat directly on the edge of the bed; the mattress dipped slightly, and Zhan Yan involuntarily leaned a bit in his direction.

This tiny shift somehow became exceptionally clear, making one’s heart beat heavier and heavier.

“Should I feed you?” Gu Jiancheng’s low voice tumbled around in his ears.

Zhan Yan’s earlobes burned hot. He supported himself on the bed with his arms, wanting to move towards the edge: “No need, I can do it myself…”

He had just propped himself up a little when a scorching hot hand reached between his body and the bundled quilt, pressing gently onto his waist and slowly kneading it.

Zhan Yan almost groaned. His waist was unbearably sore, his arms instantly lost their strength, and he fell back, completely sinking into the soft bundle of the quilt.

The person’s hand kneaded unhurriedly, and he leaned in again to ask in a low voice: “Should I feed you?”

The fire burning in his eyes was so hot it scorched Zhan Yan’s face until it flushed. He closed his eyes and tilted his head back: “You feed me, you feed me, ah—”

Wasn’t it just enjoying the life of having clothes handed to him and meals spoon-fed to him? Who didn’t know how to do that… Mmph.

Zhan Yan widened his eyes; the soft, burning touch on his lips left, replaced by a cream puff pressed against them.

Gu Jiancheng held his hand up as if nothing had happened, as if it wasn’t him who had just pressed up against him.

Zhan Yan bit the cream puff, staring at Gu Jiancheng’s ears and neck.

His skin color was normal, without the slightest sign of turning red.

It’s over, it’s over, how had Xiao Gu become completely shameless as if a seal had been broken?

[Deep Shadow Gu Jiancheng is calculating how long until school starts, how many days you need to recover, and what the divided number is…]

Zhan Yan: …

Top 1 was truly inhumane!

“Go, go, go, I’ll eat it myself.”

Zhan Yan pushed his arm and moved to the edge of the bed to eat by himself.

Xiao Gu had gone wild, but hadn’t he forgotten that he was going to guard the passage next? What was the point of calculating this… looking all silly and happy.

“Yan Yan, what nightmare did you have last night?” Gu Jiancheng ate with him. The top 1 big shot’s stomach capacity polished off all the extra food.

He had never seen Yan Yan have a nightmare before, but Yan Yan’s sleep quality had indeed been poor lately. Was something weighing on his mind?

He had wanted to ask last night, but hadn’t managed to…

Zhan Yan pressed his lips together: “It’s nothing; I don’t want to recall it.”

“Then we won’t think about it.” Gu Jiancheng finished tidying up the packaging bags and threw away the garbage. Coming back, he saw Zhan Yan moving slowly back to the bed. Reaching out to support him, he steadily brought the person back. Having brought him back, he didn’t let go; he held him, rested his chin in the crook of his neck, and said softly, “I’ll rub it for you again?”

“Mm-hmm.” Zhan Yan acquiesced.

A free massage was a free massage, might as well enjoy it.

Zhan Yan curled up comfortably on the bed and continued scrolling through the Gossip System.

Using his identity as Approaching Science to help Xiao Gu farm favorability points was a dead end—he had seen it in the gossip posts; Lin Yuan Ghost King was already holding a grudge against Approaching Science.

Humph, so petty! It wasn’t like he did it on purpose; at the time, he hadn’t known Lin Yuan Ghost King was his older brother…

Maybe he could look for an opportunity to help Xiao Gu from the perspective of an ordinary person?

Just as Zhan Yan was fretting over this, he suddenly received a message from his sister; the two chatted via an encrypted channel on the forum.

Artisan: “What is going on with Lin Yuan Ghost King’s divine ability?”

Zhan Yan explained truthfully.

Approaching Science: “I checked. Spirits and souls are slightly different; your method won’t work on Wan Yan.”

Artisan: “When Dawn World connects to Reincarnation this time, it will perform a repair on the souls within Dawn World.”

“When it connects, I’ll bring Wan Yan in to test it.”

Zhan Yan checked the gossip posts regarding his brother.

Zhan Jinli had just learned about the latest changes in Dawn World from the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau, and confirmed the bad news that he might have to cooperate with Deep Shadow again next.

Zhan Jinli: …Can we change personnel?

The Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau indicated that was highly unlikely.

“May I ask if you have any conflict with Deep Shadow?”

Could we mediate this?

Zhan Jinli indicated that mediation wouldn’t be necessary.

Deep Shadow had seemingly already experienced the consequences of the misfortunes brought about by the interdependence of good and bad luck; he hadn’t used him as a wishing machine again since then.

But Deep Shadow was simply too intense! He was competing as if he had KPIs to meet. Zhan Jinli suffered a minor heart attack just looking at the motivational quotes that still lay in his communication interface.

He was planning to find Ghost King Tie Lao.

“Dawn World is going to connect to Underworld Reincarnation, why don’t you come and guard it? During this time, I’ll take over your work, how about it?”

Ghost King Tie Lao was immediately overwhelmed with happiness on the spot: “Ah… really?”

This guarding the passage business was definitely much easier than doing that pile of trivial work.

“Then I’ll go do a handover first…”

Zhan Yan: …It’s over. His brother was going to be scared away by Xiao Gu.

Ask Sister for help!

Approaching Science: “Ahhh, Lin Yuan Ghost King is currently looking for Ghost King Tie Lao to switch shifts.”

Artisan: “???”

Approaching Science: “He plans to let Tie Lao guard it.”

Artisan: “Heh.”

I go help you treat Di Ting, and you run off to do other work?

Don’t even think about it!

After several days, Ghost King Tie Lao finally received another message from Artisan.

Artisan: “Do you want to update your outdated office system?”

Ghost King Tie Lao: !!!

Artisan: “Do you want a few more office-type puppets?”

Tie Lao: “You let me out of the blacklist?”

Even though their Underworld office system had been updated once, how could those programmer ghosts who had come down from the living world compare to Artisan? They definitely wanted the office system! And they definitely wanted the office puppets too!

Artisan: “I can customize a new system for you this month, but you have to be present.”

Tie Lao: “Okay!”

For custom-made items, he naturally had to be present during the process. Ghost King Tie Lao agreed without objection; only after agreeing did he remember that he had previously agreed to switch shifts with Senior Lin Yuan.

Tie Lao: “Wait a minute, is next month okay?”

Artisan: “Only this month.”

“Take it or leave it.”

A few minutes later, a new message popped up in Artisan’s private message interface.

Lin Yuan: “?”

Zhan Yan was staring at the gossip posts from afar. After Ghost King Tie Lao learned the news from his sister, he went to find his brother and truthfully narrated the whole process.

Even though he didn’t know how Rong Sui knew that Tie Lao was going to switch shifts with him this month, he could guess that Rong Sui suddenly releasing the blacklisted Tie Lao was probably meant to target him.

Artisan: “When Dawn World connects to Reincarnation, it will perform a repair on souls.”

“It might be useful for Wan Yan.”

“You’re not guarding it?”

Lin Yuan: “You could have just told me directly.”

Why go through the trouble of finding Tie Lao and tossing him around?

Artisan: “Heh.”

“You are the only one who modified my order eighteen times.”

“I hold grudges.”

Lin Yuan: “…”

“My apologies.”

If he couldn’t switch shifts, then so be it. It was just enduring Deep Shadow one more time, right?

What else could Deep Shadow do besides mutter incessantly? Zhan Jinli let out a slow breath and looked down at Wan Yan.

Wan Yan looked up at him blankly: “Meow?”

Zhan Jinli: “It’s nothing. I have work to do here next, and you will accompany me.”

He still had to find an excuse at home, what should he say… Hmm, he would just say he went for further studies, to learn new fondant techniques.

Zhan Jinli was a bit distracted as he sent a message in the family group chat.

For some reason, he felt that Rong Sui’s attitude when chatting with him was a bit too… close.

Was it his misconception? Or a special effect of modifying the order eighteen times?

Zhan Yan had just seen his brother’s latest message in the family group chat.

Sister is awesome! This way, Xiao Gu’s chance to farm favorability points has also returned!

Zhan Suiru: “Happy now?”

Zhan Yan played dumb: “Ah?”

Zhan Suiru clicked her tongue lightly. Deep Shadow was also on the schedule; how could her little brother’s small brain not think of this? He had even helped Gu Jiancheng contact her before.

Zhan Suiru: “Your elbows are turning outward.” (Meaning: You are favoring outsiders over your own family)

Zhan Yan: “Sis~”

They were all incredibly astute; nothing could be hidden from them.

Zhan Suiru: “Don’t act cute.”

Zhan Yan: “Hehe~ Sis, aren’t you supposed to be on shift? Why are you busy with customized orders?”

Zhan Suiru: “I let your brother-in-law go; he’s recovered.”

Oh oh! This means Yang Ran’s “Artisan” superpower had returned, right?

Zhan Yan: “That’s great, that’s great!”

“I’ll bring back gifts for you guys when I return!”

Gu Jiancheng saw his brows relax into a smile and leaned in again, being all clingy: “What are you looking at?”

Yan Yan had been playing with his phone for half the day. Why not look at me? Am I not good-looking…

Zhan Yan knocked him exasperatedly. How could his clinginess double?

Zhan Yan: “My brother is going out for further studies for a few days.”

“Oh…”

Gu Jiancheng’s love-struck brain was finally awakened by the keywords.

Right, his future brother-in-law was going to handle the matter of Dawn World connecting to Reincarnation, and next he had to go too. In other words… he couldn’t accompany Yan Yan!

Although he had the avatar skill, it was safer for his main body to go guard the passage to prevent Infinite from sneaking a backdoor attack. If it wasn’t done by the time school started, then he would have to use his avatar to attend school.

Avatar… an avatar was just a skill; although it had his consciousness, it couldn’t eat!

A bolt from the blue.