Chapter 376

Chapter 376: Well-Written, But Full of Holes

Nuan’er couldn’t give up the chance to reincarnate. After she became a ghost, she naturally grasped a few of the laws of heaven and earth. She had a strong feeling that if she gave up reincarnation now, she would wander forever as a lonely ghost.

Being a lonely ghost would actually be a pretty good ending. A worse one would be this: one day she runs into a powerful Heavenly Master who destroys her without asking why. After all, Heavenly Masters as reasonable as Second Miss Jiang are rare.

Nuan’er asked in a small voice: “Then… how can a maid like me go reincarnate?”

Yu Zhi Yi said coolly: “When I finish handling things here, I’ll send you on your way.”

This sounded downright creepy. Nuan’er’s mouth twitched, but she still stepped obediently to the side.

To Yu Zhi Yi, the human-and-ghost exchange felt “peaceful” enough; nothing seemed off. To everyone else, it was terrifying. The onlookers, who had planned to gawk, shuffled again, hunting for cover. They shivered as they peeked out to watch.

They saw the resentful female ghost’s two pitch-black claws flex in and out, then saw her lift Chen Xin Yue like a chick. Chen Xin Yue, a gifted young woman in the martial world, had no power to fight back in that ghost’s hands. Even hiding more than ten meters away, everyone felt the bone-piercing cold.

But the Jiang Clan’s Second Miss swatted the ghost aside as easily as brushing off dust. After that single move from Second Miss Jiang, the ghost who had been so fierce before Chen Xin Yue became a docile kitten.

The whole scene looked unreal.

Chen Xin Yue didn’t think it was “fantasy” at all. She felt only one thing: doom was coming for her. And she was right.

After Nuan’er’s ghost showed up and pointed out the killer, You Bing Yue instantly switched sides. Pointing at Chen Xin Yue with a face full of grief and anger, she said: “The killer is you? You lied to me!?”

She looked heartbroken, then turned to Du Zi Heng and said: “You Lin, I was fooled by her too.”

After that she said to Yu Zhi Yi: “Sorry, Second Miss Jiang-no, Official Yu. I accused you without knowing the truth. But I only wanted to catch the killer. You can understand that, right?”

Du Zi Heng sighed and said: “Bing Yue, you were too hasty. But you meant to seek justice for the victim. Yi’er isn’t petty; she won’t blame you.”

Yu Zhi Yi slowly said: “?”

She laughed from anger and said: “Du Zi Heng, what position lets you speak for me? What gives you the right to speak for me?”

Jiang Liu Yi sneered and said: “Probably because his face is as big as a basin.”

Du Zi Heng blurted: “?!” Face like a basin?! Praise had followed him since childhood; he could not accept that description. No one cared whether he could accept it.

Expressionless, Yu Zhi Yi looked at You Bing Yue and said: “So if you do a bad thing with ‘good intentions,’ it isn’t bad anymore?”

She added: “Besides, whether you were well-intentioned-heaven knows, earth knows, you know, and I know.”

You Bing Yue gave a bitter smile and said: “Second Miss Jiang-no, Official Yu, the grudges between us are long past. Can’t you forgive my old mistakes? I admit I was young and arrogant back then and did things that hurt you. I know I was wrong, and I’ve changed. I promise I won’t pester You Lin anymore.”

Yu Zhi Yi raised a hand to cut her off and said: “Whether you pester him has nothing to do with me. I didn’t want to marry him in the first place, and I never tried to compete with you. If you hadn’t pushed me, so what if you two had two children in three years?”

She said coldly: “And none of that has anything to do with today. Since you claim solving a case needs evidence, then you should know gathering evidence takes care. You can’t convict someone with an obvious, hole-filled scrap.”

She continued: “Today you latched onto me. I could invite Nuan’er’s ghost to name the killer, clear my name, and crush the culprit’s plot. But if you had latched onto someone else-then even with your flimsy so-called evidence, that blustering stance of yours would be enough to brand an innocent person a murderer. You would both help the real killer escape the law and ruin another life!”

For the first time, a sharp anger touched her light, airy voice. The force of a Foundation Establishment Realm expert burst out. You Bing Yue’s once-careless face froze. Her pupils shrank. She trembled.

[How… how could this be? How does this woman have such a scary aura?]

Yu Zhi Yi smiled without warmth and said: “One more thing. Miss You, explain why you showed up together with Miss Chen.”

Pressing down her emotions, You Bing Yue sighed with a look of shame and annoyance and said: “I was just passing by and met Miss Chen in the little garden… I really was fooled by her! When I met her, she looked panicked. You know I can’t stand injustice. I asked what happened, and she said she had witnessed a murder.”

In her telling, she was only a passerby-a righteous person who spoke up when she saw something unfair.

Du Zi Heng said: “This Miss Chen is very deep. It’s normal that Bing Yue was deceived.”

Moved, You Bing Yue looked at him and said: “You Lin, you understand me.”

Suddenly, sharp clapping rang out. They turned toward the sound and saw Yu Zhi Yi clapping with open mockery on her face.

Du Zi Heng’s face changed and he said: “Yi’er, don’t misunderstand…”

Yu Zhi Yi didn’t even look at him. Staring at You Bing Yue, she said: “Nice story, but I have a witness.”

As her words fell, two tall figures strode in.

You Bing Yue’s pupils shrank. Both people stepped out of the shadows. One had been by the poplar outside the courtyard. The trunk wasn’t thick and wasn’t fit for hiding-anyone who looked closely would notice someone there. Precisely because it wasn’t a good hiding place, most people wouldn’t look carefully. He also wore brown-gray clothes that blended into the surroundings. Most importantly, that spot had a clear view of a stretch of the walltop-where, just now, You Bing Yue had lain to peek into the yard.

Her heart climbed into her throat. She didn’t want to face what came next. But the world doesn’t move to one person’s wishes.

Yu Zhi Yi said calmly: “Miss Chen held one-sided hostility toward me. I worried she’d do something before I left, so I had people watching in secret. Li Xing Wen, tell us what you saw.”

You Bing Yue swallowed, wanting to interrupt.