TLSOTMTKOGAYWHTDI Chapter 77

Chapter 75: King Yama Arrives!

Chapter 75: King Yama Arrives!

Zhuo Huaimo said he loved him!

But the loving look in those eyes terrified him at this moment.

“No breakup!”

These two words were firm and resounding, echoing in the hospital room.

Zhuo Huaimo’s eyelashes trembled, a hint of joy flashing in his eyes, but it was quickly drowned by deeper heartache.

He should have known long ago that this man, as stubborn as a mule, could never let go easily.

“I’m not kidding.”

Zhuo Huaimo shook off his hand, his voice tight, “The day my parents had the accident, I was in the car…”

“I know.”

Qi Yanwang suddenly laughed, tears welling up in the corners of his eyes, “I’m happy.”

“What?” Zhuo Huaimo was stunned.

“So you loved me so much.”

Qi Yanwang cupped his face, pecking kisses all over his cheeks,

“Loved me so much two years ago that you’d rather say those bastard things to drive me away.”

Memories flooded back like a tide—

That rainy night, Zhuo Huaimo stood in the entryway, saying expressionlessly “I’m bored,”

Qi Yanwang almost smashed through the entire wall at the time, and later did a lot of stupid things…

“Looking back now,”

Qi Yanwang tugged at the corners of his mouth self-deprecatingly, “Snatching your company’s shares can be considered retribution, I’m really a genius!”

Zhuo Huaimo’s chest tightened.

What was wrong with this person’s brain circuit, “I’m talking about serious business!”

Qi Yanwang chuckled, “No wonder you refused to admit our relationship after coming back, you wanted to exploit the loopholes in the destiny? You little clever clogs! Now it’s really official!”

“Qi Yanwang!”

“I said, no breakup! We’re staying together!”

Qi Yanwang suddenly moved closer, his nose almost touching his,

“Not only staying together, but getting married—going to Ireland, I heard they don’t allow divorce there.”

“You—”

Zhuo Huaimo was trembling with anger, feeling like he was talking to a brick wall,

“The explosion on set last time, this time the plane crash, those were all warnings!”

Before he could finish, Qi Yanwang kissed him.

The kiss was fierce and urgent, with an undeniable force.

Zhuo Huaimo tried to push him away, but he grabbed his wrists and pinned them to the headboard, his tongue forcing its way in, a shiver running down his spine as it swept across his palate.

“Mmm…”

Zhuo Huaimo turned his head away, “What are you doing!”

Qi Yanwang licked his lips and smiled, “Being a womanizing ghost.”

Saying that he pushed down again, this time deliberately making a suggestive sucking sound, “Gonna get my fill of kisses first.”

The heart rate line on the monitor spiked wildly.

Zhuo Huaimo’s ear tips were red, half from anger, half from embarrassment.

He raised his leg to kick, but Qi Yanwang took the opportunity to pin it down, his knee wedging between his legs.

“Bastard!”

Zhuo Huaimo gasped for breath, “I’m talking to you about a matter of life and death!”

“I know.”

Qi Yanwang suddenly turned serious, his thumb caressing his reddened eye corners,

“But compared to death, I’m more afraid of losing you.”

The words were like a dull knife, stabbing fiercely into Zhuo Huaimo’s heart.

He opened his mouth, but found the words caught in his throat.

He should be happy, to be chosen so firmly, back then when he told Shao Fan, wasn’t he just hoping for such a result?

“Listen,”

Qi Yanwang pressed his forehead against his, “If there really is a curse, I’m not afraid either!”

“Huh?”

“Even the messengers of hell wouldn’t dare take me away!”

Zhuo Huaimo felt like he was looking at an idiot!

Qi Yanwang smiled mysteriously, “Yanwang, Yanwang, it’s King Yama! You know? I’m the biggest boss in the underworld, who dares to control me?”

Zhuo Huaimo’s nose twinged, almost bursting into tears again.

This idiot, who was deathly afraid of the dark and ghosts, was now acting like a hero.

“Besides,”

Qi Yanwang suddenly lowered his voice, “You’re so attractive, I wouldn’t be at ease leaving you a widower! You’d probably get me a green hat in two days, I’d be so angry I’d have to kill my way back from the underworld, ultimately I still wouldn’t be able to die!”

“…Get out!”

Qi Yanwang laughed, taking the chance to steal another kiss.

This time Zhuo Huaimo didn’t dodge, he just gently bit his lower lip.

“Hiss—”

Qi Yanwang licked the bleeding wound, but his eyes shone even brighter, “Director Zhuo is so cruel.”

Zhuo Huaimo lowered his head, his fingers unconsciously twisting the corner of the blanket, his knuckles turning white. Qi Yanwang looked at him like that, his heart aching, and gently raised his chin.

“Don’t worry,”

Qi Yanwang rubbed his cheek with his thumb, “I’ll be careful, okay?”

Zhuo Huaimo looked up at him, the worry in his eyes so thick it couldn’t be dissolved,

“You have no idea how dangerous it is…”

“Remember what the old monk in Hokkaido said?”

Qi Yanwang suddenly leaned in, his forehead touching his, “He said I was your variable, said there was an unbreakable red thread between us.”

“Try to believe it once,”

Qi Yanwang leaned in, his nose rubbing against his,

“Believe that we will have a miracle.”

Zhuo Huaimo looked up at him, the fear still lingering in his eyes.

Qi Yanwang suddenly grinned, “How about this, when we get back to Jiangcheng, we’ll find a master to calculate it? Like the one Liu Jinchen always goes to…”

“Liu Jinchen?”

Zhuo Huaimo frowned, “He listened to that master last time and lost three stores in a row.”

“Oh right.”

Qi Yanwang smacked his forehead, “Then the one Yu Fengran recommended? The one who changes names for the company’s artists, said to be very accurate.”

Zhuo Huaimo knew he was deliberately teasing him.

Qi Yanwang never believed in these things, but now he was like a swindler spouting about destiny and metaphysics.

The corners of his mouth involuntarily lifted, but he quickly pursed them into a straight line.

Qi Yanwang took the opportunity to grab his hand, kissing him in the palm,

“It’s good that you smiled.”

The room was quiet for a moment, with only the rhythmic “beep beep” of the monitor.

Zhuo Huaimo slowly calmed down, leaning on his shoulder.

“For me,”

Zhuo Huaimo’s voice was so soft it was barely audible, “Your life is the most important thing.”

Qi Yanwang tightened his arms, placing a kiss on the top of his head,

“I know. Everything will be resolved.”

As the night deepened, Zhuo Huaimo finally fell into a deep sleep in his arms.

Qi Yanwang carefully laid him down, tucked the blanket in, and stared at him for a long time, making sure he was sound asleep, before quietly walking out of the room and into the corridor.

He took out his phone and made several calls in a row.

“Yu Fengran, contact that master… Yeah, the one who changes names for artists.”

Yu Fengran was obviously choked up, “You believe in this too?”

“No.”

Qi Yanwang looked back at the door, “But Huaimo needs it.”

“Liu Jinchen, send me the contact information of the private detective you know.”

“Security department? Get me a team of the most professional bodyguards, the trustworthy ones.”

Hanging up, Qi Yanwang stood by the window, looking out at the deep night of Yunnan.

The moonlight cast a stern shadow on his angular face, his eyes sharp and terrifying.

He had to find out whether it was all a coincidence, or someone was manipulating things from behind.

If it was the latter… Qi Yanwang clenched his fist involuntarily, his knuckles cracking.

Back in the room, Zhuo Huaimo tossed and turned restlessly in his sleep.

Qi Yanwang gently took his hand, finding his palm full of cold sweat.

“I’m here…”

He coaxed softly, his thumb stroking Zhuo Huaimo’s wrist bone.

Outside the window, the night sky in Yunnan was filled with stars.

Qi Yanwang suddenly remembered what the old monk in the Hokkaido temple said two years ago—

“This benefactor has a special destiny, he is your variable.”

At the time, he dismissed it as nonsense, but now he was convinced!

Yes, he was his variable, the variable that would break his absurd curses!

So what if he was the Star of Calamity and Loneliness, meeting him, the living King Yama, he’d have to give way!

Yunnan Airport, early morning.

Zhuo Huaimo stood at the boarding gate, watching Qi Yanwang’s back disappear into the security checkpoint, his heart suddenly clenching hard.

“I’ll go home and take care of something first!”

He remembered how, when he told Shao Fan the truth two years ago, he also said “I’ll go home and take care of something first!”, and then never appeared again.

He clenched his fists, his fingernails almost digging into his palms.

“No… Qi Yanwang is not Shao Fan.”

But fear coiled around him like a venomous snake—what if?

What if he, like Shao Fan, heard those words and never came back?

His phone suddenly vibrated, a message popping up on the screen—

“Don’t you dare run away.”

Zhuo Huaimo was stunned, then the phone rang.

“Hello?” he answered, his voice a little tight.

“Forgot to say,”

The voice on the other end of the phone was smiling, “I’ve sent twelve people to watch you.”

Zhuo Huaimo was stunned, “What?”

“Zhuo Huaimo.”

Qi Yanwang’s voice was low and dangerous, “I’m warning you, if you dare to run, I’ll fly back right now and tie you to the bed.”

Zhuo Huaimo: “…?”

“Don’t think I’m kidding.”

Qi Yanwang snorted, “Look to your left.”

Zhuo Huaimo turned his head subconsciously, only to see a tall man in a black suit standing not far away, nodding slightly at him.

Looking to the right, there were two more near the security checkpoint.

Even… some unfamiliar faces had infiltrated the film crew.

“You…”

Zhuo Huaimo gritted his teeth, “You’re having me watched?”

“Wrong.”

Qi Yanwang said lazily, “I’m protecting you.”

“…”

“If you dare to run—”

Qi Yanwang paused, his tone suddenly dangerous, “《Early Spring》 can forget about being released.”

Zhuo Huaimo: “…”

The phone hung up, Zhuo Huaimo stood there, for a long time, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

This madman…

[Jiangcheng, Qi’s Group Headquarters].

Qi Yanwang sat in the office, a yellowed investigation report spread out in front of him—

The case file of Zhuo Huaimo’s parents’ car accident.

The private detective stood to one side, saying softly,

“Mr. Zhuo also investigated back then, but everything showed no abnormalities, it was indeed an accident.”

Qi Yanwang tapped the table with his fingertip,

“Continue investigating, and investigate his uncle’s accident at the same time, dig deep, there can’t be no clues!”

He opened another file—the investigation report of Lin Yan’s set explosion accident.

The two accidents were frighteningly similar.

“Investigate the person who was responsible for the Zhuo family’s vehicle maintenance back then.”

Qi Yanwang narrowed his eyes, “Also, who Lin Yan came into contact with before the accident.”

The private detective nodded and left.

Qi Yanwang walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, looking down at the night view of Jiangcheng, his eyes cold.

If this wasn’t a curse…

Then was it murder?

Qi Yanwang felt even colder, if it really was murder, why only target the people around Zhuo Huaimo?

Then was Zhuo Huaimo in danger?