Ha, Karma! – Chapter 94

Had she been deceived by humans before?

Chu Zhaoqiu was hospitalized.

Fu Lianxue stayed by her side constantly, until she opened her eyes and called her name.

The stone that had been hanging high in her heart finally landed.¹

She stayed with her for two days, only leaving after her condition had completely stabilized.

She still had work; she would come back later.

After Chu Zhaoqiu woke up, many people came to visit her one after another.

Chu Yun and Chu Sining sat by her bed; the former had tears in her eyes, while the latter directly threw herself onto her and started crying.

“It scared me to death when Lianxue-jiejie couldn’t find you!” Chu Sining said while crying.

Heaven knew how much panic Fu Lianxue’s call had caused her.

Her older sister liked Fu Lianxue so much, and the two were in their honeymoon period; how could her older sister possibly leave without saying goodbye? One listen and she knew something was wrong!

“Thank goodness nothing too serious happened to you, wuwuwu…”

Chu Sining buried herself in her older sister’s embrace, large teardrops² falling continuously.

This profession of Demon Hunter was truly too dangerous!

Seeing her crying so miserably, Chu Zhaoqiu couldn’t help but smile. She raised her hand to pat her head and said softly, “Don’t be afraid.”

She then turned to Chu Yun, gently took her hand, and her gaze was reassuring: “Don’t be afraid.”

“Your sister will be fine.”

This was probably her fated opportunity to ascend to godhood.

Once Ji Congyun was dealt with, she would have no more regrets in her heart, and it would count as settling past affairs.

Only, she didn’t ascend to godhood.

She didn’t want to ascend to godhood. She couldn’t bear to leave this place, couldn’t bear to leave her beloved.

“With your Lianxue-jiejie around, nothing will happen to your sister,” she said with a gentle smile.

Chu Sining’s crying lessened, and she turned to look at Chu Yun, and they stared at each other.

Neither of them had expected that the person who had once said she wanted to kill their sister would today become a benefactor to their Chu family—and not for the first time.

Oh, and there was that Fingerless Madam.

Chu Sining wiped her tears: “Sis, so you let Fingerless Madam go back then…”

Chu Zhaoqiu smiled, feigning ignorance: “I don’t know.”

Chu Sining frowned.

Fingerless Madam had appeared that day, she had seen it with her own eyes, so how could her sister say she didn’t know?

Her face full of confusion, she was about to speak when a hand suddenly reached out from the side and covered her mouth.

Chu Yun covered her younger sister’s mouth, looked at her, and said word by word, “You don’t know either.”

She understood her older sister’s intention.

Although what Fingerless Madam did was morally irreproachable, it was not tolerated by the law. They could only treat her as a gust of wind; no one knew how she left then, nor why she appeared now.

Chu Sining, her mouth covered, frowned tightly.

What “don’t know,” they were speaking in riddles!

But… but since they both said they didn’t know, then she wouldn’t know either!

“Alright, alright, I don’t know, I don’t know anything, whatever you say.”

Mentioning Fingerless Madam, Chu Zhaoqiu said: “When President Zeng and Grandma came to see me, was she still there? Did she leave safely?”

Chu Yun wasn’t there at the time and couldn’t answer.

Chu Sining, however, could answer this question: “Don’t worry, with your girlfriend around, she left very safely.”

“Besides, she was the one who led Lianxue-jiejie to find you, so she’s also a benefactor to the Chu family. Grandma definitely wouldn’t make things difficult for her either.”

Hearing this, Chu Zhaoqiu finally felt at ease.

It was good that their entanglement with Ji Congyun hadn’t caused the innocent Fingerless Madam to be captured.

As for Ji Congyun’s body, the Demon Hunter Association would handle it; they didn’t need to worry about it anymore.

Fu Lianxue also told the association that Ji Congyun was the masked yaoguai they were looking for, directly helping them solve a major case.

In the afternoon, President Zeng Han came to visit Chu Zhaoqiu, thanking her for finding and resolving the Wuchang Mountain case’s culprit.

Zeng Han smiled: “Your friend seems to be quite an extraordinary person.”

It was self-evident who this friend referred to.

Chu Zhaoqiu: “Not a friend.”

Zeng Han: “Hmm?”

Chu Zhaoqiu smiled faintly: “She’s the person I like.”

It was a love she wanted to openly admit to everyone.

It was also her beautiful human world.

Zeng Han raised an eyebrow, patted her quilt: “Understood.”

Then added: “As for that friend of yours in red…”

Chu Zhaoqiu looked at her.

Zeng Han smiled: “I’ll just pretend I don’t know.”

Chu Zhaoqiu’s eyes gleamed: “Thank you.”

After Zeng Han left, Chu Zhaohua came, bringing their dinner.

The grandmother and granddaughter sat facing each other on the hospital bed, eating.

Chu Zhaoqiu was a patient, so her diet was restricted.

A bowl of congee and a bowl of soup seemed a bit pitiful compared to Grandma’s lavish meal of fish and meat.

Chu Zhaohua fed her a mouthful of congee, her tone loving: “We’ll eat all these good things once you’re better, okay?”

Chu Zhaoqiu strictly followed the doctor’s orders, obediently drinking her congee.

She took the initiative to say: “Grandma, I encountered a fated opportunity.”

Chu Zhaohua put down her spoon and listened to her speak.

Chu Zhaoqiu continued: “But I refused it. I still think that world isn’t suitable for me.”

After she finished speaking, she looked at Chu Zhaohua’s expression, paying attention to her reaction.

An opportunity so close at hand was given up by her just like that; would Grandma find it a pity?

She saw Chu Zhaohua smile: “You’ve always understood what you want. That’s enough.”

Becoming a god or not, each path has its own way of life.

As long as one’s mind is clear, knows what one wants, and knows how to walk one’s future path, that in itself is already very precious.

Moreover, she believed that no matter what she became, her granddaughter would always love this world.

Hearing this, Chu Zhaoqiu smiled, relieved.

“Thank you, Grandma.”

“Good girl, eat up. Your parents will come to see you later.”

“Okay.”

While drinking her congee, Chu Zhaoqiu quietly glanced at the old woman opposite her.

No matter when or where, Chu Zhaohua always carried herself with calm composure, unperturbed by anything³, as if everything in heaven and earth was under her control.

Yet she said she was just an ordinary little old lady.

Chu Zhaoqiu withdrew her gaze and looked at the congee in her bowl.

Although it wasn’t very convincing, if Grandma said so, then it must be.

Chu Zhaohua gently lifted her eyes to look at her granddaughter, who was eating quietly without a word. After a moment, she smiled slightly, lowered her eyes, and continued eating.

Later in the evening, Chu Zhaoqiu’s father and mother rushed over.

Even later, Chu Zhaoqiu’s father and mother were persuaded by their daughter to go home and rest, and then Fingerless Madam came.

At that moment, the moonlight was faint, and all was quiet.

Chu Zhaoqiu lay in bed, looking at the figure in red standing silently in the room.

“You’re here.”

“You guessed I would come?” Fingerless Madam asked.

Chu Zhaoqiu smiled and nodded.

It was because she had guessed that she asked her parents to leave early.

The solitary Fingerless Madam probably didn’t like crowded places.

Fingerless Madam asked again: “Why isn’t she here?”

Chu Zhaoqiu said: “She still has work to attend to.”

After thinking for a moment, she added an explanation: “Her career is also very important. Since I’m awake and not in any life-threatening danger, it’s not a problem for her to leave temporarily.”

“Why are you explaining so much to me?”

“I’m afraid you’ll misunderstand and think she doesn’t care if I live or die.”

“…On this matter, I have no chance to misunderstand.”

Given how protective Fu Lianxue was of Chu Zhaoqiu, who could believe she didn’t care if Chu Zhaoqiu lived or died?

That night, she had looked like she wanted to flay alive the yaoguai that had harmed Chu Zhaoqiu!

“What exactly is the grudge between you and that yaoguai,” Fingerless Madam asked, “Why would she set up such a huge killing trap for you?”

“Does Fu Lianxue know her too?”

Chu Zhaoqiu nodded and said: “She and we have some deep-seated, irreconcilable hatred.”

Concise and clear. Fingerless Madam understood and asked no more.

She scanned Chu Zhaoqiu from head to toe and said: “You’ve recovered quite a bit. With more rest, you’ll be able to leave the hospital and go home soon. Since that’s the case, I should leave too.”

“The debt of gratitude between us is now settled.”

“Where are you going?”

“No fixed place. I’ll go wherever I feel like going.”

“That’s good too, to see more of this world, free and unrestrained. The mountains are long and the waters wide;⁴ perhaps we’ll meet again if fate allows.”

“Alright, if fate allows, we’ll meet again.”

Fingerless Madam left, decisively and efficiently.

She once again became a free wind in the world, coming and going as she pleased, without ties or constraints.

Chu Zhaoqiu quietly watched the direction she had left.

A round moon hung there, cool and clear, spotlessly white, exquisitely beautiful.

A faint smile rippled on her lips; everything was telling her: she hadn’t chosen the wrong path.

“What are you looking at, so lost in thought?”

A familiar voice suddenly came.

She turned her head to look.

Fu Lianxue was walking in, taking off her coat and sunglasses as she did.

Her red lips were very vibrant, and bright pearlescent eyeshadow was applied to her eyelids; her eyes shimmered like mermaid scales.

There was some on her cheeks too, and also on her neck.

One look and it was clear she had rushed over with her makeup still on after a shoot.

Fu Lianxue put her bag on a chair, first closed the window for her, blocking out the wind, then sat down on the edge of her bed, her gentle gaze unconcealed: “How are you feeling now?”

Chu Zhaoqiu was happy to see her, and gently held her hand: “Much better, don’t worry.”

Fu Lianxue breathed a sigh of relief: “It’s good that you’re okay.”

Then she said guiltily: “If only I had known about the mask incident sooner, then I definitely wouldn’t have left you, I would have stayed by your side every step of the way, and Ji Congyun wouldn’t have been able to harm you…”

Seeing this, Chu Zhaoqiu lovingly kissed her fingers: “Don’t blame yourself, this isn’t our fault.”

“Besides, she’s dead now, we don’t have to worry about her anymore. This is a good thing, we should be happy.”

“Happy, huh,” Fu Lianxue looked her up and down, the corners of her lips turning down again, “I’d be even happier if you weren’t injured.”

She simply couldn’t imagine what would have happened if she hadn’t found her, much less what would have happened if she had been a step too late.

Just seeing the blood on her lips had made her tremble with anger.

—How dare Ji Congyun bully her wife like that!!!

Chu Zhaoqiu said with a smile: “That might be a bit difficult.”

To be fair, Ji Congyun’s strength was actually on par with theirs.

They were all cultivators just one step away from the Heavenly Realm; when they fought, it was a life-or-death struggle, so it truly wasn’t easy to retreat unscathed.

Fu Lianxue crossed her arms, her expression unhappy.

The reasoning was sound, but seeing her beloved injured still made her very angry.

“Then I’m not happy either!”

Seeing this, Chu Zhaoqiu smiled and leaned towards her lips, kissed her, and then coaxed her: “Then let’s not talk about this. In short, she won’t bother us anymore.”

Fu Lianxue’s expression softened, and she returned the kiss.

Without Ji Congyun, the air around them felt much fresher.

“I’ll remove my makeup first~”

Fu Lianxue’s mouth wasn’t idle while she removed her makeup; she chatted with Chu Zhaoqiu as she did.

From talking about eating and sleeping, they unconsciously drifted back to Ji Congyun.

There was one thing Chu Zhaoqiu was very curious about.

“Why does Ji Congyun detest humans? Had she been deceived by humans before?”

Ji Congyun could be said to hate humans to the bone.

She felt that humans were stupid, weak, and couldn’t withstand a single blow, and moreover, they were full of lies and utterly despicable.

To have such great animosity towards an entire race always made one unconsciously wonder if she had been deeply hurt by people of this race.

Could it be true, as she suspected, that there was a hidden story behind it?

Fu Lianxue was wiping her face, and her hand paused when she heard this question.

A moment later—

“No, she’s been like that since she was little. She has always disliked you humans, never changed.”

Chu Zhaoqiu: “…”

So, unprovoked malice truly did exist in this world.

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The author has something to say:

Ji Congyun’s story ends here~

After this, there’s just a little tail end⁵, and then the main text will be concluded, and then there will be extras, and then I’ll be so hot I’ll faint and take a long vacation!

(Sigh) But I don’t know what to write for the next book, wuwuwu, the more I write, the more mediocre it gets, the more I write, the sloppier⁶ it gets. Is this my limit (clenched fist.JPG)

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