Three times married to Yama

Yan Jinyue looked at me with a speechless expression. He said, "What good would it do me to lie to you? If you don't believe me, you can see for yourself."

"See for myself?" I was even more surprised. How could I possibly see something that had already happened? Unless...

I stared at Yan Jinyue in shock. "You installed a security camera in the bedroom?"

Yan Jinyue pointed a finger at the ceiling, and I then noticed that there was a sapphire-like object floating there. You wouldn't notice it if you didn't look closely.

"What is that?"

Yan Jinyue moved his fingers, and the blue gem-like object fell into his hand.

He didn't speak, but activated the gem in his hand. A flash of blue light appeared in front of me, and something like a holographic projection appeared.

The projected image showed me fast asleep in bed, but for some reason, I suddenly sat up abruptly, became agitated, and eventually started crying while hugging the blanket, crying very, very sadly...

This sadness seems to have infected me; my heart aches. What did I dream about? Why am I crying so bitterly?

But strangely, I have no recollection of it at all. I've never dreamed much since I was little, and I always thought I was a very quiet sleeper, but now...

and also……

How come the sapphire that Yan Jinyue placed on the ceiling can record a person's past like a surveillance camera?

I was immediately alarmed. "Yan Jinyue, you didn't leave this in the bathroom, did you?"

Yan Jinyue: "...I'm not a pervert."

"Then what do you mean by putting this on the ceiling?" I felt like I was being watched.

No, I need to go check other places when it gets light, otherwise I'll feel like I'm living under Yan Jinyue's surveillance.

Yan Jinyue released the sapphire, which then automatically floated back up to the ceiling and hovered steadily in its previous position.

Faced with my questioning, Yan Jinyue turned and walked towards his bed, his indifferent voice following her.

"This is the Tuoying Gem. Because of my special identity, I must be aware of changes in my surroundings. Don't worry, I'm not here to monitor you, but to monitor myself."

"I'm showing this to prove I wasn't lying; you really did have a nightmare. I hope you can be quiet for a bit now."

This is the first time I've ever heard of something called the Tuoying Gem. His explanation is somewhat plausible.

As for what nightmares I had, that's not important. I don't remember them anyway, so why bother about it?

"Okay, but if I have nightmares in the future, you don't have to worry about me. Just keep sleeping."

Yan Jinyue frowned. "But you'll be very noisy, and I won't be able to sleep."

"Then it would be better if we slept in separate rooms, so as not to disturb you," I suggested.

"No." Yan Jinyue refused decisively. "If we sleep in separate rooms, your disciple will know that we don't get along, and our agreement might be exposed."

I,"……"

At this point, I didn't want to pay any more attention to Yan Jinyue. I lay down and prepared to continue sleeping, hoping to have a few more nightmares that would keep Yan Jinyue awake and see if he still wanted to share a room with me.

The next day.

My good apprentice called me eight hundred times and woke me up. Because of Yan Jinyue, Xia Zheng didn't knock on the door to wake me up, but just kept calling me like crazy.

"Master! Get up! Didn't we have an appointment with the client today? Why aren't you being enthusiastic at all!" Xia Zheng's energetic voice came from the other end of the phone.

I sat up in bed instantly. With Xia Zheng as my human alarm clock, I woke up pretty quickly.

Yan Jinyue had already gotten up and was looking at something at his desk. When he saw me get up, he looked up at me from among a pile of scrolls.

"Do you have any requests today?" he asked.

I nodded. "Yes."

Yan Jinyue put down her pen and walked towards me.

He was dressed more casually today, with his black, tousled hair covering his brows, making him appear less imposing than usual.

"I'll go with you," he said.

I wasn't surprised by his suggestion. He came to the human world to experience all aspects of life and to observe it. If he wanted to join, that was fine.

"Alright, but from today onwards, my disciple will be Master A-Yin, and you and I will be his assistants. Of course, this is just for show."

"Do you think this is acceptable, Your Excellency?"

Yan Jinyue didn't ask me why I did this; he simply nodded slightly, indicating that he had no objection.

After we ate the breakfast Xia Zheng had bought, we drove off.

Destination: Huaiyang Road, New District.

When Xia Zheng talked about this request, he became excited. There was no fear on his face, only anticipation for the supernatural event he was about to witness.

As we approached our destination, Xia Zheng couldn't hold back any longer. He said to me and Yan Jinyue, "Master, Mr. Yan, with your appearance and looks, you don't look like my assistants at all."

Xia Zheng is a typical clean-cut and handsome college student, looking young and easy to fool.

As for Yan Jinyue and me, we are both tall and strong and look shrewd. Standing next to Xia Zheng, we certainly don't look like his assistants.

But then again, you can't judge a book by its cover.

I comforted Xia Zheng, "It's not a big problem. You have to believe the old saying, 'You can't judge a book by its cover.'"

"With the two of us as your assistants, wouldn't that highlight your abilities even more? Wouldn't the client be completely smitten with you?"

Hearing me say that, a confident smile immediately appeared on Xia Zheng's face. He slapped the steering wheel and exclaimed, "That's right, Master is absolutely right!"

Then Xia Zheng happily hummed a little tune.

Yan Jinyue turned to look at me, her eyes revealing a hint of speechlessness. "Is this how you usually fool people?"

I looked at Yan Jinyue disapprovingly, "That's not how it's said. This isn't flattery, it's encouragement. And even if it were flattery, I would never flatter you, Lord. Don't worry."

"You better not be lying to me, Ah Yin. I'm not as easily fooled as that little fool." Yan Jinyue's gaze darkened as she looked at me.

I gave a vague reply, after all, I had already deceived Yan Jinyue from the beginning, and I didn't know if he had any doubts.

I sighed helplessly in my heart. My contractual marriage with Yan Jinyue was destined to be full of lies.

During our conversation, we arrived at the place we had agreed upon with the client.

When we went to meet the client, Yan Jinyue and I walked on either side of Xia Zheng, and I even wore a mask, leaving only my eyes showing.

Yan Jinyue glanced at me, but he didn't say anything.

The meeting place we arranged with the client was a square on Huaiyang Road in the new urban area. The square was bustling with people, and the client was standing in the crowd.

The client was a young girl with a slightly chubby, round face that was very cute.

When we met, the client was stunned, her gaze shifting back and forth between the three of us.

"Excuse me, which of you three is Master A-Yin?" she asked politely.

Neither Yan Jinyue nor I spoke. Xia Zheng got into character quite quickly, and calmly replied, "I am Master A Yin."

"But, but Xiao Xian said that Master Yin is a very beautiful girl." The client looked at Xia Zheng with disbelief in his eyes.

Xia Zheng turned to look at me, his eyes filled with grievance. I immediately gave him a look of affirmation and encouragement.

Be brave, kid!

Faced with the client's question, Xia Zheng could only bite the bullet and reply, "Actually, I'm a man. I just used to like wearing women's clothes. Don't worry about the details."

"Huh? This..." The client's eyes showed doubt and blankness.

"And who are these two people next to you?" she asked again.

Xia Zheng said, "They are my assistants. Don't worry, we will definitely be able to help you solve your problem."

The client was somewhat skeptical, so she chose this busy square, under the blazing sun, as the meeting place.

The client's name is Zhang Yanyan, she is eighteen years old and just graduated from high school.

She said that she only felt less afraid when talking about what happened to her under the bright sun.

So we sat down on a bench next to the square, listening to Zhang Yanyan tell us about what had happened to her under the blazing sun.

"My deceased grandmother has returned," Zhang Yanyan said.

Xia Zheng subconsciously looked at me, and I reached out and pushed his head back, whispering in his ear, "Now you are Master A Yin, calm down, everything will be fine with me here."

Seeing how calm and confident I was, Xia Zheng also put on a confident expression.

"Miss Zhang Yanyan, please tell me everything that has happened to you. Remember not to hide anything," Xia Zheng said to Zhang Yanyan.

Zhang Yanyan nodded vigorously. She said that about a month ago, her grandmother passed away in an accident. She was killed by a man who fell from a high-rise building. It was an unexpected disaster.

The man who fell from the building was a middle-aged man who felt that his life was meaningless and had suicidal thoughts. He deliberately chose to jump when there were the most passers-by, and just happened to hit Grandma Zhang Yanyan, an old lady who was passing by.

The elderly woman, surnamed Li, died on the spot, and the man who attempted suicide also died despite rescue efforts.

Everything was normal at first, but strange and eerie things started happening after the seventh day after Old Lady Li's death.

Because the college entrance examination was approaching, Zhang Yanyan's family had kept the death of Grandma Li a secret from her, so she had no idea that her grandmother had passed away before returning home.

During summer vacation, Zhang Yanyan dragged her luggage home. It was quite late when she arrived home, but because she lived in a new neighborhood with good security, she wasn't afraid.

As she approached her building, she saw a thin, slightly hunched figure slowly walking towards her.

She had a very good relationship with her grandmother, who doted on her, so Zhang Yanyan recognized her grandmother at a glance.

"Grandma!" Zhang Yanyan called out happily, dragging her suitcase as she ran towards the figure.

But Grandma didn't give her the kind smile she usually gave; instead, she watched Zhang Yanyan run up to her with a blank expression.

Under the dim streetlights, Zhang Yanyan finally saw her grandmother's face clearly. Her grandmother's face was pale and bluish, and her cloudy eyes stared straight at her. Moreover, her grandmother's walking posture looked very stiff. Apart from that, there was no difference from before.

"Grandma, are you sick?" Zhang Yanyan asked worriedly.

Grandma Li shook her head stiffly and mechanically. "Yan Yan is back. Grandma came to pick you up. You weren't home yet, and Grandma was worried."

As she spoke, Grandma Li naturally took the suitcase from her. Zhang Yanyan thought that since they were almost home, it wouldn't be tiring for her to carry the suitcase.

Along the way, Zhang Yanyan talked about her school and exams as usual. In the past, Grandma Li would either complain along with her or laugh along with her, but tonight Grandma Li was unusually quiet.

After entering the apartment building, Grandma Li suddenly asked Zhang Yanyan, her tone somewhat stiff, "Yanyan, you're eighteen years old, aren't you?"

This question puzzled Zhang Yanyan. She had already turned eighteen at the beginning of the year, and the cake was ordered by her grandmother. Why was her grandmother suddenly asking this question?

But she nodded anyway. "It's full."

Upon hearing Zhang Yanyan's affirmative answer, Old Lady Li smiled, her wrinkled face almost squashed together, and the corners of her lips turned up in a very strange way.

"Grandma, why are you asking this?" Zhang Yanyan asked curiously.

But Grandma Li didn't reply to Zhang Yanyan. The elevator arrived quickly. After entering the elevator with her grandmother, she felt that it was unbearably cold. Even if there was air conditioning in the elevator, it shouldn't be this cold.

She muttered a complaint under her breath, and her grandmother, who was standing next to her, suddenly let out two even stranger laughs.

"Hehe."

"Hehe."

It sounded like air was being drawn up from the chest, which made Zhang Yanyan feel worried again.

"Grandma, are you really alright?"

Grandma Li stared at Zhang Yanyan, offering no reply except for a stiff smile on her face.

Zhang Yanyan was full of questions, but when she got home, she went ahead to open the door.

Zhang Yanyan's parents were very happy to see her return.

"Why didn't you tell us you were coming back? We could have picked you up at the station," said Wang Fangrong, Zhang Yanyan's mother.

"I want to give you a surprise!" Zhang Yanyan hugged her mother and acted coquettishly.

"Why did you come back empty-handed? Where's your luggage?" Wang Fangrong asked.

Zhang Yanyan turned to look at the doorway. "Grandma is helping me carry it. Didn't she come downstairs to pick me up?"

At this point, Zhang Yanyan paused, realizing that she hadn't told her family about her return, wanting to give them a surprise.

How did Grandma know that she was coming to pick her up?

Wang Fangrong was stunned when she heard Zhang Yanyan's words.

Zhang Yanyan's father, Zhang Zhiqiang, who had just come out of the room, was also stunned.

Furthermore, the expressions on their faces revealed terror.

Seeing the stunned couple, Zhang Yanyan was also taken aback. "Mom and Dad, what's wrong? Why do you suddenly look like that?"

"Hey, it's been so long, why hasn't Grandma come in yet? I'll go check on her."

With that, Zhang Yanyan walked towards the door.