Chapter 1392: Fantasy Antique Shop Work Log 26

"Stop shouting! No one outside can hear you!" Luo Qiu roared, making the woman quiet down.

"What exactly happened? Why are you blaming your husband's death on Ying Wu Shu?"

Jin Chen approached the corpse, without waiting for the woman's response, and said in a deep voice: "Although the corpse died a violent death, its own yang lifespan is already exhausted."

"How many days has this corpse been dead? Don't you know yourself?"

The woman dared not look into his eyes, lowering her head and whispering: "It's you…… you killed him!"

"Looks like you aren't afraid either."

Jin Chen suddenly curled his lip in a cold smile, "Why don't I let your husband become a ghost and personally tell me who killed him?"

"Ah!"

Seeing Jin Chen making a gesture to cast a spell, the woman was frightened and quickly let go, not daring to hold the corpse any longer.

"No way!!" the woman shrieked, her eyeballs almost popping out, scarier than a vicious ghost.

"Too late."

Jin Chen spoke coldly, the seal formed, and a yellow talisman fell onto the corpse's face.

As expected, this person had just died a violent death not long ago, with one soul and one spirit still lingering and unable to depart.

With a whoosh, the corpse soaked by the heavy rain stiffly stood up, toes touching the ground, its askew head suddenly lifting, eyes opening, and gazing blankly around.

Upon seeing the woman, it reached out to strangle her!

"Ahhh——"

The woman was so frightened her soul scattered; in panic she collapsed in the rain, scrambling frantically to crawl inside.

"Don't run!" Luo Qiu and Gu Cun restrained her, "You can even hold a corpse; your husband's eyes are open now—what are you afraid of?"

Dealing with ghosts is far easier than dealing with people.

Jin Chen snapped his fingers near the male ghost's ear, asking, "What is your relationship with this person before you?"

The male ghost instinctively feared Jin Chen's aura, full of resentment, and said, "She… is my newlywed wife!"

"It was her…… and her mentally ill child who killed me!"

"No! Not true!" the woman shrieked, slapping the ground, her ugly behavior fully exposed, yet she could not stop the ghost's accusation.

The male ghost's resentment grew heavier: "I suffered from a serious illness… this person, disregarding consequences, repeatedly said she would accompany me, so I regarded her child as my own…… even if she gambled, even if… she stole medical funds to play cards!"

"But just the day after we got the certificate! That little beast went mad! It strangled me to death alive! And even hacked me with a knife!"

Jin Chen raised an eyebrow at the boy inside the shop controlled by Ling Gun Gun—could he be a natural-born bad seed?

Ying Wu Shu entered the barrier again, and what he saw was this scene.

He walked to Jin Chen's side and asked silently.

"It's fine; it seems someone gained an advantage and wants to frame you."

Jin Chen's tone was cold and sarcastic, each word like a pearl: "He even didn't hesitate to kill his newlywed husband."

"Grudges have a source, debts have a debtor."

Jin Chen snapped his fingers again, and the male ghost instantly surged toward the woman, resentful as if wanting to drink blood.

"Don't come over! Don't come over! Let me go…… I'll speak! I'll say everything!"

Only after being frightened to this extent would he speak the truth.

Jin Chen grabbed the male ghost and pulled him back, saying, "Speak."

The woman desperately covered her face, not daring to look at all.

"He was already about to die! My little one is just a bit more playful…"

Ying Wu Shu grew impatient: "If you still won't tell the truth, I really won't care anymore."

"Since the task of killing me wasn't completed, the person behind the scenes must be very dissatisfied with you."

Gu Cun pressed the woman, "Hey! Hurry up and speak! If you do, I'll give you 100,000!"

The male ghost stared straight at her, eager to know exactly why he had become such an unlucky ghost.

The woman bit her lips until they bled, then closed her eyes and confessed everything.

It turned out she approached the man merely to fraudulently claim insurance; her son, having lived with her since childhood, had also grown into an emotionless person.

As a result, she suddenly encountered a strange person at the hospital entrance.

That strange person wanted to buy Ying Wu Shu's life for five million, and what the woman had to do was, according to the original plan, let her son kill the man to fraudulently obtain insurance, then pin the blame on Ying Wu Shu—everyone on this ancient street knows the boss of Ling Qing Du is the murderer.

And Ying Wu Shu would be killed by a short blade hidden in a sack, leaving no evidence.

Five million for a life—pure profit; the woman agreed without hesitation, never expecting it would involve ghostly matters.

Jin Chen: "Human hearts are crueler than ghosts."

He patted the male ghost's shoulder, "Pretty miserable; being a ghost is miserable too."

Male ghost: "……"

Thanks, no need for such comfort.

Gu Cun: "Ah… no wonder he wouldn't speak even for 100,000."

The person behind the scenes targets not only Ying Wu Shu, but also Ling Qing Du.

【Oh~ Host, could it be the gang that killed the protagonist in the original plot!】

Ling Gun Gun pressed its claws on the trembling boy while thinking.

Jin Chen gave a noncommittal nod, not immediately drawing a conclusion.

Ying Wu Shu asked the woman, "What connection do you have with that strange person?"

The woman: "I don't know; each time he suddenly finds me."

Ying Wu Shu tilted his head, "Then you've offended me."

He sliced the woman's palm, took a drop of blood, dripped it onto the yellow paper he carried, and skillfully folded it into a paper crane.

This is the unique tracing-origin talent of the Ying family's inheritance; after the paper crane is released it vanishes, Ying Wu Shu lowers his eyes slightly, his pupil color glints gold, and his whole being exudes a divinity.

Jin Chen looked at him, suddenly smiling, his harshness turning gentle; even the male ghost glanced a few more times, it was clear.

Damn! Showing off affection in front of a ghost!

The male ghost snorted angrily.

Ying Wu Shu saw the woman's memory, lingered before the hospital, and glimpsed the true face of the 'stranger'.

Under a black cloak he wore a crow mask, with no sclera, runes on his neck and the back of his hand…… runes!

Ying Wu Shu tilted his head, brows furrowed, carefully examined the exposed runes, and could only confirm they were those of an evil cultivator.

The paper crane turned to ash and fell; Ying Wu Shu suddenly lifted his eyes, instinctively looking toward Jin Chen.

"What's wrong?" Jin Chen asked.

"An evil cultivator."

Ying Wu Shu paused doubtfully, "I… seem to have seen them as a child; they were driven back by my grandfather."

That being said, it must be those enemies from the original plot, no doubt.

Jin Chen's eyes flickered with a barely perceptible gravity as he said, "This period will be dangerous; you need to go out alone, remember to tell me."

Since Jin Chen said so, it must be quite dangerous.

Ying Wu Shu nodded slightly, as if wanting to confirm something, stepped half a pace forward and stared into Jin Chen's sharp brows and eyes, his own eyes brimming with tenderness.

"Whenever there's danger, can I always find you?"

That did remind Jin Chen.

He nodded, bit his middle finger, took Ying Wu Shu's palm, smoothed it, and drew a sigil in the center of his hand, which sank into the skin.

Jin Chen then clasped Ying Wu Shu's hand almost completely, and said softly, "Anytime is fine; of course, I'll try to stay by your side."

The palm warmed slightly, spreading to the heart, like a chest full to bursting, Ying Wu Shu felt like tearing up, thoughts giving rise to feeling, affection unbroken.

【Villain Heartthrob Value +10, total 62!】

"I've remembered." Ying Wu Shu said softly, his clear eyes slightly moist, gazing at Jin Chen, "Word is bond."

Jin Chen chuckled, rubbed his head, and said, "Word is bond."

"By the way!"

Lu Qiu couldn't hold back and interrupted, "Can you two attend to this first? You can pour out your hearts anytime!"

Gu Cun nodded frantically; no matter what Lu Qiu said, he just needed to agree.

Jin Chen gave a low cough and asked the male ghost, "Sending her to prison to serve time, the child will be sent to a mental asylum—are you satisfied with this outcome?"

The male ghost let out a long sigh, "Satisfied…"

What could be done if not satisfied?

If he killed her, he'd likely only dirty his own path of reincarnation for nothing.

"Will I be reincarnated? In my next life I want a normal body."

Jin Chen calculated on his fingers, then wrote a few sheets of paper to burn for him, "Enter Huangquan Lu and give this to the Yin Official."

"Thank you! Thank you, sir!"

The male ghost's wish fulfilled, his soul left his body.

Gu Cun looked at the woman about to faint and clicked his tongue, "Murdering for insurance fraud, trying to pin the blame on others, even inciting adult killings—you're not afraid of a death sentence?"

Jin Chen added the finishing blow: "After you die, you'll be reborn as an animal—a chicken."

The woman's body shuddered and she fainted dead away.

Gu Cun: "…Great hero, you're eloquent."

"Let's send him to the police station." Ying Wu Shu pinched his brow, feeling a bit weary.