RI Chapter 17

The result of not opening the inn for business for almost a week was a long queue in front of it. Countless ghosts chattered at the entrance. Luckily, ordinary people couldn’t see it, or they would have been scared to death.

“Innkeeper Lei, what have you been busy with lately? Why haven’t you opened the door for so long?” A familiar male ghost couldn’t help but ask.

The ghosts behind him were also very curious. Innkeeper Lei had always been very dedicated and had hardly ever left the inn.

Lei Yun scratched his head embarrassedly and said with a smile, “I had some business out of town a while ago. Please forgive me.”

After explaining the reason for not opening the door for a week, he began his day’s work.

A female ghost with curly hair, a bluish complexion, and wearing an indigo embroidered cheongsam entered the inn and said softly, “Innkeeper Lei, I want a bottle of Snow Beauty Pill.”

After speaking, she turned slightly and took out a Blood Pearl from her body and handed it to Lei Yun.

Lei Yun was quite familiar with her; she was a regular customer of the inn.

“Jingjing, your complexion hasn’t been very good lately!” Lei Yun said, looking at her.

The male ghost called Jingjing was a little embarrassed. He took out a handkerchief from his waist to cover his face and said shyly, “A few days ago, I ran out of pills, and I didn’t expect the inn to be closed again.”

Lei Yun was a little embarrassed and said with a dry smile, “I’m sorry.” Jingjing smiled, shook her head shyly, took the pill, and walked out.

The next one was an old scholar, a thousand years old, who came to Lei Yun for treatment. His body was already rotten, and his tattered gray-black robe could barely cover his internal organs.

The old scholar died of pulmonary tuberculosis in his early years, so his face was pale after death. With the sparse hair on his head tied into a bun, he looked very scary.

“Innkeeper Lei, my lungs haven’t been feeling well lately. I always have trouble breathing. I’d like to trouble you to take a look.” The old scholar said, covering his chest and coughing twice.

Lei Yun pretended to take his pulse, took some medicinal powder from the side, and handed it to the old scholar.

“After you go back, take one packet every day, but this is only a temporary solution. I suggest you work hard on your cultivation.”

The old scholar paid the Blood Pearls and repeatedly thanked him while holding the medicinal powder with both hands.

The ghosts who came after had all kinds of ailments. Some came to see a doctor, while others came to deliver messages or entrust dreams.

“Oh, I’m so tired.” After welcoming the last ghost, Lei Yun walked behind the counter, sat down, and pinched his shoulders.

He glanced at the clock on the wall. It was already two o’clock in the morning.

“It’s already so late.” Lei Yun yawned and said to himself.

“There probably won’t be anyone else coming.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a special guest came to the inn.

It was a male ghost with a very handsome and refined appearance. Unlike other ghosts, he was wearing a black Zhongshan suit. There wasn’t a single wrinkle on his clothes, and he looked very clean and refreshing.

“Innkeeper Lei, my name is Deng Qiusheng.” The female ghost’s voice was as gentle as the breeze in March.

“I would like to ask you to help me get married.” When he said this, his ears were slightly red, and he looked away unnaturally.

Marriage was a good thing, but for some reason, many ghosts didn’t get married. Lei Yun hadn’t encountered anyone entrusting this kind of business for a long time. Therefore, he immediately swept away his previous decadence and enthusiastically invited Deng Qiusheng to sit down.

“Come on, tell me about it.”

Deng Qiusheng was a little embarrassed. He took out a pocket watch from his pocket and handed it to Lei Yun.

The watch looked like it had been around for a while and didn’t seem like a modern thing. Lei Yun said, “This watch is from the Republic of China, right? Judging from my attire, I must be too.”

Deng Qiusheng nodded and said, “Yes.”

When he opened the pocket watch, a bright and cheerful photo of a young woman came into view. Even though it was a black and white photo, it still didn’t diminish the young woman’s beauty.

However, for some reason, the young woman looked very familiar.

Lei Yun touched his chin and looked at Deng Qiusheng with some doubt and said anxiously, “This person looks very familiar!”

Deng Qiusheng lowered his head slightly and said gently, “She is my lover.” He paused and said, “I died early, leaving her alone. A few years ago, I found her reincarnation. Later, I heard about the Changsheng Inn from others, so I, I would like to ask Innkeeper Lei to help me get married to her.”

Lei Yun understood. It was a past life love in this life. The only thing was that this woman was alive.

“You just said that you found her and want to marry her?” Lei Yun asked.

Deng Qiusheng nodded and looked at Lei Yun expectantly.

“She is alive, right?”

Deng Qiusheng hummed.

Lei Yun was stunned and said after a long time, “Don’t you know that humans and ghosts can’t be together? I can’t do this business.”

Deng Qiusheng was stunned. He quickly stood up and said anxiously, “Innkeeper Lei, you already failed Qingyao in your previous life. I can’t let that happen again in this life.” Lei Yun looked at Deng Qiusheng in front of him. He saw sincerity and expectation in his eyes. He didn’t seem like a bad person. So he said, “It’s not that I don’t want to help you, but the rules of heaven and earth are here. If this Qingyao is a ghost, I’ll do it for you right away, but she’s alive, you know?”

As soon as he finished speaking, Lei Yun was stunned and asked, “Qingyao?” He looked at the photo on the pocket watch again, and then hurriedly ran to the computer to watch the TV series he had just been watching.

“Qingyao? Hei Qingyao?” Lei Yun pointed to the female protagonist in the TV series and asked Deng Qiusheng.

Deng Qiusheng nodded and hummed.

Hearing Deng Qiusheng’s affirmation, Lei Yun covered his face in shock. His heart was filled with disbelief.

The goddess Bai Qingyao, the goddess of otaku, almost all of the popular TV series recently have her in them. Even Lei Yun had a good impression of her.

She was beautiful and had good acting skills.

Seeing that Lei Yun hadn’t spoken for a long time, Deng Qiusheng said sincerely, “Innkeeper Lei, please help me?”

Lei Yun sighed deeply. He looked at Deng Qiusheng enviously for a while, and then put aside the jealousy in his heart and said, “Tell me about her and me?”

“After I died, I stayed in the world. I thought I would never see Qingyao again. Who knew that one dark night three years ago, I met her again.”

“You know she is Qingyao’s reincarnation. She is exactly the same as in her previous life. It’s just that she has a hard life. She just graduated and is doing odd jobs and playing some supporting roles in the crew. She is often bullied.”

Deng Qiusheng’s voice paused. He lowered his head and said uneasily, “So I used my methods to help her. Now her wish has come true. A week ago, someone proposed to her.”

“You don’t want her to be with someone else. You want to marry her.” Deng Qiusheng’s tone was angry in the last sentence, with an unquestionable meaning.

Lei Yun sighed and looked at Deng Qiusheng with a bit of complaint. He thought to himself, “Who doesn’t like a goddess?” But he heard something, so he asked, “Does Bai Qingyao know of your existence?”

Deng Qiusheng paused and said with difficulty, “No.”

Lei Yun was speechless and said slowly, “She is human, you are a ghost. It’s completely impossible for you two!”

“I can’t take this order.” Lei Yun finished speaking directly, walked to a chair next to him, sat down, and looked at Deng Qiusheng with his head in his hands.

Deng Qiusheng seemed to have expected this result. He didn’t know what he was thinking. He looked at Lei Yun as if he had made up his mind: “I heard that Changsheng Inn has a high-level commission, where the client dedicates his soul, and the inn will do its best to fulfill his wish.”

He quickly raised his head, his eyes firm, and looked at Lei Yun: “You don’t want Qingyao to be with that man. You want her to be safe and happy for the rest of her life.” You want to give her this kind of life and death, but you can’t give it to her.

“I am willing to dedicate my soul, please help me complete the commission!”

Lei Yun was stunned. What was going on lately? There were so few low-level commissions. Li Fang hadn’t returned yet, and now there was another Deng Qiusheng. But Deng Qiusheng’s current request was not appropriate. So he said, “Have you learned about the inn’s high-level commission? Once I dedicate my soul, I will disappear forever.”

Lei Yun was a little unbearable and still wanted to persuade him. If he insisted, there was nothing he could do.

“Hei Qingyao has already been reincarnated, and now I am a ghost cultivator. Why bother with the past?”

“Cultivation is not easy, Deng Qiusheng, think about it carefully?”

Deng Qiusheng seemed to have been touched by these words. His fingers trembled slightly. He lowered his head, pursed his lips loosely, and said dejectedly, “That man is not worthy of Qingyao. He will harm Qingyao.”

After staying up for most of the night, Lei Yun’s eyebrows were a little sore. He pinched them twice and said, “You don’t have to be so pessimistic. Bai Qingyao is not with that person yet, right? So, I’ll give you a compromise. You can do a primary commission first, and I’ll check the situation between Bai Qingyao and that man, and then see if I can separate them.”

“As for Bai Qingyao’s safe and happy life, I can’t help you with that.”

Lei Yun looked at Deng Qiusheng’s face and quickly added, “But there is one thing I want to say, Bai Qingyao and you are a human and a ghost. You can’t be together often. If you follow her often, Bai Qingyao will have to go to see the King of Hell early.”

Deng Qiusheng understood Lei Yun’s meaning and said immediately, “Thank you, Innkeeper Lei. I know what you mean.”

He lowered his head and thought for a long time, and then made up his mind and said, “I’m sorry for the trouble.”

Lei Yun grinned and said, “Good to say, good to say.” His eyes curved as he looked at Deng Qiusheng.

Deng Qiusheng immediately reacted and handed his Blood Pearls to Lei Yun.

After Deng Qiusheng left, Lei Yun lay on the counter, happily counted the Blood Pearls he had earned today in the wooden box, and got up to open the door and go downstairs to rest.

The next morning, Lei Yun was awakened by a burst of crackling firecrackers.

The room he slept in was facing the street. He got up groggily and looked out the window. He saw that the paper flower shop across the street had been replaced by a new coffin shop. Looking at the sign at the door, it seemed that they also offered Feng Shui services.

At this time, the shop was changing the sign. Several workers were gathered there, and there was also a slender woman in white. The woman seemed to feel Lei Yun’s gaze and turned her head slightly. Unexpectedly, the two made eye contact through the windows across the street.

That woman was not simple. Lei Yun only had this thought at the time.

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