The River Gods Bridegroom

Xie Yu with glasses and without glasses had two completely different vibes.

With glasses, he looked like a refined scoundrel.

Without them, he was more of a scheming, dominant “young pup” type.

Openly admiring his face, I hinted, “Don’t you believe in gods and ghosts? Think about it carefully.”

Xie Yu rolled up his shirt sleeves, revealing his toned forearms, and picked up a piece of fruit to peel for me.

“I’ve looked for Taoist priests before. They were all frauds.”

True. These days, any random person could call themselves a Taoist priest.

Besides, this ghost was brimming with resentment; it clearly wasn’t something an ordinary priest could handle.

If we wanted to deal with it, we’d have to find the big boss of the underworld.

But that little King of Hell, Rong Si… I really didn’t want to cross paths with him again.

Meeting him once meant losing a layer of skin, if not your life.

Last time I saved Xie Yu’s grandfather, Rong Si had nearly emptied my personal vault.

Xie Yu said earnestly, “Grandfather has been doing much better lately. Ze Quan, thank you.”

I gave a vague murmur of agreement.

But a faint sense of unease lingered in my heart.

A ghost that had haunted humans, drained their yang energy, accumulated bad karma, and tasted the sweetness of it…

…was not going to let its prey go so easily.

The ghost was probably intimidated by my title as a River God and was temporarily hiding to observe the situation.

Once it realized I was just a paper tiger, it would likely strike immediately.

Having finished peeling, Xie Yu popped a piece of fruit into my mouth.

It was sweet and refreshing, a peach bursting with juice.

My eyes lit up. “Delicious!”

Xie Yu set the fruit down, took a wet wipe to gently dab the juice from the corner of my lips, and then leisurely wiped his own fingers.

Making no effort to hide his intentions, his words were direct and intense: “The mortal world is so wonderful. Why don’t you choose to stay?

“Men of the Xie family are famous for spoiling their wives to death.

“And I, Xie Yu, will spoil my wife even more.”