GRMFBS CH272

Bai Po and Black Wolf, that grandfather-grandson pair, had been squatting outside, gossiping.

Each of them held a piece of the puzzle, but neither was willing to spill the beans first.

“You say it first.” “Why not you?” After back-and-forth bickering for a long time, Ning Xi, who was monitoring the situation remotely, couldn’t take it anymore.

Ning Xi: “Both of you, just talk. Black Wolf, you start.”

Black Wolf clicked his tongue. The two of them finally started exchanging gossip smoothly.

More than twenty years ago, just a few years after “Infinite” first invaded, the Heavenly Master suddenly announced she was going to marry a normal person. The Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau was stunned.

The Heavenly Master hadn’t been in a good state those years and had barely left the Bureau a few times, so when she suddenly said she was getting married, the Bureau initially thought she had been cursed by some evil spell and started frantically investigating her romantic interest.

Black Wolf: “She said she fell in love at first sight, and I thought she had just lost her mind because of love.”

Her “combat fans” were very unhappy about this. Heh, a normal man, what makes him worthy of the Heavenly Master? Isn’t he just a bit better-looking? Can good looks be eaten as a meal?

Oh right, I heard his cooking is pretty good, but is it as good as our Bureau’s head chef?

How did the Heavenly Master get hit by a love curse?

But now that they knew the other person was the Chongming Demon King, Black Wolf felt it was acceptable. The Chongming Demon King could hold his own in a fight, after all.

He turned his head to ask Bai Po: “What’s the situation with the Chongming Demon King?”

Bai Po: “Ah… one day he also suddenly said he fell in love at first sight with a human.”

At the time, they also thought the Demon King had been cursed by some spell and investigated it thoroughly, terrified that it was some weird skill left behind by “Infinite.”

Black Wolf kept scratching his head: “So, they both put on ‘normal human’ disguises and then fell in love at first sight with each other’s ‘normal’ appearances?”

Is this what you call having super-high standards or just being love-struck?

Bai Po also scratched his head: “I think falling in love at first sight with Chongming is pretty normal. His humanoid form is so consistent with human aesthetics, right? But Chongming is a huge face-con. What does the Heavenly Master look like? Does she also fit human aesthetics exceptionally well?”

“Ah?” Black Wolf was confused. “S-should be?”

He had seen the Heavenly Master take off her mask, but he had never really paid attention to what she looked like—she just had two eyes and a mouth.

“She’s not ugly, anyway.”

Bai Po looked at him, feeling that he was beyond help. No wonder this silly boy can’t find a female wolf to mate with.

Black Wolf didn’t care. He poked Bai Po: “Hey, the Heavenly Master and Chongming are married, what does your Wan Yao Alliance plan to do?”

Bai Po rolled his eyes: “What else can we do? We can’t forcefully break them up. I don’t want to get beaten up by Chongming and the Heavenly Master. Do you guys at the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau plan on a forced divorce?”

Ning Xi calmly retorted through the communicator: “You overestimate us. We don’t want to get beaten up either.”

Black Wolf continued to scratch his head: “They won’t get a divorce, will they?”

Bai Po smacked his lips: “I don’t think Chongming would.”

Chongming loves his wife so much. Back at the Wan Yao Alliance, whenever he hears his wife is home, he instantly unfurls his wings and flies off.

“Chongming even shows off their cubs to us,” Bai Po complained. “He acts like he hatched them himself.”

“What’s the Heavenly Master’s personality like? She seemed pretty aggressive before…” If Chongming loves her so deeply, but the Heavenly Master decides to cut ties…

Black Wolf snorted: “I don’t think so.”

When the Heavenly Master’s state wasn’t stable before, she used to watch edited clips of her husband acting to stabilize her mental state.

“She even went and helped him climb the charts. Is that something she should be doing?” Black Wolf complained indignantly.

That’s the strongest Heavenly Master in the Bureau! That’s completely out of character!

The two continued complaining, effectively stuffing themselves with a mouthful of “dog food” (PDA).

Ning Xi’s mood was like riding a roller coaster.

The Chongming Demon King is suspiciously love-struck—good.

The Heavenly Master is also suspiciously love-struck—not so good.

But both of them being love-struck is better than the Heavenly Master being the only one.

Although they said “no way, no way,” given their statuses… it would be very difficult for the Bureau and the Alliance not to have their relationship deteriorate.

Black Wolf and Bai Po looked at each other with mutual vigilance, both falling into worry.

Really don’t want to fight my great-grandfather.

Really don’t want to beat the living daylights out of my great-grandson.

Heaven bless them, just let them both be love-struck.

Ning Xi also thought of something very important: “What’s the deal with their youngest son?”

Black Wolf: “No idea. That kid suddenly appeared from the courtyard, leaped up whoosh, grabbed the Demon King’s leg, and shouted that earth-shattering line…”

Bai Po: “Tsk, even the Heavenly Master and Chongming didn’t know their spouse wasn’t a normal human. This youngest son of theirs is no simple character.”

Ning Xi rubbed his temples, his head aching.

“They still haven’t come out…”

The door suddenly opened.

Zhan Yan was kicked out with a confused look on his face.

Bai Po: “Ah… one of them is out.”

Black Wolf: “This is bad… they kicked their son out. They aren’t going to get a divorce, are they?”

[After learning that his eldest son is the Ghost King Lin Yuan and his second daughter is Rong Sui, Chongming Demon King Zhan Yunkai felt he was about to lose his composure, so he decided to have you leave first.]

[After learning that her eldest son is the Ghost King Lin Yuan and her second daughter is Rong Sui, Heavenly Master Ji Yueming felt it was hard to maintain her composure, so she decided to have you leave first.]

Zhan Yan’s mouth twitched. His parents really had the exact same “idol baggage.”

The Black Wolf and Bai Po squatting by the door looked up at him simultaneously.

One looked to be about thirty, with dark skin and an uneven buzz cut. The other looked about twenty, with pale skin, snow-silver hair reaching his shoulders, and yellowish-green eyes.

They shared about 70% facial resemblance, but their styles were completely different.

The Black Wolf had the rugged handsomeness of a rough man, while Bai Po had a refined, ethereal, and exotic handsomeness.

Staring at by these two gossiping and nervous faces, Zhan Yan paused.

Why are these two big shots still guarding here? Don’t they have anything better to do?

Black Wolf: “Where are your parents?”

Bai Po: “How are they doing?”

Zhan Yan glanced at his “Gossip Feed”: “Pretty good.”

After he left, his parents got straight to the point and discussed their respective organizations, both worried that their different affiliations would affect their feelings for each other.

Black Wolf: “They didn’t fight, did they?”

Bai Po: “Do you know how to act cute or distract them?”

He checked the feed again. Both the Bureau and the Alliance were also worried that if the Heavenly Master and the Chongming Demon King started fighting, it would ruin their future relationship.

Zhan Yan slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

Both sides are so nervous—I can finally stop worrying.

Inside the room.

Zhan Yunkai and Ji Yueming sat facing each other in silence for a while.

Ji Yueming spoke first: “I’ll go back and talk to the Bureau.”

Zhan Yunkai let out a huge sigh of relief. Good, good. She’s going to talk to the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau, not talk to me.

This meant his wife wanted to discuss their relationship with the Bureau. She also wanted to stay with him!

The Demon King’s double pupils brightened, the gold threads outlining his irises shimmering. His melodious voice sounded like he was singing: “The Wan Yao Alliance won’t care who I’m with.”

Ji Yueming was all too familiar with this look.

So, the moment the kids are gone, you start spreading your peacock feathers, right?

In the past, he had to hold back to maintain his disguise as a normal person; now, he wasn’t hiding it at all.

Zhan Yunkai looked slightly shy under his wife’s gaze and asked: “The Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau… will they care about this?”

Ji Yueming tapped her fingertips lightly on her mask: “The Parliament has already been purged, and Ning Xi pretty much has full control. And Ning Xi…”

Zhan Yunkai became nervous.

Ning Xi, that super control freak at the Bureau. He wouldn’t want to stop them… it was hard to say.

Ji Yueming suddenly smiled: “Ning Xi even thought about sending Da Wule (a high-ranking official) to the Wan Yao Alliance for a political marriage. Now he can consider it a wish fulfilled.”

Zhan Yunkai froze for a moment. Like a bird skimming the surface of the water, a layer of smiles spread across his face, the ripples extending all the way to his eyes.

The couple was very good at grasping the key points. They didn’t mention the matter of each other hiding their identities with “vests” (disguises); they settled the primary conflict first. After quickly setting the tone for discussing it with their respective organizations, they immediately moved to the next topic—the situation with their children was more important.

“Suiru…” Ji Yueming opened the topic with a headache.

Suiru was Rong Sui.

She remembered the gift Rong Sui had sent her a while ago. That “costume-changing button” was currently on her person. This thing was truly convenient for switching between identities.

A gift from my daughter—no wonder it was so thoughtful.

Thinking of Rong Sui’s attitude that day… ah, does Suiru already know my secret identity too?

Ji Yueming looked at Zhan Yunkai and saw the same thought in his eyes.

Zhan Yunkai also thought about how “Artisan,” who was always a fan of the Heavenly Master, suddenly started fanning the Chongming Demon King… did they drop their disguises in front of their daughter at that time?

This matter must be related to Yan-yan!

I kicked him out too early. I’ll have to continue interrogating my youngest son later!

Thinking of Suiru:

She insisted on sleeping early every day for beauty sleep; she was usually lazy and unconcerned about her studio; she wasn’t famous but was always picked by “wealthy clients” for her works; the clients who always sent strange items… and her sculptures.

If Suiru was Rong Sui, those special sculptures could finally be explained.

What kind of psychological trauma could create such forms of painful struggle?

The data from the “Apocalyptic” instance, the lord who built the “Hope Base,” forever trapped in reincarnation, never living past 26…

Both of their hearts started aching.

Damn it… I’m going to work overtime to destroy “Infinite” as soon as I get back!

Ji Yueming suddenly said: “Suiru is 23 this year.”

According to the timeline, Rong Sui should have arrived in this world 27 years ago. She was reincarnated, so according to the timeline, subtracting the one year in the womb, Zhan Suiru should be 26 this year.

23 and 26 don’t look like a big difference, but they adopted Zhan Suiru when she was 6. Even if her age looked inaccurate due to being abandoned, it shouldn’t be a 3-year difference. A 6-year-old child and a 9-year-old child already look quite different.

Could it be that after Rong Sui arrived in this world, she wandered in the underworld for 3 years before being reborn?

Was it because her soul came from the apocalypse and was out of sync with this world, or was there another reason?

Would it be harmful to her?

Ji Yueming sighed lightly: “Let’s give her a check-up when we get back.”

Zhan Yunkai nodded slowly and brought up another matter: “Rong Sui… is she dating Yang Ran?”

Ji Yueming: …Right! Forgot about that too.

My daughter is dating and didn’t tell us!

Although she had long known Rong Sui and Yang Ran were a couple, now that Rong Sui had become her own daughter, her perspective on Yang Ran changed instantly… I’ll find an opportunity to look at Yang Ran when I get back!

However, they had gone through so many reincarnations together; it wasn’t easy for them to be together. They certainly wouldn’t be overly critical, but they definitely had to take a look at him.

Ji Yueming: “I’ll have a heart-to-heart with Suiru when I get back.”

Zhan Yunkai: “Ask Yan-yan first; he definitely knows more.”

After settling one issue, the two switched to the next.

Zhan Yunkai: “Jinli… Jinli (Koi). The Ghost King Lin Yuan’s past life was indeed a Carp Demon.”

When they adopted Zhan Jinli, he was already eight years old and remembered his own name. The name “Jinli” was something he said himself.

The Ghost King Lin Yuan’s naming style is truly simple and direct…

Ji Yueming was fairly accepting of this. She wasn’t familiar with the Ghost King Lin Yuan. Those who practice lightning techniques are naturally at odds with the underworld; the ghost cultivators in the Bureau never appear in front of her.

But Zhan Yunkai was relatively familiar with the Ghost King Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan’s past life was a Carp Demon, and there was also the divine beast Di Ting on Mount Zhaofu. As the Chongming Demon King who loved taking care of juniors, he mostly looked for those two whenever he had business in the underworld.

The juniors and colleagues of the past accidentally became my children… it’s a complicated feeling.

“Why did the Ghost King Lin Yuan choose to reincarnate? Was it to avoid Wan Yan?” Ji Yueming recalled the news she had seen on the forum. She didn’t know much about these things. If not… could I help him drive Wan Yan away later?

Zhan Yunkai knew more: “It was also to recover from his injuries. Something went wrong with his supernatural powers.”

The fact that Wan Yan is Di Ting has always been a secret, and the same goes for Lin Yuan’s condition. Outsiders only know he was injured but don’t know the specifics. Otherwise, his current passive state of fulfilling wishes would be too easy to exploit.

“Let’s ask Yan-yan when we get back.” Ji Yueming’s mouth curled up, wanting to laugh and sigh at the same time.

Approaching Science… he really knows how to hide things.

Zhan Yunkai couldn’t help it either: “We only adopted three children, and none of them are normal.”

He had watched every child, yet he hadn’t seen through any of them.

His Majesty the Chongming Demon King even doubted his own double pupils for a moment—Do I really possess this supernatural power?

“Yes,” Ji Yueming said. “The probability of this is not normal.”

Zhan Yunkai saw the deep meaning in her expression and said slowly: “I think Yan-yan… is not just ‘Approaching Science’.”

Ji Yueming smiled, her eyes brilliant.

“Shh.”

Can’t say it.

We’ll hide it too.

And give him a big shock when the time comes.