Chapter 436: Lan Yi’s Contract

Qing Yi thought that Lan Yi had not returned to Green Peak all these years because he hated Lu Zhou.

Only today did he know that he was actually afraid that Lu Zhou would not forgive him!

“Let bygones be bygones.”

Lan Yi smiled disapprovingly.

“If you want to return to Green Peak, you can get Master to ask for you. If Master is unwilling, I’ll ask Lu Zhou for you!”

He would take responsibility for his own actions. Since he was the one who harmed Lan Yi, he would settle it himself.

“No need.”

Lan Yi looked into the distance and his lips curved into a faint smile. “I’ll go back, but not now.”

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After Lu Sheng and the rest reached the foot of the mountain, they returned to town.

Now that the county magistrate of Yong Fu Town was dead, Chu Sihan was temporarily in charge of the government office.

On the way, Lu Sheng could not help but ask the question in her heart again.

“Master, is that Lan Yi really not your illegitimate son?”

Just now, she saw that Lan Yi had been staring at Lu Zhou. However, when Lu Zhou looked over, he avoided his gaze.

Just like... a child in a fit of pique!

Yes, like a child who was angry with his father.

“Chuckle...”

Shangguan Dian could not help but chuckle. “It’s not wrong to say that he’s a child.”

After all, when Lu Zhou and Lan Yi signed the blood contract, Lan Yi was only a kirin cub.

“I’ve already said that it’s a Mythical Beast.”

Chu Sihan explained helplessly.

“Oh, right!”

Lu Sheng scratched her nose lightly and smiled. “However, it’s not impossible. Humans and beasts can fall in love too.”

In the novels she read in her previous life, humans and beasts could fall in love.

Lu Zhou was speechless.

Did he have such a strong taste?

“You think I’m that kind of person?”

“No!”

Seeing his dark expression, Lu Sheng hurriedly shook her head and denied it.

Lu Zhou snorted coldly. “Lan Yi is my contractual Mythical Beast.”

“Wow!”

Lu Sheng was shocked at first, then her face was full of envy.

“Master, you’re too cool! You even contracted a Mythical Beast!”

“It’s a small matter.”

Lu Zhou raised his chin and said proudly, “How can I be your master if I’m not cool?”

Lu Sheng nodded perfunctorily. “Master is right. There’s no one better than you!”

“Yes!”

Shangguan Dian smiled and said, “Your master is the best.”

Slap!

Chu Sihan ‘accidentally’ kicked a small stool on the carriage.

Coincidentally, that stool was pressed against Lu Zhou’s foot.

“Oh!”

He ‘hurriedly’ bent down and straightened the stool. He looked at Lu Zhou worriedly and asked, “Uncle-Master Lu, are you alright?”

Lu Zhou was speechless.

Did this kid really think he was blind? Didn’t he see that he deliberately kicked over the stool?

When Lu Sheng saw this, she consoled Chu Sihan calmly. “Lord, don’t be nervous. My master has thick skin. It won’t hurt.”

Lu Zhou was speechless.

She really forgot about her father when she had a man. What a heartless girl.

She did not even think about who raised her up.

Chu Sihan looked at Lu Zhou and raised his eyebrows provocatively. Then, he said innocently, “Uncle-Master Lu, I’m really sorry. I didn’t do it on purpose.”

Lu Zhou smiled insincerely and gritted his teeth. “Of course not.”

You did it on purpose!

Chu Sihan smiled victoriously.

Who asked the girl to praise him?

“Disciple!”

“Huh?”

When she heard Lu Zhou suddenly call her, Lu Sheng raised her eyebrows.

“I suddenly feel that someone suits you very well.”

When Chu Sihan heard that, his smile froze.

“Who?”

Lu Sheng asked indifferently.

“This person...”

Lu Zhou pretended to think for a while and said, “You know him too.”

Lu Sheng frowned. “Who?”

Chu Sihan’s heart jumped.

Lu Zhou said, “Your friend who likes green tea. You met him at West Lake.”

Lu Sheng frowned. After a while, she asked suspiciously, “Master, are you alright?”

“I’m fine!”

Lu Zhou said calmly, “I suddenly feel that that young master is quite good.”

Chu Sihan’s face darkened.

Lu Sheng suddenly burst into laughter.

“Master, are you referring to Yan Mei?”

“Yes!”

Lu Zhou nodded. “I think he’s not bad. He’s handsome and has a gentle personality. Most importantly, he takes special care of you.”

Chu Sihan was speechless.

This was specially said for him to hear.

However, Lu Sheng suddenly held her stomach and laughed non-stop.

“Little niece, are you alright?”

Why did she suddenly seem to have a stroke?

Shangguan Dian looked worried.

“Nothing... Haha—”

Lu Sheng replied and could not help but burst into laughter.

Chu Sihan frowned slightly.

“Master.”

After laughing enough, Lu Sheng sat up straight. She wiped her tears and smiled. “Yan Mei... is a woman.”

Lu Zhou was speechless.

This was awkward.

Every time he saw Yan Mei, she was dressed in a male outfit. He thought...

Chu Sihan smiled.

“Uncle-Master Lu, is there anyone reliable in Yong Fu Town?”

To prevent Lu Zhou from hating him, Chu Sihan tactfully changed the topic.

“I’m not sure. It’s my first time back as well.”

When the topic was brought up, Lu Zhou straightened his attitude.

Lu Sheng raised an eyebrow. “How can there be no one reliable in this huge Yong Fu Town?”

Chu Sihan pondered for a moment and said lightly, “Let’s ask properly when we return to the office.”

The Crown Prince’s private creation of weapons was not a small matter. When the time came, he would definitely be summoned to the palace and could not stay here forever.

“Don’t you have anyone reliable by your side?” Lu Zhou asked with his eyebrows raised.

Chu Sihan nodded. “Yes, but I’ve already asked Chu Yun to return to Lin Jiang Mansion. I’m afraid it’s too late for him to return.”

Lu Zhou narrowed his eyes and smiled. “There’s one person.”

“Who?” Chu Sihan was curious.

Lu Zhou smiled faintly. “The two subordinates of Chunyu Dong.”

“Them?”

Lu Sheng frowned. “Aren’t they Mythical Beasts? Also, isn’t Chunyu Dong one of the Crown Prince’s men?”

“Chunyu Dong is not a fool. Moreover, he doesn’t like the benefits the Crown Prince gave him.”

“From what Master said, could it be that Chunyu Dong is on our side?”

Lu Sheng suddenly felt that her brain was useless.

Her master had looked at him disdainfully and even said that his official status had reached its end.

Why did he suddenly speak up for Chunyu Dong?

“We don’t know if he’s one of us, but he’s definitely not one of the Crown Prince’s men.”

Lu Zhou smiled faintly. “If he really wants to help the Crown Prince, no one will know.”

Lu Sheng narrowed her eyes. “Then why were you so fierce to him?”

Lu Zhou snorted coldly. “I hate him. It has nothing to do with him being one of the Crown Prince’s men.”

“Oh.”

Lu Sheng glanced at him disdainfully and pouted.

Chu Sihan raised his eyebrows. “In that case, we’re getting his help?”

Lu Zhou’s gaze landed on Shangguan Dian.

Lu Sheng and Chu Sihan also looked at Shangguan Dian.

Shangguan Dian shrunk back in fear. “Why are all of you looking at me like that?”

Seeing Lu Zhou suddenly grin at him, his neck stiffened.

“Ah Zhou, you weren’t possessed, right?”

“No.”

Lu Zhou looked at him and said, “You’re Chunyu Dong’s cousin, right?”

Shangguan Dian blinked. “And so?”

“We can’t stay in Yong Fu Town forever, so we would like to ask Qing Yi and Lan Yi to temporarily manage the affairs of the government office.”

Speaking of this, Lu Zhou reached out and put his hand on his shoulder. He said in a low voice, “You also know that I don’t like Chunyu Dong. Lan Yi is still resenting me, and Qing Yi only listens to Chunyu Dong. So... you understand, right?”

As he spoke, he raised his chin slightly at Shangguan Dian.

“You’re asking me to beg Chunyu Dong?”

Shangguan Dian frowned. “But our relationship is only so-so.”

Although Chunyu Dong’s father was his uncle, Chunyu Dong had not been close to his uncle since he was young. When he was six hundred years old, which was equivalent to a human age of six years old, he had left home.

After he became Sect Master’s disciple, he stopped contacting the Demon Realm.

Therefore, his relationship with Chunyu Dong was not as close as Lu Zhou’s.

Previously, he had interacted with Chunyu Dong through Lu Zhou.

“It’s still better than me, right?”

Lu Zhou patted his shoulder and said in a low voice, “As long as you go and tell him, after the snow melts, I’ll get my disciple to make you a delicacy you’ve never seen before.”

Upon hearing of a delicacy he had never seen before, Shangguan Dian’s eyes lit up immediately.

Hence, he reached out and high-fived Lu Zhou. “It’s a deal!”

Lu Zhou smiled and said, “Deal!”

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That night, under the temptation of delicious food, Shangguan Dian personally went to see Chunyu Dong.

In the inn, Chunyu Dong was sitting in front of the coffee table. He was thinking about how to contact Lu Zhou when there was a knock on the door.

“Qing Yi.”

Chunyu Dong shouted without lifting his head.

“Yes!”

Qing Yi answered softly and hurried over to open the door.

When he saw who it was, he was surprised.

“Why is the Demon King here?”

Upon hearing that it was Shangguan Dian, Chunyu Dong, who was initially sitting still, suddenly looked up.

“Cousin?”

He raised an eyebrow. “Please take a seat!”

Shangguan Dian smiled. After sitting down, he looked at him and hesitated.

Lan Yi came over and poured him a cup of tea. “Demon King, please have some tea.”

Shangguan Dian glanced at him and replied faintly. Then, he looked at Chunyu Dong and said, “Cousin, I came here today because someone asked me to.”

“Entrusted by someone?”

Chunyu Dong’s eyes lit up, but he pretended to ask, “By whom? For what?”

“Who... Cousin should have already guessed.”

Shangguan Dian glanced at Qing Yi and Lan Yi before saying softly to Chun Yu Dong, “Actually, Ah Zhou asked me to ask you for a favor.”

“Oh ~”

Chunyu Dong smiled. “Since he wants my help, why didn’t he come himself?”

“I’m not sure about that.”

Shangguan Dian smiled on the surface, but he could not help but complain in his heart, “Don’t you know why he didn’t come personally?”

Chunyu Dong nodded. “Cousin hasn’t said yet. What would Junior Brother like me to do?”

“Cousin should have heard that the county magistrate of Yong Fu Town committed suicide out of fear of punishment, right?”

Chunyu Dong nodded slightly. “So?”

“Magistrate Chu can’t stay here for too long. Ah Zhou has some matters to attend to and has to return to Huang Yang Town. Hence, I would like you to let Qing Yi and Lan Yi manage the affairs in Yongfu Town temporarily. What do you think?”

As Shangguan Dian spoke, he glanced at Qing Yi and Lan Yi.

“There’s nothing wrong with Qing Yi, but...”

Chunyu Dong glanced at Lan Yi.

Although he had saved Lan Yi and made him stay by his side, he was not his master after all. He could not make a decision for him.

“I’ll go!”

Lan Yi suddenly spoke.

When Shangguan Dian said that Lu Zhou wanted his help, he had secretly agreed.

When Qing Yi heard that, he hurriedly said, “Since Lan Yi is going, I’ll go too.”

“Okay.”

Chunyu Dong nodded. “Since they’ve agreed, so be it.”

Shangguan Dian was delighted. “Thank you, Cousin!”

Chunyu Dong smiled faintly. “It’s my duty.”

“In that case, I’ll go back and tell Ah Zhou first!”

“Wait!”

Seeing that he was about to leave, Chunyu Dong hurriedly shouted.

“Cousin, what’s the matter?”

Chunyu Dong extended his hand and a small blue box appeared in his palm.

He passed it to Shangguan Dian and said, “Cousin, please return this to Junior Brother for me.”

When he saw the box in Chunyu Dong’s hand, Lan Yi’s heart tightened.

He pursed his lips but did not say anything.

When Shangguan Dian saw the small box, he subconsciously looked at Lan Yi.

Seeing that he did not speak, Shangguan Dian reached out to receive it.

“I’ll give it to Ah Zhou.”n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

After Shangguan Dian left, Chunyu Dong looked at Lan Yi and said, “You should have no objections to my actions, right?”

Lan Yi shook his head. “No!”

It was his contract. Lu Zhou was furious and returned it to him back then.

When he suffered the lightning tribulation back then, this thing accidentally fell.

In the end, it was picked up by Qing Yi and handed over to Chunyu Dong. Hence, Chunyu Dong kept it with him.

Now that Chunyu Dong had returned the contract to Lu Zhou, he did not know if he would accept it.

“Don’t worry, he’ll accept it.”

Chunyu Dong stood up, patted his shoulder, and returned to the bedroom with a smile.

“Master said Lu Zhou will accept it, so he will.”

Qing Yi felt that his master understood Lu Zhou’s thoughts.

Moreover, Lu Zhou wanted him and Lan Yi to manage the affairs of Yong Fu Town’s government office temporarily. This proved that he had forgiven Lan Yi.

Lan Yi’s lips twitched, but he was still very anxious.

On the other hand, after returning to the inn, Shangguan Dian handed the box to Lu Zhou.

“Chunyu Dong asked me to pass it to you.”

When Lu Zhou saw the box, his pupils constricted. He asked in disbelief, “Lan Yi didn’t say anything?”

Back then, Lan Yi went to help Qing Yi privately and almost implicated the human world. In a fury, he returned the contract to him.

Later on, when he found out that he had suffered a lightning tribulation, he initially wanted to save him. After all, he was his companion. How could he really not save him?

However, when he reached there, Lan Yi happened to be rescued by Chunyu Dong and Qing Yi.

He thought that it would be good for him to go to Chunyu Dong’s place to rest.

Who knew that after the news of Chunyu Dong secretly practicing a forbidden technique was exposed, he was kicked out of the Five Peaks?

Then, Lan Yi left with Chunyu Dong.

All these years, he had thought of finding Lan Yi, but he was afraid that Lan Yi would still blame him.

Unexpectedly, this dragged on for decades.

Shangguan Dian shook his head. “He saw Chunyu Dong pass the item to me with his own eyes and didn’t say anything.”

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