Chapter 535: Chapter 535: Meeting a Bad Person_1
Upon reconsideration, Qin Sisi felt she was overthinking it. What was most important right now was to handle things at hand properly.
Since the future was so unpredictable, what use was there in thinking too much about it?
Her chaotic thoughts gradually became clearer. After a brief rest, Qin Sisi got up and went to the kitchen to cook. She was hungry after practicing magic for several hours.
After dinner, Qin Sisi sat at her desk to review her magic notes while Ye You entered the Portable Space to practice Alchemy. For a moment, the room was calm and quiet.
By the time Ye You left the Portable Space and had practiced the Fire Bomb magic skill with Qin Sisi for two hours, it was already late at night.
Qin Sisi’s clothes were soaked with sweat and felt uncomfortable. She bathed and changed into a new set of clothes before sitting down with Ye You in the living room, preparing to have a serious conversation with Liu Mengjiao’s ghost.
Ye You lifted his paw and waved it lightly, a cloud of white smoke dispersed, quickly condensing into a pink figure of a woman dressed in a pink nightgown -- Liu Mengjiao.
Once the ghost of Liu Mengjiao had taken human form, she looked around somewhat dazedly before her gaze fell on Qin Sisi, as she was the only person in the room.
Qin Sisi watched Liu Mengjiao, whose spirit seemed somewhat strengthened compared to her listless state the day before.
She stood up, a gentle smile on her face, softly said to Liu Mengjiao, "Hello Meng Jiao, I am Qin Sisi, your fan."
Liu Mengjiao gave Qin Sisi a surprised look, and said ruefully, "I’ve been out of showbiz for over three years. Do I still have fans?"
Qin Sisi immediately nodded vigorously, listing off multiple dramas that Liu Meng Jiao had starred in.
A light seemed to sparkle in Liu Mengjiao’s deathly dull eyes as she murmured, "I didn’t think anyone would remember me."
Seeing that Liu Mengjiao’s mood seemed improved, Qin Sisi nudged the conversation to the topic of Liu Mengjiao leaving showbiz: "When you suddenly announced your withdrawal from showbiz, many fans were reluctant to let you go. But you said you would be very, very happy, so we wished you the best."
There was a gleam of tears in Liu Mengjiao’s eyes. She had once forsaken everything for marriage, thinking it would add more joy to her life, but it turned out to be the start of a tragic journey.
Qin Sisi sighed and asked, "Meng Jiao, you didn’t live happily, did you? Can you tell me why? I can help you."
"Help me?" Liu Mengjiao bitterly laughed in response to what she found to be a hilariously absurd offer. She shook her head in despair. "I’m just a ghost now. How can you possibly help me? I can’t go back. I can never go back."
If she could start all over again, she would never make the same life choices. Regrettably, time doesn’t flow backward, and there is no antidote for regret.
Qin Sisi hesitated before asking, "Meng Jiao, can you tell me whether your death was a suicide or a murder?"
After a silence, Liu Mengjiao replied in a low voice, "I jumped off myself."
"Why?" Although she had speculated, Qin Sisi was still shocked. How had a woman who had once promised to be very happy fallen into such despair in just a few short years?
Liu Mengjiao didn’t answer. Her expression returned to the hopelessness of the previous night. Her face was ashen, her lips tightly sealed - she said nothing.
Qin Sisi’s expression grew solemn, and she said in a serious tone, "Meng Jiao, I told you last night that I am the contractor of Soul Power. Now, I want to ask you to donate your Soul Power to me. In return, I will help realize your unfulfilled wishes from when you were alive, including revenge."
If Liu Mengjiao was driven to suicide by jumping off a building, she must have suffered unbearable pain and anguish enough to take her own life.
If injuries during her lifetime went this deeply, Qin Sisi didn’t believe that Liu Mengjiao had no resentment in her heart.
Sure enough, when Liu Mengjiao heard Qin Sisi’s words, she looked up at Qin Sisi in surprise and asked hesitantly, "You can help me take revenge?"
Qin Sisi didn’t answer immediately. Instead, she walked over to her desk, picked up a piece of white paper, flicked her finger, and the paper instantly turned into ashes in a flame of red and yellow fire.
Only after demonstrating this did she look at Liu Mengjiao, saying earnestly, "Trust me."
Although the Fire Ignition Skill was a rather rudimentary magic skill, for an ordinary person like Liu Mengjiao, it seemed quite miraculous.
Her expression started changing, shifting among anger, sadness, and agony.
Eventually, she looked up at Qin Sisi, her teeth clenched as she said, "Fine, as long as you help me take my revenge, I am willing to grant you my Soul Power."
Qin Sisi breathed a sigh of relief and said in a gentle but firm voice, "I will definitely not let you down. Now, tell me your story."
She had a premonition that Liu Mengjiao’s story was full of twists and turns. Anyone who had been driven to suicide must have experienced tremendous pain and despair.
Her speculation was spot on. As for Liu Mengjiao, her recollection was indeed filled with pain and despair, with an absurdly melodramatic plot.
The story started with Liu Mengjiao leaving showbiz and marrying into a wealthy family to play a full-time housewife. Although Liu Mengjiao was stunning, she never intended to use her beauty to play with emotions. She was genuinely committed to her husband, Ma Liwei.
There’s a saying that "love fades when beauty fades," but it was hardly applicable to Liu Mengjiao. Even though her beauty never faded, her husband’s love had grown more and more distant.
During their honeymoon phase, Ma Liwei was very caring and attentive towards Liu Mengjiao. However, less than a year into their marriage, his playboy nature surfaced, and he started seeing other women.
Liu Mengjiao sensed something was amiss and confronted her husband about it. Ma Liwei, however, denied the accusations and even blamed Liu Mengjiao for not trusting him. The relationship between the two began to deteriorate.
Devastated, Liu Mengjiao thought that having a child might keep her husband’s heart by her side.
However, after she got pregnant and since they couldn’t share a bed, the already unfaithful Ma Liwei’s actions became even more egregious. Citing a busy work schedule, he often wouldn’t come home at night.
Liu Mengjiao spent many nights in tears but felt helpless. Her mother-in-law certainly wouldn’t scold her son and merely made a few noncommittal comforting remarks to Liu Mengjiao, then gave her some money, promising that they would take good care of their grandson in the future.
Liu Mengjiao could only place her hopes on the child in her womb, trying her best to remain calm to ensure a smooth pregnancy.
When she was seven months pregnant, a strange woman added Liu Mengjiao on her social media platform, claiming to be Ma Liwei’s mistress. She sent Liu Mengjiao pictures of the jewelry and luxury cars that Ma Liwei bought for her to flaunt, along with intimate photos of them together. She mocked Liu Mengjiao, saying that the married lady of the house was nothing but an outdated, unattractive old wife.
