Chapter 5
Chapter 5
The Yu and Qian families had been close for generations.
Yu Wei and I were betrothed practically from the cradle.
My family exorcised ghosts, and his used to perform requiem rites for the dead. Together, our two families made a perfect one-stop service.
Later, though, temples and Taoist monasteries took over that line of work, so the Yu family switched tracks and went into real estate and cultural tourism instead.
In one stroke, they turned themselves into a wealthy and influential family.
Even now, my grandma still regularly gets together with Yu Wei’s grandma to play mahjong.
Our marriage was arranged a long time ago.
But the two of us really weren’t close.
I stared at the Best Actor in front of me with my eyes wide.
“What? Can’t recognize your husband anymore?”
Yu Wei tugged at the corner of his mouth, speechless.
“Even though we’ve only met twice-once at the Civil Affairs Bureau, and the second time right here; even though I left for overseas filming right after we got our marriage certificate and only came back now-you still shouldn’t have forgotten me this completely, right?”
“Teacher Yu…”
“Why are you calling me teacher? You weren’t this polite on the day we got married.”
“But there are cameras here!”
Yu Wei finally shut up.
I showed him the phone I’d picked up.
The audience had already gone crazy.
Turns out he was even crazier.
“You guys think we’re hyping a CP? No, Qian Jiaojiao and I are actually married.”
“Don’t believe me? Heh. The second we get out of here, I’ll post our little red marriage certificate. Just wait.”
“Was it a love marriage? No, it was an arranged childhood betrothal.”
“People still do childhood betrothals these days? Of course they do, kid. There are plenty of things in this world you don’t know about.”
Yu Wei-professional comment-section destroyer.
Exhausted, I grabbed him. “Why are you on this show?”
“Grandma told me to come protect you.”
“Do I look like I need protecting?”
Yu Wei stroked his chin and looked ahead. “I think this ghost needs protection more.”
A headless ghost that had been lying in ambush for ages charged at us.
I threw a punch.
That thing dropped flat.
Yu Wei gave it a pitying look.
“Be a better person in your next life. Try not to run into Sister Jiaojiao again.”
The livestream comments exploded with rows of “666.”
“Sister Jiaojiao is amazing!”
“Oh no, I think I’m becoming a Qian Jiaojiao fan.”
“Look at our Xiaocha-beautiful and kind-hearted. She shared her talismans with the other guests! That’s what real friendship looks like!”
The comments weren’t lying.
By the time we successfully met up with the other guests, the atmosphere had already turned extremely strange.
Everyone was looking at me with hostility.
They had all been bought off by Bai Xiaocha.