Chapter 77

Chapter 77: This Master is So Fierce!

Chapter 77: This Master is So Fierce!

Qin Liuxi sipped her tea leisurely, listening to the ghost's reasons for resisting reincarnation.

“...My name is Ling Rong. I used to sell tea at a tea stall. Xie Qikang, my cousin, came to live with us after our parents died. He knew nothing but studying. My father and I supported his studies by selling tea, penny by penny. He promised that once he passed the imperial examination, he would ensure our prosperity and make me a noble lady. But in reality, after becoming a mere scholar, he was noticed by the Zhou family.”

Qin Liuxi's interest waned, a story akin to many others she had heard – a good woman sacrifices everything for a worthless man who, upon achieving success, abandons her for wealth and status. Ling Rong’s story was no different.

Ling Rong, immersed in her overwhelming hatred, continued, “The Zhou family was rich. They could provide him with luxury, servants, and a life of leisure, reading and studying without worldly concerns, dressing in fine silks, and dining on delicacies. He desired to be their prized son-in-law, not willing to live with us in a damp, dim house, eating pickled vegetables and steamed buns.”

“My father called him an ingrate and wanted to expose him to the Zhou family, but he strangled my father to death,” Ling Rong’s resentment flared again as she spoke, “At that time, I was seven months pregnant. After killing my father, he lied to me, saying my father had gone to pick tea in the mountains. That day, in a deserted hillside during heavy rain, he smashed my head with a rock.”

Qin Liuxi looked up, seeing Ling Rong transformed, her body drenched, with half her head smashed in, her appearance too distorted to recognize.

This was how she looked at the time of her death.

“I was already in labor pains, the child was about to be born. But he wouldn’t let either of us live. I died, and the child suffocated inside me, just moments from seeing this world,” Ling Rong looked down at the child at her feet and bitterly smiled, “Xie Qikang was so cruel. Those hands that only held pens, when they picked up rocks, they showed no mercy, so forceful. I still remember the sensation of the rock hitting my head, thud, thud, thud...”

“Stop!”

Qin Liuxi interrupted her, “There's no need to go into detail. I understand what you've gone through. But you've been dead for ten years; why seek revenge only now? Oh, and please revert to your normal appearance first. I don’t want nightmares from looking at your gruesome form.”

Ling Rong: “…”

This master is so fierce!

She reluctantly transformed back to her unblemished appearance, explaining, “Xie Qikang was ruthless. After he killed me, fearing that I might become a vengeful ghost, he hired a Taoist priest to seal my spirit in a box with seven soul-calming nails and then chained it and dumped it at the bottom of a lake, where I remained unseen for years.”

Qin Liuxi became serious upon hearing this, recognizing it as the act of dark arts, and asked, “What happened next?”

“Earlier this year, the soul-calming nails rusted and loosened, allowing my son and me to escape. Initially, my spirit was very weak, so I desperately consumed a few wandering souls…” Ling Rong's voice trailed off, fearful Qin Liuxi might seize her, but seeing no reaction, she continued, “After gaining strength, I went after Xie Qikang. He wore a jade amulet blessed by a temple, which prevented me from getting close. I followed him from a distance until the amulet broke at his mistress’s place. That’s when I could approach and strangle him, inundating him with my resentful energy. I wanted him to feel the suffocation I felt. How can I reincarnate with such injustice unresolved? As long as Xie Qikang lives, my heart won’t be at peace.”

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