Rebirth as the Richest Woman in the World
Chapter 170: I’ll treat you to a meal (second update)

Chapter 170: I’ll treat you to a meal (second update)

Black and White Impermanence showed troubled expressions on their faces and conversed with each other in Ghost Language, lowering their heads as they did so.

They certainly couldn’t afford to offend the big shot, and besides, it was just a minor ghost.

With so many lonely ghosts and wandering spirits in the underworld, they believed no one would notice if there was one extra minor ghost or one less.

Moreover, there were now so many evil cultivators who feed on ghosts.

Having served as Ghost Envoys for so many years, it wasn’t their first time bending the rules.

Black Impermanence once again made a courteous gesture toward Mo Zhixuan, "Since it’s a benefactor of Mr. Mo, my brother and I naturally cannot afford to slight Mr. Mo’s honor. However, this girl has lost six of her seven souls, and if those six souls fail to return to her body before midnight tonight, even if my brother and I do not come to take that remaining soul, she will still perish."

"For this, I have my own methods. Thus, I sincerely thank both of you, ghost officials, for your accommodation," Mo Zhixuan thanked with a bow toward Black and White Impermanence.

Black and White Impermanence, startled, quickly returned the gesture, "Mr. Mo, if there’s nothing else, my brother and I will take our leave now."

Mo Zhixuan nodded slightly, "Farewell, ghost officials."

With Mo Zhixuan’s response, Black and White Impermanence’s figures gradually disappeared into the air, and the clanking of chains against the floor could be heard once again.

Only this time, the sound was fading into the distance.

No sooner had the Ghost Envoys departed than the door opened; it was the middle-aged couple returning, "Mr. Mo, what brings you here? Where’s Master Chu?"

Seeing Mo Zhixuan standing in the living room, the middle-aged woman said, surprised.

"Jin is inside," Mo Zhixuan looked up at the couple, "have you finished what was asked of you?"

The couple quickly nodded, "We have gathered all brooms from the doors of the residents. For those who weren’t at home, my wife and I collected the brooms together and placed them in the storeroom on the top floor," said the middle-aged man.

As they talked, they walked into the house.

Hearing the door open, Chu Jin was jolted awake and found herself able to move suddenly; she quickly turned her head to look toward the door. Seeing the couple, she swallowed the words she had intended to say and instead changed her greeting, "Uncle, Auntie, you’ve returned."

"Master Chu, we’ve done as you asked. Is there anything else we need to do?" asked the middle-aged man eagerly.

Chu Jin took her backpack and pulled out some yellow paper and cinnabar, then raised her eyes to the middle-aged man, "Do you have a writing brush at home?"

"Yes, I’ll fetch it for you right now."

The middle-aged man quickly ran to the study and returned with a brand new writing brush.

Chu Jin took the brush, dabbed it in cinnabar, and almost effortlessly created a talisman—the ’Spirit Recovery Amulet’ was completed in one smooth motion.

This was an amulet from Maoshan Daoist practices, specifically for the treatment of children’s lost souls.

Chu Jin handed the two amulets to the couple, "Take this amulet to the doorway and burn it, and while burning it, remember to chant Lili’s name, asking her to come home. As for this one, just affix it to Lili’s headboard," instructed Chu Jin.

There were two instructions; the former to the middle-aged man, the latter to the middle-aged woman.

Upon receiving the talisman paper, the couple immediately set about the task.

Once done, the nervous couple guarded their daughter’s bedside.

"Master, my daughter... why hasn’t she woken up yet?" the woman asked anxiously.

Packing up her backpack, Chu Jin replied, "Don’t worry. It takes some time for the seven souls to be restored to the body."

No sooner had she finished speaking than the girl, who had been lying with her eyes tightly shut, suddenly opened them.

"Lili!" The woman, seeing her child awaken, excitedly wanted to embrace her yet dared not to move rashly.

"Mom, I’m hungry." The child was somewhat weak after days of being on a liquid diet.

Seeing his child awake, the middle-aged man shed tears of excitement and, with a choked voice, said, "Master Chu, thank you. You are the savior of our entire family!"

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged woman also took her child’s hand and said, "Lili, hurry and thank Master Chu. Without her, Mom might have never seen you again."

Chu Jin shook her head with a smile, "Actually, it wasn’t just my own doing. You owe even more thanks to Mr. Mo. Without him, I alone wouldn’t have been able to pull Lili back from the Gates of Hell."

She might not know what exactly Mo Zhixuan had done, but she knew the success of this matter was inseparably tied to him.

This man had helped her once again.

At her words, the middle-aged couple once again burst into thankfulness.

As they were leaving, the middle-aged couple took out all the cash they had at home and offered it to Chu Jin. She only took a small portion and instructed, "The child’s flame is quite faint, and sometimes he may be able to see things that adults cannot. As parents, please pay extra attention and try to keep him away from certain places if possible."

The middle-aged couple nodded in agreement.

It was noon when the two had arrived, and by the time they were leaving, the sun was already setting.

The evening glow of twilight cast a uniform layer of golden light on them, giving them both a haloed appearance.

An evening like this was both relaxing and beautiful.

"Thank you for earlier. Without you, I couldn’t have saved Lili," Chu Jin said, initiating the gratitude as they walked side by side.

The corners of the man’s mouth lifted slightly, and his deep voice was slow, "I wasn’t helping you, I was helping myself."

"Hm?" Chu Jin raised her eyes in confusion, wondering if he knew the little girl’s parents?

Raising her head, she caught sight of his exquisitely perfect jaw and that sexy Adam’s apple.

His sharply defined features were hidden in the twilight, and one could only make out the general contours, making him seem both ascetic and aloof.

Hearing the confusion in her voice, the man’s sexy Adam’s apple bobbed twice, and his deep eyes held a hint of jest. The magnetic sound of his voice rose in her ear, "Husband and wife are one body."

After he finished speaking, not only was Chu Jin stunned.

Even Mo Zhixuan himself was taken aback, for he didn’t know why he would say something like that.

It seemed that ever since meeting this person, he was becoming more and more unable to control his own emotions.

This feeling was indeed... strange.

Ah, come on! Having an unexpected fiancé was one thing!

But why was this fiancé always flirting with her?

Despite his cool and abstinent appearance, how could he do things so out of character!

To hide her embarrassment, Chu Jin cleared her throat and then proposed, "Let’s go have dinner."

"Sure," Mo Zhixuan replied without any pretense.

"I know a private restaurant that serves good food. I’ll take you there." Approaching the Bugatti Veyron, Mo Zhixuan extended his hand to open the passenger door for Chu Jin.

Chu Jin didn’t refuse and directly sat down in the car.

The car was fast and steady.

Soon it turned into an alley and stopped.

This alley was very old-fashioned, paved with blue stone slabs, with retrofit buildings on either side showcasing the profound cultural heritage of Capital City for over a thousand years.

Almost every family’s front door was adorned with rustic lanterns.

In the night, they glowed gently.

The quiet and relaxed atmosphere, isolated from the city’s noise, gave the illusion of having stepped back in time.

Chu Jin stood in the alley, momentarily lost in thought.

It was her first time discovering such a charming place in Capital City.

"Let’s go in," said Mo Zhixuan, after seeing Chu Jin standing still, and looked back at her, "This is the private restaurant I was telling you about."

Chu Jin quickly snapped back to reality and followed Mo Zhixuan.

The moment the two entered the building,

A beautiful woman in a cheongsam approached them. The woman, around thirty years old with delicate arched eyebrows,

Moved gracefully, her face adorned with exquisite makeup, and her lustrous black hair was casually pinned up with a jade hairpin.

Her fair and slender neck exposed, the green cheongsam matched perfectly with the green hairpin.

The heavy makeup and red lips paired with the fresh green did not seem abrupt, but rather quite charming, provoking an amazing impression.

"How does someone as busy as you find the time to come here today?" The woman swayed her hips as she walked towards Mo Zhixuan. Catching sight of Chu Jin behind him, a flicker of surprise crossed her beautiful phoenix eyes. She clicked her tongue twice and teased, "Yo, where did you pick up such a spirited young girl?"