Returning home at night, after eating a bowl of late-night snack, he went upstairs to wash up and sleep.
He seemed asleep initially, but when Gu Lili climbed onto the bed, suddenly, Long Yubei hugged her tightly, "It’s been so many days, is your shop ready yet?"
"It’ll take about half a month more."
"Let Qing Li handle the rest, isn’t he managing your house at Xiliang Mountain?"
"Anyway, I’m just idling."
Angrily, he said, "Who said you’re idling? I need you with me every day!"
This sentence had been bottled up in his heart for days and only now did he voice it.
Baffled, Gu Lili looked up at him, "Am I your lackey? To be with you every day?"
"Starting tomorrow, wherever I go, you’ll go too." He didn’t respond to her comment, instead he let out a sentence that displeased Gu Lili.
"I am a person, not a pet. I have my own things to do too. We are all adults, a little distance is better. Don’t you think it’s annoying if you see me all the time?"
"Alright then, from tomorrow on, wherever you go, I’ll follow. Let’s see if you get annoyed or not." she agreed, "Let Qing Li handle the remaining tasks."
Seeing her agree, Long Yubei’s icy demeanor instantly softened and melted.
Gu Lili, sensing the subtle shift in his emotions, hugged his waist and closed her eyes to sleep.
Right after the couple turned off the lights, the cell phone on the desk buzzed with a vibration.
Long Yubei turned over, took the phone and saw it was a call from the Long Family Mansion’s landline.
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"What?!" Long Yubei quickly replied, "Alright, Lili and I will come over right now."
Gu Lili sat up, seeing him hang up the phone, "What happened?"
"Grandma fell and has been taken to the hospital, it’s quite serious."
Upon hearing this, Gu Lili quickly got dressed and rushed to the hospital with him.
By the time they reached the hospital, Old Madam Long was already lying on the hospital bed, not only hitting her head but also having both elbows dressed, Old Lady half-closed her eyes looking fairly unwell.
Seeing she was not unconscious, Long Yubei finally breathed a relief, "Grandma, how are you?"
"Fortunately, I braced myself with my arms when falling, or all my old bones would have shattered."
Gu Lili asked, "Grandma, how did you fall?"
"That’s also true," Old Madam Long’s voice was faint, "I was just walking with your grandpa, the road was so flat. Suddenly I felt my legs go weak and I fell."
"Grandma, where were you walking? Was it at our home?"
"Naturally, I wouldn’t go out late at night but just in the garden," said Old Madam Long slowly, "That path is so flat, but I still fell, truly, it’s because I am old and not as capable..."
Gu Lili somewhat suspected if it was the work of mischievous spirits, but it could also be genuinely due to the elderly lady’s own issues, so she didn’t raise an alarm but went back to the Long Family Mansion after leaving the hospital.
Long Yubei followed her to the garden.
Gu Lili’s gaze immediately landed on a figure sitting on the flowerbed; spotting this one, she looked elsewhere and noticed a few more.
She took out several pieces of talisman paper from her bag, under the effect of the talisman, the papers zoomed towards the places with shadowy small figures like they had grown legs.
She didn’t even need to shout; the small ghosts had no choice but to move towards her automatically.
Long Yubei, observing the strange movements of several talisman papers under the lights, also felt quite nervous.