The Ghost Insists on Giving Me a Beautiful and Powerful Wife! - Chapter 16.2

Tong Weixue was a doctor in her past life. She selflessly saved many people’s lives and accumulated a great deal of merit in her short life.

The Underworld originally wanted to keep her as a yin envoy, to be protected by the Underworld forever, but she didn’t like the cold place. The Left and Right Judges deliberated for a long time based on the Book of Merits and chose a good family for her to be born into.

Both her parents were famous doctors, deeply in love, and had very good tempers.

She was also the last-born child, receiving endless affection from birth.

This was Tong Weixue’s starting point, but accidents always happen. The Underworld only controls souls and reincarnation, not marriage and human nature. It couldn’t control a person’s change of heart in the mortal world.

Tong Weixue’s father had an affair when she was seven years old.

After her parents divorced, she left the happy home with her mother.

She didn’t expect that her mother, because of her hatred for her father’s betrayal, would feel disgusted every time she saw her, and would abuse her both verbally and physically.

Xing Ruoyuan ran into her a few times while on missions. She always had bruises all over her body. Yin messengers aren’t supposed to interfere with the affairs of the living, but Xing Ruoyuan couldn’t bear to see a good soul from the Book of Merits suffer. She had saved so many people in her previous life, so someone should save her in this one.

Xing Ruoyuan tried to change Tong Weixue’s mother, but all her attempts failed. She could only pin her hopes on Tong Weixue’s father.

Tong Weixue’s father had been trying to make amends out of guilt. Xing Ruoyuan found a way to send her back to her biological father.

However, it was a little late when she was sent back. Tong Weixue had been abused by her biological mother for three years, and her personality was already extremely sensitive and extreme.

Her father had also already married the mistress and had a two-year-old daughter.

However, her stepmother might have felt a guilty conscience, as she treated her surprisingly well. Even because of her resistance, her younger stepsister took her stepmother’s surname.

But the harm had already been done, and no amount of amends could fix it.

Tong Weixue hated everyone in the family and never went back after she started college.

Tong Weixue’s fate was good. While she lacked affection, her blessings were made up for in her career.

She had a smooth sailing career from the moment she entered the entertainment industry, encountering good opportunities and quickly becoming famous. The directors and screenwriters she met were all good people.

Unfortunately, due to the lack of affection, she ultimately gave up her booming career and chose to marry and have a daughter early. She even retired from the industry to have more time to spend with her daughter.

At that time, several of the yin messengers under Xing Ruoyuan were still following the TV series she starred in, and they felt it was a pity when they heard she chose to retire.

The gratifying thing was that her husband was a decent man who treated her well.

It would have been great if life could have continued like that, but an accident happened when He Meijie was ten years old.

Tong Weixue and He Meijie’s lifespans suddenly disappeared. By the time Xing Ruoyuan rushed over, Tong Weixue was barely hanging on, and her Life Soul and Heavenly Soul had disappeared.

What was most strange was that the guardian soul was completely unharmed, with no signs of a struggle. This meant the guardian soul hadn’t protected its owner. It only slowly woke up after its owner’s two souls had disappeared.

A guardian soul is bound to the person’s soul.

The moment the soul suffers even a little damage, the guardian soul appears instantly.

To take away two souls without disturbing the guardian soul requires an extremely terrifying power.

Although two of the three souls were gone, the Earth Soul was still there. As long as the guardian soul was protecting her, Tong Weixue’s soul would not completely disperse.

Xing Ruoyuan originally wanted the guardian soul to send Tong Weixue to the Underworld, but Tong Weixue refused.

For a mother, what is more important than life is her child.

Tong Weixue begged her to leave the guardian soul for He Meijie. She also used all of her merit to trade for sixty years of lifespan for He Meijie, resulting in her own soul scattering.

Xing Ruoyuan was shocked by a mother’s willingness to give everything for her child. She was indeed different towards He Meijie. She even modified Tong Weixue’s guardian soul. From then on, the guardian soul not only protected He Meijie’s soul but also her body. As long as He Meijie’s body suffered even the slightest damage, the guardian soul would consume its spiritual power to repair it.

Logically speaking, now that He Meijie was dead, this guardian soul shouldn’t still exist.

After Xing Ruoyuan finished speaking, she couldn’t help but ask He Meijie: “How did you die?”

“I… I don’t know.”

He Meijie’s mind was already in chaos from Xing Ruoyuan’s words. She had never expected that her mother, whom she had almost forgotten, had protected her with such resolve.

She tried hard to recall her mother’s appearance, but in the end, she could only remember a few gentle smiles.

How pathetic.

She had forgotten the mother who truly cared for her because of Sang Qian’s false affection, and instead treated the wicked person as her own mother.

Yu Ruoyin’s focus was elsewhere: “You? You abandoned the guardian soul to make up for Tong Weixue?”

If her understanding was correct, when Xing Ruoyuan decided to give the guardian soul to He Meijie, she decided to let the guardian soul disappear forever. After all, if the guardian soul had to use its own spiritual power to repair even small injuries, it would scatter before He Meijie ever encountered a powerful ghost.

“They are all formed from malevolent ghosts; they are not as fragile as you imagine. What’s more, guardian souls that fail to protect their owners are not qualified to enter reincarnation again.” Seeing Yu Ruoyin still looked sympathetic, Xing Ruoyuan said coldly: “If you knew how many people those malevolent ghosts who became guardian souls harmed, you wouldn’t feel sorry for them.”

Yu Ruoyin was a little afraid. She leaned on Jiang Huaining and only then dared to voice the question in her heart: “But… if you wanted to make up for Tong Weixue, wouldn’t it have been better to just extend her life? Why did you have to use merit even to extend her daughter’s life?”

Before Xing Ruoyuan could answer, Jiang Huaining answered for her: “The Underworld controls reincarnation and souls. They cannot interfere too much with the affairs of the living. The fate of the living is in the hands of heaven. Tong Weixue was destined to face this calamity, and her soul even scattered. Since she herself was unwilling to wait for her three souls to reunite, the Underworld was powerless.”

“But… my mother…” He Meijie suddenly became lucid: “My mother traded for sixty years of life for me, right? But I’m dead now. Does the Underworld… Does the Underworld not have to take responsibility?”

“The Underworld only manages matters of the underworld. We will investigate what stole your life.” Xing Ruoyuan patiently explained: “If you were harmed by someone, we will bring their soul back to the Underworld. The punishments of hell will make them pay the price.”

“What kind of answer is that…” He Meijie was not satisfied with Xing Ruoyuan’s response: “Does the Underworld only manage matters of the underworld? What about the mortal world? Are we living people left with no one to watch over us? You in the Underworld…”

He Meijie was probably so angry that she forgot the person in front of her was a yin messenger.

The more she spoke, the higher her voice rose, and the heavier her anger became, almost to the point of pointing her finger at Xing Ruoyuan’s nose and cursing.

Yu Ruoyin admired her for being a brave ghost. She shrank further behind Jiang Huaining. Only when she was almost stuck to Jiang Huaining’s back did she suppress the fear in her heart.

Xing Ruoyuan didn’t give He Meijie a chance to finish her tirade. She interrupted He Meijie impatiently: “Living people who kill have laws, demons and monsters who do evil are taken care of by Taoist priests, and ghosts who do evil are managed by us in the Underworld. Each has their own division of labor. Isn’t that enough? Do you need a special yin messenger assigned to everyone in their reincarnation, to ensure your lives are safe and smooth sailing? Let’s not even mention that the Underworld doesn’t have that many yin messengers. If we did, you’d probably complain that the Underworld is too controlling and didn’t give you a free life. You’re reincarnating, not going to prison.”

She had been answering one question at a time just now, but now she seemed to be agitated by He Meijie’s attitude, and a hint of genuine anger appeared.

The words she spoke were both long and sarcastic.

Yu Ruoyin’s impression of her changed again.

Lu Qingzhen was still better. No matter what, Lu Qingzhen would never get truly angry.

Jiang Huaining felt the person clinging to her back, trembling slightly with fear. She called out Xing Ruoyuan’s name: “Ruoyuan.”

Xing Ruoyuan’s expression gradually returned to its usual placid state: “My apologies, my lord, I lost my composure.”

She fell silent, but He Meijie had no intention of stopping: “You in the Underworld…”

He Meijie had just begun to speak when Xing Ruoyuan impatiently interrupted her: “I know you’re angry, but we’re not idle. The number of deceased souls is dozens of times greater than the number of living people, and managing them is not easy. We also have to face those living people who love to capture souls and refine corpses. We are ghosts of the underworld, not gods in heaven. We don’t have the power to protect every single person in this world.”

Yu Ruoyin was a little curious: “Are there really gods?”

“No, that’s just a beautiful fantasy of the people of this world. If there were, we yin messengers wouldn’t have died so many times.” Xing Ruoyuan answered Yu Ruoyin this way. After answering, she no longer paid attention to He Meijie. She asked Jiang Huaining: “My lord, over the years, people have been suddenly losing their lives. We’ve checked the Book of Life and Death, and there are only lives being lost, but no lifespans being gained. I suspect those lifespans are not being used for the living. Now, two jade corpses have suddenly appeared in Chong City. Do you think there could be a connection between them? I haven’t been a yin messenger for very long, only a little over three thousand years, and I didn’t experience the war from four thousand years ago. I want to ask if there was any method back then that could use the lives of the living for the dead?”

“Yes.”

Receiving Jiang Huaining’s confirmation, Xing Ruoyuan’s expression grew a little solemn: “My lord, how exactly is it done?”

Jiang Huaining didn’t answer her directly. Instead, she asked her a question: “Ruoyuan, where is Tong Weixue’s body?”

“Her husband handled the body.”

“Was it cremated?”

“It should have been…” A bad premonition arose in Xing Ruoyuan. Black and blue spots appeared on her paper-like pale face: “My lord, are you saying… this is impossible. She has only been dead for twelve years. To refine her into a jade puppet would be… even if the guardian soul’s spirit was locked inside, it shouldn’t be possible. What’s more, her guardian soul…”

Xing Ruoyuan froze in place. She grabbed the side of the secretly grieving He Meijie.

She kneaded and squeezed He Meijie’s head and actually kneaded her into the form of a black cat. The moment she saw the black cat, Xing Ruoyuan’s expression became even uglier: “I’ve seen Tong Weixue’s guardian soul. This one isn’t hers.”

He Meijie looked up blankly: “Then whose is it?”

“If there isn’t a third guardian soul in Chong City, then this one…” Xing Ruoyuan also saw that He Meijie had almost turned into a malevolent ghost just now because of her resentment towards Tong Sangqian. Her eyes became complex: “It’s probably Tong Sangqian’s.

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