Evening, hospital.

After spending a day in the ward together, Ye Yuqiao finally reined in her quirky temper and stopped resisting Chen Hao's care. Although her face remained expressionless and cold, Chen Hao could no longer see rejection or disgust in Ye Yuqiao's eyes.

"Ye Yuqiao, you're not angry at me anymore, right?" After feeding Ye Yuqiao, Chen Hao asked while cleaning up.

Ye Yuqiao blinked at Chen Hao, puzzledly said, "When was I ever angry at you?"

"So you don't hate me anymore?"

"When did I ever hate you?" Ye Yuqiao retorted, then with an emphatic tone added, "But I never liked you either!"

Chen Hao's face darkened as he mumbled under his breath, "I'm pretty great, and I look decent too. Admitting you like me wouldn't be so embarrassing."

"What are you muttering about?" Ye Yuqiao's tone suddenly turned cold, "Who said they liked you?"

"Me!" Just then, the sound of Xie Xiaofeng floated in from outside the door. Following that, Xie Xiaofeng walked in with Tang Chao and Tang Jing tagging along.

When he reached Chen Hao's side, Xie Xiaofeng jokingly nudged Chen Hao's head, and wondered, "You two gods haven't been dating for almost a month and only now discussing whether you like each other or not?"

Chen Hao pursed his lips and smiled, thinking Xie Xiaofeng really hit the nail on the head.

Ye Yuqiao's face fell, and she stared fixedly ahead at the ceiling.

"Chen Hao, why don't you go home for a bit," Xie Xiaofeng suggested, "With the three of us here, you can rest assured. Go home, take a shower, rest a bit, and recharge. Who knows what kind of deity that damn Jade Emperor will send to deal with us next? It'll probably be a tough battle. And I heard from my grandpa that Wang Chuan, the president of the Yin Yang Master Association, is also returning in the next couple of days, and that old fox is no good thing."

"You ask her," Chen Hao pointed to Ye Yuqiao, "if she can bear to let me go, I'll leave."

"Bye-bye!" Ye Yuqiao waved goodbye to Chen Hao without hesitation.

Chen Hao sighed, thinking he was just asking for trouble.

"Get moving!" Xie Xiaofeng urged as he dragged Chen Hao down from the chair.

After Chen Hao moved out of the way, Xie Xiaofeng plopped down on the chair and, looking at Ye Yuqiao with a silly smile, said, "Beauty, now that the jerk Chen Hao is gone, I'll take good care of you."

"I'm off!" Chen Hao said goodbye to Ye Yuqiao, twisting Xie Xiaofeng's ear on his way out. Before leaving, he didn't forget to warn Xie Xiaofeng not to harbor any improper thoughts about Ye Yuqiao, and to not make any excessive moves.

Chen Hao nodded to Tang Chao and Tang Jing with a look, then left the ward alone.

No sooner had Chen Hao stepped out of the ward than Tang Jing silently followed.

Ye Yuqiao, watching Xie Xiaofeng and Tang Chao fooling around with a smile, frowned when she noticed Tang Jing stealthily slipping out of the ward.

"Chen Hao, wait!" Tang Jing called after Chen Hao's retreating figure.

Chen Hao turned around and stopped, inquisitively asking, "What's up?"

Tang Jing hurried to Chen Hao's side, hesitated for a moment, then asked, "I heard from Xie Xiaofeng that you and Ye Yuqiao started dating the second day you met and it hasn't even been a month, right?"

"Yes, what about it?"

"You seem to care a lot about her, so much so that you'd willingly risk your own life for her," Tang Jing scrutinized Chen Hao, "But I just can't understand why, when you were with Lin Xiaofan for over a decade, you always behaved so selfishly?"

"Did you come to me wanting to complain on her behalf?"

"Yes!"

"Hmph!" Chen Hao sneered derisively with a twisted mouth, "Do you think discussing this now is necessary? Lin Xiaofan found a boyfriend a long time ago!"

With that, Chen Hao felt a surge of anger. To him, Lin Xiaofan was a hidden landmine in the depths of his heart, always ready to explode whenever mentioned. He was curious about what Lin Xiaofan had said to Tang Jing, wondering if the Lin Xiaofan who chose to abandon him thought she was the one who was hurt the most?

Chen Hao swallowed the rage rising in his chest and strode away.

"She found a boyfriend after breaking up with you!" Tang Jing shouted at Chen Hao's back, "Chen Hao, you're a jerk! Scum!"

Chen Hao didn't respond again.

Twenty minutes later, Chen Hao arrived at the foot of his apartment building. The moment he entered the building, he smelled the scent of Yin Qi and abruptly stopped. Sniffing with his nose, he realized the Yin Qi was coming from the parking garage underneath the stairs, so he slowly made his way towards the parking garage.

He bent down and moved closer. Through the dim twilight in the hallway, he saw that aside from two old bicycles, there was nothing else in the workshop, let alone any Yin Souls.

Chen Hao's anxious heart relaxed, his hands fell onto his knees with a sigh.

However, just at that moment, a cold hand suddenly slapped Chen Hao's right shoulder.

"Ah!" Chen Hao was startled and got goosebumps all over. Even though he had seen his fair share of terrifying ghosts and Yin Souls, he could still be scared by such sudden frights.

The strings in Chen Hao's mind were tightly wound. After taking deep breaths to calm his racing heart, he turned around. He saw a girl ghost standing behind him with a pale face, who looked pure and innocent.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you," the girl said guiltily, her bright eyes shimmering with tears. "I really had nowhere to go, so I hid here."

Seeing the pitiable look on the girl's face, Chen Hao felt a pang of compassion and asked, "Young girl, how can you be so young and..."

"Woo woo!" the girl seemed to find her sadness triggered by Chen Hao's question, and she lowered her head and cried mournfully. "Brother, I'm so hungry, I haven't eaten anything for a long time, please have mercy on me and burn some food for me."

With that, the girl lifted her tearful eyes and looked at Chen Hao.

Chen Hao, already moved by compassion, nodded in agreement and then took the ghost girl back to his home.

Once inside, as the door closed, the girl suddenly let out a sharp scream.

Chen Hao turned around and instantly understood what was happening when he saw the talisman drawn with dog's blood behind the door, so he picked up a cloth from the coffee table and wiped off the talisman.

"It's okay now!" The girl flashed a sweet and innocent smile.

In this girl ghost, Chen Hao seemed to see a shadow of what Lin Xiaofan once was.

Distracted for a moment, Chen Hao invited the girl to sit on the sofa, then he took out some biscuits and snacks from the TV cabinet and placed them in front of the girl, saying, "Eat these for now, I'll take you downstairs for a proper meal in a bit."

The girl happily nodded, laughing softly, "Thank you, brother, this is already enough!"

Chen Hao smiled back at the girl, and then lit three sticks of incense and two candles on the table.

"Go ahead and eat, I'm going to take a shower."

"Okay!"

After Chen Hao entered the bathroom, the girl's lips curved into a slight smile, and a cunning look crossed her innocent face. This girl was not some naive ghost who died young, but rather the biological daughter of King Ning—Yi Ning. Since King Ning was pretending to be the Jade Emperor in the mortal world, she presented herself as the princess Yi Ning, daughter of the Jade Emperor.

Although she was the daughter of King Ning, unlike her father, Princess Yi Ning was born solely from a Yin Soul and lacked a Nether Soul because her mother was a Yin Soul. She had been clever and well-behaved from a young age, enjoying great favor from King Ning. His Highness King Ning had originally been reluctant to let Princess Yi Ning take on the task of dealing with Chen Hao, fearing it would hurt her feelings, but he had no choice but to agree.

Because both Taiyi Zhenren and Erlang Shen, two trusted lieutenants of King Ning, had died consecutively at the hands of Chen Hao, Princess Yi Ning felt that direct confrontation using Yin Qi would likely be fruitless against him, so she decided to use cunning instead. Thinking that since Chen Hao was an Onmyoji, why not appear before him as a Yin Soul directly? Most men in this world, especially those who see a good-looking woman in distress, would feel pity and affection; why not play the damsel in distress to bewilder Chen Hao, seize the chance to beguile him, and then drain him of his Yang Energy and vital essence.

When Yi Ning heard the sound of the shower from the bathroom, she immediately took out a soul-bewitching incense from her bosom and placed it on one of the burning candles.

Ten minutes later, Chen Hao came out of the bathroom, looking refreshed.

"Is that enough for you?" Chen Hao asked as he approached Yi Ning.

Yi Ning smiled faintly, rose from the sofa, and walked towards Chen Hao, her tearful eyes staring into his.

After a long stare, Chen Hao seemed to be mesmerized by those clear eyes, and his mind was filled with the image of Lin Xiaofan from when they were in their first year of high school.

Yi Ning nodded with a smile.

Chen Hao carried Yi Ning in his arms and walked towards the sofa.

After placing Yi Ning down on the sofa, Chen Hao closed his eyes and slowly leaned in.

Not long afterward, Yi Ning's eyes suddenly sparkled with a dangerous red light as the corners of her mouth tilted in a sly smirk. She wrapped her arms tightly around Chen Hao's back and began to draw the Yang Energy from his body.

Five minutes later, the Yang Energy in Chen Hao's body had been drained. Yi Ning caught her breath and marveled inwardly at how abundant Chen Hao's Yang Energy was.

After draining Chen Hao of his Yang Energy, Yi Ning intended to drain his vital essence next. Just as she was about to start undressing him, Chen Hao's left eye suddenly flashed with purple light.

Then, Yi Ning felt the Yin Qi in her body being absorbed by Chen Hao. Shocked, she tried to push away Chen Hao, who was currently engaged in kissing her. However, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't push him away...

At that moment, in the hospital ward, Ye Yuqiao suddenly opened her eyes, and a single teardrop fell from her left eye.

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