The Mightiest Little Master of Metaphysics
Chapter 129 - 127: The Man Who Killed Her Is About to Die

Chapter 129: Chapter 127: The Man Who Killed Her Is About to Die

At around eight or nine in the evening, at Liu Qiang’s small farmhouse.

The yard was planted with fruits and vegetables, and this season there were still cucumbers with small thorns hanging on the branches.

Yun Qiuce picked a cucumber, washed it under the tap in the yard, took a bite, and said to Yun Qi, "It’s really delicious, the cucumber flavor is so fragrant. Qi, do you want a bite?"

Yun Qi shook her head and looked at the mother and son by Yun Qiuce, who were studying the tap, with a sweet voice, "Uncle, they’re right next to you."

"Who?" Yun Qiuce was momentarily unresponsive.

"That mother and child, they seem to really like the tap..."

Before finishing, Yun Qiuce jumped behind Yun Qi with a yowl like a cat with its tail stepped on, quickly lifted Yun Qi as if using her as a shield, and looked around vigilantly.

"No way, when I was eating the cucumber, they were right next to me? Geez, that’s terrifying, there are two ghosts wandering around the yard. Qi, what are they doing now?"

Yun Qi, being lifted up, was not angry at all, tilted her head, appearing not to fully understand, "They’re walking towards me."

Upon hearing this, Yun Qiuce was so scared that he hurriedly lifted Qi to shield himself, burying his head and closing his eyes.

"Qi, tell them to stand still; even as ghosts, they should have the awareness of being ghosts and not wander around scaring people."

"Okay."

Yun Qi obediently responded, shouting forward, "Don’t come any closer, my uncle is afraid of you."

A short distance ahead, Zhang Xiuying immediately held the child’s hand, smiled at Yun Qi innocently, and said plainly, "Then I won’t come over. I didn’t mean to harm anyone. In the past, when it rained heavily, there were passersby who hid in the ruined temple to escape the rain. I was afraid they would be cold, so I helped them close the windows."

Yun Qi: ...

Such a kind ghost, one wonders if those taking shelter appreciated it!

Liu Qiang helped his mother out of the room, closed the gate, wiped his hands, then nervously said to Yun Qi:

"Little Master, can we start now? My mom and I can’t wait."

Yun Qi frowned, pondering for a moment, noticing Zhang Xiuying still in her gruesome state before death.

Her clothes were disheveled, various bruises on her body, a large blood hole on her forehead, oozing blood, and a few chaotic strangulation marks around her neck, left from being strangled by a rope.

Because she was strangled, she couldn’t control her tongue from sticking out.

Next to her, the little ghost, a boy named Xiao Wa, was swollen all over, with his features enlarged several times.

That was the tragic result of drowning.

"Wait, let me fix you up a bit."

Saying this, Yun Qi formed two talismans in mid-air with her fingertips, flicked them, and the talismans landed on Zhang Xiuying and Xiao Wa.

The two ghosts instantly returned to their normal appearance before death.

Zhang Xiuying had clear eyebrows and eyes, fair skin. Xiao Wa was a handsome little boy with short hair and big, blinking eyes.

Yun Qi sighed inwardly; if they hadn’t been harmed, Xiao Wa would now be in his twenties, possibly a college student, flourishing and looking forward to his future.

"It’s done," Yun Qi said to Liu Qiang and his mother, "Here are two talismans, holding them will allow you to see your wife and child."

Upon hearing this, Liu Qiang shivered, hesitated for a moment, then picked up one talisman and handed it to his mother, then picked up the other himself.

***

"Xiuying, Xiuying, is that you?" Liu Qiang’s eyes widened, and he instantly burst into tears.

The elderly woman also cried instantly, tremblingly reaching out to Xiao Wa’s ghost, "Xiao Wa, come to grandma, let grandma see you again."

"Brother Qiang, Brother Qiang... I never thought I could see you again," Zhang Xiuying cried, pushing her son forward.

Xiao Wa approached in a daze, his voice naive and indistinct, calling out, "Grandma."

"Yes!" The old woman responded heavily, trying to hug Xiao Wa into her arms, but her hands passed through his body, hugging empty air, nearly causing her to fall.

Yun Qiuce, unable to see the souls of Zhang Xiuying and her son, could only see Liu Qiang and his mother performing these actions towards the air, twitching his mouth. Thankfully, there were no outsiders, or they’d surely be suspected of being crazy.

Liu Qiang caught his almost-falling mother, looking at Yun Qi in surprise.

Yun Qi helplessly spread her hands, her phoenix eyes also puzzled, "I only said you could see each other, not touch. They’re ghosts, how can you touch them?"

"Oh, I see," Liu Qiang quickly said, "Being able to see is enough."

Then he asked Zhang Xiuying, "Xiuying, do you still remember what happened that day?"

"I remember, I’ve always remembered," Zhang Xiuying said excitedly, "That day I went to the fields to bring you lunch as usual, there was no one on the road. Suddenly a man about fifty years old, reeking of alcohol, jumped out from the roadside, grabbed me and dragged me into the fields, touching my body. I was so scared I kept screaming and shouting. He then grabbed Xiao Wa, threatened to kill him if I didn’t comply. I had no choice but to go to the abandoned temple with him. Afterward, he denied everything, feared I would report him, and smashed my head with a brick, strangled my neck with a rope. I knew I was doomed, and kept begging him not to hurt Xiao Wa. Xiao Wa knew nothing. I thought he would spare Xiao Wa’s life, but..."

Zhang Xiuying started to cry as she spoke; her voice was mournful, making it extremely heartbreaking.

Perhaps due to sadness, her emotions were unstable, and strong resentful energy gathered around her.

Yun Qi, afraid she would turn into an Evil Ghost due to grief and anger, quickly flicked a talisman to suppress the Vicious Energy around her.

"Thank you, Little Master, I feel much better now," Zhang Xiuying said, calming down and thanking her.

"You’re welcome, beautiful auntie."

"Ah!" Zhang Xiuying sighed, "Stop calling me that, what’s the use of being pretty? Better to be ugly, at least I wouldn’t have died and dragged my son down with me."

"Beautiful auntie, you can’t say that. Your and little brother Xiao Wa’s deaths aren’t your fault. Being pretty isn’t a mistake; it’s a gift from God. The mistake lies with that man; I will make him pay."

Saying this, Yun Qi, with a spiritual thought, a gleam of gold flashed in her eyes.

Under the golden eyes, the living retreat, the dead reveal.

However —

She saw the threads of fate on Zhang Xiuying growing fainter, fluttering in the air, almost breaking.

This indicated that her karma in this world was about to be resolved, meaning the man who killed her was nearing death.

Judging by the time, that man was dying of old age.

How unfair this is!

The victims lose their lives, forced away from their loved ones, becoming wandering ghosts.

The culprits, however, get to survive in the world, living to a ripe old age, possibly surrounded by family upon death, might even have a grand funeral.

A lifetime of sins buried in time, with no one ever knowing again.

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