Yuan family's phone number: 14

  I've been constantly bombarded by unexpected events lately, and every time I'm caught off guard. The scabbard in my hand loosened and fell to the ground.

  I accepted their identities and their entrustment, but never thought that the seemingly smooth-talking Chang Yu would actually be our family's former Guardian Angel!

  Chang Yu's apple was left with only the core, and he carelessly threw it into his uncle's ashtray, but didn't intend to leave. He waved his hand and said: "Aren't you going to work? You'll be late! Don't worry, I'm watching the ashes, they definitely won't catch fire."

  I went back to my room and put on my clothes, looking at the silent Ming Yan in the mirror, feeling that there must be something I didn't know about, and he should know.

  Passing by Uncle's room, the incense ash smoke was still rising, but Chang Yu was nowhere to be seen again, and another apple was missing. Just like everyone knows, Ba Jia Xian and other immortals in the Xian Tang only eat vegetarian food and not meat. Chang Yu had also said that he was a vegetarian, so since he didn't leave, it wouldn't be inappropriate for him to enjoy the incense and eat the offerings.

  He is unwilling to explain, so I can only let Ming Yan take action.

  On the way to work, I asked him and he answered me very honestly.

  "I don't know what happened that year. Your parents' death, Chang Yu is also unclear about it because he's investigating too. This is also the reason why he won't leave, he thinks it's their dereliction of duty that caused it. After all the other immortal families left, the name 'Ba Jia Xian' has become an empty title, but your uncle still makes offerings to them. Chang Yu feels that as a Ba Jia Xian, he has the responsibility to find out the truth, so he stayed."

  It turns out that he has been watching me grow up, and is familiar with everything about me. In other words, whether Ming Yan has a disaster waiting for him or not, sooner or later he will appear in front of me?

  "Are you angry with him?" Ming Yan looked at me with some concern. He should also be aware of such an arrangement!

  "A bit, self-righteous guy. I just found it strange, and it turned out to be him who did it."

  I drove while looking ahead, took out a pack of cigarettes and put one in my mouth, saying somewhat angrily: "And you? I saw that you seemed hesitant the other day, was it because of me? You seem to not plan on letting me become your companion?"

  He responded to me with a single word, which was enough to answer my question, but he didn't elaborate any further. Half of the cigarette had already been smoked away, and with just a few hundred meters left before we reached our destination, I thought he wouldn't say anything else. But unexpectedly, Ming Yan spoke up.

  "I never thought of taking you out of the water, I just wanted to be able to talk to someone who wasn't afraid of me. After all, Ferryman is a lonely existence. Staying after getting along with you, your openness and frankness touched me deeply. So, knowing you, I feel very lucky, that's all."

  I almost stepped on the brake pedal, but I managed to stop myself. I glanced sideways at Ming Yan, who was still staring out of the window, and smiled gratefully in my heart, thanking him silently. From now on, I won't chase him away again like he said today.

  After several days, my uncle finally made it through the hospital and returned home. Without me reminding him, he obediently took his medicine on time, slept on schedule, and put aside all the ball games and news that he could have watched. I reckon this half-month trip to the hospital really scared him senseless, and now he knows the importance of being carefree.

  My life returned to normal, with regular working hours every day. On the third day after he was discharged from hospital, I finally got in touch with Yuan Xue's father.

  It's not because I'm lazy, on the contrary, I'm the one who's depressed. The first two days I also made a phone call, the first time was treated as a harassment call and hung up, later I used my home phone to call, after finally getting through, I was actually treated as a weirdo by the guy on the other end, and he even threatened me that if I make another call, he'll report it to the police.

  I'm so depressed! From childhood to adulthood, no one has ever spoken to me like that. What's even more infuriating is Ming Yan, this guy was secretly laughing on the side after hearing the whole conversation, it made me so angry I wanted to strangle him to death, unfortunately I didn't have the chance because he was already dead.

  On the third day, I was too anxious to make another call, so I decided to let Ming Yan notify Yuan Xue to inform her through a dream instead. Unexpectedly, I received a call from an unfamiliar number, and the man on the other end of the phone spoke politely with a strong, resonant voice.

  "Is Miss Yin Yue there? I am Yuan Xue's father. When would you be available? Let's schedule a time to discuss what you wanted to talk about!"

  I'm someone who always has spare time, but the Yuans look like they're wealthy and influential, so their time must be squeezed out. I had him set a time, then arranged to take some time off myself.

  Two days later, I met Yuan Xue's father, Yuan Lei, the CEO of a certain catering and entertainment company, in a luxurious private room at a high-end restaurant.