CH 25

The Ghost King was very sure that he never said anything like “I like Xie Yunnan”  ever.

So how did the people under him misunderstand?

“Boss, you said that you love this person.” The bearded big man said with certainty, he remembered this very clearly.

But after thinking about it carefully, when someone asked their boss if he liked a man… Their boss had reprimanded that man.

The Ghost King also thought about it carefully, and really remembered.

But he was just too excited at the time, and never clarified!

Speaking of which, he’s been so excited these past few days that he doesn’t have time to pay attention to his subordinates… he didn’t expect such a huge misunderstanding to form!

“I like him, but it doesn’t mean I like him! I just want to accept him as an apprentice!” Ghost King said.

“Boss, you want to accept him as an apprentice, really? He looks very ordinary.” That Xie Yunnan is very ordinary in all aspects, so why did their boss fancy him?

“What do you know!” The Ghost King glared at him.

How could his son be ordinary!

Even he is quite confused. His companion beast is a fox, and his child’s mother’s companion beast is a wolf. So how can his son’s companion beast become a dog?

Even if the dog looks like a fox, it’s still a dog!

But it’s not too unusual.

In ancient times, various races didn’t marry very often, so it was rare for children with hybrid companion beasts. But now…

In the past few hundred years, most prefer partners with similar companion beasts. Therefore… Although a child’s companion beast is likely to resemble their parents, it’s not unheard of for it to suddenly mutate into an ancestral form.

Both he and his wife have ancestors who have married people with canine companion beasts, so its normal for their child’s companion beast to be a dog.

The child’s mother’s family, the strongest person in their generation when young, has a wolf-like dog companion beast.

His son’s companion animal is very good, like a fox!

Everyone on the plantation soon found out about the Ghost King wanting to accept Xie Yunnan as his apprentice.

After knowing, their reactions were very strange.

Xie Yunnan is an ordinary person who has lived in the fringe area since he was a child. Why did their boss suddenly fall in love with him?

This is the first time their boss has accepted a apprentice!

Is there something special about this Xie Yunnan?

Everyone became more curious about Xie Yunnan, and Xia Qing, who got along with Xie Yunnan the best, became the object of their questioning.

Xia Qing: “…” She and Xie Yunnan are just strangers…

The next day, before dawn, the Ghost King went to Hongye Forest and caught a level-5 wild boar.

The Ghost King himself is a ninth-level warrior, one of the strongest in the human world. The other ninth-level warriors are all in front of the great nobles in the Holy City. Unlike them, he can actually go hunt in person.

After catching it, he even stewed it himself!

His subordinates were stunned: “The boss is so good to a apprentice?”

“I also want to be the boss’s apprentice.”

“This meat is really fragrant…”

“The boss really doesn’t like that Xie Yunnan?”

These people were very curious. They watched the Ghost King cook a large pot of pork, and pack the best pieces to go.

It was a tin bucket filled with vegetables, two buckets full of pork!

Can Xie Yunnan finish so much?!

The Ghost King didn’t think about Xie Yunnan’s problem of not finishing his food, and went to find Xie Yunnan.

When he was in the Holy City, he was also a “famous” person. After wearing a mask and turning into a Ghost King to fight against those people, he had to hide his face.

It’s more comfortable to wear a mask than this fake skin, but he can’t walk around wearing a mask. Though, even if he changes his mask, he is easy to be stared at.

So he specially customized some faces, e.g., scars all over the face, or birthmarks all over the face… Some of the faces are quite disgusting, and this face is not bad in comparison.

On this day, Xie Yunnan started teaching Duan Changqing car repair early in the morning.

It stands to reason that something like car repair, the more you do it, the more you learn. But Xie Yunnan considered Duan Changqing’s appearance, and didn’t want Duan Changqing to really start with those dirty jobs.

And repairing a car also requires strength. Where does Duan Changqing have strength?

Xie Yunnan just explained it to him, and asked Duan Changqing to stand beside him with Xiaobai in his arms.

Xie Yunnan was afraid that Duan Changqing’s original identity was a problem. Duan Changqing also didn’t know anything about the original owner of this body, so they were both very careful. If nothing else, they would try not to release Duan Changqing’s companion beast in front of people.

Xiaobai didn’t get in the way.

In the past, Xie Yunnan was afraid that Xiaobai would run around and stain his hair, so he would not let Xiaobai out downstairs. Now…

Xiaobai, who wanted to run to the ground all day was well-behaved in Duan Changqing’s arms, not even interested in going to the ground.

Xie Yunnan was relieved to let Duan Changqing hold Xiaobai.

“Do you remember what I said?” Xie Yunnan asked Duan Changqing.

“I remember it all.” Duan Changqing nodded seriously.

In fact, learning car mechanic skills is really not difficult for him.

As long as the intact car is brought to him and he “looks” at it, he can see where the car is broken at a glance.

So what he needs to learn is actually how to fix it.

This is also easy to learn. He doesn’t have to lean over, he can learn by “looking” at Xie Yunnan by standing next to him.

Duan Changqing said: “Yunnan, you just need to fix the car, I’ll just watch it.”

“Okay.” Xie Yunnan smiled.

Duan Changqing is too smart, and his learning speed is very, very fast. Without his careful teaching, Duan Changqing can learn many things by himself.

The two of them repaired cars and looked at each other, and they were very affectionate. At this time, the small truck that Xia Qing drove yesterday stopped at the door of their shop.

When Xie Yunnan went out, he saw that the person who got off the driver’s seat this time was the one he had saved the night before.

This person looked very weak that night, but it took less than two days for this person’s body to recover?

“Your name is Xie Yunnan? Let me call you Yunnan… Yunnan, thank you for saving me.” Ghost King smiled at Xie Yunnan.

When people came to thank him yesterday, Xie Yunnan was more accepting. Today, when someone came, he felt a little embarrassed: “I didn’t do anything, you don’t have to.”

“What you did is a life-saving grace after all.”

“If I didn’t save you, it’s not certain you’ll have an accident…”

“But I’ll suffer lying outside!” the Ghost King said.

This is also true… Xie Yunnan was about to say something, but the Ghost King had already taken down two tin buckets from the car. “Today we stewed meat in the plantation, so I brought you a little.”

The two tin buckets are quite big. Two full buckets of meat are just called “a little”?

“I can’t finish eating so much meat…” Xie Yunnan was embarrassed to accept other people’s food.

“Eat more, eating more meat is good for your body,” the Ghost King said. “It’s just a little meat, don’t tell me my life is not worth a little meat yet?”

“This…”

“If it’s me, I can eat a third of this meat alone.” The Ghost King laughed.

One third? Xie Yunnan was shocked.

The Ghost King said again: “I’m a fourth-level warrior with a big appetite.”

It turns out that this person is a fourth-level warrior, no wonder!

Xie Yunnan looked at each other enviously.

He has always wanted to be a warrior, but unfortunately his companion beast is too weak…

After Xie Yunnan knew that the Ghost King was a fourth-level warrior, his attitude towards the Ghost King was even better.

The Ghost King continued his routine and chatted, revealing things such as his intent to find people to grow a variety of high-yielding potatoes on his plantation, and then sell them to the surrounding residents when they were ready.

He also said that the plantation had signed supply contracts with some factories, and because he knew that it was not easy for everyone, he tore up the contract and sold the output of the plantation to the surrounding people.

Xie Yunnan listened with admiration.

Seeing him happy, the Ghost King spoke even more happily.

Duan Changqing sat next to Xiaobai, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his heart was extremely alert.

The person in front of him… he knew.

This man has a strong fox smell on his body. Isn’t he the male fox who always comes to peep on them these days?

The person Xie Yunnan saved the night before turned out to be him!

Duan Changqing thought about this, and immediately thought of the day before. This person was lying on his way home… At that time, this person wanted him to “rescue” him?

Why did this vixen approach them?

Did he come for him, or for Xie Yunnan?

All kinds of thoughts flashed through Duan Changqing’s heart, and then met the gaze of the Ghost King.

The Ghost King chatted with his son for a long time before he remembered to pay attention to his son-in-law.

One glance made him unhappy!

This man is too weak!

His arms and legs are too thin. And according to his perception, this person’s companion beast is also weak!

Not only that, but this person has no manners. He just sat there not knowing to come and greet him.

And… he’s even wearing makeup!

The Ghost King has always disliked weak men, and now that such a man has become his son’s partner, he feels very uncomfortable.

His son could have a better partner.

If nothing else, he can pull out a few men who were better than Duan Changqing from his subordinates.

If his son can accept women… he has few women under his command, but there are more women in his mother’s hands… Meny enough with sufficient strength and beauty to go on a blind date with his son!

But this is the person that his son likes, and his son’s companion animal can’t even come out of his arms…

The Ghost King gave Duan Changqing a dissatisfied look. Although he was dissatisfied, he didn’t say anything. He turned his head and continued talking to Xie Yunnan, and said: “The two of us are really destined. My surname is Xie, and my name is Xie Qing.”

He is not actually Xie, but he doesn’t mind following his son’s surname.

It’s his own son after all!

“It’s such a coincidence?”

“Yeah… That, I haven’t been here for a long time, and I know very few people. Can I come to talk to you often in the future?” the Ghost King asked.

“Of course.” Xie Yunnan agreed.

Xie Yunnan was still a little wary of the Ghost King before, but after being in close contact, he feels that this person is very kind and should be a good person.

As they talked, the Ghost King finally brought the topic to becoming a warrior. “Do you want to be a warrior? If you want, you can take me as a teacher, and I will teach you.”

The name of a savior is not enough.

His son was very vigilant. He only made a phone call for him that day. He kept sending things and his son was afraid that he would refuse to accept it.

It would be great if they could be master and apprentice!

“Can I be a warrior too?” Xie Yunnan was stunned.

His companion beast is a dog with little fighting ability, can he also become a warrior?

His Xiaobai hasn’t grown up yet!

Wait… Speaking of the fact that Xiaobai doesn’t grow up…

Xie Yunnan looked at Xiaobai, why did he think that Xiaobai looked a little older?

DCQ and the Ghost King reflect your classic wife vs. mother-in-law tension without even realizing it.

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