Chapter 220
Chapter 220
Fu Yiming let out a soft laugh of ambiguous meaning.
Everyone in the Company had vanished for no reason, leaving only six Players.
Even an idiot could tell who the ghosts were.
Jiang Mixue quietly shuffled a few steps and hid herself inside Yun Youyou’s shadow.
She chanted silently: You can’t see me. You can’t see me…
Fu Yiming’s gaze traveled over Yun Youyou several times.
“So you’re here to protect me. In that case, I really should thank you.”
“……”
Yun Youyou felt there was no good way to answer, so she chose silence.
Fu Yiming said nothing more and abruptly turned to leave.
Yun Youyou and Jiang Mixue released a breath at the same time.
“Aren’t you coming?”
Before they could finish exhaling, Fu Yiming suddenly turned to look at them.
“Didn’t you come to protect me? Hurry up and follow.”
Yun Youyou and Jiang Mixue exchanged a glance and decided to follow first and figure out the rest later.
The Company tower was exceptionally dark that night.
Three sets of footsteps echoed through the corridor.
When Fu Yiming quickened his pace, the two behind him sped up too.
When he stopped, the two behind him hurriedly slammed on the brakes.
Their guilty consciences were practically written across their faces.
Fu Yiming was angry at their behavior, but the sight also made him feel somewhat better.
They might be ghosts, but at least neither of them had any intention of hurting people.
Things remained peaceful on this side.
On the other side, ghosts and Players were supposedly fighting with everything they had.
After the human and two ghosts walked through the Company for a while, they heard Xiao Yanxi cursing loudly in the distance.
Fu Yiming’s gaze sharpened, and he ran toward the sound on his long legs.
Just because Yun Youyou and Jiang Mixue weren’t aggressive didn’t mean the other ghosts would be equally reasonable.
They were all Players. He would help anyone he could.
Fu Yiming didn’t recognize the voice.
But Yun Youyou shared an office with Xiao Yanxi every day and could identify him long ago.
The three ran over and looked.
Xiao Yanxi stood beside a money tree, with a wary Player some distance away.
The two faced each other in a standoff.
“That’s President Fu’s assistant. I suspected long ago that he was a Player too.”
Jiang Mixue had already become familiar with her coworkers and was somewhat friendly with the assistant.
Fu Yiming had expected to find a ghost and Player fighting.
Only after arriving did he discover that both sides were exceptionally calm.
“Come over here if you’ve got the guts! Hurry up and exchange a few moves with your Grandpa!”
Xiao Yanxi made outrageous boasts, arrogance written across his face.
The Player refused to back down. “Why should I go over there? If you’ve got the guts, you come here!”
Xiao Yanxi planted his hands on his hips.
“Who do you think you are? I should come over just because you tell me to?”
The Player said, “I’m your father. Hurry over here, son!”
Fu Yiming: ……
The human and ghost cursed viciously at each other, but their feet seemed to have taken root in the floor. Neither moved an inch.
Fu Yiming: I shouldn’t have come.
Even if the two argued for another half hour, they probably wouldn’t start fighting.
Xiao Yanxi had sharp eyes. The instant he saw Yun Youyou, he declared, “Even if you try to talk me down today, it won’t work. I’m going to beat him bloody!”
Yun Youyou: …I had no intention of stopping you.
The Player copied and pasted the same tactic onto Fu Yiming.
Fu Yiming’s response was to turn and leave.
“Hey! Don’t go!”
No matter how the people behind them called out, the human and two ghosts quickly departed.
Yun Youyou walked behind Fu Yiming.
With nothing else to do, she stared at his back.
Fu Yiming suddenly stopped.
“Ow!”
Yun Youyou couldn’t stop in time and crashed straight into him, reddening her forehead.
Why had he suddenly stopped for no reason?
She poked her head around him to look ahead.
The older man was standing there.
Fu Yiming reached out and pressed Yun Youyou’s head back behind him.
Yun Youyou: ……
My head isn’t a ball.
The moment he saw the older man, the aura around Fu Yiming turned cold.
Even Yun Youyou felt a chill down her back.
She withdrew her gaze and discovered that Jiang Mixue had already crouched on the floor.
Jiang Mixue tugged at Yun Youyou’s clothes.
So Yun Youyou crouched too.
The two squatted in a corner like a pair of mushrooms.
Jiang Mixue patted her chest in lingering fear and whispered, “Good thing we didn’t fight President Fu earlier. His aura is pretty powerful.”
Yun Youyou said, “Once the two of them start fighting, we’ll run.”
The two ghosts inched toward the exit.
No one knew what the older man and Fu Yiming were doing.
They stared at each other for ages without starting a fight.
Jiang Mixue asked, “Have they fallen into the river of love?”
Yun Youyou said, “Then we should grab our life rings and get out of here.”
The two spoke very quietly, but the surroundings were simply too silent.
Fu Yiming heard every word clearly, and his eyelid twitched several times.
These two ghosts were astonishingly irritating.
“Where are you two going?”
The older man glared at them furiously.
“Stop pretending. He probably knows you’re ghosts already. Hurry up and help me.”
Fu Yiming said nothing.
Yun Youyou and Jiang Mixue pretended not to hear and continued inching outward.
The two mushrooms were almost out of sight.
The older man panicked.
“Hurry over here! If you don’t come, I’ll report you to the Game.”
“Hurry!”
Fu Yiming turned to look at them too.
His chilly gaze made Yun Youyou feel as though her skin were being scraped away.
Fu Yiming said, “Give me a reasonable explanation.”
Jiang Mixue whispered beside Yun Youyou’s ear, “Think of something, quick.”
Yun Youyou: ……
All of you are making things difficult for me.
She looked around, suddenly rolled her eyes back, and collapsed.
Jiang Mixue hadn’t expected Yun Youyou to faint on command and hurried forward to catch her.
Why had she suddenly fainted when she had been perfectly fine?
Fu Yiming’s brows drew tightly together.
Before the humans and ghosts present could react, Yun Youyou opened her eyes again.
She rose with a bewildered expression.
“Huh? Who am I?”
Jiang Mixue said, “…You have amnesia?”
Yun Youyou said, “Right! I remember now! I hit my head against a wall a few days ago and suddenly forgot many things.”
Jiang Mixue played along and continued the scene.
“Do you need to go to the hospital for an examination?”
Yun Youyou said, “No. I remember everything now.”
Fu Yiming raised an eyebrow.
“What did you remember?”
Yun Youyou said, “I was originally an imperial marshal from the interstellar age. After a car accident, I became a useless ghost bullied by everyone. Now that I’ve opened my eyes again, I will take back everything that belongs to me.”
Fu Yiming said, “Oh? What was your original name?”
Yun Youyou planted one foot on the flowerpot beside her and declared imposingly, “I am Yun Aotian.”
Fu Yiming: ……
The older man grew impatient.
“I don’t care whether you’re Yun Aotian or Yun Aodi. Hurry up and help.”
Yun Youyou pushed Fu Yiming aside and strode out valiantly.