Chapter 1636 - 298

Zhao Yi immediately turned over and got out of bed, opened his luggage, and started searching. Quickly, he took out a hardcover notebook.

This was the latest genealogy of the Jiujiang Zhao family, revised by Zhao Yi.

Zhao Yi loved the Zhao family, otherwise, he wouldn't have been so worried and anxious about the Great Emperor's "Whole Clan Enfeoffment".

But this love was not much.

To be precise, it was not blind; it was selective and targeted love.

After all, whose genealogy wouldn't be full of cross-outs and revisions?

Back on the bed, he spread open the genealogy, his left hand repeatedly rubbed and traced over the names, while his right hand held a thin brush.

At this moment, Zhao Yi no longer appeared as the dashing young heir but rather as a meticulous accountant.

"I think that the Underworld is quite empty now, and the impact must be significant. Therefore, for the sake of order in the underworld and stability in the mortal world, our Zhao family should promote the spirit of Xuanmen more.

For example, appointing some experienced family elders and direct heirs who have mastered specific departments over the generations to support the reconstruction of the Underworld."

Li Zhiyuan said nothing and closed his eyes.

Even though he didn't get a response, Zhao Yi was still amused with himself, without going to sleep, he continued to mark names on the genealogy, sometimes furrowing his brow in dilemma, sometimes chuckling involuntarily.

The door to the next room opened, and Tan Wenbin walked in.

Lin Shuyou: "Brother Bin, did you go to get new glasses?"

Tan Wenbin: "I asked Brother Liang to borrow a spare pair for me."

Lin Shuyou: "Don't you need to get your eyesight checked to get glasses?"

Tan Wenbin: "These are reading glasses, they'll do for now."

Adjusting the frame, Tan Wenbin leaned his face close to Lin Shuyou, touched Ah You's forehead, pinched his face, nodded, and said:

"I can finally see clearly."

Lin Shuyou: "Brother Bin, you look like an officer with those glasses on."

Tan Wenbin rubbed his ears: "If it weren't so troublesome, I'd want to get a hearing aid too."

"Brother Bin, is your condition that serious now?"

"When I first regained consciousness, it seemed like my senses were back to normal, but now I've realized they're deteriorating quickly, already below the level of an average person."

Tan Wenbin lay on the bed, removed the glasses, placed them on the bedside table, and began rubbing his forehead.

Lin Shuyou stood up, looked at Tan Wenbin, his expression turned serious, and asked:

"They dare to go so far?"

In Ah You's view, the original vow they made was already quite lenient, yet it's been such a short time and they dared to go back on it, which was simply outrageous.

Tan Wenbin waved his hand nonchalantly and said:

"It's not a big issue; they haven't rebelled, just overindulged a bit and need a whipping to digest."

"Brother Bin, you're still speaking for them."

"A new stage naturally requires new adjustments. The main issue is that your Brother Bin has no capability, only able to give dates but not the stick."

"Brother Bin..."

"Alright, I told you not to comfort Run Sheng, so now you're focusing all your efforts on me?"

"I didn't mean it that way."

"I'm going to sleep now; go chat with your child."

"I can't sense the child now..."

"Hmm?" Tan Wenbin turned over, "The child ran away?"

The sensory decline of Tan Wenbin made it impossible for him to perceive the specific situations of his partners as he used to.

"No, I'm sure the child is still inside me, but now it seems like there's a lot between us; I can't find Him, and He can't find me."

"Did you do a divination?"

"Three-eyed told me not to do divination recently when they gave me acupuncture."

"Then wait until you get back; Brother Xiao Yuan will have a solution, sleep now and rest well."

Lin Shuyou turned off the light and lay in bed with open eyes.

Outside, a streetlight from the hotel cast its light in, illuminating the blanket on Ah You's bed by the window.

Before, the child needed divination to descend, and it didn't matter much then. But after the child entered his body, constantly nagging—though sometimes annoying—he had gotten used to it. Suddenly losing contact, Ah You felt truly empty.

Thinking of this, Lin Shuyou tried calling out to the child in his heart again.

As he kept calling, a strange sense arose—familiar yet somewhat alien.

In the next moment,

The blanket on Lin Shuyou's body floated up, a Ghost General mark emerged on his forehead, his face filled with black and blue hues, his arms and thighs covered with various ghost faces. Eerie sobs and sharp cries echoed, interspersed with drumbeats.

Having already fallen asleep, Tan Wenbin instinctively opened his eyes and, upon witnessing this scene, asked:

"Ah You, are you shooting a ghost movie instead of sleeping?"

"Boom!"

The floating blanket fell, and the special changes on Lin Shuyou's body disappeared, quickly followed by snores.

Tan Wenbin sighed, got out of bed, went over to tuck Lin Shuyou's blanket, then headed to the bathroom. After finishing, he leaned against the wall, took out a cigarette, and lit it.

Through the smoke haze, four figures appeared in the mirror above the sink: a snake, a bull, a monkey, and a centipede.

The snake was the quietest, coiled with no movement.

The bull had its nose held high, while the centipede's long body stood upright, its antennae spreading out.

The monkey was jumping around, restless, seemingly despising this "cage", yearning for freedom outside.

Originally, the relationship between Tan Wenbin and them was quite good.

During a ceremony facing the possessed Tomb Master, these four had united to protect him, allowing him to be the first to awaken.

But in relationships, being able to endure hardships together doesn't necessarily mean they can share prosperity.