My Zombie Husband

25. Chapter 25: Clues, Getting Caught

Translator: Cheryl_M

Zhao Yun understood that Xia Mingyu was caring for him. The feeling was very subtle. During the Three Kingdoms period, when he was a general who charged forward in the battle, the soldiers only saw his glory. No one would care about whether he was injured or not. With responsibilities to bear with, he had no time to care about himself.

It was thoudsands of years later when he found that he woke up from death. He did feel flustered and confused before, but he was used to hiding his feelings. He was clearly aware that he needed to learn everything about this new world, so he tried to integrate into it, without caring about himself at all.

However, now the worry in the eyes of this young man was telling him that he was cared about. Zhao Yun’s cold face softened and then he suddenly put on a smile, which was bigger and more eye-catching than the one that appeared before. “Oh, I’m fine.”

Xia Mingyu was dumbfounded. He raised his hand and rubbed his eyes. When he opened his eyes, he saw that Zhao Yun was still smiling. Greatly surprised, he pinched himself and felt painful. In a trance, he said, “I’m not dreaming.”

Smiling, Zhao Yun shook his head resignedly and then stroked Xia Mingyu’s head softly, “Okay, let’s go, they all have gone.”

No one had ever spoken to him with such a soft voice. Xia Mingyu shrank his head in surprise. Before he could react, he was dragged away by Zhao Yun. He stared at their hands held together in astonishment and felt the coldness from the other hand, which happened to mitigate his heat. An idea sudddenly occurred to him that it seemd quite nice to just be with Zhao Yun for the rest of his life…

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The Buddha’s light in the temple was so great that Wangchuan was worried that Zhao Yun and the eight-tailed cat spirit would be hurt. Therefore, they were kept outside while he and Sun Yaxin went inside for inquiry. Xia Mingyu didn’t follow them. After all, he couldn’t be of help.

Looking at Zhao Yun quietly staring at the crowd, Xia Mingyu suddenly recalled that he had never called Zhao Yun’s name. Actually, he felt a bit awkward. He couldn’t call Zhao Yun “Zilong” like Mu Feng, or call “Zhao Yun” casually like Sun Yaxin, or even call “Brother Zhao” like Wangchuan. Anyhow, he would feel embarrassed. What should he do?

Xia Mingyu was pondering over this problem alone and still failed to obtain a solution. He wanted to talk to Zhao Yun, but he didn’t know how to start the conversation. In the end, he could only shake his head. Whatever! They didn’t have much to talk about.

Chewing the little dried fish, the eight-tailed cat spirit glanced at Xia Mingyu and snorted. This young man was not frank at all. He clearly wanted to hit on its master. Well, was it appropriate to use the term “hit on” in this way?

The two men and a cat stayed outside for a while. Having waited for a long time, Xia Mingyu felt so bored that he started to play games on his phone. Then the wooden door behind him opened with a creak.

Wangchuan and Sun Yaxin bent over to thank Abbot Yinle in the room and then got out of the room. The eight-tailed cat spirit first jumped into Wangchuan’s arms, meowing continuously. Wangchuan stroked his back and said, “We have got the clues. Master did come here before.”

Sun Yaxin stretched himself and saw Xia Mingyu’s curious look. Then he walked over and pinched his face with a smile, saying that the young man’s skin touched really good. He also wanted to make sure whether he was a girl. However, whipped by the cat spirit’s tail, he had to give up, mumbling and sputtering. He gave a chocolate bar to Xia Mingyu. Why was this person so childish?

Xia Mingyu was touched several times by Sun Yaxin. Upon seeing the man’s teasing eyes, he gritted his teeth and took a step back to hide behind Zhao Yun. Crap! Were all Mu Feng’s friends so scary?

“Haha, you are shy!” Sun Yaxin burst out laughing. Wangchuan twitched his mouth and the eight-tailed cat spirit didn’t bother to talk to him anymore. Xia Mingyu bit his lips and felt like beating Sun Yaxin up.

“Ah, you are so interesting. No wonder Mu Feng likes you so much. He even goes to Tibet to get you an orientation gift.” Sun Yaxin clapped his hands with the chocolate bar held in his mouth and then walked outwards. Xia Mingyu was so confused. Wangchuan said, “Master has gone to Tibet. Abbot Yinle said that Master asked about the whereabouts of the Tiyue Tang Sword after he brought the ghost children here.”

With staring eyes, the eight-tailed cat spirit almost couldn’t help crying out. Fortunately, it turned its words into a meow. Oh gosh! It guessed wrongly that Mu Feng disliked Xia Mingyu and treated him unfairly. Unexpectedly, Mu Feng had gone to Tibet to prepare the orientation gift for Xia Mingyu!

“So he can’t be reached just because there’s no signal in that place?” Xia Mingyu asked with a poker face, but in fact, he was thrilled in his heart. Mu Feng was preparing a present for him! He had never received a gift. To be honest, this master was really kind to him.

For a moment, he wanted to cry. He felt that he was in the dream and feared that he would wake up in the Zhao Family. The present happiness just made him worry about losing it all of a sudden.

Wangchuan thought for a while and nodded, “Maybe. It is also possible that Master didn’t pick up the call on purpose. As I recall, Master also used to disappear for a while when he was looking for the Snake Bone Whip for He Nai.”

Sun Yaxin had already walked ahead. When he turned around, he found that the others were still no leaving. Then he waved hands at them, shouting, “What are you doing? Let’s go! We shall go back and have a rest.”

It seemed that a crow flew over the heads of Xia Mingyu and the other two people.

Xia Mingyu watched Wangchuan and Zhao Yun catch up, and then walked behind Zhao Yun, with his hand holding the kylin pendant. In fact, he was a bit worried about Mu Feng and wondered if he would encounter any danger in the trip.

Suddenly, a hand reached from behind his back and instantly covered Xia Mingyu’s mouth and nose with a handkerchief that had the knockout drops. Xia Mingyu felt a bit dizzy, watching Zhao Yun going further and further. He reached out his hands for help but his hands just couldn’t go past the crowd. Come on, please turn around!

“Well, I finally caught you.” A voice came. Xia Mingyu felt even more frightened. It was the man he met before, who followed all the way from Lingyin Temple to the White Horse Temple. Did he have to be so persistent?

“Hmm!” Xia Mingyu struggled, but his hands and feet became weaker and weaker. Finally, he fainted. The man carried him on his shoulder and strode away in the opposite direction to Wangchuan and his peers.

When Sun Yaxin opened the door to the car and asked the others to get into the car, they found that Xia Mingyu was missing.

“Hmm? Where is that kid?” Sun Yaxin leaned over the door and asked, “Is he lost?”

Wangchuan, who was also shocked, hurriedly went into the White Horse Temple to look for Xia Mingyu with Zhao Yun. Sun Yaxin had no other choice but to stay by the car to wait for them. However, they two walked around the White Horse Temple four or five times and still couldn’t find Xia Mingyu. It was not until the eight-tailed cat spirit asked the wild cats around that they knew that Xia Mingyu had been taken away by someone.

Sun Yaxin touched his jaw and sighed, “Oh, I’m such a doomsayer today. I mentioned kidnapping for ransom before and now it does happen. Do I need to ask Mu Feng to expel bad luck for me?”

The eight-tailed cat spirit was so speechless.

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“Do you bring what I want?” The figure above the platform asked. Then the man down there hurriedly placed Xia Mingyu on the podium not far away, and said, “I’ve brought the boy here. When do I get what I ask for?”

“Hmm, that’s good. Zihuan.” The figure said. Out of the darkness a young man in black glanced at the man and saw the delight in his eyes. The next second, the young man ripped out the man’s heart.

“You! You…” The man didn’t have time to question why they broke the promise before falling on the ground. The young man set him on fire and in the end, only a pile of ashes were left. The  figure on the platform sneered, “How stupid it is to make a deal with a tiger!”