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Su Guangchong reached out and gently touched the bracelet with his fingertips, but paused abruptly the moment he touched it.

His eyes were filled with complex emotions, and a hint of fear lingered in them.

"Miss Wen, take a look at this bracelet. Is there anything unusual about it?"

"have."

Wen Qi stared at the white mist drifting around the room.

Su Guangchong clenched his fists even tighter, his voice trembling violently: "Miss Wen, you mentioned earlier... the white aura you sensed in the house, was that coming from this bracelet?"

"Yes."

Wen Qi stood up and walked over to Su Guangchong: "Could I take a closer look at this bracelet?"

Su Guangchong handed over the bracelet.

The moment Wen Qi's fingertips touched the bracelet, a cool sensation instantly washed over her.

At the same time, the white mist that had drifted onto the bookshelf drifted back and disappeared back into the bracelet.

Wen Qi picked up the bracelet and examined it closely. The mist inside the bracelet was like spring water, flowing gently and calmly.

"There is a wisp of soul inside this bracelet," Wen Qi said.

"A soul?" Su Guangchong asked with a hint of fear. "Is it...is it an evil spirit? Is it Sun Ruo...has she come back to take revenge on me?"

Wen Qi gave him a complicated look: "If it were an evil spirit, you old bones would have been dead long ago."

"Let me see." Su Xinghe leaned closer.

Wen Qi tossed the bracelet to him.

Su Xinghe quickly caught it, afraid of dropping it.

He examined the bracelet from different angles, turning it over and over.

He took out the talisman he always carried and stuck it on the bracelet, testing it repeatedly.

No matter what he did, he couldn't sense anything unusual about the bracelet.

Su Xinghe looked at Wen Qi, "There's nothing unusual about this. Does it really have a soul?"

"It was an extremely pure soul, without a trace of resentment, and remarkably peaceful."

I've seen many malevolent spirits, fierce and menacing, but I've never seen one so quiet and still.

Su Xinghe scratched his head, puzzled. "But as far as I know, souls without resentment dissipate. How could one be attached to the bracelet?"

Wen Qi raised her chin and pointed to the bracelet in his hand: "It's related to this jade; it should be an heirloom."

"Heh...hehe..." Su Guangchong suddenly laughed.

The laughter was hoarse and desolate.

Tears welled up in his eyes as he snatched the bracelet from Su Xinghe's hand and clutched it tightly in his palm.

She kept murmuring, "It was my fault, it's all my fault...it's all my fault..."

"Grandpa, what's wrong? What happened to this bracelet?"

Su Guangchong looked up, filled with regret: "Xinghe, Grandpa has something to tell you today."

Regarding the origins of the Su family's business, and our Su family's debt to the Sun family that has lasted for decades—a debt that can never be repaid.

"Debt... Master once said that the Su family committed sins in their early years and would be punished sooner or later. Could it be...?" Su Xinghe looked at the bracelet.

Su Guangchong nodded, tears streaming down his face.

Wen Qi wasn't interested in the Su family's past, but she was somewhat interested in the peaceful spirit.

The soul before me was pure and untouched by the world in its previous life, transparent and white.

Obsessions only arise at the moment of death.

Wan Jiansi had heard of the Sun family; they were a family from the last century, but there wasn't much information about them.

Su Guangchong closed his eyes, his voice choked with emotion: "The Sun family was a prominent family in the south of the city. Sixty years ago, when your great-grandfather was still alive..."

The Sun family's businesses were twice the size of the current Su family's; silk shops, grain stores, and dock businesses were all under their control.

I was just twenty years old then, working with your great-grandfather in the business world, and that's when I met Sun Ruo, the only daughter of the Sun family.

She is the sole heir of the Sun family, gentle and well-educated. We hit it off immediately and quickly became close.

He paused, his Adam's apple bobbing, and choked out, "The Sun family only has one child, Sun Ruo. The Sun family patriarch wants me to marry into their family and become a live-in son-in-law, and the Su family has agreed."

After I married Sun Ruo, one winter, the Sun family needed a huge sum of money to expand their dock business.

Mr. Sun approached me and asked me to be in charge of transporting a batch of antiques.

As long as the goods can be safely delivered to their destination, they will receive a large sum of money, enough for the Sun family to expand their business.

Mr. Sun was completely unsuspecting of me, and showed me the Sun family's account books, including the crucial dock route map.

After staying with the Sun family for several years, my greed grew stronger and stronger.

Thinking that if they could acquire the Sun family's assets, the Su family could rise to prominence overnight and never have to depend on others again.

Wen Qi's eyes turned cold.

He's yet another man who made his fortune through women and scheming.

The Wen family, the Gu family, and the Su family all have a woman behind them.

They built their fortunes on these women, using all their value to climb the social ladder.

Those wives who endured hardship with them all died young and met tragic ends.

Even the original owner of this body was like that.

She became the woman behind Lu Jisheng, only to end up dying tragically with her kidneys removed.

These people are really—

It's disgusting to the core.

Su Guangchong's voice trembled violently, and his eyes were glazed over.

"I inspected the antiques with Mr. Sun and we arranged to meet at a warehouse by the river to discuss cooperation."

That day, a strong wind was blowing, so I had someone put flammable kerosene in the warehouse beforehand and also tightened the valves on the fire hydrants, cutting off all escape routes.

When discussing cooperation, I deliberately got into an argument with the pre-arranged partner.

Fearing the other party might harm me, Mr. Sun told me to terminate the cooperation. I pretended to be defiant and went up to fight with them.

Taking advantage of everyone's inattention, they pushed the kerosene lamp to the ground, and it caught fire.

"Grandpa!" Su Xinghe couldn't believe his ears, his voice trembling. "You really...those people all died in the fire?"

Su Guangchong was filled with remorse and choked up: "Only I knew about that escape tunnel."

I left Grandpa's father, and everyone else in the warehouse, in that fire.

When the police arrived to investigate, they said it was an accidental fire. Sun Ruo didn't believe them and insisted that the police continue the investigation.

I lied to her and said that the batch of antiques her father had been in contact with were contraband.

If the investigation goes to the bottom, the Sun family will be completely ruined, and I will be implicated as well.

Sun Ruo was afraid I would get involved, and sure enough, she got scared and never mentioned the investigation again.

He sniffed, his face full of regret: "Without Father Sun, the Sun family is leaderless. I smoothly became the heir of the Sun family. Sun Ruo, because of Father Sun's tragic death, is depressed and grows thinner day by day."

I secretly reorganized the business, acquired the remaining assets of the Sun family at a low price, rebranded them, and established the current Su family.

Everything you see in the Su family now, everything was bought with the lives of the Sun family, everything I stole!"

Su Xinghe trembled all over, debt—

sin.

Master said that this is what killing is all about.

Wen Qi walked over, raised her hand, and slapped Su Guangchong hard across the face.

The slap was very powerful.

Caught off guard, Su Guangchong and his chair both tipped over to the ground.