The Ghost Insists on Giving Me a Beautiful and Powerful Wife! - Chapter 58.1

Perhaps it was her avoidant personality acting up again; Yu Ruoyin forcibly suppressed all those doubts. She didn’t even have the courage to ask Jiang Huaining why she had persisted for so many years. Instead, she simply followed her heart and spoke many sweet words of love that Jiang Huaining liked to hear.

Whether from the perspective of loving Jiang Huaining or out of pity for her, this was what Yu Ruoyin felt she should do.

If Jiang Huaining needed it, she could even talk from morning until night.

Jiang Huaining loved to hear it, but naturally, someone else did not.

Kang Miaoxian and the others were originally going to leave, but hearing that this matter involved Kang Nanhua made them reluctant to go. She felt that only by following Jiang Huaining could she find Kang Nanhua.

Yu Ruoyin couldn’t tell if she was looking for an opportunity to meet her ancestor or seeking revenge.

By now, they had left Mingchan Village and were heading towards the Four Spirits Shop through the passage between the Yin and Yang worlds opened by Yingzhu. Jiang Huaining left the car for the little Taoist priest who looked terrified by Yu Ruoyin, specifically instructing the priest’s companion to take him back as soon as possible.

Listening to Yu Ruoyin repeatedly saying “I love you” while Jiang Huaining only occasionally responded with a word or two, Kang Miaoxian finally couldn’t stand it: “Yu Ruoyin, even though she is the owner of the Four Spirits Shop and has high status in both the Yin and Yang worlds, you don’t need to be so humble. You love her, but does she love you?”

Jiang Huaining turned her head, her gaze firm: “Of course! Of course I love Ayin!”

Both Kang Miaoxian and Yu Ruoyin were surprised by Jiang Huaining’s answer. Kang Miaoxian had seen Jiang Huaining protect Yu Ruoyin before, but just now, Yu Ruoyin had spoken ten sentences for every one of Jiang Huaining’s responses. She hadn’t expected the seemingly cold and indifferent Jiang Huaining to answer so resolutely, her tone quick and urgent.

While surprised, Yu Ruoyin was also delighted. Intense joy occupied her heart—the satisfaction of having her feelings reciprocated.

She wanted to smile, but remembering Kang Nanhua’s words, she couldn’t.

Yu Ruoyin hurriedly suppressed the upward curve of her lips.

Calm down.

She had to stay calm.

She couldn’t be too happy, or she would die.

Yu Ruoyin realized belatedly that this body was already dead; it was currently being slowly repaired by spiritual energy. Once she separated from the Red Jade Fruit and came back to life, she wouldn’t be human, but a spirit. Would the curse still affect a spirit’s body? Could Jiang Huaining answer her? Or did Jiang Huaining actually not know?

That’s right, Jiang Huaining definitely didn’t know.

If Jiang Huaining were clear about it, her attitude wouldn’t have kept shifting before, and she should have responded to every sentence just now. Synthesizing the words of Xia Yu and Kang Nanhua, it wasn’t hard to deduce that in her previous dozens or hundreds of reincarnations, she had died very early. Most of the time, she probably died before Jiang Huaining could even find her. Even if she was found, she could die at any moment from various accidents. Even if she luckily made it to eighteen, she would still die on the day of her birthday, without even a specific cause of death—she was just destined to die no matter what.

Just thinking about it made her feel frustrated; how helpless must Jiang Huaining have felt, watching her soul dissipate time after time despite cautiously trying to preserve her life?

Jiang Huaining must have experimented many times before deciding to gamble with half of her spiritual power. Thinking carefully, it became obvious that Kang Nanhua’s slander of Jiang Huaining was blatant. If Jiang Huaining truly cared that much about power, why would she use half of it to forcibly sustain Yu Ruoyin’s life? Even if she did care about her spiritual power, Yu Ruoyin could understand.

Chunchen was the cause of the chaos four thousand years ago, and Xia Yu was a petty person who couldn’t distinguish right from wrong and only thought of herself.

If Jiang Huaining had no power, how could she control them?

Jiang Huaining didn’t need power for herself; the fate of the Four Spirits was tied to the four seasons. She must have struggled for a long time before deciding to take this gamble. If Yu Ruoyin had died in Spring or Winter this time, she probably wouldn’t have dared to bet. It was precisely because she died in Summer that she had the courage to try, because if something went wrong with Xia Yu, she could awaken Qiu Luo to save the situation.

Yu Ruoyin had an intuition that among the Four Spirits, Jiang Huaining only trusted Qiu Luo.

Precisely because it was the first attempt, Jiang Huaining didn’t know what the “right” way was. While Yu Ruoyin was constantly changing, Jiang Huaining was actually changing as well; she couldn’t find a mode of interaction that stayed by Yu Ruoyin’s side without triggering the curse.

Without Jiang Huaining opening her mouth, Yu Ruoyin found the answer herself.

It was quite miraculous.

Before, Jiang Huaining was obscure and mysterious in her eyes, but now, Jiang Huaining seemed transparent. Except for some matters where she was completely ignorant of the hidden facts, she could basically analyze why Jiang Huaining acted the way she did based on the information she knew.

Just moments ago, she was confused about why Jiang Huaining gave her parents and family only to take them away. Yu Ruoyin now understood: Jiang Huaining’s actions had only one purpose, which was to stabilize her emotions. Without family to care for her, she would fall into despondency and die; but if she were constantly immersed in family happiness, she would also die. Therefore, as she gradually grew older and more sensible, she had to face loss. At eight, it was her father; at ten, it was her mother, with a two-year buffer in between. Leaving her grandmother to accompany her was to keep her from falling into total despair, and finally having her grandmother disappear at an age where she could care for herself served the same purpose. The scripted plot was “missing” rather than “dead” specifically to prevent her from losing all hope.

How long had Jiang Huaining calculated and thought about this?

Were her parents and grandmother still alive? Where were they?

The people around Jiang Huaining were very few and mostly unreliable. The only one who gave her the feeling of a mother was Qiu Luo, who only appeared three months a year. Yu Ruoyin had never seen a trace of a man.

Yu Ruoyin couldn’t yet imagine where Jiang Huaining found people to play her parents and grandmother, but she could imagine how long Jiang Huaining had lived so cautiously. Jiang Huaining seemed to have had it far too hard—her caution, her…

Yu Ruoyin didn’t know how to start the conversation. She silently watched Jiang Huaining leading the way ahead, her eyes turning red.

Jiang Huaining felt the burning, intense gaze behind her. She turned around and saw Yu Ruoyin with completely bloodshot eyes, which made her heart panic: “Ayin, what’s wrong?”

“Nothing…” Yu Ruoyin wanted to say she was fine, but as if possessed, she grabbed Jiang Huaining’s arm: “Auntie Ning, does it hurt?”

Jiang Huaining didn’t quite understand: “Ayin, I’m not injured.”

So many things to say, yet in the end, nothing could come out.

Yu Ruoyin was anxious about her own current temperament; it was as if her mouth was grown for nothing.

This made her feel very dejected.

Yu Ruoyin didn’t speak, but there was someone among them who was willing to. After a brief moment of being stunned, Kang Miaoxian suddenly found a point to attack Jiang Huaining: “Boss Jiang, you love her? Then why didn’t you tell her that there’s a Soul-Losing Gu inside her body?”

Yu Ruoyin keenly sensed that although Kang Miaoxian still called her Boss Jiang, her attitude towards Jiang Huaining was significantly different than at the start. It couldn’t be ruled out that Jiang Huaining was being implicated by Yingzhu, or perhaps Kang Miaoxian analyzed that given Jiang Huaining’s age and close relationship with Yingzhu, she was also a witness to the Kang family’s curse.

The first to react to the Soul-Losing Gu wasn’t Jiang Huaining or Yu Ruoyin, but Qiu Luo.

“Soul-Losing Gu?” Qiu Luo naturally waved her hand toward Yu Ruoyin: “Xiao Yu, come here, I’ll help you take it out.”

Qiu Luo loved to smile, and her smile was as warm as a spring breeze.

She was a “fake” mother, but a good one.

She was so gentle that Yu Ruoyin instinctively moved to go to her, which was also strange.

Jiang Huaining usually didn’t mind Yu Ruoyin being close to Qiu Luo, but hearing Qiu Luo wanted to remove the Soul-Losing Gu, she immediately blocked Yu Ruoyin from approaching and looked at Qiu Luo with disapproval.

Qiu Luo was slightly confused: “Master, what’s wrong?”

“No.” Jiang Huaining hesitated for a moment while looking at Yu Ruoyin, but still chose to continue: “The Soul-Losing Gu cannot be removed. The one who planted the Gu will suffer a backlash.”

These words practically admitted that not only did she know of the Gu’s existence, but she also knew who the planter was.

Kang Miaoxian immediately seized upon Jiang Huaining’s fault: “Boss Jiang, you didn’t plant this Soul-Losing Gu yourself, did you?”

Jiang Huaining didn’t deny it. Qiu Luo was deeply shocked: “Master, why would you plant a Gu in Xiao Yu? Isn’t she your wife?”

“Qiu Luo.” Jiang Huaining shook her head at Qiu Luo, signaling her not to ask further.

Qiu Luo was a very obedient spirit, but regarding matters related to Yu Ruoyin, she actually instinctively argued with Jiang Huaining: “Master, you must answer me. You must give your wife an explanation. You can’t bully her just because she’s young.”

Qiu Luo seemed to be protecting her a bit too much.

While Yu Ruoyin was still confused, Kang Miaoxian had already started to chime in: “That’s right, Boss Jiang, you—”

“Auntie Ning didn’t.” Yu Ruoyin interrupted Kang Miaoxian and said seriously, “Auntie Ning didn’t bully me. Rather, Sister Kang, it would be better if you didn’t bully Auntie Ning.”

“How can you turn your back on me so quickly…” Kang Miaoxian touched her lip. “Yu Ruoyin, I’m trying to help you.”

Her expression and state were exactly like Kang Nanhua’s.

A localized, eerie smile—cold and damp, like a female ghost crawling out of hell.

Kang Miaoxian had helped her before, but clearly, she wasn’t trying to help her now. She wanted to drive a wedge between Yu Ruoyin and Jiang Huaining to make things difficult for Jiang Huaining: “If she can plant a Soul-Losing Gu in you, there’s no telling if she’s planted other Gus as well.”

She was harboring resentment toward Yingzhu and Jiang Huaining for witnessing the Kang family’s tragedy and refusing to step in to help.

Such hatred was illogical; Jiang Huaining herself was experiencing a curse, and an even more malicious one at that.

Their “comrades-in-adversity” bond was being eroded bit by bit. Yu Ruoyin wasn’t sure if she could remain calm if Kang Miaoxian continued to target Jiang Huaining like this.

She moved half a step toward Kang Miaoxian, but before she could walk over, her arm was grabbed by Jiang Huaining.

Zhuang Huaishu deliberately walked at the very back with Zhuang Ciyue. She watched Yingzhu continuously closing the distance between herself and Qiu Luo, her gaze filled with irony. Meanwhile, Zhuang Ciyue was cautiously observing her grand-aunt, occasionally getting distracted by Yu Ruoyin at the very front; she felt her grand-aunt was being very strange.

Zhuang Huaishu couldn’t tell if she was jealous of this spirit’s excessive charm. She simply couldn’t stop noticing how differently Yingzhu treated Qiu Luo, and even felt a bit relieved that Yingzhu couldn’t speak right now—it meant she wouldn’t have to hear Yingzhu’s flattering words toward another woman. Perhaps… perhaps they had been entangled for too long, and her hatred wasn’t pure, and her love…

Qiu Luo clearly hadn’t noticed that the people following her were looking at her with complex gazes. She was still observing Yu Ruoyin, and finally, without touching her, she located the parasites. She suggested: “Master, there are two Soul-Losing Gus inside Xiao Yu? Master, the other one shouldn’t have been planted by you, right? Should I take that one out then?”

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