My Girlfriend is the Nether King

Evening fell, after school. Walking home, bathed in the light of the setting sun, Chen Hao held Ye Yuqiao's hand. As always, he could feel the envious and jealous stares of the passersby. Every few steps, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Ye Yuqiao beside him, who was extremely beautiful! Under the glow of the sunset, she seemed like an ethereal fairy not concerned with the mundane world.

The pair arrived at an ATM of a bank. Two minutes later, Ye Yuqiao retrieved her bank card from the machine, turned around, and handed it to Chen Hao expressionlessly, "The two hundred thousand from Zhang Chengren has been deposited. From now on, keep this card with you."

"Ah!" Chen Hao said, his face full of astonishment, "The card for me? That doesn't seem quite right, I'm just your assistant! Besides, if you give me all the money, what will you do?"

"Aren't you my boyfriend?" Ye Yuqiao asked coldly. As she spoke, she stuffed the bank card into Chen Hao's hand. "From now on, as long as you're by my side, you'll be in charge of spending when needed!"

Chen Hao looked at Ye Yuqiao somewhat dumbfounded, feeling incredibly touched, thinking he was very lucky. Could it be that heaven felt that it had shortchanged me in the past, so it sent a little fairy like Ye Yuqiao to compensate me? Otherwise, how could a girl as good and close to perfect as Ye Yuqiao take the initiative to throw herself into the arms of someone as worthless as him?

Seeing Chen Hao with a dazed look, Ye Yuqiao asked, "What's wrong? You haven't been stupefied by the amount of money in the card, have you?"

A slight smile curled the corners of Chen Hao's mouth as he embraced Ye Yuqiao amid the bustling crowd on the street, whispering in her ear, "It's you who has stupefied me. How can you be so wonderful! I feel like I'm dreaming, it's so surreal!"

"Surreal?" Ye Yuqiao thought to herself. Suddenly, a shadow fell across her face.

At that moment, Chen Hao's phone in his pocket vibrated. He let go of Ye Yuqiao and took out his phone to look—it was a text message from Xie Da assigning him a task, his first since joining the Yin Yang Master Association. Xie Da wanted him to go to 12 Nanyuan Road now, where a family had been experiencing some strange incidents. Since this was not a public affair regulated by the association, the fee had to be negotiated by Chen Hao himself. After the job was done, the association would take ten percent of the fee for the management fund.

Chen Hao quickly texted back to Xie Da, saying he was willing to take the task.

After putting the phone back in his pocket, Chen Hao looked at Ye Yuqiao and said, "The Yin Yang Master Association has assigned me my first task, I need to go now!"

"Then I'll go home!" Ye Yuqiao said coldly. After speaking, she turned and left.

Chen Hao immediately grabbed Ye Yuqiao's hand and said, "Dear, you don't have anything to do at home, why don't you come with me to work?"

Ye Yuqiao turned around and looked at Chen Hao with suspicion, asking, "You're not unsure of yourself, are you?"

"Of course not!" Chen Hao replied with a forced, wry smile, deliberately avoiding Ye Yuqiao's sharp gaze. "I just can't bear to be apart from you, I want to stick with you."

..

Twenty minutes later, they arrived in front of a newly-constructed villa at 12 Nanyuan Road in Y City by taxi.

Nanyuan Road was located in the newly developed urban area of Y City. Half a year ago, it was all fields and woods, and most of the buildings were still under construction to this day.

According to Y City's plan, Nanyuan Road and its surroundings were slated to become a wealthy district and a cluster of villas. The villa at number 12 was flanked by two large undeveloped plots of wasteland; the nearest villa was dozens of meters away, giving it an overall feeling of desolation and bleakness.

Chen Hao held Ye Yuqiao's hand and rang the villa's doorbell.

Half a minute later, a middle-aged woman emerged from the house, hurried down the steps, and approached them, asking, "Who are you looking for?"

"We're from the Yin Yang Master Association!" Chen Hao explained.

"Eh! Why has the Yin Yang Master Association sent someone again?" the middle-aged woman murmured in a low voice, full of confusion. After a moment, she opened the door and said with a smile, "Please come in, our madam is waiting for you inside. But, there is already a young man claiming to be from your association here, currently discussing matters with our madam in the living room."

"Someone is already here?" Chen Hao was surprised, wondering what was going on.

Guided by the middle-aged woman, they crossed the villa's courtyard and entered the spacious and luxurious house. Upon entering the living room, Chen Hao saw a familiar face.

Talk about a small world! Chen Hao thought to himself. He hadn't expected that just three days later, he would once again meet Xie Xiaofeng's brother, Xie Xiaoluan.

"Chen Hao!" Xie Xiaoluan, who was sitting on the sofa, exclaimed in surprise upon seeing Chen Hao.

"Madam Huang, who are these two?" asked a glamorous lady sitting next to Xie Xiaoluan, looking at the middle-aged woman with curiosity.

"Oh, hello madam, I am Chen Hao from the Yin Yang Master Association! I just received a notice from the association to provide service at your home," Chen Hao said, cutting off the middle-aged woman before she could respond.

"You're also sent by the Yin Yang Master Association?" The lady adjusted her glasses, her doubtful gaze wavering between Chen Hao and Xie Xiaoluan.

After a while, Xie Xiaoluan suddenly stood up and strode over to Chen Hao, pushing him aside and said in a low voice with a frown, "Chen Hao, when did you join the Yin Yang Master Association? How come I didn't know?"

"Go back and ask your grandfather."

"Chen Hao, I didn't know you joined the Association, so I didn't inform you about this job I took. I've just about finished negotiating with that lady. You should let me have this job, consider it doing me a favor, and I guarantee you'll have an easier time in the Association in the future."

Chen Hao sneered disdainfully, looking at Xie Xiaoluan with contempt in his eyes, "Why should I give it to you? What's your face worth? Can I eat it? This job was given to me by your grandfather, if you want it, go beg him for it, otherwise don't even think I'll let you have it!"

"Chen Hao!" Xie Xiaoluan burst with rage, stretching out his hand to push Chen Hao against the wall. "Don't force me to punish you for being impolite, the matter from two days ago isn't over yet!"

Chen Hao's face suddenly turned sour, glowering at Xie Xiaoluan, "Just a few days ago, I had to teach your brother a lesson. You better get lost quickly, or I'll take you out to the fields for some air!"

Xie Xiaoluan's eyes bulged wider and wider, finally, he pointed at Chen Hao, trembling, and said, "Chen Hao, fine! You've got guts! You remember this!"

Suddenly, Chen Hao reached out, gripping Xie Xiaoluan's finger tightly, his teeth clenched and eyes fierce, "Kid, you remember this too. Don't think that just because your grandfather is the vice president, you can do whatever you please within the Association. Be careful, or I might just teach that old fox of a grandfather a lesson too!"

"Hmph!" Xie Xiaoluan shook off Chen Hao's hand and turned around to leave indignantly.

Afterward, Chen Hao returned to Ye Yuqiao's side and apologized to the lady with a smile, "I'm sorry, ma'am, due to a mix-up in the Association's work arrangements, my colleague and I had a conflict. Please forgive us."

"It's okay!" The lady smiled and shook her head, then elegantly stood up to welcome Chen Hao and Ye Yuqiao to their seats. "My husband's surname is Zhang, you can call me Mrs. Zhang!"

Hearing himself being called Master, Chen Hao couldn't help but smile inwardly, finding the title somewhat novel. After sitting down on the sofa with Ye Yu, he got straight to the point, "May I know what trouble Mrs. Zhang has encountered recently?"

Mrs. Zhang coughed, her composure shaken as she became somewhat panicked. She then told them that they had just moved into this newly renovated villa three days ago. On the first night, just after midnight, they heard the sorrowful and deep cries of a woman. At the time, she and her husband thought it was someone nearby crying, so they didn't take it seriously;

The following night, just after midnight, they heard the woman's cries again. Finding it strange, the couple went downstairs to check, but as soon as they descended, the crying stopped; as soon as they returned to their room, the cries started again. Whenever they went downstairs, the cries would cease, as if the crying woman could see them. Mrs. Zhang was frightened and did not allow Mr. Huang to go downstairs anymore. That night, neither of them got any sleep, while the woman's crying persisted the whole night;

On the third day, which was yesterday, Mr. Zhang had to travel out of town for business. Knowing Mrs. Zhang would be scared alone at home, he hired a maid called Huang's mother from the job market to stay at their home. Huang's mother's room was next to this living room. Last night, not long after Huang's mother had fallen asleep, roughly around midnight, she was woken up by crying. Upon waking, she discovered that the cries were coming from her room, which terrified her so much that she immediately ran out of the room to find Mrs. Zhang. The two hid under the covers on Mrs. Zhang's bed, listening to the cries all night.

Early this morning, Huang's mother, having some understanding of spirits, obtained the contact number of the Yin Yang Master Association through relatives and friends, and called them seeking help.

After listening to Mrs. Zhang, Chen Hao nodded in a daze, then turned to Ye Yuqiao, looking to her for help with his eyes, completely clueless about how to handle the situation.

Noticing Chen Hao's look, Ye Yuqiao gave him a disdainful glare, then turned to Mrs. Zhang and said, "Mrs. Zhang, judging by your description, it doesn't seem to be a major issue. It's likely that the female ghost was buried right here. You don't need to be worried or afraid, we'll just take her away tonight."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhang and Huang's mother looked at each other incredulously.

"According to the industry's standard rates, you'll need to pay us two thousand yuan!" Ye Yuqiao continued.

As soon as Ye Yuqiao named the price, Chen Hao immediately started calculating in his mind: two thousand minus the ten percent deduction, that's only eighteen hundred. So little!

"Is that all?" Mrs. Zhang looked at Chen Hao and Ye Yuqiao in surprise.

"Yes!" Ye Yuqiao nodded, "Do you find it expensive, Mrs. Zhang?"

Mrs. Zhang quickly waved her hand, shaking her head, and explained, "No, not expensive! Just now, that young Master Xie told me there used to be a large graveyard nearby, with many unclean things. He suggested that we'd better worship some deities at home so that these unclean things wouldn't dare to come near, which could also ensure safety for our family and bring success in business."

Chen Hao was shocked to hear what Mrs. Zhang had said. He didn't understand why such a simple matter required Mrs. Zhang to worship deities at home. Perhaps Xie Xiaoluan could benefit from it, or else why would he be so eager to snatch this job from Chen Hao? There must be something fishy going on. He vowed to confront Xie Xiaoluan about it later.

Ye Yuqiao also wore a puzzled expression. After pondering for a moment, she said to Mrs. Zhang, "Mrs. Zhang, if you're still worried, we can bury something in your yard to keep the unclean things away from your home in the future. As for personal and financial fortunes, it mainly depends on one's own actions. If a person is not diligent and righteous, seeking gods won't help."

"You make a lot of sense!" Mrs. Zhang nodded at Ye Yuqiao, full of respect.