During this process, Ruan Yao Yao finally fulfilled Xu Liang Han’s expectations and made contact with “Yu Xiang Qiao,” seeing the details above her head—the real Yu Xiang Qiao was squeezed into a corner by someone, forced to watch helplessly as her beloved husband fell in love with another woman. She screamed frantically, “Husband, she’s not me, she’s not me…”
[She was in immense pain. The daughter she had carried for ten months was killed by her own biological son.]
[Her husband became someone else’s husband and was murdered.]
[Her three foolish sons were brainwashed and turned into someone else’s murder tools.]
[The other party even used her body to marry her enemy, achieving a happy family reunion.]
…
Anyone would go mad, let alone Yu Xiang Qiao herself, who was “forcibly squeezed” into a corner by Cao Man Hui, unable to move. She was only freed when the other party used her body to grow old and die.
As these details unfolded, Ruan Yao Yao finally understood one thing—Soul Seizure comes at a price.
Cao Man Hui’s price was that she could only remain in Yu Xiang Qiao’s body for the rest of her life. If she were squeezed out by Yu Xiang Qiao, she would be utterly annihilated, vanishing from the world.
So, how could Cao Man Hui be squeezed out?
Ruan Yao Yao searched for a long time but found no clues.
Beside her, Xu Liang Han, who had been listening to the Inner Voice all along, grew anxious: Mom, keep looking. Maybe if you search a little more, you’ll find a way.
This is your daughter-in-law, the mother of your granddaughter. You have to save her…
[Huh?]
Ruan Yao Yao was puzzled because she seemed to have seen her daughter-in-law’s soul—so small, glowing with white light, translucent, like Thumbelina—squeezed into a place resembling the Mud Palace Pill.
The reason Yu Xiang Qiao was bound there and unable to escape was that her limbs were tied up with a black thread.
Would it be enough to simply untie the black thread?
Just as Ruan Yao Yao thought this, her consciousness stirred slightly, and the black thread on Yu Xiang Qiao’s body moved as well, as if touched.
Ruan Yao Yao was shocked: [I can touch it?!]
Xu Liang Han: Mom, what can you touch? Hurry up and tell me, don’t leave me hanging. I’m almost dying of anxiety…
Ruan Yao Yao couldn’t quite believe it and tried hard to grasp that feeling, but controlling one’s consciousness was still somewhat difficult.
Especially for someone as inexperienced as Ruan Yao Yao. She tried several times before slowly figuring out a method. Staring intently at the black thread, she chanted in her mind: [Untie!]
[Untie!]
[Untie!]
…
Her consciousness seemed to sprout tentacles, and like untying shoelaces, she pulled at the thread’s end. The black thread binding Yu Xiang Qiao’s soul loosened.
Yu Xiang Qiao sensed the movement on her body and struggled desperately.
Thus, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law worked together—one untying, the other struggling—and soon, the black thread was completely loosened.
The fully untied black thread became light and airy, drifting like a wisp of wind directly toward Ruan Yao Yao.
Ruan Yao Yao was terrified and could only watch as the thing floated toward her and entered her body.
It seemed to happen slowly, but in reality, it took only the blink of an eye. Before Ruan Yao Yao could react, she was left utterly stunned.
At that moment, the “Yu Xiang Qiao” opposite also began to change. She let out a sharp cry, clutching her head.
“Help!”
“Xu Liang Han, save me!”
“Save me—”
Ruan Yao Yao clearly saw two souls struggling against each other inside that body.
Yu Xiang Qiao had long been simmering with rage, and she attacked fiercely—pulling hair, choking the neck, gouging eyes—going all out.
Cao Man Hui was caught completely off guard, seized by surprise. Moreover, this was the other’s home turf, so…
Before long, she was screaming as she was forcibly expelled from the body.
Freed from the constraints of a physical form, her soul instantly shattered into fragments of light, vanishing into the air.
[Damn!]
[She really scattered into nothingness?!]
Xu Liang Han: Who? Who scattered into nothingness?!
Yu Xiang Qiao, who had just reclaimed her body, couldn’t hold on. Her eyes rolled back, and she fainted.
Xu Liang Han quickly caught her, anxiously looking toward Ruan Yao Yao, wanting to ask who had remained—whether it was really his wife.
“Mom, look at Xiang Qiao… Is she… is she okay?”
Ruan Yao Yao replied irritably, “How should I know? I’m not a doctor.”
The well-behaved granddaughter in her arms had also been woken by the commotion, crying loudly. Ruan Yao Yao had no time to worry about anything else. Carrying her granddaughter, she left the room, softly comforting her: “Shh, don’t cry…”
“Mommy is fine, Mommy is fine, Xiao Ling Xuan, don’t cry!”
“Don’t cry! Don’t cry!”
…
What pleased her most was that the words above her granddaughter’s head had changed back—”Beloved Heiress.”
Her granddaughter, Ruan Yao Yao’s granddaughter, naturally deserved to be “beloved.”
As she comforted Xu Lingxuan and walked away, Xu Liang Han, holding his wife in the room, finally relaxed.
It was still his wife, it was still his wife—he had almost lost her.
By the time Yu Xiang Qiao woke up, several hours had passed.
The moment she saw Xu Liang Han keeping vigil by the bed, she burst into tears and wrapped her arms tightly around his waist.
“Liang Han… I thought I’d never see you again! You have no idea what a terrifying thing I went through…”
Xu Liang Han stroked her head and said, “I know, I know all of it. I’m sorry, it’s all my fault. I didn’t recognize you right away.”
Yu Xiang Qiao froze, lifting her tear-streaked face. “How did you know?”
Right, no wonder her husband had suddenly knelt down and said those strange things. Could it be that he had actually sensed it back then?!
Her pupils instantly widened, and Yu Xiang Qiao held him even tighter. She never expected her husband to be so amazing, to have “recognized” it so quickly.
“Husband, how did you know…” Yu Xiang Qiao was overwhelmed with emotion, unable to find the words to describe her excitement. “How did you know that wasn’t me?”
Xu Liang Han felt a bit guilty, but considering she had already been in confinement for a month—if not for her having given birth multiple times and wanting her to have a longer recovery period, she would have completed her confinement by now—and given that she had just experienced such a surreal event, she needed some “psychological comfort.” So, after some thought, Xu Liang Han decided to reveal a little.
For instance, he seemed to have become the Male Lead from a male-oriented fantasy novel, possessing a golden finger that allowed him to hear his mother’s inner thoughts.
Based on this, he had “saved” his nearly swapped daughter and also “rescued” his wife, who had almost been subjected to Soul Seizure…
Yu Xiang Qiao was stunned. She said, “Have you ever considered that maybe the one with the golden finger isn’t you, but Mom?”
Holy crap!
Was her mother-in-law that amazing, saving her whole family?!
Suddenly, she felt like rushing over to Ruan Yao Yao to light an incense stick and worship her properly.
She no longer resented her mother-in-law for being aloof and ignoring people. Now, she just wanted to enshrine her mother-in-law, offering three incense sticks morning and night every day, as long as she could protect the whole family.