Chapter 98: Chapter 98: Rich Overnight
Xiao Fenghao jumped, and his eyes went wide.
"Miss Ling, are you really there?" He asked in an apprehensive tone, suddenly feeling guilty being caught gossiping about a person directly in front of them.
Then, Xiao Jingran covered his mouth and chuckled. "You are still the same, Hao’er. Really hasn’t changed."
Xiao Fenghao’s eyelids twitched, and he became furious when he heard his eldest brother’s words. Why did he feel that Xiao Jingran was treating him like a fool?
"You tricked me!" he accused.
Zhou Anran rubbed her temples, and sighed. "Alright, alright, don’t fight."
They had just met for day one and were already fighting again.
Xiao Fenghao pursed his lips and stayed silent, but he secretly glared at Xiao Jingran when their mother wasn’t looking. In response, Xiao Jingran just gave him a gentle smile.
"Since Jing’er can also talk and see ghosts. He will be in charge of telling the Ling siblings not to tell our Little Ya that we can hear her inner thoughts," she decided.
"I will listen to Mother." Xiao Jingran nodded obediently.
In the next few days, Physician Bai stuffed Xiao Jingran with a lot of bitter medicine to help him recover faster. The young man didn’t even complain, swallowing everything without batting an eye.
The Ling siblings’ case was also finally solved. The yamen had detained their uncle’s family and the people who were involved in their murder.
Each of them received a hundred lashes before they were imprisoned. The magistrate was also a ruthless person. He decided that the mastermind behind the killing will be beheaded while the rest will face a lifetime penal servitude and be forced into free laborers.
Ling Yu and Long Bo were quite satisfied. During one of the days their uncle’s family were imprisoned, Mo Chen brought the two to the yamen and let them scare the perpetrators into confessing their crimes.
In the end, the yamen constables finally found out that their uncle and his eldest son were the main masterminds. They will be beheaded in a few days.
The Xiao family knew that the Ling siblings wanted to witness it, so they deliberately stayed a few more days.
[Elder Sister, the Xiao family is so good to us] Ling Bo sighed.
The resentful aura from them both had dissipated a lot. If they could witness the punishment on their uncle and his eldest son, it might dissipate completely.
[Yes...] Ling Yu was a little emotional.
She had harmed their eldest son, but they were willing to forgive her and even treated them so kindly. Even though they had just met for less than a week, they had treated them better than their relatives.
[Our uncle’s family wanted to get rid of us so that they could seize our lands.] Ling Yu muttered. [Since we have died and no longer have any use for the lands, isn’t it better to give it to them?]
In the past, she had been blinded too much and far too foolish. She originally wanted to sell the land so that they could get money to heal Ling Bo’s leg, but their uncle advised them against it.
He dissuaded her that she shouldn’t sell the lands their parents had left them and should treasure the inheritance instead. Ling Yu has foolishly believed him. Now, she still regretted it.
[Let’s tell them... but will the magistrate believe it?] Ling Bo was worried.
Who would believe it if someone told you a ghost had given them a land?
[Let’s just go to Mr. Mo.] Ling Yu immediately made a decision.
The next morning, the Ling siblings unexpectedly already received a positive answer.
"You can transfer the land’s deed." Mo Chen nodded. "I can talk to the magistrate."
They were thrilled, and thanked him before going to Xiao Qingya to deliver the good news. The little one was still sleepy and didn’t want to wake up, but her second sister already dragged her out of the bed and prepared water for her bath.
[Little Master, we will transfer our land to you soon.] Ling Yu told her in excitement.
Xiao Qingya was a little confused, and she wondered whether she had heard it wrong due to her sleepiness. [Huh?]
[You can use our lands in the county. We will tell you our secret stash too.] Ling Bo added.
The secret stash was originally meant to pay for a physician to take a look at his leg. Alas, he never had a chance to use it.
The little one snapped awake immediately, her small face dumbstruck. How did she wake up and acquire land instead? She had acquired land overnight!
She also didn’t want to take advantage of the siblings, so she pestered her Master for some incense.
The Ling siblings couldn’t eat ordinary food, but they could inhale its essence. It was just that they were less effective for them compared to incense.
[I will buy some incense for you two later.] Xiao Qingya told them as she munched on her chicken leg.
She found out that the Ling siblings’ existence was actually very helpful for her. Not only could they drive away some weaker ghost who wanted to pester her, they could also accompany her to talk.
To be able to talk fluently in human language would take a while for her.
Now, it wasn’t just the stinky system who could talk with her.
The land was precious, and the Ling siblings only needed Xiao Qingya to give them incense once in a while.
The little one was embarrassed if she had to take it without repaying anything back, so she also strived to be better and became more serious as she studied under Mo Chen.
She wanted to be able to make her own incense with better quality someday.
The day Mo Chen brought the Ling siblings to the yamen to witness the punishment to their uncle and his eldest son, the Xiao family also decided to return after the siblings finished.
Xiao Jingran had completely recovered. He even had time to deal with Xiao Fenghao, teaching him a lesson and completely defeating him in terms of martial arts. They hadn’t sparred with each other for a while.
They had been away for over a week, and they suddenly remembered they hadn’t taken care of their paddy rice for a while.
The next day after they returned, the Xiao family went to their fields to check, their hearts preparing for the worst.
