Hua Xiangyun was somewhat disappointed in Lu Ya herself, as she had only been concerned with herself since she entered.
Despite hearing so much from her and pointing out all her mistakes, she stood there firmly, refusing to change her identity back.
This is simply incorrigible. Doesn't she even consider why people go to such lengths to become human? Does she really think being a soul is so great?
She only cares about herself and doesn't think about how her family should worry about her.
"You haven't gone back to see your parents since you left, have you?" Hua Xiangyun's methods became ruthless as she threw out several array flags, trapping her inside. "I want to see if you are as cold-hearted as you appear."
Before Lu Ya could even react, the scene changed.
She could still float in the air, but this time the house below looked so familiar; it turned out to be the home she had lived in for more than ten years.
The house in front of her seemed both familiar and strange. Thinking of her parents who had given her life, she continued to drift downwards.
Just then, she heard coughing coming from her parents' room. Her heart tightened. What was wrong with her parents? Were they sick? She hadn't heard anything about it before.
In her excitement, she walked right through the wall and found her parents standing before her. They were both familiar and strange to her. It had only been a short time since she last saw them, but their hair had turned white and they looked so old.
"Old man, get up and eat something, even if it's just a little bit," Duan Hong said softly, holding a bowl of porridge.
"Cough, cough, cough..." Another violent coughing fit ensued, turning Lu An's face red. It took a long time for the cough to subside. "No need. Anyway, there's not much use for my old life. I might as well leave sooner."
I'm just worried about you. What will you do when you're all alone and helpless?"
Duan Hong wiped away her tears, "This is all our fate. Who told us to give birth to such an irresponsible daughter?"
"I'm so sorry, I haven't raised the child well."
Duan Hong placed the porridge on the kang table and sat on the edge of the kang in a daze. "If you leave, there's no point in me living. So if the old man really reaches that point, wait for me ahead, and I'll catch up immediately."
Lu Ya couldn't believe what she was seeing.
How did my parents age so much overnight? And what about Qu Fu? Didn't she promise me she would take good care of my parents? Where is she now?
As she was about to turn around to look for someone, she noticed a calendar hanging on the wall. The date on it was 1998. Had more than 20 years already passed?
She didn't understand why time was passing so quickly, but seeing her parents like this filled her with rage. This was an agreement between them; she was giving her life to the other party, but this was how they treated her own parents.
She searched the entire house, but found no one else besides traces of her parents' lives.
She wanted to find the culprit and settle the score, but she couldn't find him anywhere.
Just then, voices came from outside the door, "Do you think Old Lu's daughter will come back?"
"Probably not," she thought, recognizing the voice as that of her neighbor, Aunt Li. Though slightly different, it was unmistakably her.
"That girl was only 18 when she left with her household registration book. Look, she hasn't come back all these years. She's heartless."
I heard that when he left, he took all of the Lu family's wealth; otherwise, Old Lu and his wife wouldn't have been so angry and anxious, and both of them would have fallen seriously ill.
With no income and no savings, those days were incredibly tough on the two of them, and their health deteriorated during that time.
She used to seem like such a well-behaved girl, who knew she could be so cruel.
“That’s right. They used to be so well-behaved and always had a smile on their faces when we met,” said Aunt Zhao across from us. “Now there’s no news at all. If Old Lu and his wife can’t hold on, they won’t even have anyone to arrange their funeral.”
Aunt Li said, "It's not that bad. Old Lu and his family also have relatives. It's just that we don't want Lu Ya to come back and cause trouble after someone else has arranged their funeral."
"That shouldn't be the case," she said, unable to recognize the voice. "Besides, the Lu couple have been spending so many years on medical treatment, and they have nothing left but this house. They probably won't have anything left after selling it and handling their funeral arrangements."
Aunt Zhao sighed, "Haven't you heard? This area is going to be demolished. Selling the house now would be a bad deal."
That demolition compensation is quite substantial. Do you think Lu Ya won't come back and cause trouble?
This is a hot potato; Old Lu's relatives will probably have to think it over, and might not even dare to take it on.
"So raising children requires a conscience. You know, Lao Lu and his family worked hard their whole lives, but they ended up with nothing. Instead, they got sick because of that girl. It's like they're here to collect a debt."
"That's right..."
The sound faded into the distance, and Lu Ya's expression grew increasingly grim. How could she have believed that Qu Fu? She had promised to treat her parents as her own, to be filial, and this was exactly how she was supposed to be filial.
"Old Lu, Old Lu..." Duan Hong's urgent calls came from inside the house. She couldn't care less and rushed in.
She wanted to rush over and hug her father, to comfort Duan Hong and tell her she was back, but she couldn't do anything.
They watched helplessly as Lu An breathed his last, and watched helplessly as Duan Hong was heartbroken.
Soon, family members came and went, offering words of comfort, but none of them actually offered a helping hand.
However, a few of his uncles, unable to bear it any longer, bought a coffin and carried Lu An away for burial.
Just as Lu An'an was buried, Duan Hong's health deteriorated.
She gave her last words and wrote a document entrusting the house to several close relatives as a subsidy for burying the elderly couple. Only then did she pass away with a look of resentment.
Seeing her parents' miserable state, with no one to see them off in their final days, Lu Ya became increasingly silent.
She stayed in that house for an unknown amount of time, but she didn't see her parents' spirits, and no one moved in anymore because several relatives were waiting for the demolition compensation to come and share the money.
Just before the house was to be demolished, Qu Fu returned, adorned with jewels, and stood in the yard, accusing her relatives of seizing her property.
No matter how others criticize or insult her, she always has a reason: she is the only descendant of the Lu family, and everyone else is irrelevant.
Even when her relatives held the will, she refused to acknowledge it and even launched a major lawsuit against them.
No one knows what connections she used, but she actually won. Those relatives who had helped the family a lot could only accept their bad luck, and Qu Fu became the ultimate beneficiary.
Lu Ya tried several times to find out what was going on with the other party, but she didn't know what methods the other party used, and she couldn't even get close to them.
This feeling of being unable to avenge a wrong tormented her year after year, even as she watched helplessly as the other party passed away peacefully with a house full of children and grandchildren...
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