Chapter 23#

Not Familiar#

From the moment Ning Weichen held his face with both hands, Ye Sheng’s face turned ashen, and his whole body was surrounded by low pressure.

In order to make himself “cry”, he didn’t know how many psychological presets he made for himself in the toilet. When he came out, he even reflected for a while, is it a bit unkind to choose to poison other people’s eyes for my temporary safety?

Then this ghostly appearance of red eyes and hideous tears was seen by Ning Weichen.

Ye Sheng: “…”

Ye Sheng really wanted to die.

He raised his hand, grabbed Ning Weichen’s wrist fiercely, his tone annoyed, and looked away.

“Are you leaving or not?!”

Ning Weichen did not resist, and his hand was pulled away by him with an unclear expression. After a moment of absent-mindedness, he quickly reacted. Ye Sheng’s current appearance could absolutely not be crying.

Ning Weichen stood in the darkness, hiding the deep cold emotion in his eyes, smiled brightly, and said obediently: “Go, of course we go. I listen to everything brother says.”

Luo Xingyan: “…”

Luo Xingyan, who had been ignored all the time, finally got angry, his expression hideous and shouted: “Why are you in such a hurry to leave, Crown Prince? We have been old friends with the Ning family for so many years, won’t the Crown Prince introduce who this person next to you is? Your little lover?”

“Crown Prince” is the nickname given to Ning Weichen by the entire Unnatural Bureau in private.

Usually they only dared to call it behind his back, but now coming out of Luo Xingyan’s mouth, it was full of blatant malice.

However, his displeasure and malice fully expressed on his face were like child’s play to Ning Weichen.

Ning Weichen smiled, his peach blossom eyes looked at Ye Sheng affectionately with a smile. He was already a little tired of dealing with Luo Xingyan in his heart. He was just about to say something, but heard Ye Sheng’s voice first.

“None of your business.”

Ye Sheng’s injured throat did not affect the blade-like sharpness on him, and his voice was cold as ice. He was tall originally, and had an invisible oppressive feeling in the darkness. Now looking at Luo Xingyan, he did not hide his irritability and coldness at all.

“What is our relationship, whether we leave or not, is none of your business. So many questions.”

Luo Xingyan: “…”

Luo Xingyan: “…………”

He was used to being frustrated in front of Ning Weichen, after all, who in the Unnatural Bureau hadn’t been angered by this Crown Prince.

Now for the first time in his life, he was questioned like this by an ordinary person, spoken to with this attitude.

Luo Xingyan was dazed for a moment, and actually didn’t react.

When he reacted, Ning Weichen had already turned his head and laughed for a long time.

Ye Sheng withdrew his gaze, turned to leave, and said irritably to Ning Weichen who was laughing non-stop next to him: “If you want to stay here, just stay.”

Ning Weichen immediately restrained his smile, quickly followed up, his tone as sweet as acting coquettishly: “I don’t want to, I go wherever brother goes.”

Luo Xingyan: “…” Damn gay.

Anger rushed to Luo Xingyan’s forehead, and the chain hanging in front of his T-shirt rattled due to his heaving chest. He strode forward, determined to see clearly who this secret lover of Ning Weichen was.

“Stop!”

However, no one paid attention to him.

Ye Sheng was disgusted by Ning Weichen’s coquettish tone again and got goosebumps all over. With a cold face, his long legs carried the wind, and he walked out quickly.

Ning Weichen followed him effortlessly, looking at him unblinkingly, smiling: “Baby, were you standing up for me just now?”

The address in his mouth changed from brother to baby to Ye Sheng, frivolous, casual and unserious. However, Ye Sheng had been in contact with him for so long, and roughly understood a little. Ning Weichen generally only called “baby” in two situations.

Either angry, or happy.

…Sick enough.

But he had already witnessed Ning Weichen’s line skills that were enough to confuse black and white on the train and at the banquet, and didn’t expect this movie king to have any self-knowledge, so he said indifferently: “Just take it as yes.”

“Oh.” Ning Weichen nodded and said with a smile: “I think it is.”

Ye Sheng just wanted to leave here quickly, but when he reached the end of the corridor, he suddenly froze.

An unprecedented weird chill was approaching.

This was a weird horror he hadn’t even experienced in front of Old Master Qin’s bedroom on the top floor.

Something in the darkness, like a river, seeped down continuously along the stair walls. They piled up in the hall on the first floor, merging into a large swamp. Then in the swamp, one ghost child’s body after another emerged, all facing this way.

Ye Sheng’s jaw tightened. His overly strong night vision allowed him to see everything happening in front of him clearly.

All the shaped and regular liquid in the Western-style building poured into the hall on the first floor, continuously accumulating, forming a black “swamp” enough to submerge a person’s ankles. It blocked darkly between them and the gate. To leave, one must wade through this “water” densely gathered by ghost children.

“Follow behind me.” Ye Sheng whispered.

Actually, he frowned as soon as he said it, feeling that he said nonsense.

Not to mention Ning Weichen’s powerful background and mysterious ability, it can be seen from all aspects that he is not a weak person who needs his protection.

But Ye Sheng just said it, strangely, just as sick as when he went down the last step and subconsciously looked for Ning Weichen.

Am I possessed by a ghost?

Ye Sheng ignored the weirdness in his heart.

In fact, his first reaction to this was vigilance and suspicion, suspecting whether Ning Weichen had some ability to disintegrate people’s psychological defense line and put a curse on him. But he was quiet for a moment and chose to throw away the dark thoughts in his mind.

Ning Weichen smiled and nodded: “Okay.”

Ye Sheng didn’t say anything more. As soon as his foot stepped into that swamp, a thin black liquid climbed up his trouser leg like a snake, and soon turned into a child’s hand, very small, scratching and tearing his skin, as if to tear him into bloody flesh and swallow him alive. The pain from the ankle was no less than being cut deeply by a saw bit by bit, but they seemed to be afraid of him too, and didn’t dare to swarm up, that kind of biting was also subtle.

Ye Sheng did not use the ability of the fetus girl, even though he still had tears in his eyes and was in a “crying” state. He had many scruples in his heart.

The Unnatural Bureau is a world organization that deals with heresies all year round. An ability user who dares to call Ning Weichen Crown Prince cannot have a simple identity. If he leaks a little abnormality, people might find clues.

He could only pretend not to see the ghost children all over the floor, step on the hands, heads, and bodies of this group of children step by step, and walk outside.

Ning Weichen didn’t take two steps before holding his sleeve from behind. He leaned over, rested his chin on Ye Sheng’s shoulder, and whispered: “Brother, did we encounter a ghost?”

Ye Sheng: “When will you change your habit of talking nonsense.”

Ning Weichen said oh, and laughed softly: “I’m afraid of ghosts, hold my hand and walk, okay.”

Ye Sheng: “?”

Before he lifted his eyelids coldly to look over, Ning Weichen had already familiarly held his hand. The moment their ten fingers interlocked.

Ye Sheng was suddenly stunned.

The moment Ning Weichen held his hand, the pain of being scratched and bitten on the ankle instantly dissipated, and the “water” gathered around him also evaporated quickly.

Ning Weichen looked at Ye Sheng thoughtfully with smiling eyes, and smiled in the darkness: “You can actually try begging me.”

He was unexpectedly easy to talk to today.

But on the first day on the train, he was also so enthusiastic, kind and considerate, and his nature was exposed not long after.

Ning Weichen said regretfully: “It’s okay to pretend to beg. Just treat it as coaxing me, I will definitely be very happy.”

Ye Sheng frowned at him.

He was not surprised that Ning Weichen had such ability, nor was he stupid enough to ask the reason.

But every time Ning Weichen said such things to him, the weirdness in his heart became heavier and heavier.

Ning Weichen smiled and sighed: “I really find it difficult to have principles with you.”

He held Ye Sheng’s hand, with a smile on his lips, elegant posture, like holding up his dance partner at a ball.

“Let’s go, brother.”

Ning Weichen said.

Obviously there were thousands of evil children under their feet, and the swamp was like a hell of knives. Both were wearing suits, one black and one white. In the magnificent and empty Western-style building, it seemed that they were really going to a dance banquet.

Luo Xingyan chased out in a hurry, watching this scene, and was almost angry enough to curse again for a while.

It’s just that the black heresy on the ground soon made him realize something was wrong, and he frowned. Luo Xingyan calmed down, and his expression became serious. He didn’t care about E-level heresies at all, even if they piled up a room. What surprised him now was that these E-level heresies seemed to be attracted by some aura and flowed out. Anxiety, vigilance and covetousness, this is the state they will appear when they encounter high-level heresies.

Although he sensed the existence of an A-level heresy on the bed in the innermost utility room of the corridor, this Western-style building has existed for too long. The blood on the bed leg straps has dried up and solidified. No one has lived in it for a long time, at least decades ago.

Luo Xingyan preliminarily concluded that the original A-level heresy in this Western-style building had already left and was transferred by someone.

So what is the situation now? Is there a new high-level heresy here?

He stood in front of the stairs, his eyes falling deeply on the ground.

The black heresies dared not approach the two people, surging around with hatred and unwillingness.

He initially thought it was because of Ning Weichen. After all, as the heir of the Ning family, the Crown Prince whom the Unnatural Bureau has been paying attention to for so long, Ning Weichen’s genius is obvious to all, and it is easy to deal with low-level heresies.

But soon, as an S-level executor, he keenly felt that there was something wrong with Ye Sheng too.

The greed and interest of this group of heresies in Ye Sheng even far exceeded Ning Weichen! It’s just that they didn’t dare to approach due to some kind of deterrence.

Luo Xingyan gritted his teeth, his eyes cold—he knew that Ning Weichen’s “lover” would not be a simple character!

Luo Xingyan took out something like a cocoon from his pocket, and then blew gently in the direction Ye Sheng left. The cocoon grew rapidly, and after a while, a small glowing insect drilled out. Its tail flashed with a little turbid yellow fluorescence, like a firefly, but its wings were like cicada wings, flapping and flying forward.

Ye Sheng just stepped out of the Western-style building. Ning Weichen had already let go of his hand very neatly.

This side of the lake was full of trees, and the cold night wind blew the tree shadows undulating, horrifying and weird.

Ye Sheng was silent for a moment, and said all his findings inside.

“These ghost children were all created by Old Master Qin. He suffers from severe asthenospermia, worships Guanyin Sending Children, and married five wives in a row. It is estimated that he has shameful purposes. These ghost children have the ability to merge, and the danger level should exceed your estimation. At least I don’t think they lack the ability to kill, so I didn’t stay inside for long. Those two bodyguards are on their own. They are now locked in this building and can’t get out, but paper can’t wrap fire, something will happen one day. If Qin Liushuang is your aunt, you’d better investigate the Qin family’s affairs clearly.”

Ye Sheng said all he had to say.

After listening, Ning Weichen chuckled meaningfully: “Okay, understood, so is my task this time this Western-style building?”

Ye Sheng held back the urge to roll his eyes.

At this time, Huang Yiyue’s voice sounded not far away.

“Sheng Sheng?!”

Huang Yiyue’s expression changed greatly when she got the phone and saw the text message.

Ye Sheng went out with Ning Weichen, and sent her a message saying that he was in this Western-style building opposite the lake, so Ning Weichen was most likely here too.

This is the forbidden area of the Qin family haunted by ghosts! She saw Xie Wenci’s prank in the screenshot above, and was scared out of her wits at once, and had no mood to stay in the banquet hall. After telling Xie Ji, she used the excuse of finding something in the garden to bring two security guards over.

After Huang Yiyue saw him in the woods, the big stone in her heart fell to the ground, and she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, Ye Sheng didn’t enter that Western-style building.

Hearing Huang Yiyue’s voice, the cold night wind blew Ye Sheng’s thoughts sober. He would always be led astray when he was with Ning Weichen. Seeing Huang Yiyue, he returned to reality. Ye Sheng suddenly remembered his original purpose of attending this banquet, which was just to see the true face of his biological mother clearly.

Ning Weichen promised to give him the fish scale necklace after the banquet.

The result of their leaving the seat was set, and this reminiscence was considered over.

Ye Sheng pursed his lips and took a few steps to distance himself from Ning Weichen, drawing a clear line.

Ning Weichen looked at this scene with a faint smile, raised his eyebrows, but said nothing.

Huang Yiyue was calling her own son’s name, but her eyes were always carefully observing Ning Weichen.

Before Ye Sheng turned to leave, he left a very light sentence: “I will go to the Rose Empire Hotel to find you after the banquet.” The implication is that we don’t need to act like we are familiar at the banquet.

He walked towards Huang Yiyue, but Huang Yiyue’s gaze still fell on Ning Weichen. She suppressed various emotions in her heart and smiled: “Sheng Sheng, you and Young Master Ning…”

Ye Sheng knew this mother too well, and interrupted her coldly: “He and I just met once on the train, not familiar. I left something with him, now I got it back, we have no relationship.”

Huang Yiyue was dumbfounded and speechless for a moment.

After Ye Sheng’s phone entered the power saving mode, there was still one bar of battery left lingering.

He opened it and checked the time, 9:30.

“Didn’t you really want me to accompany you to this banquet? Let’s go back.”

Ye Sheng finished speaking lightly and stood in place, looking down at her indifferently, forcing her to go.

Huang Yiyue was unwilling in her heart, tried to smile and said: “Do you want to ask…”

Ye Sheng said: “No need to ask.”

Huang Yiyue was still unwilling and bit her lip: “Is it impolite for us to leave like this?”

Ning Weichen finally laughed out loud after watching the “motherly kindness and filial piety” for a long time. He walked slowly out of the intricate shadows of the woods, and the warm wind with the scent of flowers and wine blew his slightly long black hair. His temperament was noble, his eyes curved, and he smiled gently at Huang Yiyue: “It doesn’t matter, we have finished reminiscing.”

Besides deliberately currying favor with Ning Weichen, Huang Yiyue also had a vague trace of fear. She squeezed out a smile, trying to maintain her dignity, and said: “Ah? This, this is finished reminiscing?”

Ye Sheng turned off his phone expressionlessly.

Ning Weichen smiled casually: “Mn, who let us not be familiar.” He also raised his wrist to check the time, his expression cold.

Before leaving, Ning Weichen turned his head as if he wanted to say something to Ye Sheng, but the words reached his throat, the tip of his tongue licked his teeth and he gave up.

His smile was shallow.

“Have fun later.”