"What's wrong with you guys? Why are you bullying them? Even though we're all ghosts, this isn't right, is it?"

Yue Jiuling, hands on her hips, asked the two young male ghosts.

The old ghost who had been bullied stood to the side without saying a word.

The two male ghosts who had been beaten up by Ya Zi no longer dared to bully the old ghost, but he still revealed the reason.

One of the male ghosts looked at Ya Zi with a somewhat aggrieved expression and said, "It's like this, the reason we beat him is because we had a grudge against him in life. Actually, we all died around the same time, but our deaths were because of him."

Another male ghost said, "That's right, if it weren't for that stinky old man, we wouldn't have died so young!"

As the other male ghost spoke, he glared fiercely at the old ghost, who dared not utter a sound and simply lowered his head in silence.

Yue Jiuling felt that the old ghost seemed to have a real problem. He looked guilty, otherwise why wouldn't he dare to refute or speak up for himself? So she continued to ask, "Alright, then tell me what grudge you have that you're still holding a grudge against after everyone has died?"

Yue Jiuling was quite curious about their festival celebration, and Ya Zi, ever the gossip, snuck over to listen to their 'story'.

"Actually, this is how it is. We used to know each other quite well, and our personalities and interests were similar," the first male ghost began to tell his story. He said, "My brother, this old man, and I are all from the same village. Because we usually like to drink a little and gamble a little, we often hang out together."

"Back then, although we liked to gamble, it wasn't anything too serious. But who knew that one day this old man would suddenly come to us for drinks and say he had something good to introduce to us. Since we often hung out together, we believed him and went with him to a small casino. Little did we know that this trip would be the end for us!"

At this point, the male ghost angrily pointed at the old man and cursed, "Damn it! You knew perfectly well that it was a trap and you still led us there! Aren't you a heartless bastard?!"

After he finished cursing, he continued, "When we first started playing, my brother and I were able to win money, but later we lost more and more. In the end, we were so enraged that we didn't even think about getting out. We were still thinking about winning the money back. As a result, we lost our house, our savings, and ended up with a mountain of debt. Our family members were so angry with us that they didn't want to take care of us anymore."

After the male ghost finished speaking, he suddenly covered his face and wept, seemingly filled with deep regret.

Another male ghost was also saddened. He said, "Back then, we heard that the old man had lost a lot of money, so we wanted to go to him to drown our sorrows in alcohol. But we never expected to find out his secret. He clearly knew that the casino was problematic, but he still took us there. We also heard the casino owner say that as long as the old man introduced someone there, he would pay back less money."

The male ghost was about to go and beat up the old man again, but Yue Jiuling stopped him, saying, "Hey, hey, hey~ watch your territory! This is our territory now. You should at least be mindful of your actions. If you cause trouble here, don't you care about our reputation? If you want to do something, go back to the Ghost Realm. We won't let you cause trouble in the Human Realm~"

Although Yue Jiuling stopped the male ghost, we can still glean some information from her words: she was essentially saying that as long as she doesn't fight ghosts in the human world, she won't interfere with anything else.

Having understood Yue Jiuling's meaning, the male ghost glared at the old man and continued, "After we learned of the old man's trick, we wanted to cause him trouble, but before we could find him, we heard that he had suddenly died of illness. Not long after, our creditors came to collect their debts, and my brother and I couldn't take it anymore and jumped into the river."

"So you're all dead, and you're still causing trouble for the old man now?"

After hearing the story, Ya Zi felt that the old man was in the wrong, but he thought that since everyone was already dead, there was no need for revenge. Wouldn't it be better for them to just wait to be reincarnated? You know, committing crimes in the ghost realm can affect one's reincarnation.

"Sigh, we've only been dead for a few months, how can we let go so quickly? Besides, we couldn't find that old man in the Ghost Realm. If we hadn't intercepted him here, we wouldn't have been able to find him at all."

After the male ghost finished speaking, he said to the old man, "Uncle, tell me, what have we brothers done to wrong you that you would harm us like this?!"

The old man, who hadn't said a word until now, finally spoke up when questioned: "Sigh, I'm so sorry. If I hadn't been so greedy, I wouldn't have lost so much. In the end, just so I could keep gambling and pay back less money, I even dragged you all down with me. Sigh..."

The old man seemed very regretful. He said sadly, "After I died, I understood a lot of things and felt very sorry for you two. When I heard that you had also died, I was even more ashamed to face you, so I kept hiding and dared not see you."

After hearing the old man's words, the two male ghosts were no longer so angry. However, they still said they could not forgive the old man, because if it weren't for him, they would not be where they are today.

"Sigh... If only I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have done it in the first place."

Yue Jiuling was also helpless. They were all pitiful people who were blinded by greed for a time. But despite her sympathy, she still said, "Let me tell you, your reputation in your previous life was quite good. I believe your reincarnation time should not be too long. However, if you fought or something, it will affect your reincarnation."

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