Baby Serendipity: The Whole World Fell In Love With Me
Chapter 453 - 452: Can’t there be any other fate?

Chapter 453: Chapter 452: Can’t there be any other fate?

The villagers praise people for their sincerity.

"This child has a smooth forehead and a shiny head, I’ve said it looks like a little Half Fairy, and it can even make people freeze from a distance."

"Amazing, amazing, that through this thing called a mobile phone, one can even tell fortunes. Could you do a reading for me too?"

"Such chubby cheeks, the kid must eat well, right? When will you come to the village, Auntie will make you some Sweet and Sour Pork."

Everyone took their turn with words of praise, and at last, the mobile phone was returned to Li Tou, who curiously circled around Xiu Mei and Lanhua.

The two old sisters were embracing, with Lanhua crying "Wu wu wu."

Hot tears rolled down, landing on Xiu Mei’s body.

Li Tou hurriedly pulled the two apart, noticing that his own wife’s left shoulder was also drenched, and he fiercely scolded Lanhua, "What are you doing, Lanhua? Xiu Mei is now made of paper, if you wet her with your tears, she won’t have a body anymore."

The audience heard the old man scold someone again and expected to witness the quarreling of the elderly.

But what they heard was the scolded person apologizing, "Sorry, sorry, I was just too excited."

"Hmph," Li Tou pulled his wife behind him. "Anyway, let’s end this matter here; I still have to talk to my old lady."

Mianmian quickly added an explanation, "Grandpa Li, Grandma Xiu Mei can’t stay in the paper body forever. It’s already a special concession from the Underworld Ghost God for her to linger in the human world. If she stays visible to humans for too long, even her merits won’t save her; she will vanish soul and all."

Not only Li Tou, but the other elderly villagers also felt scared when they heard the term ’vanish soul and all.’

Having grown up listening to eerie supernatural tales, the residents of a small village, who were old folks living across different eras, understood what it meant.

It meant they wouldn’t be able to report to King Yama; they’d just disappear.

"That won’t do, Sister Xiu Mei used to help me nurse my children when she was young; such a good person shouldn’t just vanish soul and all."

"Exactly, Sister Xiu Mei also helped make my Er Ya’s wedding dress. I’m so clumsy, I couldn’t have done it. Without her, Er Ya would have been laughed at on her wedding day."

As everyone spoke one after another about the good deeds Xiu Mei had done in her youth, Lanhua’s aged voice also trembled, "Little Half Fairy, please make an exception, don’t let Xiu Mei disappear."

Seeing such a unified village, Mianmian, who had heard many stories over time, also found her eyes growing moist.

She spoke in a childlike tone, "Humans and ghosts are different; it’s best if Grandma Xiu Mei waits below for Grandpa Li. Mianmian can help Grandma Xiu Mei stay a while longer, but that would unbalance causality, and retribution would fall upon you and everyone else. It’s quite scary."

These words made Xiu Mei panic.

She recalled bowing to King Yama and the judges in the Underworld, expressing her wish to accompany her old man a few more years. King Yama agreed to let her accompany the old man on Earth, but he hoped she wouldn’t regret it and said she would have to bear the consequences herself.

She agreed to anything, promising no regrets, and after signing a contract written in strange script, she was sent back up.

So, did their warning about possible regrets mean she might vanish soul and all or bring misfortune to her loved ones?

"Little Half Fairy, I don’t want to continue. Please take me to the Underworld now."

Xiu Mei wanted to cry but couldn’t because a paper person has no tears.

She thought she had spent enough time in the mortal world already.

"Say your goodbyes first, and I’ll take you down after that."

Mianmian wasn’t insisting on sending her off right away.

So, Xiu Mei chatted with the villagers.

"All of us living in the village, we’re just homesick. But if we get fooled, this home will cease to exist..."

She gave them some parting advice until she finally turned to Li Tou.

"Argue less with your son. At your age, there’s no need to be so stubborn."

Li Tou had teary eyes.

He wanted to keep his wife by his side, but he didn’t want to endanger her because of it.

His wife had been by his side for two years, unseen by him. Now that he could finally see her, he couldn’t let her stay any longer.

However, they had made a promise back then that if one died, the other would not seek death but take good care of themselves. Not wanting to break that promise, Li Tou braced himself and managed a smile.

"Alright, old lady, wait for me down there; when my time comes, I’ll come to see you."

After saying their final goodbyes, Grandma Xiu Mei turned to the mobile phone, "Little Half Fairy, please take me down."

Mianmian nodded, "Alrighty, I’ll have a Ghost Envoy come fetch you."

So, a letter was sent to the Underworld, marked with an address.

Soon a Ghost Envoy arrived beside Xiu Mei, hooking her soul from the paper body and taking it away.

Seeing Xiu Mei turn back into a paper figure, the villagers once again marveled at the little child’s power through the mobile phone and couldn’t help but ask, "Little Half Fairy, can we also have our fortunes told by you?"

Mianmian shook her head, "Nope, Grandpa Li could because he had a mobile phone and won a prize in the Live Broadcast Room; your fate with Mianmian is only through chatting over the phone."

"Can’t there be any other kind of fate?" someone inquired.

In the Live Broadcast Room, someone reminded: [You could also have a transactional fate; didn’t you want to see your deceased relatives? Use a ’Dream-entering Charm’.]

"That’s true," Mianmian also remembered the charms.

Those charms could help, perfectly allowing these elderly folks to fulfill their dreams.

Mianmian talked about the ’Dream-entering Charms’, but to her surprise, the elders said, "Why would we need that? To chat with ancestors? At our age, we’re close to our graves anyway, there’ll be plenty of time to chat."

"Couldn’t we meet with our children and grandchildren in our dreams? I’d rather meet with them in a dream during a rare visit back."

"To meet with your grandchildren, you can use a mobile phone, just like you’re doing a video call with Mianmian right now."

After looking at each other, the elders agreed.

If this thing called a mobile phone could make video calls like that, then they could just have their children and grandchildren buy one, right? Then they could see their grandchildren through the phone, which would be very fitting.

"Alright then, that settles it. Little Half Fairy, you can go."

Mianmian laughed, "No, I can’t leave yet."

She had to wait for the Monk from Shifang Temple who was in charge of this case to arrive and take the person away. There was also the child sitting in the chair with a frightened face who needed proper care.

The main issue was that this mountain village wasn’t the one near North City; it was quite far, so it was troublesome for the policemen and monk to get there.

Hearing that Mianmian wasn’t leaving yet, the old folks became lively again and asked Mianmian about ways to strengthen their health.

Mianmian then described the health-preserving Five Animal Frolics.

Moving away from the camera, she stood in the room and taught the elderly villagers the exercises.

The Live Broadcast Room’s audience also followed along, which confused new viewers: Isn’t this supposed to be a fortune-telling broadcast? Why are they doing exercises? Or is it square dancing?