Bedroom, filled with a peculiar smell.

Yingying knelt on the bed, legs folded beneath her.

Zhou Ze sat against the headboard, a cigarette between his fingers.

They stared at each other.

"Boss…"

Yingying leaned forward slightly,

proactively moving closer to Zhou Ze.

Zhou Ze tilted his head slightly, avoiding Yingying's lips.

Yingying didn't seem disappointed or angry, just smiled faintly,

and said:

"Boss, do you dislike your own scent?"

Zhou Ze remained silent.

"Cough cough…"

At the bedroom door,

a cough sounded.

The little loli felt like she had arrived at a bad time, but she couldn't help it.

"What is it?"

Zhou Ze asked.

"Old Zhang is here, seems like something serious."

"I see."

Zhou Ze got out of bed, walked out of the bedroom, and went downstairs.

Yingying also got up, left the bed, and as she walked to the door, the little loli looked at her with some surprise and said:

"Such rapid progress?"

"What?"

The little loli narrowed her eyes, looking at Yingying with a grin; she had been there, done that.

"What are you smiling at?" Yingying asked.

"Go rinse your mouth."

"Of course."

"Also, it really stinks in here."

The little loli waved her hand in front of her nose, then frowned slightly,

and said:

"Why doesn't it smell like Boli Seaweed at all?"

"Huh?"

Clearly, Yingying was no match for the little loli in this area; after all, in her previous life, she was a successful businesswoman who dominated the business world, as formidable as Wu Zetian when she wanted to be.

"Don't you think so?" the little loli asked, a little strangely.

Yingying opened her mouth, revealing her pearly teeth beneath her red lips, with a faint trace of blood.

The little loli was stunned and exclaimed:

"Then what were you doing just now?"

"The bandaged wound on the boss's chest was healing too fast, and the gauze was embedded in his flesh. The boss only has one hand, so it was inconvenient to clean.

The boss asked me to use my teeth and nails to remove the gauze embedded in his flesh."

"So, you guys weren't…"

"Doing what?"

"Nothing."

The little loli could understand why Zhou Ze asked Yingying to help directly, because his blood was a great tonic for Yingying, capable of promoting her evolution.

No wonder,

she had been wondering just now,

why these two hadn't even closed the bedroom door while doing *that*.

As for Old Zhang's matter, the little loli wasn't stupid enough to think that Old Zhang would specifically come to make a joke, so she immediately realized the seriousness of the situation and quickly went up to find the boss and the others.

…

Zhou Ze had no idea what the little loli, with the heart of a mature woman, had initially misunderstood; nor did he have the mind to dwell on it.

After going downstairs,

he saw Old Zhang sitting on the sofa, his back straight, and one of his shoes was off, placed on the coffee table.

"Old Zhang?"

Zhou Ze called out.

Old Zhang didn't respond. Zhou Ze only realized when he got closer that Old Zhang had his eyes closed and cotton stuffed in his ears.

Zhou Ze looked at the shoe, then at Old Zhang. When the little loli and Yingying came down, Zhou Ze turned back and said:

"Get Old An and Old Xu down here."

Soon,

three chairs were placed opposite Old Zhang,

Zhou Ze sat in the middle,

with Lawyer An and Xu Qinglang on either side,

making it look like a joint trial.

"His meaning is, he can't speak?" Xu Qinglang pointed to his own ears. "Also, he doesn't want to hear us speak?"

"And he can't see." Lawyer An pointed to his own eyes. "His eyes have been closed all along."

Zhou Ze nodded, looking like he had suddenly understood, and said:

"You guys make so much sense with all this nonsense."

"…" Xu Qinglang.

"…" Lawyer An.

"Yingying, get a pen."

"Okay, boss."

Yingying brought a ballpoint pen from the bar. Zhou Ze put the pen in Old Zhang's hand.

Old Zhang paused for a moment. Although he couldn't hear or see, he definitely knew what he was holding. He picked up the pen, seeming to hesitate, or perhaps contemplate, but ultimately placed the pen back on the coffee table.

"Can't write either."

Zhou Ze mused.

"Can't see, can't speak, can't hear, which means he's concealing something, not from us, but from someone else.

That person can perceive things through his eyes, his mouth, his ears,

and even,

can think through his actions…"

As he spoke,

Lawyer An looked at Zhou Ze,

and said:

"Boss, very similar to that one inside you."

Xu Qinglang, although he had fused with a portion of the Sea God, was ultimately maintaining a medium of communication with the Sea God through a formation, forcibly making himself the Sea God's "white glove" on the continent.

However, the difference between Xu Qinglang's white glove and the Sea God's previous ones was that Xu Qinglang had greater autonomy; unless he actively released the seal to summon, the Sea God would generally not take the initiative to come over.

After all, the Sea God was on the distant ocean, not actually living inside Xu Qinglang's body.

But Ying Gou lived inside Zhou Ze's body,

more precisely,

as long as Ying Gou was willing,

what Zhou Ze was eating, what he was doing, what he was seeing, what he was hearing,

he could all experience in the first person.

This was a parasitic method of one body, two souls. So, it was clear that Old Zhang's current situation indicated that another person was now living inside him.

Fuck!

Although Lawyer An hadn't figured out the situation yet,

he really felt a surge of jealousy!

Regardless of who was living inside,

it was definitely something extraordinary.

Lawyer An had always believed that risk and opportunity were proportional and coexisted.

It was just that,

Xu Qinglang had the "bond" of the Sea God, the boss had that one, the old Taoist was… Now even Old Zhang, whom he had previously considered a useless piece, was now…

Why!

Why haven't I gotten anything?

Jealousy,

makes me crazy!

Fortunately, Lawyer An had long cultivated the ability to not show his emotions on his face, and the others didn't have the time to notice the small flames of jealousy in his heart at the moment.

Xu Qinglang pointed to the shoe that Old Zhang had placed on the coffee table and said:

"What's the meaning of this shoe?"

"This is too abstract." Lawyer An shook his head. "Can't we have a bit more of a hint?"

"Old Zhang is doing this because he believes we can guess the truth based on his actions." Zhou Ze reached out and stroked his chin. "This means that the scope of the target we are looking for is actually very small.

First of all,

it's something we've been in contact with; if it's an unknown existence we haven't been in contact with, it's hard for us to guess.

Secondly,

this thing can possess people, or even frequently plays possession games.

Furthermore,

this thing will make us wary; at least in Old Zhang's perception, it has the ability to destroy our Late Night Bookstore."

"Let me see, it doesn't seem like there are many who have provoked us and haven't died completely, after all, the boss has always been kind to others."

Lawyer An pinched his fingers and started checking in his mind, continuing:

"Xu Qinglang's master isn't completely dead, is he? Could it be…"

In an instant,

Lawyer An looked at the shoe Old Zhang had placed on the coffee table; he had thought of it.

"Shoe… shoe… shoe only… xie zhi (獬豸)!"

Zhou Ze spoke the answer.

Lawyer An immediately exclaimed: "Hiss… the boss truly has keen insight, how could I not have thought of it!"

Xu Qinglang also showed a grave expression, "That Dharma beast? It's here so quickly?"

Zhou Ze nodded, picked up the shoe, and placed it at Old Zhang's feet, signaling Old Zhang to put it back on.

This was also telling Old Zhang that they had guessed what he was trying to express.

Old Zhang slipped his foot into the shoe,

and continued to sit there.

Zhou Ze stood beside him, pondering:

"The xie zhi is a symbol of law. I wonder how many avatars of the xie zhi exist in the human judicial departments.

He lost two avatars in Tongcheng within half a year, and he lost them without a clue. It will surely infuriate his main body. Even for the sake of his dignity and pride as a Dharma beast, he will never allow this matter to end without a trace."

Lawyer An laughed: "How come I feel like he's like Mr. Jiang, constantly acting as a transportation captain for us?"

Everyone present, except for Old Zhang, smiled.

Yes,

the first time a xie zhi avatar appeared, it was eaten by Ying Gou, and the little monkey even got a share, eating with oil all over its mouth.

The second time it awakened, it was also swallowed by Zhou Ze.

Moreover, Lawyer An saw more clearly that he believed Ying Gou had very likely awakened. Before, it was just speculation, but the boss's sudden "outburst" during the day seemed to further corroborate this.

If Lawyer An didn't know the grievances between Ying Gou and xie zhi in ancient times, Lawyer An would have almost mistaken xie zhi as Ying Gou's good buddy.

This was a disguised way to subsidize and give money to a good friend without damaging Ying Gou's reputation!

"Prepare." Zhou Ze said.

"Destroy it?" Lawyer An asked.

"It would be a pity to destroy it." Zhou Ze shook his head and looked at Xu Qinglang, asking: "Old Xu, is there a way to turn Old Zhang's situation into something like yours…"

Xu Qinglang seemed to know what Zhou Ze was going to say and immediately shook his head, "I can try, but the success rate is very low; after all, they're not on the same level."

Although the Sea God is called the "Sea God," he is just a sea snake who has become a demon.

To be honest, he is really not comparable to the xie zhi.

"Just do what you can; as for the rest…" Zhou Ze licked his lips. He had only saved Old Zhang out of a sense of "eagerness to do good" back then. He didn't really have much expectation or intend to use Old Zhang, but if Old Zhang could obtain the power of the xie zhi avatar, then the effect…

The scene,

too beautiful.

Zhou Ze snapped his fingers,

"Biu!"

The ferret flew over and landed on Zhou Ze's shoulder.

Zhou Ze reached out and touched the ferret's butt,

and said:

"I think it's really too unfair that my fountain pen has been kept in this guy's butt all along."

---I am the dividing line of exploding chrysanthemums---

Asking for monthly tickets, asking for monthly tickets!

We've been fighting hard for half a month,

Long doesn't believe we can't make it!