He Tingyun still wore white clothes, and previously I had always felt she was a pitiful woman sacrificing herself for others. However, after the boy's account, I realized that the situation wasn't as simple as I had thought.
The boy looked pitifully at me, and I glanced at He Tingyun, but before I could speak, she whispered, "Is something the matter?"
I quickly nodded, organizing my words and asked, "Did you really die in an accident?"
He Tingyun narrowed her eyes slightly, and her eerie gaze made my heart tremble. Avoiding her gaze that seemed to be able to see through my soul, I let out a sigh and directly asked, "You didn't really die in an accident. You were schemed against and killed. You wanted to kill Fei Xueming!"
"How do you know?" He Tingyun's gaze instantly sharpened. After asking, she abruptly looked at the boy next to her and asked in a cold voice, "Xiao He, did you say this?"
The boy hurriedly clung to He Tingyun's leg, calling out, "Mom, Dad didn't kill us, don't harm Dad."
"Child, why are you talking nonsense? How many times have I said it? We had an accident. Your dad didn't harm us at all." After admonishing Xiao He, He Tingyun turned to me apologetically and said, "I'm sorry, he left this world before he was one year old, and many things aren't clear to him. Sorry for troubling you."
Before I could speak, Xiao He raised his head and innocently asked, "Mom, is that really true?"
"I've said it so many times, why do you always think I wanted to kill your father?" He Tingyun shook her head helplessly and looked up at me, saying, "Two years ago, I and Fei Xueming had Xiao He before we married, and we planned to get married when Xiao He turned one. But one time, after an argument with Fei Xueming, I drove alone with Xiao He, intending to go back to my family. But at a turn, the brakes failed..."
She didn't continue the rest of her words, but I also knew that it was because of that accident that she and Xiao He returned to the underworld.
Although a child's words are the most genuine in the world, Xiao He was no longer a child. It was natural for things to change.
I patted Xiao He's head and said with a smile, "Alright, don't make your mother angry in the future, even if there's nothing wrong, Uncle has to leave now."
"Okay, goodbye, Uncle," Xiao He waved his hand.
I nodded to He Tingyun, saying, "Well, I have to go now."
"Take care," He Tingyun bowed slightly and then walked into the grave with Xiao He.
Back at the hotel, while waiting for the elevator, Du Xiaolan ran over in a panic. Seeing her panting heavily, I scornfully asked her what had happened.
Du Xiaolan leaned against the wall and said it was okay, she was afraid of coming back late, otherwise she would have to take a taxi back by herself.
I was somewhat amused and exasperated, this guy really knows how to save money.
Du Xiaolan went back to her room to pack up her things. Just as I opened the door, I saw Yu Rubing sitting on the noose as though she were on a swing.
Her action nearly startled me, and I pressed my hand to my chest, forcing a bitter smile as I said, "Could you sit somewhere else? You nearly scared me to death."
Yu Rubing swayed a bit and said, "I've always sat like this. Why didn't it scare you before?"
I closed the door and only then did I realize that the knocking I had heard earlier was the sound of Yu Rubing kicking the door while swinging.
The creepy feeling of someone watching me while I slept washed over me in an instant.
Rubbing my arms, I asked as I packed, "I've always wondered, I can see any spirit, so why didn't I see you before?"
Yu Rubing jumped down from the rope and walked over to me, sitting on the sofa before saying, "Because I'm not a normal spirit."
"Oh?" I asked in confusion, stopping my movements and turning to look at her.
She smiled and said, "Because I don't have a soul."
"What a joke," I widened my eyes, if you didn't have a soul, then you couldn't really become a ghost, yet she was sitting right in front of me, it just wasn't possible.
"Why are you so surprised?" Yu Rubing was surprisingly calm, and explained, "I always felt that the man who harmed me initially wasn't human, because he took my soul away and yet still allowed me to become a ghost."
I instinctively asked, "What did he do with your soul?"
Yu Rubing shook her head, "I'm sorry, I don't know."
I was extremely puzzled, and suddenly remembered the words the man had said to me on the rooftop, "At the time of your birth, you should have died, but your current life was given to you by me."
I hadn't thought much of that statement before, but now, in light of what Yu Rubing said, had my soul also been taken away by that man? Or perhaps I was born without a soul, and he injected a soul into this body?
Both of these thoughts made me extremely uneasy.
Taking a deep breath, I patted my head, forcing myself not to think about it. I looked at Yu Rubing and asked, "What are your plans for the future?"
"I don't know," she shook her head, then smiled and said, "I have no soul, so I can't be reincarnated. I can only stay here day after day."
I asked, "Do you want to be reborn?"
She nodded and said, "I do, but there's no way."
"If I could help?" I said confidently.
My grandfather's abilities are very powerful, since even someone like Meng Xier, a ghost attendant, knows him. I'm sure it must be a very simple matter to help a soulless spirit be reborn.
Yu Rubing was very excited to hear my words, but the next moment she became despondent, waving her hand for me to stop joking. She had already tried many methods, to no avail.
I voiced my guess, and she seemed very happy after hearing it, saying there was no other way, and we could give it a try for now.
Many supernatural movies in Hong Kong can allow spirits to attach themselves to umbrellas. When I asked if she had this ability, Yu Rubing nodded and said yes.
We went downstairs and bought a folding umbrella for her to attach to. After packing up, we finally left.
Du Xiaolan had already settled everything and was sitting on the bed watching TV. When she saw me coming, she got up and walked out of the room.
We walked out of the hotel and got into a van. Du Xiaolan stretched and said, "After doing so many weddings, this bride is the most difficult one I've ever encountered."
"What happened?" I asked, turning my head.
She looked disdainful and said, "I have never seen a bride like her, so demanding and whiny. It almost made me sick to my stomach."