Chapter 50 Male Ghost Pei Lang "Azhi, all you know is how to pity your aunt..."

Lin Zhi watched helplessly as the servants lifted up the wedding dress and turned it inside out to reveal the small floral pattern.

"The character on this is 'Qing'. Lin Shaowan met her lover, He Qing, at the Lin family's old home."

"The two exchanged dozens of letters over the years!"

“Every letter asked if Lin Shaowan was well.”

Pei Lang's expression was cold, but his voice was even colder: "I don't know where Father got these things from, but I do know that Father became so angry after reading them that his condition worsened!"

"Even if you, Lin Shaowan, believe yourself to be innocent, what has my father done wrong? He has been with you for decades, and yet you treat him like this!"

Pei Lang's voice was firm and resolute, each word filled with sorrow. Even Lin Zhi was slightly swayed by his words, but she quickly recovered.

She bit her lip tightly, stepped forward with a pleading look in her eyes, and said, "Pei Lang, this is our family matter. Can't we talk about it behind closed doors?"

Pei Lang simply let her hold his arm, without giving in.

"Lin Shaowan, I have called you Mother for more than ten years, but from today onwards, our ties are severed."

“You shall take your dowry, along with this wedding dress, with you when you leave the Pei family. Although Father is angry with Mingli, he is still my younger brother.”

"He even sacrificed himself for the Emperor. I, Pei Lang, have decided to let him stay in the Pei family ancestral hall, but he will have nothing to do with you from now on."

These words were not only meant to drive Lin Shaowan away, but also to force her to her death!

She can't even acknowledge her only son; she won't even have the hope of offering incense in the future.

"Pei Lang! You...you're the one who gathered all this information to frame me!"

"Pei Xuan wouldn't treat me like this. It's all your fault. You've harbored resentment towards me for a long time!"

Upon hearing this, Pei Lang looked at her with a mocking expression: "Then tell everyone why I resent you? What have you done?"

Lin Zhi's vision was blurred by tears, and she felt as if her heart was being torn apart.

On one side are their family members, and on the other side are their lovers, yet the two are irreconcilable.

"Today is my father's funeral, and I do not wish to disturb his peace in the afterlife."

"I am saying these words only to have all my relatives bear witness that from now on, the Pei family and Lin Shaowan will have no further connection."

"aunt!"

Seeing Lin Shaowan faint, Lin Zhi rushed over, and Pei Lang calmly looked away, but his large hand in his sleeve clenched into a fist.

As the eldest son, Pei Lang naturally had to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the funeral arrangements, and Lin Zhi was unable to see him for several days in a row.

In addition to taking care of her aunt, Lin Zhi had also become extremely haggard these days. Sitting in the outer room, she saw Yu Shu bring out untouched food again, and her brows furrowed with worry: "Aunt hasn't eaten again?"

"It's been several days already, won't this harm your health!"

Yu Shu sighed, but she was powerless to do anything about it.

Lin Zhi, supporting her slightly dizzy head, waved her hand weakly and said, "You can go down now."

Just as Yu Shu left, Chun Tao came over with a bowl of meat porridge: "Miss speaks so highly of Madam, yet you yourself haven't been eating properly these past few days."

"My health is about to collapse."

How could Lin Zhi eat when she felt like she was living under a dark cloud every day?

But at Chuntao's insistence, she took the porcelain spoon and tasted a few bites.

But before she could even finish half a bowl, Lin Zhi's expression suddenly changed. She quickly threw down the spoon, covered her mouth, and ran to the side.

Chun Tao was terrified and quickly followed with the tea, only to see Lin Zhi's pale face: "Miss, what's wrong! Did something go wrong with the porridge?"

Lin Zhi drank a cup of tea to suppress her nausea, and the churning in her stomach subsided considerably. She shook her head and said, "No, it was probably just too greasy, that made me feel a little nauseous."

"Next time, just bring a bowl of plain congee."

"How can this plain porridge nourish your body? Miss is already frail; how can she refuse to eat anything now..."

Lin Zhi was thinking of forcing herself to eat a little more, but she was interrupted by the servants of the Pei family.

"Young Madam! By order of the Eldest Young Master, we are to escort Madam Lin from the Pei residence to the estate in the suburbs of the capital."

"I would be grateful if you could do me this favor, young mistress."

Upon hearing this, Lin Zhi lost all appetite.

His face darkened, and he slammed his hand on the table: "Insolence! Where is Pei Lang?! Tell him to come see me in person!"

The servants looked at each other, but none of them said a word.

Before long, the steward of the Pei family came over with a smile: "Young mistress, please don't make things difficult for us servants. We are just following the young master's orders."

"You and the young master have a very close relationship, and some things are best discussed privately between the two of you. However, Madam Lin has no choice but to leave today..."

"Let's see who dares to touch my aunt today!"

Lin Zhi was already frail, and now, having not eaten properly for several days, she had become even thinner. Even so, she stubbornly stood in front of everyone, refusing to let them pass by even half a step.

Just as everyone was in a dilemma, two soft coughs were heard: "Azhi, move aside."

Lin Zhi turned around abruptly and saw her aunt being helped out by servants. Her face was haggard and disheveled, but her eyes were burning.

"Now that the Pei family can no longer accommodate me, it would be embarrassing for me to stay. It would be better to let me go."

"Aunt!" Lin Zhi frowned, unwilling to give in. If her aunt really left like this, wouldn't that be admitting to the crimes that Pei Lang had fabricated?

Lin Shaowan's thin, warm hand gripped Lin Zhi's tightly. After a long silence, Lin Zhi reluctantly agreed, holding back her tears.

Lin Shaowan didn't take much with her; aside from some personal valuables, she didn't take any of her dowry.

"These things are left to you. Your aunt couldn't give you anything, so these are just for you to remember her by."

Lin Zhi was worried and insisted on going to the estate with him before she would stop. Lin Shaowan did not stop her, but held her hand all the way in the carriage, just like when she brought the Lin family back to the Pei family a few years ago.

The estate on the outskirts of Beijing wasn't large, but it was still quite elegant. Lin Zhi felt a pang of bitterness in her heart, yet there was nothing she could do about it.

Pei Lang avoided her, and even though she wanted to help her aunt, she couldn't.

It's good to let my aunt go somewhere else so she can hear less gossip. There's plenty of time in the future. As long as she and Pei Lang clear up the misunderstanding, everything can still be salvaged!

After her personal servants had simply arranged the bedroom, Lin Shaowan called Lin Zhi in and dismissed everyone else.

Lin Zhi stood at the doorway, but a strong sense of unease suddenly welled up in her heart. Staring at her aunt's back as she sat in front of the dressing table, she felt a sudden emptiness in her heart.

She forced a trembling grip on her fingers, managed a strained smile, and stepped forward: "Aunt, it's far away and quiet here. You're much better off here than at the Pei family home."

"Once A-Zhi has settled back into the manor in the next few days, she can move in and stay with you for a few days, shall we?"

But Lin Shaowan, who was always listless, started applying makeup in front of the bronze mirror. She quietly used face powder to cover the fine lines on her face and applied bright red lip rouge.

“Ah Zhi, Pei Lang is right, Aunt does have an affair with He Qing.”

These words struck Lin Zhi like a thunderbolt. She twitched her lips, unsure of what to say.

"I was young and naive then. I only thought that I could marry He Qing. I even embroidered my wedding dress. I never expected that He Qing would get married."

“He was just a poor boy who married into a wealthy merchant family, but I was still hopeless until our unborn child was gone, and then I saw the truth.”

"But not long after, I met Pei Xuan. He knew I wasn't a virgin, but he still treated me very well."

“Those letters were just He Qing feeling sorry for me and sending them to ask for reconciliation on his own. I replied with a few letters, advising him not to dwell on the past. But I heard that he died suddenly at home a few months ago. I’m afraid these letters were given to Pei Lang by his wife.”

Lin Shaowan smiled bitterly at the bronze mirror: "Azhi, your aunt admits that she had selfish motives and wanted you and Mingli to become even closer through marriage."

"But I forgot that you are not my pet cat or dog. You are a person, and you have a heart too."

"It's my fault for letting you meet and get to know Pei Lang. A person like him can easily gain people's affection and trust... It was Aunt who was wrong."

Listening to her aunt's long-winded rambling, Lin Zhi felt even more uneasy and quickly grabbed her hands: "Aunt, please stop talking! In A-Zhi's heart, you will always be A-Zhi's good aunt!"

"No matter what others say about you, Azhi will never believe it!"

But Lin Shaowan stared at her with a smile, and suddenly a dark red liquid flowed from the corner of her mouth, scaring Lin Zhi out of her wits!

"Aunt! Aunt, don't scare me!"

Lin Shaowan slid softly off the stool, but held Lin Zhi's hand tightly, preventing her from calling for help: "No need, this is a deadly poison. Your aunt never intended to live..."

Lin Zhidou's large tears fell on Lin Shaowan, and she cried so hard she couldn't even make a sound: "...Aunt, you're so confused!"

"As long as I'm alive, as long as I'm alive, that's enough..."

Looking at the young Lin Zhi, Lin Shaowan's eyes flashed with reluctance as she gently stroked Lin Zhi's cheek. "A-Zhi, listen to your aunt."

"Let's get a divorce from Pei Lang."

Lin Zhi's tears continued to fall, but her red lips parted slightly in surprise.

Blood gushed from the corner of her mouth like an uncontrollable stream, staining Lin Zhi's skirt red, but even so, Lin Shaowan still held her hand tightly.

"Pei Lang is a man of deep cunning, vindictive, and power-hungry... He will stop at nothing to achieve his goals."

"He has driven me to a dead end today, and he will drive you to your death tomorrow!"

"Azhi, don't be stubborn, listen to your aunt this time..."

But looking at her aunt's resolute eyes, Lin Zhi felt as if a piece of her heart was empty, and she couldn't bring herself to say yes no matter what.

"Hehehe..." Lin Shaowan coughed up blood and chuckled softly.

“Pei Lang is indeed skilled. If he couldn’t keep you trapped, he wouldn’t be Pei Lang.”

"Since you're so stubborn, your aunt wishes you'd rather hit a wall later... and wake up later, so you can enjoy... more happy days..."

Lin Zhi stared in astonishment as her aunt slowly closed her eyes, then knelt numbly on the ground, embracing her aunt's gradually cooling body.

How did it turn out like this?

Everything has changed.

After sitting on the ground for an unknown amount of time, Yu Shu finally sensed something was wrong and rushed in, kneeling down in grief before Lin Shaowan's body.

When Lin Zhi returned to the mansion, she numbly looked up and saw Pei Lang, whom she hadn't seen for several days, sitting in the seat where she used to wait for him, waiting for her to return.

Although Pei Lang looked tired after not seeing him for several days, he also exuded a more mature and composed demeanor.

But when he saw the dark red bloodstains on Lin Zhi's skirt, he couldn't help but frown, stand up, and stride over: "What's wrong with you?"

"Where are you hurt?"

Seeing her remain silent, Pei Lang became even more anxious and reached out to pull her, but Lin Zhi dodged him.

Pei Lang's hand froze awkwardly in mid-air, his face flushed with anger as he stared at her: "Lin Zhi, I don't care what you do, but you're not allowed to play with your own safety."

Lin Zhi stepped forward slowly, her once clear and bright almond-shaped eyes now dimmed, revealing only endless weariness: "Pei Lang, aren't you tired of acting?"

"My aunt is dead, are you satisfied now?"

"You've gotten what you wanted, now let me go."

Hearing Lin Zhi's weak voice, Pei Lang's heart tightened, and he reached out to grab her forearm to stop her. "What do you mean by that?"

But the next instant, a sharp pain shot through her cheek. Although Lin Zhi was thin, she had struck with all her might. Watching Pei Lang's face turn to the side after being hit, Lin Zhi herself trembled uncontrollably.

Her eyes filled with tears, and her red lips trembled slightly: "Pei Lang, you bastard."

"You took advantage of my trust to entrust me with the wedding dress, and you used it to drive my aunt to her death. What? Now you're not satisfied and want to drive me to my death too?"

Pei Lang turned his head to rub the numb spot on his cheek, but did not get angry: "Azhi, you only know how to care for your aunt, but why can't you care for me?"

"Isn't it enough that I forced a smile for you in front of the man who killed my mother?"

Lin Zhi's wrist was gripped tightly, forcing her back step by step until she was pressed against the door with nowhere left to retreat.

A rare flicker of excitement crossed Pei Lang's usually calm and composed eyes: "I want to! I want to endure the rest of my life for you!"

"But Lin Shaowan shouldn't have let these things be dug up and driven my father to his death."

"As for what you said, yes, I just feel it's not enough."

"You cannot die. Staying by my side in this life is not enough. I want you to be entangled with me, Pei Lang, for all eternity until death!"

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Author's Note: This male ghost smells so good! My girlfriends, I'll try to update more tomorrow; the couple's fight is really putting me in a difficult position!

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Seduction Trap

*A story of an ordinary woman's revenge, with an unsatisfactory ending.*

[A lustful, aloof elite man x a vengeful, scheming, sophisticated, and highly intelligent woman]

Dai Zhen, a financial elite, has fallen in love online with Min Cong, her arch-rival in the office across the street.

As two legends from the same investment bank, they had long since grown to dislike each other without any need for fanning the flames.

The higher-ups have decided that one of the two will be promoted to Chief Risk Officer.

The two of them even stopped doing any pretense or superficial work.

When they met in the tea room, Min Cong glanced at Dai Zhen, who had a plain appearance and was dressed in a rigid style, and sneered: "White Water Girl".

Without even looking up, Dai Zhen knew he was dressed in a bespoke suit again, looking like he was going to walk the red carpet. She retorted, "Show-off."

*

Back in his office, Min Cong loosened his tie, still feeling irritated, and opened social media to calm himself down.

The anger had not subsided, but it was only fueled by something else.

On the chat page, the woman on the other end sent a picture of her thigh encased in glossy stockings, which appeared even more plump and soft when squeezed together.

But the other person wouldn't stop there. They opened the voice chat and said in a slightly husky and sweet voice, "I sprayed my favorite plum perfume today... Oh, and actually, there are suspenders on the stockings too."

Dai Zhen saw through the glass that the blinds of the office across the street had been pulled down. She chuckled and tore off her long suit skirt, covering the two thin straps at the top of her legs.

*

Min Cong was a perfect, unattainable beauty and campus heartthrob in the eyes of girls during his youth, and his life was smooth sailing.

Aside from being confessed to by an unremarkable bespectacled girl in high school, it was also during the unfortunate time of his parents' divorce.

He coldly and ruthlessly humiliated the man to his face, and after watching the man run away in shame and anger, he felt a strange sense of satisfaction.

After his birthday, he transferred to another school abroad and had long forgotten his despicable nature.

"Ah Cong, do you still remember Dai Zhien, the bespectacled girl who confessed to you back then? I heard she's working in investment banking now, but I wonder how she's doing..."

Min Cong swirled his wine glass: "That kind of person is destined to be a menial worker no matter where they are."

But after getting drunk, he clung to his phone, saying, "Zhenzhen, I miss you so much, I love you so much."

He desperately wanted that bland face to come alive because of him.

*Female, not male, genuinely a rotten person, with skewed values.