Ten Thousand Soul Banner: Deceased, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?
Chapter 225: The Character of a Lady

Chapter 225: Chapter 225: The Character of a Lady

Yin Xingyue and Zhao Xuerong, whether by car or on foot, quickly returned to Hai Chao District.

"Why have we come here?" Zhao Xuerong asked curiously.

"Of course, to find my brother," Xiao Yue replied as if it were obvious.

"He lives here?" Zhao Xuerong was somewhat surprised.

This district doesn’t look very impressive, are immortals really so poor?

Xiao Yue nodded.

"But why aren’t we going inside? Do we not know where he lives?" Zhao Xuerong asked.

"No, my brother hasn’t gotten off work yet," Xiao Yue said.

Zhao Xuerong: ...

Do immortals really have such demanding jobs? They even have to work.

Indeed, those who don’t work must be greatly sinful.

"Are we going to wait here now?" Zhao Xuerong tentatively asked.

Xiao Yue nodded, then looked toward the district’s interior and said, "You could also go in and wait."

Zhao Xuerong glanced at the district gate, with people coming and going, and shook her head.

"Let’s just forget about it, it’s actually quite nice out here."

Places with too much human activity aren’t suitable for ghosts; three fires are too strong, not because you’re afraid ghosts will bump into people, but because you’re afraid people will bump into the ghosts.

Like how Dou Dou used to duck under shelves whenever going to the supermarket with her mom, using her small stature to avoid getting bumped into.

Xiao Yue looked at the nearby wall, suddenly turned into a Yin Wind, and lightly landed on the wall.

Zhao Xuerong approached and tried to jump onto the wall too, but after several tries, she kept falling lightly back down, so had no choice but to ask Xiao Yue for help.

"Pull me up."

So, when Shen Siyuan got off work and returned, he saw two people sitting on the wall.

"Brother."

Xiao Yue turned into a Yin Wind and landed on the back seat of Shen Siyuan’s electric scooter.

His usually cold face surprisingly showed a smile.

"What are you doing here?" he asked verbally.

Yet his eyes were on Zhao Xuerong, clumsily climbing down from the wall.

"This is Zhao Xuerong, Teacher Zhao," Xiao Yue introduced.

"Your former teacher?" Shen Siyuan looked back at her.

He was well aware of what Xiao Yue’s previous teachers were like.

Xiao Yue shook her head: "She’s from the class next door."

"Oh."

Shen Siyuan turned his head back toward Zhao Xuerong, who had climbed down from the wall and was walking toward him.

Zhao Xuerong also looked curiously at Shen Siyuan, her expression slightly tense.

At the same time, she was amazed that an immortal could be so young, but then she thought about how both Xiao Yue and Dou Dou call him brother, and it seemed understandable.

"Hello," Zhao Xuerong greeted first.

Shen Siyuan nodded, then told Xiao Yue sitting in the back seat, "You take her inside to talk."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yue got off the back seat, while Shen Siyuan rode his scooter deeper into the district.

"He... why is he leaving?" Zhao Xuerong was a bit flustered.

"My brother asked me to take you inside. Follow me," Xiao Yue led the way.

"Oh, okay," Zhao Xuerong replied hastily following her.

As Zhao Xuerong followed Xiao Yue into the district, they soon saw him standing by the roadside, waiting for the two of them.

"Mr. Shen, hello." Zhao Xuerong hurried forward to greet him again.

"Teacher Zhao, hello." Shen Siyuan also greeted her.

Zhao Xuerong saw his friendly face and felt a sigh of relief.

"How old are you this year, Teacher Zhao?"

Although Zhao Xuerong complained inwardly about being asked her age upon first meeting, she obediently answered, "Twenty-eight."

Hearing this, Shen Siyuan thought she was the same age as Ruan Hongzhuang.

"So, Teacher Zhao, how did you die?" Shen Siyuan asked curiously.

"Um..." Zhao Xuerong didn’t know how to respond for a moment.

"She doesn’t know herself," Xiao Yue helped answer from the side.

Shen Siyuan looked at Zhao Xuerong with some surprise.

Zhao Xuerong felt slightly embarrassed, and explained, "It happened so suddenly, I wasn’t mentally prepared."

...

That sounded quite strange, didn’t it?

"Do you still not know?" Shen Siyuan asked further.

His question implied, just like Xiao Yue had asked earlier, was she clueless about her death as she had been in life?

Upon hearing this, Zhao Xuerong quickly explained, "I have a few suspects in mind."

So, you still don’t know?

"Then your wish is to find out who your murderer is?" Shen Siyuan asked.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Xuerong shook her head.

Not just Shen Siyuan, even Xiao Yue looked at Zhao Xuerong in surprise.

"I heard that Mr. Shen can make ghosts visible?" Zhao Xuerong looked expectantly at Shen Siyuan.

Shen Siyuan nodded, indicating it was true.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Xuerong said joyfully, "Then can you let me meet my parents? And my younger brother..."

"Of course." Shen Siyuan agreed straight away.

"But don’t you want to find out who killed you? Or was your death just an accident?"

"It was definitely not an accident; the school does a physical check-up every year, I was always in good health, how could I just fall down the stairs and die? Plus, before my death, I had severe chest pain, dizziness, and shortness of breath, which is extremely abnormal..."

"Didn’t your parents suspect anything?" Shen Siyuan asked.

Given her age, her sudden death without any illness should definitely have raised suspicions.

If suspected, they would surely have reported it, and the police would have gotten involved.

"I fell down the stairs at school, the injuries were severe, and by the time I was taken to the hospital, I had already passed away. And since the school had surveillance, it was all considered an accident..."

That does seem reasonable.

"I definitely want to find the murderer, but so far, there’s no clue, I don’t know when I’ll find it, and what then? I am already dead, so much time has passed, my body has turned to ashes, there’s no evidence, can the police convict anyone?"

"Or should I tell my parents? My parents are old, I don’t want them to worry over me, a dead person, and if my brother finds out, with his temperament, he would definitely do something reckless, it would ruin him, it’s not worth it for a person who’s dead..."

"If something happens to my brother, my parents would definitely collapse..."

Shen Siyuan, though not agreeing with her approach, nevertheless showed his respect.

Xiao Yue originally thought Teacher Zhao was a foolish, confused ghost, but didn’t expect her to consider this.

Shen Siyuan thought for a bit and said, "Since you can’t seek revenge through normal means, then we might need to use some abnormal methods."

"Abnormal methods?" Zhao Xuerong was puzzled.

Shen Siyuan showed a mysterious smile, which, as described by some fantasy authors, was a devilish grin.

But Zhao Xuerong didn’t wait for Shen Siyuan’s explanation.

Instead, she saw him flipping his hand, a damaged little flag appeared in his palm, then he formed a finger formula, a force materialized from thin air, and suddenly sucked her in.

PS: Two more Chapters~