Chapter 84 If it weren't for your reminder, Master...
"Zhuang Jingxuan?"
Zhuang Jingxuan took off her glasses, revealing a face with exquisite makeup.
"Master, it's been a long time."
She patted the empty seat next to her, gesturing for Chu Ci to come over.
"Shall we talk in the car?"
Chu Ci didn't stand on ceremony with her and gave the driver an address after getting into the car.
"Go here, please hurry, thank you."
The driver glanced at Zhuang Jingxuan's expression in the rearview mirror.
Seeing his boss nod, he started the car.
Chu Ci turned to look at Zhuang Jingxuan, and upon closer inspection, she noticed that Zhuang Jingxuan looked somewhat tired.
How have you been lately?
Zhuang Jingxuan turned to look at her and smiled, "Great, absolutely great."
She sat up straight and recounted to Chu Ci what she had done during this time.
"I've been busy these past few days fighting a lawsuit against my parents, flying all over the country and abroad, and meeting with all sorts of lawyers."
She gestured for Chu Ci to look into her eyes, where dark circles under her eyes were so prominent that even foundation couldn't cover them.
"I haven't slept for many days because of the lawsuit."
Fortunately, the Royal Court's verdict was favorable.
She took out a file folder from beside her. "Today's fresh verdict."
She grinned from ear to ear: "I made my dad give back all the properties, cars, bags, and jewelry that my mistress received from him."
“I also made him pay back all the money he spent on raising twins.”
"Now most of Hong Kong's wealthy circles know that he, a son-in-law who married into the family, used his deceased father-in-law's money to support his mistress and illegitimate child."
“He lost all face and reputation, and his business was also affected. After the court hearing, he kept chasing my car and cursing at me.”
Zhuang Jingxuan shrugged.
"But it doesn't matter anymore. I've long since lost all feelings for that scumbag father of his. Let him curse me all he wants, as long as he gives me the money."
Chu Ci took the judgment from her hand and looked at it, surprised:
"The court made its ruling in such a short time?"
Zhuang Jingxuan smiled and said, "Originally, it wouldn't have been this fast; waiting in line for the court hearing would have taken several months."
“But it doesn’t matter,” she said, casually pulling out a gold card. “I have the power of money.”
Looking at the gleaming gold bank card, Chu Ci still felt that everything had gone too smoothly.
"Even if your father was in the wrong first, it doesn't deserve that he has to vomit up so much of what he took in."
Especially the money spent raising twins, those twins are definitely the children of a scumbag father.
It's immoral for a scumbag father to raise them, but it's legal.
"Wow, Master! I knew you knew these things!" Zhuang Jingxuan exclaimed in surprise.
She laughed and pulled out several cards, saying, "Money makes the world go round. If you didn't achieve your goal, it's because you didn't pay enough."
She laughed and lowered her voice: "I not only bribed the Royal Court, but I also bribed my father's lawyer to cooperate with them in court!"
“In addition, I also arranged for someone to meet with my grandfather’s former business partner.”
She blinked, and the dark circles under her eyes became even more noticeable.
"Among my grandfather's business partners back then, those who are still alive are all prominent figures in Hong Kong."
"With them acting as intermediaries, my dad's company was almost ruined."
"Before the court hearing today, I saw him taking his anger out on his mistress, and her two children were so scared that they cried loudly."
"I don't know what that mistress was thinking, actually bringing two children to meet me in private!"
"What you're saying, 'They're your younger siblings, you're blood relatives,' I spit on that!"
Zhuang Jingxuan gritted her teeth in resentment.
"An ambitious son-in-law who moved in with his wife's family, and a shameless mistress, the two of them are spending my grandfather's money to raise their child, and they still have the nerve to call themselves relatives!"
"I don't need any younger siblings to help me spend the money my grandfather left me! That money was all left to me by my grandfather!"
Chu Ci: "..."
She paused for a moment, staring at the dark circles under Zhuang Jingxuan's eyes, and said:
"What price did you pay for all these benefits?"
Zhuang Jingxuan's smile froze, and the smile on her lips slowly faded.
"Master, you even guessed this?"
She sighed, leaned back in her seat, and slowly lowered her eyes.
"It's nothing much, some of it is from favors left by my grandfather, and some is money..."
"Anyway, as long as it makes my dad and his mistress suffer, it's all worth it!"
After a brief period of disappointment, she became cheerful again.
"My dad's mistress really knows how to spend money. She's only been with my dad for a few years, and she's already spent over 100 million yuan!"
"However, she has to pay me back for all those large expenses. If she doesn't want to, I'll have people go to her shop and cause trouble."
"She's used to pretending to be rich in her fake girlfriends' circle, I'll definitely tear her skin off and stomp on her!"
"I'm planning to take some people to clear out her house. Master, would you like to come with me?"
Zhuang Jingxuan blinked, her face beaming with a triumphant smile.
"Let's go in a couple of days."
Chu Ci noticed a vertical red line between her eyebrows, which faintly carried an ominous, bloody aura.
"Today is July 14th. Go home early and don't wander around outside after tonight."
July 14th?
Zhuang Jingxuan patted her head, and then she remembered.
"Oh, so today is July 14th. No wonder there are fewer roadside stalls and so many people burning paper money."
The master saved her life, and since he had spoken, she planned to obediently listen to him.
"Alright, since you've already spoken, Master, I'll wait until after the Ghost Festival to go!"
As the car drove along the road, after Zhuang Jingxuan finished speaking, the two of them quickly fell silent.
All that could be heard was the faint roar of the engine.
Chu Ci turned her head and saw that her eyes were darting around, and she seemed to want to say something but stopped herself.
He proactively asked, "You came to see me today, surely it wasn't just to share your recent situation?"
Zhuang Jingxuan gave a dry laugh, "Master, you figured it out?"
She let out a long sigh, her voice conflicted.
"I'm thinking about my mom right now. I don't know if I should treat her the way I treat my dad..."
Unlike her scumbag father, she spent a long period of happy times with her mother when she was young.
Especially since her maternal grandfather mediated between them, she and her mother had a very good relationship.
For a long time after her grandfather passed away, she was very dependent on her mother.
It wasn't until her mother found a lover and became pregnant with that man's child that the relationship between the mother and daughter began to become strained.
Her mother, thinking of her true love, also sought resources for herself and her beloved child.
Therefore, it was inevitable that Zhuang Jingxuan's interests were affected.
If Zhuang Jingxuan had died in that car accident, or hadn't woken up at all, her mother would have cried for her.
Then she and her ex-husband peacefully divided the property left by Zhuang Jingxuan's maternal grandfather, and then waited for Zhuang Jingxuan to die in the hospital.
In this way, the two of them can pretend that the past twenty years never existed.
They each found their "true love," continued their sweet lives, raised children, and enjoyed their new lives.
But Zhuang Jingxuan not only didn't die, she woke up.
After she wakes up, she will demand the return of the property left by her maternal grandfather.
It affected her mother's and her lover's happy life, so naturally her mother was unhappy about it.
Zhuang Jingxuan's eyes dimmed: "Although I had a very unpleasant argument with my mother last time, I still can't bring myself to be ruthless..."
She suddenly turned to look at Chu Ci, "Master, do you remember when I told you about my mother's little lover being unfaithful?"
Seeing the red line between her eyebrows growing redder, Chu Ci frowned and nodded.
"I remember, so what?"
"I looked into that scumbag, and guess what?"
"How about it?"
Zhuang Jingxuan almost jumped up, "That scumbag is already married and has children!"
She bumped her head on the car roof and cried out "Ouch!" while covering her head.
While sucking in the cold air, she continued talking about her mother's little lover:
"I really admire that man! He and his wife grew up together, and his wife is two years older than him."
"As a result, after the couple got married, they didn't work hard to earn money; they were only interested in taking shortcuts."
"His wife went out to be a mistress for a rich man and helped him manage nightclubs."
"He's a strange guy. After meeting my mom, he hooked up with her and used her money to support his wife and kids!"
"Damn it, I've never seen such a shameless couple in my entire life!"
But it was her mother's choice, and her mother wanted to play dumb, so she couldn't persuade her otherwise.
"Master, I'd like you to do a fortune telling for my mother. Can she be happy with that pretty boy?"
The more Zhuang Jingxuan talked about her mother's lover, the more obvious the red line between her eyebrows became.
Chu Ci stared intently at the red line between her brows, frowning:
"Wait, don't move."
She pinched Zhuang Jingxuan's cheek and examined her face closely.
His eyebrows furrowed so deeply they almost knotted together. "Your mother might have some trouble in the next couple of days."
Zhuang Jingxuan froze: "What?!"
Although she had a very unpleasant argument with her mother a couple of days ago, she was still very worried about her mother's safety.
She quickly grabbed Chu Ci's hand and asked anxiously, "Master, what might happen to my mother? Is she alright?"
As they were talking, the car arrived at the entrance of Ren Wenguang's apartment building.
Chu Ci looked at the red line between her eyebrows that ran through the area representing the mother's palace, and shook his head:
"I'm not sure. You should find a few people to protect your mother these next few days."
She was about to get off the bus when she turned back to give Zhuang Jingxuan some instructions.
"If you see your mother in trouble, remember not to go yourself, let the bodyguard do it."
Zhuang Jingxuan didn't know if she had heard clearly, and nodded haphazardly.
As soon as Chu Ci got out of the car, she quickly told the driver to take her to her mother.
When Chu Ci arrived at the entrance of Ren Wenguang's building, she had just opened the door to go in when she bumped into the breakfast stall owner.
Upon seeing her, the proprietress was delighted:
"It's you, the lady from that organization that protects women and children!"
Chu Ci chuckled dryly and greeted, "Are you heading out?"
"Yes, I'm planning to go out and buy some things."
The proprietress looked at her curiously, "You're here again because of Ren Wenguang?"
"Miss, you're too late." She looked upstairs with regret in her eyes.
"If only you had come to take care of Ren Wenguang's wife and children sooner, they would have passed away..."
Her tone was full of regret.
“We neighbors just thought he was in a bad mood and liked to hit people, but we never expected that he would actually kill someone!”
"My landlord, who lives across the hall, told me that he saw Ren Wenguang push his wife and children's heads underwater and drown them!"
She felt both lingering fear and a sense of self-blame.
"If I had known that the mother and son would end up like this, I should have gone to knock on their door with my husband sooner."
If they hadn't always dismissed it as "someone else's family matter" and had chosen to meddle...
That mother and child might not have died.
Chu Ci lowered her eyes and tugged at the corners of her lips.
"It's only human nature, you can't be blamed for this."
It takes courage and the willingness to bear the consequences to meddle in other people's business. To have this kind of thinking, like the landlady, is already a sign of a very kind person.
She opened her mouth to speak when she suddenly heard the sound of a child jumping up and down from upstairs.
Chu Ci looked up and met the eyes of a familiar child.
The ball in his hand fell to the ground with a "thud," and he stared at Chu Ci in horror, his eyes wide.
The ball rolled to the landlady's side, and she picked it up with a smile, greeting her warmly.
"Xiao Bei, going out to play again? Your grandpa just told you to stay home."
She said this, but she didn't mean to stop it.
He reached out and handed the ball to the little boy, but the little boy didn't dare to take it.
The boy named "Xiao Bei" looked at Chu Ci in fear and stammered, "Master... Master..."
Chu Ci smiled and nodded. "So your name is Xiao Bei."
Beckham gave a smile that looked more like a grimace, with his hands obediently placed at his sides.
With a pained expression, he explained, "Master, I have already apologized to that grave as you instructed..."
Chu Ci's gaze passed over him and landed on the black phantom behind him.
"You apologized, but it wasn't sincere enough."
She pointed behind Beckham, "Don't you feel a chill down your back...?"
Xiao Bei turned her head with a pale face, but didn't see anything behind her.
He hadn't felt anything at first, but after Chu Ci said that, he suddenly felt a chill down his spine.
"Waaaaah..."
He quickly took the ball from the proprietress's hand.
"Master, I'm not going out to play anymore. I know I was wrong. Could you please send him away?"
The proprietress looked at the child, then at Chu Ci, her face full of confusion.
But Xiao Bei's grandfather, Ren Wenguang's landlord, soon heard his grandson crying.
He came downstairs cursing as he went: "That brat, he hasn't learned his lesson even after something this bad happened!"
He had just walked downstairs when he saw his grandson hugging a ball and crying loudly.
Across from them stood their neighbors who sold breakfast on the first floor and the master they had just visited that morning.
"Uncle Zhong, good afternoon," the proprietress greeted him with a smile, asking, "Have you prepared all the items for the Ghost Festival?"
"I'm just about to go to that street where they sell incense and paper money to buy some. Do you want me to bring some back for you?"
Ren Wenguang's landlord, Uncle Zhong, waved his hands repeatedly, "No need, no need, thank you so much!"
After he finished speaking, he pulled his grandson to Chu Ci's side and forced his grandson to bow.
"The master saved your life, and you didn't even say thank you when you met him!"
Little Bei was being held down by his grandfather, and he was crying so hard his nose was bubbling.
"Waaaaah... Thank you, waaaah, thank you Master..."
The landlady looked completely bewildered, but Ren Wenguang's landlord, Uncle Zhong, quickly invited Chu Ci to come up and sit down.
She no longer had the chance to ask questions.
Ren Wenguang's landlord, Uncle Zhong, thought that Chu Ci had come to check on his grandson and kept expressing his gratitude.
It wasn't until Chu Ci stopped in front of Ren Wenguang's room, took out the key and inserted it into the lock, that he stopped repeating his words of gratitude.
"Master, what's wrong with you...?"
Seeing Chu Ci deftly open the door to Ren Wenguang's house, he stared blankly at the dimly lit room.
He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he thought he just saw a pregnant woman suddenly run into the bedroom.
The curtains in the room were drawn, the light was dim, and there was no one inside, nor the sound of children running by.
"Grandpa! Grandpa!"
Seeing his grandfather stunned, Xiao Bei tugged at him hard.
"The master said I wasn't sincere, so I want to fold paper ingots with you!"
After Zhongbo reacted, Chu Ci had already entered the room, leaving only his grandson's voice in the hallway.
After regaining his senses, Uncle Zhong quickly pulled his grandson back into the house.
As soon as he returned to the room, he called to his wife, "Quick, quick! Prepare some offerings!"
He pointed to the closed door across the way, "Prepare some more incense, candles, and paper money, and offer them to Xiaolian and her child!"
Chu Ci closed the door to the room, making it even darker.
Song Yu should have cleaned the room before going to see her.
So the room still smelled of cleaning agents, and although the living room and bedroom were small, they were very clean.
She walked around the room but couldn't find the pink peach blossoms mentioned in the book.
In the blink of an eye, a dark shadow flashed past.
She looked closely and saw a young woman holding a child.
She's described as a young woman, but she's not actually that young.
Because of years of overwork and lack of sleep, she has severe eye bags and her eyes look listless.
She was wearing a faded nightgown, and her exposed hands and feet were covered with scars accumulated over the years.
The child in her arms was equally impressive.
Her belly was swollen like that of a woman six months pregnant, her hands, feet and face were covered in injuries, and one leg was longer than the other.
It's heartbreaking to see someone staring at you with those innocent, bewildered eyes.
But to Chu Ci's surprise, after clinging to Bai Shengtian for so long, their souls were not as thin as Qiu Shuangshuang's, but rather more solid than those of ordinary ghosts.
Noticing Chu Ci's furrowed brow, the female ghost holding the child pointed to the balcony.
Chu Ci followed the direction she pointed and walked to the locked balcony.
The balcony was locked with a chain; the lock was very new, probably recently purchased.
The pregnant child ghost slid off its mother and pointed to the locked balcony.
Chu Ci: "Do you think what I'm looking for is inside?"
The little devil looked at her fearfully and nodded slightly.
Chu Ci searched the room and found a wire in the corner of a drawer.
"Click"
A faint sound came, and the iron lock opened.
As I unlocked the chains and opened the balcony door, a cool breeze rushed towards me.
At the same time, she heard the system, which had been silent for a long time, come online:
[A paranormal item called "Yin Peach Blossom" has been discovered]
[Would you like to exchange for a box of bullets?]
The system thoughtfully marked "*5" on the back of the bullet, indicating that there are five bullets in a box.
Chu Ci: "..."
This shady system really did separate the gun and the bullets into two separate tasks!
As she hesitated, she felt the chill getting closer and closer.
A cool, fragrant scent seemed to have a mind of its own, drilling into her nostrils, and her head instantly felt dizzy.
As her consciousness blurred, a slight itch crept into her heart.
For no apparent reason, she suddenly thought of Ren Wenguang, who had been arrested by the police...
etc!
"Cough cough..."
She quickly stepped off the balcony and closed the balcony door.
As the balcony door was closed, the cool, pleasant fragrance was also blocked out.
Wait a minute! Something's not right with this peach blossom!
She stared in horror at the closed balcony door, her brows furrowed so deeply they seemed to knot together.
She suddenly felt that Ren Wenguang's crime did not deserve to die, and she had an impulse to help him!
This is really wrong!
After a while, her gaze toward Yin Taohua grew increasingly disgusted.
No wonder Song Yu has become so strange; these peach blossoms are actually so poisonous!
Looking at the mother and child ghosts next to her, she then noticed that there was a thread connecting the two ghosts to the pot of yin peach blossoms.
It was precisely because of the existence of Yin Peach Blossom that they were able to continuously supply Yin energy to the two ghosts, allowing them to maintain their solidified souls.
Chu Ci's gaze fell on the pot of pink fluorescent peach blossoms through the balcony door.
The shady peach blossoms grow in white porcelain pots, and their overall size is more than ten times smaller than that of normal peach trees.
Yet it bloomed exceptionally profusely.
The black branches were crowded with pink peach petals, each petal shimmering with fluorescence.
At first glance, it looks too beautiful to be real.
Chu Ci gritted her teeth slightly.
With this pot, Qiu Shuangshuang wouldn't have become disabled due to her thin soul when she went to be reincarnated.
This is indeed a good thing for raising ghosts.
But compared to its advantages... its disadvantages are clearly more obvious.
"system?"
She silently recited it in her heart.
"Exchange the Yin Peach Blossoms for bullets."
[Redeem Complete]
The moment the system's voice faded, Yin Taohua vanished in the blink of an eye.
The connection between Peach Blossom and the two ghosts was also severed.
The big-bellied little devil seemed a bit unaccustomed to it and quickly touched his body.
After dealing with this peach blossom, the air in the house felt so fresh.
Chu Ci led the two ghosts, one big and one small, out. As soon as they opened the door, they saw that the area in front of the door was filled with offerings, incense, candles, and paper money.
Little Beckham was being pulled to kneel in front of the door by his grandmother, and he was kowtowing to the door.
The old lady was so frightened by the sudden opening of the door that she almost had a heart attack.
Only after she looked closely and saw that it was Chu Ci did she clutch her chest and breathe a sigh of relief.
"Master, what are you doing in here?"
Chu Ci: "I went in a long time ago, didn't Uncle Zhong tell you?"
The old woman was so angry that she scolded and beat him, "That old fool didn't say anything! Oh my, he scared me to death!"
Chu Ci walked around the offerings, and the big-bellied little ghost behind her quickly slid down from its mother's arms.
Happily, I picked up the offerings from the plate and offered them to my mother.
"Mom, it's that really expensive little cake from the shop downstairs!"
He had been wanting to eat it for a long time, but his mother always said it was too expensive.
Now he finally got to eat it!
The female ghost patted her son's head and said gently, "You eat."
She looked up at Chu Ci, her eyes pleading.
"Master, could you please let my son finish his meal before he leaves?"
At her feet, the old lady was still pressing her grandson, Xiao Bei, to kowtow.
"Quickly thank your Aunt Xiaolian! If it weren't for Aunt Xiaolian, you'd be lying in the hospital right now!"
Little Bei was forced to kowtow, his little voice respectful:
"Thank you, Aunt Xiaolian, for saving me. Thank you, brother, for saving me..."
Chu Ci pointed out the window to the female ghost, "I'm going home first. Come find me after you've finished eating."
"What?"
Xiao Bei's grandmother looked up, thinking that Chu Ci was talking to her again.
"Master, what did you just say?"
Chu Ci smiled and said, "It's nothing. I just said I should remember to burn paper money at the door of my house again tonight."
The old lady nodded quickly, "Yes, I remember!"
Chu Ci left, clutching the few bullets in his pocket.
As she left, the air circulated, carrying away scraps of paper from the brazier.
The air was thick with the distinctive smell of gunpowder from burning paper, and behind me came Xiao Bei's childish voice:
"Aunt Xiaolian, you can go in peace. I will burn paper money for you and your brother every year from now on, lots and lots of paper money."
"Thank you for saving me..."
When Chu Ci arrived at the shop, it was almost dark.
There were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the road. Apart from a few hooligans who were still fooling around, everyone else was hurrying home.
Chu Ci was shocked by the number of people in the store as soon as he entered.
A group of young people dressed like gangsters and with hair dyed in various colors surrounded Grandma, holding a piece of paper specially made for folding paper ingots.
They craned their necks to learn how to fold ingots.
Chu Ci: "..."
She stood at the doorway, not going in for a moment.
Grandma heard the noise, looked up, and saw it was her granddaughter. She pushed up her reading glasses.
"You're back!"
As she spoke, the thugs around her also looked up.
Upon seeing the Chu Ci (Songs of Chu), he quickly stood up and bowed.
"Greetings, Master!"
The unified sound rose straight to the roof.
Chu Ci: "..."
She looked at her grandmother in confusion, and her grandmother pointed to the corner next to her.
"It's Wang Qiang who came to see you. He said he wanted to thank you, so he brought his guys to help out at the store!"
As she spoke, she instructed the young thugs with green hair next to her.
"Young man, you're folding it wrong, the ingot won't puff up..."
The green-haired thug quickly unfolded the origami and folded it again.
Chu Ci: "..."
She walked around to the direction her grandmother was pointing. In the corner, Wang Qiang and Song Yu were cutting the large piece of yellow paper they were going to burn into smaller pieces.
Noticing Chu Ci approaching, he quickly stood up.
"master!"
Chu Ci noticed that his head was wrapped in thick gauze, and blood was seeping from under the gauze.
What's wrong with you?
Wang Qiang sighed and plopped down on the ground.
"Don't mention it, Master, it's all thanks to your reminder."
"If my little brother hadn't suddenly remembered that you reminded me not to get into fights, I'd be lying in the morgue right now!"
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