After Waking Up, I Inherited a Bookstore 105

Chapter 105: Xu Fanzhen

Liu Chuxia stepped aside. The little girl inside was hugging her legs and sobbing softly.

“Baby! Don’t cry, don’t cry. Mom didn’t kill anyone. Mom will never kill anyone again. Trust Mom, okay?” the fierce ghost said, holding the child in her arms.

“Mhm. Mom is not allowed to kill anyone again,” the little girl said in a muffled voice, leaning against the fierce ghost’s embrace.

“I know. I’ll listen to my baby.”

Liu Chuxia stood at the door, watching this somewhat heartwarming scene, and said, “Are you willing to come with me?”

The fierce ghost held the little girl and looked at Liu Chuxia. “I’ve killed people. Will you Spirit Masters let me go? And I just appeared in this clothing store and was seen by ordinary people. I’ve already broken the rules. Do you still dare to take us back?”

“I dare. What’s there not to dare?” Liu Chuxia took out a bottle from her bag. “Get in.”

“You really dare to take us? You won’t kill me?” The fierce ghost was a little incredulous.

“What’s there not to dare? Get in. I won’t kill you. This is not a place to talk,” Liu Chuxia said calmly, holding the bottle and looking at her.

The fierce ghost thought for a moment and then entered the bottle with the child. Anyway, it was better than being dead.

By the time Liu Chuxia returned to the bookstore, it was almost noon. But she still went to the conference room and called everyone in.

“What is it? It’s almost lunchtime. Can’t we talk later?” Jiang Jiajia said as she came in and collapsed on the sofa, looking at Liu Chuxia.

Without a word, Liu Chuxia released the red-clothed fierce ghost.

The moment she came out, the fierce ghost was a little nervous, looking at the few people here with wary eyes.

But when Xiao Xu and Ke Yan came in, she was stunned. “This… how can there be others of our kind here?” Then she looked at the little dumpling in their arms.

She exclaimed, “What’s going on? How is this child the same as my daughter? Only half yin energy.”

“Tell me your story first. I want to know what’s going on with your daughter,” Liu Chuxia said, looking at her.

“You… you really want to know? I thought you were just kidding, trying to trick me.”

“I have no reason to trick you, do I? If I wanted to kill you, I would have killed you long ago. Why go to all this trouble?” Liu Chuxia said with some helplessness.

Just then, the child in her arms suddenly spoke up, “Can you not kill my mom? She hasn’t killed anyone else besides those bad people. I’m begging you, please don’t kill my mom.”

As she spoke, her eyes turned red, and little pearls of tears fell.

Xuanbao, in Xiao Xu’s arms, saw that the slightly older sister was crying. She struggled out of Xiao Xu’s embrace and wobbled over to the little girl.

She took out a piece of paper from her small pocket and handed it to the little girl. “Sister, don’t cry, don’t cry.”

She wanted to imitate the way Ke Yan would pat her back to comfort her, but unfortunately, the little one didn’t realize she was shorter than the other girl. She reached out for a long time but couldn’t touch the little girl’s back. In the end, she could only pat her waist to comfort her.

The little girl looked at the smaller dumpling, and with some curiosity, reached out and touched her little cheek.

It was smooth and nice to touch.

Liu Chuxia walked over with a smile, knelt down, and held the little dumpling in her arms. She looked at the little girl and said, “We won’t kill your mom. Don’t worry. Now, can you help me take care of Xuanbao for a bit? She seems to like you a lot.”

With that, she gently pushed the little dumpling forward. The little girl looked at the dumpling in front of her, nodded, and then turned to glance at the red-clothed fierce ghost. Seeing her agree, she took Xuanbao to the side to play.

A child’s world is actually very simple. With a little coaxing and enticement, they can be easily led.

Liu Chuxia watched the children bouncing around, and her mood improved as well.

She turned to look at the red-clothed fierce ghost and asked, “Now, can you tell me what’s going on with you and that child? And what should we call you?”

The red-clothed fierce ghost found a place to sit down and said with her head lowered, “My name is Xu Fanzhen. I originally lived in a beautiful and happy family. But until a woman appeared, the atmosphere of this family was broken.

I fell in love with her and was met with strong opposition from my parents. Then I started to stay out all night, to disobey them, and to pick up drinking and smoking.

That day was my birthday. I went to see her in a red dress. Unexpectedly, I saw her and another woman kissing naked on the sofa. Her first reaction when she saw me was to tell me to get out.

The reason was that I had seen her precious body. Hehehe, disgusting, really disgusting. How could I fall in love with such a person?

After that, I fled from her house in a sorry state and wandered the streets. I didn’t know where else I could go. At that time, I was like a walking corpse, walking aimlessly.

Until I entered a dark alley and was hugged from behind. I couldn’t break free. That person’s strength was very great. I knew it was a man.

Just then, two more men appeared in the darkness.

They pressed me against the wall and raped me. After they were done, they killed me. Maybe it’s because I died in a red dress, so I formed a fierce ghost. Or maybe it’s also because my resentment was particularly strong?”

Xu Fanzhen paused, calmed her emotions, and then continued, “When I woke up, I found that I had already become a red-clothed fierce ghost, and I couldn’t control my emotions. A few days later, I found that there was a life in my belly.

I was also very strange about how this child came to be, but since she appeared by my side, I would definitely take good care of her.

Not long after, this child was born. Her birth was also very magical. I just took a nap, and there was a child next to me, about the same size as she is now.

You also know that ghosts don’t need to sleep, but for those few days, I kept feeling a drowsiness I hadn’t felt in a long time. In the end, I couldn’t hold on any longer and fell asleep.

I gave her a name, Xu Zhenbao. She is my only treasure now.”

(T/N: 珍 (Zhēn): Means “precious,” “rare,” or “cherished. ” 宝 (Bǎo): Means “treasure,” “jewel,”)

Xu Fanzhen smiled at the little girl. As long as her daughter could grow up happily, she could leave with peace of mind.

“So you killed all those men?” Liu Chuxia asked.

Xu Fanzhen nodded. “I also killed that woman. She had a happy family, but what about me? She harmed me to this extent. Why did she provoke me if she didn’t love me?”

Speaking of this, Xu Fanzhen had some trouble controlling the leakage of her yin energy. But she was suppressed by the bookstore’s formation, so it didn’t affect the people around her.

Liu Chuxia nodded. “Then why did you appear in the clothing store and scare people?”

Hearing this, Xu Fanzhen’s eyes turned red with anger. “I took Xiaobao to the mall to play, and then we were targeted by a group of human traffickers. But those people couldn’t see me and thought Xiaobao was alone. They wanted to kidnap her when no one was paying attention.

Coincidentally, just as I turned my head to look elsewhere, Xiaobao was taken away by those people. Fortunately, Xiaobao has half yin energy and flashed to hide in that fitting room, hiding herself.

And because I couldn’t control my angry emotions, my yin energy was exposed, and I appeared in the clothing store. I originally wanted to kill all those people, but Xiaobao didn’t want me to kill anyone. She said it was enough to just catch them and scare them.

So I went to find them. I just didn’t expect you Spirit Masters to come so quickly. I sensed someone approaching Xiaobao and rushed back. You know the rest.”