Afterlife Department

Chapter 89 - Dependence

"Young master! We\'re lovers!" Fei Xuli announced with a bright smile on his face as he opened the door of Hao Baiyun\'s secret room in his office. They saw Hao Baiyun leaning on the headboard of his bed while Gu Xingfeng was sitting on the chair beside the bed. Obviously, Gu Xingfeng took care of Hao Baiyun. The Supernatural Department members think so after seeing the towel and warm water on the bedside table.

Gu Xingfeng and Hao Baiyun turned. Seeing Jin Yu\'s ashamed face and was hiding behind Fei Xuli, Hao Baiyun could guess he tricked Jin Yu into becoming lovers. Lan Tian and the others behind them rolled their eyes. We knew ages ago. They thought. Then, they looked at Gu Xingfeng. Their gaze inquisitive.

"Xuli, you…" Hao Baiyun placed a hand on his forehead as he sighed. He can remember it was just not long ago when Fei Xuli succeeded as the Hao Family\'s butler when the previous butler died.. "Damn you, taking advantage of Jin Yu - " he said.

"Y-young master!" Jin Yu called. "D-don\'t... don\'t be mad at Xuli. I really like him!" he said. "I like you, too, young master, but I want to kiss Xuli. So, we\'re lovers!" he explained, trying his hardest.

However, it didn\'t help. Lan Tian, Jin Chulin, Zi Chen and Zheng Bao looked at Fei Xuli like a pedophile trying to force himself on an infant. In short, he\'s a beast. Which is true.

Hao Baiyun glared at Fei Xuli who just smiled brightly. Fei Xuli doesn\'t care what they think, never he had cared. As long as Jin Yu is his.

"Have you found something?" Hao Baiyun asked, changing the topic. He\'ll scold Fei Xuli later.

However, no one answered since they\'re still staring at Gu Xingfeng, who was sitting on his seat like a statue. He\'s immovable. But, at any moment and Gu Xingfeng will melt because of their gaze. "Director… why is chief Gu here?" Jin Chulin asked, breaking the silence in the room.

Suddenly, Zheng Jian gasped. They turned. Seeing the airhead\'s expression, the others knew this couldn\'t be anything good. And they guessed it right after hearing Zheng Jian\'s words.

"Director… your sickness… could it be you\'re using chief Gu to satisfy your perverseness?!" Zheng Jian asked, his eyes wide as he looked at Hao Baiyun with the same gaze they looked at Fei Xuli earlier. "Since he\'s your enemy - " he added. "Mmmph!" he groaned after Lan Tian covered his mouth.

"Ahahaha… director. Chief Gu. I\'ll make you snacks and tea. I\'ll give you my report later - !" Lan Tian said with a forced smile before he dragged Zheng Jian out with him.

"…" the members of the Supernatural Department looked at Hao Baiyun in the corner of their eye since they can\'t bear to face him at the moment.

"Young master. Won\'t you congratulate Ah Yu and I?" Fei Xuli asked, forcefully breaking the tension in the air. However, it just made it worse since Hao Baiyun\'s face is as dark as the bottom of the pot.

Hao Baiyun didn\'t look at Gu Xingfeng to see what expression is he wearing at the moment. "Yes. Congratulations." He coldly answered, going along with Fei Xuli\'s wishes. Seeing Jin Yu\'s happy expression when he gave them his wishes, he felt his teeth ached. "Your report." he said, forcefully returning the topic on hand.

Zi Chen cleared his throat, ignoring Jin Chulin\'s inquiring gaze. He knew this guy would ask, \'is it alright to ignore the previous topic?\' He\'s that worrywart. "Director. B City, C City and G City has experienced strange phenomena that night according to the witnesses." He said.

"Yes!" Jin Chulin nodded as he opened his pocket notebook "Some facilities, as well as other areas, of a public park in G City were destroyed." He said. "Some trees were smashed down, and when we followed the trail, we saw some big scratches on the cemented road." he added. In the paper, there\'s a sketch of the outline of the public park and its surrounding area.

Hao Baiyun nodded. "Xuli." He called, asking for the other\'s report.

"We went to the fourth district and found that the roof of the gym had a big hole like something big fell on it." Fei Xuli said, his expression now serious.

Gu Xingfeng spoke. "Are you certain?" he said. That\'s where they\'ve been last night.

Fei Xuli turned to him and nodded. "It can be easily overlooked since there\'s a ceiling inside the gym, thus you wouldn\'t immediately notice it. But if you\'ll purposefully check it, you\'ll see it." He explained, then turned to Hao Baiyun. "Director. The hole is as big as a car. A car can\'t fly and crash on it unlike in Harry Potter." He told him.

"Are you suggesting something?" Gu Xingfeng asked Fei Xuli.

"That\'s what the Supernatural Department is for." Fei Xuli smiled. "Chief Gu, can you give us an explanation as to how the hole in the roof of the gym was made?" he asked, no other thing intended. "The roof is as good as new. It wasn\'t repaired recently, either." He added.

"The trees in the G City weren\'t purposefully cut down, either. Something had crashed against them." Jin Chulin said. and showed them his sketch "The trees that were smashed are the trees in the middle of the small forest. A car cannot pass through the narrow trail between the trees for it to crash on the trees." He said. "A motorbike or a bicycle cannot give that impact if they\'d crash on the trees, either." He added.

Gu Xingfeng fell silent as he pondered. At this time, Lan Tian and Zheng Jian had returned bringing in their snacks. "A City, K City and Z City also experienced a strange phenomenon. They saw big, flying animals chased by flying people in the sky." Lan Tian said.

"That\'s right." Zheng Jian said as he took a cupcake and ate it. "The people thought someone was filming a movie or drama series." he said as he chewed. "The residents said, they also heard fights." He added. "However, if someone were to film in an area that would definitely disturb people, they would give them a notice. However, there was no notice given to them." he explained.

"The wind is restless since last night, thus I went out." Hao Baiyun said as he got off his bed. He almost slipped because his knees still felt weak.

Gu Xingfeng immediately caught him by wrapping his arm around Hao Baiyun\'s waist. "Careful." he told him. Hao Baiyun nodded after he muttered \'thanks\'.

The others looked away after feeling being blinded. They\'ve had enough of Fei Xuli and Jin Yu\'s PDA.

"I think something big is about to happen." Hao Baiyun said as he walked outside of his room and into his office. He walked towards the floor to ceiling glass window and gazed at the cloudy sky. "Won\'t you agree, chief Gu?" he asked without turning to Gu Xingfeng.

Gu Xingfeng stared at his back. "That\'s why I came here." He said. "I want to ask, if you have seen something." He told him.

Hao Baiyun shook his head and turned to Gu Xingfeng. "Recently, my eyes started to become blind." he said.

Gu Xingfeng was shocked. "What?!" he said.

Hao Baiyun guiltily looked away. "I\'ve been having nightmares the past few days." He said. "I wanted to know what it is. I admit, I had been impatient but – " he said but was cut off when Gu Xingfeng marched towards him and grabbed his arm. The blanket covering his shoulder fell.

"Young master Hao sure is a talent!" Gu Xingfeng yelled.

Jin Chulin and the others were shocked by Gu Xingfeng\'s sudden outburst. "Let\'s leave first." Fei Xuli told them and pushed them to the door.

Gu Xingfeng and Hao Baiyun ignored them. "If I hadn\'t asked you, you wouldn\'t tell me?" he said. When Hao Baiyun didn\'t answer, he became angrier. His hand holding Hao Baiyun\'s arm tightened because of suppressed anger. "Hao. Bao. Yun. Why do you disobey me?" he asked, his face dark.

"Gu Xingfeng…"

Gu Xingfeng held his cheek and made him face him. "Tell me." he said. "Why do you insist to see it, even if you\'ll become blind after?" he asked.

Hao Baiyun stared at Gu Xingfeng before his tears fell. "Gu Xingfeng…" he said. "I dreamt that you died." He told him.

Gu Xingfeng\'s eyes widened. "That\'s just a dream!" he said, his tone exasperated. "Why are you so worried about them?" he asked. "I am here! I\'m still alive! Hao Baiyun, can you stop for a second and look at me for once?" he said, his voice tired. "Stop looking into the future. Instead, live on the present." He told him as he pulled him and hugged him tight. "Hao Baiyun… why do you make me so mad at you?" he asked as he buried his face on Hao Baiyun\'s shoulder. "You always make me mad." He added.

"Gu Xingfeng… wasn\'t I born just to contradict you?" A soft laugh can be heard as an answer.