"What condition?"
I didn't expect Hu Fenglou to want to make a deal with me.
"Here's your chance. Tell me if you've done anything to betray me."
"How could I have? Ever since I met you, I've felt fortunate for three lifetimes. How could I possibly do anything to betray you?" I immediately quibbled, obviously not going to tell him the truth about selling his gold chain.
"Then what's this?" As Hu Fenglou spoke, he flicked his hand in front of me, and a chain I was all too familiar with fell from his fingers right in front of me!
The moment I saw the chain, I became extremely nervous, almost unable to react. Once I gathered my wits, I quickly asked Hu Fenglou, "So, Great Immortal, you've already found your treasure back. Congratulations!"
"You're really a clueless bumpkin." Hu Fenglou snorted disdainfully at me, then continued, "This isn't even considered a treasure. It was passed down to me by my dead mother, meant to be a token of engagement for the woman I love."
My entire family is dead, and so is Hu Fenglou's. When he mentioned this, I felt a bit sorry for him for a moment. But I'm in no better position than him, so feeling sorry for him is pointless. So, I asked Hu Fenglou, "So, does that mean you're giving this gold chain and lock to me? After all, I'm already your wife."
"Don't flatter yourself!" Hu Fenglou rejected me bluntly, without hesitation. "I haven't even settled the score with you yet. All the celestial beings in this city saw you sneaking around and selling my stuff. If I hadn't gone out and found it last night, it would have been melted down by that shop owner. If it had been melted down, your life would have been over too!"
Hu Fenglou was somewhat angry. Although he seemed indifferent when mentioning his dead mother, seeing how anxious he was to find the chain, it must have been a real treasure to him. If it were me, I would have been furious if someone messed with something my mother left me.
But what's done is done, and I've been caught red-handed by Hu Fenglou. What else can I do but accept my bad luck? Facing this beast who wouldn't blink an eye at killing my entire family, of course, I had to kneel and beg for forgiveness with tears and snot: "Great Immortal, please forgive me this time. I didn't mean to do it. I really didn't have any money. If I didn't have money, I wouldn't have been able to worship you. If I delayed your path to becoming an immortal..."
Seeing my pretense, Hu Fenglou lost his patience to argue with me: "Alright, alright, stop playing both sides with me. Do you really think I don't know what's going on in your mind? Arguing with you would just make me look petty." He then gave me a malicious smile: "But then again, since this house was rented with my money, you can't just live here for free."
Thinking that I rented the house but wasn't allowed to live in it, I immediately became dissatisfied and said to Hu Fenglou, "Aren't I your wife? Why can't I live here?"
"We only have a physical relationship, not even a nominal one. What kind of wife are you to me?"
I've never seen such a shameless scoundrel. But now, because of him, I've been driven out by my cousin. If I don't live here, I'll have to sleep on the streets.
"So what's your condition for letting me live here?"
Seeing the displeased expression on my face, Hu Fenglou seemed somewhat triumphant, as if he had thought of a way to torment me. He sat on the sofa and gestured for me to come over: "Come here."
"What for!" I immediately responded with a bad tone.
"My legs are tired from running so far these past two days. Come and massage them for me."
If he wanted me to be his servant, he should have just said so directly. Why beat around the bush?
I turned my head to look at Hu Fenglou. Although I was displeased, I still walked towards him. But before I started, I kindly warned him that I didn't know how to do it, so he shouldn't blame me if it hurt.
When Hu Fenglou heard me say this, he looked at me with some ill intentions, smiling and saying, "I won't blame you. Move up a bit."
I moved my hand up.
"A little higher."
I glanced at Hu Fenglou and moved my hand to his leg. His leg muscles were very firm. But perhaps because I was too close to
him, and he was leaning back on the sofa, something that young ladies should not see was protruding.
This was very awkward. I tried to avoid looking at him, after all, I had kept a considerable distance from matters between men and women. If it weren't for Hu Fenglou, I probably would have remained pure until I married the person I loved.
I'm not sure if Hu Fenglou was doing it on purpose or not, but the more I dodged, the more he pressed on, shamelessly flaunting his manhood. Seeing that I kept turning my head away, he then said to me, "Move to the middle a bit."
I reached out as he instructed, and in an instant, my face flushed red, my reaction was intense, and I immediately stood up, cursing Hu Fenglou for his shamelessness. My mind went blank, and I turned and went back to my room, with Hu Fenglou's shameless laughter echoing behind me.
I really don't know what sins I committed in my past life to encounter such a scoundrel like Hu Fenglou. It's truly unbeatable when someone has no shame. Thinking that I have to live with him for so long, my heart feels as if it's being pricked by needles.
Ever since Hu Fenglou did such a despicable thing, I haven't dared to look him in the eye all day. Fortunately, in the afternoon, Huang Xiaopao came back. He was a slender yellow weasel with shiny yellow fur that almost seemed to drip with moisture.
"Disciple, I'm back to find you. Quickly prepare a chicken for this young master! I want to eat while I talk. I handled this matter very smoothly!"
Although I'm reluctant to spend energy and time on Hu Fenglou because of his poisonous tongue and bad character, I quite like Huang Xiaopao. He's quirky, smart, and lively. So I quickly went to a restaurant downstairs and bought a whole chicken for Huang Xiaopao to worship him.
Seeing me so attentive to Huang Xiaopao, Hu Fenglou finally suppressed the smug expression he had worn all afternoon and disdainfully told me that I'm being attentive to Huang Xiaopao now, but in the future, I'll be crying and chasing after him everywhere.
No matter how much I follow Huang Xiaopao, he's just a child and a celestial being. He surely won't do anything earth-shattering. Besides, Huang Xiaopao is much more decent than Hu Fenglou. At least Huang Xiaopao is only focused on eating and drinking.
Without my celestial eye opened, I can only see Huang Xiaopao as a yellow weasel. He squatted in the plate, eating chicken while telling me, "Disciple, let me tell you, I've got you a big deal. As long as you handle this matter well, you'll definitely rise to prominence and become the most powerful exorcist in our northeastern region!"
"Really?!" I suddenly became energized. After all, being powerful means making money, and making money means I can get rid of Hu Fenglou.
"Is it easy to deal with?"
"Easy, easier than eating noodles!"
"Then tell me quickly, what's the matter?"
Huang Xiaopao had almost finished eating most of the chicken in just a short while. Probably feeling full, he wiped his mouth with his paw, plopped down on the table with his full belly, and said to me, "That old man's house has five sons who went fishing in the river together. All five sons died in the Nen River in front of their house. Strangely, after the five sons died, neither their bodies nor the boat were retrieved. But since then, their house has been frequently haunted by unclean things. The old man often hears his sons talking in the house. Not only their house, but their entire village has also started experiencing strange occurrences. It's as if a lot of people have entered the village. Every day, there are voices of many people talking, noisy like a market, causing the villagers to be panic-stricken."
"Didn't they invite a celestial being to take a look?" I asked Huang Xiaopao. Hearing about this situation, even in broad daylight, gave me goosebumps.
The old man did invite celestial beings before, but they couldn't figure out anything. Now, as long as we solve this problem and find the source to eliminate the disaster for them, and with Hu Fenglou's previous reputation, our hall will definitely have an endless stream of clients and no worries about wealth or lack of wine!
Huang Xiaopao seemed very happy as he spoke. After finishing, he started eating and drinking again.
But after all, I'm just a disciple, and the one with real ability to see things is the big brother behind me. So I turned my head towards Hu Fenglou and asked if he had any opinions