Dying In The Male Lead’s Arms Every Time I Transmigrate

Chapter 107 Mystery

Li Chun said, “I have checked this with others, and there seems to be no problem.”

Everything sent to the cottage had to pass through her and the hands of those men in black to be checked for safety. One they have confirmed that the contents didn’t pose any danger, they would then be brought here.

In normal circumstances, if the box didn’t have any name on it, she would place it outside and not bring it in. Only those that were addressed with a name were carefully inspected and brought in.

And because she wasn’t the owner of the box, she couldn’t open them either.

Seeing the urn in the box, Li Chun’s expression also changed.

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Ning Meng caught sight of her strange expression and suddenly felt a little skeptical. Last night, Li Chun had given it to her, now that she had gone back to normal, she still seemed somewhat odd.

She asked with feigned unintentionality, “I don’t recall buying this, Li Chun, did you remember it wrong, brought it in by mistake, or did someone leave it mistakenly?”

Li Chun’s lips trembled and she said nothing.

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There were not only formations in the cottage but also talismans, and even some protective things hidden behind the exteriors. How could ghosts appear all of a sudden and how could Shi Qi fail to have noticed it?

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A thought suddenly popped into her mind: Was there a mole?

As soon as this thought came out, it quickly filled her whole head, squeezing away all the messy speculations she conjured before.

Before she could even ask Li Chun, Li Chun raised her head and said in a dark voice, “I saw this urn a long time ago… 21 years ago to be precise.”

Ning Meng had just come to a decision when she was surprised by her words. .

Twenty-one years ago, Shi Qi was only 7 years old, and after calculating it, it was also coincidentally the time when she was occupying Grandma Shi’s body and Li Chun was working in the cottage.

Then the urn she saw must have been seen at the Shi Residence. After thinking about it, she was sure that it had something to do with the Shi Family.

Ning Meng asked, “Where did you see it? Who left it?”

No information was revealed on the urn. On the contrary, the carvings on it were extremely delicate and the process looked complicated. At first glance, one could tell that ordinary people wouldn’t be able to get their hands on it.

She also had another question, why send it to her?

Li Chun organized her words and hesitated, “If it weren’t for this being addressed to madam, I wouldn’t have said it…this matter is related to another person named Li Xia. She came to the Shi Residence with me in the beginning.”

In her eyes, Ning Meng had nothing to do with Grandma Shi.

However, Ning Meng knew this very well. Last time, Li Chun seemed to have mentioned Li Xia, but in the end, nothing definite was known.

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What happened 21 years ago that made Li Xia disappear in the Shi residence? Could it be because Li Xiu was found to be in cahoots with them and had caused her, who was Grandma Shi at that time, to be killed?

Was there any other secret behind Grandma Shi’s body?

In the beginning, Li Xia was much more careful than Li Chun, handling many of the connections with the mansion. She was also very responsible, and was very attentive when taking care of her.

If Li Chun hadn’t mentioned it to her, Ning Meng would never have expected such a thing to happen.

Moreover, if there was a problem, then how long had she concealed this?

Before she had even transmigrated into Grandma Shi’s body, Li Xia was already serving as her attendant, but hadn’t let the cat out of the bag, just waiting for the right time.

Ning Meng now faintly had a new guess.

At the beginning, the system said that Grandma Shi was also of female yin physique. To be able to go from an ordinary fisherwoman to the mistress of a wealthy family, there were probably other factors besides luck at play.

Now that she was pondering over this, Ning Meng only felt her scalp turn numb.

If this was true, how long ago had all of this been planned out?

Her thoughts ran so amok that she couldn’t make sense for a while, pressing her lips together and not speaking.

Li Chun was unaware of the several thoughts flying past her head and paused before continuing, “At the beginning, Master Qi was still young. When he returned with the Eldest Master from the outside, the old lady had already passed away. I was outside at the time, and only Li Xia was in the cottage. Later on, Eldest Master found out about Li Xia’s suspicious behavior, which had given outsiders an opportunity to intrude.”

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At that time, she remembered clearly. In order to intimidate her, she personally watched Eldest Master impose punishment on Li Xia and was stupefied for three whole days. Upon recovering her senses, the first thing she did was go to the bathroom and throw up.

“The eldest master gave Li Xia a serious punishment and locked her up in the basement. I don’t know what happened but she sneakily escaped with injuries.” Li Chun recalled carefully, “I was in the cottage at the time, and I ran into Li Xia at night. She was holding this urn in her arms.”

The reason why she remembered so deeply was because the impression at that time was too deep.

Li Xia had died in front of her holding the urn, and she had also fainted because of this. When she awoke the next day, Li Xia had disappeared into the small building, and the urn had also disappeared.

The Eldest Master conducted a strict investigation for three months but found no clue at all.

It was as if Li Xia had magically poofed out of this world.

Since then, she had never seen Li Xia again, nor had she seen this urn. The gloomiest time in Li Chun’s memory were those days in the past.

She described the appearance of the urn to the eldest master, but the words seemed to have been blocked when it arrived at her lips. She couldn’t figure out the words to describe it and in the end, the thought finally disappeared.

Ning Meng stared at the urn in front of him and asked the system, “Last night, you mentioned that there was something odd with this, what about now?”

She suddenly felt that the urn was very useful.

Especially that ghost that borrowed Li Chun’s hand to put the urn in front of her. After failing once, he then turned to use this method, which clearly indicated that he wouldn’t stop until it was right in front of her.

The system replied, “It’s very stable now. The situation last night happened because it was coincidentally that day. The Yin air was heavier, hence reacting with the contents inside.”

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This statement was much more credible.

For some reason, Li Chun suddenly stopped talking. Catching something on the corner of the box with her sharp eyes, she immediately said, “Madam, there’s something inside.”

Ning Meng tilted her head to look and saw that it was something like a small wooden stele with two illegible characters engraved on it.

Li Chun ran to get a magnifying glass.

It was much easier to see with a magnifying glass. A simple pattern was carved on the small wooden stele, surrounding the two characters in the middle, and it read “Ah Yan”.

Each stroke of these two characters were engraved very smoothly and with a very deep force, making it easy to see that the person who carved this put in a lot of effort.

“Ah Yan?” Ning Meng wondered, “Who is Ah Yan?”

She could tell that this “Ah Yan” was an abbreviation at first glance, but there was no one she knew that had these characters in their name.

To send something and put a wooden stele in it… From this point of view, she reckoned that the real owner of the contents in this urn was the person named Ah Yan, and perhaps Ah Yan’s ashes were placed inside.

Li Chun shook her head, “I don’t know. There doesn’t seem to be anyone in the Shi family that’s called Ah Yan, and no one here is also called by that name.”

She recognized all of the people in the cottage, and there was no one with this name. Even though she wasn’t sure about the people in the mansion, she was sure that she had never encountered someone there named Ah Yan.

She reminded, “Madam, the origin of this object is still a mystery, it’s better to just leave it outside.”

Ning Meng was puzzled but didn’t dare reach out to touch the urn. After thinking about it, she asked, “Where is Shi Qi?”

The air was quiet for a moment before Li Chun replied, “Master Qi is working.”

Working?

Ning Meng had a strange feeling. When she looked at Li Chun, she saw that her head was lowered and she didn’t have any intentions to continue elaborating at all.

In the past, if she actively asked where Shi Qi was, Li Chun would definitely chatter on and on about him, her words containing implications of asking her to cultivate feelings with him. Now, her reply had become so short, no words following after, highlighting the abnormality of her behavior.

Moreover, when Shi Qi had come home last night, he mentioned that his room was safer, and the meaning was obvious, but then he suddenly said that he was leaving, which came too abruptly.

Ning Meng glanced at Li Chun calmly, no longer pressing her for more information.

Her gaze fell on the urn and the small wooden stele again.

Who on earth was trying so hard to give this to her and what did they want to do? Were they trying to help her or hurt her? And were they still in the cottage at this moment?

This series of questions almost felt like a big boulder pressed on Ning Meng’s chest.

When she was lying weakly in the room last night, she had sent a message to Shi Qi, but he did not reply, which was also very out of place.

Even if he didn’t pay attention at the time, it was already a new day today. It was impossible for him to have no reaction at all, unless…something had happened to him.

At the thought of this, Ning Meng was suddenly hit by a strong realization.

She had always thought that Shi Qi could solve everything, but never thought that it was completely different from the novel. This was the real world. There were mountains outside the mountains, and there were people beyond other people. There were more powerful characters whom she didn’t know so there was no guarantee that Shi Qi was the best.

A novel was only a novel, and after her transmigration, the plot had undergone a lot of changes. If it had already changed beyond recognition, it was not entirely impossible for a few bad guys to appear.

At present, she could go anywhere in the Shi Residence so instead of asking Li Chun, she might as well go to the mansion herself. It wasn’t safe outside, and the cottage wasn’t necessarily completely safe so there was no difference between staying in either place.

She covered the box once again and took a deep breath, saying calmly, “Just leave it here, and if anything happens, just let me know.”

Li Chun replied, “Okay.”

Ning Meng turned around and left the cottage, going straight for the mansion.


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