Zhai Dou Jun helplessly put on his clothes and ran out, even closing the door for us. What a good young man. I sighed and slowly dressed myself.
Lin Yan sniffled and said, “Cousin, although Grandmother has passed away, Father still loves you quite a bit. If anyone bullies Yan’er in the future, you must help me.”
I laughed coldly in my heart and stammered, “Of course, of course.”
Lin Yan’s plan was successful, pulling me, an outsider, to her side to jointly confront the second wife.
Returning to the Lin family, I looked at my palm again; the will to be reborn had weakened somewhat. When people try everything to return to the past but cannot, some will fight back desperately, like Lin Yan.
When pushed to a certain point and thinking of counterattacking, gradually gaining a sense of victory, the thought of rebirth would slowly disappear.
I closed my palm. If that’s the case, it might not be a bad thing.
However, things were not as smooth as Lin Yan had imagined. The previous second wife would have hesitated and made a choice, but the current second wife was a strong-willed person who didn’t care about public opinion.
I watched Lin Yan’s expression with interest. Since the last time she caught me being “molested” by Li Si at the inn, she had become less subtle in her demeanor, though still appearing gentle and uninvolved in family matters.
“The second mother must be possessed by an evil spirit,” Lin Yan sipped her tea, looking like a strategist. “If it were just an ordinary small-town dispute, it would be understandable for her to refuse on behalf of her sister. But for big families like the Qin and Wang families, she actually refuses and turns a deaf ear to outside gossip.”
I didn’t respond, quietly drinking my tea. Tea brewed with spring water was indeed different, sweet and refreshing.
When Lin Ran rushed over in anger, I had already finished a pot of tea. As soon as she appeared, Lin Yan immediately smiled, “Big sister, what’s wrong?”
“Don’t give me that fake compassion!” Lin Ran cursed before even standing still. “You’re all bad people, colluding with those suitors to bully me!”
Lin Yan frowned slightly and asked, “How did the suitors offend you?
Weren’t they proposing to the second sister?”
Lin Ran was almost in tears, sitting angrily on a stone bench. “That second mother, I don’t know what’s gotten into her. She says that since the elder sister is not yet married, how can the younger sister marry first? The matchmaker immediately understood and ran to Father, suggesting he find a husband for me.”
Lin Yan was stunned. “Father agreed?”
“Not yet, but who knows if the second mother’s pillow talk might make Father agree,” Lin Ran wiped her tears with a handkerchief. “Fourth sister, Father has always loved you. Please talk to Father and make sure they don’t marry me off. Your sister will be very grateful.”
“But those families aren’t bad, and I heard their young masters are quite handsome.”
Lin Ran stopped crying and tugged at her sleeve. “Good sister, I’ll be honest. I already have someone I like. If you help me, I’ll always stand by you in the future.”
Lin Yan scratched her head, looking conflicted. “Okay, I’ll go talk to Father.”
Lin Ran was overjoyed, immediately taking a golden hairpin from her hair. “Then I’ll trouble my sister.”
“No need to be so formal.”
After Lin Ran left, Lin Yan started laughing, her voice sharp and high-pitched. I shuddered and said, “I didn’t expect to win over the elder sister instead of sending away the second cousin.”
“You’re too naive, cousin,” Lin Yan coldly laughed, playing with the hairpin.
Forcing her to marry off her daughter is impossible. But she must also consider the Lin family’s reputation, so she’ll definitely use the unmarried elder sister as a shield, avoiding offending others. At this point, the elder sister will definitely come to me. When I persuade Father, as long as Father steps in, these two marriage proposals will fall through. I can pull the elder sister to our side without any effort, together opposing the second mother who manages the household.”
I looked at her in surprise. Lin Yan’s thoughts were not simple, quite cunning. “So, your goal in having those two young masters propose was to win over Lin Ran?”
“Of course. If we relied only on the two of us, we’d eventually be driven away,” Lin Yan smiled and stared directly at me. “How do you know it was me who arranged the proposals?”
I realized I had let something slip and laughed awkwardly.
“Rebirth.”
I looked outside the pavilion and saw Gou Hun looking at me. I paused and turned, saying, “Cousin Yan, I’ll go back to my room to touch up my makeup. It’s too hot today.”
Before reaching my room, just turning the corridor, Gou Hun quickly approached: “There’s ghost energy around here.”
I glanced at him.
Seeing his seriousness, I also held my breath to sense it. Indeed, it wasn’t ordinary ghost energy. My heart skipped a beat – could it be Mu Yin?
The entrance to the Heavenly Path opens in different places each time. If it really was Mu Yin, he must have searched many locations.
My head started buzzing again, and Gou Hun had already grabbed my hand. I reflexively grimaced, “What?”
Gou Hun said nothing, just waved his left hand, and a white-robed boy materialized.
Empty.” I casually touched his head, but he immediately dodged by turning his head.
Empty glanced at me coldly and said impatiently: “If it weren’t for Gou Hun entering the illusion realm, I wouldn’t have let you in.”
I suddenly realized that Empty’s illusion realm could block immortal and ghost qi, which was indeed a good place. Before I could think more, Gou Hun had already pulled me into the illusion realm.
When I came to my senses, oh, we were alone!
I tried to withdraw my hand, but couldn’t pull it back…
Gou Hun said seriously: “In the future, definitely do not approach people from the Ghost Domain.”
“Oh.” I responded, quietly crouching beside him. After a while, a thought flashed through my mind, and I stared directly at him.
Gou Hun slightly furrowed his brow and asked: “What’s wrong?”
“I’ll call Time Traveler and Mansion The Battle One to come in! We’ll play mahjong!”
After emerging from the illusion realm, the sky had darkened, and the ghostly qi was gone. Seeing Empty staring at our hands, I pulled mine back and leaned towards him, narrowing my eyes: “What did you see today?”
Empty glanced at us and said: “You two have an affair.” Then he turned to Gou Hun and said seriously, “God Lord, how could you fancy such a bad-tempered woman?”
Gou Hun looked at his palm and said: “Task Lord is looking for me, I’ll go back first, take care of Reborn.”
Empty said casually: “I know.”
Gou Hun turned back again: “Take care of yourself.”
Seeing his figure disappear, I took the opportunity to touch Empty and quickly flashed back to my own room before he could react.
In the evening, Lin Yan finally woke up, fortunately not delaying my task time.
She came to her senses and wrapped herself in the blanket, hiding in the corner of the bed, pointing at me and saying: “Ghost! Don’t come over!”
“I am an immortal.”
“An immortal?”
Lin Yan looked me up and down and asked, “What kind of immortal are you?”
I said patiently: “A divine lord who is reborn for the people of the world. In short, when you want to be reborn, I appear.”
Lin Yan looked bewildered: “Huh? I want to be reborn? Just thinking about it means I have to go back? No way, you immortals can’t be so reckless.”
I twitched the corner of my mouth; these mortals are truly insatiable. I lazily said, “Your strong will to be reborn summoned me, but I don’t rule out the possibility that you might not want to be reborn after I’ve arrived.”
Lin Yan snorted lightly: “Of course not.”
