Chapter 1923: Good Friends with the Ghost Enforcer

"Uncle Bai Lu, wake up!"

"Wake up!!!"

Little Taotie gave him a push.

Lu Yuan lay motionless on the table, even snoring.

"Snore~~ Snore snore snore~~~"

Little Taotie stomped her foot, fuming: "How can you just fall asleep like that, and won’t wake up when called! We were just at the crucial part, how can you sleep! Uncle, Uncle Bai Lu!"

Little Taotie tugged at his ear, almost pulling at the earlobe, shouted into his ear: "Uncle!!!"

Lu Yuan: "..."

How was he supposed to keep pretending?

Did the little girl’s voice have a built-in megaphone or something?

Seeing he didn’t move at all, Little Taotie angrily gave up, turned to Hua Jinyan, spreading her small hands with a helpless look, her big eyes moist.

Hua Jinyan looked at the uncle lying at the table, deep in thought.

"What are you spacing out for, think of something!"

Little Taotie nudged him with her shoulder.

"Even if you wake him up, he won’t tell us."

"Huh?"

"Come here." Hua Jinyan leaned in to her ear: "It’s not even alcohol, there’s no way he’d fall asleep."

"So he’s lying?"

Little Taotie lunged forward, trying to pull him up for a look, but was stopped by Hua Jinyan.

"It’s not quite lying, he’s already given us the keywords."

"Keywords?"

"Jiangxi, a mountain, went up the mountain."

Little Taotie’s eyes lit up: "So Uncle Tie went to Jiangxi, to a mountain, went up the mountain, and then disappeared?"

"That’s possible."

"Then what are we waiting for, let’s go to Jiangxi, set off immediately!"

Hua Jinyan’s mouth curved slightly, casting a sidelong glance at Lu Yuan, who had his head buried in his arms on the table.

Sure enough, Lu Yuan’s fingers twitched slightly.

It seemed like he was waiting for Hua Jinyan’s response.

Hua Jinyan smiled: "Alright, we meet in the evening, first head to the back mountain, sneaking out through the back mountain is easier."

"Don’t go!" The one pretending to sleep finally couldn’t keep pretending.

Little Taotie stared blankly for a moment, her eyes gradually focusing into little flames as she looked at the suddenly awake uncle, her little voice mock-angry: "You really were lying! You weren’t asleep!"

Hua Jinyan stood aside, arms crossed, examining him with a half-smile.

Lu Yuan: "...If I say I just happened to wake up, would you believe me?"

Hua Jinyan half-smiled: "Do you think I believe it or not?"

Little Taotie huffed: "I’m definitely not buying it!"

Lu Yuan looked helpless, shrugged: "I was only cooperating with you guys." His gaze hinted at the leftover skewers.

That made Little Taotie’s accusing little face falter, stiffening for a moment, her eyes darting around before finally landing on Hua Jinyan for help, not moving away.

Hua Jinyan calmly said: "Since you want to cooperate, tell us the truth, where exactly did Uncle Tie go?"

"Right!" Little Taotie, emboldened, said loudly: "You said you’d cooperate with us, then cooperate!"

"I’ve already told you, he passed away."

"You’re lying!" Little Taotie grew more confident: "I didn’t see him turn into a Ghost, and I even asked my good friends later, they said he didn’t die, never received such a Ghost."

Lu Yuan frowned: "Your good friends?"

"Ghost Enforcer!" Little Taotie straightened her back.

It wasn’t the young ghost messenger, but the one she befriended later, arrogant at first, then respectful after learning she was Little Taotie, and whose influence had soared after taking chocolate, that Ghost Enforcer Uncle.

Now he’d been categorized by Little Taotie as a good friend.

Lu Yuan was stumped, knowing the kids here weren’t ordinary, but this was... too much?

Friends with a Ghost Enforcer?

What kind of situation is this?

Could it be they were tricking him, did he look that easily duped?