Fate Trading System – Chapter 81

Plan A

Gift of the Spring Breeze 15

Jinling

Ling Zhi choked for a moment, realizing their little fool had become smart.

“Pfft.”

Qin Yi was very close to them, and with good hearing, naturally heard the conversation between Ling Zhi and Su Xin.

Ling Zhi, smiling, pulled Su Xin up in one swift motion.

Nothing resolves matters faster than that.

Su Xin transformed from a juicy big pear into pear water.

As a female ghost absorbing yin energy, the female ghost felt that her yin energy was all absorbed by this demon.

“Elder sister, why do you like me?”

Su Xin poked repeatedly, eating a red bean paste flavored bun.

“Because we are naturally a perfect match.”

Ling Zhi picked up their previous red thread, tying both parties with Yue Lao’s red thread, are naturally a perfect match.

Who else would be more compatible than them?

“Then how about you? Why do you like me?”

“Because you like me, so I reluctantly like you too.”

Ling Zhi lightly hummed, took a bite of the big pear, used her hand to touch the pear core, and Su Xin immediately begged for mercy.

“Because you have all the traits I like.”

“What kind of traits do you like?”

“Good-looking, likes me, and is pleasing to my eye.”

The necessary prerequisite is that they like her; Su Xin will not like people who do not like her.

These days, who isn’t a little princess?

“Then if someone else who is good-looking and likes you appears, would you go and like someone else?”

Ling Zhi again took a bite of the little heartless Su Xin who stayed in her arms.

“You bite me again, I am a pear tree, not a pear. If you want to eat a pear, I will change into one for you.”

Su Xin accused with grievance.

“I don’t know why, but I just really want to bite you. I always feel seeing you makes my teeth itch.”

I wish I could bite her to death and swallow her into my stomach, so she can’t run anywhere.

Ling Zhi was stunned; the little fool never planned to run away.

But for some reason, she just has that kind of thought, as if this person seems to stay in her arms, yet her heart is far away at the horizon.

“Elder sister, is this really your attitude toward liking me?”

The little demon pouted and poked Ling Zhi.

“Don’t change the subject, answer my previous question.”

“Probably not, actually I don’t really know.”

Su Xin isn’t too picky; she also doesn’t know what kind of person she’ll meet at what time or place.

“Little heartless one.”

Ling Zhi really began to bite, having stewed rock sugar snow pear overnight.

On the second day, Qin Yi continued traveling with Su Xin, who was still daydreaming in the carriage.

Upon learning that besides today, they still needed to rush for another day on the road, Su Xin’s expression was one of despair.

Being inside here all the time is too stuffy, too boring.

Master Fourteen, have you finished your work?

【Yes, the application has been successfully submitted, and until a new host is signed, you are my only responsibility.】

Speaking of which, how did Yixiao die?

【She died in a car accident while saving the person she liked.】

There are quite a few car accidents these days.

【Indeed.】

I feel like her story is just like a cheap melodrama.

【No, the person she liked also didn’t like anyone else.】

It’s unrequited love, but it’s not about being scummy or cheap.

If possible, I hope to meet her, because I feel she would be a very good person.

【Hmm.】

Master Fourteen, after I leave, or when a new person comes, will you mention me to other hosts?

【Of course, you will be an excellent example.】

Su Xin and Fourteen chatted idly for a while, continuing to feel bored.

Lan Yue and Qin Yi were each holding a book and reading, appearing very engrossed, and at the side, perhaps from practice, always maintaining the same posture.

Su Xin wanted to roll around a bit, but in the end, could only sigh gloomily.

【Host, I’m not very good at chatting.】

I know, because you always manage to kill the conversation.

【…connecting you to System Thirteen…】

Stop, stop, stop! I suddenly feel it’s not so slow, not so boring. Please don’t call that chatterbox system over; its host can endure it, but I can’t!

Su Xin thought of the fear dominated by Thirteen at the beginning, that system was very talkative and spoke very fast, as if exploding in her head.

【Um… okay, call request has been closed.】

Can anyone really endure it chirping in their head?

【Of course, because its host, before doing tasks, was a deaf-mute person.】

Thirteen’s appearance was considered his redemption.

Su Xin actually wanted to call the ghost sister to come out and play with her, but it was broad daylight, and with several living people nearby, she couldn’t play wantonly.

“Miss Li, are you very bored? I have other books here; do you want to read?”

Lan Yue finally spoke; she had previously been in a state of half ignoring Su Xin.

Su Xin didn’t mind, as she didn’t want to talk with this laundry detergent lady anyway. Although she felt the person was quite nice, there just wasn’t any connection, and Su Xin felt nothing for her.

“No need, thank you.”

Su Xin was illiterate; as a newly born little demon, how could she know how to read?

Qin Yi also didn’t want to see his daughter looking so restless from idleness, so he started telling Su Xin some interesting stories from his past.

Su Xin listened with keen interest, while a dark glint flashed in Lan Yue’s eyes as she sat beside her.

When it was time to rest in the evening, Su Xin was about to go play with her ghost sister when Lan Yue called her.

“Miss Li, don’t you need dinner? I noticed you didn’t eat much at lunch. Is the weather too hot, affecting your appetite?”

“Mm.”

Su Xin nodded; the truth is that she is a little demon girl who drinks dew and doesn’t need to eat food.

Su Xin’s attitude was too perfunctory because she was anxious to go to the room and play with her ghost sister.

“Miss Li, do you not like me very much?”

Lan Yue lightly frowned her beautiful eyebrows, looking very endearing.

“No, her nature is like this, please don’t mind.”

Qin Yi explained on behalf of his daughter. In fact, he also knew the truth, okay, it was just for fun to go play with his… daughter-in-law.

Lan Yue forced a smile and lowered her head to eat.

Actually, whether Su Xin liked her or not, she didn’t know, but it was true that she didn’t quite like Su Xin.

Perhaps beautiful women all feel a sense of crisis toward women who are more beautiful than themselves, especially since Qin Yi still protects her so much.

Their relationship was very close, but there was an indescribable strangeness to it, not like romantic love, nor like master-servant affection; it surpassed those kinds of emotions.

If Qin Yi knew what Lan Yue thought, he would certainly sigh and say that it is father-daughter love, because fatherly love is like a mountain, naturally surpassing many ordinary emotions.

After several days of traveling, the group finally reached their destination.

Jinling is a very large city, extremely prosperous, with both waterway and land transportation being very convenient. Here, merchants from all over gather, along with northern and southern goods, and various cultural customs. It is a very magical city.

Lan Yue’s brother lives in a mansion on a street that only wealthy people can afford, where people have been waiting for a long time.

“Second Miss.”

The servants saluted her, looking very respectful.

Their gaze paused on Su Xin for a moment, then they immediately lowered their heads, showing they had received training.

Qin Yi, out of occupational habit, subconsciously scrutinized all places once over.

In the Jianghu, no one knows Lan Yue’s background, but Lan Yue seems to never lack money, suggesting a wealthy family background. Her brother’s home also appears to be from a very wealthy merchant family.

“Brother?”

Lan Yue hurriedly walked in, with a maid following behind her, holding her zither.

“Not yet past the first seven days, the Eldest Young Master’s coffin is placed in the mourning hall.”

Qin Yi noticed the way they addressed each other and felt it was somewhat strange.

If he is a servant of this mansion, then he should call the mansion’s master as master, but he called him the eldest young master, which indicates he knows of their parents’ existence.

Qin Yi just looked at that servant a few times and saw the clue, appearing extraordinary and looking like he has practiced martial arts, with skills not low. How can a merchant family have such a servant?

Lan Yue went to the mourning hall, where white flags were hung, cold and desolate.

In the mourning hall, no one was guarding, and in this large mansion, it seemed that, except for a few guiding servants, all other servants were not seen.

Lan Yue touched the coffin lid, frowning as she pondered matters.

“How did brother die?”

“Killed by a single palm strike, it’s unclear what style it was. That palm technique doesn’t belong to any current Jianghu faction’s palm technique.”

According to the servant who saw the corpse, Lan Yue’s brother had a dark green palm print on his back, and besides that, his whole body had no other wounds.

According to the examination, his entire body’s meridians were shattered by the shock, leading to death, and the area struck was even more tragic, indicating that the attacker was highly skilled in martial arts and is a master.

“Palm technique…”

Currently, in the Jianghu, there are not many people who use palm techniques; most use knives and swords. Those who use palm techniques well are very few, but their moves all have distinctive characteristics.

In the Jianghu, there are many masters, but it does not mean all masters are in the Jianghu.

“Miss Lan, were the deaths of the previous three people’s friends and relatives also all by a single palm strike?”

Qin Yi raised a question: if this palm print is very recognizable, and all three people died under the same technique, it would be very easy to distinguish.

“Not clear, I will try to contact them. I have already sent people to release the news.”

Lan Yue had also heard of this matter, so her understanding was not very thorough, but after contacting those few people, it would become clear.

“If contact is made, then I will have them rush to the nearest place.”

Lan Yue has considerable influence in the Jianghu. One reason is because of her martial skills and techniques, and another reason is because of her beauty, with many young heroes in the Jianghu captivated by her.

When she issued the call to action, some people would respond.

Although it might not cause waves, it could at least attract the attention of some people.

Why is this being done?

“Did brother recently do anything, could it be someone seeking revenge?”

Lan Yue asked the servant. If the deaths of those three people and her brother’s appear exactly the same, then some things can be determined, but if not, it might be her brother’s own problem.

“Not possible, Second Miss, you should know, how could the Eldest Young Master possibly cause trouble.”

These words were somewhat subtle.

---

---