Chapter 220- Cold Indifferent Loyal Dog VS. Playful Ghost King (15)
“Because my parents were killed by Yuan Hongshen,” Yin Tianyi said this calmly. It seemed that experiencing these events over two lifetimes had allowed him to speak about his family’s tragedy and hatred with composure.
“What!” Qi Hao was shocked, his eyes widening in disbelief. He had never suspected that Yin Zhanpeng’s death could be linked to Yuan Hongshen.
When Yin Zhanpeng and his wife passed away, Yuan Hongshen had publicly stated that they had met with an accident while climbing a mountain and had fallen off a cliff. Later, Yuan Hongshen had pretended to put in a lot of effort to find their bodies, although he claimed their child had never been found.
Qi Hao had always believed that Yin Tianyi was no longer alive. To see him now and hear that his big brother had been murdered by Yuan Hongshen was a revelation that left him stunned.
Qi Hao urgently wanted to know the truth, but Yin Tianyi only told him that the Yuan family had desired a family heirloom from the Yin family. He did not elaborate on the heirloom’s specific function or mention anything about his and his father’s pure yang constitution.
Seeing Qi Hao’s eyes redden and his fists clench, Yin Tianyi decided to leave him to process this information. He took the books and left with Mu Jin.
Yin Tianyi wasn’t worried about Qi Hao betraying him. He shared this information because he knew Qi Hao was familiar with his father and the Yin family’s history. While Yin Tianyi knew his parents’ names and some family details, his knowledge was limited compared to Qi Hao’s.
He felt there was more he could learn from Qi Hao, especially considering the practical books he had received from him today.
Perhaps it was his innate talent, but after reading through the books once, Yin Tianyi found he could understand and integrate the knowledge quite well. He glanced at Mu Jin, who was floating in the air, engrossed in watching TV, and his eyes flickered as he tightened his grip on the books.
If he truly mastered the contents of these books, could he really subdue spirits? He wondered if it would be possible to control a thousand-year-old ghost like Mu Jin.
That night, both Mu Jin and Yin Tianyi went to bed early. However, because Mu Jin had spent too much time in his physical form at the ghost market during the day, he couldn’t maintain his corporeal form at night. He had to sleep on Yin Tianyi’s chest as before.
Despite not being able to enjoy the softness of the bed, Mu Jin felt that being close to his lover was a beautiful experience. As he closed his eyes, he thought about Qi Hao’s appearance today.
Although the Yin family had been practitioners of feng shui in the past, and this was mentioned in the original storyline, Qi Hao was not a character in the story. Minor characters like him often didn’t appear in the main plot.
Later, Mu Jin had 003 keep an eye on Qi Hao. After they left, Qi Hao was deeply shaken by the truth about Yin Zhanpeng and his wife’s deaths. It was clear that his concern for Yin Tianyi was genuine.
The books they obtained from Qi Hao were indeed useful, containing practical knowledge left by the Yin family. Combined with Yin Tianyi’s pure yang constitution, these spells could be even more effective. His unique constitution naturally restrained ordinary ghosts, allowing the spells to work to their full potential.
Mu Jin thought about their current situation. Although they weren’t starving, they certainly weren’t wealthy either. The money taken from the Wang couple would quickly run out if they lived off it without any income.
Mu Jin didn’t intend for Yin Tianyi to go out and get a job. He remembered that in the original storyline, Yin Tianyi had excellent grades and always hoped to take the college entrance exam. Perhaps his lover didn’t yearn for university life itself, but he wanted to change his destiny through knowledge. Mu Jin wanted to help his lover fulfill this wish.
With the experience from his past life, Yin Tianyi now had a broader perspective on people and things. In this society, having a degree was important, but beyond that, Mu Jin hoped Yin Tianyi could establish his own career.
Starting a business naturally required initial capital. While being a feng shui master could harm one’s karma in the long term by revealing heavenly secrets, it was a highly lucrative profession in the short term. With this in mind, Mu Jin considered his lover’s future as he drifted into sleep.
The next morning, after Yin Tianyi and Mu Jin woke up and had breakfast, they were about to leave the house. Upon opening the door, they saw Qi Hao sitting at their doorstep, looking disheveled with stubble on his chin.
Yin Tianyi raised an eyebrow at Qi Hao’s appearance, not too surprised to see him there. He had expected Qi Hao would need some time to think, but he hadn’t anticipated he would show up so quickly.
Yesterday, when Qi Hao had found him and handed over the books Yin Zhanpeng had left behind along with his remaining savings, Yin Tianyi had realized that Qi Hao genuinely cared about his parents.
After learning the truth about Yin Zhanpeng’s death, Qi Hao had seemed deeply shaken, unable to process that what he had believed to be an accidental death was actually a meticulously planned murder.
Yin Tianyi didn’t doubt Qi Hao’s sincerity and believed that if he asked, Qi Hao would definitely come to his aid. However, he didn’t want to impose on Qi Hao’s life. So, he had simply revealed the truth and then left. Now that Qi Hao had come to him offering help, Yin Tianyi wouldn’t refuse.
Regardless of his rebirth, Yin Tianyi was currently in a stage of having nothing. Or perhaps, he wasn’t completely without anything. His gaze shifted to Mu Jin, and he suddenly felt that he was quite fortunate in this life.
Reflecting on Qi Hao, Yin Tianyi recalled that in his previous life, he hadn’t interacted much with the Qi family, but it seemed there had been some friction between the Yuan and Qi families.
Having spent over a decade by Yuan Cheng’s side, Yin Tianyi remembered a man from a branch of the Qi family who had later risen to prominence. This man not only defeated all other heirs to take over the Qi family’s business after the old master’s death but also started a rivalry with the Yuan family, attempting to annex Yuan Business.
The sudden appearance of this rivalry, though unexpected, was met by the strength of the Qi family. However, Yuan Cheng, always fortunate, managed to fend off the Qi family’s attacks. Later, internal conflicts within the Qi family halted their pursuit of the Yuan family. What transpired within the Qi family afterward remained unclear to him.
Reflecting on the man who eventually took over the Qi family, it seemed his name was also Qi Hao. It appeared that the man in front of him was indeed the same person. Yin Tianyi instinctively felt that Qi Hao’s targeting of the Yuan family after becoming the head was closely related to his own father.
It was possible that Qi Hao had been striving to avenge his father, which explained why he wasn’t surprised to see Qi Hao at his doorstep that morning.
Qi Hao looked disheveled, his eyes bloodshot with dark circles beneath them, indicating he hadn’t slept the previous night.
Qi Hao’s father had died early, and his mother was weak-willed, constantly lamenting her fate. After his father passed away, his mother spent her days sighing and eventually became bedridden. She died when Qi Hao was in his teens.
Throughout his life, Yin Zhanpeng was the only person who had been kind to Qi Hao besides his parents. Qi Hao had long considered him family. When Yin Zhanpeng grew older, he secretly gave Qi Hao money he had saved, hoping Qi Hao would return to school.
However, Qi Hao wasn’t interested in academics at the time. He tried to start a small business with the money his big brother had given him but wasn’t very successful. After Yin Zhanpeng and his wife passed away, Qi Hao felt utterly alone again, believing there was no one left who cared about him. He had lost the only person who treated him like family.
If the accident had been just that, an accident, he might have accepted it. But now he knew that the man who had cared for him all his life had been deliberately killed, and it was orchestrated by Yuan Hongshen, the very person his big brother had trusted. Qi Hao couldn’t swallow this bitter truth.
So, he spent the night calming himself and decided to find Yin Tianyi.
Yin Tianyi was still young, and Qi Hao didn’t know when he had discovered his true heritage. Yesterday, Yin Tianyi had told him that he had grown up in a small village and had endured many hardships.
Now, seeing him alive and well, back in the city, it was clear what he intended to do. But Qi Hao didn’t want Yin Tianyi to take action.
In his eyes, Yin Tianyi was very young. Instead of letting this young man take risks, it would be better if he did. He was willing to die together with Yuan Hongshen if it came to that, as he had nothing to lose.
But Yin Tianyi was different. He had found his lover and was the only child of Qi Hao’s big brother. Qi Hao didn’t want him to take such risks. So, he decided to come early in the morning to discuss the matter with Yin Tianyi.
Yin Tianyi invited Qi Hao into the room. After listening to Qi Hao’s suggestion that he should not get involved with Yuan Hongshen and that Qi Hao would avenge the Yin family himself, Yin Tianyi did not agree.