Seeing Xiao Yanbao's pouting lips, Jiang Li couldn't help but smile indulgently and said softly:
"Little guy, it's been a while since I've seen you, and you've become quite the smug one!"
"Hmph! Yan Yan refuses to talk to you now."
The little boy deliberately turned his head away, refusing to look at Jiang Li.
I bet only she would dare to treat the mighty Grim Reaper with such an attitude!
Jiang Li didn't hold it against her at all; in fact, she found her cute and fierce demeanor when angry even more adorable.
"Okay, I didn't mean to not help you. I was just busy with something that day and couldn't take care of you."
Jiang Li coaxed Xiao Yanbao, saying, "Besides, you have so many experts around you, no matter how rampant the little fetal spirit is, it can't hurt you."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yanbao solemnly emphasized, "Yan Yan is not afraid that the little fetus spirit will harm Yan Yan. Yan Yan is afraid that the little fetus's soul will be scattered and completely lose the chance to be reborn."
"Don't worry, that little fetal spirit has successfully returned to the underworld."
As they spoke, Jiang Li passed directly through the closed glass window and floated to Xiao Yanbao's side. He gently bent down to meet the little dumpling's gaze and smiled, saying:
"Moreover, I even went to the trouble of getting him reincarnated."
Jiang Li's expression held an indescribable smugness, as if he were seeking credit.
"Really?"
Xiao Yanbao's eyes lit up instantly, as if the brilliant sunlight outside the window had fallen on her pupils, reflecting infinite brilliance.
She quickly moved closer to Jiang Li and asked:
"Where did you arrange for the little fetus to be reincarnated?"
Jiang Li smiled slightly and said, "As you thought, his previous mother is pregnant again. Ten months later, the little fetus will become human again."
Wow! That's great! That's really great!
Little Yanbao excitedly pulled her two little hands out from under the blanket, clapped her hands happily, and gave Jiang Li two thumbs up:
"Uncle Jiang Li, you are truly a good Grim Reaper!"
Good Death...
This is the first time I've ever heard a human praise him like this.
Jiang Li's mood immediately became very pleasant. Under normal circumstances, people are very wary of him. Whenever someone dies, he will be scolded by the deceased's family.
If it weren't for the fact that life and death are predestined, he wouldn't want to take away people's souls!
These days, even being the Grim Reaper isn't easy.
"Little guy, are you satisfied now?"
Jiang Li reached out and patted Xiao Yanbao's head, her eyes curving slightly.
"Satisfied, very satisfied!"
Little Yanbao nodded vigorously, patting her little chest and saying, "Uncle Jiang Li, if there's anything you need Yan Yan's help with, just ask! Yan Yan will try her best to help you!"
Consider it as repaying the kindness of the Grim Reaper on behalf of the little fetus.
Hearing Xiao Yanbao's words, Jiang Li smiled again: "Little guy, don't worry, if I really need your help, I certainly won't be polite!"
...
On the other hand, Gao Kexin went directly to another place after leaving the Li family manor.
In a village on the outskirts of the city, where the entire village has been relocated, smoke is still billowing from the chimney of one house.
Gao Kexin angrily pushed open the door and entered. Before the person inside could speak, she angrily questioned:
"Didn't you say you were always right? Why didn't Li Xinyan fall into the pond and die as you predicted? She's perfectly fine, but I've completely lost my second cousin's trust in me!"
"Girl, you're too impatient."
A hoarse old woman's voice rang out, and an old woman with a slightly hunched back walked out of the inner room.
Her gaze fell on the enraged Gao Kexin, and she calmly said:
“I warned you before that you shouldn’t be too hasty and that things should happen naturally. But you were impatient and wanted the child to fall into the pond, so you deliberately threw stones at the cat to scare it away. That’s why the child turned around and climbed the artificial rock. In other words, this accident was caused by you. So the fate of things changed and the child was spared.”
You mean...it's my fault?
Hearing what the old woman in front of her said, Gao Kexin raised her eyebrows slightly, looking unconvinced.
However, Gao Kexin's gaze towards the old woman held a newfound reverence, because although the old woman hadn't been told the specific details of what happened at the Li family manor, she had completely guessed it, as if she had witnessed it firsthand.
“I have already calculated for you. The child was lucky to avoid disaster today. One stroke of luck will bring an even greater calamity. She may be even more unlucky next time.”
The old woman spoke at a measured pace, continuing to chop wood, start a fire, and cook.
She seems to live in the old society.
"real?"
Gao Kexin asked with some skepticism.
"Girl, if you believe, it exists; if you don't believe, it doesn't."
The old woman said something and then ignored Gao Kexin.
"The thing you gave me last time has been successfully delivered to the Li family manor, but so much time has passed and there's still no sign of it. Is that thing even effective?"
Gao Kexin frowned again and asked the old woman a question, her gaze fixed on the old woman in front of her.
She was dressed very simply, in a black and gray dress that she had sewn herself stitch by stitch, like the kind of clothes worn by peasant women in the 1950s or 60s.
Her hair was already gray, all piled up at the back of her head, covered by a black net and secured with an old-fashioned silver hairpin.
This old woman looked like a country person living in the 1950s or 60s from head to toe, but many people said that she was a person with high Taoist cultivation, and could even be compared with Master Xu.
However, Master Xu was in the open, while the old woman was in the shadows.
Only users who have been active on the dark web know about this old woman's existence.
Gao Kexin learned of the old woman's existence from the dark web and came to see her.
"Girl, I'll say it again: remember not to be too hasty! Haste makes things worse. Everything is preordained. What's meant to happen will happen sooner or later, and what's not meant to happen will be difficult to happen no matter what you do to make it happen."
The old woman looked up at Gao Kexin, her somewhat cloudy eyes filled with an emptiness that seemed devoid of any emotion.
The moment their eyes met, Gao Kexin felt a jolt of fear and a strange chill run down her spine.
Sometimes, Gao Kexin couldn't help but wonder if this old woman was not from this world at all. She really looked like the old lady in those horror stories, surrounded by an indescribable eerie aura.
The old woman stared at Gao Kexin for a while, then suddenly smiled at her and said:
"It's lunchtime, young lady. Would you like to stay and have lunch with this lonely old woman?"
(End of this chapter)
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