FIMA Ch69: Shopping

In recent days, the Special Control Bureau had more than enough talismans. For ordinary paranormal cases, they could just smash the entity to death with the sheer volume of talismans alone.

For anyone else, this was naturally an immensely good thing.
But for someone like Gu Beilin, who felt uncomfortable if he didn’t fight for even a single day, it was a fate worse than death. It almost drove him crazy from being cooped up.

Luo Chuan twirled his long hair, his eyes lighting up: “Since you’re so restless, and the Bureau happens to not be busy today, why don’t we go out on a date? A double date sounds really interesting, I haven’t tried it yet! Besides, since Xingxing came to the capital, he hasn’t gone out to stroll around yet either!”

At this moment, the only words in Xie Xuanxing’s head were “date”, “date”. He couldn’t hear anything else…
He blinked his bright, watery eyes and looked expectantly at Gu Siyuan.

Ever since the two of them kissed last time, it seemed they had naturally defaulted to being in a relationship. Afterward, whenever Gu Siyuan was free, he loved to hold him, kiss him, and pinch him. But it felt a bit too direct; they hadn’t experienced any of the processes a couple should have, and almost went straight to the final step.

No flowers, no gifts, no watching movies…

Gu Siyuan originally wanted to firmly and resolutely refuse. Who wants to bring a psychopath like Luo Chuan along on a date?
But looking up, he met those beautiful, sparkling eyes.
His little lackey is deliberately acting spoiled with him again.

Who could refuse this?
He kept a cold face and nodded: “Then let’s go!”

Gu Beilin didn’t care for this sort of thing, but since all three of them had agreed now, it didn’t matter to him. He just blindly nodded along to get it over with, figuring he would just continue practicing his blade when they got back.

However, less than an hour after going out…
Luo Chuan and Xie Xuanxing both wished they could string these two brothers up and give them a good whipping.

The place the four of them went to eat was near a Feng Shui and Metaphysics street. There was a time-honored restaurant there with exceptionally good food.
After eating, they could conveniently stroll down the Feng Shui street. Not only did it sell yellow paper, cinnabar, and various traditional Chinese medicine supplements used by ordinary people, but interspersed among them were also shops selling magical artifacts and talismans.

As it turned out, not only were the Gu brothers expressionless the entire time they were eating, but when they came out to stroll and shop, their answer to everything asked was just “Okay.”

“I really hand it to you two. We clearly came out to eat, drink, and have fun, yet you both have long, cold faces. Do I owe you money or something?!” Luo Chuan complained mercilessly.

“You don’t even know what the shop assistants were whispering about! With those two big cold faces of yours and wearing black clothes… if you hadn’t sat with us during the meal, they would have thought you two were our bodyguards!” Even with Xie Xuanxing’s unconditional protectiveness over Gu Siyuan, he couldn’t help but mutter incessantly.

Luo Chuan said, giving up on himself: “Hmph, if I had known it would be like this, we might as well not have come out. You two should just stay in the Special Control Bureau for the rest of your lives!”

Xie Xuanxing, however, was unwilling to accept this. This was their first date!
He grabbed his own man’s hand.

Gu Siyuan thought he was siding with Luo Chuan again like just now, and immediately nodded: “That works.”
The Special Control Bureau is great! It has a lab, a training room. Doing experiments every day and occasionally going down to spar, how happy is that?

Gu Beilin also nodded: “En. What’s the point of coming out to buy those bizarre things? As a blade cultivator, having a blade in hand is enough.”

“Good, is it…?” Luo Chuan said eccentrically, glaring at the two. “Let me tell you, we only came out because today happens to be the very first day the talisman online store launched. Even if the Four Great Aristocratic Families react quickly, they shouldn’t have had the time to find assassins yet. Otherwise, would we even have the chance in the future? We’d have to be on tenterhooks just stepping out the door!”

“Yeah…” Xie Xuanxing sighed faintly.
Although he really didn’t want to curse Gu Siyuan with an accident, who told his boyfriend’s actions to be so astonishing, practically altering the landscape of the metaphysical world? Given the moral conduct of the Four Great Aristocratic Families, they might actually do such a thing.

“Really?!” Gu Beilin’s eyes instantly lit up, his voice clear and bright: “Then let’s come out on dates more often in the future! I wonder how many assassins will come? What rank will they be on the assassin leaderboard? America’s Jack, Russia’s Anatoly… Will the Onmyoji from Japan come too?”

“That’s not a bad idea.” Gu Siyuan was also quite interested, asking Gu Beilin coldly: “Have you fought those foreign assassins before? The foreign metaphysical systems should be different from our domestic ones. If they really come, we might as well catch them alive and bring them back to the Special Control Bureau for research. Let’s see what the main characteristics of their energy particles are.”

Xie Xuanxing: “…”
Luo Chuan: “…”

Luo Chuan and Xie Xuanxing exchanged a speechless glance. How did they encounter such a pair of brothers?
It would be better if they just didn’t say a word like before. That’s still better than opening their mouths and infuriating people to death.

“Hey… isn’t that Gu Beilin?”
“It is! So handsome!”
“Yeah, Gu Beilin! I’m seeing him alive!”
“Ahhh, I still remember the Grand Tournament three years ago! Gu Beilin, ahhhh, the Northern Heavenly Wolf! So incredibly handsome!”

On the Feng Shui and Metaphysics street, people were either from the metaphysical circle or ordinary people interested in metaphysics. For them, the metaphysical world’s Grand Daoist Tournament held every three years was like the Olympics or the World Cup—they wouldn’t miss a single match. And Gu Beilin, who stole the show three years ago, was naturally recognized at a glance.

Gu Beilin glanced at them, then turned his head away nonchalantly. Since his debut, he had grown accustomed to this.

Gu Siyuan, a person whose expression wouldn’t change even if Mount Tai collapsed before him, paid it even less mind.

As for Luo Chuan and Xie Xuanxing, although they acted spoiled and threw tantrums in front of the two brothers all day long, when they were outside, they were two undeniable, cold, and glamorous beauties—to be admired from afar but not profaned.

“Wow, wow, Gu Beilin looked over! So aloof and cold, just as expected!”
“But the three people walking with him aren’t bad either! Sure enough, handsome guys all hang out together. Especially that one who is also cold and tall, totally hits my strike zone.”
“He looks a bit like Gu Beilin, but he has more of an elite aura than Gu Beilin.”
“He does look a bit similar, maybe they’re brothers? Could he be from the Special Control Bureau too? The next Grand Tournament is starting in a little over a month, I wonder if he’ll participate?”
“What a pity, everyone can only participate in one tournament. We won’t get to see the Northern Heavenly Wolf this time. Otherwise, how spectacular would it be for the two brothers to fight together?”
Someone had even finished fleshing out the scenario in their head and was sighing in self-pity.

“Hey, isn’t Han Mingye in this tournament? Rumor has it his talent is completely on par with the Northern Heavenly Wolf. Weren’t there a lot of videos of him practicing martial arts and exorcising evil online before?”
“That’s just talk. Although Han Mingye isn’t bad either, how many years does it take to produce one Northern Heavenly Wolf?”
“That’s true.” The person who brought up Han Mingye immediately abandoned their own viewpoint instead.

After all, the Northern Heavenly Wolf was truly awe-inspiring. Ever since metaphysics became popular, such a person hadn’t appeared in all the preceding years, and it was likely there wouldn’t be another one in the future.

After those people talking had walked far away.
From the traditional Chinese medicine shop right behind where they had been standing, two figures walked out.

Xie Yuchen looked at Han Mingye’s gloomy face and smiled gently: “Mingye, there’s no need to pay attention to them. Slapping their faces hard when the time comes is the most satisfying thing. Just like how I dealt with the highly favored Xie Xuanxing at the S City Talisman Competition back then.”

There was one sentence he didn’t say: Also, just like how the Han family is now.

He came out today with Han Mingye to buy gifts because they were visiting the Han family as guests tomorrow.
When he first arrived in the capital, the Han family didn’t think much of him, believing that a small place couldn’t possibly produce a genius.

It wasn’t until a few days ago, when he used the techniques from the Nine Profound Talisman Methods to catch the eye of Grandmaster Cao Hongwen and was accepted as his personal disciple, that Mother Han even proactively suggested Han Mingye bring him to the Han family for a visit.

Grandmaster Cao Hongwen was currently the number one figure in the domestic talisman world; he alone was equivalent to half an aristocratic family.

Han Mingye held his hand, his expression unchanged, and said coolly: “To think I need you to enlighten me. Don’t worry, I won’t take it to heart. I don’t even put the Northern Heavenly Wolf himself in my eyes, let alone these ignorant, ordinary people.”

Luo Chuan stopped in his tracks and glanced at him.
This guy did it on purpose.
He deliberately said those words exactly when they walked over.

Gu Beilin’s reaction was even more direct. He stared at the person with burning eyes: “So, you want to fight me?”
He looked completely like someone starved and thirsting for a fight.

It must be known that ordinary cultivators treated the Northern Heavenly Wolf as a madman. Seeing him, they couldn’t run away fast enough. To actually encounter someone proactively provoking him… he was thrilled to death!

“…” Luo Chuan.
With a Dao companion like this, you don’t even get a chance to be fiercely protective. Other people’s provocations are exactly what he wants!

Gu Siyuan raised his eyes, swept a glance not far ahead, and said faintly: “There’s a martial arts hall over there. Perfect timing.”

Xie Xuanxing: “…”
Tsk, both brothers have the exact same temper.
If there’s no wind, they want to make waves; if there is wind, they want to make massive waves.
They won’t rest until they’ve offended the metaphysical aristocratic families to death.

Just as he was thinking this, Xie Xuanxing noticed his boyfriend looking at Xie Yuchen again, sneering coldly: “Just now, I seem to have heard you mention something about the S City Talisman Competition. How about you have another talisman match with my little lackey while you’re at it?”

Xie Yuchen narrowed his eyes and looked at Xie Xuanxing.

Xie Xuanxing also slightly raised his eyes and looked back at him, carrying a faint sense of pressure.

He hadn’t noticed it before when he wasn’t paying attention, but now, Xie Yuchen felt that the person in front of him was somehow different from when they were in S City.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he asked in shock and anger: “You used the half-Ghost King’s Yin Soul Orb?!”

Xie Xuanxing nodded expressionlessly: “Correct.”

Xie Yuchen’s expression changed slightly: “To think it was actually used by you…”
That was a Yin Soul Orb that had almost become a Ghost King!

In the current Dharma-ending Age, human cultivators struggled, and it was the same for other races. How long had it been since an existence like a Ghost King was encountered?
On the surface, the term ‘Ghost King’ sounded terrifying and made people tremble in fear, but if they truly encountered one, all cultivators would try every means possible to capture it.
After all, the benefits it brought were extremely massive.

And with that half-Ghost King last time, it was clearly him and Han Mingye who exerted the most effort, yet in the end, they didn’t get any of the benefits!
The so-called compensation the Special Control Bureau sent to the various aristocratic families were merely ordinary cultivation resources. How could they compare to a Yin Soul Orb?

Moreover, he always had an inexplicable feeling in the dark that the half-Ghost King’s Yin Soul Orb should have originally belonged to him; cultivators sometimes had premonitions of heavenly secrets.
Who knew it would actually be taken by Xie Xuanxing, by this person he should have left far behind long ago!

He gritted his teeth: “Snatching away something that shouldn’t belong to you… I wonder if you can endure the consequences?”

Xie Xuanxing’s expression remained as calm as ever, but a hint of battle intent hid in his eyes: “Perhaps, you could try and find out.”

The stare-down between Han Mingye and Gu Beilin was also at daggers drawn, almost ready to erupt at any moment.

Right at this moment, a young man of about thirty walked out from somewhere.
He first nodded at Gu Siyuan’s group of four, then walked toward Han Mingye.

Han Mingye called out: “Fourth Uncle.”

The two huddled together and said something unknown. A long while later, Han Mingye cast a cold glance at Gu Beilin: “After I defeat your junior at the Grand Tournament, I won’t let you off.”

Gu Beilin rolled his eyes, utterly bored: “In other words, you’re not fighting today. So boring!”

Han Mingye and Xie Yuchen shot the group a deep look, then unwillingly followed that Fourth Uncle and left.

In a deserted spot, Han Mingye asked out of pique: “Fourth Uncle, why didn’t you let me make a move?”

Fourth Uncle Han glanced at him: “You are not his match.”

Han Mingye’s gaze was extremely cold: “How do you know without fighting?”

Fourth Uncle Han pulled open the lapels of his shirt, revealing his clean chest. However, there was a rough, vicious scar. Looking at this scar, Han Mingye seemed to be able to see how fierce, ruthless, and decisive the blade that cut it down back then had been.

Fourth Uncle Han sneered coldly: “This was left by Gu Beilin.”

Han Mingye’s eyes widened in shock: “Impossible.”

He knew that this Fourth Uncle of his, although looking very young and not much older than him, was the family’s second greatest expert, second only to that Old Ancestor, and even stronger than his family head father.
Currently, he couldn’t even defeat his father, let alone face his Fourth Uncle!

Yet Gu Beilin could…

Fourth Uncle Han continued: “The aristocratic families have already jointly decided to properly awe and deter the Special Control Bureau during this Grand Tournament. You cannot lose to Gu Beilin before then, otherwise it will massively impact morale.”

Han Mingye lowered his eyes and remained silent.

Fourth Uncle Han patted his shoulder: “Mingye, your talent is undeniably stronger than mine, even stronger than the Old Ancestor’s. You have the Han family as your backing, while Gu Beilin is a lone wolf without even a complete inheritance. Sooner or later, you will surpass Gu Beilin. Do not be impatient.”

Han Mingye finally nodded: “En.”

Fourth Uncle Han nodded in satisfaction: “I’m leaving now. You guys continue having fun. Remember to return to the old residence on time tomorrow.”

Xie Yuchen replied obediently: “Alright, take care, Fourth Uncle.”

Han Mingye also raised his head, his expression softening slightly: “See you later, Fourth Uncle.”

After Fourth Uncle Han left, Han Mingye’s face returned to its cold and freezing state.

Gu Beilin…
Gu Siyuan.

Even if I can surpass them in the future, what’s the use? Right now, I have completely and utterly lost.
First at Luojun Mountain, being utilized by Gu Siyuan and losing the half-Ghost King.
Now, he was forced to evade and not decide on Gu Beilin’s challenge to fight.

Xie Yuchen looked at Han Mingye’s face. Knowing how proud a person he was inside, he could only reach out and hold his hand right now: “Fourth Uncle Han is right, the days are still long. I couldn’t draw talismans back then either, yet didn’t I step on Xie Xuanxing in one single day?”

Han Mingye remembered the S City Talisman Competition back then. Xie Yuchen was indeed captivating, and that scene was indeed deeply inspiring.
Instantly, his expression softened slightly, and he squeezed Xie Yuchen’s hand back: “Let’s continue and buy all the things we need.”

The two walked out of the alley. Just as they reached the alley entrance, they heard the voice of a chengguan (urban management officer) driving someone away: “You can’t stay here, hurry up and leave! Pack up your stall immediately!”

For some unknown reason, looking at that middle-aged man being driven away, Xie Yuchen’s mind suddenly cleared, as if a voice was telling him: Go over, go over, there’s a good item there.

He blinked and gently tugged Han Mingye: “Let’s go help him.”

It was the middle-aged man’s first time coming to a place like this, and he was somewhat constrained.
He had gone to the antique street next door first, but nobody was interested in the price he was asking for, so he thought of coming to the Feng Shui street to try his luck.

When his grandfather passed away back then, he said this bronze seal was very precious.
If it weren’t because A-Nan truly couldn’t wait any longer, he wouldn’t have wanted to bring it out to sell either.
But now, he could only use it to save A-Nan’s life.

“This item of yours has a very bizarre shape,” Xie Yuchen said faintly.

The middle-aged man looked up, his eyes instantly lighting up. This handsome young man looked well-dressed at a glance; he wondered if he could afford it?

Seeing this, Han Mingye immediately took over the conversation, keeping a cold face: “The item looks quite old, but the craftsmanship is rough, it has no ornamental value. Antiques, antiques… they must be both ancient and appreciable to have value.”
This was also why those flashy official kiln porcelains of Emperor Qianlong were priced higher than Han dynasty jade from thousands of years ago—because their craftsmanship was brilliant and their artistic value was high.

Although in Gu Siyuan’s eyes, the protagonist gong and shou were just two massive idiots…
From a normal person’s perspective, the two of them actually looked quite decent, had dignified appearances, and spoke very persuasively.

Hearing this, the middle-aged man’s face instantly sank in utter dismay.
These were also the words he had heard the most on the antique street. They all said that although his seal looked old, its shape was bizarre and its craftsmanship rough, giving it no collectible value.
If the price were lower, maybe some antique lovers would buy it for fun, but he was asking for 280,000 yuan, so those people just waved their hands one by one and drove him out.

Xie Yuchen glanced at the middle-aged man, lightly patted Han Mingye, and chuckled: “Aiya, don’t keep such a cold face. I think this thing is quite old. If the price is right, buying it back to play with is fine too.”
As he spoke, he let out an unconcerned “Hey” and said to the middle-aged man: “Hey, how much money do you want? Let me see if I’m interested.”

“That item is not ordinary,” Xie Xuanxing looked over there and said faintly.

It truly was a coincidence. The four of them were preparing to go back, yet they happened to run into Han Mingye and Xie Yuchen here again.

Luo Chuan propped his chin, his smile brilliant: “You saw it too.”

Xie Xuanxing nodded, feeling quite smug: “Ever since I used the Yin Soul Orb, I’ve become much more sensitive to the outside world. That thing should be a magical artifact, and absolutely not an ordinary one.”

Gu Beilin also nodded: “A murderous aura hits you right in the face. This magical artifact has been stained with a lot of blood.”

Gu Siyuan: “…”
Should he also say a few words? But ultimately, he wasn’t someone from this world; he couldn’t compare to the dog-like intuition of these three people.

However, he knew the plot in advance.
Gu Siyuan looked at the middle-aged man, the corners of his mouth hooking up slightly. So it was today.

He remembered that in the original plot, when the protagonist gong Han Mingye accompanied Xie Yuchen to the metaphysics market to buy gifts, they accidentally bumped into a middle-aged man who was forced to come out and sell his ancestral heirloom because his lover at home was severely ill.
And in the end, Xie Yuchen half-coaxed, half-tricked the middle-aged man and gave him 300,000 yuan.
The plot’s reasoning was that they were afraid giving him too much would bring danger to this ordinary middle-aged man.

A sarcastic smile curled on Gu Siyuan’s lips. In this 21st century, who doesn’t have a few millionaires around them? You don’t see any of them getting killed just by stepping out the door.
Moreover, with this kind of direct bank transfer, if you don’t say anything and I don’t say anything, where would the danger come from?

But protagonists always have their own set of righteous logic.
In the end, that item was gifted by Xie Yuchen to the protagonist gong Han Mingye. It was indeed an extremely formidable magical artifact, and with it, Han Mingye slaughtered gods and buddhas alike who stood in his way.

Originally, since Gu Siyuan was taking the path of combining science and metaphysics, he didn’t care much for this magical artifact. But since he bumped into it, how could he let Xie Yuchen and his partner have their way?

Gu Siyuan said with a cold face: “Let’s go over and take a look.”

Xie Xuanxing immediately nodded.

Luo Chuan smiled: “If those two brats are scamming someone, let’s go scam them back. Although this middle-aged man looks timid and cowering, I looked at the aura above his head—he’s someone with a pure mind and has done quite a few small good deeds.”

Luo Chuan was quite proficient in the art of divination.

When the four walked over, the middle-aged man was in the middle of quoting a price.
Perhaps intimidated by Han Mingye and Xie Yuchen’s attitude earlier, he was a bit crestfallen. First, he extended five fingers. Finally, seeing Han Mingye’s icy face and Xie Yuchen’s furrowed brows, he was just about to slowly retract two fingers.
However, he also made up his mind, secretly vowing: 300,000 yuan, this is the final price, it can’t go any lower!
280,000 yuan for the surgery fees, and the remaining 20,000 yuan for A-Nan to nurse his health.

But right at this moment, several shadows cast over from behind.

The middle-aged man watched helplessly as the faces of the two wealthy, handsome young men in front of him suddenly turned ugly. He subconsciously stopped his price quote, turned around, and looked over.

Seeing Gu Siyuan’s group of four walking over, Xie Yuchen instantly felt that things were bad.
If I had known earlier, I should have just directly asked the price and bought it cleanly! But I was afraid that this middle-aged man, although looking honest, was actually cunning, and seeing my eager attitude, would take the opportunity to ruthlessly rip me off.
Now, being too smart has turned out to be a mistake.

He narrowed his eyes and looked at Gu Siyuan and the others: “We were the ones negotiating this business first. If you interfere arbitrarily, that breaks the old rules.”

The rules of their metaphysical profession were quite similar to those of the antique trade, both heavily testing one’s eyesight. Therefore, when a buyer and seller were talking, bystanders were absolutely not allowed to interject arbitrarily, otherwise, they would be despised by all their peers.

Seeing this person acting as if facing a formidable enemy, Xie Xuanxing couldn’t help but tilt his head and smile.
Once upon a time, after Xie Yuchen obtained his inheritance from who-knows-where, his entire person gave off a feeling of floating in the heavens.
But ever since he met Gu Siyuan and followed him to the capital, everything slowly changed.

Xie Xuanxing cast a faint glance at him: “Naturally, we won’t break the rules. We are merely waiting here, not speaking, not making a move. Whether the deal goes through or fails still depends on the buyer’s opinion. If your negotiations break down, we will immediately step up. This is within the rules.”

Xie Yuchen’s expression was ugly.
Them just brazenly standing here was already an alternative way of taking a stance. Even if he didn’t know before, right now, as long as this middle-aged man wasn’t a fool, he would realize that this item might be quite valuable.
Otherwise, why would it incite two groups of people to fight over it?

Sure enough, the middle-aged man’s eyes lit up, and he directly said: “Since both sides want my item, how about this? Both sides make an offer. Whoever I see is more sincere, I’ll sell it to them! If the price is the same, I’ll give it to these two gentlemen who came first.”

Gu Siyuan kept a cold face and nodded, but first asked aloud: “This item looks like it has been unearthed for many years, but it has always been properly preserved. The fact that you are suddenly selling it today, is it because your family finances are insufficient?”

The middle-aged man gave a bitter smile and nodded: “This is indeed my ancestral heirloom, and I was always instructed to keep it safe. But now I need to treat my lover’s illness, and I really have no other way, otherwise I wouldn’t sell it.”

Luo Chuan narrowed his eyes. After staring at the middle-aged man’s face for a moment, he said directly: “Looking at your physiognomy, your familial ties are thin; you have almost no living close blood relatives. Your lover is a man, and you certainly won’t have descendants in the future. If you had always planned not to sell it, how did you intend to handle this item after passing away?”

The middle-aged man looked at him in shock: “How… how do you know so clearly? You are a Master.”

Luo Chuan nodded.

The middle-aged man raised a hand to touch the treasure in his embrace, feeling somewhat melancholy: “If A-Nan hadn’t gotten sick, I was planning to donate it to the state in the future, though I don’t know if the state would even want it.”

Hearing these words, the expressions of Xie Yuchen and Han Mingye drastically changed.
For a farmer, you sure think far and high!
This is bad…

Gu Siyuan looked at him fixedly: “The opportunity is perfect. We happen to be from the relevant state department.”
As he spoke, he motioned for Gu Beilin to take out his work ID to show the middle-aged man.

“If you sell this item to us, we will cover all the subsequent treatment and recuperation costs for your lover. Then, we will give you an additional sum of compensation, although the amount might not be too much. However, after your lover’s health recovers, I can arrange two temporary jobs for you at our workplace. It will be easier than your current jobs, and you can still see this magical artifact frequently in the future. It might be borrowed by colleagues in turn, but it will never belong to any single individual.”

The middle-aged man’s eyes instantly lit up brilliantly. He directly shoved the item into Siyuan’s arms, saying extremely decisively: “Okay, it’s yours! It’s yours, I’ll give it to you right now!”

Gu Siyuan said: “…”
So decisive!

The middle-aged man looked at them with eyes full of curiosity and asked: “You are Masters, to value this thing so much… is this the legendary magical artifact that can call the wind and summon the rain, and slay demons to suppress evil?”

Gu Siyuan nodded: “A very formidable magical artifact.”

The middle-aged man sighed with emotion: “It seems my grandfather truly didn’t lie to me. Then you must make good use of it!”

Gu Siyuan and the others nodded in unison: “We definitely will.”

The middle-aged man smiled in gratification.
Remembering something, he looked at Han Mingye and Xie Yuchen standing to the side, rubbed his hands awkwardly, and said: “I’m sorry about this. Although you came first, but… well…”

Han Mingye gave a cold snort, directly turned his head, and left.

Xie Yuchen only looked at Xie Xuanxing and Gu Siyuan, saying faintly: “Leave a line when doing things, so we can meet easily in the future. Being repeatedly aggressive like this, aren’t you afraid it won’t end well in the future?”

After speaking, he didn’t even look at the reactions of the group, and just jogged off to chase after Han Mingye’s back.

Luo Chuan sighed softly twice: “They probably still don’t know about Gu Siyuan printing talismans, right? If they knew, they wouldn’t be saying words like this.”

Xie Xuanxing chuckled: “They don’t understand that these two brothers never even considered ‘ending things well’. They’re itching to just flip all the tables entirely.”

“Hahaha!” Hearing this, Luo Chuan leaned on Xie Xuanxing’s shoulder, unable to stop laughing: “Xingxing, I didn’t realize you could crack such witty remarks.”

Seeing these two perfectly fine people hugging together again…
The faces of Gu Siyuan and Gu Beilin darkened simultaneously. They then looked at each other by prior agreement, their eyes conveying only one meaning:
Manage yours properly! Tell him to stay away from my wife!

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