The Bodyguard King's CEO Wife-Chapter 1249: Doesn’t Care

"Nothing can be hidden from you." Ghost was stunned for a moment, then gave a bitter smile, "That’s right, Mr. Ye is not a businessman at all."

Gu Xin was not confused; on the contrary, she was very smart. The more chaotic the situation, the clearer her mind became. Just from the conversation between Ghost and Zheng Ji earlier, she could tease apart the flaws, forcing Ghost to be honest.

"Tell me, what does he do, and what do you do?" Gu Xin looked at him coldly, but the words were swallowed back by Ghost. Suddenly, he was afraid to tell the truth because this experience would create a rift between the two.

"Don’t want to say it, Li, I never cared about your past. The person I love is the current you, but your current attitude disappoints me." Gu Xin was quite dissatisfied with this; she only wanted an attitude from Ghost. What she hated most was Ghost’s current ambiguity.

Ghost, with a gloomy expression, looked at the driver in front, who seemed not to care about their conversation. This reassured him. He stared into Gu Xin’s eyes and made a slicing gesture on his neck with his palm, a universally recognized sign. Gu Xin understood it at a glance, but unexpectedly, she wasn’t as shocked as Ghost thought she would be. Instead, she turned her head, saying nothing.

"Tch, how boring, I thought it was a big deal. Let’s go home." Gu Xin said coldly, and the driver in front didn’t suspect anything, thinking it was just a lovers’ quarrel.

"Xin’er, didn’t you understand what I meant?" Ghost was very shocked. If it were a normal person who discovered that the person they were dating had killed someone, they would have been terrified, wouldn’t they? But Gu Xin seemed unfazed. Could it be that she didn’t understand what the gesture meant?

"I understood long ago, you don’t have to say anything more." Gu Xin immediately said.

"Alright, I won’t say any more."

After twenty minutes, the car arrived at the apartment building. They went inside, took the elevator, unlocked the door, and not a single word was spoken. Ghost didn’t dare to speak first because he couldn’t guess Gu Xin’s current mood. Perhaps, because of the driver earlier, she hadn’t vented her real feelings, and if he wasn’t mistaken, she would start to "explode" once they got home.

"Li, I have never cared about who you used to be." Gu Xin said softly and calmly walked towards Ghost. They hugged each other. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

"You guessed right, I was once a ruthless killer. Although by my standards then, it was nothing, from the perspective of Huaxia, I was indeed a monster, there’s no denying it. Not only that, Mr. Ye is also like that, and so are the others you met that day. We are all like that. For many reasons, Mr. Ye went back to Yanjing, and I...lost my memory in an unexpected mission, and the rest, you already know." Ghost explained to Gu Xin, talking for a full five hours about his past in the Netherworld Palace. According to its rules, even after leaving the Netherworld Palace, no one could disclose its secrets, and not even a little of their experiences could be shared.

However, Ghost had violated the code. Among the members of the Netherworld Palace, be they Hidden Guards or the general members, they had never broken the rule. In life, they all had different identities as cover-ups and had never defied this ordinance. Little did they expect that the first to break the rule was Ghost himself.

For five hours, Gu Xin didn’t say a word; she just watched and listened silently.

Like a child listening to an elder recount the past, even when talking about battles, like the one at the Holy Mountain, or discovering bizarre creatures in the ruins of Atlantis, Ghost didn’t mince words.

"I didn’t know such things existed in the world." Gu Xin’s first words were an exclamation of those experiences, indicating she was enthralled. As people grow up, they often find the fairy tales and myths of their childhood naive because, as they age, they realize those are just stories to coax children to sleep, but now, Gu Xin realized these things truly existed because she absolutely believed Ghost’s words.

"Will you take me to see them sometime?" Gu Xin suddenly said.

"Ah, see what?" Ghost was quite shocked by her words.

"Of course, those things you talked about, or...were you lying to me?" Gu Xin asked back, looking meaningfully at Ghost.

"Of course, it’s true, absolutely genuine. I never brag." Ghost immediately countered. Speaking of which, a normal person would be lucky just not to be scared out of their wits hearing such stories. How could anyone want to go see them?

"Then why don’t you take me?"

"Those places are too dangerous, and besides, what would you, a girl, do there?" Just as Ghost finished speaking, Gu Xin held his face with her hands, and they gazed into each other’s eyes.

"You see, despite your past experiences, it doesn’t bother me. Now...can we still live together?"

"Um, of course we can." Ghost hadn’t expected that what Gu Xin wanted to say was this, nor did he expect that she had listened so intently for five hours just to prove one point.

Gu Xin was not afraid of the so-called cultivator’s world.

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The next day.

"So, are you planning to see Mr. Zheng today?" Gu Xin, just waking up, saw Ghost putting on his only suit in front of the mirror.

"Yeah, yesterday you put him in an awkward spot, so today, I’ve got to explain things clearly." Ghost gave a bitter smile; after all, if they had offended Zheng Ji, given his status in the East Sea, both Ghost and Gu Xin’s livelihoods could be at stake. This was a joke, of course. After all, Zheng Ji wasn’t a fool. If he had guessed it right, he was probably waiting at home for Ghost to come explain. Last night, Ghost had laid everything on the table with Gu Xin, so from now on, there was no need to avoid discussing cultivator matters in front of her.

"Tch, why didn’t you explain it to me clearly? Never mind, just go quickly and come back early." Gu Xin scoffed, knowing she was at fault but still wanting to bicker with Ghost.

Knock, knock, knock.

"Who is it, so early in the morning?" Curious, Ghost went over and opened the door to find a well-dressed stranger.

"Good morning, Mr. Gu. I was sent by Mr. Zheng. He said you should be planning to visit the Zheng Family now, so he specially sent me to pick you up."

"Mr. Zheng really is spot on."