Chapter 36, The Eleventh
After Liu Qian died, the one person who couldn’t let go was Liu Zining.
Even with Qin Liu’s help, who wouldn’t want to see their loved ones one more time?
Liu Qian certainly felt the same, and this had even become her obsession, keeping her in Youdu until she could see Liu Zining’s face.
Upon hearing Liu Qian’s words, Qin Liu felt a heavy weight in her heart.
To be precise, if she hadn’t borrowed some lifespan from Liu Haoyu, the loneliness and suffering she would face later wouldn’t be much different from Liu Qian’s current state.
Because of this, Qin Liu took a deep breath, a plan seemingly forming in her mind.
“Do you want to see your sister?”
Liu Qian fell into thought, but then nodded.
“It’s impossible to say I don’t want to, but I have no way to return to the human world.”
“Those are not problems. You just need to answer if you want to see her.”
Although ghosts without physical bodies might have their consciousness disappear when returning to the human world, this wasn’t a problem for the complete Qin Liu. She had plenty of ways to solve such matters.
If she were dead, due to the constraints of the rules, she indeed had no way to return to the human world. But Liu Qian was very weak, so this was not an issue.
“But King Yama…”
Liu Qian’s expression showed hesitation, but Qin Liu placed her hand on her shoulder, revealing a very kind expression.
“Don’t worry, I’m very familiar with Old Yama. It’s absolutely no problem to let you go see your sister.”
After all, this old fox had ripped her off significantly. If he dared not let her go?
Qin Liu swore that not a single hair of his beard would remain; she’d pull them all out!
“But your identity…”
Liu Qian hadn’t forgotten that the current Liu Zining had recognized Qin Liu as her sister. If she met her own sister again, wouldn’t that be awkward?
Qin Liu waved her hand.
“A small problem, it just needs to be explained clearly.”
“Besides, you are her real sister, aren’t you?”
Seeing Qin Liu’s casual expression, Liu Qian stopped speaking and simply bowed slightly.
“…Thank you.”
“You’re welcome,” Qin Liu finished the lemon tea in her cup and then said to Liu Haoyu, “Let’s go. We’ve rested enough, it’s time for us to head back.”
“Okay.”
Liu Haoyu followed behind Qin Liu and walked out of the Meng Po Coffee Shop.
As someone who knew Qin Liu extremely well, he naturally understood one thing.
Although Qin Liu was very casual, her brow seemed to be furrowed with worry about something.
“You seem unhappy about something.”
“How could I be?” Qin Liu shook her head. “Isn’t a reunion of sisters a happy ending for everyone? Why would I be unhappy?”
As Qin Liu spoke, Liu Haoyu gently hugged her.
The former was slightly startled after being hugged, but her stiff body soon relaxed.
Had she truly let go?
Qin Liu wasn’t sure.
It was true that her own sister was Liu Zining, but it wasn’t *this* “Liu Zining.”
For this reason, she knew very well that she couldn’t claim something that belonged to others based on her own preferences.
However, the problem was… how was her real sister doing?
It had been over forty years since she arrived in this world.
No one knew what her sister was up to.
Qin Liu remained silent, simply resting in Liu Haoyu’s embrace, feeling his body temperature. She took a deep breath.
She couldn’t reveal her identity as a transmigrator to anyone, but to prevent Liu Haoyu from worrying too much, Qin Liu slowly opened her mouth and said:
“I… miss my family.”
“Family?” Liu Haoyu heard Qin Liu’s words and then tentatively asked, “Your mom and dad?”
“…Yes.”
After a while, Qin Liu nodded.
Seeing her reaction, Liu Haoyu knew Qin Liu wasn’t lying, but he still felt something was off.
Even so, Liu Haoyu gently stroked Qin Liu’s hair and whispered in her ear:
“It’s okay, they are definitely watching us,”
“And… aren’t I your family too?”
“You are not alone.”
Hearing Liu Haoyu’s words, Qin Liu’s face flushed slightly.
“Pfft, so cheesy, so incredibly cheesy.”
Despite her words, the happiness on her face couldn’t be hidden.
After a bit of playful banter, they sat by the fountain in the center of the plaza, with Qin Liu nestled in Liu Haoyu’s arms.
“I was thinking, after this matter is over…”
“To allow peace for those who have already departed,”
“And also to allow more people to participate,”
“I think… our wedding should be held in the borderland of life and death,”
“The living can come, and those who have already passed can also watch.”
After hearing Qin Liu’s suggestion, Liu Haoyu thought for a moment and then nodded.
“Alright.”
Although the wedding was somewhat spectral, as Qin Liu said, holding it in the borderland of life and death was more appropriate for those who had already departed to witness.
After all, her father had passed away not long ago, and he was definitely somewhere in Youdu now.
It was even possible he was already watching them but had not come out.
Most importantly, given Qin Liu’s physical condition, holding the wedding in the human world wasn’t very suitable either.
“Then it’s settled.”
Qin Liu turned her head and extended her pinky finger.
“Pinky promise.”
“Are you a child?”
Liu Haoyu playfully complained, but he still extended his hand.
— — —
The World in the Mirror.
Gu Wanxue looked at the headless corpse before her and slowly said.
“Ancestor, are you still alive?”
Although Gu Wanxue was a university student of folklore, as a descendant of the Gu family, she was also a ghost exorcist.
Therefore, she knew that even though his head was gone, Gu Qianyang was a ghost, so he was definitely alive.
Just as Gu Wanxue predicted, the headless corpse slowly sat up and emitted a hoarse voice.
“These minor injuries can’t do me in…”
Gu Qianyang was alive, and his hoarse voice suppressed unspeakable rage.
“Qin Liu, Qin Liu…”
“Qin Liu, Qin Liu, Qin Liu, Qin Liu!”
The old man muttered Qin Liu’s name as if he had gone mad, clenching his fists, his body trembling uncontrollably.
“What is the current number of sacrifices for the Mirror Gate?”
“Ancestor, Jiangliu City is under martial law, so I went to Jiangquan City last night and killed two,” Gu Wanxue said with a respectful bow. “There are now 10 Mirror Ghosts. We only need two more for the Mirror Gate to be completed.”
Upon hearing this, Gu Qianyang let out a series of eerie laughs as if he had lost his mind.
“Ten, ten already.”
“Ancestor, our family’s revenge will be completed soon…”
Her words abruptly stopped. Gu Wanxue slowly lowered her head, disbelief filling her vacant eyes.
A hand as withered as a tree branch pierced her chest and crushed her heart.
“The eleventh.”
