Otherworldly Merchant
Chapter 462: Homosexual Love

I was certain that the agenthadthe mask. I told him, “You don’t know the power of that thing. Although it can give yousome benefitsfor a short period, the more you use it, the more dangerous it will become. Sooner or later, you will be trapped to death.”

The agent’s face turned pale, but he still denied it. Suddenly, Yi Xishouted,“Who the hell do you think you are? Howcanyou keep babbling? You evenmadethe director your cushion. You stinky swindler! Sister Yin, I feel so sorrythatyour man is like this!”

Yi Xihada foul mouth. I really wanted toslap him in the face. However, I rememberedwhat had happened tothe supporting actor, soI didn’t dare to mess with him. I had tohold back.

Yi Xi snorted. Agent Song told him, “We should go! No need to mind them!”

After the two left the room, the director asked, “M-Mr. Zhang, are you sure Yi Xi has something evil with him?”

“I’m sure.” I nodded.

“What should we do then?”

I sighed. We couldn’t just force them and seize the item. If we provoked him, the situation would get worse. I told the director, “You should keep an eye on him. Don’t enrage him, no matter what. That is if you don’t want trouble.”

“You’rethe expert here. Canyou findawayto solve this case thoroughly?” asked the director.

“It’s similar to giving treatment to a patient. If that patient doesn’t want to be treated, the doctor can’t do anything.”

But if we waited until his ‘sickness’ became more intense, more unexpected accidents would happen here.I felt my head swelling up.

Afterwe leftthe director’s room, Yin Xinyue pulled my shirton our way back to the courtyard.“Brother Zhang, I have a secret I want to tell you, but you should never spread the news, okay?”

“Okay.” I nodded.

“Yi Xi is gay.”

“Impossible!” Li Mazi gawked. “Iused Baidu to search for his information this morning. He’s a playboy! He has a scandal every six months!”

“Those are fake news. When we worked together in a drama before, he told me that he likes men. He’s been like that since he was young. That’s why he has low self-esteem issues,” said Yin Xinyue.

“Whyhasn’the come out of the closet?” I asked.

“It’s not that easy. No matter what, he’s a celebrity, and he needs to maintain his image. At the same time, he has so manyfangirls. If other peopleknowthat he’s gay, all hiseffort might goin vain.”

“It’s tough to live the life of a star,” I said.“All right, if you say so. Then, his agent and him…”

“I guess they are a couple,” said Yin Xinyue. She smiledmischievously.

I thought so, too. Unless they had a close relationship, one would never show that hehadan otherworldly item tosomeone else. Moreover, the agent kept the mask.

“Whyhasn’the consulted a psychiatrist? He doesn’t lack money. Our proverb says,‘Among the three causes thatkeepa man fromcompletinghis filialduty,having no descendant is the worst cause.’If my little Mengturns out to begay, Iwillbreak his legs!” said Li Mazi.

Yin Xinyue and I shot him a despising look. “If you say that to an actualhomosexual person, you will be beatento death.”

Li Mazi wore a puzzled face. “Did I say something wrong?”

I was too lazy to debate with him. Li Mazi belonged to the generation of thosewithconservative mindsets. They were not able to accept this. Recently, China has been affected by EuropeanandAmerican cultures. People gradually accepted the existence of homosexuality.

Even Tim Cook,the CEO of Apple,admitted that he was gay.

My personal view is thatit'speople’s freedom and right to like men or women. As for myself, my brain was full ofYin Xinyue!

Wereturnedto our roomsand boiledsome water to wash our faces before going to sleep. Ijokingly said toLi Mazi, “I’m going to sleep with you tonight!”

“Cutitout! I knowyou will sneak outlater.You should just stay with my sister-in-law. I sleep well alone.However,please keep it low!” Li Mazisaid with sadness.

“Go away!” I laughedandshooedhim.

Yin Xinyue hadn’t slept yet. She was sitting on the bed, playing with her phone. I went to the kitchen to fetch a basin of warm water for her to soak her feet in.Yin Xinyue was touched.While I was giving her afootmassage,she asked,“Why do you treat me so well?”

“I should do so.”

Whilewe were chatting, the light in our room flashed. We heardsome movementsfrom the back of the courtyard. Yin Xinyue hugged my armand said,“Could it be a thief?”

“Onlythe film crew members stay here. I’m going to check it out,” I told her.

“Don’t leave me alone. I’m scared.” Yin Xinyueshivered.

“Okay,you cancomewith me!” I grabbed a wooden stickand pushedthe door open. Yin Xinyue followed closely behind me.

The bright moonlight illuminated the entire courtyard. I scanned aroundandheard some noises from the roof. I lifted my head and saw a figure standing on the roof of the house.

That personworeshining gold armor, as well asa scarlet cape. His skin was fair and his hair was long. Thegruesomemask onhis face wasespeciallystriking!

Yin Xinyue screamed in fright. I sweated, too.He was the Prince ofLanling!

I gave Yin Xinyue the wooden stick and took out my Sirius Whip. The figure jumped from the roofand landedfirmly on the ground. Before hegotup, Iused all of mystrength to lash him! However,he grabbed the whip easily and pulled it, dragging meto the ground.

He took out his shining swordand aimed it atme. In this death-or-life situation, I resolutely threw the Sirius Whip aside and grabbed the sword with my bare hands.

I thought it would be really painful, but when my handsgot in contactwith the sharp-edged sword, it didn’t feel sharp at all. I just used a little force and the swordbroke…

Shoot, it looks imposing, but it’s just a prop!

The masked man threw the broken sword awayand stompedon my stomach. His kick was strong. I landed on my buttandalmostvomitedblood.

“BrotherZhang!” Yin Xinyue wanted to help me.

“Run!” I urged her.

The masked man grabbed Yin Xinyue’s armand pushedher aside. Yin Xinyue tried to hit and kick him, but he didn’t bat an eye.

Seeing the way he was dealingwith Yin Xinyue, I thundered in rage. “YiXi, don’t think that I can’t recognize youjust becauseyou’rewearinga mask!”

An odd series of laughter arose from under the mask. I was baffled. That voice didn’t soundlike Yi Xi’sor his agent’s voice.

He grabbed my neckand liftedme from the ground. I couldn’t breatheand struggled hard.

How strongis this person?! Heliftedme upwith one hand!

Li Mazi came to help, but he was petrifiedwhen he saw thescene. I had touse the last bit ofmy strength to call him. “Help!”

Li Mazi looked around and picked up a clay jar. He slowly approached the masked man from behind.

“Bam!”

Li Mazismashedthe clay jar on the masked man’s head. Pieces of the jarflew everywhere, butthe masked man didn’t react. It wasas if he wasn’t hurt at all. Slowly, he turned tolook atLi Mazi.Feeling embarrassed, Li Mazi smiled sheepishly at him.

“H-Hello!”

The masked man punched Li Mazi’schest. Li Mazi screechedandwas sent flying to the backof theroom like asandbag.

As he was dealingwith Li Mazi, I seized the time andreached to grab the Sirius Whipfromthe ground. However, I couldn’t pull it as the masked manwassteppingon it. Heraisedhis other leg to kick me. Luckily, I dodged his attackin time.

“Wehave to take his mask off!”

While I was still thinking, the masked man picked up the Sirius Whip. The Sirius Whip was made ofwolf-skinfrom Outer Mongolia. In theory,zombiesand ghosts didn’t dare to touch it. If he could grab the whip with his bare hand, it meanthe wasn’t possessed. He still had his sanity.

I hurried tocallhim.“Yi Xi. Handsome Yi, we can talk. We’re here to help. We don’t want to harm you.”

The masked man didn’t react. He wielded the whipand lashedat my arm. Immediately, a streak of blood appeared on my arm. It was so painful that I had to gasp for my breath.

I thoughtaboutthemany ghosts and monsters that I had destroyed with the Sirius Whip. Tonight, someone was using it to hit me. Was this karma?