CH 65

Ye Jia was left dazed by this action of his.

The muscles on his arms and shoulders were still tense, containing explosive power, as if he would suddenly get into battle mode the next moment, but the other party’s unexpected actions had left him frozen on the spot.Ji Xuan buried his head into the curve of Ye Jia’s neck, his soft and cold black hair rubbing against Ye Jia’s cheek and neck, making it extremely itchy.That man’s face wasn’t as cold as usual. Instead, it was like a piece of jade that had been warmed up with body temperature, still containing some warmth.That was strange.“Ji Xuan, you……” Ye Jia frowned. With his body still frozen, he slowly asked, “What’s wrong?”Ji Xuan didn’t answer. Only the arms around Ye Jia’s waist tightened.“……” Ye Jia used his skills to break free from the other party’s embrace and then proceeded to reach out and turn on the lights in the room.Ji Xuan didn’t seem quite right.He still sported that expressionless look which made it hard for one to decipher his emotions, and his brow bones were still well-defined, casting a deep shadow over his face, giving people a feeling of oppressiveness.But…His pupils which had returned to its normal appearance was slightly dilated at this moment and his scarlet eyes were little unfocused. It resembled rubies that had been soaked in water glistening under the light.Ye Jia couldn’t help but remember the other party’s state when they were inside that door.While Ye Jia took in his appearance, Ji Xuan tried to close the distance between them.The young man placed his hand on Ji Xuan’s shoulder and put some distance between them, “Wait…….”He narrowed his eyes and asked, “What is the last thing you remember?”Ji Xuan, “You let me embrace you…..”Ye Jia’s voice rose slightly, “When did I say something like that?!”Ji Xuan lowered his eyes and thought seriously for a few seconds, “You said that you will definitely be back after you have dealt with my subordinate…..”Ye Jia: “……”Oh, looks like he really did say it.Seeing that Ji Xuan was going to continue speaking, Ye Jia took in a deep breath and interrupted him, “Okay, okay, I get it.”Ji Xuan used this opportunity to move closer and wrapped his arms around the other person’s waist, “Gege is a liar…..”Ye Jia: “……..”“Wait a minute….” He suddenly noticed that something wasn’t right. His eyes narrowed slightly and there was a hint of danger in his voice, “So you were awake at the time?”Ji Xuan rubbed his cheek against Ye Jia’s shoulder and said with his voice a little muffled, “No…..”Ye Jia furrowed his brows, “?”Ji Xuan, “I could only hear it.”Ye Jia: “……”He stretched out his hand again and tried to tear the other person off him.But what Ye Jia didn’t expect was that, compared to earlier when he was still asleep, he was even more difficult to deal with now.By the time he managed to tear Ji Xuan off, a full ten minutes had passed and his back was covered in a thin layer of hot sweat.Ye Jia took in a breath and looked down at the fierce ghost before him.Ji Xuan sat quietly on the sofa, appearing extremely well-behaved and docile, but his eyes were still tightly glued on Ye Jia, as if he was ready to act any moment.Ye Jia asked tentatively, “You….what else do you remember?”Ji Xuan, “Everything…..”Ye Jia was at loss for words, “……”Ji Xuan began to speak, “I remember that I bit you….”Ye Jia: “Stop!”He took in another deep breath and felt extremely tired.Ye Jia reached out and pressed the back of his hand onto the other person’s forehead before quickly withdrawing that hand to prevent Ji Xuan from nuzzling against him again ---- His earlier guess was right; the other person’s body temperature had indeed risen. Although it was still terribly low for a human, but for a fierce ghost who shouldn’t possess any body temperature, this amount was very abnormal.Can ghosts have fevers?!Ye Jia blinked a few times and found himself unable to process this for a while.He took out his phone and turned and walked off.But before he could take more than a few steps, Ye Jia suddenly stopped and turned to look back at Ji Xuan who was about to follow behind him. He warned, “Stop right there…..”Ji Xuan looked at him, his scarlet eyes locked onto him.Ye Jia, “Sit down….”Ji Xuan let out a disappointed ‘oh’ and then sat back down.Ye Jia glanced at him, feeling a little uneasy, before turning around and going to the dining area to call A’Mi.

After a few rings, the other party picked up.“Can ghosts have fevers?” Ye Jia went straight to the point.A’Mi was taken aback by the question that was thrown at it, “Of course not….”Ye Jia turned and looked towards the living room not far away.The lights in the living room were bright, illuminating the room as if it was the middle of the day. The man sitting on the sofa was straight and tall and, although he didn’t follow him, his eyes were still firmly fixed onto Ye Jia, the intense stare pricking Ye Jia’s back like thorns.Ye Jia lowered his eyes and got ready to end the call, “Okay, I understand.”“Ah, but….” A’Mi seemed to have thought of something, “It’s also not completely impossible.”Ye Jia’s actions stopped, “What do you mean?”A’Mi said, “A fierce ghost is also a kind of spirit after all. Internal damage to the soul can result in them falling into an abnormal state. The typical presentation would be a rise in temperature. Like melting metal, it would allow the soul to mend together again…But this kind of situation is very rare. After all, for one to sustain internal damage like this, it could only be done if the fierce ghost attacked themselves. What kind of fierce ghost would do something like that?”It continued chattering, “But aren’t you a high levelled fierce ghost too? Why don’t you know about this….”“I came from the countryside.” Ye Jia replied perfunctorily.A’Mi: “………..”During that moment of silence, the other party had already ended the call. All A’Mi was left with was a busy tone.Ye Jia stored away his phone and turned back, only to see Ji Xuan appearing behind him.He sounded a little aggrieved, “Who were you talking to?”According to A’Mi’s theory, Ji Xuan was indeed having a fever.Because he had forcibly torn out a part of himself inside that door and placed it into an illusion he had created, his soul was now in the process of repairing itself.Deep in his thoughts, Ye Jia who was a little distracted replied absentmindedly, “No one….”Ji Xuan took a step forward.Ye Jia immediately became alert. He took a step back, “Don’t….”“You’re not true to your words.” Ji Xuan lowered his eyes as he stared fixedly at the young man before him. His voice was small, “And you have the smell of other ghosts on you.”His voice was calm, but it carried a hint of jealousy.Ye Jia: “…….”Ji Xuan used this opportunity to reach out and hug the other person again, nuzzling his head against the young man’s neck. As his fingers brushed against the unhealed bite mark on their collarbone, his lips rose with satisfaction, “But now, you don’t anymore….”Ye Jia expressionlessly let out a slow exhale.He was very tired.He gave up trying to deal with the other person. At this moment, Ye Jia seemed to have thought of something. His tone turned serious, “Oh right, now that you are awake, I need to have a chat with Puppet Master.”Ji Xuan, “Then will you fulfil your promise?”Ye Jia frowned, “What promise?”Ji Xuan, “Letting me….”As soon as the man spoke, Ye Jia immediately regretted asking. He hurriedly interrupted the other party, “No…..”Ji Xuan pursed his lips, “You lied to me…..”Relying on the fact that the other party is currently weaker than him, Ye Jia admitted quite calmly, “Yes, I lied to you.”Ji Xuan, “…….”He tried to negotiate, “Just one night?”Ye Jia: “Impossible….”Ji Xuan: “Five hours….”Ye Jia’s heart was like a hard stone, “Dream on…..”Ji Xuan, “Half an hour!”Ye Jia thought about it, “Okay…..”But before the other party could celebrate, he took out his phone and glanced at the time on it, “It has been twenty-five minutes since I got back. You have five minutes left.”Ji Xuan, “…….”He reluctantly released his hold of Ye Jia, “Okay…..”After he was done saying that, he reached out and lightly moved his pale finger in the air. The next moment, the two of them found themselves standing in a familiar warehouse.Ji Xuan stood in place, “I’ll wait for you here.”Ye Jia glanced at him, “Alright…..”----He knew that Ji Xuan probably knew the answer he was looking for, but as a direct descendent, the suppression from his bloodline was also much stronger than the other fierce ghosts, so he could only start from other sources to confirm whether his guesses are correct.Ye Jia entered the depths of the warehouse.Most of the math reference books had been torn apart out of anger and the few that were still intact had been used to form a crookedly stacked wall. It was as if it was something a child had built for fun.Ye Jia stopped outside that wall and looked down.

Puppet Master was sitting inside it, with his own dolls neatly arranged beside him.Upon seeing Ye Jia, Puppet Master vigilantly hid the dolls behind him, “What do you want?”Ye Jia couldn’t be bothered going around in circles. He went straight to the point, “Do you still remember Vision?”Puppet Master asked calmly, “What Vision?”Ye Jia didn’t tear apart his act of playing dumb.He let out a light laugh, but there was no smile in the depths of his amber-coloured eyes, “In that case, let me change my question.”He leaned down and stared eye-to-eye with the fierce ghost before him and proceeded to let out an invisible air of oppressiveness, “Some of the S-Level fierce ghosts were originally players, am I right?”Puppet Master looked back at him and didn’t answer. He only narrowed his eyes, his expression difficult to read.Ye Jia straightened back up.He didn’t need an affirmative answer from the other party.----Puppet Master’s reaction was already enough of an answer.Ye Jia spoke unhurriedly, “I have already checked the city you told me about. Indeed, there are traces of a fierce ghost there.”Puppet Master continued to look at him silently.“I know you don’t have good intentions and you also know that I would definitely go.” Ye Jia’s lips hooked up slightly to form a cold smile, “However, I hope that you have considered another possibility….What if I won?”Puppet Master’s expression turned dark. His dark eyes stared at the young man before him as he seemingly wanted to skin the other party alive with his eyes.Ye Jia smiled and said, “What if Mother knew that the information that had brought her harm was leaked out by you? She wouldn’t know whether you just gave me the address, or you gave me all the information you had about the other party.”At this moment, Puppet Master’s expression changed.That small, pale face became slightly distorted with fear and anger. He pursed his lips tightly and his next word seemed to be squeezed out from between his gritted teeth, “You…..”Ye Jia smiled in a devil may care manner, “Of course, I’m not trying to threaten you.”He shrugged, “It’s just that there are no impenetrable walls in this world, isn’t that right?”“So, I suggest you use this time to think about this issue.” Ye Jia turned around. His eyes lowered slightly, his sharp, knife-like gaze sweeping across the other party, “And think about whether you want to cooperate with us.”After that, without waiting for the other party to say anything, Ye Jia turned to leave.Puppet Master’s eyes were still fixed on him, his gaze almost burning two holes into the young man’s back.Ji Xuan was waiting for him at the end of the darkness.Ye Jia: “Let’s go….”The warehouse behind him suddenly disappeared.The two were once again standing in the brightly lit living room.As if he had suddenly remembered something, Ye Jia took out a light green stone from his pocket and gave it to Ji Xuan, “By the way, I’ll give this back to you.”Ji Xuan lowered his head and glanced at the stone, but he didn’t move to take it, “You don’t like it?”A corner of Ye Jia’s lips twitched, “I don’t need it…..’Ji Xuan’s eyes showed some disappointment. He pursed his lips and said, “But I already gave it to you.”Ye Jia: “………”He would rather Ji Xuan be the thug like before. It was much easier back then than it is now.At this moment, Ye Jia’s phone sounded.He took it out of his pocket and checked it.It was a message from Blast.He told Ye Jia that he had sent the props that the two had stolen to the Bureau. Some of the props with relatively basic functions, such as detectors, were given to Wu Su who was asked to have then distributed amongst the combat personnel and logistics staff. The others which were too dangerous or couldn’t be controlled were sealed away, and Blast, Wei Yuechu and Chen Qingye had also picked out some props which they believe would come into use in F City.For the Bureau who was at a disadvantage in this situation, those props were like rain after a long drought.Blast asked, “So when are we going to F City?”Ye Jia raised his eyes and glanced at Ji Xuan who was now awake before lowering his head and replying, “Soon……”He paused and sent another message, “Tell Wu Su that everything is ready.”Blast, “You think I’m your lackey?!”Ye Jia hooked up his lips, “Many thanks…..”Blast’s end showed that he was typing something for a long time. Finally, the other party’s message arrived, “Just this once!”It was followed by three exclamation marks. Ye Jia could almost imagine the other party’s annoyed expression through the screen.The next second, a man’s slender fingers covered Ye Jia’s phone, blocking the words on it.Ye Jia was surprise for a moment. He looked up.Ji Xuan had his eyes lowered. His scarlet eyes contained some grievances, “Why are you ignoring me?”He asked, “Who are you chatting with?”Ye Jia: “Colleague…..”

Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something, “By the way, I may need to go to F city in the next few days….”“I’ll go with you.” Ji Xuan replied without hesitation.Ye Jia also replied without hesitation, “No need…..”Ji Xuan, “Why?”Ye Jia responded expressionlessly, “You should recuperate first. If you go now, you will only be extra baggage.”Ji Xuan was slightly stunned.He stared at Ye Jia blankly, his scarlet eyes slightly unfocused. It shimmered faintly under the lights.Ye Jia, “……..”For some reason, he suddenly felt a little uneasy.Did he speak too harshly?Just as he pursed his lips and decided to say something…..At this moment, he saw the other person’s expression slowly brighten up and the corners of his lips rose to reveal and look of satisfaction, “Gege, are you worried about me?”Ye Jia, “…….”Worried about you my ass.On the other end, Blast stored his phone back into his pocket, the corners of his lips rising high.He tucked his hand in his pocket that was decorated with several metal chains with a pleased look.He arrogantly walked into Wu Su’s office, pulled out a chair and sat down with both his legs resting on the other person’s desk.Wu Su looked at the pair of feet resting on his desk.He then took in a deep breath and said slowly, “Is there something you need?”“It’s nothing, I’m just here to help Ace pass on a message….” Blast said triumphantly, “Everything is ready.”Wu Su: “……..”At this moment, the door was pushed open and Chen Qingye and Wei Yuechu who had already picked out their props walked in.Chen Qingye’s eyes fell onto the other party’s feet which were resting on the desk and frowned.He slapped Blast’s leg with the documents in his hand, “Put it down….”Blast asked arrogantly, “Why should I listen to you?”A’Chang revealed its dark head from Chen Qingye’s sleeve. Its eyes gleamed a sinister light.Blast was taken aback.He subconsciously backed away, almost falling off the chair.Chen Qingye took out a wet wipe and used it to carefully wipe the places Blast’s feet were resting on before disposing of them in the bin. He then turned to Wu Su who sat behind the desk, “So what are you going to do next?”Wu Su stroked his beard. He took out a stack of documents from his desk and placed them in the centre, “The investigation this time might take a while and you would also likely need the assistance of F City’s Bureau so I went ahead and applied for inter-provincial permit. It is equivalent to you guys going on a business trip as employees of the Bureau and all food and lodging will be reimbursed…..”Wei Yuechu noticed something, “You guys? Are you saying that you’re not going?”Wu Su sighed, “It’s not that I don’t want to go, but there are things here in M City that I really can’t step away from, especially after you’re all gone ----Although I have already stopped the distribution of Ace’s signature, I still don’t know if there will be other monsters or players who will come and find him. I have to be around to handle it.”Chen Qingye nodded, “I understand…….”Wu Su continued, “But you will definitely need to an old employee to help with contacting and communicating the authorities from the other Bureau. I recommend Zhao Dong from the logistics department, he…..”“What about Ye Jia?” Wei Yuechu asked.The other three in the room were faintly surprised.----But the reasons for their surprise were different.“Ye Jia?” Wu Su frowned, “He is indeed an old employee, but his work ethic is….”He asked, “Why did you mention him?”“He looks good….” Wei Yuechu shrugged, “It would be better having a handsome guy do this kind of work.”“Indeed….” Chen Qingye pushed up his glasses and added slowly, “Studies have shown that people with good looks are more likely to establish a good impression and gain other people’s trust.”Wu Su was stunned, “That’s true, but….”“I’ll leave it up to you guys…” Blast shrugged and said with a poor expression, “I don’t care either way.”Wu Su: “?”What’s going on?Someone had actually managed to gain the favour of these three great masters with such different personalities using just his looks?He raised his hand to stroke his beard and contemplated over whether he should go for a beauty treatment of some sort..Ye Jia felt quite pressured.At this moment, there weren’t many people travelling from M City to F City so, apart from the four of them, there weren’t many other people in the train compartment.

Wei Yuechu looked out the window with a bored expression while Chen Qingye sat tall and straight with his gaze down and head slightly lowered, looking the calmest out of all the people present.Blast was the most jittery out of the three. Ye Jia would always noticing him glancing over at him from time to time and then quickly look away before he could be discovered.Everyone was pretending to not know Ye Jia.Ye Jia: “……”The atmosphere was quite strange.Fortunately, the distance between the two cities wasn’t too far and the high-speed train arrived at its destination very soon.After getting off the train, Ye Jia let out a sigh of relief. It was as if he had just been released from prison.Thank goodness. At least he’s no longer in an enclosed space now.They first went to the Bureau in F City.Although Ye Jia often liked to slack off, he didn’t have any problems with his job. Particularly with his friendly smile and demeanour, he could be said to be quite well-versed in matters associated with social interaction.Very soon, they were able to successfully contact the relevant departments. Due to the huge amount of information they needed, they were only able to get a part of it today and the rest would take some time to be sent over.A member of the logistics department there who was responsible for receiving them was called Liang Yi.He said enthusiastically, “It’s very late today, why don’t you go back to the hotel to rest for the night? We will notify you tomorrow when the rest of the information is sent.”Ye Jia nodded, “Alright……”The people in charge of the Bureau in M City were well aware that these people were players with strong, individualistic personalities and wouldn’t be happy staying in the same room as the others, so although it was considered a business trip for them, they had booked for them four standard rooms.Ace’s identity was still a secret for the time being, so he wasn’t noted on the list this time.After briefly bidding goodbye, they split up and went to their respective rooms.Ye Jia sat on his bed and began to look through the stack of documents.Since they were all cases of accidental or natural deaths, there was a lot to go through.Ye Jia briefly skimmed through the documents in his hand.Heart attack…..Car accident……Falling object…..Nothing seemed particularly unusual.He furrowed his brows slightly and fell into deep thought..A few streets away from the hotel.A middle-aged man wearing a suit paired with a set of leather shoes hurried back home. His leather shoes were slightly worn and the suit he wore were also a little old, but there was a happy smile on his face. Holding a bunch of flowers and a gift, he seemed to be on his way to give his family a surprise.But at this moment, a large truck came charging over from a distance. It carried a large load of steel pipes which were all firmly fixed to the car.There was a stone in the centre of the ground.The truck driver yawned.The wheel of the truck rolled over that stone, causing the entire truck to shake violently.One of the bundles of steel pipes loosened. The next second, there was a clatter, and those pipes had slipped off, landing onto the road. One of them happened to fly straight towards the suited man-----A smile still remained on his face.A sharp steel pipe had pierced straight through his eye, exiting out through the back of his head.“AHHHHHH!”After a brief moment of shocked silence, a loud scream rang out.“Hurry! Hurry and call the police!!”“Save him! Hurry and save him!”Unbeknownst to everyone, something fell out from the man’s pocket. It automatically began to burn and soon disappeared into the wind.Inside the hotel.Ye Jia rubbed his eyes that had become sore after reading for a long time and placed the documents on the bedside table.He briefly washed up and then went back to bed and turned off the lights.While in a drowsy state, Ye Jia suddenly seemed to sense that there seemed to be something else in the room besides him.All the sleepiness was gone in an instant. His eyes immediately opened wide.Only to see------In the darkness, Ji Xuan stood beside the bed gently holding up an edge of the blanket, looking as if he was about to get in.Ye Jia: “…….”He took in a deep breath and said through gritted teeth, “Didn’t I tell you not to follow me?”Ji Xuan blinked and said innocently, “But, there are still five minutes left.”