Ha, Karma! – Chapter 29

Once love is born, people have nowhere to escape.

Her Jiejie, a demon hunter, fell in love with a demon who wanted to kill her.

For Chu Sining, this was completely unexpected.

Whether it was “Jiejie falling in love” or “their opposing identities making them sworn enemies,” everything surprised her, making her doubt if she was still dreaming and hadn’t woken up.

She had just taken a nap, how did things develop to this point!

After hearing her meimei’s words, Chu Zhaoqiu asked in return: “What ancestral teachings do we have?”

Chu Sining: “Mm…”

Their ancestors should have had teachings about humans and demons not being allowed to fall in love… right?

But that wasn’t right either. Starting from their Nainai, she had never heard of any oppressive ancestral teachings.

Besides, the notion that humans and demons couldn’t fall in love sounded very old-fashioned.

She waved her hand: “This isn’t important, I’m just expressing my surprise!”

“Jie, but that’s, but that’s—”

“I know.”

Chu Zhaoqiu gently stroked her hair, and repeated: “I know.”

That was a demon who, upon their first meeting, grabbed her throat and wanted her to die.

But love has always been something that defies reason and timing.

Once love is born, people have nowhere to escape.

Chu Sining held back her words.

Jiejie clearly knew what she was doing while clear-headed, and didn’t need her to wake her up.

Besides, even Nainai was so calm…

She slowly turned her head to look at her composed Nainai.

The consistently calm Chu Zhaohua finally spoke again: “I have an old friend who grows Blue Stars, you can go ask her if she’s willing to share one with you.”

She lifted her chin slightly: “I’ve already sent you the address.”

Chu Zhaoqiu picked up her phone to look, and immediately smiled.

“Thank you, Nainai, I’ll go check right away.”

Chu Sining watched as her Jiejie took the car keys and left without any hesitation.

She stared blankly at the doorway for a while before turning to look at Nainai.

“Is Jiejie… going to be okay?”

Chu Zhaohua said gently: “Your Jiejie is an adult now.”

Chu Sining pursed her lips, frowning: “If she chooses Fu Lianxue, and they really get together, will my Jiejie still need to cultivate to become an immortal?”

She didn’t know if Fu Lianxue wanted to become a deity, but her Jiejie was someone who was working hard to cultivate into an immortal.

If they really could put aside their grudges and truly be together, would Fu Lianxue really want to become a deity?

Would she instead make Chu Zhaoqiu stay in the mortal realm?

Wouldn’t all her Jiejie’s cultivation efforts be wasted then??

Just thinking about all that effort being for nothing made her heart ache!

Chu Zhaohua gave a light laugh, turning her head to look at the brightly lit entrance.

“Nainai also wants to know what choice your Jiejie will make…”

Would her beloved granddaughter ultimately choose to ascend to the Purple Palace [紫府 | zǐ fǔ | celestial realm of immortals], or continue to stay in the mortal realm?

Qu Xinru and Cen Zhu went to the mall after having breakfast together.

As soon as they entered the clothing store, Qu Xinru would find something pretty and hold it up against Cen Zhu, smiling while praising “you’ll definitely look good in this,” as if they had come to buy clothes just for Cen Zhu.

Cen Zhu was used to it.

Whenever Qu Xinru found something good, she would always think of her first, being a clingy meimei who really liked her.

Qu Xinru turned and held up another new piece of clothing against her.

Looking at Qu Xinru’s sparkling eyes, she couldn’t help but say helplessly: “You’re picking clothes for me again, why don’t you choose more for yourself?”

Qu Xinru said playfully: “I want to pick for you.”

She smiled with curved eyes: “Our Cen Zhu deserves all the good things in the world~”

She always loved to praise her like this.

Praising her as unique, praising her as perfect, praising her as deserving of everything in the world.

Sincere and heartfelt, spoken from deep within, making one feel embarrassed yet helpless against her.

Cen Zhu watched her happy expression and said nothing.

Never mind, as long as she was happy.

Qu Xinru was having the time of her life picking out clothes for her.

She just loved seeing Cen Zhu wear all kinds of beautiful clothes.

Her Cen Zhu Jiejie looked good in everything!

After buying clothes, they went to get two cups of bubble tea, drinking while shopping.

During their time off from classes, they were having great fun.

When lunchtime came, Qu Xinru said there was something she wanted to eat, and the two immediately set off without any hesitation.

From childhood until now, they had always been this decisive.

Whenever one of them wanted to eat or play somewhere, they would immediately go together, fulfilling each other’s wishes.

Because of this, their relationship had always been closer than others.

The small restaurant Qu Xinru wanted to eat at was a bit far from their mall.

After getting off the bus, they still had to walk a distance to reach their destination.

But they didn’t mind – holidays were meant for eating what you want to eat, drinking what you want to drink, and playing what you want to play, all while being happy!

The two walked side by side, and along the way, people were handing out flyers.

Cen Zhu and Qu Xinru casually accepted a few.

As they walked, they saw a little girl sitting at the entrance of a stairway.

The little girl sat on a tiny stool, holding a large stack of flyers in her arms, and would extend her hand to give one to anyone who passed by, regardless of who they were.

She didn’t speak, just looked at people with her big eyes, relying on her cuteness to get people to accept them.

No passerby could resist this tactic.

Neither could Cen Zhu and Qu Xinru.

They guessed she must be helping her family with work, which wasn’t easy at such a young age, so out of kindness, they took a flyer.

But when Cen Zhu got it in her hands, she discovered this was no ordinary flyer.

Other flyers were either about fitness or store promotions, all common things.

This child was different.

Her flyer had three lines printed in exaggerated font:

Do you believe there are things in this world that science cannot explain?

Do you want to know about the ancient practices of immortality cultivation?

Welcome to visit for consultation!

Then at the bottom was a detailed address.

After seeing the words on the flyer, Qu Xinru’s heart suddenly tightened as if her name had been called out.

Her first reaction was to look at Cen Zhu.

Cen Zhu saw the flyer and instantly remembered how she could control the faucet.

Her brows slightly furrowed, feeling concerned inside, and didn’t immediately throw it away.

Just then, Qu Xinru’s hand reached over from the side, gently pulling the flyer from her hands: “Don’t look at it, it’s definitely a scam, we live in a scientific world.”

“Today’s scammers are so brazen, daring to print flyers with such baiting content, and even having a child distribute them.”

Qu Xinru casually tossed the flyer into a trash bin, then turned to hug Cen Zhu’s arm with an unchanged expression, giving her a sweet smile: “Don’t take such nonsense to heart, let’s go get something delicious to eat!”

Cen Zhu looked at her face in silence for a while, finally giving a slight nod and smiling: “Alright, let’s go eat something good.”

Qu Xinru nodded cheerfully, holding onto her arm as they walked forward, absolutely refusing to stay there a second longer.

Regardless of whether the contents of the flyer were true or false, she couldn’t let Cen Zhu notice these things and become suspicious of her, making her situation difficult.

In short, she absolutely couldn’t let her secret be exposed in front of Cen Zhu!

Cen Zhu and Qu Xinru went home after having lunch outside.

They would return to school after having dinner with their families in the afternoon, as they had classes tomorrow.

At the entrance of the residential complex, Cen Zhu suddenly stopped, turning to Qu Xinru: “Xiaoru, you go back first, I need to go out again, I have an appointment with a friend.”

Qu Xinru blinked, asking curiously: “Why didn’t you say so earlier? Then we wouldn’t have needed to come back, you could have gone to meet your friend directly.”

Cen Zhu raised her hand to pinch her cheek: “Because I wanted to bring you back home.”

Hearing this, Qu Xinru’s lips curved upward, smiling very happily.

Cen Zhu kept her in mind, and that made her very happy.

Seeing her smile so sweetly, Cen Zhu couldn’t help but pat her head again: “Alright, go up now, I’ll be going.”

Qu Xinru nodded in agreement, then said: “Call me when you’re about to come back, even when you’re just at the entrance of the complex, tell me, and I’ll come down right away to meet you!”

Cen Zhu said with amusement: “It’s such a short distance, you’ll have to make an extra trip down, how tiring, no need to meet me.”

Qu Xinru still insisted: “No, I want to meet you, I’ll only be at ease when I see you return safely.”

“Let me meet you, let me meet you!”

As she spoke, she started acting coquettishly.

Cen Zhu couldn’t resist her, helplessly agreeing: “Okay, okay, okay, I got it, I’ll message you when I return, and let you come down to meet me, alright?”

Only then did Qu Xinru’s smile return.

“Mm!

“Go meet your friend now, be careful on the way!”

Cen Zhu nodded, then turned confidently to walk in the direction away from the complex.

Qu Xinru wasn’t in a hurry to go upstairs.

She stood in place watching Cen Zhu leave.

Even until Cen Zhu’s figure slowly disappeared from her sight, she hadn’t moved her feet.

Her gaze lingered on the empty intersection, as echoes of past voices faintly resonated in her ears.

Back then, she had also stood at her doorway like this.

She had lifted her head, looking at the woman on horseback.

She had said similar words then: I’ll come to meet you as soon as you return.

The woman had smiled dashingly, shaking her head: “No need, just wait for me at home.”

Then she left, going to a far and difficult place.

Later, she never went to meet her, and she never came back…

Returning to the present, Qu Xinru looked again at the intersection where Cen Zhu’s figure had long disappeared.

A gentle breeze blew, as if the past was all just a dream.

She stood still for a moment before finally turning to slowly walk home.

Cen Zhu took the bus, returning alone to the path they had walked earlier.

She came back to that small stairway entrance.

The little girl was still sitting there.

This time she was eating a lollipop while handing out flyers, with fewer and fewer flyers in her arms.

It seemed her task was almost complete.

Cen Zhu remained silent for a while before taking action.

She walked over, crouched down, and pointing at the address on the flyer, asked: “Little meimei, can you tell Jiejie where this place is?”

Hearing this, the little girl turned around calmly, raising her chubby little hand, and pointed upstairs.

“It’s up there.

“You’ll see it when you go up.”

“Okay, thank you.”

Cen Zhu stood up, her gaze moving up the stairs step by step.

A very ordinary staircase, somewhat old, though well-lit, looking quite normal.

She fell silent.

After a few seconds, she lifted her foot and stepped up.

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