The two held onto each other ambiguously, a pair of large eyes gazing into a pair of small eyes.

Gu Yi took in Ye Zhizhou's appearance before he suddenly;y reached over and pinched his earlobe. He spoke with a chilly voice, "Did this Dongfang also touch you in this way?"

Of course he touched me countless times. Ye Zhizhou pulled his hand down and held it. He said, with a serious and earnest expression on his face, "Gu Yi, I'm actually an immortal."

Gu Yi responded, "...Oh?"

He continued his words with a serious tone, "You are too."

"..."

"In the Heavenly Court your name is Dongfang Shu; we are partners!"

Gu Yi looked at him with a stern expression of "I'm watching how you weave your tale."

How could Ye Zhizhou possibly be intimidated by his lover's cold expression? He continued lying through his teeth, "Afterwards, you violated a Heavenly rule and were sentenced to descend to the mortal world to experience calamities. I love you so much, so how could I be willing to let you suffer alone? Thus, I also followed you down."

A smile tugged at Gu Yi's mouth. "Then, which one of the Heavenly rules did I violate?"

"Er..." Ye Zhizhou momentarily froze before the cogs in his brain quickly turned. He firmly said, "You violated the rule of not killing other immortals! You stole a chicken from the Jade Emperor's back garden, killed it, plucked it, and cooked it! However, that chicken was actually also an immortal. It had just ascended though, so it was weak."

Gu Yi couldn't resist smirking.

"It was all my fault. If I hadn't said that I wanted to eat chicken, you wouldn't have walked down the path of committing crime." Ye Zhizhou turned his head, using his trump card of pretending to be pitiful. "But, when I descended with you, I had a little problem and became a beast. If I didn't have a Huaxing pill refined by The Supreme Venerable Sovereign in my hand, you and I would never have been able to recognize each other in this life."

Gu Yi's smirk disappeared and his mouth flattened into a line. With furrowed brows, he gathered Ye Zhizhou into his arms and patted his hair as he said, "It's not your fault; it was my fault. Don't be sad... In the Heavenly Court, what was your name?"

"Ye Zhizhou, but you called me Xiao Zhou." Ye Zhizhou moved closer to rub against Gu Yi, covering his face, which had a triumphant smile. "Let's go to bed; it's already so late." No need to fuss over names and identities anymore. His bullshitting skills were really limited.

Gu Yi recited Ye Zhizhou's name several times as he walked towards the room while still holding him in his arms. He solemnly said, "I need to verify our status as being partners."

Ye Zhizhou was stunned. "How are you going to confirm it?"

His butt was pinched, and then his back was stroked ambiguously.

"..."

The next morning, Ye Zhizhou swallowed a pill as he got up from the bed and looked at the empty side of the bed before opening the new plot information.

In this new plot, the part where Gu Yi had found the dazed protagonist beside the garbage can, disappeared. It turned into a scene where the dazed protagonist was walking on the street and was then accidentally hit by a car. Afterward, he fainted, and his soul entered another cat's body.

Ye Zhizhou: "..."

The protagonist woke up to find himself in another cat's body; he was so greatly alarmed that he couldn't help but run in the direction of his home again. He then accidentally bumped into Xiao Rui, who was buying roasted sweet potatoes at a small street stall.

The plot after that was basically the same as the original plot, only changing all the places in the plot where Gu Yi provided help to the protagonist to the protagonist's own strong ability. The number of male leads had also changed from six to five. The story of the world's destruction had basically remained the same, except that Gu Yi changed from one of the male leads in the harem who was vacationing with the protagonist to an innocent vacationing passer-by who was involved- the video of the ability battle was still captured and uploaded by him.

Ye Zhizhou closed the plot information, frowning. The protagonist's soul actually entered another cat's body and continued to meet with the other male leads. It seems like the encounters between the protagonist and the male leads should be intentionally arranged by the protagonist. But why on earth does the protagonist want to do so? Is there anything of the male leads that the protagonist wants? One more thing, is it true that the protagonist's power was only just perspective? He seems to be a little too adept at borrowing a cat's body. Since the encounters between the protagonist and the male leads were intentional, then was the protagonist becoming a cat intentional and caused by someone? Ye Zhizhou once again thought about this world's strange ability settings...

"What are you thinking about?"

When his forehead was lightly poked, he snapped out of his thoughts. He turned to look at his lover who had come holding breakfast and said, "Dongfang, I know who Ah Huang belongs to. Let's send him back."

"Call me Gu Yi," Gu Yi laid the breakfast down, turned around, and went to the wardrobe. He took out a set of loungewear for Ye Zhizhou and casually said, "I agree; I also think that the cat isn't stray." Otherwise, that cat wouldn't have unlocked the cage so skillfully.

At Shi Jianhua's villa, Ye Zhizhou took a seat and glanced at the gentle-looking man in front of him while secretly opening the system's scanning function.

"I didn't expect you guys to run into Baozi. Thank you. I've been looking for this Baozi for several days." Shi Jianwen held the cat in his arms and laughed while petting the cat's head. "After running away once, you've become more lively. You can't be naughty in the future."

The kitten rolled in his arms and let out a soft meow.

Gu Yi nodded to show that he accepted his thanks. Then, he glanced at Shi Jianhua, who was sitting on the armchair and raised his eyebrows. "You're behaving normally today? Where's your dog son?"

"The housekeeper took him along to get a bath." Shi Jianhua set the document down and looked back in doubt. "Gu Yi, why are you strange today? When have I been abnormal?"

Gu Yi thought he was joking with him, so he said, "Did you forget about what happened yesterday? What, you don't want to steal my dog today?"

"You're raising a dog?" Shi Jianhua was astonished, and then asked with a smile, "What kind of breed did you get? How old is the dog?"

The smile on Gu Yi's face slowly disappeared and turned into a frown as he heard Shi Jianhua's words. He said, "I bought the same breed as yours, but it's a bit younger..."

"Then, raise it attentively. A puppy needs to be properly taken care of." Shi Jianhua naturally replied with an attitude no different than usual, as if he didn't remember that he tried to steal the dog yesterday.

Gu Yi carefully observed his expression, and the furrow in his brows deepened.

[Scan complete. Body is healthy. No abnormalities. Showing signs of spiritual power awakening. Suitable pill: Ashen pill.]

Ye Zhizhou was startled and couldn't help squeezing Gu Yi's hand. Why was this scan result exactly the same as Gu Yi's? Was it caused by the spirit flag again? Then... then yesterday- could he have made a mistake when he depended on the scan to determine who his lover was...?

"What's wrong?" Gu Yi stopped his train of thought and squeezed Ye Zhizhou's hand back. After thinking about it, he leaned closer to him and whispered some comforting words. "Don't be afraid. I won't let you be taken away by Jianhua; it seems like there's something wrong with his head. He doesn't remember what happened yesterday at all."

Shi Jianhua had very clearly heard what he said and couldn't help protesting, "What are you talking about? Me snatching your things...? Sigh, why would I want to snatch your person? I'm straight, really. You're the one who's out of his mind. Yesterday, you came to me to talk about buying paintings and studios; I remember it all. Don't unfairly label me."

Shi Jianwen couldn't resist letting out a laugh. "The relationship between Big Brother and Brother Yi is always so good."

"I made a mistake of making a bad friend back then." Shi Jianhua didn't care for his image as he rolled his eyes at Gu Yi. He lowered his head and went back to looking at a document.

Ye Zhizhou gradually calmed down as he listened to their conversation. He retrieved his spiritual power that had unconsciously seeped out. He shook his head, looked towards Gu Yi, and tightened his hold on Gu Yi's hand. His heart felt chaotic. The familiar spiritual power he noticed yesterday wasn't an illusion. Gu Yi was indeed his lover; there's no mistaking it. But, what was going on with Shi Jianwen's scan results? No ability, but had signs of awakening spiritual power...

The kitten that was playing around on Shi Jianwen's lap suddenly jumped off. It looked around a few times before scuttling to the second floor. Shi Jianwen helplessly stood up, looking like a cat slave. "How come this Baozi became so excitable... You guys continue; I'll go up to find him before he destroys anything."

[The probability of Shi Jianwen and the protagonist falling in love has dropped to 80%. May the host persist in his efforts.]

Ye Zhizhou watched him go upstairs and rubbed his chin. It only went down to 80%. Looks like returning the cat wasn't too good of a move. Him changing this point of the plot had no effect on the protagonist's knowledge learned as a cat, which he then used to cater to Shi Jianwen's preferences to gain his favor. And Shi Jianwen's scan results... Was it a special case, or were all male leads like this?

what could he do? The protagonist has a clear goal in mind, so he'll definitely find a chance to meet the male leads when he becomes a human again. Additionally, the protagonist had already figured out the male leads' personalities while he was a cat. It would be easy to gain the male leads' favor... No, he can't let the remaining male leads meet the protagonist. Not until he learns exactly what the protagonist wants from the male leads. And the scan results... he also needs to figure out what was going on with it as well.

In the new plot information, because of the disappearance of Gu Yi's part in the plot, the meeting between the protagonist and Xiao Rui happened in advance. At this time, Chang Yao hadn't gone abroad, and the protagonist hadn't been sent to the hospital yet... He has to let the protagonist's soul return to the proper body as quickly as possible!

After they left Shi Jianhua's villa, Gu Yi wanted to buy clothes for Ye Zhizhou. but Ye Zhizhou politely refused.

"Right now, I'm still an unregistered resident. Are you sure we shouldn't handle my ID card first?" Ye Zhizhou pulled at his clothes, looking listless. "The clothes you bought me this afternoon are enough. Gu Yi, I'm a little sleepy. I want to go back and sleep." As he said this, he massaged his waist.

As expected, Gu Yi misunderstood when he saw Ye Zhizhou's actions. He came over to help him rub his waist. After thinking for a bit, he said, "I'll take you home to rest first. I'll deal with the ID card business right now. You be good at home; I'll take you out to eat delicious food tonight."

Ye Zhizhou promptly nodded while laughing. Gu Yi instantly swept over to him a kiss before driving them home.

After confirming that Gu Yi had left, Ye Zhizhou lifted the blanket and got off the bed. First, he deceived the home monitoring system with his spiritual power. Then, he began to fumble around and set up the array, muttering discontentedly, "What's the point of putting up all these jadeites and constantly having the surveillance camera on all day. It's so inconvenient to do anything..."

It took him an entire hour to set up the basic array. After looking at the time, he saw that it was already so late. He quickly picked up the cash that Gu Yi had left and went out to hail a taxi, hurriedly rushing towards the protagonist's home.

The protagonist's mother had already run away and left the protagonist behind. The protagonist's body right now was cared for by Chang Yao. Based on this time, Chang Yao should be in class right now. The protagonist would be the only one in the protagonist's house. The support worker that Chang Yao had hired would only come to see the protagonist once every two hours while Chang Yao was away. He could exploit this large gap in time to enter the house.

He smoothly arrived in front of the protagonist's house. He surrounded himself with spiritual power to conceal his figure and aura, and then took out a wire from his space and started to pick the lock.

Two minutes later, the back door was picked open. Ye Zhizhou ducked through the door and sent out his spiritual power. He carefully distinguished between the auras in each room and ran to the room where the protagonist was.

T/N:

Divi: We're back from the dead, and hell mode arc is already will. I'll be taking over editing for APDSH. Thanks, Evan for all your help!

Mina: Hewwo I'm still alive,,, 3 months sure passed by fast oops. I'll try to have a more regular update schedule no promises. (this was crossed out:) Buy my DM is bribing me with exp for each chapter tho kek. See u all next week,,, maybe :3

I apologize for any misspelled words, thank you for reading!

Stay safe :)