"…I shouldn't have... because you have the same name as me... hinted for Qin Hao to find trouble for you. I only wanted to make a fool out of you at first, but I never expected Qin Hao to tell me he liked you…"
"He used to follow me around like a lost puppy… then suddenly he liked you. I just couldn't accept it…"
"The day I asked you to meet me on the rooftop, I didn't plan to do anything. I just knew you were pregnant and wanted to scare you on purpose... I really didn't know why you suddenly had a miscarriage…"
"I really didn't kill you, boohoohoo…"
At first, Guan Ruirui tried to sugarcoat her actions, but she found that the more she spoke, that inexplicable chilling sensation returned to her body. Only when she spoke her true intentions did that chill slowly dissipate.
Thinking that her words wouldn't be heard by anyone else and that she was just pacifying Lin Ruirui's vengeful spirit, she felt safe enough to pour out every dark and twisted thought she had.
Jiang Xuxu stood nearby, listening with an expressionless face.
Though she had seen parts of Guan Ruirui and Lin Ruirui's conversation through the Phantasm, and had sensed the emotions from the Resentful Infant and Lin Ruirui's soul fragment, she hadn't been able to grasp the full truth behind those emotions.
Hearing Guan Ruirui's "confession" didn't even surprise Jiang Xuxu. Deliberately targeting an innocent girl just over a name was exactly the kind of thing Guan Ruirui was capable of.
Seeing that Guan Ruirui had finally finished spilling everything, Jiang Xuxu raised her hand. The small paper lantern flew back into her palm and was tucked away into a small bottle.
Guan Ruirui watched her movements, her eyes still glimmering with a trace of malice. "So, can you guarantee that Lin Ruirui's ghost won't come looking for me again?"
Jiang Xuxu glanced at her, her reply both serious and perfunctory. "Yes, I guarantee it."
In any case, Lin Ruirui wasn't dead. Even without today's events, her "ghost" couldn't possibly come looking for her.
"You also have to guarantee I won't be this unlucky anymore!"
She hadn't thought much of it during the car accident, but first, she broke both legs in the crash, then her bed broke for no reason, causing her to sprain her waistnot to mention the constant neck cramps, choking on water, and gagging on food.
No matter how muddled she was, Guan Ruirui knew she had attracted bad luck. It was probably Lin Ruirui's ghost sabotaging her!
However, Jiang Xuxu replied, "I can't guarantee that. Your current bad luck stems from the calamity within your destiny pattern; it has nothing to do with Lin Ruirui."
If there was a connection at all, it was only that the Resentful Infant's lingering resentment had made her more susceptible to disaster.
Guan Ruirui's face changed instantly upon hearing about her destiny pattern. She shouted, "Even if it's a problem with my destiny, you have to fix it! Don't forget you took my money!"
Even if those five million yuan hadn't been transferred by her, that didn't stop Guan Ruirui from acting righteous.
The Guan family members outside heard the commotion and reopened the door. Guan Ruirui immediately began crying and complaining, saying that Jiang Xuxu took the money but refused to do the work.
Bai Shuqin was the first to object. "You took five million just to deal with one vengeful spirit?! No way! You have to fix the problem with Ruirui's destiny pattern too. You said so beforeare you planning to take the bracelet and go back on your word?!"
Guan Baocheng's face was also dark. He looked as if he wouldn't let Jiang Xuxu leave the room if she said she wouldn't handle it.
Jiang Xuxu only sneered in response.
"The Guan family plotted for eighteen years and failed. Now you think you can solve everything at once for five million and a bracelet? How can you be so delusional? Even if I could do it, why should I help her?"
"She's your sister!" Guan Qishen said in a deep voice, still trying to lecture her using the concept of sisterly affection.
Jiang Xuxu truly felt the Guan family had a screw loose. Especially this Guan Qishen.
"I'll say this for the last time: I have nothing to do with the Guan family. Stop disgusting me with that 'older and younger sister' routine."
With that, she looked at Guan Baocheng. "What I originally promised was to resolve her Great Age-18 Tribulation. Your daughter bullied others and ruined what should have been a girl's perfectly fine life. That is why she suffered today's disaster. Now that her life is no longer in danger, letting her lie here is already getting off easy."
"I've already resolved the matter with Lin Ruirui. If you want to fix her destiny pattern, you can find someone else."
Jiang Xuxu turned to leave, but after taking only one step, she paused. As if remembering something, she looked at the four members of the Guan family.
"One more reminder: Guan Ruirui's destiny pattern conversion failed and has begun to backlash. Everyone close to her will be affected."
As she spoke, her gaze drifted over the bandages on the heads and bodies of the other three. The faces of all three, including Guan Baocheng, paled instantly.
Before they could speak, Jiang Xuxu continued, "Since you spent five million, I can give you a piece of free advice. Do you remember the jade amulets I gave you in the past?"
It was almost funny. When she first began studying the Mystic Arts with her master, she hadn't given up on the Guan family yet. After she first learned how to carve protective jade amulets, she had given them to everyone except Guan Qishenthe father, the mother, and even Guan Ruirui.
As far as she knew, Guan Ruirui and Bai Shuqin had thrown them away long ago. But precisely because they had thrown them away, she wanted to remind them.
"Those were protective jade amulets I carved with my own hands. They can ward off calamities and bad luck. If you don't want to keep tripping and bashing your heads every time you leave the house, just wear those."
She had given those items away because she wanted to at the time. Now that she couldn't take them back, she could at least get some compensation. The five million was payment for everything, including those four jade amulets.
Jiang Xuxu spoke lightly, but Guan Qishen's expression shifted drastically. He finally understood why Jiang Xuxu had mentioned those jade amulets multiple times! He never expected them to actually have protective powers!
Looking at his arm which was still in a sling, Guan Qishen felt an immense wave of regret. If he had known when she first asked, he would have gone back and searched for it properly. He wouldn't have been this unlucky the last two days.
At this moment, the Guan family didn't doubt Jiang Xuxu's claim that Ruirui's calamity was affecting everyone around her. Guan Baocheng and Guan Qishen both decided they would search for where they had put those items as soon as they got back.
However, they didn't notice the strange and frustrated expressions on Bai Shuqin and Guan Ruirui's faces.
Bai Shuqin stomped her foot in anger. "That brat must have said that because she knows I threw that piece of junk stone away long ago!"
Guan Ruirui also gritted her teeth, but mindful of her persona, she only whispered, "I... I don't know where I put it. Xuxu gave me so many gifts, I'm afraid I can't find it. Dad, what should we do?"
Guan Ruirui looked pitiful. She didn't want to live a life where she was constantly having accidents and car crashes.
Guan Baocheng's expression was grim, but Bai Shuqin was already comforting her. "It's fine. Your father and brother still have their jade amulets. We can just use theirs."
She spoke as if it were only natural, failing to see the expressions of Guan Baocheng and Guan Qishen darken in an instant.
If their jade amulets were given to the women, what would they do?
In that moment, Guan Qishen had never recognized his mother's favoritism so clearly.
Jiang Xuxu: This was exactly the effect she wanted.
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