Young Master Is Being Jealous Again!
Chapter 918: The departed can’t wait, but how could I expect your heart to be like mine?

Chapter 918: Chapter 918: The departed can’t wait, but how could I expect your heart to be like mine?

Wu Fan showed no sympathy for the Puppet’s words, instead she mocked, "One could only say it’s a case of fate without destiny, why bother clinging to someone you missed!"

The Puppet retorted coldly, "You are as harsh as ever!"

Wu Fan snapped back, "Not as shameless as you, stealing someone’s boyfriend!"

The Puppet said, "You have such a sharp tongue!"

Wu Fan retaliated, "You are utterly shameless!"

Qin Ruan’s eyebrows were tightly knitted together, "Stop it, both of you. If you want to fight, find a place after this is over. Let’s solve the issue at hand first."

The Puppet pointed at Huo Qi, commanding, "I want him to marry me!"

Wu Fan immediately objected, "No way!"

Qin Ruan glanced between the two, asking, "What happened in your past lives?"

The Puppet bitterly responded, "There’s not much to say. I was just unlucky, contracted a severe illness when the unmatched gentleman was to marry me, and consequently died."

Qin Ruan blinked, "That’s it?"

In her mind, she had imagined a million words of tragic romance and intense family strife just from the conversation between Wu Fan and the Puppet.

Now, to be told it was so simple was quite unexpected.

The Puppet bit her lip and added, "After I died, the unmatched gentleman married her."

Out of nowhere, sharp, black, long nails appeared, pointing directly at Wu Fan.

In that era, children could not defy the matrimonial arrangements made by their parents without being branded unfilial.

Qin Ruan frowned slightly, "Isn’t that normal human behavior?"

The Puppet looked sorrowfully at Huo Qi, "He forgot the promises he made to me back then. He promised to marry only me, to take me to try all the delicacies from the south to the north, to travel all the mountains and seas, to be together for a lifetime, and to have one or two children with me for company all our lives.

But later, he gave all these promises that he made to me to another woman, and that woman was none other than my dear cousin!"

"Cousin?!" Qin Ruan’s worldview was shattered.

Then she remembered, in the Southern Dynasty, even cousins could marry, let alone Miss Duan’s cousin.

It seemed not so inappropriate for her to marry the unmatched gentleman.

The Puppet’s eyes shaded with a touch of desolation, and her voice lowered, "After I died, I entered the Netherworld, waiting for the unmatched gentleman. When I heard he had married my cousin, I went insane, lost consciousness, and roamed Purgatory looking for him.

It wasn’t until over twenty years ago that I finally came to my senses. Unexpectedly arriving in the Mortal World, I found myself trapped by the descendants of the Duan Family. Seven years ago, I encountered the reincarnation of the unmatched gentleman, and also saw my dearly reincarnated cousin."

Wu Fan stood in place, covering her face in bewilderment,

So that was it.

No wonder some details about her encounters with Huo Qi in her dreams left her puzzled.

Huo Qi, upon hearing this, had tears reddening his eyes, sadly looking at the poised Miss Duan before him.

That look seemed to traverse hundreds of years, seeing the beauty who once lifted the sedan curtain, smiling sweetly at him in silk and satin.

The woman smiled and said to him, "Which gentleman is this, to be born so handsome."

Immediately, a tide of memories flooded into his mind.

Tears involuntarily streamed down Huo Qi’s face, the dampness pulling him back to reality, engulfed by guilt and sadness, but he quickly composed himself.

He turned his head to wipe his face, and shut his eyes tightly.

When he opened his eyes again, Huo Qi said to the Duan family’s legitimate daughter, who had now transformed into a Puppet, "I’m sorry for making you wait so long."

The female Puppet snorted coldly, her tone one of charity, "Then marry me!"

Huo Qi shook his head.

He walked over to Wu Fan’s side and held her hand tightly, a faint smile playing at the corners of his lips, "You and I, a Puppet and a human, walk different paths, and I already have someone to accompany me through life."

At these words, Wu Fan’s eyes sparked with a mixture of surprise and joy.

The female Puppet’s eyes almost burst with rage, her beautiful face contorting, "You won’t marry me?!"

Huo Qi nodded slightly to her, his face expressionless, showing no hint of guilt in his eyes.

Apart from Wu Fan, whose hand he was holding tightly, no one knew how much he was restraining himself, how tightly he was gripping Wu Fan’s hand.

Tears of blood rolled down from the female Puppet’s eyes.

Souls of the departed for centuries, the last thread of emotion hollowed out, instantly overwhelmed by utter despair.

The female Puppet, her eyes filled with bloody tears, looked at Huo Qi with a mix of resentment and hatred, "I should have known after you married your cousin, old friends have passed away, how could I expect your heart to mirror mine."

Huo Qi was overwhelmed by jealousy, a strong feeling of suffocation, if not for holding tight to Wu Fan’s hand, he probably couldn’t even stand steadily.

Wu Fan’s breathing also became difficult.

She had been with Huo Qi for seven years, how could she not understand him.

In this situation, Huo Qi was anything but heartless towards Miss Duan as he claimed, he probably had deep feelings for her.

But what about her, what was she?

Seven years together, from initial ulterior motives to a genuine heartfelt love, could it be that the emergence of a past life female Puppet led to the collapse of their feelings?

Qin Ruan, observing the two humans and one Puppet, her gaze fixed on the black thread of marriage between Huo Qi and the female Puppet, knew Huo Qi was unaware of this matter.

Her lips parted slightly, "This marriage, it seems, will not be happening."

Huo Qi, not expecting Qin Ruan to speak up for Miss Duan, trembled as he asked, puzzled, "Why?"

"Your marriage with Miss Duan of the Duan family, recognized by the ten halls of Yama in the Netherworld, has a marriage thread between you two."

Qin Ruan walked up to Huo Qi, waved her hand in front of his eyes, "Look down at your wrist and her wrist, that is your thread of marriage."

Indeed, there was a thread shrouded in black mist on both the female Puppet and Huo Qi.

Huo Qi looked down, the sight of the black thread terrifying him, and he immediately tried to pull it off.

Seeing this, the already desolate female Puppet turned even more deathly pale.

Qin Ruan, her pale fingertips pinching the black thread of their marriage, suddenly revealed a look of surprise, "Miss Duan, what exactly have you been doing in the Mortal World for the past twenty-plus years, that led you to such a state beyond reincarnation, soul scattered and spirit broken?"

The female Puppet Miss Duan, her expression sadder than having a broken heart, explained softly, "I was trapped by the Duan Family in this place, using up my Puppet Power to bring centuries of wealth to the family."

Qin Ruan’s expression cleared, "So you cut off the lineage of the Duan Family?"

Miss Duan chuckled, the sound melancholy, "That’s their own bad karma; the malicious entity under the lake is from the Witch Clan. Once the Formation is activated, it drains the life of all Duan Family members, they deserved their comeuppance without me lifting a finger."

Qin Ruan nodded in understanding, "It seems the affairs of the Duan Family really can’t be blamed on you. What about the wronged souls in the lake?"

Miss Duan turned to look towards the man-made lake that had trapped her for over twenty years, her eyes flickering with a chilling, ominous intent.

Pointing towards the lake surface, she grinned, "The evil entity suppressed under the lake needs to consume human blood to keep from rebelling against me. As I desperately try to escape, it inevitably needs to absorb the blood of the living."