Chapter 760: Extra Chapter 3: Digging a Hole

Li Qingying and Hui Moqiong also didn't hold a wedding.

After Hui Moqiong's proposal succeeded, he originally planned to hold the wedding before the New Year, but he didn't expect Li Qingying's appointment to come even sooner.

The incense at Jūnzhú Shān Chénghuáng Miào had always been prosperous; after being repaired again, a new City God took charge, and when it reopened to the public, the stream of people coming to offer incense was endless.

After all, Xiao Jiu and the others had once fought for Jūnzhú Shān Chénghuáng Miào and rescued many people from here; those who had received favors, who wouldn't want to come and offer a stick of incense to Jūnzhú Shān Chénghuáng Miào?

Not only ordinary people came to offer incense.

Li Qingying came from Wufu Town Pawnshop; first, the Dang Pu sent a great gift, not only donating a large sum of incense money, but also burning several of the largest incense towers.

Linghai Dragon Palace sent over a sculpture of a red carp leaping over the Dragon Gate, enshrined in the Chenghuang Temple; this was an affirmation of Li Qingying's status.

Not to mention other factions; even the Chenghuang Temple sent representatives over to show support for Li Qingying.

Such an honor, since ancient times, only Li Qingying has possessed.

Of course, the more prosperous the incense, the busier Li Qingying becomes.

Especially as the year-end approached, she not only spent all day in the Chenghuang Temple, sorting out lingering problems on one hand and planning the temple's future management on the other.

From time to time she also had to run to the Chenghuang Temple to report work.

During that period, Hui Moqiong became listless and dejected, always staying in the Dang Pu sighing and groaning.

Liu Junyan, seeing his state, flew into a rage: "Have you been so idle lately? Is it that I assigned you too little work?"

"Seventh Lord, have some pity on me." Hui Moqiong lamented, "You now have a wife and kids, warming the kang; everyone else is paired up, but only me! Only I, this ill-fated wretch!"

Liu Junyan clearly knew what he was regretting, yet still sneered, rubbing salt in his wound: "Aren't you also paired up with Qingying?"

Hui Moqiong immediately rolled his eyes and wailed to the heavens: "Obviously the proposal succeeded, we…… we had just started living together, and then she took office..."

Liu Junyan laughed: "Jūnzhú Shān isn't far; just go find her."

"I went." Hui Moqiong with a bitter melon face, "But when I go, she's busy with official duties in the daytime, and I become her little errand boy; she can drive me like a spinning top, busy nonstop, and even before it gets dark she hurries me away, not letting me stay overnight, saying it would defile the Chenghuang Temple."

Speaking of this, Hui Moqiong became even more indignant: "I just asked, isn't there a separately planned area behind the Chenghuang Temple that belongs to her private chambers? I'm not messing around; why can't I stay in her chambers? Why am I unable to show my face?"

Liu Junyan now truly felt sorry for him: "Maybe it's because she just took over the Chenghuang Temple, she's too busy, plus she's not familiar with the work, and Qingying is the kind of person who insists on doing everything to perfection; why don't you wait a bit longer, wait until she's done with this period..."

Hui Moqiong shook his head: "No, I feel that if she stays busy a bit longer, she might completely forget I exist."

Liu Junyan pondered for a long time, also not knowing how to comfort Hui Moqiong.

But unexpectedly, Hui Moqiong himself is a person of action.

In this world, the vast majority of things cannot stump him at all.

It was a snowy day; during the day, Hui Moqiong as usual helped Li Qingying at the Chenghuang Temple, and in the evening Li Qingying didn't even leave him a meal, telling him to go back early.

Hui Moqiong obediently left, but he didn't go far, just nesting in a big tree outside the Chenghuang Temple.

Watching the gate of Jūnzhú Shān Chénghuáng Miào slowly close, the sky gradually darkened; Hui Moqiong leapt down from the tree, walked along the high wall of the Chenghuang Temple measuring with his steps, confirming the direction of Li Qingying's chambers, then……

Hui Moqiong transformed into his giant rat true form, and before long, along the base of the wall, he dug several meters deep, broke through a passage, and slipped inside.

This was Hui Moqiong's first time entering Li Qingying's chambers, yet it was very different from what he had imagined.

It was…… a bit too desolate.

Li Qingying didn't bring all her daily necessities from the Dang Pu; here she only prepared the most basic necessities, perhaps just to sleep at night, with no trace of domestic life.

Hui Moqiong washed up clean and slipped into Li Qingying's bed.

Waiting and waiting.

Ten o'clock.

Eleven o'clock.

Twelve o'clock……

He waited until 1:30 a. m., Hui Moqiong almost asleep, when Li Qingying finally walked in yawning.

Li Qingying was obviously tired, dazed, and didn't even notice that someone else had entered the room.

Mainly because Jūnzhú Shān Chénghuáng Miào had just been freshly rebuilt, solid as an iron bucket, and a Formation Array had been set up around it, so ordinary people simply couldn't get in.

Of course, Hui Moqiong is no ordinary person; furthermore, he had seen the layout diagram of the Chenghuang Temple's surroundings in Li Qingying's study, studied it carefully, and made sure of success.

Hui Moqiong held his breath, concealed his aura, and made not the slightest sound.

Li Qingying went to take a bath.

Hui Moqiong heard the splashing water from the bathroom and finally let out a long sigh.

Before he could finish exhaling that breath, the sound of a whip cracking through the air arrived above his head.

Hui Moqiong yelled "Mom!" as he jumped up from the bed, clutching his head and scurrying like a rat: "Yingyingzi, it's me! Hui Lao Wu! Your husband!"

Li Qingying quickly retracted her whip, stood there dripping wet, and fixed her gaze on the barefoot Hui Moqiong standing on the floor.

She immediately flew into a rage.

Before she could even voice her question, Hui Moqiong leapt over, hoisted her up, and carried her into the bathroom.

One genuinely wanted to play the rascal and refuse to leave, the other was ultimately soft-hearted; since he'd already come, how could they really kick him out in the middle of the night?

In the bathroom, the splashing water sounded; at first it was the two of them arguing, but soon the man began begging and showing weakness, constantly saying nice things, coaxing and coaxing, until his tone changed……

Late into the night, Hui Moqiong did not leave.

Both were highly cultivated practitioners; when their minds were in sync, they could toss and turn until dawn without feeling tired.

They only felt relaxed in body and mind, a sense of satisfaction permeating their whole being.

The next day, Hui Moqiong returned to Jiǔyàn qū with a satisfied grin to take care of business.

All day he was in a great mood, humming a little tune, wishing he could finish everything right away and then turn to look for his Yingyingzi.

But that day there were many things, and as soon as he got busy he worked until dark.

By the time he ran to Jūnzhú Shān Chénghuáng Miào again, the temple gate was already closed.

He turned around and went to the base of the wall again, looking for the hole he had made the previous night, but couldn't find it……

The passage that could only fit a rat's body had been sealed up.

Not only was it sealed, but Hui Moqiong also discovered that the formation array layout around the Chénghuáng Miào had completely changed……