Chapter 53

“How is this possible? How did you take the ring off?” Xiao Qin had a look of incredulous disbelief on her face.

“Ah, why? Can’t it be taken off?” Lin Wu felt a little puzzled as he stared at her.

Xiao Qin shook her head slightly. “It’s not that you can’t take it off. The truth is that it’s impossible to do so.”

“Impossible?”

Lin Wu was bewildered. “But I’ve taken the silver ring on Li Luyao’s finger off for her before. Isn’t this just a ring? What do you mean by it’s impossible to take it off?”

“Li Luyao is a living human, things are different…” Xiao Qin shook her head. She then continued asking, “Do you think that this ring is real?”

Lin Wu couldn’t help but start as he glanced at the silver ring in his hand.

He recalled that Li Luyao had told him to remove the ring, and he had specially hidden the ring in his deepest pockets. Yet, the ring had vanished for no reason at all and returned mysteriously to Li Luyao’s finger.

At that time, he thought that this was done by the matchmaker. A ghost had stolen it away, hence he didn’t notice it.

However, now that he thought about it, his perceptivity toward ghosts could say to exceed that of ordinary people. He also didn’t know if it was considered a talent or not?

Like Xia Bing, before she became a malicious ghost, he could sense her looking at him from the darkness several times.

Then, for a terrifying malicious ghost like the matchmaker whose yin aura was extremely overbearing, if she spied on him, his perceptivity would definitely feel it. He would have sensed it if she had stolen the ring from his pocket.

Since the ring wasn’t stolen by the matchmaker, how did the ring return to Li Luyao’s finger?

Unless…

A thought appeared in Lin Wu’s heart. He abruptly turned to Xiao Qian and asked, “You are saying that…this ring isn’t real?”

“Yes. This ring is… formed from resentment.” Xiao Qin spoke softly, “It’s just like me who can transform thanks to my thoughts. However, the amount of resentment it takes to form the ring is countless times more intense. This is why the ring could take a material form.”

Lin Wu was puzzled. “Didn’t you say that such rings are netherworld marriage tokens the matchmaker prepared for me? Were these rings formed from the matchmaker’s obsession?”

“No, the matchmaker’s obsession forms the red strings. As for these rings…” Xiao Qin furrowed her brows and shook her head. “I’m not too sure about their origins either, but I know that even if it’s the matchmaker herself, it’s also impossible for her to remove them.”

“Even the matchmaker can’t remove them? But I removed the ring for Li Luyao before. She can also remove it herself.”

“That’s because she’s a living human. The resentment in her ring hasn’t come in contact with her soul yet. If it does, it’s impossible to remove it no matter who you may be.” Xiao Qin shook her head. “The moment a ghost wears this ring, the resentment in the ring would flood into her soul. She would never be able to remove it forever.”

“Unable to remove it forever?”

Lin Wu couldn’t help but start. “In that case, how did Pei Jianing remove it? I saw that she easily snatched Xia Bing’s ring away.”

He remembered the scene very clearly.

At that time, Pei Jianing merely said a sentence, ‘You are not worthy’. After that, a red shadow suddenly flashed by and Xia Bing’s ring was taken away by her.

The action didn’t seem strenuous at all.

After that, Xia Bing seemed to have encountered an extremely terrifying incident. She was clearly afraid of Pei Jianing, yet she still dared to take the initiative to attack her, wanting to seize the ring back.

If even the matchmaker couldn’t remove the ring, why could Pei Jianing do so?

Lin Wu completely couldn’t understand this. He only felt that all these enigmas were impossible to unravel, there was no logic or reasoning to them at all.

“Were there no cases of my wives taking their rings off before?” Lin Wu asked.

“Nope, not a single one.”

Xiao Qin glanced at Lin Wu and spoke in a low voice, “Because, once the resentment ring comes in contact with the soul, it would be a part of it. Hence, even if the ghost’s soul scattered and it dispersed, the ring would vanish along with it. It’s basically impossible to remove it.”

“That’s strange then.” Lin Wu frowned. “I will look for an expert on antiques and get one to help me investigate the origin of the ring.”

“This isn’t an antique, what origin would it have?” Xiao Qin shook her head.

“After Xia Bing lost the ring, she seemed to be extremely afraid.” Lin Wu continued to ask, “What would happen if she lost it?”

“Although there has never been a prior example, if there are no unexpected incidents, her soul should disperse.”

Xiao Qin contemplated and continued, “Because this ring is like a nail that’s hammered into the soul. If one forcibly removed it, it would be like poking through a balloon. The soul will gradually disperse due to it.”

“Oh, is that so?”

Lin Wu heaved a sigh of relief. “That’s good then. I was worried that Xia Bing might continue to try and get revenge.”

“Let’s go and ask your wife first.” Xiao Qin shook her head in disbelief. “This is simply incredible. No one has ever removed such rings before, yet she did just that.”

Lin Wu also didn’t say anything more. He directly exited the building and walked toward his red Mazda.

After taking out the car key, he opened the door and entered the driving seat. After he sat down, he spoke, “Jianing, are you here? Come out for a little while.”

Xiao Qin didn’t open the door. She directly passed-through it and sat in the back seat.

Immediately after, a young female ghost covered in blood materialized at the front passenger seat. She cocked her head and stared at Lin Wu with puzzlement.

Xiao Qin hugged her arms in her seat, staring at Pei Jianing through the rearview mirror. She then furrowed her brows, as though she completely didn’t know her.

“Jianing.”

Lin Wu took out the silver ring and asked, “Have you seen this ring before?”

Pei Jianing nodded.

Lin Wu’s eyes brightened as he continued asking, “Where have you seen it before?”

“…Xia…Bing…” Pei Jianing spoke with difficulty, “Li…Lu…yao…”

Lin Wu was astonished. It seemed like she was saying that she had seen this ring before on Xia Bing and Li Luyao’s hands.

“How about other than them?” Lin Wu asked again.

Pei Jianing pursed her lips and furrowed her brows slightly, seemingly trying to recall.

After some time, it was like she got a headache. She shook her head with force before slowly stating, “…No…more…”

“Strange…” Lin Wu felt increasingly puzzled. He then asked, “In that case, how did you manage to remove the ring from Xia Bing’s finger?”

Pei Jianing was perplexed as she blinked her eyes. After that, she stretched her hand out and held Lin Wu’s hand as she made a rapid movement of seizing a ring.

“…”

Lin Wu was astonished. “So simple?”

Pei Jianing nodded. She had a look of being wronged on her face and asked with difficulty, “…Are…you…blaming…me…?”

“How can that be?”

Lin Wu stroked her hair, feeling as though his hand was running through blood again. “I can’t even wait to thank you.”

“…Mn…” Pei Jianing closed her eyes in enjoyment.

“Lin Wu.”

Xiao Qin, who was seated at the back, had her brows knitted together. She then spoke, “Ask her if she knows me.”

“Why don’t you ask her yourself?” Lin Wu was puzzled.

Xiao Qin replied in an annoyed manner, “Her obsession is you and not me. Earlier, when I got into the car up until now, she has been completely ignoring me, alright?”

“Oh.” Lin Wu turned and faced Pei Jianing. “Jianing, do you know the person sitting in the back seat?”

Only now did Pei Jianing glance at Xiao Qin. She then nodded.

Lin Wu cast a glance at Xiao Qin who was still in Lu Shaoyan’s appearance. He then added, “Her current appearance is false; her name is Xiao Qin.”

“…Xiao…Qin…?”

Pei Jianing cocked her head and thought for a while. After that, she nodded and muttered, “…I…know…them…both…”

“You know both Lu Shaoyan and Xiao Qin?” Lin Wu was astonished. After that, he nodded. “That’s true. Lu Shaoyan is a superstar, and most probably there are not too many people who wouldn’t know of her. You are my wife, so it’s very normal that you would have met Xiao Qin before your reincarnation.”

“No…there’s something wrong.”

Xiao Qin shook her head. She drew in a deep breath. “I’ve never met Pei Jianing before, how is it possible that she would know me?”