Young Master Is Being Jealous Again!
Chapter 739: Hearing of Wanbao Mountain, Where the Beloved of the Third Master is Buried

Chapter 739: Chapter 739: Hearing of Wanbao Mountain, Where the Beloved of the Third Master is Buried

Ling Xiaoxuan’s face was filled with anguish, and seeing her like this softened Qin Ruan’s heart, she comforted her in a casual tone: "It’s okay."

Yes, pain is inevitable, but the children are alright, and she thinks that everything is worthwhile.

Suddenly, Qin Ruan eyed Ling Xiaoxuan with an insinuated half-smile: "The fact that I didn’t tell you was my oversight, but a month ago even if I wanted to tell you, I probably wouldn’t have been able to contact you."

Ling Xiaoxuan looked somewhat abashed.

A month ago, she had already arrived at Lei Ning’s house and cut off all forms of contact; indeed, nobody could have reached her.

Qin Ruan took her hand, her tone gentle but laced with intrigue: "Tell me, what exactly happened?"

Ling Xiaoxuan lowered her head, silent.

After waiting for a while and not getting any response, Qin Ruan looked up at Lei Ning.

The man’s expression was calm, betraying no hint of his emotions.

Qin Ruan: "Doctor Lei, as you may know from Xiaoxuan that I am a Heavenly Master, right?"

Lei Ning responded with a gentle smile: "Yes, Xiaoxuan and I are very close. She tells me everything."

His apparent possessive assertion was just a tad over the top.

Qin Ruan nodded: "Then I won’t beat around the bush. Your aura is unusual. Normal people have a clear soul, but there is an illusory shadow around you. "

"You are neither a demon nor a puppet, not a devil nor a Heavenly Master, yet you are undoubtedly human. State your backstory, let’s have an honest talk."

Upon hearing Qin Ruan’s words, the expressions of Ling Xiaoxuan and Lei Ning changed.

Lei Ning pursed his lips tightly, his face taut, and a hint of darkness emerged from his gentle eyes.

Ling Xiaoxuan, clasping Qin Ruan’s hand, slowly let go. Her hands were shaking uncontrollably, looking somewhat at a loss.

The small living room fell into an atmosphere of tension, as if the very air had solidified.

Qin Ruan did not urge them, but merely continued to gaze at them.

After a long while, Lei Ning looked up at Lin Hao and Song Qing standing behind Qin Ruan.

Picking up on his apprehension, Qin Ruan turned back and said to Lin Hao and Song Qing: "You two wait outside the door."

The two complied and left one after the other.

Soon, only Qin Ruan, Ling Xiaoxuan, and Lei Ning were left in the room.

With no outsiders around, Ling Xiaoxuan’s facade was completely stripped away.

She sank into the sofa, looking entirely dejected and self-abhorring: "Qin Ruan, why do you have to meddle? Can’t you just pretend you don’t know?"

Qin Ruan rested her hands on her folded knees, speaking slowly: "If I had no contact with you, I wouldn’t have bothered today. I don’t have many friends, and I won’t sit by if any of the few I have are in trouble."

Ling Xiaoxuan’s heart softened at the mention of the word ’friend’ by Qin Ruan.

She gave a bitter smile which was not feigned, but genuine.

But her smile seemed forced, and seeing it, both Qin Ruan and Lei Ning couldn’t help but feel sorry for her.

Qin Ruan softened her voice: "Xiaoxuan, what exactly happened?"

Ling Xiaoxuan’s gaze drifted to the ceiling, and she began speaking softly: "I fell in love with someone I shouldn’t have."

Qin Ruan’s tone was steady, "I know."

Ling Xiaoxuan looked startled, "You knew?"

"The person you love is Ling Zeheng."

Qin Ruan stated it outright, in front of Lei Ning.

Ling Xiaoxuan’s face froze, then she burst into laughter: "Hahaha..."

Her laugh was heartbreaking. Even though she was laughing, tears slid down the corners of her eyes.

"Xiaoxuan?"

Ling Xiaoxuan twirled the ends of her wavy red hair tightly, her tear-filled eyes regarded Qin Ruan: "It seems that an unrequited love can’t be hidden."

Qin Ruan’s gaze was calm: "If you love him, why not fight for him?"

Knowing Ling Xiaoxuan, a woman in love would never do something like marrying another man.

This was too reckless, impulsive, and unreasonable.

"Qin Ruan, do you know, the feeling of unrequited love is so beautiful. It gets me to endure this bittersweet sorrow, prompting me to better myself.

His uniqueness ... his every word and action I can replay in my mind a thousand times. I consider myself lucky to be in love with him.

But unrequited love inevitably ends in failure and unsaid emotions. I never expected reciprocation. But one day I received a response from others that I had been longing for, and I got scared, backed off, and wanted to give up."

Qin Ruan didn’t quite understand: "Why?"

Could it be that Ling Zeheng also loves Xiaoxuan?

Ling Xiaoxuan uttered in despair: "Because we are destined to be apart."

Qin Ruan furrowed her brows, trying to test her response: "Because of blood-relationship obstacles?"

All the tension Ling Xiaoxuan had been feeling for the past few months poured out at that moment, triggered by Qin Ruan’s insinuation.

She covered her face with her hands, crying in sorrow.

Her cries weren’t loud, but anyone who heard them would empathize, feeling her despair and pain.

Lei Ning held Ling Xiaoxuan in his arms, speaking comfortingly in a gentle voice: "Don’t cry."

His words were too plain, even his gentleness couldn’t soothe Ling Xiaoxuan’s fragmented heart which had been torn apart.

"He’s not my uncle, he’s not my uncle at all!!"

Ling Xiaoxuan suddenly burst out screaming, her voice sharp and piercing, like the cry of a young beast.

Qin Ruan’s voice sank slightly, "Since he’s not, you have no concerns."

She didn’t like Ling Xiaoxuan in this state.

The woman before her was different from the carefree senior she had met, one she had once admired.

Ling Xiaoxuan kept shaking her head, her alluring face filled with anguish, "No, it can’t be, we can’t be together."

Her despair and profound sorrow were so overwhelming that Qin Ruan could no longer bring herself to question her.

Lei Ning patted the person in his arms, his unperturbed eyes fixed on Qin Ruan, "Madam Huo, please let Xiaoxuan calm down, she... she has suffered too much."

A deep unfathomable light flashed in Qin Ruan’s eyes, "If we’re not talking about her, then let’s talk about your problem?"

Lei Ning knew what she was going to say and nodded, "I am indeed not a demon or a puppet."

Qin Ruan nodded her chin, motioning for him to continue.

Lei Ning stared at her with a questioning look in his eyes, and asked softly, "Do you believe in reincarnation?"

At his words, Qin Ruan’s pupils contracted sharply, a chilling and oppressive aura exuded from her body.

She turned her sharp gaze to Lei Ning, as if trying to see through his soul and comprehend all about him.

Lei Ning hadn’t anticipated Qin Ruan’s strong reaction. He showed surprise for a moment, then slowly smiled, "It seems my guess was right. You’ve also reincarnated."

The calm on Qin Ruan’s face faded, her red lips pursed in displeasure. Her eyes flashed with frosty, ruthless light as she focused sharply on Lei Ning.

"What on earth are you trying to figure out?"

Lei Ning shook his head, "I’m just curious about you. In our previous life, even after Xiaoxuan died, there was no one like you around her, even though she lived in such a way."

"You’re now Mr. Huo’s wife, but in our previous life, Mr. Huo, who was from a distinguished family, never married and certainly didn’t have any direct descendants."

"When I first met you, I was puzzled. It was only later that I remembered fragments from our previous life. Mr. Huo made one or two trips to Wanbao Mountain every year. It was said that his true love was buried there, but she wasn’t buried in the Huo family cemetery."

"This caused a lot of curiosity and speculation among the outside forces and there are numerous versions of rumors. The only certain thing was that Mr. Huo’s dearly departed had the surname Qin."

"It wasn’t until after Mr. Huo died and was buried in Wanbao Mountain that those who went to pay their respects saw two large and one small tombstone, the smaller one inscribed with the Huo surname. This caused a stir and meant the end of the Huo family’s main line."

Hearing about what happened after Mr. Huo’s death from someone else’s mouth brought a red hue to Qin Ruan’s eyes.

Her soul had been attached to the tombstone in her previous life, so she hadn’t witnessed Mr. Huo’s funeral.

After his death, when the Huo family was placing a new tombstone in front of hers and Mr. Huo’s, her soul had already begun to disperse, falling into a state of unclear consciousness and plummeting into the Netherworld Hell.

After nearly 100 years of torment in Purgatory, her soul was refined into a Semi God Body, allowing the fortunate possibility of reincarnation.

Qin Ruan closed her eyes tightly, thinking, so it is.

No wonder Lei Ning’s aura was out of place.

The luck of reincarnation was not just hers alone.

At this moment, Qin Ruan was not in the mood to concern herself with Ling Xiaoxuan’s affair.

In her previous life, she knew nothing about the Huo family cemetery. As the legitimate heir of the Huo family, Mr. Huo chose to be buried next to her and their child.

She had only met him once before in her past life and hadn’t even seen his face clearly. Why did he have to sacrifice so much?

Qin Ruan blinked, blinking away the sourness and sadness welling up in her eyes.

She shot a sharp look at Lei Ning, wanting to know what happened to the Huo family afterwards.

She noticed that Ling Xiaoxuan, who had been crying and telling her story in Lei Ning’s arms, now had a shocked look on her face and kept glancing between her and Lei Ning.

Qin Ruan understood something and asked Lei Ning, "The senior doesn’t know about it?"

Ling Xiaoxuan shook her head, "I only knew about Lei Ning, not you, you are also..." Her voice trailed off for a moment.

She truly didn’t know that Qin Ruan had the same experience as Lei Ning.

Lei Ning’s eyes fell to Ling Xiaoxuan, speaking softly, "My priority is to just fulfill my promise to you, other people’s business doesn’t need to be commented upon."

Though he had guessed that Qin Ruan was, like him, fortunate enough to reincarnate, he chose not to bring it up.

They did not interfere in each other’s affairs, focusing on their own, cherishing this hard-earned life without causing any disputes.

Lei Ning’s words caused Qin Ruan to take notice.

Surprisingly, she found Lei Ning more palatable now.

Knowing Qin Ruan’s past and her death in her previous life, Ling Xiaoxuan no longer cried.

She stared at Qin Ruan intently, her curiosity apparent in her eyes as if she was afraid others would miss it.

Qin Ruan forced a smile, "Senior, I came here today for your sake, you can’t let my trip be in vain."

Some things could be addressed later, but it was important to address the issue at hand first.

When Ling Xiaoxuan heard it was about her, her face fell and she became reticent.

She lowered her gaze, saying in a low voice, "There’s nothing to say. I once suspected that my uncle might not be a Ling, he never seemed to fit in at home. I guessed he wasn’t my grandfather’s son."

"It was only later that I found out that the one who wasn’t related to the Ling family was me, everything I have is thanks to my uncle. Without him, I might have died on the streets a long time ago."

Qin Ruan was stunned. It turned out that Ling Xiaoxuan wasn’t a member of the Ling family.

She eyed Ling Xiaoxuan from head to toe.

Even in her sorrow, Ling Xiaoxuan’s proud demeanor and the inherent nobleness of an Aristocratic Family lady were impossible to overlook.