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As Yu Zhengdu has said before, Shang Que loves telling stories.
Not the type that they would read to Peppa together during her learning sessions of course. Despite everything that they’ve went through, they still have the integrity, as people (or a ghost, for Shang Que’s case).
There are also times when Yu Zhengdu would even question his own reality, given the different genres the Ghost King has read to him in a single day. Is he not tired after all the work managing their modern version of Hell?! How is he finding time getting all that experience – coughs no – exposure to the variety of reading out there?!
Whenever asked, Shang Que would smile mysteriously. But he would never answer during their storytelling sessions.
In Shang Que’s mind, no one (people nor ghost) should ever find out that he had to scour through the darkest corners of the Internet to get to where he is right now, a low-key, yet honourable scholar. If his lover finds out, won’t that mean his reputation would be tainted forever?!
Thus the silence would always fall between the two when the question pops out, mid-storytelling. Yu Zhengdu never got the answer until way later on, but enjoys the stories that Shang Que gets to share nevertheless. One of the theories that Shang Que has learned from his MBA emphasised on getting a win-win, and he thinks that this is one of it. Right?
... At least, the Ghost King thinks so.