Ten Thousand Soul Banner: Deceased, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?
Chapter 173: The Trio Reunites

Chapter 173: Chapter 173: The Trio Reunites

"How old are you this year?" Shen Siyuan asked Zhao Ru Jin, who was looking around.

"15 years old." Zhao Ru Jin said.

years old, in the ninth grade. I wonder what kind of accident happened to him.

But that was a few years ago, if he were alive now, he should have been in university.

Before Shen Siyuan could ask how he died,

Zhao Ru Jin asked back, "Brother, is this your home?"

"Yes, what about it?"

"The house is so small, much smaller than mine." Zhao Ru Jin said.

Really smooth talker.

"Can’t compare to your dad, your dad is a top lawyer, money’s no issue." Shen Siyuan said.

"Of course, my dad is really impressive."

Zhao Ru Jin unmodestly accepted Shen Siyuan’s praise, it seems he loves and admires his father greatly.

"You’re only 15, how did you die?" Shen Siyuan took the opportunity to probe further.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Ru Jin fell silent, taking a while before he finally said, "I had an accident."

Okay, isn’t that obvious? Of course, I know it was an accident, but what exactly happened?

Clearly, Zhao Ru Jin was reluctant to speak, so Shen Siyuan did not ask further.

Just then, a gust of Yin Wind suddenly blew in from outside the window, spinning on the ground, and in the blink of an eye, it transformed into the figure of a little girl.

Zhao Ru Jin saw this and stared in astonishment.

"Brother..."

Xiao Yue glanced at Zhao Ru Jin and then cheerfully greeted Shen Siyuan.

"How is it, did you find Sister Ruan Ruan’s Grandma?" Shen Siyuan asked with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yue’s expression froze slightly, showing a bit of unease.

"What’s wrong?" Shen Siyuan asked with a frown.

"I... I and Grandpa Liu searched for a long time and couldn’t find her." Xiao Yue said feeling somewhat aggrieved.

"So that’s what happened. It’s okay if you didn’t find her. Maybe she’s not in Bin Hai." Shen Siyuan patted her head.

"Grandpa Liu said the same thing," Xiao Yue said.

Clearly, she and Grandpa Liu had become very familiar over these past few days.

"It’s okay not to find her; there’s no need to keep looking," Shen Siyuan said.

Originally, he had asked Xiao Yue to find Grandpa Liu to search for Ruan Hongzhuang’s grandmother’s whereabouts because he needed to cultivate outside for a few days and couldn’t take her with him, so he wanted to give her something to do.

So it didn’t matter that she didn’t find Ruan Hongzhuang’s grandmother. He could use a strand of Ruan Hongzhuang’s hair to trace her whereabouts.

Longing is a rope, connecting you and me; as long as Ruan Hongzhuang and her grandmother still think of each other in their hearts, then he can locate her position.

"But... but..."

Clearly, Xiao Yue still felt very guilty for not completing Shen Siyuan’s task.

"There’s nothing but; do you still remember how I helped Feifei find her father?" Shen Siyuan asked with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yue suddenly understood but then immediately looked at Shen Siyuan with a skeptical face.

She’s not easily fooled like Dou Dou and Duoduo; if Shen Siyuan could easily find the person himself, why did he let her run all over Bin Hai these past few days?

Seeing her confusion, Shen Siyuan smiled and said, "Duoduo and Dou Dou are not here, and I’ve been busy. I was worried you’d feel too lonely."

"I’m not lonely," Xiao Yue muttered stubbornly.

But between her brows, it seemed like she was filled with laughter; she felt the care from Shen Siyuan.

"Little sister, hello, my name is Zhao Ru Jin." Just then, Zhao Ru Jin stepped forward, curiously sizing up Xiao Yue.

Xiao Yue, however, slightly dodged to one side with a hint of disdain.

"Uh... I’m not a bad person." Zhao Ru Jin scratched his head, looking a bit shy.

Yin Xingyue, of course, knew he was not a bad person; she was just not used to him being so close.

Xiao Yue, hearing this, just coldly looked at him without speaking.

Zhao Ru Jin was an outgoing person, and didn’t feel awkward; still curious, he said, "Little sister, just now you whizzed around, were you flying? How do you fly? Can you teach me..."

Xiao Yue ignored him and instead looked towards Shen Siyuan.

Shen Siyuan said, "This is a little brother I just met today; he indeed talks quite a bit."

"I do not!" Zhao Ru Jin said, clearly dissatisfied.

But he quickly perked up, excitedly asking Xiao Yue, "You called him brother; are you Shen Siyuan’s sister?"

Xiao Yue, hearing him directly call Shen Siyuan by his name, glared at him disapprovingly.

Just then, a voice came from outside the door.

"Brother..." It was Duoduo’s cheerful voice.

"Mr. Shen, this is Lin Jianming."

It was obvious that the Lin Jianming and his family had brought Duoduo with them.

Shen Siyuan walked forward to open the door, and sure enough, there was the Lin family holding some things, standing outside the door.

"Brother!" Duoduo immediately wriggled out of her mom’s grasp, rushing towards him.

As the Fan Soul of the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, Duoduo felt a closer bond with Shen Siyuan the Banner Master, even more than with her own parents.

So, having not seen him for a few days, she missed Shen Siyuan.

Shen Siyuan reached out to pick her up and then invited everyone into the house.

Lin Jianming and his wife felt no surprise upon seeing Shen Siyuan living in such a small bachelor apartment; they had already investigated Shen Siyuan’s background and understood his situation well.

The more they knew, the more they respected Shen Siyuan’s character. Such a capable person, yet he lived like an ordinary man, content with simplicity.

"Mr. Shen, sorry for the intrusion," Lin Jianming had Lin Libo place what they were carrying aside.

"You’ve come all this way, and you’ve brought things too?" Shen Siyuan said.

"It would be rude to come empty-handed, plus it’s nothing expensive, just some fruits," Lin Jianming explained.

Indeed, it was just some fruits because their real gift was inside the file bag that Lin Libo was holding.

"Sister."

At that moment, on seeing Xiao Yue in the house, Duoduo struggled to climb down from Shen Siyuan’s arms.

Shen Siyuan let her down accordingly.

Since Xiao Yue was not visible, the Lin family couldn’t see her; however, seeing Duoduo acting like this, they knew there was another "person" in the house.

"Duoduo." Xiao Yue was very happy to see Duoduo.

On the side, Zhao Ru Jin scratched his head, looking alternatively at Xiao Yue and Duoduo. He hadn’t realized yet that Duoduo, like him, was also a ghost.

"Please, have a seat."

Shen Siyuan didn’t worry about the kids and invited the three adults to sit down.

They sat a bit stiffly, speculating in their minds how many others were in the house.

Shen Siyuan poured them a cup of water and then asked, "Is everything going smoothly with the Xiajing matter?"

"Very smoothly, thanks to your help, Mr. Shen."

Lin Jianming was about to stand up, and upon him standing, Song Qingwei and Lin Libo also stood up.

"Please, sit down. There’s really no need for you to make a special trip," Shen Siyuan hurriedly urged them to remain seated.

"We had to, Duoduo has been under your care, and if we didn’t come in person to express our thanks, we would seem too ungrateful..."

"Over the years, Duoduo has been a constant worry for our family, and now, thanks to Mr. Shen, we were able to find her remains, and even have the fortune to meet her again, I am... I am..."

Song Qingwei looked towards the side where, apparently to the empty air, the joyously laughing and jumping Duoduo was, her eyes filled with tenderness.

"In any case, thank you, thank you, Mr. Shen..."

As Song Qingwei spoke, she stood up to kowtow to Shen Siyuan but was quickly stopped by him.

"Mr. Shen, since you don’t want us to kowtow, we’ve prepared some other gifts for you, we hope you won’t refuse." Lin Jianming signaled Lin Libo with his eyes.

Lin Libo immediately bent forward to hand the document bag he was holding to Shen Siyuan.

"What’s this?" Shen Siyuan curiously opened the bag.

Inside, he found a property deed and a transfer agreement.

"Mr. Shen, we didn’t really know what gift could represent our gratitude, but we heard from Duoduo that where you live isn’t very spacious, so my wife and I thought, why not give you an apartment, to make life easier for you and Miss Ruan. Of course, we have our own selfish reasons...

"We bought an apartment next to yours, planning to retire in Bin Hai, so we can easily visit Duoduo. We’re old and don’t have much to worry about, the only thing we can’t put our minds at ease about is Duoduo..."

Song Qingwei has a way with words, and by framing it like this, Shen Siyuan found it hard to refuse.

At this moment, a sudden Yin Wind blew in from outside the window, swirling around inside the house, making it a mess, even the documents in Shen Siyuan’s hand were thrown into disorder.

"Haha, I’m here..."

After a few days of absence, Dou Dou seemed quite excited.

"Dou Dou~"

Shen Siyuan clenched his teeth, grabbed her over forcefully, made her visible, and placed her on his lap, smacking her little buttocks with a "pia~pia~".

But the little one wasn’t scared at all, still tilting her head and waving her small hands at Lin Jianming and his wife.

"Old Grandpa and Grandma, hello~"

Then forcefully turning over on Shen Siyuan’s legs, she burrowed into his embrace like a little hamster, climbing upwards while saying, "Potato, did you miss me..."

Shen Siyuan could only laugh and cry, holding her back, helplessly explaining to the astonished Lin Jianming and others, "This little one is too small, no amount of lecturing works with her, I’m really at my wits’ end..."

And Zhao Ru Jin also came running over, his eyes wide as he looked at Dou Dou in surprise.

Dou Dou just stretched her head out from Shen Siyuan’s shoulder, and as her eyes met Zhao Ru Jin’s, she got a huge fright.

"Wow, look at you, a little brother! Did you drown? Did you jump from a building and go splat to your death, or was your neck chopped off by a big villain..."

At this point, everyone thought about spanking her...

PS: There’s another Chapter in the afternoon~