Ha, Karma! – Chapter 16
by Little PandaShe is afraid.
The appearance of the water ghost caught Lin Yun completely by surprise.
Including her appearance and features.
Lin Yun had thought the other party wouldn’t be too different from herself, at least someone from the same era.
But this appearance now left her speechless.
Her previous notion of “a female ghost falling for her boyfriend and threatening her to stay away” instantly collapsed on its own.
Looking at this female ghost, she didn’t seem like someone who would be interested in her boyfriend…
Chu Zhaoqiu stood protectively in front of Lin Yun while searching for traces of Fu Lianxue.
The little water ghost’s powers weren’t strong enough to dare enter alone a place with so many demon hunters, but Fu Lianxue could.
She searched for a while but found nothing.
Fu Lianxue probably didn’t want to be discovered.
Indeed, Fu Lianxue had a public identity as a big celebrity, it wouldn’t be good if Lin Yun saw her.
Thinking thus, she stopped dwelling on Fu Lianxue’s hiding place and focused on protecting Lin Yun.
But this little water ghost seemed to harbor no ill intent?
She got straight to the point: “Do you have business with Miss Lin?”
Lin Yun heard this, looked up at her, then unconsciously shrank back behind her in fear.
Though scared, she remained curious.
“What do you want with me…”
In all her life, this was her first time seeing a ghost, first time hearing a ghost had business with her.
…How strange.
Fortunately Chu Zhaoqiu was here, otherwise she would surely have been frightened to death!
This was also the little water ghost’s first time daring to face a demon hunter directly.
Chen Hong had said that demon hunters were fierce and cruel.
Once they caught her, they would make her soul scatter, with no chance of reincarnation.
Therefore even when deceived she didn’t dare seek help from human demon hunters, fearing she would lose everything if she did.
But now she wasn’t afraid anymore.
She felt like Baobao, becoming daring enough to touch and feel anything, and brave enough to speak.
“Miss Lin, I have something to tell you,” gathering courage from Fu Lianxue’s backing, she stared intensely at Lin Yun and spoke with clear articulation, “Your boyfriend is not a good person!
“He is scheming against you!”
Chu Zhaoqiu merely furrowed her brows.
Having been mentally prepared, hearing these words wasn’t so surprising anymore.
Lin Yun was stunned.
Chen Hong was scheming against her?
Scheming what?
Chen Hong was clearly so considerate, so attentive to her needs, there wasn’t another man like him in the world.
She couldn’t help but ask: “What do you mean, are you deliberately trying to drive us apart?”
Seeing her misunderstanding, the little water ghost hurriedly pointed at herself and dropped another earth-shattering revelation.
“I am the one he sent to scare you!”
Lin Yun was dumbfounded.
The little water ghost straightforwardly revealed the whole truth:
“He wants you to depend on him, to trust only him, so that you can’t live without him, to the point where you won’t even listen to your parents anymore, that’s why he came up with this plan.
“I’m responsible for scaring you, making you afraid, and when he appears I leave, this way he can plant a seed in your heart, making you believe you’re only safe when he’s around, causing you to become more and more dependent, more and more unable to leave him.
“Think about it yourself, aren’t you more dependent on him now than before?”
This pointed question left Lin Yun unable to refute.
As the water ghost said, she had indeed become more dependent on Chen Hong.
Chen Hong had already become synonymous with “security” in her heart; only with him around would she not be afraid, which was why she wouldn’t let Chen Hong leave after being sent home last night.
Until Chu Zhaoqiu appeared and gave her a calming talisman.
But could this water ghost’s words be trusted?
Lin Yun raised her eyes, fixing her gaze on the anxious-looking water ghost.
“How did you come to know him?
“And why did you follow his orders?
“And why are you here telling me all this now?”
Why would a ghost who obediently scared people suddenly turn sides to warn her?
Was it truly an awakening of conscience, or did she have other motives?
“Because he deceived me.”
The little water ghost’s answer was unexpected.
“He never intended to give me freedom from the beginning.”
She and Chen Hong weren’t acquainted from the start, nor was she originally a ghost under his control.
She was just a water ghost.
A water ghost trapped in a necklace, yearning for freedom.
Later she met Chen Hong.
Or rather, Chen Hong found the necklace, found her.
Chen Hong took the necklace home.
She saw the Buddhist beads on his wrist, sensed the spiritual energy around him, thought he was someone capable, and immediately appeared, excitedly asking if he could release her.
Chen Hong looked at her without speaking then, his eyes behind the glasses flashing with a trace of surprise.
After a long while, she finally heard him say:
“Alright, but you need to help me with something.”
He said this was mutual assistance, very fair.
She found it reasonable and agreed.
However, she had one condition: “You can’t make me do bad things.”
Chen Hong smiled and said: “Don’t worry.”
He appeared very friendly, and his words were gentle.
She thought he was truly a good person then.
So she followed his instructions and came to Lin Yun’s home.
She let Lin Yun hear the dripping water sounds.
She entered her dreams, becoming her vague nightmare.
She heard her scream in fear—
She realized something was wrong.
“She is afraid,” she told Chen Hong.
“You haven’t had contact with humans for a long time, right? This is normal, she’ll get used to it,” Chen Hong said.
“Really…” she was half-believing, half-doubting.
She could only continue following his instructions.
For freedom, for the chance of another life.
She entered Lin Yun’s dreams again.
She lingered around her again, causing her to scream in terror time after time.
Every time this happened, she would immediately leave, taking her water sounds away with her.
—She didn’t want her to be so afraid.
She went back to find Chen Hong again, saying once more: “She is afraid.”
This time Chen Hong didn’t make her enter Lin Yun’s dreams anymore.
He said: “From now on just follow her around, no need to get too close.”
She was curious, asking him why he wanted to do this.
But Chen Hong just smiled again, saying: “Of course it’s to make her like me more.”
She didn’t understand.
Didn’t understand modern society, didn’t understand matters between men and women.
So to make someone like oneself more, one had to frighten them?
Then she discovered Chen Hong had given Lin Yun an evil-warding pendant.
This thing seemed to really work against her; she could no longer enter Lin Yun’s dreams.
She was bewildered, understanding even less what Chen Hong was doing.
Several days later, she finally couldn’t hold back and returned to his home, asking him why he did this.
Chen Hong sat in his chair, wearing those Buddhist beads that kept her at bay on his wrist, and when he raised his eyes to look at her, the cunning in his smile was frighteningly cold.
“You really haven’t had contact with humans for a long time.”
She was stunned, completely unable to understand the meaning of these words.
“What do you mean?”
“Nothing much, just praising your innocence.”
“What exactly are you doi—”
“Don’t meddle in affairs that don’t concern you.”
Chen Hong coldly interrupted her questioning.
“If you want freedom, just do as I say, don’t forget, this was our agreement.”
“You can’t break the contract on your own, and don’t think about finding others to help you.
“Ordinary people can’t even see you, and those demon hunters… they hate supernatural creatures the most.
“What do you think will happen to you if you go to them?”
Chen Hong’s words were like a scorching branding iron, suddenly searing her heart, making her afraid to act rashly.
How would demon hunters who despised supernatural beings ever grant freedom to a water ghost?
And her necklace was still in Chen Hong’s possession, she couldn’t even take it away herself, there was truly no escape…
Then she began to work half-heartedly.
After all, Chen Hong couldn’t watch her constantly, so wouldn’t it be fine if she just let Lin Yun hear less water sounds?
Until this day, she discovered Chen Hong’s true purpose.
That day she returned to Chen Hong’s home early and heard him talking on the phone with someone.
She remained silent, watching from hiding.
Chen Hong hadn’t noticed her return.
She saw Chen Hong’s face full of pleased smiles, heard his voice full of impatience.
“Lin Yun can’t live without me now.
“She’s her parents’ only daughter, they treasure her beyond measure, if she insists on marrying only me, what can her parents do?
“Once we’re married, all the Lin family’s money will be mine! Hahaha—”
Hearing these words, she felt as if struck by five thunderbolts.
So this was what “make her like me more” meant!
So Chen Hong really was scheming against his own girlfriend!
Chen Hong really had tricked her into doing bad things!!!
She couldn’t accept this.
What wrong had she done, what wrong had Lin Yun done, why should they be deceived by him?
After much struggle, she still decided to warn Lin Yun.
Freedom was important, but her freedom couldn’t come at the cost of her conscience—even as a ghost, she had a conscience!
The little water ghost finished her recollection, looking guiltily at Lin Yun: “So last night I wrote on the wall to tell you, wanting you to stay away from him…”
The scene fell into instant silence.
The water ghost looked expectantly at Lin Yun, hoping she would believe her.
Even Chu Zhaoqiu couldn’t help but turn to look at Lin Yun, waiting for her answer.
After a long silence, Lin Yun spoke:
“Words alone aren’t proof, how can I believe you?”
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