‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍" this must be a glitch in the matrix. Why do I fall unconscious so many times?", He got up from his bed and stretched his limbs .

So far Shejin has realized major plot events none of which follow the original novel. He had found out that Enlai can see phantoms or ghouls , the king's illness has onset much earlier with a lot more force and Yongsun had began becoming distant. However he doesn't know that the onset of the illness is due to the phantom nor does he know the real reason Yongsun is being distant from him.

He looked at his girlfriend sleeping and he felt bored so he whisked away his hand.

He first headed to the kitchen and found a warm bowl of porridge on the table. Added to it being unhygienic, it was awfully unethical that someone would leave a meal uncovered here unless it was returned. By the looks of the kitchenware, it was definitely one of the family members. Iseul doesn't dine at night, Xugang doesn't like porridge and Minhee is forbidden from eating late therefore if she chose to rebel , eating porridge is close to unlikely. In conclusion, Yongsun is the only likely candidate.

He lifted the spoon and tried to smell the ingredients but then the spoon flew out of his hand.

He looked at that suspicious event and before long the bowl followed along and slammed close to it. Already knowing the cause and culprit, he got pissed .

He prepared a fresh one and he carried it to Yongsun 's bedroom. since it was too early, Yongsun is probably in his room.

He stepped outside and Yamin was right there.

" Make it more understandable ",

" Me cooking now or you following me here?",

" Us acting like this. ",

Yamin touched Shejin's face and he smiled with that look of content on .

' this feels like kindergarten, crushing on someone without any real emotion',

' he looks like he wants to take it to the next level ', Yamin proceeded to move his hand closer to Shejin's lips

"You have something on them", he commented and as Shejin opened his eyes Yamin was already close to his face

" My breath!", He whispered but then Shejin chuckled and moved away while Yamin blushed knowing that he has successfully graduated from the non-psychical contact phase

Ten minutes later after trying his level best to lose Yamin, he reached Yongsun 's manor. As expected it was heavily guarded but since he had snuck in here many times , he has identified several blind spots from the novel and scouting during the day. He went to the east side of the manor, waited for the guard to round about before he crawled underneath the guarding wall.

According to the original novel, Yongsun had difficulty sleeping that's why he would look tired and by default Zhihuan ordered to guard him . Currently Zhihuan is in the rooms in the manor grounds by order of Yongsun so Shejin doesn't have to worry about getting caught as long as he keeps his steps light and invisible.

Afraid to knock and alert Zhihuan, he softly opened the door and went inside. To no surprise, the room showed signs of activity.He placed the tray down and picked Yongsun 's clothes that were scattered all over the room.Yongsun emerged from behind the curtain and looked at Shejin.

They stared at each other like it was a natural thing for them to be in this situation

' so handsome! ',

' so handsome! ',

They complimented each other but they didn't voice it out. It had become a hobby for them especially Shejin who can't get used to seeing Yongsun's beauty despite the number of cumulative times he has stared at it.

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" Why are you here ?", Yongsun reluctantly asked

" To bring you porridge!",

" At four am?", His voice cutely quaked

Shejin smiled and Yongsun 's previous thoughts reboiled.

Up til now, he was avoiding Shejin because he was scolded and punished badly for the way he acted when the worker attacked Shejin. He was made to stand ten hours on charcoal that was kept blood red by fifteen servants. As if that wasn't enough, Yongsun was forced to go into isolation for two days , with no food or water , while chained by his hands from the ceiling such that his whole weight rested on his scotched legs. After the cruel punishment, he was banned from seating down and was always walking atleast eight times around the palace grounds. When he went to bed , his feet , over socks and padded socks were stained and filled to the brim with blood

It baffled him so badly that he couldn't believe he nearly killed someone for Shejin.

The loss of control and composure , his biased behavior made him so blinded that he didn't want to see Shejin . Not because he was in the wrong but because of how limitless he is for Shejin but the more he avoided him , the more he missed him . His smile , his body and his akward shyness. He would superimpose his face on every male around him especially the caretakers . For this reason, he told every one to stay away in case Shejin might tag along . that's why Zhihuan was always around instead. However he really wished that Shejin would rebel against that instruction.

And now that he is here, he really can't vocabularize his happiness. Even his throbbing feet feel a little less sore . He seems so indifferent as if he is not even aware of that order. Whether or not it's an act , he doesn't care because he is sure of one thing right now. All the times that he was away from Shejin, he hated every single second of it and only wanted to be close to him.

Yongsun stepped forward and he hugged Shejin before he buried his head on his shoulder blade. Shejin was taken aback but he already knew that it's probably because Yongsun was having a hard time though he had no idea it was all because of him. It was too intimate but Yongsun is a child afterall. He raised his hands and locked Yongsun in his embrace who responded by snuggling even deeper

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" ####, how do I face him right now?", Haoran laid his head on the toilet door.

He had locked himself here ever since he returned from the house . While everyone was busy with the charcoal pieces, he was too stressed to be productive mainly not because of his actions but for Meiyang. He had never seen him so angry

He opened the door deciding that he is going to pretend that he is okay.He headed to the living room and a medical officer was already tending to the pieces. The rest of the sect members had assembled here after they over heard the breakout at the powder house which Liuhe explained that Meiyang was just performing his brotherly duties by protecting Haoran. This explanation of course annoyed Meiyang but not as much as the truth has.

The officer who had a striking resembles to the Tian family, confirmed that there were indeed bones , he discussed that he is yet to verify the age . However the bones were a little bit unusual in shape almost as if the they weren't human.

Just then Yee entered the house with Chiang.

He looked very clean and charming so much so Meiyang stared like a toddler. The first person he looked for was Meiyang and upon finding him , he casted a brief smile in his direction making Meiyang blush . It insulted Liuhe and stung Haoran ,but the latter isn't really in that position to be affected.

Liuhe stood in front. He felt rather too confident because he was honored to witness that breaking moment between Haoran and Meiyang. Before he could speak, Dejang pulled him and flirtatiously winked at him . Like all the other times , Liuhe backed down.

" By successfully bringing justice to the culprit, the miss will be at ease hence the reoccurrence of the demon after purification will be close to zero. ",He explained and Haoran smiled at how formal that was but soon his expression changed when he could hear the quiver in his voice.

" Sir, we found this in your yard. Long story short we want to apprehend the person responsible so that the demon is completely tamed.", He answered but Yee navigated his focus to Meiyang.

" My child died when he was two days old . By maternal culture he is to be cremated and buried far away without the mother witnessing it. But my wife went and stole the ashes . ", he spoke slowly hearing the heaviness in his voice even Chiang felt destroyed.

A moment of silence clouded the room. Though it was something new, it felt rather awfully obvious regarding all the facts previously gathered.

( Two hours later, in the carriage)

Dejang opened the door and sat inside .he didn't want to witness such a pitiful moment so he laid the ground for Meiyang.

Yee had his head burried and was no longer crying.He threw a spell to his forehead.

" I don't know what happened but I do know one thing. Those aren't the bones of a child. If anything they belong to an animal ", Meiyang told him while outside and he raised his head.

" I don't need to know a lot , just two questions. First , who is Enlai? ", Dejang stared above Yee's head to avoid scaring him . It was akward to be the mediator.

" He is little miss's childhood friend. ", he answered without a second thought meaning it wasn't something he would hold back if he wasn't under compulsion . Or rather that he didn't see that he wants to hold anything back from Meiyang's questions

" How old is he? ",

" Thirty ", he retained a similar willfulness

Dejang peeled it off and left . After the meant the stood a few feet from Yee to gather findings

" Something doesn't make sense. Enlai said the child is Yee and the girl's. Is she the wife in question? Chiang also said that Yee had a wife but she went mad to the death of the child and is in a mental hospital now. The only person who appears rabid here is little miss ", Meiyang answered slowly as if in ",

" Why would a teenager befriend a thirty-year old man? Better yet why would YEE NaiWen befriend MANG Enlai, so discreetly ?"

Though they could just pin the talisman onto the victims, they can't use their confessions. there is a celestial punishment for the cultivators and an invalidation of the crime since evidence was obtained under biased manners . It's a stupid law but it exists. So they have to make situations were the people consciously confess.

" The fact is he lied but the question is why would he lie?", Dejang bit his nails.

" Enlai!", They thought at the same time and decided to pay him a visit..

Meiyang said he will go get a warrant of questioning but Dejang said he has to check something.

" Stop following him!", Meiyang screamed. He was just about to congratulate Dejang for not having such debasing thoughts but it seems all that colonized his head was the face of a beautiful lad.

Dejang pretended not to know the person in reference but his heart thumped loudly because he IS going to secretly spy Shejin. It was out of his character to tail someone as much as he did with Shejin but it wasn't something new for him since every single male that Dejang has labelled handsome has fell victim to being spied on.Howbeit his first route was his cultivation sister. He doesn't intend to stay long since her husband is practically always home nowadays since that incident.

Before Meiyang could get angry, Dejang flew away . Soon after Meiyang peeked inside the carriage only to find Yee silently letting painfilled tears run.