After Waking Up, I Inherited a Bookstore 132

Chapter 132: Skin-Changing Ghost Defeated

Liu Chuxia channeled her qi into the paper. Seeing a flash of fire, she threw it out.

The Skin-Changing Ghost in front of her couldn’t outrun the ball of light. After being hit, it let out a miserable scream and fell to the ground.

It struggled to get up, but a sword filled with righteous qi was pressed against its neck.

“Run. Try running again.”

The Skin-Changing Ghost smiled and lay on the ground in defeat.

“Kill me.”

“Hmph! You want to die? It’s not that easy,” Liu Chuxia said, taking out a bottle. Before the Skin-Changing Ghost could say anything, she had already put it inside.

By the time Liu Chuxia returned to the grassy field, the group had already finished cleaning up and were waiting for her in the car.

“A Xia, are you okay?” Li Hanyan asked as she checked her body. Seeing no wounds, she let out a breath of relief.

“I’m fine. This is the Skin-Changing Ghost,” Liu Chuxia said with a smile, handing over the bottle.

“You can keep it. We’ll find a place to interrogate it later.”

“Mhm.”

After that, Liu Chuxia called Liu Chu. Liu Chu told them to go back to the Liu family first and wait for news in Liu Junyue’s courtyard.

The group discussed it and all agreed with what Liu Chu had said.

Then they drove back to the Liu family.

When they arrived at Liu Junyue’s courtyard, they didn’t expect Liu Chu to be there as well.

“Mom! Why are you here too?” Liu Chuxia asked with some excitement, running over.

Liu Chu hugged her. “I came here to talk to your grandmother about some things. Come and listen. My dear has grown a lot.”

“Hehe, of course. It’s because I’ve been eating well and training well.”

“Mhm~ my dear is the best,” Liu Chu said, rubbing her face, her eyes filled with a smile.

“Alright. Come and sit down. You’ve worked hard.”

Zhang Qingchu said, moving out a few chairs.

Jiang Jiajia didn’t dare to say it was hard work. She quickly took the two chairs from Zhang Qingchu’s hand and said with a smile, “We didn’t work hard. Chuxia dealt with it all by herself just now. We just helped clean up the aftermath. You don’t know, Chuxia…”

The moment Jiang Jiajia started talking, she couldn’t stop. She pulled Zhang Qingchu to sit down and started to tell the story with gestures and embellishments.

Liu Chuxia shook her head, a little speechless.

“Jiajia is quite the talker,” Liu Chu said with a smile.

“Mom, you can’t listen to what she’s saying. She’s just adding things to it,” Liu Chuxia said with some helplessness, leaning on Li Hanyan’s shoulder.

“Haha, it’s fine. With her here, she can also keep your Auntie Qing company, so she won’t always be thinking of doing this and that.”

“That’s true.”

As for Liu Junyue in the kitchen, she was silently working. It was Li Hanyan who hadn’t seen her and had gone in to take a look, then stayed to help.

Liu Chu wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with Liu Chuxia, so she couldn’t stay there any longer.

“Why did you come in?”

“I didn’t see you, so I thought you must be in the kitchen. I might as well help you. There’s nothing for me to do outside.”

“I can handle it here by myself. You can go out and chat with them,” Liu Junyue said as she picked vegetables.

“I’m not good at talking, you know that. I’d rather help you.”

As for Zhang Qingchu outside, she was listening with great interest and had completely forgotten about cooking.

“My dear, how is your relationship with Hanyan?”

“It’s very good. We’re planning to get married after this ‘Master’ matter is over.”

“I’m relieved that your relationship is good. She’s a bit of a one-track mind. You should talk to her more sometimes. This child has been with those old men and women for a long time, but it’s a good thing she hasn’t been led astray. After all, with your grandmother and your Auntie Qing here, she can’t be that bad,” Liu Chu said with a gentle smile, taking a sip of tea.

“Mhm, she’s also changed a lot now. She even argued with Elder Yu and the others for me before.”

“Is that so? I haven’t heard anyone mention it. That group of people led by Elder Yu has been going against me since I became the family head, trying to control the lifeline of the Liu family. Maybe they feel that their contributions are great, so they’ve become even more unrestrained after I didn’t punish them.”

Liu Chuxia held her cup and took a sip of hot tea. “Even if the Liu family were to be handed over to them, it wouldn’t develop. With their old-fashioned and rigid thinking, they don’t know how to keep up with the times. If the Liu family were really in their hands, I’m afraid it wouldn’t even be comparable to the Xiao family now.”

“Let’s not talk about them. It’s just infuriating to mention them.”

“Okay. Speaking of the Xiao family, we’ve also beaten up old man Xiao’s most beloved son before. Jiajia has already started to prepare to deal with the Xiao family during this time. She said that Xiao Shuming has been living too well and can’t wait any longer.”

Liu Chu glanced at Jiang Jiajia and said with a smile, “I’ve heard about this from Wang Mian. I didn’t expect you to be so bold. If old man Xiao finds out, he’ll probably be angered to death.”

“Hmph! So what if he knows? Anyway, with Mom here to back us up, hehe. And the things Xiao Shuming has done can’t be settled with just a few beatings.”

Liu Chuxia put down her cup and took Liu Chu’s hand.

“You. You can’t be so reckless in the future. When I’m gone, who will help you?” Liu Chu said with a faint smile, tapping her on the forehead.

“Mom will definitely live a long life! She will definitely live longer than old man Xiao. He has committed so many sins. He definitely won’t have a good time when he goes down to the underworld.”

Just then, Liu Junyue’s voice came over, “Time to eat. Several of the dishes today were made by Hanyan. Come quickly.”

Only then did Zhang Qingchu react. “Oh my! I forgot to cook. I was so engrossed in listening to your story.”

“It’s fine. Isn’t it done now? Let’s go and eat,” Jiang Jiajia said with a grin.

She took one in each hand and walked to the stone table.

But Zhang Qingchu just didn’t feel right. She stood up and walked into the kitchen. Seeing that Li Hanyan was still stir-frying the last of the green vegetables, she wanted her to go out first and let her do it.

“Auntie Qing, you go and eat. I can handle it here. Go on,”

Li Hanyan gave her a bowl and chopsticks and pushed her out.

“Hey! You child. Can’t I help you?”

“No need. I’ll be out after I’m done with this. You should go and eat.”

Just then, Liu Chuxia and Liu Junyue also came.

Liu Chuxia glanced inside and asked, “Hanyan, are you almost done?”

“Almost,” Li Hanyan said, serving the cabbage.

Liu Chuxia nodded, then turned to look at Zhang Qingchu. “Auntie Qing, don’t just stand there. Go and sit down.”

Liu Junyue came out with the cabbage and chimed in with a smile, “That’s right. Go and sit down.”

Zhang Qingchu was a little helpless and could only follow them to the stone table.

After Li Hanyan came out, the group started to eat. Xiao Xu and the others were also released.

Among them, Xiaobao and Xuanbao were the most popular. Zhang Qingchu was extremely fond of them.

She didn’t even eat her own food and just fed the two little gluttons.

Liu Junyue couldn’t stand it. She carried the two little ones to Liu Chuxia and Li Hanyan’s side, then took a bowl and fed Zhang Qingchu.

“Oh my, I can eat by myself.”

“Those two children can also eat by themselves. They don’t need you to feed them. Just eat your own food properly,” Liu Junyue said with a slightly serious face.

“Why are you so fierce?” Zhang Qingchu said, holding her bowl and moving a little closer to her.

As for the two little dumplings, they were sitting on a chair, shaking their heads and eating with great relish.

“Mommy, I want some eggplant,” Xuanbao said in a soft, glutinous voice.