Ye Shaoyang released Xu Handan when they got back to the room. Xu Handan smiled and said, âMighty sorcerer, you have good acting skills. If you really wanted to capture me, I probably wouldnât have able to last a second.â
Ye Shaoyang laughed and said, âThe sixty thousand will be the payment for his ignorance and not helping you, so tell me where your parents stay and Iâll hand them thirty thousand. Then, with the rest of the money, IâllâŚâ
Afraid that Ye Shaoyang would want to give out the rest of the money too, Xiao Ma quickly intervened and said, âYes, yes, thatâs good. I think we should keep the rest of the money since itâs also not easy for us to work at night.â
Xu Han Dan looked at them gratefully and thanked them.
Then Ye Shaoyang said, âTell me your boyfriendâs address and name, then weâll find him and bring him here tomorrow. For now, weâll go to the other room to rest.â
After saying that, he gave Xiao Ma a look to signal him to pack his things and follow him to the other room.
âThirty thousand,â Xiao Ma joyfully said, âLittle Ye, your acting skills were very good. Maybe we should do this more often. Maybe find ourselves a spirit servantâŚâ
Ye Shaoyang glanced at him and said, âThe gods know what you have done when youâre in the mortal realm, so if youâre not afraid of the underworld sentencing you to the âboiling oil punishmentâ, then go right ahead and trick some more people.â
Xiao Maâs face turned pale when he heard the term âboiling oil punishmentâ and he immediately asked, âThen why are you taking this dirty money?â
âHow is this dirty money? A sorcerer is paid to capture evil beings. Thatâs our job. My charging him for reducing his troubles and capturing the female spirit is the right thing to do.â
âReducing troubles? How?â Xiao Ma asked.
âNot saving someone that is dying is punishable by the laws of the netherworld council. My charging him money is somewhat like giving him a fine to reduce the punishment he has to face when he is judged.â
Shocked by what he heard, Xiao Ma let out a sigh and said, âIf that is the case, then Iâd rather not take his money and let him suffer more!â
Ye Shaoyang shook his head and said, âDaoism believes in kindness. Also, me taking only thirty thousand from him is nothing, he still has to face a substantial amount of punishment.â
Xiao Ma felt better after he heard the explanation.
The two of them went to sleep happy, as they were able to get thirty thousand Yuan by doing a good deed.
When it was around seven in the morning, Ye Shaoyang got up and woke Xiao Ma up. They got ready and went over to ask Xu Han Dan for the name of her boyfriend. Wang Xiao Fei was his name, and he stayed at the only commercial district in town.
âXiao Ma, can you go handle this? You know what to say right? Remember her boyfriend is the only person that can know about this.â
After Xiao Ma had left. Ye Shaoyang sat with Xu Han Dan to wait. Xu Han Dan held his arm and said, âI am really nervous.â
Ye Shaoyang gave her a few words of comfort.
Right then, Xie Yuqing walked into the room yelling, âLittle trickster, letâs go have breakfast!â
When she saw Ye Shaoyang, she also saw the woman sitting beside him with her hands around his arm. She immediately paused. After a while, she came back to her senses. Her eyes had a complicated look, âPardon me.â Then she turned and walked out.
âHey, hey, donât take it the wrong way,â Ye Shaoyang rushed to the door and said, âItâs not what you think.â
Xie Yuqing smiled sourly and asked, âDoes it matter? What I think?â
âYouâre really taking this the wrong way.â
Xie Yuqing immediately got angry when she heard this.
How dare he say that Iâm taking it the wrong way?
She went back into the room and wanted to give that slut a scolding, but she paused when she saw the appearance of the woman.
She had bloodshot eyes and a tongue that was long enough to reach her chest.
Er, sheâs a spirit?
Xu Han Dan waved her hand across her face, which turned her appearance back to normal.
She looked at Xie Yuqing nervously and said, âIâm sorry, did I scare you? I am really sorry, but that was the only way to explain the situation. I didnât want to cause a misunderstanding between you and your boyfriend.â
Xie Yuqing was terrified by her appearance but felt oddly happy when she heard what she said and even blushed a bit. In the next moment, Ye Shaoyang crushed her dream when he said, âWhoâs her boyfriend. Look at us. Do you think we are a couple?!â
These words completely swept away the joy in her heart. She looked at Ye Shaoyang with slightly tearful eyes and said coldly, âRelax, even if you were the last man alive, I wouldnât choose you.â
Ye Shaoyang shrugged and thought, Women and their imagination.
After hearing Xu Han Danâs story, Xie Yuqing also felt empathy for her. She sat and waited beside her for Xiao Ma to come back.
Xu Han Dan sat in front of the mirror and changed her appearance a few times. She changed her hair, then her clothes. She also asked Xie Yuqing for her opinion, as she feared that she was not pretty enough, or that her appearance was over the top.
Xie Yuqing pulled Ye Shaoyang aside and asked him, âHey, what would you do if they wanted to continue their relationship? Will you let it be or crush their dreams?â
Ye Shaoyang let out a sigh and said, âJust donât think too much. Weâll deal with it when Xiao Ma gets back.â
At that moment, heavy footsteps came from the hall. Xie Yuqing heard it and said, âThatâs probably Xiao Ma.â
Xu Han Dan stood up nervously with her hands together in front of her. She seemed eager and looked forward to meeting him.
Xiao Ma came into the room, but no one was behind him. He sat on the bed and hit the bed, âThis is infuriating, how could this happen!â
âWhat happened? Tell us quickly,â Ye Shaoyang knew something was very wrong.
Xiao Ma looked at Xu Han Dan and sighed, âLady, youâve waited for the wrong person. The person you like has already gotten married!â
Xu Han Dan felt weak. Her legs gave in and she almost fainted. Xie Yuqing wanted to help her, but suddenly wondered, Could spirits faint?
Ye Shaoyang continued to ask. Eventually, Xiao Ma explained, âI went to the address that you provided and found his parents, but they told me that their son has already gotten married. They provided an address, and I went to it. When I got there, I saw a couple in a house that had a garden.
âThe couple had a very leisurely lifestyle. The man was tidying the garden, and the woman was playing piano on the porch. I called Wang Xiaofei out and told him about you, and he immediately paled.â