Chapter 9

Sun Yan asked, "What happened?"

Du Xiangxiang took off her pink glasses and handed them to him, "Young Master, use them to look at your leg."

Sun Yan took the pink glasses, which were originally for a woman and too small for him, and awkwardly placed them in front of his eyes. He looked down and saw a bald, ugly, and peculiar little ghost hugging his right leg. The little ghost was gray and dark, but its eyes were large, and it even grinned at him, showing two rows of ghastly white teeth.

"What is this? What is this thing?" Sun Yan jumped up, kicking hard to try to shake off the hideously ugly little ghost, but he couldn't do it. He rubbed his leg against the sofa, but the little ghost's body was like a bubble, still hugging his leg.

"Little Misfortune Spirit!" Du Xiangxiang said angrily, "It must be something Yao Yao placed on Young Master."

"Little Misfortune Spirit?" Sun Yan was stunned.

"The Misfortune Spirit governs decay and illness. Once it latches onto you, bad luck will follow immediately," Du Xiangxiang explained, "No wonder Young Master encountered a villain last night, lost money, and even lost your keys. Also, Young Master felt unwell this morning, which must be due to the Little Misfortune Spirit attaching to you, causing nightmares."

No wonder, I thought I suddenly became so unlucky.

However, the encounter with the villain, losing money, and having nightmares can all be blamed on the Little Misfortune Spirit, but you were the one who dropped the keys, right?

Sun Yan said, "You mean that the Imperial Princess Yao Yao from the Heavenly Realm was with us yesterday?"

"Um," Du Xiangxiang said, "Yao Yao is proficient in the 'Flying Body and Tracing' among the thirty-six great powers. Her invisibility technique is very powerful, and she has a very bad temper. It must be because Young Master said something bad about her yesterday, and she heard it, so she placed the Little Misfortune Spirit on you."

"I said something bad about her? When did I say something bad about her?"

"At that time, didn't Young Master say, 'The Yao Yao you mentioned seems very bad'?" She must have heard it."

Come on, no way? Just one sentence, and I offended the Imperial Princess of the Heavenly Realm, the future Heavenly Emperor? Are you playing with me, God? I'm just a mortal, how can I survive after offending the future Heavenly Emperor? Sun Yan looked at the ceiling, tears streaming down his face.

Then he had a thought, "You mean that the Imperial Princess Yao Yao was with us last night?"

Du Xiangxiang said, "Definitely."

Sun Yan asked again, "She also stole the Red Thread of Fate from the God of Love? What happens to people tied by the Red Thread?"

Du Xiangxiang said worriedly, "Men and women tied by the Red Thread will fall in love and become inseparable. However, if they have no destiny, being tied by the Red Thread usually leads to a bad outcome. Only those whose names are written in the Book of Destiny can achieve true happiness. Otherwise, they will ruin their lives."

Sun Yan asked cautiously, "What if two men are tied together?"

"The same," Du Xiangxiang said, "Even if two men are tied together, they will fall in love. Not just two men, even two stones tied together would be the same."

Sun Yan continued, "What if a person and a dog are tied together?"

Du Xiangxiang was stunned for a moment, then she and Sun Yan looked at the TV together.

After a while, Du Xiangxiang whispered, "Young Master means that the bad guy kissed Xiu Xiu's lips because Yao Yao tied the Red Thread?"

Not just kissed the lips...

Sun Yan raised his head, looking at the ceiling again, tears of happiness streaming down his face. God, I wronged you. The female demon Yao Yao has been good to me. At least, she didn't tie me and Xiu Xiu together...

"No way," Du Xiangxiang stomped her feet, "I have to find her. If this continues, she will make a mess of everything."

It's already a mess! Sun Yan held the pink glasses, looking down at the Little Misfortune Spirit hugging his leg and grinning at him, "How do I get rid of it?"

Du Xiangxiang remembered this and quickly took out a talisman from her small bag, saying, "Young Master, don't move." She held the talisman and chanted, "Heavenly Official grants blessings, good fortune abounds! Laozi of the Supreme... hurry, hurry, as the law commands!"

A red light flashed, and the talisman in her hand disappeared. Sun Yan turned his head and saw a small figure on his shoulder. The small figure wore a red robe and an official hat with two long tassels. He asked, "What is this?"

Du Xiangxiang answered, "This is a Little Lucky Star, and it is the mortal enemy of the Little Misfortune Spirit!"

The Little Lucky Star crouched on Sun Yan's shoulder, glaring fiercely at the Little Misfortune Spirit below. Then, one rushed down, and the other rushed up, and the two little creatures started fighting on Sun Yan's stomach.

Du Xiangxiang clenched her fists, cheering for the Little Lucky Star, "Go! Go! Go..."

Sun Yan sighed... What is this feeling of speechlessness?

***

Sun Yan led Du Xiangxiang, running down the street.

The Little Lucky Star was still crouched on his shoulder. After a fierce battle, the Little Lucky Star finally defeated the Little Misfortune Spirit. However, the Little Lucky Star itself had become almost transparent, as if it would disappear at any moment.

Du Xiangxiang said that the Little Lucky Star and the Little Misfortune Spirit originally had similar powers, but Sun Yan losing his wallet last night was equivalent to "spending money to ward off disaster," which weakened the Little Misfortune Spirit, allowing the Little Lucky Star to defeat it.

The summer sun was more scorching than bright, and even the water in Fuxi River was lazy, slow, and weak.

They arrived at the marriage registration office of the Civil Affairs Bureau.

Today was not a good day, but there were an unusually large number of people registering for marriage, and the surroundings were very noisy.

"Why can't we get married?" A man in his forties shouted, "Why can't a person and a monkey get married? Do you look down on monkeys? Your ancestors' ancestors' ancestors' ancestors were all monkeys, weren't they?"

A monkey on his shoulder chirped.

On the other side, an old woman held the hand of a young woman who had just started working, crying and saying, "Sister, my life has been hard. I was forced into marriage from a young age and married a cripple. When I was sixteen, he was conscripted, and I became a widow for twenty years. I couldn't bear it anymore, so I remarried, but my second husband was a gambler, drinker, and womanizer. He would beat me when he drank too much. I suffered until he died. Now I have finally found true love. My life has been so hard, can you help us?"

The young woman at the marriage registration office also cried, "Auntie, even if you say that, I can't help you register with a stone."

Du Xiangxiang wore her pink glasses and looked around, "They are all tied by the Red Thread."

I know that without you saying... What is this all about?

Sun Yan felt as if the whole world was falling apart.

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