I'm not a drama god

The underground palace, which had been silent for a long time, was brightly lit again that night.

Small scorpions lined up and entered through the door. Each of them held a plate of exquisite poisonous insect dishes on its tail hook. However, compared with last time, the quantity this time was much smaller. Moreover, countless poisonous insects died from internal strife in the Ghost-Mocking Abyss every day. This amount of "ingredients" was just the tip of the iceberg.

The scorpions came to the door of the restaurant. Bright firelight shone through the crack in the door, and they could hear laughter coming from inside.

Several little scorpions looked at each other:

[It's been a long time since I saw the king smile so happily. ]

After opening the door and entering, I saw that Chen Ling and Ning Ruyu each had a few empty wine glasses in front of them. They looked drunk and looked like they had already had three rounds of drinks.

"I'm telling you... Lao Wu has done this more than once or twice... Two days ago, when Lao Er went to collect clothes, everyone else's clothes were fine, but there was a ghost face painted on the master's robe... Do you know what he used to paint it?"

"what?"

"Use the white ash on his nose!" Ning Ruyu slapped the table. "Old Five, you know that his white ash is not ordinary. Once it gets on you, it is absolutely impossible to wash it off. And the most important thing is that when others see that smear of white ash, they can't help laughing...

You know what’s the funniest thing?”

"what?"

"Master didn't notice it at all! He happened to be wearing that costume when he was going down the mountain that day, and everyone laughed at him on the road. No matter how he changed his expression, it was useless. It was only after he had gone around in a circle that he realized it and looked at himself in a mirror... Then, he was also laughed out of anger."

"Haha, what happened next?"

"Later, Lao Wu was severely beaten. The master also confiscated his big spoon for eating. Instead, he gave him an ear spoon, which he used to scoop out rice bit by bit every day."

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha……"

Chen Ling laughed so hard that his eyes sparkled. He couldn't help but ask, "Fifth Senior Brother, isn't this too naughty?"

"He's always been like this, but he's been playing more pranks on Master in the past few months."

"why?"

"Who knows..." Ning Ruyu took a sip of the Five Poisons Wine, "Maybe he is also blaming the master for driving you away."

The air suddenly fell silent.

The smile on Chen Ling's face was a little stiff. After a while, he silently took a big gulp of wine.

"What about you guys...do you blame him too?"

"We don't understand." Ning Ruyu paused for a moment, "Because in our impression, Master has never been that kind of person... We think he must have his reasons, but we still can't see through his mind."

Chen Ling looked into Ning Ruyu's eyes and suddenly chuckled:

"So...he asked you to come here to be a lobbyist?"

"He didn't say it directly, but I can guess what he meant... Otherwise, he wouldn't agree to the request of the fourth brother and others at this time, but only send me here." Ning Ruyu did not intend to hide his intentions, but spoke directly.

"Little Junior Brother, come back with me. Master probably wants to see you."

“Hehe… should??

If he wants to see me, why doesn't he come to me himself? If he wants to see me, why doesn't he tell you directly? Why does he have to use such a roundabout way? ? "Chen Ling's hand holding the wine glass gradually tightened,

"Who does he think he is? A high-ranking chess player, or an emperor who only cares about the country and his people, and even needs others to guess his thoughts?

He didn't even want to say a word, and he wanted me to go back and see him obediently?"

"Junior brother..." Ning Ruyu opened her mouth, but didn't know how to answer, and finally could only fall silent.

After a while, he let out a long sigh.

"To be honest, let alone you... now even the few of us can't understand what he wants to do... Recently he has been staying in the ancestral hall longer and longer, and the opportunities to come out and talk to us are getting less and less... Master seems to have something on his mind."

"He has his business, and I have mine." Chen Ling drank the five poisonous wine in the cup in one gulp.

"Big Brother, I'm really happy that you came to see me... But, I won't go back with you to see him."

"Okay, I understand."

Ning Ruyu waved her hand and stopped talking about it. She also picked up her wine glass and clinked it with Chen Ling's. "Don't worry about him. As long as we are happy, that's fine."

"Ah."

"Your wine is really strong. I can't drink any more... If I drink any more, I won't be able to go back soon."

"If you can't go back, then don't go back. There are hundreds of rooms in my palace. There must be a place for you to live, Senior Brother." Chen Ling said with a wave of his hand.

Ning Ruyu shook her head: "No, the master only gave me 22 hours, I should go back soon."

A hint of doubt flashed through Chen Ling's mind.

It was not 12 hours, nor 24 hours, but 22 hours... This detail was captured by Chen Ling. He seemed to have guessed something vaguely, and an idea came to his mind.

"Okay, then I won't keep you here." Chen Ling stood up, "Big Brother, finish this cup, and I'll take you out."

"OK!"

The two clinked their glasses again and drank the last sip of the wine.

Ning Ruyu did drink a lot, and could even compete with Jiang Xiaohua. When she left at the end, she was staggering...

Chen Ling escorted him all the way to the cliff of the Ghost-ridiculing Abyss. Fearing that he would get drunk and get lost in the Gray World, he specially prepared a centipede to send him to the Xidao Ancient Treasure.

Ning Ruyu staggered to the centipede's back and waved goodbye to Chen Ling:

"Junior brother, I hope to meet you next time at Xidao Ancient Tibetan Temple."

Chen Ling smiled slightly, "Okay...bye."

The centipede carried Ning Ruyu's body on its back and crawled along the almost vertical cliff like an arrow, disappearing from Chen Ling's sight in the blink of an eye.

The man in the bright red costume stood quietly there, and when Ning Ruyu's figure completely disappeared, his gaze became deep again.

He could feel that Ning Ruyu's visit to him this time was definitely not as simple as it seemed...

Is this a signal?

What does this signal represent... What is the Red King planning?

"22 hours?... It should be here soon." Chen Ling roughly calculated the time and it was about the same as he expected.

He returned to the underground palace alone. The numerous torches had burned out by now. Darkness invaded the place again, and loneliness and silence returned to their main theme.

Chen Ling carried the remaining Five Poisons Wine, lay on the throne, and turned on the radio beside him...

The sound of channels from different realms rang in his ears. After listening carefully for a while, there was nothing worth paying attention to. Chen Ling shook his head.

"Forget it... What does the survival of the realm have to do with me?"

After saying that, he drank all the Five Poison Wine in his hand and fell asleep on the throne in a daze.

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I'm at the Great Hall of the People for a meeting today. I really don't have time to update. I'm going to take a day off~