After Waking Up, I Inherited a Bookstore 86

Chapter 86: Lin Ying’s Past

“Are we talking about it now? Let’s go take a shower. I’ll sort things out and then tell you slowly,” Liu Chuxia said, looking at her.

“Okay.”

Then, the group went to take a shower.

“A Xia, let’s shower together. It’ll be faster,” Li Hanyan said, feeling that she had made her hint very obvious.

But Liu Chuxia pretended not to understand and asked, “How is it faster? It’s so inconvenient with two people. Go and take your shower.”

“A Xia…” Li Hanyan looked at her with a wronged expression.

“You’re really like a child who didn’t get any candy. Let’s go,” Liu Chuxia said, afraid that she would cry in the next second.

Li Hanyan’s mood instantly turned from cloudy to sunny. She picked up Liu Chuxia with a beaming smile and walked towards the bathroom.

Because she was afraid of keeping Jiang Jiajia and the others waiting for too long, Li Hanyan didn’t dare to mess around for too long.

Liu Chuxia came out of the bathroom in Li Hanyan’s arms, leaning against her and planting strawberries on her.

“A Xia, stop messing with me. If Jiajia and the others have to wait too long, I’ll say it was you who seduced me.”

Liu Chuxia let go. “Oh? I dare you to say that again.”

Li Hanyan immediately shut her mouth.

When the group gathered in the conference room again, they saw some marks on each other’s bodies and exchanged a knowing smile.

Xiao Xu said she didn’t understand, because her wife wouldn’t let her kiss her.

“Chuxia, we’re all ears,” Jiang Jiajia said with a smile in Xiao Nian’s embrace.

“Alright,” Liu Chuxia replied. She found a comfortable position and then began to speak, “I met Xiaoying when I was a freshman in college. We were roommates, and we slowly became friends, best friends. She and Li Hanyan actually didn’t get along from the beginning. They disliked each other, but nothing major happened. Other than bickering, they got along fine. If things had continued like this, she would have had a very good future.

But one night, on her way back from a barbecue restaurant with takeout, she was gang-raped by seven beasts. Those people even imprisoned her in a house and subjected her to three whole days of inhuman abuse. When I and the law enforcers found her, she was only breathing her last, sitting there with a dazed look in her eyes. She was indeed rescued in the end.

But she had lost the will to live. She said she wanted to become a courtesan, so that she might become a Heart Bewitching Ghost after she died, and then she could take revenge. I don’t know where she heard this from, but no matter how I tried to persuade her, I couldn’t. It wasn’t until she had gotten herself an infectious disease that she jumped off a building.

Her parents were truly pitiful. She was their only daughter, and they doted on her. Those beasts directly destroyed a beautiful family. A bunch of beasts with their brains in their crotches! Her parents were truly pitiful. They had a child late in life, but such a thing happened. Her mother fainted from crying several times at her funeral, and her father almost fell ill and couldn’t get up.

I just didn’t expect her to really become a Heart Bewitching Ghost. Sigh… so I really didn’t want her to die. But… sigh…”

“Beasts! Scum!” Xiao Xu’s eyes turned red with anger again. Ke Yan, holding her, was also emotionally unstable.

Jiang Jiajia cried out in anger, “How can there be such beasts! How are they worthy of being called human!”

Xiao Nian, holding her, was not much better off.

Li Hanyan leaned against her embrace with red-rimmed eyes and said in a trembling voice, “Why didn’t you tell me? If I had known, those beasts would have definitely not seen the next day’s sun.”

Liu Chuxia’s eyes also turned red. “Xiaoying didn’t let me tell you. She seemed to know your identity. I don’t know how she found out.”

“Why didn’t she want to tell me?”

Liu Chuxia shook her head. She also didn’t know why Lin Ying didn’t want to tell her.

Xiao Nian looked at her and asked, “What was the verdict for those scumbags after they were caught by the law enforcers?”

Thinking of this, Liu Chuxia felt so heartbroken she couldn’t breathe.

“One of those scumbags had a strong family background. And a few of them were minors. They said they couldn’t be convicted, so they were released.

When Xiaoying heard this news at the time, she went crazy and wanted to kill them herself. If not for her aunt and uncle stopping her, I wouldn’t have been able to hold her back.

But after Xiaoying died, those scumbags all committed suicide one after another. It was Xiaoying who took revenge. Her aunt and uncle even wanted their daughter to come back at one point. It was their relatives who stopped the couple. Otherwise, their home would have really been in a mess.”

“Did any of those scumbags form ghosts?” Jiang Jiajia asked.

“They did, but they were all killed by Xiaoying.”

“Letting them die like that is really letting these scumbags off too easy! By the way, weren’t there still some in prison?”

“They’re all dead too. The ones who formed ghosts were also killed. Xiaoying was formed because of these people in the first place. It’s because she killed people and committed murder… she dirtied her own hands by killing them, but she had to. Sigh…” Liu Chuxia sighed, hugging Li Hanyan.

“Indeed. But she shouldn’t have killed the Spirit Masters again. Otherwise, I would have had a way to remove her murderous nature,” Jiang Jiajia said with regret.

“It’s useless to talk about this now. I want to go and see her aunt and uncle tomorrow. Does anyone want to go?” Liu Chuxia asked, wiping Li Hanyan’s tears with a wet wipe.

“Of course we all want to go. We’ll have to send them some things during the holidays from now on. Since they no longer have a daughter, we can be their daughters,” Jiang Jiajia said seriously with red eyes.

“Mhm.” They all nodded, thinking this was a good idea.

“Then let’s all go and rest. We’ll get up early tomorrow,” Li Hanyan said in a muffled voice.

Jiang Jiajia nodded and led Xiao Nian out. Xiao Xu and Ke Yan were still sitting on the sofa, comforting each other.

“Xiao Xu, don’t do anything stupid. Those people are all dead, completely dead. You must keep your emotions in check, you know? The same goes for you, Ke Yan. Neither of you should do anything stupid,” Liu Chuxia said seriously, looking at them.

The two ghosts nodded obediently. “Don’t worry, sister. I’ll keep an eye on Xiao Xu,” Ke Yan said, turning to her.

“Mhm, okay. Then we’ll go to sleep.”

“Okay, go on.”

The two of them then went out.

“It’s almost the Mid-Autumn Festival, right? Her aunt and uncle must be having a hard time,” Liu Chuxia said.

“Let’s see if Master comes back. If not, we’ll have lunch with them. But Jiajia and the others probably won’t have time to come. If Master comes back, we’ll send some gifts over, keep them company for a while, and then come back.”

“Okay, I’ll listen to you.”

The next morning, the four humans and two ghosts set off. On the way, Zhang Wanfeng called, saying she had news about the ‘Master.’

“We’ll talk when we get back. We’re busy right now,” Li Hanyan said with a frown.

“Okay.”

When they arrived, they went upstairs and knocked on the door a few times. A weathered voice from inside asked, “Who is it?”

“It’s me, Xiaoxia.”

Then there was a noise from inside. The door opened to reveal a somewhat aged man. Then, an old woman in an apron also came out to take a look.

“Auntie, Uncle, I’ve brought some people to see you,” Liu Chuxia said with a smile, holding a box of milk and a large bag of fruit.

“Xiaoxia? Good, good. Hahaha, come in quickly,” Lin Chun said with a grin.

Liu Chuxia and the others were all carrying something. After putting the things on the table, Li Lan said with a smile, “Why did you buy so many things? Old Lin and I can’t finish them all. It’s enough that you’re here. Quick, sit down. I’ll make you some tea.”