Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 390 I Killed Aunt Six
The air in the main room was hot and stuffy, and the atmosphere became deathly silent.

Long Zongshu stared wide-eyed in horror as he listened to Ran Qing and Mo Li's analysis.

He was terrified, as if he had seen a ghost, and could hardly accept this horrifying information.

Ran Qing, on the other hand, was frighteningly calm.

He stared coldly at his companion, slowly pondering and calmly continuing his narration.

"...So Li Hongye gave me the [Fate Master Card] because she knew I needed it, and it just so happened to help me catch ghosts."

"And the time when she secretly switched the beams and pillars and copied Aunt Liu's booklet should be the time when Aunt Liu and I went to the underworld to kill her."

"Because of the time constraint, she had to finish copying the entire booklet before I returned, which is why the handwriting on the booklet is so messy and illegible."

"but……"

As Ran Qing analyzed this, a hint of pain flashed in her eyes.

But after less than three seconds of silence, he continued his analysis in a cold tone.

"She not only prepared everything, but she even needed to know in advance that her sixth aunt was dead in order to make a good plan."

"Now it seems that all of this was her scheme. If she has the ability to influence and control those pale ghosts, then the pale ghosts that suddenly appeared and attacked Aunt Liu on the night she died were very likely arranged by Li Hongye."

"Her goal was to kill my sixth aunt and then arrange for me to become a spirit medium."

“I, a complete novice in the underworld, am far easier to fool than my experienced and powerful sixth aunt. As long as my sixth aunt dies, I will inherit her mantle, and she can manipulate me to complete the Ghost Refining Technique in the Jar and achieve her goal.”

"So after she died, she became a vengeful ghost and deliberately spared my life several times."

“On the first night, she found a rented room on Qingyuan Road, which could have easily run me over, but she didn’t. Instead, she left Ran Jianfei with only half a life left.”

"Her goal was simple: to use me and Ran Jianfei as bait to lure Aunt Liu out!"

"Otherwise, with her abilities, killing Ran Jianfei might be difficult, but killing an ordinary person like me would be no problem at all."

“She had many opportunities to kill me. Especially on the last night, I had given up on living and left myself to her disposal.”

"But she strangely let me live. I couldn't understand it at the time, but now, looking back, if it was all her conspiracy, then it all makes sense."

"Without knowing the full story, I became Li Hongye's henchman and accomplice, helping her to complete her plan."

At this point, Ran Qing's eyes gradually showed pain.

He gritted his teeth as he recounted his analysis, his eyes turning bloodshot: "So... I'm the one who killed Aunt Liu!"

"If I hadn't asked my sixth aunt for help, she wouldn't have died! At least she wouldn't have died so quickly!"

Ran Qing's analysis reached this point, and she was completely unable to continue.

The facts, which were constantly analyzed, shattered his defenses.

He can handle other things calmly.

But his sixth aunt was murdered because of him...

Mo Li, who was standing to the side, suddenly spoke up: "It's not as scary as you say."

Mo Li calmly said, "What you're saying sounds impressive, but it has a fatal flaw—can Li Hongye predict the future? In that situation, how could she be so sure that she wouldn't kill you and that she could definitely lure the old woman out?"

"And what makes you so sure that if the old woman comes to save you, she will definitely make you a spirit medium?"

Mo Li calmly refuted Ran Qing's accusations, shaking his head and saying, "There are no such meticulous plans and conspiracies in the world. Most conspiracies in this world are just spur-of-the-moment ideas."

"The more elaborate the plan or conspiracy, the lower the probability of its success."

“Li Hongye didn’t kill you at first, perhaps because she was soft-hearted and showed mercy. Or perhaps it was the magic left by your grandmother, plus Aunt Caixia who protected you.” “As for the old woman becoming part of Li Hongye’s plan… I suspect that even if Li Hongye really was the culprit who killed the old woman, it’s impossible that she had her eye on the old woman from the beginning.”

"It's nothing more than that old woman being too clever for her own good, causing Li Hongye to target her by performing a ritual for you."

At this point, Mo Li snorted coldly and said.

"With her abilities, if she really wanted to help you, she would have plenty of other ways."

"But she was so pretentious, insisting that you deal with Li Hongye yourself, and even performed the ritual for you... I guess at that time, she already wanted you to inherit her mantle."

"That old hag isn't as innocent and harmless as you think."

"She's so old and can't find a good apprentice. Her lineage is about to be lost. She's probably going crazy with worry."

"At this very moment, you, a promising talent with innate ability to see ghosts and exceptional talent for traversing the underworld, bump into her. Do you think she'll let you go?"

"If I do you a little favor and play the victim, you'll obediently become her apprentice and inherit the mantle of the spirit medium, won't you?"

"Why did that old woman repeatedly ask you for confirmation when she was carrying your coffin?"

Mo Li sneered at this point and said, "That's because she feels guilty!"

"My wife is very hypocritical; she's always been like that."

"He's not a good person at all. He always tries to swindle money whenever he gets the chance, and he has a sharp tongue."

"But she's not even a bad person; when faced with a real problem, she just can't bring herself to be ruthless."

"My life is just like this, stuck in the middle, not good enough to be a good person, but not even good enough to be a bad person."

"She wants you to inherit her mantle, but she's also worried that you'll get into trouble if you become a spirit medium. So she feels guilty and keeps asking you to confirm and let you decide for yourself to become a spirit medium, so she can deceive herself."

"But she never expected that while she was looking for her apprentice, there was a female ghost behind that apprentice who wanted her dead!"

"That old woman took you as her apprentice, and that's why Li Hongye targeted her. It's all her own fault!"

Mo Li coldly mocked his mother, speaking without any mercy.

Her cold and analytical remarks were clearly more reasonable.

Ran Qing's sense of guilt eased somewhat.

But seeing Mo Li say such rebellious and offensive things about his mother in order to comfort him, Ran Qing was speechless: "...Not really."

"Being a spirit medium was indeed my own choice."

“At that time, I was desperate and my sixth aunt was willing to help me, which was already a great kindness. Let alone becoming her apprentice and inheriting her mantle, I would be willing to do her laundry and cook for her for several years according to the old society’s rules.”

"There's nothing wrong with becoming a spirit medium. It's a unique and ancient tradition, and countless people would kowtow and beg to become its disciple, but none of them are qualified."

“If my sixth aunt had explained the situation to me back then, I would have immediately kowtowed and become her disciple without hesitation.”

Ran Qing gave a very sincere account.

He knew that Mo Li said these words to comfort him.

But becoming a spirit medium was indeed Ran Qing's own choice.

He was very grateful to his sixth aunt for being willing to take him as her apprentice and to perform the funeral rites for him.

Even if there was some personal motive involved, Aunt Liu did help him and was deeply grateful to him.

This is by no means a small favor.

(End of this chapter)