Chapter 202 The Overbearing Ghost King Is a Pampered Husband (8)

For two days, Diaoyou Meimei was gone. Zhu Zhen began to suspect she had packed her things and run off. But then she thought, it was just a sword. If she could really take it, let her run.

On weekends, the academy was closed, and students were generally not allowed to leave. However, Zhu Zhen's recent audacious actions had already made her infamous, and no one dared to stop her. The main gate was merely a decoration for her; she entered and exited several times a day with an air of nonchalance, and the security guards simply pretended not to see her.

As she emerged from the academy, Jiang Chongyan was waiting for her by the entrance, gazing expectantly inside. Upon seeing her, he quickly ran over.

Zhu Zhen reached out and caught him, and the two shared a gentle embrace.

"Are you hot? Why didn't you go inside?"

Jiang Chongyan had been by her side for the past few days. Zhu Zhen's spiritual energy had been continuously feeding him. In just a few days, his strength was fully restored, and he was no longer afraid of the sunlight.

Jiang Chongyan shook his head. "I just arrived too."

They walked back hand in hand.

"I bought movie tickets. We'll go to the movies tonight."

He now seemed to have returned to his human days, or perhaps he was even happier than before. He spent most of his time with Zhu Zhen, doing things he enjoyed, without being restrained or forced by anyone.

It was as if the soft, bright little sun from before had returned.

If Zhu Zhen didn't have a system with her, which knew his current blackening value was still astronomically high, she might have believed him.

"Mm." What wicked idea was he plotting now?

Jiang Chongyan smiled happily, his eyes bright and his smile radiant, showing not a hint of darkness.

Still a little actor.

"I was so bored when you weren't home!" he said, swinging her hand as they walked, casually leading into the topic.

Wanting to know what he truly intended to say, Zhu Zhen followed his lead. "You refused to come with me."

"I wouldn't. I dislike the academy. Everyone at the academy is annoying. You dislike them too, don't you? You even argued with them, no, you fought with them. Why don't you leave?"

He wanted that place to be utterly destroyed, for all the ringleaders to receive their just punishment. And before all that began, he wanted to ensure the innocent left.

"I don't dislike them," Zhu Zhen said with a smile that was almost maniacal. "Those people are interesting. I enjoy watching them court disaster again and again. Otherwise, I could just kill them. But think about their crimes; wouldn't a simple death be too easy for them?"

[Host, you are terrifying!]

"This way, they might live a little longer before they die."

System: [...] A roundabout way of saving them?

[Then shouldn't they be grateful to you?]

"No need. I just don't want to dirty his hands." The time spent waiting, or rather toying with them, would be enough for her to handle it herself.

The system glanced at her information, its gaze lingering on the substantial amounts of Faith and Merit points. For the umpteenth time, it wondered if there was a minus sign missing in front of them.

With her host's perverse tastes, treating lives as child's play and tools to amuse a beauty, how could she possibly deserve such high Merit points?

Jiang Chongyan smiled, thought carefully, and gently shook his head. "Death is already the greatest punishment for them. When a person dies, their debts are settled. You shouldn't be so extreme."

Zhu Zhen: [...]

[Hahahaha...] The system erupted in wild laughter.

The angle of this backfire was somewhat novel. Zhu Zhen couldn't be bothered to ponder whether he genuinely thought this or was merely pretending. When speaking to humans, one used human language; when following a ghost, one naturally had to learn some ghost talk.

"You make a good point. Let's just kill them with one swift blow and give them a quick end!"

The system's laughter was abruptly cut short.

Zhu Zhen snorted and ignored him.

The cinema Jiang Chongyan had chosen was near the academy. He claimed it was for convenience, but what he was truly thinking remained to be verified.

Zhu Zhen played along throughout.

The two, like any ordinary couple, went to the cinema hand in hand. They bought milk tea and popcorn outside. Not long after they sat down, the movie began.

They leaned intimately against each other. Jiang Chongyan had little body heat and no breath. Gradually, his form began to become ethereal.

"Yan Zhen?"

Zhu Zhen instinctively started to respond, but then a shift in her thoughts made her abandon the idea.

"A Zhen?"

Jiang Chongyan reached out and nudged her. Zhu Zhen mumbled a feigned complaint and closed her eyes, appearing to be sleeping soundly.

Jiang Chongyan leaned in with a theatrical air and whispered in her ear, "I'll be back soon."

Then, he was gone.

Zhu Zhen opened her eyes, her expression calm.

[Host, aren't you going to check? What if he killed someone?]

"What good would it do if I went? To dispose of the evidence?"

The system was silent for a moment, then said pitifully, [Host, I was wrong.]

"Heh."