Chapter 95 The Metaphysics Master's Fiancée 12
Isn't this referring to her and Luo Shuyu?
The Jiang family is having trouble getting their two Ghost Leaf cards into play.
"Would that female ghost really attack the little girl?"
"Don't worry, that ghost has never actually hurt anyone. We did exactly what Sister Li asked us to do, so she shouldn't blame us anymore."
"Besides, Luo Shuyu is with us, so nothing will happen..."
The Jiang family was very quiet. Ergui saw that Aunt Qin kept looking towards the door, waiting for Jiang Yiqing and the others to return.
The two ghosts only started whispering to each other again when the sound of the car entering the villa was heard.
"They're back!"
"Let's keep playing cards. Wait, I won last time, didn't I?"
"Yes, what does your victory mean?"
"This means Jiang Yiqing can see ghosts."
"you?"
"Me?" The two ghosts pointed at each other, their expressions quite comical.
"—No way!!!"
At the same time, the ghost's wails rang out.
Jiang Yiqing listened intently. Birds were chirping softly in the tall sycamore tree beside her, and the cries of a female ghost could be heard from upstairs, creating a strange duet.
Luo Shuyu handed Jiang Yiqing the business card of the person in charge of the flower and plant market and said, "I left your information at the time. They saw that your birthday was coming up soon and said they wanted to give a bouquet of flowers to their old customers as a birthday gift for free."
Jiang Yiqing had never received so many bouquets of flowers in her life, but she still gladly accepted them, saying, "Thank you for your help with the matter before."
When Jiang Yiqing received the business card from Luo Shuyu, the red thread seemed to come alive, circling around her fingertips, a sight that made her hesitant to stop.
Jiang Shangwei was still worried that the two clever children might see through their plans and cause things to backfire. But seeing this scene, she suddenly realized that things were developing even better than she had imagined.
Luo Shuyu did not withdraw her hand. The two looked at each other's hands. Between her fair, soft, and slender fingers, crimson threads slowly wrapped around one end and then slowly fell down from the other. Jiang Yiqing noticed that Luo Shuyu's little finger was unusually long.
“Sister Luo, your little finger is so long.” Jiang Yiqing blurted out, “And you actually use your left hand more often?”
“I can draw talismans with both hands, both are my dominant hands.” Luo Shuyu chuckled and said, “Yiqing, if you have any other questions, why don’t you ask them all at once?”
Jiang Yiqing realized that the question she was curious about was actually someone else's privacy, and that it was too ambiguous to talk about it like that. She quickly looked away and said, "...No...nothing."
Jiang Yiqing went upstairs and asked the system, "Am I being too unreserved by staring at the thread in my hand? But I can't help but care, can I? I'll be spending almost all my time with Sister Luo from now on."
"The advanced version can automatically hide it if you don't want to see it."
"It's alright," Jiang Yiqing said, but it was indeed too ambiguous, and she couldn't help but blush just thinking about it.
"Tell me, does she hate me—let's rule that out for now, she has no feelings for me, or does she like me a little?"
If it's unrequited love, there's no chance of a red thread connecting them. The system decides not to disturb her and let her slowly immerse herself in her girlish feelings.
"I wouldn't dare say."
Jiang Yiqing walked into the room in a good mood. The two ghosts were hiding in the closet. This was because Jiang Yiqing's room was the best place in the entire villa in terms of feng shui, and it still had the aura of living people. Ghosts also liked to stay in such places. Besides, Luo Shuyu was outside, so they dared not run around.
The first thing Jiang Yiqing did was take off her coat and open the wardrobe.
The man and the two ghosts met face to face, and the two ghosts cried out first.
Jiang Yiqing had originally intended to pretend nothing was wrong and close the cabinet door, but it seemed that wouldn't work now. She asked, "What exactly do you want to do?"
The two ghosts exchanged a glance and thought this was for the best. After all, Jiang Yiqing hadn't asked anyone to exorcise the ghosts when she returned, which meant she meant them no harm. So they simply laid their cards on the table: "Miss Qing, we are good ghosts. My name is Wanqing, and hers is Ruoying. We've been here for so long, and no one has seen us. How about this, let's make a deal: we won't tell anyone about your sudden ability to see ghosts, and you won't drive us away, okay?"
"I can suddenly see ghosts, and Sister Luo knows about it too. I'm not afraid of you telling anyone. Besides, do you think Mom and the others would believe in two ghosts instead of their own daughter?"
"...You little girl have a sharp tongue." Wanqing snorted and said, "To be honest, we've been here for ten years and we know this place better than you do. You have no right to kick us out."
"Don't say that, Wanqing, what if she really turns on you?" Ruoying advised.
"I haven't even asked you two why you deliberately covered your faces and took me to the sanatorium. What exactly were you trying to do?"
"She actually found out?" Ruoying asked Wanqing, "What should we do, Wanqing?"
Wanqing felt that Ruoying was too naive, and that she had been exposed by this girl so easily. However, she couldn't say that Li Tingfang had told them to do this, or she might really be kicked out.
"Isn't the result good? The female ghost in the sanatorium isn't bad either, and Luo Shuyu saved you too."
"Hmph, and don't play dumb. I saw you smiling like a cat that had just stolen some fish when you went upstairs. Now you're blaming us for doing something wrong?" Wanqing looked at Jiang Yiqing suspiciously and said.
“I—I didn’t!” Jiang Yiqing said, raising her head and puffing out her chest.
"You're lying," Wanqing said. "You're kidding me."
"..."
“This young lady is being hypocritical; she’s not straightforward at all,” Wanqing said. “How about this, let’s make a deal: from now on, the two of us will live in the attic and won’t bother you unless absolutely necessary. What do you think?”
"Then let's leave it at that." Jiang Yiqing felt that the ghosts in this world weren't so bad after all, and she even became curious about them. She asked, "By the way, under what circumstances can a person become a ghost, and under what circumstances can they not?"
"Naturally, people who die without suffering, die a natural death, and have no unfulfilled regrets in life will not become ghosts; on the contrary, they will become ghosts."
"And who are those two?" Jiang Yiqing asked.
“We initially harbored resentment, but as time went on, and then we met Wanqing, and we became companions. It wasn’t any different from when we were living a leisurely life in our boudoirs, so we gradually came to terms with it,” Ruoying said.
"Wanqing was a lady from a prominent family. Although I am the daughter of a minor official, my family is not as prosperous as hers. Today, Wanqing's descendants are still important figures."
As soon as she finished speaking, Wanqing covered her mouth and gave her a look, seemingly telling her to stop talking.
Ruoying realized she had spoken out of turn, and looked away with a wavering gaze.
Jiang Yiqing felt that things must be complicated, otherwise why would they have lived for hundreds of years but refused to meet their descendants? However, she decided not to ask any further questions.
"Then that's settled. I hope we can get along peacefully with the two senior ghosts from now on."
After Jiang Yiqing finished speaking, she put the coat that Luo Shuyu had given her aside, put on her own clothes, and smelled a faint fragrance from Luo Shuyu's clothes, the same fragrance that had wafted from Luo Shuyu when they first met.
It has a very light and pleasant flavor that is hard to give up once you get used to it.
Jiang Yiqing stood in front of the dressing mirror and saw that her hair was messy. Now that there were no servants to do her hair, she combed it herself to make sure there were no uneven spots.
Beneath her long, straight black hair, the red mark on her neck stood out prominently. Jiang Yiqing took a white lace necklace from the jewelry box, which perfectly covered the mark on her neck. The location of the wound was cleverly concealed by a bear-shaped pearl, making her look as delicate and charming as a princess from a fairy tale.
"I must say, this young lady has a really good presence," Ruoying praised.
"Really? Thank you, Sister Ruoying," Jiang Yiqing said sweetly.
Jiang Yiqing hugged the teddy bear and lay on the soft bed. Her mood instantly improved, so much so that she didn't even care that her freshly combed hair was now messy.
Jiang Yiqing turned on her phone and played a song. The speakers in the room were connected to the phone, and the sound effects were just like many real people playing the music in front of her, which amazed Jiang Yiqing. She couldn't help but become engrossed in the song.
As the song continued, it said—
"In my lifetime"
Meeting on a narrow path
Ultimately, they could not escape it.
Suddenly, something grew in my palm.
entangled curves
……(1)
Jiang Yiqing opened her eyes slightly, lost in thought as she savored the lyrics.
Isn't this referring to her and Luo Shuyu?
Is this fate? Can she believe in fate?
On one side of the scale between Luo Shuyu and her elder sister, hope and longing suddenly began to emerge on the left, while longing on the right began to be buried deep within...
The music was so loud that Jiang Yiqing didn't hear anyone knocking on the door. Luo Shuyu suddenly pushed the door open and saw that Jiang Yiqing was lying safely on the bed, and breathed a sigh of relief.
Jiang Yiqing was wearing a short skirt indoors, her legs brazenly exposed on the quilt. Luo Shuyu glanced at her, frowned, and saw that she had turned off the music.
Luo Shuyu also knew this song. She looked at the red thread in her hand, her heart heavy with thoughts.
"Yiqing, there's a ghostly smell in your room."
"They are two female ghosts who live in the attic. I'm already friends with them."
"Knowing there's a ghost around you, doesn't it feel very inconvenient?" Luo Shuyu shifted her gaze upwards and saw the thing on Jiang Yiqing's neck, her eyes darkening again.
"It's alright, I don't really care," Jiang Yiqing said shyly, pulling her legs back under the covers.
She was used to being surrounded by people. Although she wasn't a popular princess before, she was still a princess after all.
"..." Luo Shuyu shook her head. No, the smell of the ghost was not the peaceful smell of a house ghost, but a much worse smell.
Jiang Yiqing handed the coat to Luo Shuyu and said, "Sister Luo, thank you."
Could it be that a ghost entered this room while they were away?
So, what is it here for?
In Luo Shuyu's ghost-catching experiences, she also encountered some quite intelligent ghosts. If they used human intelligence, the difficulty of dealing with them would greatly increase.
Knowing that surveillance cameras had been installed in the villa, even though the ghost wouldn't appear in the footage, it would still affect the harmony of the images, Luo Shuyu decided to take a look.
[Author's Note]
(1) Annual fortune
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