Chapter 193

Chapter 193

If I wanted to communicate with a female ghost who might explode at any moment, the first thing I had to do was go along with her.

But she wanted me to hold her baby. When I looked, there was no baby in her arms at all.

For a moment, I had no idea how I was supposed to hold it.

She kept staring at me, her head swaying from side to side, as if she was very displeased with my reaction. “You don’t want to hold him…”

Seeing that she was about to get angry, I panicked and quickly held out both hands, making the motion of taking a child from her. In reality, I didn’t receive anything at all.

I imagined there was a baby in my arms, then stood up holding that bundle of air, rocking it as if I were coaxing it.

Only then was she satisfied. A smile even appeared on her face.

But that face was Anning’s face.

I had originally thought Anning’s face looked quite kind and familiar. Now, I didn’t find it kind at all.

“Is he cute…?”

“Cute. Very cute. I love children the most.”

I hurriedly echoed her, then changed the subject. “Ms. Liu, do you have any plans after this?”

I needed to guide her toward reincarnation, but I couldn’t be too direct. She was like a ticking time bomb. If there was even the slightest problem with what I said, she might explode.

And when that happened, my own life would start counting down too.

“Wait for my husband… Wait for my husband to come home…”

“This home can’t be without him…”

Hearing that, I sighed inwardly.

Her husband was already planning to sell the house. How could he possibly come back?

“Ms. Liu, I saw those potted plants you raised. You must be a kind person.”

I steered the topic toward reincarnation. “But did you know that plants have souls too? In their previous lives, they were people just like us. But because they made mistakes, they can’t be human in this life. If they die, that means they’ve paid off the debts from their past life. Then they can reincarnate, and in their next life, they can become human again.”

“So death isn’t the end. It’s a new beginning.”

Liu Jing seemed to understand what I was saying and suddenly fell into thought. “A new beginning…”

“That’s right. A new beginning,” I continued. “People who suffer too much in this life are all paying off debts. Once those debts are paid, the things they couldn’t have in this life, they’ll definitely be able to have in the next.”

“I know a girl. When she was five, her parents were murdered. She lived a tragic life, and I always hoped that she could be happy in her next life. I hoped she would have a wonderful family. But she doesn’t even have the chance to reincarnate anymore.”

“You still do. You and your child both do. You can still have a mother. You can still have people who love you.”

When I finished, tears actually streamed down her face.

Seeing that, I thought there was probably hope. Maybe I could persuade her to reincarnate without having to resort to force.

But I had forgotten that the divination I had cast downstairs was an ominous one.

If nothing dangerous happened today, then that divination would be wrong.

And if it wasn’t wrong, then it was bound to come true.

Just then, she opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something.

I quickly guided her again. “Ms. Liu, is there some other wish you still have? Tell me, and I’ll do my best to help you fulfill it.”

Her tears never stopped. It seemed she had thought of something extremely painful, and for a moment, she couldn’t get the words out.

But soon, she called out. I heard it very clearly. What she called was “little sister.”

And that voice… was Anning’s voice!

My eyes widened, and I hurriedly covered my mouth, shocked.

Wasn’t Anning possessed? Then how could she still be conscious?

Had my words just now failed to move Liu Jing, but made Anning cry instead?

I had never encountered a situation like this before. For a moment, I truly didn’t know what to do. I had no idea what accident might happen next.
Just then, Anning suddenly stood up. She had seen the withered potted plants.

An incredulous look crossed her face, and she walked toward them.

“Why is it like this… Why is it like this…”

She kept repeating those words, then suddenly dropped to her knees and began to sob.

I knew Liu Jing’s consciousness had returned.

Her crying was deeply unnerving, especially in a place like this.

Fortunately, I was much braver than I used to be. I walked over to her and tried to soothe her. “Ms. Liu, what you’re seeing isn’t the end. It’s a new beginning. Everything you’re seeing is your own obsession. Why not let go of these things that no longer belong to you?”

Her body jolted, as if she had suddenly remembered something. Then she got up again and began pacing around the house.

It seemed like she couldn’t accept everything in front of her.

“This isn’t my home… My home wasn’t like this…”

“Where is my home… Where is my home…”

She kept searching, trying to find the way this home had once been.

But that original home, just like her, could never go back again.

Seeing her grow more and more agitated, I worried she might turn on me, so I quickly said, “Ms. Liu, if you keep this up, you won’t be able to reincarnate. Think about your child. If you don’t go on, your child won’t be able to, either. Don’t trap yourself and your child in the past anymore.”

“Where is my home?!”

She suddenly roared and raised a hand, pointing straight at me.

My pupils constricted. It felt as if a rope had tightened around my neck, and I was so terrified that I immediately reached up to pull it away.

But the strange thing was, there was nothing around my neck. My hands found nothing at all.

The feeling of suffocation grew stronger and stronger. That rope I couldn’t touch kept tightening, hauling me up toward the ceiling.

Only then did I suddenly remember that Liu Jing had died by hanging. She wanted to kill me the same way.

Driven by the instinct to survive, I clawed at my neck with both hands again, but I still couldn’t grab whatever was suspending me.

The tips of my toes were already lifting off the floor. If this kept up, she would soon hang me to death.

“Ms. Liu… you can’t… kill me… Otherwise… you really won’t… be able to reincarnate…”

“I came here to help…”

I used every ounce of strength I had to beg her, but she clearly had no intention of letting me go.

That divination really had been inauspicious. It really had come true.

By now, blood was already rushing to my head. In less than a minute, I might stop breathing altogether.

At that critical moment, I suddenly remembered that Anning’s consciousness had awakened once in the middle of all this.

“Anning!”

I forced the shout out with everything I had. After shouting, my neck could barely take any more.

Whether I lived or died now depended on whether Anning would wake up.

Just then, she froze for a moment, her expression turning dazed.

She looked up at me. The next second, she rushed over, but not toward me. She rushed toward her backpack.

She unzipped it and took something out.

Through my haze, the more I looked at it, the more familiar it seemed. It was actually the Vajra Pestle!

Anning held the Vajra Pestle and aimed it at her own heart, about to stab it down.

But she didn’t really drive it into her body. Just as the sharpest part of the Vajra Pestle stopped a centimeter away from her heart, her eyes suddenly returned to normal.

Liu Jing had been scared away, and the rope around my neck vanished in an instant.

My whole body dropped straight down from midair.