Chapter 0124 – Beyond the Door You Opened – Absolute Returns

Ghost Spirit was busy organizing books in his study.

He took each book out and carefully dusted it off, then moved them around, trying to find the perfect placement, oblivious to the fact that the nuances would be of no concern to anyone but himself.

When he had organized the books, he lit sandalwood incense and placed it in various corners of the study, and finally began to boil water in preparation for making tea. Just then, Lin Xiang came.

“Mr. Xu.”

“Miss Lin, please come in, I haven’t had time to clean up yet, I’m really rude.”

Although the study had been cleaned up by him, Lin Xiang was kind enough not to poke him.

“What a collection of books you have in your study.”

“There used to be more, and I cleaned out quite a bit of it.”

“Have you read all these books? I didn’t even know before that you liked reading so much.”

The ghost spirit was happy in his heart.

“This one is autographed by the author, and it took me a lot of effort to get my hands on it. There’s also this one, I purposely ran to Xuzhou to get it. If you’re interested in ghosts and monsters, you can take a look at this one, should I lend it to you?”

“Ah, yes.”

Ghost Spirit hurriedly handed the book to Lin Xiang.

“It’s a fun book, and if you like it, check out this one ……”

“No, thanks.”

“And this one ……”

As Ghost Spirit Zi gushed about his collection of books, Lin Xiang was too embarrassed to interrupt him and could only listen patiently. But Ghost Spirit Zi talked for too long, Lin Xiang couldn’t help but say, “Let’s have some tea?”

“Okay, I’ll make the tea.”

Ghost Spirit’s mood at the moment was like the pot of boiling water that was boiling with excitement.

He could never forget the first time he met Lin Xiang.

It was an upstart party, and Ghostbusters was invited, but as usual, he was out of place with the people around him.

Although those people did not deliberately ostracize him, he could always feel that they looked down on themselves and the Ghost Sect. Coupled with the fact that Ghost Spirit Son himself was unsociable, so he could only sit alone in the corner, watching those people talk and laugh.

He couldn’t stand the depressing atmosphere, so he got up and walked out of the room to the courtyard to get some air. Just then, he saw Lin Xiang. She was beautiful and had an elegant temperament, and Ghost Lingzi was instantly attracted to her. What he didn’t expect was that Lin Xiang took the initiative to greet him.

“What do you think of the party?”

The oni froze for a moment, this was the first person who had taken the initiative to talk to him today.

“I mean, what did you think of the music, the drinks, and the people who came to the party today?”

Onii-chan couldn’t believe her ears that she would be talking about this with a stranger.

“My name is Lin Xiang, from the Lin Clan Sword Sect.”

“My name is Xu Kong, I’m from the Ghost Sect.”

“Ah!”

Ghost Spirit instantly regretted it, he really shouldn’t have revealed his division so early.

However, Lin Xiang’s reaction was out of his expectation, instead of showing disgust, she asked with interest, “I’ve heard of the Ghost Gate, it’s very mysterious.”

“What have you heard?”

“I’ve heard that the Ghost Sect is an amazing sect.”

Onii-chan wanted to talk to her for a while longer, but Lin Xiang was called away by the others.

“My friend called me, so I’m going to head over and talk to you later.”

Lin Xiang turned and walked into the room.

After a while, the ghostly spirit returned to the room as well.

He saw Lin Xiang surrounded by a group of people, talking and laughing, it seemed she was very popular.

Lin Xiang also saw him and waved at him with a smile. The people around him turned their gazes towards Ghost Spirit, but Lin Xiang didn’t care and continued to look at him with a smile on her face.

That night, Ghost Spirit tossed and turned, it was hard to sleep, his mind was full of Lin Xiang’s figure. From then on, he began to attend various banquets frequently, hoping to meet Lin Xiang again.

“Whichever book you like, feel free to take it.” Ghost Spirit said with a smile while making tea.

Heart stood by the window, looking at the night sky, and suddenly asked, “Duke, do you know? What’s the most common phrase people say when they make a wish on a shooting star?”

“What is it?”

“Ah! Oops! Shit!”

I laughed and said, “I have sensitive eyes and ears, you’ll never fool me.”

“Yeah? Then we’ll see.”

We both stared at the night sky, fearing we would miss any of the shooting stars.

“I’ve never mentioned my parents to anyone before.” Heart said suddenly.

In the inn, the reason why she talked to Lin Xiang about her parents was because she wanted to take this opportunity to pour out the bitterness in her heart to me.

“I know, you’ve been wanting to talk to me about this for a long time.”

“Well, it was just the right opportunity to take that chance and say it.”

“You don’t have to worry, I understand how you feel.”

“Actually, I don’t know how to comfort you. I don’t know anything about parenthood, either. As you know, I lost my mother when I was young, and my father, again, is a man of few words. So, I don’t know how to comfort you.”

“Actually, I’m the same. In the past, when you were sad and upset because of what happened to the godfather, I wanted to comfort you, but I didn’t know what to say. I learned a lot from you, including how to get along with my parents.”

“We grew up together, what can you learn from me?”

“At least, you taught me, how to wipe my nose. I’ve always relied on you and learned a lot from you.”

I was going to say something to comfort her, but I eventually gave up. We just stood quietly by the window, staring at the night sky.

“By the way, my lord, how is your plan going?”

“It’s still in the planning stages.”

“I think we need some excitement!”

“What’s the excitement?”

“Why don’t we kidnap Miss Lin and then let Mr. Xu rescue her?”

“Don’t fool around, be careful of making a fool of yourself.”

“A man and a woman should have some sensational experiences!”

“Heart, think about it, the most memorable experiences in your life, were they the thrilling ones?”

“…… is not.”

“So did everyone else.”

The most memorable experiences in my life have been those ordinary moments. And most of those moments have to do with something someone else said.

What my father has said, what my heart has said, what Xu Dalong has said, what Zhang Hao has said, what the Demon Elders have said, what the Windy Sky Cultist and Gao Yue have said, and what I myself have said ……

Those words, like a seed, took root in my heart and eventually changed the course of my life. Although it was hard to change my personality, my life changed forever.

“That’s why I wanted to say those words, to the oni.”

Just then, a meteor crossed the night sky.

Ah! Hope …… Damn! Missed it again!

A few days later, I rented a manor with a tranquil environment and invited Ghost Spirit and Xu Ran to be my guests as a way of thanking them for their hospitality last time.