Chapter 154: Some Truths Are Better Left Unspoken
“Girl, don’t you think the burden on me is a bit too heavy?”
Early that morning, the old man lay sprawled across Yun Jiao’s desk like a dead dog, having finally understood what the mark on his forehead truly meant.
“Not at all!” Yun Jiao replied, her face perfectly serious.
The old man’s heart grew even heavier. “I already have to lecture Class Three for two hours a day, practice for another three, make one exam paper every three days, and get beaten by the Grandmaster once every seven days for the monthly test. I’ve gotten used to all that! But now you expect me to manage the underworld too?!”
There should be limits to how much one can bully the elderly!
“You’re the one the Yama Decree chose,” Yun Jiao answered naturally. “Just deal with it. Once Han Shu recovers, he’ll take it back.”
“And when will that be?” he asked reflexively.
“Hmm…” She thought for a moment before saying, “According to Uncle Wen, just a few… decades! It’ll be soon!”
The old man: “…” Are you kidding me?!