GRMFBS CH144

The Minghe Ghost King sat under the Wen Yu tree with her chin propped up, watching the “Linyuan” doll chase the cat all over the mountain.

The Wanyan cat leaped up and down, its smooth, snow-white fur getting all messed up.

To keep the Wanyan Ghost King settled, the Tie Lao Ghost King had generously paid the Artisan a large sum. The Artisan, with great professional spirit, had given the “Linyuan” doll a top-tier configuration. Having heard about the Wanyan Ghost King’s psychotic behavior, the Artisan, considering that a fragile doll might not withstand the Wanyan Ghost King’s play and a slow doll might not keep up with his game speed, had specially reinforced the doll’s strength, speed, and durability.

And Wanyan’s specialty was not speed.

“Why is the little kitten running away?”

Wanyan, caught by the “Linyuan” doll, had his belly rubbed again.

“It’s so dangerous outside. Little kittens are so small and soft, they can’t escape at all.”

Wanyan: …Help!

He struggled with difficulty to press the “Linyuan” doll’s personality switch button.

Swoosh—smack!

Wanyan was thrown onto the Wen Yu tree.

The “Linyuan” doll: “Stay away from me!”

Wanyan: …Do you think I don’t want to?! Which pervert was chasing me like crazy before?!!

The “Linyuan” doll was frantically cleaning the cat fur off its clothes. “You scheming little kitten! I will never like a cunning little kitten like you!”

Wanyan: So angry!

Wanyan let out a meow-roar and pounced on the “Linyuan” doll.

Zhan Yan was having a great time eating gossip. He had searched the Artisan’s gossip threads and knew that both of the “Linyuan” doll’s personalities were simulated through online data. The cat-loving personality was imported from Professor Miao’s account. Zhan Yan had confirmed it; it was very accurate. The pet cats in the affiliated veterinary hospital had complained more than once about Professor Miao’s perverted cat-sniffing. And that was the result of Professor Miao being relatively restrained with outside cats. He dared not imagine what he was like with his own blue cat and ragdoll at home.

The Artisan’s personality simulation system was very mature. In that case… the other personality’s reference for the Linyuan Ghost King’s personality should also be quite accurate.

Was the Linyuan Ghost King really like that? He hadn’t noticed it during their previous communication. But Professor Miao was also very serious and proper during class, and one couldn’t tell how perverted he was with cats in private. Maybe the Linyuan Ghost King was also relatively proper on the surface, but secretly a “domineering CEO” type?

Although the gossip was tasty, looking at Wanyan, who was about to be driven crazy from being petted, he was still reluctant to break the doll. He probably wouldn’t have the energy to think about dotting the eyes of the black iron fish pendant for a while.

Zhan Yan sighed halfway and then yawned again. He hadn’t slept much last night and couldn’t hold on anymore. Zhan Yan closed the gossip system, planning to search again tomorrow.

The lights in the dorm were turned off. Zhan Yan closed his eyes and lay there for a while. He didn’t know if it was because his mind was too excited, but he couldn’t fall asleep. His mind was racing with random thoughts. Thinking of Wanyan made him think of cats, thinking of cats made him think of playing with cats with catnip today, and thinking of playing with cats made him think of Gu Jiancheng.

When he was playing with the cats today, he had said, “They’re saying they like catnip.”
“He’s saying don’t give my food to others.”

Zhan Yan recalled his tone and thought about it again. Could Gu Jiancheng have bought the catnip because he was jealous of him making cat food for the stray cats?

Tsk tsk tsk. Zhan Yan quietly turned over and propped himself up on his elbows, peering at Gu Jiancheng on the opposite bed.

Gu Jiancheng had his eyes closed, his breathing deep and slow. A lock of hair rested on his forehead, and he looked like he was already asleep.

Zhan Yan extended a finger, made a couple of gestures over his head, and gave him a gentle poke.

That’s for poking me on the forehead in the middle of the night!

Zhan Yan secretly committed his misdeed, lay back down, and fell asleep, content.

The pretending-to-be-asleep Gu Jiancheng opened his eyes and stared at the dark ceiling.

He couldn’t sleep now.

…

The next morning, Zhan Yan got up feeling refreshed and dragged Gu Jiancheng along for a morning workout.

The two met Professor Miao again on the track field.

Zhan Yan was very confused. “Did Wangwang scratch the door at four in the morning again?” Did Wangwang not keep his word?

Professor Miao looked peaceful. “No. He scratched the door at five-thirty today.”

Zhan Yan: …What can I say? The little kitten did keep his word, right?

Professor Miao decided to just go with it. He would sleep early and wake up early from now on.

Today, he continued to look for breakthroughs and eat gossip.

Before Zhan Yan had a chance to search, a message came in the family group chat first.

His mom forwarded a link to the group. Zhan Yan clicked on it and saw that a TV series his dad had filmed was now airing.

Ning Xi, worried about Tianshi’s physical condition, had assigned her a very important yet very leisurely job: guarding the temporary warehouse full of important materials.

Ji Yueming, bored out of her mind, started binge-watching Zhan Yunkai’s TV series.

Zhan Yan had eaten the gossip about his dad filming this drama before. It was a drama his dad had casually filmed before to find an excuse to go out, with less than two minutes of screen time in total. His mom found the scene with his dad’s two-minute appearance and posted a comment and a bullet comment, saying that Zhan Yunkai acted so well and that she was here specifically for Zhan Yunkai. The second half of the sentence wasn’t a lie.

Zhan Yan also posted a comment praising his dad. After the new comment was posted, the comment section naturally refreshed, and Zhan Yan saw a new reply under his mom’s comment.

“Nine-your-head”: “This is called good acting? Do you even know what acting is?”

Zhan Yunkai had gained some popularity from last year’s drama, and there were a few real fans under this episode. The real fans were all fans of his looks, not praising his acting, but all praising how handsome his styling was in the new drama. This “Nine-your-head” had replied to every comment praising Zhan Yunkai, even saying, “What’s so good-looking about this? A weak-looking face, not majestic at all.”

Who was this person?

Zhan Yan was not happy about this and opened the gossip system to search.

[The Nine-Headed Demon King Xiangliu secretly registered a side account “Nine-your-head” to badmouth Zhan Yunkai.]

Zhan Yan: …And what’s your deal, great demon?

Zhan Yan began to search the gossip threads and found that this matter was related to him.

Previously, because he had mentioned breed improvement and the aptitude of the demon race in the cultivator group chat, Grandma Zhuo Shu and the parrot demon Wu Ying were very interested and started a related research project. This matter somehow reached Xiangliu’s ears. This demon king was very interested in it and wanted to join.

Xiangliu was a fierce god, shaped like a nine-headed snake. Although he had joined the Wan Yao Alliance, his style of doing things was still on the more demonic side. To describe it in an easier-to-understand way, the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau was lawful good, the Wan Yao Alliance was chaotic good, and Xiangliu was originally neutral evil. After joining the Wan Yao Alliance, he became lawful neutral. It was said that Xiangliu had been beaten into submission by several great demons back then. Although Xiangliu was fierce, he was true to his word. So after he submitted, the other great demons agreed to let him join the Wan Yao Alliance.

But the fierce reputation he had accumulated over the years was too terrifying for birds. Wu Ying was very scared and didn’t want to deal with him. She was just a small parrot demon; Xiangliu could swallow her whole if he was in a bad mood. So, Wu Ying thought of seeking protection from other demon kings.

There were three feather-tribe demon kings in the Wan Yao Alliance. The Phoenix was currently reorganizing her clan, the Qingyun Demon King was on rotation mending the world barrier, and the other one was the Chongming Demon King.

Scared, Wu Ying flew straight to Qixia Mountain to seek protection.

When Xiangliu heard about this, he was very unhappy, but he couldn’t beat the Chongming Bird—divine birds like the Chongming and Phoenix, which were naturally auspicious and repelled evil, were a great counter to him. The Chongming Bird was one of the great demons who had beaten him half to death back then.

Xiangliu had a fierce nature and couldn’t hold in his anger, but he didn’t want to get beaten up. His nine heads discussed for several days and came up with the idea of creating a side account to badmouth the Chongming Demon King’s ordinary human disguise.

…That idea was actually kind of cute.

For a moment, Zhan Yan lost the motivation to argue with “Nine-your-head.”

But when he refreshed the comment section again, Zhan Yan found that in the time he was eating gossip, his mom had already started fighting with Xiangliu in the comment section. Xiangliu was cursing his mom for having problems with her eyes.

Zhan Yan: Rolled up his sleeves and went in! @Brothers and sisters, come help!

Underworld.

Zhan Jinli was discussing with the Tie Lao Ghost King the possible impact of the post-apocalyptic world on the underworld.

The Tie Lao Ghost King had been feeling very happy recently. Because of the Gravity Tide, the Linyuan Ghost King had appeared and helped him handle a large amount of work. As expected, Senior Linyuan was the most reliable! It would be even happier if Senior Linyuan could stay forever.

Tie Lao Ghost King: “Don’t worry, I’ve already handled Wanyan…”

Zhan Jinli suddenly raised his hand. “Wait a moment.”

The Tie Lao Ghost King obediently stopped, curiously watching as Zhan Jinli took out his phone and started tapping away.

“Is this the systematic office work you mentioned to me before?”

No, this is me helping my mom argue online.

Zhan Jinli said vaguely, “Um, this is how they do systematic office work in the human world.”

The Tie Lao Ghost King praised, “Their phones are small and portable, convenient for working anytime, anywhere. How wise.”

Zhan Jinli couldn’t help but be shocked by his corporate slave declaration and for a moment couldn’t help but reflect on himself.

“I can handle what we just discussed. You go rest.”

The Tie Lao Ghost King was very happy and went to handle other work.

Zhan Jinli: …Is this the inertia of a corporate slave?

Forget it, I’ll continue to help my mom argue online first.

They had four people, but Xiangliu had nine heads. Zhan Suiru called Xiao Ran for help, and Zhan Jinli called five little ghosts for help. They now had ten, ten against nine. The tide had turned!

Zhan Yan was very happy, thinking the people who showed up later were his dad’s other fans.

After finishing the online argument, Zhan Jinli continued to handle his work. In the evening, he prepared to change back to his disguise and go home.

The Tie Lao Ghost King popped up. “I’ve already handled Senior Wanyan. Senior Wanyan won’t have time to think about how to escape Chaofu Mountain for a while. You don’t have to hide from him anymore.”

Zhan Jinli was very surprised. “You really handled it?”

The Tie Lao Ghost King was very confident. “Really.”

Zhan Jinli didn’t ask how he handled it. The Tie Lao Ghost King was always reliable. But he wasn’t leaving every day now to hide from Wanyan. If it were before, he could have just found an excuse not to go home, but now there was a cat at home. Zhan Jinli traveled the underworld paths back and forth every day just to go home and feed Xingxing, and that little ungrateful thing still dared to despise the cat food he made!

Tie Lao looked at him with great sympathy and repeatedly assured him that Wanyan wouldn’t be able to get out of Chaofu Mountain for the time being.

Was he rushing around every day because he was afraid of Wanyan? He was doing it for another cat!

As expected, cats are all trouble.

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