The Ghost Insists on Giving Me a Beautiful and Powerful Wife! - Chapter 20.1

Tong Weixue never returned home after she left. Not many people knew she had a younger sister.

Many assumed her parents were deceased. If not for Xing Ruoyan’s unconventional way of gathering information, they wouldn’t have discovered Sang Qian’s identity so quickly.

He Meijie, hiding under a black umbrella, could barely believe the news. She had occasionally thought Sang Qian resembled her mother, but she always attributed it to Sang Qian being so good to her. Now, she realized Sang Qian might actually look like Tong Weixue.

For years, she had avoided looking at her mother’s photos and videos, afraid of missing her.

Perhaps she shouldn’t have avoided them.

If she had paid more attention, she might have uncovered this secret much sooner.

He Meijie’s head emerged from the black umbrella. She asked Jiang Huaining, “Is she getting revenge on my mom?”

“Revenge?” Jiang Huaining glanced down at her. “Do you really think it’s revenge?”

“It…it probably isn’t.”

Before the incident, Sang Qian had always been so kind to her.

Calling it revenge seemed too much, given who she was and what she had done over the years.

Instead, it seemed she couldn’t bear to abandon her sister’s child, so she came to He Meijie and took care of her.

He Meijie turned to look at Xing Ruoyan. “Lord Yincha, didn’t you say my mom and she weren’t close?”

“Perhaps… only your mother thought their relationship wasn’t good.”

While Tong Weixue was on the Book of Merits, she was a living person. The rule for Yincha was not to interfere much in the mortal world. Her understanding of Tong Weixue came half from the Book of Life and Death and half from Tong Weixue’s soul fragments. The memories in those soul fragments were Tong Weixue’s own, and from her perspective, she loathed everyone in her family, including her sister. So, of course, their relationship would seem very bad. But from another person’s perspective, it might not be that way at all.

“Aunt Ning, does He Meijie’s father know Sang Qian’s identity?”

“No!” He Meijie answered. Her expression seemed off. She murmured, “If Dad knew, he would have told me. Then Qianqian… Qianqian really is my sister. We… we’re a family. Then why… why would they…”

Not only did she not understand, but Yu Ruoyin and the others couldn’t figure it out either.

Just finding Tong Sanqian probably wasn’t enough; they also needed to find Sang Qian to ask her.

Ever since He Meijie emerged, Zhuang Ciyue’s attention had been completely on her. She carefully studied He Meijie’s exposed head and let out a strange “huh.” “Isn’t that the face of that jade corpse?”

Jade corpse!

Yu Ruoyin suddenly realized that Zhuang Ciyue had arrived here before them and must have seen the jade puppet.

Yu Ruoyin nervously grabbed Zhuang Ciyue’s arm, pulling her closer to He Meijie. She pointed at He Meijie and asked, “Sister Yue, are you saying the jade puppet has the same face as her?”

“Jade puppet? Not a jade corpse?” Zhuang Ciyue was confused, but seeing that neither Jiang Huaining nor Xing Ruoyan corrected Yu Ruoyin, she immediately realized their initial judgment about the two bodies was wrong. “Damn it, who is refining a corpse here? And they made a jade puppet.”

She was too busy cursing to answer Yu Ruoyin.

Xing Ruoyan gently waved her hand, and a chilly gust of wind blew from her neck down her back. “I’m asking you.”

Zhuang Ciyue shivered from the cold and sobered up.

She refocused on He Meijie’s face and nodded seriously. “Even though I only saw it from a distance, it was this face. I can’t be mistaken.”

“Tong Sanqian!”

He Meijie had already said that Tong Sanqian had taken over her body, which meant Tong Sanqian had become the jade puppet.

Who turned Tong Sanqian into a jade puppet?

He Meijie said she saw Sang Qian send Tong Sanqian’s soul into her body. Could it have been Sang Qian?

But… but what kind of mother would turn her own child into a puppet corpse?

Yu Ruoyin’s grip on Zhuang Ciyue’s hand tightened slightly. “Sister Yue, is that jade puppet named Tong Sanqian?”

“I don’t know that.” Zhuang Ciyue thought back carefully and slowly shook her head. “My great-aunt and I were chasing another jade puppet, a male one. As soon as we got here, we ran into the other jade puppet and the lunatic from the Four Spirits Shop. Before we could even make a move, the two jade puppets started fighting. They made a huge scene. That lunatic from the Four Spirits Shop didn’t stop them herself and wouldn’t let us stop them either. Her Yin Official companion gave her a couple of sharp words, and she was about to make a move. Unexpectedly, that brat from Mount Pinghu had no sense and yelled at her, calling her a fool for thinking she could fight a jade corpse alone. Then she trapped all of us in a barrier and attacked us with her power. That’s how my great-aunt and I got separated.”

After Zhuang Ciyue finished, Jiang Huaining said softly, “She has a name. It’s Xia Yu.”

It seemed she didn’t dislike Xia Yu that much after all.

Yu Ruoyin carefully observed Jiang Huaining. Jiang Huaining had too many secrets and wouldn’t tell her, so Yu Ruoyin was left to piece things together by observing her.

Zhuang Ciyue said the other jade puppet was a male corpse, so it was unlikely to be Tong Weixue’s missing body.

So why did the two jade puppets start fighting?

More and more questions piled up. Yu Ruoyin couldn’t find a lead, but He Meijie suddenly shrieked and shrank back into the black umbrella.

The ghost’s shriek was hoarse and piercing. Yu Ruoyin was startled and covered her ears, looking at the black umbrella in shock. “Aunt Ning, what’s… what’s wrong with her?”

“She must have remembered something.”

Jiang Huaining’s eyes were deep and beautiful, as if they could see through everything.

Hearing her voice, He Meijie poked half her head out again. “Boss Jiang, a jade puppet can’t smile, right?”

Jiang Huaining didn’t answer. She stared into He Meijie’s eyes and asked, “What did you remember?”

“My dad…” He Meijie stopped. She seemed to lack the courage to finish her guess. Her soul hid back inside the black umbrella, and she said cautiously, “I suspect he… Boss Jiang, don’t forget our agreement.”

Zhuang Ciyue finally understood why Yu Ruoyin and the others were accompanied by a female ghost.

She looked at the black umbrella curiously. “A Four Spirits Shop customer? What’s your wish? What price did you pay?”

Xing Ruoyan shot her a glance. “Zhuang Ciyue, don’t get any funny ideas.”

“Ex-girlfriend, don’t act like you know me so well.” Zhuang Ciyue argued with Xing Ruoyan, moving away from He Meijie, who wouldn’t respond to her. She looked at the formidable-looking Jiang Huaining and asked Yu Ruoyin in a low voice, “Little Yu, if she’s your wife, that makes you the boss lady of the Four Spirits Shop, right? What does your shop require for improving a person’s ghost-catching talent? Can I get a discount?”

It seemed Xing Ruoyan wasn’t pretending to know Zhuang Ciyue.

She really did understand her.

Zhuang Ciyue’s ulterior motives were plain on her face. Jiang Huaining reached out and separated her from Yu Ruoyin. “The Four Spirits Shop doesn’t do that kind of business.”

Jiang Huaining held Yu Ruoyin’s two hands in her arms, gesturing for Yu Ruoyin to link arms with her.

Yu Ruoyin obediently took her arm. Jiang Huaining’s voice became gentle as she spoke to Zhuang Ciyue. “If you really want a shortcut, marrying Ruoyan would be more useful.”

“I was just kidding. I was just asking.”

While Zhuang Ciyue grumbled, Jiang Huaining had already started walking ahead with Yu Ruoyin.

Feeling ignored, Zhuang Ciyue was very annoyed. She followed Jiang Huaining and Yu Ruoyin. Xing Ruoyan suddenly floated up behind her. “That’s not funny.”

Before Zhuang Ciyue could turn around, Xing Ruoyan floated in front of her.

She asked strangely, “Ex-girlfriend, do you have any pointers for me?”

“Zhuang Ciyue, didn’t your great-aunt tell you that the Four Spirits Shop only takes on business from the unfortunate?”

“Not the fated ones?”

“Exactly. The truly fated ones for the Four Spirits Shop are all unlucky folks.” Xing Ruoyan sneered. “If you really want to do business with the Four Spirits Shop, wait until your whole family is dead. Then Boss Jiang will definitely be willing to do business with you.”

Zhuang Ciyue shivered. “Ex-girlfriend, if you’re not going to talk, at least don’t be so venomous when you do. It’s really bad for our relationship. I was just talking.”

Xing Ruoyan couldn’t be bothered with her. Seeing that she had given up the idea of doing business with the Four Spirits Shop, she immediately floated away.

Zhuang Ciyue quickly followed, lowering her voice to ask, “Ex-girlfriend, do you think this could be the reason?”

“What?”

“The reason Boss Jiang chose Little Yu to be her wife.”

Xing Ruoyan: …

She didn’t want to answer Zhuang Ciyue, but Zhuang Ciyue answered herself anyway. “The fated ones for the Four Spirits Shop are all unlucky. If Little Yu can have a fated relationship with the owner of the Four Spirits Shop, she must be the most unfortunate of the unfortunate. But… she really is very unlucky. I’ve never met a second girl as pitiful as Little Yu. She’s been an orphan since she was very young. If she didn’t have a grandmother who raised her until her teens, I don’t know where she would have been sent, an orphanage or…”

Zhuang Ciyue couldn’t help but sigh. Xing Ruoyan was a bit surprised by her and Yu Ruoyin’s relationship, and even more surprised that she actually found Zhuang Ciyue’s analysis to be logical.

She didn’t dare to let her thoughts follow Zhuang Ciyue’s line of thinking. She cut Zhuang Ciyue off. “You’re too noisy. One more word, and I’ll mute you.”

Zhuang Ciyue kept a good distance from Xing Ruoyan. “Ex-girlfriend, not only are you mean, but you’re also cold-hearted.”

Yu Ruoyin also heard Zhuang Ciyue and Xing Ruoyan bickering, but Jiang Huaining didn’t show any signs of stopping, so she didn’t want to get involved.

Jiang Huaining walked faster and faster with her. The thick fog ahead became denser, and Yu Ruoyin could no longer see anyone other than Jiang Huaining. She could only hear Zhuang Ciyue’s voice intermittently.

In the dark environment, even faint sounds were exceptionally clear. Yu Ruoyin heard a faint breathing sound.

After she found the direction the breathing sound was coming from, the soft breathing grew heavier and more frequent.

Yu Ruoyin couldn’t help but let go of Jiang Huaining and raise her hands to cover her ears.

Unexpectedly, as soon as her hands touched her ears, the sounds became even more numerous and dense.

The urgent and rapid breathing seemed like it would burst her eardrums any second. Yu Ruoyin hugged her head and swayed gently, trying to shake off the sounds that were tormenting her.

Crack—

A crisp sound reached her ears. Yu Ruoyin felt a sudden slack in her neck, and the bone supporting her neck seemed to snap. Her head dropped forward uncontrollably, dragging her entire body down. Yu Ruoyin’s vision became more and more blurry.

However, before her body hit the ground, a warmth spread from her chest, and her vision became clear again.

A familiar voice was in her ear: “A’yin, A’yin.”

“Aunt Ning, what’s… what’s wrong with me…”

“A’yin, don’t be afraid. You were just affected by the ghost energy. Everything you saw was an illusion.”

Yu Ruoyin suddenly came to her senses. She instinctively touched her neck. The neck that had just broken was now completely intact, holding up her head. And she had, at some point, let go of Jiang Huaining’s arm and was now wrapped around her waist, trembling in Jiang Huaining’s arms.

It was very embarrassing.

Before Yu Ruoyin could fall into self-reproach, her attention was drawn to the warmth on her chest.

Yu Ruoyin pulled out the source of the heat. It was the red jade fruit Jiang Huaining had given her, which contained half of Jiang Huaining’s spiritual energy.

At the center of the red jade fruit, a tiny flame was burning. The fire light passed through the red jade fruit, making its color even more vibrant.

It was hot.

The skin on her chest felt like it was melting.

“Aunt Ning…”

Yu Ruoyin was about to ask Jiang Huaining what was wrong with the red jade fruit.

As soon as she looked up, she saw Jiang Huaining smiling at the red jade fruit, with a golden mist floating in her eyes. “A’yin, would you like to become a Painting Witch?”

Why would Jiang Huaining suddenly ask her that? Wasn’t a Painting Witch a bloodline inheritance?

Too many questions were crowded in her heart, so Yu Ruoyin didn’t ask a single one. Jiang Huaining continued to speak on her own. “Didn’t A’yin want to learn Yin-Yang?”

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