Metaphysics Live Stream, Going Viral Across the Internet Ch. 50

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Li Ge was dying of regret. If he'd known Shen Huo would blow up like this, he never would've handed over the termination contract so fast.

And if the boss found out? His position would be yanked for sure.

So he'd rushed to track down Shen Huo's current address, and waited from morning till now—finally spotting him just now.

"Shen Huo, I was wrong before. I'm here to apologize! Trust me, as long as you come back with me, I guarantee your opportunities will be way better than they are now!"

Shen Huo let out a cold laugh.
"Oh no, please don't. Since I've left, I never planned on going back. Li Ge, you'd better go back and keep an eye on your money-making tree. Wouldn't want to end up with nothing in the end."

"Shen Huo, I already apologized—what more do you want from me?!"

Shen Huo looked at him.

He noticed that the once overbearing man standing in front of him had lost all his arrogant energy. Now, kneeling on the ground begging, he actually looked kinda pitiful.

But if he hadn't managed to make it...

The one who would've ended up pathetic was him.

Shen Huo stepped around Li Ge.
"Since I've already terminated my contract with your company, I'm not going back. You should leave."

Li Ge's face darkened.

"Shen Huo, do you really have to push me to a dead end?"

Hearing that, Shen Huo couldn't help but laugh.

"How would I dare push you? You're the one and only Li Ge, after all. But I don't have time to play word games with you right now. Please leave. If someone snaps a picture, they might think I did something to you. I don't really care, but for you, the bigshot manager's image, well..."

Li Ge stood up, pointing at Shen Huo.
"Don't push your luck. You're just riding a tiny wave of fame right now. One word from me and I could ru—ah!"

Li Ge suddenly crashed to the ground with a thud, a giant bump mysteriously swelling on his forehead.

Hearing the noise, Shen Huo turned around and saw Li Ge lying flat on the ground. He looked up thoughtfully—just in time to see Yang Yiyi sitting in a tree, waving at him.

As soon as Li Ge got back on his feet, Yang Yiyi flicked out a strip of red silk. It landed squarely on Li Ge, knocking him back to the ground.

"Shen—Shen Huo, what kind of dark magic are you using?!"

Shen Huo looked innocent.
"What did I do? Could it be you, Brother Li, bumped into something... unclean?"

He'd only said that to spook him, just messing around with something that sounded creepy.

But Li Ge clearly had a guilty conscience. The second he heard Shen Huo's words, he broke into a cold sweat, face pale as a ghost. He didn't even bother saying anything back and took off in a panic.

Shen Huo watched him stumble away, and the teasing look on his face faded.

"Sister Yiyi, you think he's hiding something?"

Yang Yiyi flashed to his side, also watching Li Ge's pathetic escape.

"There's definitely a ghost's mark on him. I'm gonna follow and see what's up."

Shen Huo said, "Be careful. If anything feels off, get out right away."

Yang Yiyi nodded, turned into a puff of green smoke, and vanished.

Shen Huo finally opened the door and strolled back into his room—only to find a man standing inside.

Wait. Why did this guy look so familiar?

He stared at him for a long moment, and finally remembered who it was.

Wasn't this the hot guy from that dream the other day?

But... why was he here?

Shen Huo absentmindedly touched the little pendant around his neck, spacing out.

"So this is where you live now?"

The man looked around and suddenly spoke.

Snapping back to reality, Shen Huo glanced at the mess of clothes scattered around the place and felt a little embarrassed. He quickly gathered up the dirty laundry from the couch and tossed it into the washing machine.

"Sorry, the place's a bit messy."

The Underworld Lord shook his head.
"That guy at the door earlier—the one trying to stop you. Was he the one who used to bully you?"

Shen Huo blinked.
"Did I say that?"

"You did."

Shen Huo covered his forehead. He had this problem—when he got drunk, he talked way too much.

"I was drunk before, just rambling nonsense. You can ignore it."

The Underworld Lord glanced at Shen Huo, then said,
"That man's carrying a death on his back, haunted by a vengeful spirit. He won't live long."

Shen Huo asked curiously,
"Are you one of those judges of the underworld who manage the Book of Life and Death? You seem to know everything."

"I'm just a worker."

Shen Huo instantly pictured the underworld's soul messengers, and judging by the looks of it, the ones from Fengdu were way more impressive than the ones from anywhere else.

And this guy had even held a wedding ceremony with him. Just thinking about having someone from the underworld on his side made Shen Huo straighten his back proudly.

"Right, we already had the wedding and all, but I haven't even asked your name yet."

(Even though it was with a spirit tablet, technically, it still counts as a wedding, Shen Huo thought, already in ten-out-of-ten overthinking mode.)

The Underworld Lord raised a brow at him.
"You're seriously going to be my partner?"

"Of course! And you're totally my type. Wait—don't tell me you're already married?"

The Underworld Lord shook his head.
"No."

Shen Huo let out a breath of relief.
"Phew, that's good, that's good."

The Underworld Lord found Shen Huo more and more amusing. He didn't even feel annoyed talking with him—actually, he was enjoying it. Weird.

"Anyway, you still haven't told me your name. I can't keep calling you 'hey' forever, right?"

"Yin Jiuxuan."

"That name's kinda weird. Why 'Yin' for a last name?"

Yin Jiuxuan shot him a look.
"Kid, where'd you get all these questions?"

Shen Huo shot back loudly,
"I'm legally old enough to get married, okay? I'm not a kid!"

Yin Jiuxuan didn't respond. He just stood up from the couch.

The second he stood, the whole room suddenly felt smaller.

Shen Huo almost laughed, but also felt a bit sour inside. He made a quiet vow—once he started making money, he'd move into a bigger place.

"You're offering incense to the Emperor of Fengdu?"

"Is that a problem?"

Then Shen Huo suddenly remembered—this guy also worked for Fengdu.

Wait... was he jealous that Shen Huo only hung up a picture of the Fengdu Emperor and not him?

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