Fu Chenhua leaned on the bed, holding his phone in a daze.

When the man in black came to deal with his second uncle's matter today, he had originally only instinctively guessed that the man who gave him a great sense of threat and had unfathomable strength should be a Underworld official with an extremely high rank. However, he never imagined that the man's rank would be so high—directly the highest position in the Court of Ghost Prison.

Of course he had heard of the deeds of this Court of Ghost Prison Director.

As an outstanding student who had always achieved good results in various exams from childhood to adulthood, he naturally had a deep memory of this person who appeared in the introductory textbook of metaphysics and occupied a full page. It would probably be difficult to forget even after a hundred and eighty years.

It is said that since Xuan Qi entered hell, no one has seen the true face of this Court of Ghost Prison Director. Could he be the first?

No, he shouldn't be. To put it bluntly, that youth who had an intimate relationship with the Court of Ghost Prison Director was more likely to be the "first person" to see the director's true face.

After all, they had already held hands in front of people without hesitation. The relationship between the Court of Ghost Prison Director and that youth was naturally self-evident.

Although the yin energy on that youth's body was slightly heavier than normal people, it was still within the normal range. Moreover, judging from his dress, he seemed more accustomed to living in the human world. At that time, the youth himself also said that he was not a Underworld official, so based on these clues, he speculated that the youth should not be a creature of the Yin realm, and was very likely a demon or a human.

It's just that he didn't look familiar, and it was unknown which sect or clan's descendant he was.

No, he might not necessarily be a descendant. There are many old demons in the metaphysical world who have lived for thousands of years and still have a tender face, let alone the layers of transformation techniques. It is not accurate to judge based on the face alone.

In any case, someone who can stand with that big shot and show such intimacy definitely can't be an ordinary person without any power.

Marriages in the metaphysical world also pay attention to matching doors, but the criterion for judging this "matching doors" is not based on the universal money and power, but on family heritage and personal strength.

Of course, personal strength is the most important among them.

So according to his speculation, that young-looking person was most likely some hidden master or a thousand-year-old demon.

As a result, he was quickly and neatly slapped in the face at the family elder meeting the next day while thinking like this.

Looking at the familiar youth in the photo in his hand, he couldn't help but reveal a trace of abnormality on his usually calm and steady face.

After the two left yesterday, he immediately reported the situation to the family, emphasizing the seriousness of his second uncle's crime. After the elders in the family considered it for a while, they chose to announce the matter within the family before it escalated. So when the Court of Ghost Prison issued an announcement yesterday, they were already psychologically prepared and didn't find it too unacceptable.

Even though everyone in the Fu family knew that once this announcement was made, the Fu family's status in the metaphysical world would inevitably decline rapidly as expected.

Sure enough, from the release of the announcement at 4 pm yesterday to the convening of this meeting, it could be clearly felt that several families who had previously had a good relationship with them were imperceptibly alienating them.

This is just the beginning. Before long, more and more families and forces will want to "keep their distance" from them.

Avoiding harm and seeking benefits is human nature, and there is nothing to criticize in the end.

The Fu family was already on a downward path. In addition, a family member had fallen into the hands of the Court of Ghost Prison, and it was so serious that a punishment notice was posted on the metaphysical forum - you know, the Court of Ghost Prison may not even issue a notice once in decades - naturally, it will be generally not well-regarded by other forces.

Of course, for some well-known reasons, after the announcement came out, almost all the attention of the people in the metaphysical world was focused on the identity-sensitive handler, and the Fu family did not become the focus of discussion, which, to a certain extent, also dispersed some of the pressure on the Fu family.

However, it is conceivable that when the heat about Xuan Qi passes, the negative impact brought by his identity to this matter will begin to manifest exponentially - a family personally dealt with by the Court of Ghost Prison Director, this will be a stain that may never be washed away in the history of the Fu family.

However, since things have already happened, the only thing they can do is to accept and make amends.

After all, the Fu family has been a prosperous family for nearly a thousand years. The past prosperity not only left them proud memories, but also profound heritage and upbringing, so that they will not be discouraged and disrupt their formation when they are in such a low ebb, but think of ways to do everything they can to get through the difficulties.

So early this morning, the family elders held another meeting to discuss how to make further efforts to remedy this matter.

Among them, it was mentioned how to compensate the innocent male college student who was implicated in Fu Shanming's muddled actions this time.

Through some special means, they obtained some information about this male student, including basic personal and family conditions.

Of course, this also includes a photo of the male student.

Seeing his only son's strange expression after getting the photo, the Fu family patriarch frowned slightly, looking a bit worried, and asked, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong? Or are you feeling unwell?"

Since the Court of Ghost Prison's announcement came out, his worry about this only son has become more and more serious. Seeing his weak appearance, he even felt a little regretful for approving the decision to let Fu Chenhua sacrifice his essence blood to divine for the family.

According to the Fu family's current situation, if there are no accidents, Fu Chenhua will be the only one in the next generation who can take on the heavy responsibility and the only hope of the Fu family.

Hearing his father's inquiry, Fu Chenhua moved his gaze from the photo, lowering his eyes to conceal the complex meaning in them, "It's nothing, I probably didn't rest well last night due to uneasiness, it's not a big deal."

It was a photo cropped from a class group photo of a university. The youth in the photo was not eye-catching in appearance, with a dull expression, thin figure, and wearing a set of cheap and somewhat faded clothes, making people feel at first glance that this was a very ordinary and even somewhat straitened student.

And such a first impression obviously also fits well with the introduction of "orphan background, poor family" in the youth's information.

But with just one glance, Fu Chenhua felt as if he had been struck by lightning, his entire being momentarily losing the ability to think.

Although their temperaments were vastly different and their hairstyles had changed slightly, his impression of the two people from yesterday was so deep that the instant he saw this photo, he immediately recognized that the young man in the photo was the one who had appeared hand in hand with the director of the Court of Ghost Prison yesterday!

This was truly... too bizarre. No matter how you looked at it, this young man named Han Ziyu was just an ordinary human, with a simple and transparent background. At most, due to his physical constitution, the yin energy on his body was slightly heavier than the average person's. There was no way he could be involved with that person.

Before confirming such an inconceivable matter, he must not leak a single word. No, even if it was confirmed to be true, he had to keep his mouth shut tight and pretend he didn't know.

Because of what his good second uncle had done, the Fu family was already on the Court of Ghost Prison's radar. From now on, they had to be extremely cautious in their actions. If he were to thoughtlessly reveal the director of the Court of Ghost Prison's scandalous gossip, their Fu family might directly become a key surveillance target of the Court of Ghost Prison!

Thinking of such consequences, Fu Chenhua calmed his mind and warned himself that he must not show the slightest abnormality.

At this moment, he was immensely grateful that last night, when reporting the situation to the family, he had not mentioned the unusual relationship between those two people due to his intuition.

It was best to just let this matter quietly rot in his stomach.

The Fu family patriarch had always valued family affection and paid great attention to Fu Chenhua. Now, he cherished this son like the apple of his eye. Hearing him say this, he earnestly exhorted, "If you're not feeling well, don't force yourself. Take a break in your room after the meeting is over and let someone else handle this matter."

After some discussion, regarding Han Ziyu, who had nearly been killed by Fu Shanming, the family ultimately decided to send a respected family member to sincerely apologize to him and offer a certain amount of compensation.

According to the information they had found, Han Ziyu came from a poor family. The elderly couple who had adopted him were ordinary farmers with little income. It had already been quite a stretch for them to provide him with university tuition fees. Han Ziyu had to take on a large number of part-time jobs every weekend just to barely maintain his basic living in this first-tier city.

For someone struggling on the poverty line and obviously in dire need of money, wealth was almost invincible, especially when the amount was huge. It would be even more irresistible. So they were almost one hundred percent confident in using money as a breakthrough to obtain Han Ziyu's forgiveness.

The Court of Ghost Prison's verdict had been handed down. The punishment was severe but fair, only dealing with Fu Shanming and a few of his accomplices, without penalizing the Fu family.

Although, in principle, this matter could have ended here, the law was the law and human feelings were human feelings. In the usual practice of the metaphysics community, if the descendants were incompetent, the entire family had to take the blame. So not only did they have to clean up Fu Shanming's mess, they had to do it beautifully, leaving no room for moral fault-finding.

Although given the Fu family's status, it seemed a bit too formal to go to such lengths to seek forgiveness from an ordinary person, and there was a subtle implication of voluntarily lowering their own position, these were extraordinary times. Every move they made next had to be carefully considered, striving to leave no room for criticism. It was better to be a little more formal than to be gossiped about.

Therefore, the person chosen to handle this matter naturally had to be selected with care.

His son had always had extremely high emotional intelligence, and no one who had dealt with him had ever developed a bad impression of him. In this precarious situation, only Fu Chenhua could put his mind completely at ease.

Fu Chenhua looked up to meet his father's caring gaze, the corners of his mouth curving into a slight smile as he declined his suggestion: "No need. It's not a task that requires much effort. Your son hasn't become so delicate to that extent."

If it was really as he thought, the strategy the family had previously devised for Han Ziyu might not be very applicable. If someone else who didn't know the inside story were to handle this matter and foolishly follow the family's plan, it might have unpredictable repercussions.

It was obvious that this matter would be difficult to handle. But as the only person currently aware of the suspected relationship between the young man who might be Han Ziyu and the director of the Court of Ghost Prison, he had no choice but to take on this responsibility.

Fu Chenhua placed the photo on the table, his heart heavy as he sighed inwardly.

Last night, while browsing the forums, he had felt a subtle sense of superiority of being "the only sober one among the drunk" due to the ignorant speculations of those people on the forum. But in the blink of an eye, in just one short night, he now had to pay the price for this secret that could not be spoken.

Truly, the way of heaven was fair, and no one could escape.

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While the eldest young master Fu was feeling immensely distressed over this hot potato of a task that he couldn't throw away, the source of his worries was still blissfully in love.

As usual, He Yan sat in the last row, not very enthusiastic about studying, for the class that started from the second period on Wednesday morning.

In fact, with the amount of knowledge he had mastered, there was no need to waste time at school. He could have done as he did yesterday, using a talisman to create a fake person to attend classes for him. After all, Han Ziyu basically had no complex interpersonal relationships at school and was known for his aloof personality. As long as he adhered to the principle of "silence is golden", it would be difficult to expose the ruse.