Survival in an apartment, starting with a stroke of luck on a plane

First, according to the information Lin Yu found out from Granny Chen, Liu Xiangxiang was extremely poor even in the city walled village back then, to the point that she couldn't even afford to eat.

The reason she was able to live in the walled city instead of in the slums outside was because her husband had signed a long-term contract with the landlord for the house she lived in.

In a situation where they were struggling to make ends meet and couldn't even afford to eat, where would Liu Xiangxiang get the spare money to hire a "famous" fortune teller to tell her daughter's fortune?

What was Liu Xiangxiang's motive for seeking her out? Was it to calculate whether her daughter could be sold for a good price to fill her stomach? That clearly doesn't make sense.

Lin Yu didn't believe that the old guy hadn't charged for fortune telling back then.

Secondly, according to the records Lin Yu saw in the diary, Han Bo himself was extremely secretive in his actions. Even his closest people might not know that he was a pervert or what he had done.

As for the loss or death of children in the walled city, this was not a rare occurrence in the walled city at that time, or even in the walled city now.

Furthermore, before Lin Yue'er, Han Bo had never actually done anything to deliberately dispose of a body and provoke the child's parents.

Even Lin Yu is now puzzled as to why Han Bo insisted on provoking Liu Xiangxiang. Was it merely to enjoy the despair on a mother's face and satisfy his perverted pleasure?

But it's clear from his diary! Han Bo is a pervert, but not a mindless madman; he wouldn't do something so meaningless.

Therefore, provoking Liu Xiangxiang to die in extreme pain and resentment must have some special benefit for him or "someone".

We can immediately rule out Han Bo, since he's already dead. Therefore, it must be someone else. So, who is this person?

Interestingly, based on the above, Han Bo's public image is definitely not that of a pervert, so why is this sorceress so certain that he was the one who did Liu Yue'er's thing?

Unless... she knew Han Bo's fetish from the beginning, and even that the reason she spread the rumor that "having sex with someone brings good fortune and longevity" was to deliberately provoke Han Bo into making a move against Liu Yue'er!

She was the one who started it all, and Lin Yu also has some corroborating evidence for this.

Is there any fortune teller who can predict that the person she shares a room with will receive good fortune?

This isn't fortune telling; it's pure nonsense!

Lin Yu stared coldly at this "fortune teller" who was still not behaving himself, the dark muzzle of a gun already pressed against his head.

The old woman collapsed to the ground, trembling all over, her eyes filled with fear as she looked at Lin Yu.

"Looks like you won't shed a tear until you see the coffin, you're determined to cut off your lineage." Lin Yu stopped talking nonsense, his eyes turned completely cold and hard, and his index finger on the trigger pressed down slightly, producing a slight, terrifying metallic scraping sound.

At the same time, he turned around without hesitation and strode down the stairs, his heavy footsteps echoing like a death knell in the deathly silent stairwell.

"Okay, I'll go talk to your son now and see if he knows what his mother did back then! I'll also see if your grandson can explain these old stories to his grandmother."

Lin Yu was equipped with the [Fierce and Evil] skill card at this time, so even though his appearance was not particularly fierce, the old woman could still feel the deep killing intent emanating from Lin Yu.

"No!!!"

A scream suddenly erupted!

That sound was filled with primal despair and madness!

The old woman, who had been limp as a rag doll just moments before, suddenly seemed to be injected with a strange power, bursting forth with astonishing speed as she scrambled over, her withered, chicken-claw-like fingers tightly gripping Lin Yu's right leg.

The force was so great it almost embedded itself into his flesh. Tears streamed down her face as she frantically banged her blood-stained forehead against the cold cement floor, quickly staining a small patch of ground red.

"I'll talk! I'll tell the truth! Your Honor, spare my life! Spare my son and grandson! I'll talk! I'll tell you everything! I won't hide a single word! It's all my fault! It's all my fault!!"

The old woman collapsed to the ground, as if all her bones had been removed. Her cloudy old eyes stared blankly at the ground, and blood from her forehead mixed with tears and snot covered her face.

His voice was hoarse, like a broken bellows: "It's all my fault, it's the words I spread that led that beast to target Yue'er..."

Then, she finally revealed an even more unbearable truth that she had kept hidden for over twenty years—a story completely different from what she had told before:

"Back then, nobody... asked me to tell Liu Yue'er's fortune. Those words about 'great fortune' and 'longevity through sexual intercourse' were all made up by myself. I deliberately let them slip out in front of a lot of people."

I know that beast Han Bo is physically weak, has peculiar fetishes, and believes in these things. He... he'll definitely take the bait...

"Why?" Lin Yu's voice was icy cold, the gun pointed at her without moving. "Who told you to do this?"

The old woman's voice was filled with pain and regret, but even more so with the despair of being exposed: "Someone... forced me to do this. More than twenty years ago, my good-for-nothing son, he was a gambling addict, he owed the casino a huge sum of money, and he also borrowed money from loan sharks..."

Those heartless bastards kidnapped him to force me to pay! They said if I didn't pay back the money... they'd chop off his hands and feet... and throw him into the sea to feed the fish!

It was around that time that person... approached me...

He said at the time that as long as I did as he said... spread those things about Liu Yue'er and made Han Bo have feelings for that girl... he would help me settle all my gambling debts... and send my son back safe and sound...

Her withered hands dug into the cold ground, her knuckles turning white: "I... I had no choice back then. He's my only son, he's my lifeblood! If I didn't help him, those debt collectors would have really beaten him to death! I had no choice, I had to do it..."

Lin Yu's eyes were icy cold; just as he had expected.

The entire incident, from Liu Yue'er's tragic death to Liu Xiangxiang's mad self-immolation and transformation into a vengeful ghost, was a meticulously planned scheme.

Liu Xiangxiang and her daughter were merely pawns sacrificed in this insidious game.

But soon another question arose: what gave the mastermind the confidence to guarantee that Liu Xiangxiang could become an evil spirit?

Is there anything special about Liu Xiangxiang?

What was his purpose in turning Liu Xiangxiang into an evil spirit?

Was it really as Lin Yu boldly guessed, that divine sword was actually an artifact for raising ghosts?

And who is the mastermind behind all this?

"Who is that person?" Lin Yu continued to ask in a cold voice.