The male supporting character was actually myself.

Many people have seen this kind of thing before. Maybe He Jiangchen's little devil brought back a young woman for him in this way.

Just think about it, with a beautiful young woman on the kang (heated brick bed) in the middle of the night, even the simple-minded He Jiangchen knows what to do. Wouldn't it be perfect if they just slept together? No dowry, no banquet, and he gets a beautiful wife for free!

"Hmm~ Maybe He Jiangchen had the little devil steal it. Look at him, he usually acts all respectable, but he managed to do something like raising a little devil without anyone noticing. He must be up to no good!"

"Why don't we go to the police station and report him? Arrest him and execute him for trafficking innocent women!"

"You're so silly! Didn't you say that the young lady wiped his sweat and fanned him? That means he must have slept with her. Even if we call the police, it won't change the fact that the young lady is willing. In the end, she'll accuse us of making a false report and we'll end up in jail!"

"This can't be rushed. We need the resources to hire a shaman to exorcise ghosts. Let's hold off for now and avoid He Jiangchen for the next couple of days. After lunch, I'll go find a matchmaker. The most urgent thing is to find a way to marry that educated youth the shaman mentioned, the one who can make our whole family rich!"

"Yes, yes, Mom, don't wait until dinner, hurry up and go. Didn't the matchmaker say that the female educated youth is as beautiful as an angel? I want to compare with He Jiangchen and see who marries a prettier wife!"

…………

The three of them whispered among themselves in the room. After listening for a while, the fluffy little dumpling suddenly realized, "Oh right, so the main character's family has never met Liao Yuzhou. No wonder you guys were still planning to trick the female lead into marrying him even though he's already married. Tsk tsk, I have to go report this to my host!"

"Do you want to invite a great immortal? Or a great immortal who lives in a Taoist temple?" Jiang Chen frowned slightly after listening to the fluffy dumpling's detailed report.

Is this bug caused by a Taoist priest?

Why couldn't I find out how? Does He Yongqiang's family have some special connections?

"Host, this is what I'm thinking." The little white cat stroked its ears and scratched its paws, looking a little embarrassed but also a little mischievous. It leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Don't mission worlds always revolve around the protagonist?"

As the best supporting actor, shouldn't I cooperate?

Since the protagonist, He Yongqiang, is so fixated on the female ghost, why not give him a soft and adorable kitten?

Jiang Chen raised an eyebrow. "Hmm? You have female ghosts in your inventory?"

"It's not inventory!" the fluffy ball explained, waving its paws. "How could ghosts and monsters be put into the space? Even if they were, this mission world is a staunch materialist world without ghosts. Ghosts and monsters don't exist in the first place, and even if they were, they couldn't be released."

I mean, give them soft, cuddly kittens...

"Playing tricks?"

"Hehehe, meow~ There are no games to play again, so find some fun yourself."

When this topic came up, Jiang Chen changed his posture and looked at it with a scrutinizing gaze, asking curiously, "Little White, tell me the truth, do you have a physical body or not?"

Can't you just walk through walls?

Isn't it possible to squat on someone's head without them noticing anything unusual?

Why is it that you were able to kick He Yongqiang so hard that his arm turned red, and then still drag his trouser leg down? And now you're even planning to dress up as a ghost to scare that family?

I clearly remember throwing the red veil at you and it just went right through you!

"Well, hehehe..." the fluffy ball smiled shyly, "Actually, I can switch between these states at will. It's just that when I transform into a catgirl, I appear in a humanoid form with a physical body that everyone can see."

In cat form, I can switch between being invisible with a physical form and being invisible without a physical form—whichever I need, I can switch to! So, host, do you agree? I'll go and give that whole family a good 'ghost' show!"

The special nature of the fluffy dumpling wasn't something that had just happened overnight. After careful consideration, Jiang Chen thought that causing some trouble for the other party wouldn't be a bad thing. Besides, if the situation got serious, He Gousheng might invite a shaman to exorcise the ghost. Wouldn't he be able to see the bug while sitting at home, saving him the trouble of searching everywhere?

He thought for a moment and then grinned mischievously. “Playing tricks for fun is fine, but you have to transform into a catgirl and let me see first. I vaguely remember you saying you could grow up or something. We’ve been through so many mission worlds, you must have accumulated quite a bit of energy. Let me see if you’ve grown up yet.”

Chapter Thirty-Eight: I've Grown Up, Meow~

"Meow~ Host, you're so annoying!"

Suddenly, the fluffy little ball of fur covered its face with its paws and shook its big, fluffy tail. It glanced at the female lead, Liao Yuzhou, who was still busy packing in the next room and showed no intention of coming over. Then it jumped off its host's shoulder.

With its fluffy tail covering its body, it turns into an adorable catgirl with big, fluffy white ears.

"Meow~ Have you grown a little bigger?" the little cat girl asked softly, blinking her big blue eyes.

Jiang Chen looked at the little catgirl with a blank expression and shook his head, gesturing with his hand, "Still so short and young, Little White, you haven't grown at all."

"How could that be!" The kitten girl puffed out her chest defiantly. "Host, are you blind? I've grown so much!"

Jiang Chen: ? ? ?

He paused for two seconds before realizing what the key point was.

Jiang Chen: (⊙o⊙)…

"All that energy I've accumulated over so many worlds hasn't been wasted, meow, host! Have I grown up yet?!" The cat girl asked again, her voice full of self-righteousness.

He couldn't help but facepalm. "So, the 'grown' you were talking about... never mind, it really has grown quite a bit. What I'm saying is, can we use the energy we've accumulated to get rid of our childhood state?"

"Meow meow meow?" The cat girl covered herself with her fluffy tail, turned around and became a fluffy ball again, jumped onto the table and meowed, asking with a strange and serious look, "Host, does my evolution direction not conform to your aesthetic?"

Jiang Chen's lips twitched, unsure how to answer. He could only wave his hand and whisper, "Go ahead and play the ghost, but be careful not to cause too much trouble."

"Okay, meow!" With the host's support, the little white cat's eyes lit up with confidence. It wagged its tail and hopped straight to the next room.

He rubbed his temples with his fingers, feeling a bit heartbroken. He had a feeling that the little ball of fluff was running wildly off course and couldn't be pulled back...

Qian Shuandi wasn't home, but her son kept urging her to go to the matchmaker's house on the back street to wait for her, since it wasn't too late.

"Hey sis, busy?"

The other person was hanging clothes to dry in the yard. She was filled with hatred when she thought about how the matchmaker had turned on her in public that day. But she had no choice but to lower herself and ask for help for her son's marriage and for the family's prosperity.

The matchmaker glanced at her, unsure why this shrew wanted to see her.

Could it be that he came to cause trouble after discovering that He Jiangchen had married Liao Yuzhou when he got home?

Or perhaps, they want their money back?

Bah! There's no such thing as a free lunch. Once the money's in your pocket, nobody can take it back.

Thinking of this, the matchmaker gave her a long face and looked her up and down, saying indifferently, "Busy, haven't made lunch yet? Do you have something to say?"

Qian Shuandi walked into the courtyard with a forced smile, pretending to be in a difficult position. She looked at her and pleaded in a low voice, "Older sister, please, for the sake of our good relationship in the past, help us!"

Look at your nephew, he's so old, and there's still no woman in the house. I'm so worried about him!

Hearing her say that, the matchmaker knew that He Jiangchen's side hadn't given anything away.

It seems the two sides haven't met yet. Based on the information I have, I guess she probably just went home, changed her clothes, and came to find me, without meeting the newlywed couple next door.

The He family has done some really inhuman things before. This morning, they caused a scene with the police again. They failed to catch the perpetrator and ended up paying money instead. It seems no one wants to tell them about their nephew He Jiangchen's wedding.

If that's really the case...

The matchmaker looked at her coldly, helplessly curled her lips, pulled down her rolled-up sleeves with her wet hands, patted herself down, and said softly, "Come on, let's go inside and talk."

Qian Shuandi heard a glimmer of hope in this, and breathed a sigh of relief, feeling slightly more at ease.

She was afraid that things might get complicated if she waited too long. Walnut Gully wasn't far from here, and if even a tiny bit of news got out about the dog theft or the trouble with the idiot, her son's marriage would be ruined.

As soon as they sat down in the middle room, Qian Shuandi couldn't wait to say, "Big sister, our family has been having a run of bad luck these past few days, it's really... sigh, I need to find a fortune teller to get rid of the bad luck when I have time. I don't know if we've offended some villains, but one thing after another is really making us angry."

How did things go with what you said to the educated youth?

Isn't it the same to have the wedding banquet first and then register the marriage? At worst, we'll give more dowry money!

She even tried to lure the matchmaker with empty promises and grand schemes, hoping she would put in more effort to get her son the beautiful student first, since once the girl was in the house, she couldn't possibly run away.

They'll just renege on the deal, and the matchmaker will have no choice but to accept her bad luck!

"Forget about the student, it's completely over." The matchmaker took a sip of tea, slammed her hand on the table with a look of utter disappointment, and yelled at her, "Look at the mess your family has made!"

Now, not only in Qilizhuang, but your family is famous throughout the surrounding area!

A family of three, all adults, dared to jump over the wall and run into someone else's house in broad daylight, and then got bitten by a skinny, half-grown dog so badly that they couldn't walk. Any word of that would be incredibly embarrassing!

The people in Walnut Valley heard about it that very day. When the students found out that He Yongqiang was the one who did this, they absolutely refused to agree.

While your family was making a scene and you ended up in the hospital, that person had already found someone else and got married…

"What?!" Qian Shuandi was so shocked that her face turned pale and her mind went blank. Even her voice rose considerably, "The student got married? Who did he marry? Which village is he from?"

The matchmaker's face was full of disdain. She shrugged and said sarcastically, "Why do you care where she marries? She found her own partner, and once they agreed, they got married and held a wedding banquet."

Such a beautiful fairy is not someone I'm the only matchmaker eyeing.

You have no idea how many people want to introduce her to potential husbands, how many young men are eagerly hoping to marry her. Because of your delays, she's already married off!

"Alright, stop looking so mournful. I'm keeping Yongqiang's situation in mind. I'll introduce him to someone suitable if I find him."

Qian Shuandi heard the other person speaking, but those sounds only passed through her ears and didn't enter her brain at all.

Her mind was bombarded with a series of words like thunder: "She got married," "She got married," "She's already married"...

That person is the benefactor and hope for the whole family to achieve great success!

"No! It's not true!" Qian Shuandi recalled how the fortune teller had consulted her birth date and time, calculated her future fortune, and told her in great detail—if she could seize this opportunity to marry the female educated youth, her whole family would rise to prominence, become rich and powerful, and easily enjoy a lifetime of happiness...

It was just one last shudder away!

They were practically on their way to the wedding banquet and the bridal chamber, how did their sure-fire love slip away?!

It's all the matchmaker's fault!

Damn it, if she had told her son where his student lived that day, wouldn't she have had the best of both worlds? Now look what happened, her son's lucky wife has married someone else, and all hope for wealth and glory is gone!

On the contrary, the matchmaker who took so many benefits from herself made a fortune.

If that's the case, then let's just tear off the mask of civility!

Chapter Thirty-Nine is about love~

"If that's the case, then the marriage falling through is your fault as the matchmaker. Take my money back." Qian Shuandi was still in a daze, her mind blank as she blurted out her thoughts, "Wait until I meet someone suitable again..."

Before she could finish speaking, the matchmaker snorted and crossed her arms, looking at her impatiently, "Oh! How easy you talk, how much money did you give?"

I've been running around for your Yongqiang every day lately, and my legs have gotten two inches shorter from all the running!

With your meager savings, you can't even afford to feed that young lady a few melon seeds. Do you really think matchmaking is a risk-free business? I haven't even asked you for a fee, and you're still trying to squeeze money out of me. If word gets out, you'll be a laughingstock!

How can someone who's so stingy even get a daughter-in-law?

"For the sake of our past relationship, let me give you some advice: don't think you're something special just because you have a little money. And don't be so absolute. Go ask around the surrounding villages—given He Yongqiang's reputation right now, who else but me, Matchmaker Wang, would dare to take on your job?"

"That's not how it's said!" Qian Shuandi's small eyes suddenly widened, and she slammed her hand on the table, shouting, "If you take money to do something and the job isn't done, of course you have to return the money!"

What's wrong with Yongqiang's reputation?

The police came today, but they still couldn't get a straight answer! Don't try to pin this on us, Yongqiang has an impeccable reputation..."

The matchmaker, arms crossed, interrupted her with a cold smile, "Oh my, that's quite a novel way to put it. Well then, don't bother asking for a refund, and I won't be asking you for a fee for your trouble."