Gao Wu was no fool.
The moment he heard those words, he realized he had said exactly the wrong thing.
He immediately changed his tune.
“Ah, I just remembered.”
“I keep those paintings in my safe.”
“But I can’t remember where I put the key.”
“I’ll just pay you instead.”
He was the perfect example of someone who knew when to bend and when to stand firm.
Qin Su replied calmly,
“Mhm.”
“The living and the dead belong to different worlds.”
“It’s better for that female ghost to reincarnate.”
Only then did the anxiety hanging over Gao Wu finally disappear.
He hurriedly prepared Qin Su a generous red envelope.
Standing beside them, Xin Ying laughed so hard she nearly doubled over.
It was already late at night.
If Qin Su returned home now, she would probably not get to sleep until the middle of the night.
So she simply stayed at the Gao residence for the night.
Xin Ying stayed with her.
Partly because she was too lazy to go home herself.
And partly because she was thinking about Qin Su’s reputation.
If anyone happened to see them, they could simply explain that Qin Su had stayed to keep her company.
After all…
This was a friend she had paid a clearly marked price to make.
Naturally, she cared about her more.
However…
Although Xin Ying tried hard to sound calm, the excitement in her eyes was impossible to conceal.
“So you really know about this sort of thing.”
She was afraid of ghosts, yet also deeply curious about them.
As long as they posed no danger to her, she wanted to learn more.
Qin Su replied modestly,
“I know a little.”
Suddenly, Xin Ying remembered that during their previous meeting, Qin Su had offered to sell her a bracelet that could improve romantic fortune for one million yuan.
At the time, she had believed Qin Su was trying to scam her and had angrily refused.
Well…
Was it too late to regret that decision?
A blush spread across her face, making her look as lovely as blooming peach blossoms.
“Um…”
“Do you still have that bracelet?”
Qin Su failed to remember what she meant at first.
“What bracelet?”
Xin Ying stammered,
“The one… with the peach blossom design.”
Realization dawned on Qin Su.
She looked at Xin Ying with a smile, her voice carrying a teasing lilt.
“Who was it that said she’d never buy it, even if it killed her?”
That reversal had happened remarkably quickly.
Fortunately, only the two of them were in the room.
Since there were no outsiders to witness her embarrassment, Xin Ying simply gave up pretending.
“I said it.”
“So are you selling it or not?”
“Of course.”
“I’ll just consecrate it after I get home.”
In reality, Qin Su did not even have such a bracelet yet.
She first needed to buy a suitable one before enchanting it to enhance romantic fortune.
Xin Ying finally relaxed.
“How long will the consecration take?”
Qin Su answered,
“About forty-nine days.”
After all, her cultivation was still too weak.
She needed to reach at least the Out-of-Body stage before she could do it properly.
Xin Ying had spent nearly two years pursuing Ji Yuanye without giving up.
Waiting a little over a month was nothing.
Qin Su’s attitude only made the bracelet seem even more precious.
“It’s settled.”
“The moment it’s finished, you have to bring it to me immediately.”
She repeated the instruction several times.
What if Qin Su sold it to someone else?
“Don’t worry.”
“I have excellent professional ethics.”
Xin Ying then asked her various questions about ghosts and spirits.
Qin Su selectively recounted some of the strange stories she had heard in the cultivation world.
Xin Ying listened with complete fascination.
She wished they could stay up talking by candlelight all night.
Only when she remembered that she had classes during the first two periods the next morning did she reluctantly return to her own room.
…
The following morning, Xin Ying’s family driver took both of them back to school.
Everyone knew that Xin Ying and Qin Su had once been on bad terms.
So when the two beauties suddenly began appearing together everywhere, looking unusually close, it naturally sparked another round of gossip.
Neither Qin Su nor Xin Ying paid any attention to the baseless rumors.
Both continued doing exactly as they pleased.
After returning to this world, Qin Su’s life gradually settled into a routine.
Besides attending classes, she spent most of her remaining time cultivating at home.
A week later, she completed the first stage of body tempering.
Her physical condition improved considerably.
She was no longer left covered in bruises simply from carrying something heavy.
Partly because she soaked in medicinal baths every day.
Partly because her growing spiritual energy was continuously tempering her body in return.
The spiritual herbs she had planted flourished in the abundant spiritual energy.
She estimated that in another month, several of them would be ready for harvesting and could be used to refine medicinal pills.
After finishing her daily cultivation session, Qin Su’s stomach growled with hunger.
She had not yet reached the stage where cultivators no longer needed food.
In fact, her appetite was enormous.
She opened the refrigerator.
Everything inside had already been eaten.
Only two cartons of yogurt remained.
Qin Su decided to head to the supermarket to buy vegetables and meat.
After all, her disciple Zhang Yunqi could cook.
Oh…
She also needed to buy some salmon for Qianjin.
Ever since tasting it recently, the greedy cat had fallen in love with salmon.
And it insisted on eating only fresh salmon.
As Qin Su prepared to leave, Zhang Yunqi was mopping the floor while watching television.
The news showed the famous building materials tycoon of K City, President Niu, purchasing prime-time advertising on Watermelon TV to make a grand declaration of love.
A giant portrait made entirely of champagne-colored roses stood in the center of a public square.
Fireworks exploded across the night sky, forming one romantic confession after another.
The display was dazzling and extravagant.
Qin Su, who had been about to leave, could not help stopping in her tracks.
The overwhelming display of wealth nearly hit her in the face.
She absolutely refused to admit that she was feeling jealous.
Being rich was wonderful!!
The props used in that advertisement alone must have cost several million yuan.
Not to mention the astronomical cost of buying prime-time television advertising.
This was not a confession of love at all.
It was blatant flaunting of wealth.
After today, countless people would surely envy the young woman receiving such an extravagant declaration.
The sheer extravagance of the advertisement left a deep impression on Qin Su.
Along with it, she remembered the name Tu Qing, the young woman for whom President Niu had spent such an astonishing fortune.
Come to think of it…
The name Tu Qing sounded strangely familiar.
Where had she heard it before?
…
“They’re out of beef.”
“Then I’ll buy lamb instead.”
“It’ll be perfect for soup.”
“I should grab a little more chocolate too.”
Looking at the dazzling variety of products filling the supermarket shelves, Qin Su could not help tossing several extra items into her shopping cart that had never been on her shopping list.
After waiting in line to pay, Qin Su ended up with eight bags of groceries, each one packed to the brim and quite heavy.
Fortunately, she was no longer the same as before.
They were certainly heavy, but she could still carry them.
Qin Su had the kind of appearance that people in the country adored, pure, delicate, and seemingly fragile, the sort that naturally stirred people’s protective instincts.
A breathtaking beauty like her, carrying so many bags, naturally attracted a would-be knight in shining armor.
A man in a suit approached with a gentlemanly smile.
“Those bags look pretty heavy. Let me carry them for you.”
Qin Su shook her head.
“It’s alright. You won’t be able to carry them.”
Most of the bags were filled with meat and vegetables, weighing well over a hundred jin in total.
Seeing how effortlessly Qin Su carried them, the man simply did not believe her.
He assumed that, as a girl, she only thought they were heavy because she lacked strength.
Since the contents were hidden inside black plastic bags, no one else could see what was inside, and naturally assumed they contained bulky but lightweight items like paper towels.
“No need to be polite. I enjoy helping people.”
“Where should I carry them?”
The man was unwilling to let such a good opportunity slip away.
Qin Su smiled.
“Just to the entrance. I’ll take a taxi from there.”
The man smiled gracefully and reached out with both hands to lift all eight bags.
The next second, the smile froze on his face.
So heavy!
How could they possibly weigh this much?
Unwilling to embarrass himself in front of such a beautiful woman, he forced himself to pick them up anyway.
But after only a couple of steps, his hands were already protesting.
The thin plastic handles dug painfully into his palms.
After walking barely two meters, he had to stop, looking rather awkward.
Qin Su smiled sweetly, still looking as innocent and delicate as ever.
“So it’s better if I carry them myself.”
The man wiped the sweat from his forehead and no longer dared to play the hero.
A burst of laughter reached Qin Su’s ears.
She turned around and saw a girl dressed in a long white dress laughing so hard she was bent over, clearly having witnessed everything that had just happened.
The moment Qin Su saw the girl’s face, her eyes lit up.
Qin Su herself had been beautiful since childhood, receiving countless love letters.
During the years when the transmigrator occupied her body, the transmigrator had spent a fortune purchasing appearance-enhancing attributes.
As a result, Qin Su’s current beauty could easily stand out even in the entertainment industry, where handsome men and beautiful women were everywhere.
Yet only after seeing this young woman did she truly understand what it meant that there was always someone better.
Her features were as exquisite as a painting, her aura ethereal.
Words alone could not fully capture even half of her beauty.
Her appearance was in no way inferior to the peerless female cultivators of the cultivation world.
Even someone with Qin Su’s composure was momentarily stunned by such extraordinary beauty.
When she recovered her senses, she realized something strange.
With looks like these, the girl should have attracted attention wherever she went.
Yet the pedestrians walking past did not spare her a single glance.
That made no sense.
Looking more carefully, Qin Su discovered that the girl was not a living person.
Her body appeared translucent beneath the sunlight.
Yet she lacked the yin aura unique to ghosts.
Could she be a wandering soul?
Such situations were indeed possible.
Sometimes, after an accident or unexpected event, a person’s soul could leave their body and become unable to return.
This was commonly known as a wandering soul.
“So you can see me.”
The girl smiled brilliantly, her smile even more beautiful than blooming flowers.
Her eyes were soft and pitiful, making it difficult not to feel sympathy for her.
Qin Su remained silent.
She had no desire to be mistaken for a lunatic.
The girl casually walked over to her side.
“What’s your name?”
Qin Su took out a pair of earphones and put them in her ears, pretending to be talking on the phone.
“Qin Su.”
“Can I call you Susu?”
She looked at Qin Su expectantly, making it almost impossible to refuse.
“Can I talk with you?”
“No one else can see me, so I don’t have anyone to chat with. I’m so bored.”
“Have you been able to see ghosts since you were little?”
“Oh, and let me tell you something.”
“The man who was just trying to flirt with you already has a girlfriend.”
“He was talking to her on the phone just ten minutes ago.”
Qin Su rubbed her temples with a headache.
Beautiful women were certainly pleasing to look at.
She just had not expected this one to be such a chatterbox.
She talked.
Far too much.
And her topics jumped around wildly.
In less than a few minutes, she had already switched to discussing a recently aired television drama.
Qin Su felt that if someone simply handed this beauty a microphone, she could probably keep talking nonstop for three days and three nights.
Seeing that Qin Su had remained silent the whole time, guilt appeared on the girl’s exquisitely beautiful face.
“I’m sorry.”
“Am I being too noisy?”
“I… I was just so excited because it’s been so long since I met someone who could see me.”
“I’m really not usually like this.”
Looking at that stunning face, Qin Su, who had always been partial to beautiful people, replied against her conscience,
“No.”
“I really like your voice.”
“It sounds wonderful.”
Making a beauty look sad deserved condemnation.
The girl in the white dress smiled again.
Her smile was as pure and sparkling as morning dew.
“Thank you.”
“You’re such a nice person.”
“To thank you, let me sing you a song.”
Qin Su nodded noncommittally.
In truth, she had not done anything for her.
But to the girl, simply having someone willing to listen was already a rare comfort.
The next second…
Qin Su regretted it.
No.
That was not singing.
It was attempted murder!
Her ears were subjected to outright torture!
Who was she?
Where was she?
What was she supposed to do?