The old man stammered for a long time, unable to utter a complete sentence. But from his expression, his reaction, and his visibly trembling outstretched hand, anyone would have wild thoughts.
Lu Fenfei's mouth opened into an "O" shape.
Lu Fenfei's inner thoughts: Based on what I know about the tricks of fortune tellers, could this old man have killed his first love?
It's just that Wan Jiao didn't know what Lu Fenfei was thinking, otherwise she would have said something like: "She's got some kind of crazy brain."
Lu Fenfei wasn't the only one who thought this way. The viewers in the live stream also...
[Help! The streamer's words reminded me of her, the woman who was cooked, the woman who fell off the cliff, and her wife and children who are in heaven...]
If his first love's death was truly related to him, can any man in this world still be trusted?
My grandmother told me that decades ago there were many unsolved cases where wives were murdered but the murderers were simply told the wives had disappeared.
[I'm just a country bumpkin, I just want to know what terrible mistake my first love made to deserve such cruel treatment.]
Wan Jiao waited for a while but the old man didn't speak. She raised her eyebrows slightly and said again, "After all these years, you must be feeling terrible. Since that's the case, why not take this opportunity to tell the truth about what happened back then?"
The old man had kept it a secret for many years.
He told everyone that his first love had disappeared, that he had watched her being kidnapped, but... he knew very well that she hadn't disappeared, but had died.
She died right in front of him back then.
On her deathbed, she managed a smile that was more painful than tears, and said to him: Even for my sake, you must leave this place alive.
That woman was the one he had sworn to marry.
But... she died.
From then on, it didn't matter who I married or who I spent my life with!
If it weren't for keeping her last words and not wanting to disappoint her, he wouldn't have made it this far.
Yes, without her, his life was as lonely as if he were the only person in the world.
Arlene is dead.
The old man's eyes were filled with tears. He seemed to be staring at Wan Jiao, but in reality, he was looking at her from his memories through Wan Jiao.
"That year I was twenty, and Arlene was eighteen. We went hiking in the mountains, but we accidentally wandered into a valley. It was very dangerous there, and there were many things that don't exist in this world. We were overwhelmed by what we saw. Later..."
The old man's expression suddenly changed halfway through his sentence; it was fear, it was terror.
Wan Jiao channeled her spiritual energy into the old man's brow, quickly calming him down. She continued, "Later, we saw a very beautiful antique ornament, clearly very valuable. Arlene said that since there was no one else around, these things were unclaimed, and for our future well-being, she wanted to take the antique ornament back. I love her very much, and I would do anything she asked, so I completely ignored the potential danger of taking the antique ornament. At the moment the danger struck, Arlene shielded me with her body to save me..."
Knowing that the old man was telling the truth, Wan Jiao watched him quietly without saying a word.
The old man hesitated, heartbroken. But after a moment, he spoke again, “Ah Lin lost a lot of blood. She knew she couldn’t leave the valley, so she desperately tried to help me leave. She told me to take her share and live well. She also said she would wait for me down there.”
After the old man finished speaking, he was already sobbing uncontrollably.
Wan Jiao handed him a tissue, saying, "Please accept my condolences!"
The old man didn't take it, but suddenly grabbed Wan Jiao's wrist excitedly, "Will I ever see her again? Will she really wait for me?"
Wan Jiao shook her head. "The things in that valley need to be exchanged for a person's soul. You took the antique ornaments, and she gave her soul in return, so that the matter is settled."
The old man seemed never to have imagined this would happen.
He shook his head instinctively. "No, no, Arlene said she would wait for me to go down and find her, and we would be reincarnated together to continue our love in the next life. She loves me the most, and she would never break her promise."
Perhaps because she had entered the mortal world, or perhaps because she was pregnant with Ye Jin's child, Wan Jiao had been very compassionate these past two days.
Seeing the old man like this, she felt bad too.
If she could, she really wanted to tell the old man that his Arlene would wait for him.
But... she can't lie.
Even fortune telling and physiognomy cannot tolerate lies.
"Although she is no longer here, her blessings for you remain. You had a harmonious marriage, filial children, and your grandchildren are all exceptionally intelligent, all thanks to her blessings."
"No!"
The old man shouted "No!" almost with all his might.
"I don't want her blessing. If it weren't for the need to save face to see her, why would I have lived these past few decades? I..."
"May we find one heart to share, and stay together until our hair turns white." Wan Jiao interrupted the old man and murmured, "To meet someone who truly cares for you in this life is a blessing for both of you. She has never regretted it for you, and you should not regret it either."
The old man said, "I would rather be the one left in the valley."
Wan Jiao: "But she is the one who stays behind. You carry her blessings, love, hope, and expectations, so you should live this life to the fullest."
The chat in the live stream:
[What an amazing plot! It's so much better than those TV dramas, isn't it?]
[What a plot twist! I thought the old man killed his first love, but I never expected it to be like this...]
[Since the streamer knows it requires a soul as payment, they must also know what kind of place that valley is, right?]
[The streamer knows everything, so she must know what that thing is like. It's just a pity that she's currently participating in a variety show and can't see the comments, so she can't answer your and my questions.]
[What's the big deal? Just write it down in a notebook and ask her in her live stream when she goes live, right?]
The comment above makes sense; I agree.
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Wan Jiao originally wanted to do some other calculations for the old man, but he seemed uninterested. He simply put down 1,000 yuan, got up, and left.
Seeing the money snapped Lu Fenfei out of her reverie. She quickly walked over, put the money away, and excitedly gave Wan Jiao a thumbs-up.
Wan Jiao smiled slightly, which was her response.
But her heart felt increasingly heavy.
This was unprecedented, and she was somewhat at a loss.
Meanwhile, somewhere in the underworld.
A thread of emotion, shimmering with light and trapped within an ancient formation, is stirring restlessly, seemingly poised to break free.
Upon seeing this, the Netherworld Beast, the mount of the Underworld King responsible for guarding the formation, instantly went on high alert, baring its teeth and continuously pouring its spiritual beast power into the formation...
The restless emotions gradually calmed down as the power of the spirit beast was injected into the formation.
Far away in Mingcheng, Wan Jiao's strange feeling of tightness in her chest gradually subsided...
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