Ha, Karma! – Chapter 51

I’m really not that kind of person.

Over the weekend, Fu Lianxue got up early to go to work.

She had an endorsement event today, and Cheng Hanxi had come to pick her up early.

The event went very smoothly; Fu Lianxue once again delivered her most perfect performance.

After it was over, she sat in the backstage dressing room to rest, and when she was rested enough, she would go back to the company to record songs.

She still had several theme songs from collaborators waiting for her to record.

She would be busy again soon, so she needed to take advantage of this moment to “busy-in leisure”¹.

But someone didn’t want her to rest quietly.

Cheng Hanxi came in and told her that a wealthy young lady wanted to see her.

That wealthy young lady was surnamed Ye, and her name happened to be Ye Linlin.

Fu Lianxue, who had been resting with her eyes closed, slowly opened them.

Chu Zhaoqiu had said that this was the daughter of her parents’ friends. Considering the status of the Chu family, the economic level of the friends they could make was imaginable, so it wasn’t hard to guess that Ye Linlin was a young lady from a wealthy family.

But what did this young lady want with her?

Fu Lianxue suddenly remembered Chu Zhaoqiu and smiled ambiguously: “Please invite our Miss Ye in.”

She wanted to see what this ‘Linlin-meimei’ wanted to do.

Miss Ye arrived.

Dressed exquisitely, with a full aura of presence.

It’s just that in front of Fu Lianxue, she appeared slightly immature, still a child.

Fu Lianxue sat in her original place and glanced behind her [Ye Linlin].

Followed by a bodyguard—Bu Yu.

Bu Yu didn’t enter the room and just stood guard by the door.

Miss Ye said she had something to say to Fu Lianxue alone, and didn’t let her [Bu Yu] follow inside.

She [Bu Yu] could only agree, and then send a message to report this matter to the family head, her old lady².

Ye Linlin got straight to the point: “I have something I want to talk to Miss Fu about, alone.”

Fu Lianxue crossed her arms and signaled for Cheng Hanxi to go out and wait.

The dressing room was suddenly left with only them, one person and one demon, looking at each other.

As soon as Cheng Hanxi left, Ye Linlin no longer hid the hostility in her eyes.

Fu Lianxue still had a calm expression: “Miss Ye, please sit.”

Not only did Ye Linlin not sit, she also gritted her teeth and shouted: “Demon!”

Fu Lianxue’s expression didn’t change: “Aye³.”

Ye Linlin was stunned for a moment.

She actually dared to respond!

Ye Linlin adjusted her expression and continued to put on a fierce face: “You’re quite bold, you actually dare to admit your identity!”

Fu Lianxue smiled and leaned back against the sofa, stretching out her long arm, looking incredibly carefree: “Who in the Chu family doesn’t know I’m a demon? You’ve been there for so many days, you must know it too. Since that’s the case, why should I hide it?”

Her honesty left Ye Linlin speechless.

She [Fu Lianxue] looked at the little girl in front of her who had always been hostile towards her, and spoke again: “I wonder what matter Miss Ye has come to me for so proactively?”

“It couldn’t be… that you want to subdue me, could it?”

Ye Linlin raised two fingers.

“You’re right!”

As soon as her voice fell, three glowing qi needles pierced through the air, heading straight for Fu Lianxue’s face.

Fu Lianxue didn’t dodge at all, she gently flicked her finger, and the qi needles were immediately deflected back by the seemingly empty air, not even touching a single strand of Fu Lianxue’s hair.

Ye Linlin stared wide-eyed at the returning qi needles and immediately spun around to dodge.

Three “du du du” sounds, and three tiny pinholes were instantly left on the door.

“These are your needles; the repair costs are on you,” Fu Lianxue said.

Ye Linlin bit her lip, feeling even more that Fu Lianxue’s face was detestable.

“Don’t be so arrogant!”

She took off her bracelet and waved it gently, and a thin silver whip appeared out of thin air, clearly displayed in front of Fu Lianxue.

Fu Lianxue raised an eyebrow: “Woah.”

“You harmful thing, give me your life!”

The person hadn’t arrived, but the silver whip had already reached.

Accompanied by the sound of colliding metal, the silver light fiercely struck the sofa!

Fu Lianxue stood to the side, looking at the place where she had originally been sitting, and gently shook her head: “You cultivators are really ruthless, not even letting go of innocent and good demon.”

“This chair is also on your tab.”

Ye Linlin sneered and refuted: “There are no good demon in this world, you are all harmful, bad things!”

Fu Lianxue asked: “Whom have I harmed?”

Ye Linlin was utterly righteous: “Zhaoqiu-jiejie!”

Fu Lianxue raised her eyebrows: “Oh?”

“Then I won’t deny it,” Fu Lianxue smiled wickedly, intentionally saying, “I’m even going to kill her~”

Ye Linlin suddenly froze, the anger in her eyes burning even brighter.

Today, she would subdue demons and eliminate evil, and protect Zhaoqiu-jiejie!

“Demon, meet your death!”

She charged towards Fu Lianxue—

Bu Yu was guarding the door.

She had just heard some noises from the door, like something had stabbed it three times in a row.

She wanted to go in, but Ye Linlin hadn’t called her, and the family head had also said that Fu Lianxue wouldn’t hurt people indiscriminately, telling her to let the two of them chat first, so she didn’t dare to rashly enter and disturb their conversation.

But soon, a loud commotion came from inside, and she heard Ye Linlin yelling at the top of her lungs—

“Bu Yu-jie, Bu Yu!”

“Quick, come and save me!”

“Save—ah!”

Bu Yu was startled.

Cheng Hanxi also heard it.

The two hurriedly opened the door and rushed in.

“Calm down, calm down—”

Cheng Hanxi said as she rushed in, and then stopped.

She saw Ye Linlin with her hands twisted behind her back, being pressed onto the sofa by Fu Lianxue—and being flicked on the forehead.

Fu Lianxue was straddling Ye Linlin, one hand restraining her hands, and the other hand pressed against her forehead.

“Little brat, with just this bit of three-legged cat kung fu⁴, you’re learning to catch demons like an adult, and you even dare to come to me and boast shamelessly? Even Chu Zhaoqiu can’t subdue me, and you want to subdue me?”

After saying that, “Pa,” she flicked her, the sound incredibly loud.

“Ah!” Ye Linlin screamed in pain, tears coming out, “Stinky demon, let go of me, I’m going to tell Zhaoqiu-jiejie, and I’m going to tell Grandma Chu, and have them deal with you!”

“Go ahead, go tell them. Why are you still lying there and not getting up? Could it be that you don’t want to get up?” Fu Lianxue said triumphantly and flicked her again.

“Ah!”

The whole room was filled with Ye Linlin’s screams.

Cheng Hanxi hurriedly closed the door.

Bu Yu rushed forward to rescue the pitiful Miss Ye.

Fu Lianxue didn’t linger any further, neatly getting off Ye Linlin and giving her head a way out.

Ye Linlin, with tears in her eyes, rubbed her forehead that had been flicked red and got up, then grabbed Bu Yu’s arm and complained: “She said she wants to kill Zhaoqiu-jiejie, hurry up and tell Grandma Chu, tell her to protect Zhaoqiu-jiejie!”

But Bu Yu’s reaction was not at all what she had imagined.

Bu Yu hesitated, as if she didn’t know how to explain this to her: “Miss Ye, the family head knows about this…”

Ye Linlin was stunned.

Fu Lianxue smiled and raised her hand, drawing a line from Bu Yu’s direction to Cheng Hanxi’s direction: “They all know about this.”

“Ah, Zhaoqiu-jiejie herself also knows~”

Ye Linlin was shocked and looked at Bu Yu in disbelief: “You all know that she wants to kill Zhaoqiu-jiejie, and you still let her intrude into Zhaoqiu-jiejie’s room? Why?!”

She couldn’t believe her ears.

How could they let a demon who wanted to harm someone freely enter and leave the victim’s home!

Even Chu Zhaoqiu herself didn’t care!

How did the world become like this!

“I’ll tell you the reason.”

Fu Lianxue propped up her chin, smiling at the little friend who turned to look at her.

“Because Zhaoqiu-jiejie she ah…”

Fu Lianxue said a few words.

After Ye Linlin heard it: “…?”

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Ye Linlin returned to the Chu family.

To be precise, she was brought back by Chu Zhaoqiu, who had rushed over.

She sat in her own room, and Chu Zhaoqiu was bending over to look at her forehead, which had been flicked several times by Fu Lianxue.

It was still a little red, and it was estimated that [Fu Lianxue] had smuggled in private goods ⁵ when flicking.

Chu Zhaoqiu turned around and went out to get some medicine, and gently applied it to her [forehead].

On the way back, she [Ye Linlin] had been crying out in pain, so she [Chu Zhaoqiu] had to apply some medicine to calm her down.

Chu Zhaoqiu remained silent the whole time.

Ye Linlin quietly raised her eyes to observe her, and bit her lip.

After a moment, Ye Linlin took the initiative to speak, carefully probing: “Zhaoqiu-jiejie, are you angry with me?”

Chu Zhaoqiu didn’t say “yes,” nor did she say “no,” she only said one sentence: “You shouldn’t have done that.”

Even her tone wasn’t gentle.

“She’s a demon!”

“There are good and bad demons, even demons have good and bad among them. One must act with reason, even when carrying out justice on behalf of the heavens. She hasn’t harmed anyone, so on what basis do you harm her?”

“But she wants to harm you, she said she wants to kill you!”

Ye Linlin looked at the person in front of her, nervous and worried.

She was so afraid that something would happen to her.

She felt Chu Zhaoqiu’s hand stop applying the medicine for a moment, and a soft sigh fell next to her ear.

“Linlin, the matter between her and me is a bit complicated,” Chu Zhaoqiu continued to apply the medicine to her, her tone very firm, “but this is a matter between us, and it should be handled by us. Others should not interfere.”

“Why can’t I interfere? This is a matter of life and death!”

“It’s still our matter.”

Ye Linlin lowered her head and didn’t speak.

Seeing this, Chu Zhaoqiu sighed softly again.

She put the medicine lid back on and put it down, threw away the cotton swab, wiped her hands, and sat down in front of Ye Linlin, speaking softly: “Linlin, I know this sounds ridiculous to you, but ‘the one who tied the bell on the tiger must be the one to untie it’⁶, this is a knot in my and Lianxue’s hearts that has entangled us for thousands of years, naturally it should be handled by us.”

“You don’t need to worry or be nervous for me, just remember that I am willing to go to her side.”

“Everyone has their own fate, and we cultivators should understand this truth even more.”

Ye Linlin understood after hearing this.

She couldn’t stop her, and even more so, she couldn’t stop her heart, which had long belonged to Fu Lianxue.

But she still felt very sad, her expression crumpled, and she was about to cry.

“I understand, but I don’t want you to die, I want you to live well…”

Chu Zhaoqiu smiled and raised her hand to touch her head: “I won’t necessarily die.”

Ye Linlin glanced at her and suddenly became even sadder: “She wants to kill you and you still like her, and you’re willing!”

“Don’t die—can’t, can’t you just like someone else!”

She unconsciously recalled what Fu Lianxue had said.

A few simple words, a significant amount of information, the shock it brought her was too great.

She broke down: “If you’re like this, I’ll really believe what Fu Lianxue said!”

Chu Zhaoqiu: “?”

She looked puzzled: “What did she say to you?”

Ye Linlin glanced at her, and suddenly covered her eyes helplessly, on the verge of tears: “She said you are an M—”

Chu Zhaoqiu: “…”

“I’m really not that kind of person.”

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The author has something to say:

Little Fu: How are you not?

Seriously spreading rumors and seriously refuting rumors.

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