Chapter 3: Death Would Be Better Than Life

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Chapter 3: Death Would Be Better Than Life

Turning into a wandering soul apparently caused a certain degree of IQ reduction in Lin You. On top of that, everything that happened afterward had developed like some kind of crime syndicate movie, so it was only when Mu Yanxiao brought it up that Lin You finally remembered his own corpse had yet to be accounted for.

Of course, it was also possible that part of the reason was that Lin You himself was unwilling to accept such a cruel reality. But now that Mu Yanxiao had brought it up, Lin You waited with him in the hospital room for Mu One’s investigation results.

Actually, Mu One had sent his subordinates to investigate. After all, aside from him, Boss still had four die-hard subordinates: Mu Two, Mu Three, Mu Four, and Mu Five. However, Mu Yanxiao’s mood was extremely bad. Although he showed very little of it on the surface, the atmosphere in the hospital room was practically frozen, making even Mu One tense up.

“Go investigate Mu Seven. Come back to me when you have the results.”

Mu Yanxiao gave another order. This time, Mu One quickly stood up, his voice carrying a hint of ruthlessness. “Yes! …Boss, you must get some rest. You’ll definitely get better soon.”

Mu Yanxiao did not answer. He looked as though he had already fallen asleep.

After Mu One left, the only ones remaining in the hospital room were Lin You, a wandering soul, and Mu Yanxiao, a blind living person. Mu Yanxiao remained silent the entire time. The quiet way he lay on the bed allowed Lin You to see this man’s rare gentle side, perhaps even his soft side.

“Tsk, good figure, good looks, loyal little bros, and he’s rich. If this lord hadn’t been run over and killed by this guy before, and if this lord hadn’t seen how ruthless and merciless he can be, this lord might even have fallen for him~”

Lin You stared at Mu Yanxiao’s handsome face for a long time before sighing. Sure enough, you absolutely couldn’t judge someone by appearances. This guy looked like the perfect handsome, rich young master, but underneath it all, he was a dark and ruthless monster… Who knew how many people this guy would deceive in the future? But this lord, Lin You, definitely wouldn’t be fooled!

At this thought, Lin You’s peach-blossom eyes narrowed happily.

However, before he could finish enjoying himself, Mu Yanxiao suddenly opened his eyes below him. Those eyes, which were clearly already blind, stared directly at the spot where Lin You was floating. And judging from the direction of his gaze, he was staring straight into Lin You’s eyes.

!!

Lin You silently sucked in a breath. Forget the fact that Mu Yanxiao was blind—he was currently a wandering soul! What was with that gaze, as though he could actually see him? It was enough to scare a ghost to death!

Mu Yanxiao stared into the blank darkness before him and frowned. Was it just an illusion? He felt as though someone had been staring at him the entire time, right above him.

“…How could that be?” Mu Yanxiao spoke softly to himself.

There were Mu Family bodyguards guarding the door. Forget a person—even a fly would not be allowed inside. Yet despite thinking this, Mu Yanxiao still fell silent for a moment before reaching out and waving his hand in Lin You’s direction.

Naturally, his hand passed through nothing but air.

Lin You stared at the hand that had passed straight through his body, his expression just as ugly as Mu Yanxiao’s. Be grateful, damn it! You can only see nothing, which means you’ve lost one of your five senses. This lord has only one sense left, okay?! Hehe, the two of us adding up to five senses really isn’t something worth being happy about.

About half an hour later, Mu One’s voice sounded from outside the hospital room.

“Boss, we’ve finished investigating.”

Mu Yanxiao opened his eyes again, only to discover that he still couldn’t see anything, so he simply closed them again. “Come in.”

Mu One pushed the door open, and Mu Three entered with him. Both of their expressions were quite serious.

“Boss, we carefully investigated the accident scene. There are indeed signs that your car hit someone, and there was also human blood on the ground. But we couldn’t find that person. Dead or alive.”

Mu Yanxiao frowned. “Unless he’s immortal, with the speed I was driving at, he should have died. There’s no body? What about the surveillance footage?”

Mu One’s expression became even stranger. “We checked five surveillance cameras, from the farthest one to the nearest. There wasn’t a trace of anyone else around that place for half an hour. It is somewhat remote, but… in short, all we saw was your car speeding into the glass wall. We didn’t see anyone being hit.”

Mu Three’s face was practically screaming, This is definitely a haunting! Boss ran into something supernatural! However, Mu Yanxiao couldn’t see him right now, so naturally he wouldn’t do what he normally did and find some excuse to deal with him.

“…” After listening to Mu One’s report, Mu Yanxiao slowly opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling. “You mean… I hit a ghost?”

Mu One, “…Probably not. But someone should have tampered with the surveillance footage. There are definitely traces on your car. It’s just that we can’t find the person… Maybe that person is still alive?”

After all, in his opinion, someone who could disappear from the surveillance footage without making a sound definitely wasn’t an ordinary person. Tsk. Thinking about it this way, he felt both relieved and uneasy.

At the moment, Lin You, who was able to make this guy who was even stronger than normal soldiers feel alarmed, was also in an alarmed state. What did he just hear? His body was gone?! Even the surveillance cameras didn’t have his figure in them?!

How had a corpse with no soul left simply disappeared from the scene? And the surveillance cameras too—he had always appeared on camera! Only his own great-grandfather could walk down the street without appearing on surveillance cameras…!!

Lin You suddenly sucked in a sharp breath. A burst of thoughts flashed through his mind, and his face darkened as he finally understood.

Since his entire family of mystics already knew that he would die today, it would have been strange if they hadn’t made any preparations. There was no need to say it aloud. His family must have retrieved his body. As for whether they had cremated it or buried it… as long as Lin You knew that his family was still keeping an eye on him, the tension he had been carrying all this time slowly eased.

Given his current situation, even if his great-grandfather and grandfather didn’t know what had happened, once he had a chance to find them later, they should still be able to think of some way to help him. Reincarnating into someone else’s body was a little too evil. He could only pray that his family had put all his scattered organs back together and stored his body in a freezer…

If that really wasn’t possible, then even making him a body out of lotus roots like Nezha would work!

…However, his great-grandfather didn’t seem to be that almighty either? What should he do then? It was really rather worrying!

While Lin You was worrying himself sick over how he would return to the human world, Mu Yanxiao sighed and changed the subject.

“What about Mu Seven?”

Mu One’s expression turned serious. “Already dealt with. He did indeed betray Boss.”

Mu Yanxiao nodded and did not ask anything further. Aside from Mu One, Mu Two, Mu Three, Mu Four, and Mu Five, he did not really care enough about the other Mu Family bodyguards and guards to spend much thought on them. Even though Mu Seven had been someone fairly close to him.

“Do you guys have something else to say?” After waiting a while, Mu Yanxiao realized that Mu One hadn’t continued speaking, but he hadn’t left either. He subconsciously frowned. Normally, there were only two things that could cause this situation: his troublesome younger brother had done something troublesome again, or his overly concerned grandfather had sent him something.

Sure enough, Mu One’s expression stiffened for a moment at the question. He then coughed lightly and carefully said, “Boss, after the Elder found out about your condition, he was extremely worried and distressed. So, because he didn’t want you to suffer or be lonely by yourself… the Elder had Second Young Master send over a Congo Grey Parrot to keep you company. Uh, the parrot is grayish-blue, supposedly one of the gray-green varieties. It’s quite pretty…”

Mu One’s expression became increasingly tragic as he spoke. His Boss had been the kind of person that even dogs feared since childhood. Forget raising some little animal—even standing beside Boss required enough courage not to be scared into wetting one’s pants! This had nothing to do with his appearance. It was purely a matter of aura!

The moment Mu One finished speaking, Mu Yanxiao’s face darkened as though he had just gone bankrupt. Before he could even refuse, the cheerful voice of the Mu Family’s troublesome Second Young Master came from outside.

“Brother! Look! Grandpa told me to bring this Congo Grey Parrot over for you! They’re especially hard to find in the wild! And look at the color—it’s really pretty! You have to take good care of it from now on~ Grandpa said that even if you starve to death, you absolutely can’t let it starve to death~”

Mu Yanxiao, “…” Why didn’t I just beat this troublesome second-generation heir to death before the accident?

“Also, Grandpa said you can’t refuse to raise it!”

“…Leave the parrot. You can scram.” Mu Yanxiao finally deigned to speak to his younger brother. The latter, however, looked completely unconcerned.

“Oh right! I heard Congo Greys can imitate people and talk! You can’t see, but you can hear, right~? You can have it be your guide parrot in the future, hahaha—ugh!”

Second Young Master Mu was laughing when he suddenly received a deep, chilling glare from his elder brother. His ridiculous expression finally disappeared. He turned to the Congo Grey in the cage and said, “Come on, say it with this lord. Say, ‘Hello!’”

Mu One and Mu Three could not help shaking their heads or turning away at this. This Second Young Master really was… The Congo Grey had only just arrived, and it was still wild. Forget about learning to speak—it was already good enough if it could stay quietly in the cage and wait to be fed!

Young Master Mu Yanxiao looked toward his younger brother with the expression one used when looking at an idiot. The other two people in the room were also waiting to see the Second Young Master make a fool of himself.

Then the Congo Grey that Second Young Master was holding suddenly changed from its earlier timid, wary state. It abruptly straightened up and flapped its wings, then let out two startled cries.

After a long moment, he finally spoke in a hoarse parrot voice:

“Hello your ass! This lord isn’t… fine!!”

Everyone was utterly shocked!!

Then they all fell silent.

—Holy crap, what was wrong with this Congo Grey?! Were wild ones really this intelligent?! Could it have become a spirit?!

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