Zombie Bodyguard

Chapter 1903 - 1900: Hiding a Handsome Guy in a Gilded House

"This is a long story, let’s go inside and talk..." Zhang Ruyan pulled Zhang Lingyu’s hand, walked into the cave, and was about to tell her how she met Lin Tian.

Lin Tian was startled and quickly faked a couple of coughs to remind Zhang Ruyan not to talk nonsense. What a joke—if she told the story about how she almost forced herself on him, who knew how Zhang Lingyu would react.

Unfortunately, Zhang Ruyan didn’t respond at all. Lin Tian coughed twice again, and she finally looked back, but what she said almost made him fall over: "Why are you coughing? Zombies don’t catch colds. Say whatever you want to say."

Damn it, are you playing dumb or do you really not get it? It’s not about what I want to say, it’s about you thinking carefully about what you shouldn’t say. Lin Tian was speechless to the extreme and had the urge to bang his head against the wall.

That made Zhang Lingyu look at him suspiciously as well, so Lin Tian could only change the subject: "Oh, I just think it’s strange—why do you call her sister? By sect seniority, shouldn’t you call her Martial Aunt?"

The two women exchanged a look and then laughed. Zhang Ruyan said, "In the sect I’m the same generation as Zhang Heyuan, so that girl Lingyu should indeed call me Martial Aunt. But I just don’t like that stuff, got a problem with it? Besides, calling me Martial Aunt makes me sound old, you know?"

"But if you and that girl Lingyu end up together in the future, you’ll still have to call me Martial Aunt." Zhang Ruyan added another line, making Zhang Lingyu’s face blush bright red.

"Sister Ruyan, if you keep joking, I’ll ignore you!" Zhang Lingyu glared at her shyly. That maidenly shyness and charm made Lin Tian’s eyes go wide.

The female Heavenly Master was always valiant and heroic, beautiful and proud. When had she ever shown such a little-girl side? She was stunning beyond words.

Lin Tian stared at her without moving, which only made her blush even more, but she still glared back at him, trying to look fierce: "What are you looking at? Look again and I’ll subdue you."

"Subdue him and do what? Hide your beauty in a golden house? Oh no, it should be ’hide a handsome guy in a golden house’. That’s a great idea, I support you." Zhang Ruyan said with a squinty smile, teasing all over her face.

"If you think he’s handsome then I’ll give him to you. I don’t want him." Zhang Lingyu snuck a glance at Lin Tian, but her gaze snapped back like she got shocked, and she forced herself to look totally indifferent.

"You said it yourself, don’t regret it. You know I’m the type who’s game for anything." Zhang Ruyan gave her a provocative smile, then walked over to Lin Tian and hooked her arm through his.

"Hmph!" Watching the two of them being so close, Zhang Lingyu snorted, looking like a jealous girl. "How did you two meet? You still haven’t answered my question."

She looked all huffy, but Zhang Ruyan was still all smiles. "Since you want to know, I’ll tell you how Lin Tian and I met..."

"Ahem, ahem..." Lin Tian hurriedly cut her off and said solemnly, "It’s a bit stuffy in here, I’ll go to the entrance and get some air. You sisters talk."

"What are you afraid of? It’s just that I almost forced myself on you, that’s all." Zhang Ruyan saw right through Lin Tian’s little scheme, and that one line froze him on the spot.

Holy shit, even if you’re going to come clean, can’t you put it more tactfully? Lin Tian felt like even his thick skin wasn’t enough.

"You two... you two..." Zhang Lingyu backed up two steps, her eyes reddening, but she didn’t even know what to say.

"Lingyu, I can explain..." For some reason, seeing her looking so aggrieved, Lin Tian instinctively wanted to explain.

"Because I mistook him for Bai!" Before he could say anything, Zhang Ruyan raised her voice: "You know I’ve always held hatred in my heart, hatred toward the Zhang Family. If a zombie and a Demon Exorcist can be together and there’s no Demon Star, I’ll slap their faces with that. And if there really is a Demon Star, I’ll still make them see that the Demon Star is not a disaster!"

Her voice carried hatred, and before she finished, a teardrop rolled out of her eye, slid down her cheek, and fell to the ground. In the quiet cave, it felt like even the sound of that tear hitting the earth was echoing.

"Sister Ruyan, I’m sorry, I brought up something painful for you..." Zhang Lingyu immediately felt guilty and rushed to comfort her.

"Forget it. As long as you don’t blame your sister for taking advantage of your man, it’s fine." Zhang Ruyan put away her earlier emotions at once. Whether she was putting on a strong front or already numb, no one could see the wound in her heart—only she herself knew.

"I already said he’s not my man. As long as it makes Sister Ruyan happy, you can take advantage of him as much as you like." Zhang Lingyu shed her earlier sadness and spoke very generously.

Lin Tian was completely dumbfounded, then protested in strong dissatisfaction: "Hey, I’m the victim here. Shouldn’t I be the one people sympathize with?"

"You got a bargain and you’re still playing the victim. Why would anyone sympathize with you?" Zhang Lingyu shot him a glare.

Damn, can we have a little logic here? Lin Tian shouted silently about how unfair this all was.

Zhang Lingyu ignored his protests completely and instead said to Zhang Ruyan, "Sister Ruyan, you haven’t returned to the Zhang Family for many years. Showing up today with Lin Tian—does that mean something’s going on?"

Zhang Ruyan stretched out two fingers and brushed her fingertips over the oil lamp in Zhang Lingyu’s hand. A little flame actually jumped onto her fingertips—mysterious and wondrous. She flicked her fingers, and the flame scattered upward, forming a faint fiery-red light curtain that enveloped the three of them.

"An isolation Barrier?" Zhang Lingyu was briefly surprised, then her expression turned serious. "You’re guarding against the Zhang Family, could it be..."

Zhang Ruyan lifted her eyes slightly and said, "The girl is smart. You’ve already guessed it. I came back to take Jiang Chen’s Body."

"So it’s true... Sister Ruyan, everything you told me before was real?" Zhang Lingyu’s face was full of shock.

"What did you tell Lingyu?" Lin Tian asked curiously.

"The same thing I told you: Jiang Chen’s Body can’t be kept in the Zhang Family." Zhang Ruyan didn’t hesitate at all and said decisively, "I need your help. The place where the Ice Soul Coffin is stored requires a Heavenly Master Magic Artifact to open it."

"Wait. If that’s the case, the Elder Council will suspect Lingyu first thing." Lin Tian frowned and raised his objection.

Zhang Ruyan smiled faintly. "They won’t. I’m the only one who knows about using a Heavenly Master Magic Artifact to open the Barrier. Besides, that’s not the only way—other elders can open it too. And by the time they discover Jiang Chen’s Body is gone, it might be many years later. As long as the Barrier alarm isn’t triggered, no one will bother opening the Ice Soul Coffin to inspect it."

"But seeing how much you care about that girl, I’m at ease." she added at the end.

"I believe Sister Ruyan. What do I need to do to help you two?" Zhang Lingyu trusted Zhang Ruyan completely and agreed without even asking about the goal.

"We’ll talk when we get to the Spirit Suppressing Tower." Zhang Ruyan said simply. With that, she dispelled the Barrier and didn’t bother explaining to Lin Tian what the Spirit Suppressing Tower was.

As soon as the Barrier vanished, the cave rippled, and a wave of mist poured in. The mist converged inward and actually condensed into a volleyball-sized sphere of water.

An image of an old man appeared in the water sphere. Lin Tian recognized this as the Zhang Family’s Mystic Light Technique, but he didn’t know the old man. Among the Zhang Family elders, the only one he knew was Zhang Heyuan.