The Ghost Insists on Giving Me a Beautiful and Powerful Wife! - Chapter 41.1

She saw Jiang Huaining again.

Fluttering long eyelashes, gentle eyes.

These were all signs of her awakening, and a bitter feeling rose in Yu Ruoyin’s heart, her breathing catching for a moment.

Guilt crept up and covered all other emotions: “I… I’m sorry, I wish I was a little stronger. I… I shouldn’t have brought you out. It was my willfulness, it was… it was…”

Yu Ruoyin’s voice was broken and disjointed. She had too much to say, and it all jumbled together.

Her voice, a mix of guilt and bitterness, was painful to hear.

Jiang Huaining couldn’t help but hug her tighter, enveloping her in a warm embrace. Her thumb traced Yu Ruoyin’s trembling lips: “Ah Yin is so good. You didn’t let me lose you again. I’m very happy that I could see you as soon as I woke up.”

It must have been her voice that was too gentle, soothing the heart that had just barely managed to become strong again, causing it to soften once more.

Yu Ruoyin bit down hard on her lower lip, barely managing to suppress the urge to cry out.

She couldn’t cry, nor did she have the right to.

The newly added trouble had forced the sleeping Jiang Huaining to wake up. She was saved, but Jiang Huaining was still unaware of the torment she would have to endure.

She had clearly resolved to take good care of Jiang Huaining and never cause her trouble again, but many things couldn’t be achieved just with resolve. For instance, after all the effort she put into ensuring her peaceful sleep, in the end, she still had to wait for her to wake up and save her.

Jiang Huaining understood her guilt and hugged Yu Ruoyin: “Ah Yin, you’ve taken very good care of me. I didn’t wake up by force. Time passes faster in the barrier than outside. I woke up after I was well-rested.”

“But… but your hand.”

Jiang Huaining’s left hand was placed on Yu Ruoyin’s waist, and Yu Ruoyin could feel the trace of the two missing fingers on her lower back.

The bitterness didn’t diminish; it deepened.

Jiang Huaining quietly hid her left hand behind her back: “New ones will grow back.”

Yu Ruoyin pushed against Jiang Huaining’s shoulder, slipping out of her embrace.

She stared intently at Jiang Huaining’s face and saw no sign of discomfort.

Whether it was waking up after being well-rested, or the fingers growing back, Jiang Huaining wasn’t lying to her.

Yu Ruoyin finally felt a little relieved, and she quietly let out a sigh.

Before she could fully recover, Jiang Huaining hugged her again: “Ah Yin, this isn’t fair.”

She, of course, knew what Yu Ruoyin was observing her for. Jiang Huaining didn’t mind Yu Ruoyin knowing that she couldn’t lie, but she was somewhat bothered that Yu Ruoyin didn’t trust her.

Although she had told many white lies, she should also be allowed to retain some right to be trusted. After all, she still had many secrets, many things she couldn’t speak about, and she couldn’t withstand Yu Ruoyin observing her so closely every time.

The hug blocked Yu Ruoyin’s ability to see her current expression, and it also released her longing and worries.

The time she spent unconscious wasn’t long, but she had been thinking about her the whole time.

In fact, there were many things Jiang Huaining hadn’t told Yu Ruoyin. For instance, the Red Jade Fruit could indeed allow her to eavesdrop on her conversations with others and communicate with her, and even see the scenery she saw, but that was only if she was awake. If she was unconscious, she couldn’t see or hear anything. She could only sense when Yu Ruoyin was in danger—not due to the Red Jade Fruit’s special properties, but because the Red Jade Fruit was wrapped in her spiritual energy, and the spiritual energy automatically protected Yu Ruoyin when she was in danger. That was why she was able to sever her finger for her while unconscious.

That was the only way she could help Yu Ruoyin, because she truly couldn’t wake up.

Waking up last time was already a struggle. Even if she had wanted to wake up to protect her, she was powerless.

She, too, had physiological instincts she couldn’t overcome. Fortunately, she made it in time.

She felt a bit fortunate at the moment. Seeing Yu Ruoyin’s current reaction, if she had truly forced herself to wake up, Yu Ruoyin would probably have been consumed by guilt.

It was truly a good thing.

She could feel that Yu Ruoyin cared about her deeply.

What Jiang Huaining didn’t know was that this hug not only concealed her own nervousness but also Yu Ruoyin’s.

Jiang Huaining’s remark about things not being fair made Yu Ruoyin’s heart pound. Yu Ruoyin had lied to Jiang Huaining before, yet she used this method to observe whether Jiang Huaining was lying. She was suspected of taking advantage of Jiang Huaining’s inability to lie, which inevitably made her feel ashamed and nervous.

“Boss Jiang,” Nan He’s faint voice broke the silence between them.

Jiang Huaining suddenly raised her head, finally noticing Nan He who was fully engaged in fighting the altar.

At this moment, Nan He’s Buddhist power was running at its peak. Her body was connected to the blood corpse. The more the blood corpse was damaged, the faster her spiritual power disappeared. Although she had destroyed the altar, she couldn’t suppress it, and it looked like all her power would be eroded by the altar soon.

It would be worthwhile if it came down to a life-or-death struggle, but now that Jiang Huaining was here.

She wasn’t so foolish as to not ask for help.

Jiang Huaining let go of Yu Ruoyin and leaped up.

Jiang Huaining ignored the Buddha’s Light and grabbed Nan He, forcefully separating her from the hanging corpse. Although she still didn’t know exactly what had happened, the altar clearly looked like something sinister.

Jiang Huaining threw Nan He back to the ground, raised her hand, and abruptly pushed. The entire ceiling instantly collapsed, and the corpses hanging from it fell one by one.

“Nan Chun!” Nan He feared that the corpses would smash Lu Qichun, who was still in the blood pool, and rushed over immediately.

With the altar destroyed, there was no longer any power to block her approach.

She successfully brought Lu Qichun out and jumped into another room.

Yu Ruoyin was actually already struggling to stand. She hadn’t rested at all along the way, and was now injured by Nan He’s Buddhist power. As the portion of her body that had become ghost-like grew smaller, the feeling of exhaustion grew heavier. She also still had an unremoved coffin on her back. The dark wood was causing her body to fall towards the ground, and the collapsing ceiling was pressing down before her eyes.

Before Yu Ruoyin could be hit or fall to the ground, Jiang Huaining’s hand hooked around her waist again, easily pulling her out of the collapsing room, and casually grabbing Mei Jingwan, who was trying to escape amidst the chaos.

They jumped into the room full of black jars, watching the altar slowly sink.

As the ceiling completely collapsed, the hanging blood corpses shattered one after another, and one ghost soul after another drilled out from inside.

The blood pool also slowly dissolved. She had struggled with all her might but couldn’t get close to the altar. Nan He had struggled with all her might only to tear open a small gap in the altar, yet Jiang Huaining could casually destroy the altar with such ease, such simplicity… How strong was she, exactly?

Yu Ruoyin didn’t ask, and of course, Jiang Huaining wouldn’t answer her.

Jiang Huaining also noticed Yu Ruoyin’s unusual physical state. She gripped Yu Ruoyin’s wrist and lifted the torn sleeve, only to discover that parts of her skin were scorched black, even seeping into the bone: “Injuries left by the Buddha’s Light?”

Jiang Huaining’s expression became extremely grim, and her gaze towards Nan He was no longer friendly.

Before Jiang Huaining’s gaze could turn completely cold, Yu Ruoyin raised her hand and shielded Jiang Huaining: “Pr… Aunt Ning, this has nothing to do with Nan He. It was that… that Underworld Messenger who hurt me!”

The words “pretty wife” were swallowed by Yu Ruoyin at the last moment. The address “Aunt Ning” was no longer just a habit. Yu Ruoyin began to rely on it to cover up some of her little thoughts.

At least, it sounded like she wasn’t that eager for Jiang Huaining.

Yu Ruoyin thought that Jiang Huaining had already known everything through the Red Jade Fruit, so she hadn’t bothered to explain the full story. Now it seemed that she was actually unaware.

That meant that she hadn’t heard her murmuring in the coffin, nor those moments of uncontrolled declaration.

Yu Ruoyin urgently turned the conversation to the main issue and told Jiang Huaining the whole story clearly.

Jiang Huaining believed Yu Ruoyin. While feeling heartbroken for her, she wished she could kill Mei Jingwan immediately: “You really are insane!”

Mei Jingwan hadn’t managed to escape during the chaos and had already knelt back down on the ground.

She was kneeling out of fear, but now she realized that Jiang Huaining had no idea about the despicable things she had done until just now. Her exclamation of “insane”…

“Your Honored One, that curse was accurate. What about just now?” Mei Jingwan pointed at Yu Ruoyin and asked, “Did you curse me just now only because you thought I would hurt her?”

“I didn’t just think so; you were hurting Ah Yin.”

“Is it truly just because of this?” Mei Jingwan looked at Jiang Huaining in disbelief: “What is your relationship with her, Honored One?”

Jiang Huaining held Yu Ruoyin, taking off the coffin on her back.

She was impatient to answer Mei Jingwan, but Mei Jingwan persisted: “Honored One!”

Jiang Huaining couldn’t be bothered to look at her: “Ah Yin is my wife.”

“Wife? Her?”

Here we go again.

She was still so harsh.

Whether it was before she knew that Jiang Huaining’s wife was Yu Ruoyin or after, her expression and tone were telling Yu Ruoyin that she wasn’t worthy!

“Cough, cough.” Yu Ruoyin suppressed her exhaustion, pushed away Jiang Huaining, and walked staggeringly in front of Mei Jingwan. She was determined to argue this point with Mei Jingwan today. She crouched down in front of Mei Jingwan: “Hehe, I’m much prettier than you, aren’t I?”

She didn’t remember being a grudge-holder, yet this matter bothered her immensely. She even counted the number of cold laughs she returned to Mei Jingwan.

She would only return more, not less.

Yu Ruoyin’s hurriedly narrated story was naturally incomplete. Jiang Huaining clearly hadn’t heard about Yu Ruoyin’s little moments of petulance. She only heard Yu Ruoyin cough, and her feet couldn’t help but follow her. Not long after Yu Ruoyin left her embrace, she pulled Yu Ruoyin back into it: “Did you argue with her?”

Mei Jingwan now suspected Jiang Huaining was blind: “Your Honored One, what do you see in her?”

The questions were full of malicious doubt. It was obvious that Mei Jingwan had done all sorts of wicked things, but she held a reverence for Jiang Huaining.

She was targeting her; she was saying she wasn’t worthy.

Yu Ruoyin could criticize herself, but no one else was allowed to.

“Hehe.” She didn’t know where she found the nerve, but she actually hooked her arm around Jiang Huaining’s waist, reversing their roles and hugging her. She instantly pressed close, her lips brushing against Jiang Huaining’s smooth skin, leaving a blood-stained kiss mark on her cheek: “Mine!”

When Jiang Huaining looked over in astonishment, Yu Ruoyin realized she regretted it.

She frantically raised her hand to wipe the part of Jiang Huaining she had stained, trying to clean off the kiss mark: “I’m… I’m sorry… Aunt Ning, I didn’t mean to, I…”

Jiang Huaining clasped her wrist, stopping her before she could wipe the kiss mark away.

She looked intently at Yu Ruoyin, opening her mouth hesitantly: “Can you…”

“Cough, cough.” Before Jiang Huaining could finish her question, Yu Ruoyin bent down, clutching her abdomen and coughing violently.

The yin energy of her ghostly body had completely disappeared, and the pain from her injuries overwhelmed her body in an instant.

Yu Ruoyin was struggling to breathe. Jiang Huaining held her to prevent her from falling and gently rubbed the Red Jade Fruit with her fingertip.

A faint golden light brightened from the Red Jade Fruit. Yu Ruoyin’s pain immediately lessened significantly, but she was still extremely tired.

If there was a bed here, she would fall asleep without hesitation.

Yu Ruoyin rubbed her dizzy head, forcing herself to perk up, and responded to Jiang Huaining: “Aunt Ning, I’m fine, actually…”

She wasn’t fully conscious, and the words that reached her lips changed several times, completely deviating from what she originally intended to say: “Aunt Ning, I didn’t expect Grandma Zhuang’s bone brush to come from King Zhuanlun. No wonder she’s so powerful.”

Jiang Huaining’s eyes darkened slightly: “I am more powerful than her.”

Yu Ruoyin obediently nodded in agreement: “That’s for sure.”

Jiang Huaining curled her lips, but the smile quickly vanished, because Yu Ruoyin asked her: “Aunt Ning, aren’t Underworld Officials unable to leave the Underworld easily? How could Grandma Zhuang’s bone brush come from King Zhuanlun?”

“You’ll probably have to ask her about that.”

Jiang Huaining’s gaze shifted towards the doorway, as if King Zhuanlun would appear outside the door any second.

Yu Ruoyin was a little curious: “Will that esteemed person come?”

Jiang Huaining didn’t answer her, only called out softly: “Ah Yin.”

Jiang Huaining’s voice was very gentle when she called her, and she even reached out to gently stroke her cheek, but her fingertip carried an unusual coolness that made Yu Ruoyin instinctively shrink back.

She unconsciously touched her arm, but Jiang Huaining misunderstood.

“Ah Yin, are you in a lot of pain?”

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