MMJWQC Chapter 22

Translator: Moonlit

Editor: kiki

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When Chu Ruochun woke up, it had only been a few minutes since he had used his current body. His spiritual power was insufficient, and he could only barely deal with a fierce ghost.

Did he just see Feng Qi a moment ago?

He wasn’t entirely sure. After sitting still for a while and realizing that there was nothing seriously wrong with his body, he got up and walked to the living room.

In the living room at this moment, Feng Qi and the others were all unconscious within the circle he had drawn. It seemed they had just been affected by the ghostly aura. He used the simplest method to wake them up – splashing water.

“Splash!”

All four of them woke up simultaneously.

Feng Qi wiped the water from his face and looked at Chu Ruochun, seemingly at a loss for words. Chu Ruochun explained before he could speak, “I didn’t have the strength to wake each of you individually.”

Lu Ming murmured, “Isn’t splashing water more strenuous?”

Chu Ruochun didn’t think there was anything wrong with his approach. “Splashing water is faster.”

As the only woman here, Lu Jie suggested, “You could have woken one of us up first and then had them wake the rest.”

Chu Ruochun looked somewhat innocent. “I was tired; I didn’t think that far ahead.”

At this point, no one was too concerned about the method used to wake them. Indeed, there was nothing more direct than splashing water.

Lu Ming looked around, “Are we okay now?”

Chu Ruochun shook his head, “We’re temporarily okay. Are there any elders from the Lu family here? Who can make decisions in this house?”

Lu Ming replied, “The house is currently in my father’s hands. Why do you ask?”

Chu Ruochun said, “Dig up the corpse.”

Lu Ming’s spine tingled. “What?”

Chu Ruochun instructed him directly, “It’s best to find an elder from your Lu family to clarify the matter with the Hua family. It will make it easier to handle the aftermath.”

There seemed to be hidden details between the Hua and Lu families.

Hua Zhen had told them that the Lu family had used his luck. But if it was the Lu family that had used him, they should have been the ones hiding and manipulating things. Instead, they had future generations venerating him, which didn’t make much sense.

Lu Qing was puzzled for a while before asking, “What about Hua Zhen?”

Chu Ruochun opened his palm, and an almost transparent Hua Zhen appeared before them.

At this moment, Hua Zhen stood there lightly, not touching the ground, dressed in elegant Western attire. He no longer exuded the eerie ghostly aura but retained his gentlemanly appearance. He walked toward Lu Qing, attempting to touch him, but his transparent hand passed through Lu Qing’s head. Hua Zhen looked at his own hand and smiled. When he looked at Lu Qing, it was as if he was looking at someone else in him.

Lu Qing reached out and tried to grasp the air. “Why?”

Hua Zhen simply said, “I’m sorry.”

He gradually faded away, and finally turned to Chu Ruochun, bowing slightly and saying, “Thank you, we are all free now.”

Afterward, Hua Zhen slowly dissipated before everyone’s eyes.

Lu Qing looked somewhat bewildered and asked Chu Ruochun, “What does ‘free’ mean?”

Chu Ruochun didn’t respond but looked at Lu Ming. “You go and dig up the body first, give them a proper burial.”

Fierce ghosts had no rationality; the truth needed to be asked from the elders of the Lu family.

Lu Ming, still in shock, didn’t notice that Chu Ruochun said “them.” “Where is it buried?”

Chu Ruochun pointed to a location. “Underneath your Lu family ancestral hall.”

Lu Ming immediately set about doing this task. He contacted his parents, who were traveling outside, and also got in touch with several senior members of the Lu family.

The older generation should have a better understanding of the affairs related to the old house.

During that era, with wars raging, many things could only be passed down through oral tradition, with little written record.

The three siblings of the Lu family stayed at the old house waiting for their parents to return because of this matter.

Chu Ruochun needed to go back to take care of Chu Ruolin, so he and Feng Qi left that night.

Sitting comfortably in the car seats, one of them closed his eyes to rest, while the other occasionally turned to look at the other.

When Feng Qi observed Chu Ruochun again, the latter suddenly opened his eyes and asked, “Feng ge, what are you looking at?”

Caught off guard, Feng Qi felt a bit embarrassed. “I wasn’t looking at anything.”

Chu Ruochun suddenly leaned in front of Feng Qi, scrutinizing him from top to bottom. “How did you faint just now?”

Feng Qi recalled, “Same as Lu Ming and the others, I suddenly lost consciousness.”

Chu Ruochun nodded and didn’t pursue the matter further.

Could it be that the figure he saw before passing out was an illusion?

He wasn’t prone to hallucinations, so there must be something special about Feng Qi that he hadn’t noticed.

He would be able to investigate once his spiritual power was a bit more replenished.

The driver from the Lu family individually sent Chu Ruochun and Feng Qi back home. Feng Qi had been deeply shaken today and was unsure how to face Chu Ruochun for a moment. There was a feeling of ambiguity between them.

Chu Ruochun arrived home a little past 8 in the evening. Yang Ran was assisting Chu Ruolin with his homework. Chu Ruolin now understood Chu Ruochun’s work, so he was obedient and responsible. He poured him some water as soon as he saw him return.

After a night’s rest, Chu Ruochun’s spiritual power, which had disappeared yesterday, had fully returned, and it had even improved slightly compared to the initial state.

Two days later, Chu Ruochun received a phone call from Lu Ming, informing him of the progress in the matter.

Lu Ming had hired professionals to dig beneath the Lu family ancestral hall and found a coffin inside containing two corpses. It was only then that Lu Ming recalled Chu Ruochun saying “them”.

He couldn’t fathom what had happened. He told Chu Ruochun everything and sought his advice.

Chu Ruochun asked him, “What did the elders of the Lu family say?”

Lu Ming replied, “I asked one of our great-uncles. He remembers some things from that time, but he was just a child back then, so he might have only heard half of it. The situation is different from what we imagined.”

Chu Ruochun: “Oh? Is it related to that portrait?”

Lu Ming: “You guessed it right.”

Chu Ruochun: “That portrait was created by the young master of the Lu family back then. Indeed, at that time, Hua Zhen was engaged to that young lady. The young lady from the Lu family also had someone she liked, but Hua Zhen had someone he liked too.”

Lu Ming: “That would be the young master from the Lu family.”

Chu Ruochun: “Exactly. Because the future head of the Hua family was homosexual and in a relationship with the future brother-in-law, it caused quite a sensation at that time. So, your family uncle remembers this incident.”

Both the Hua and Lu families were unwilling to see this outcome. Hua Zhen had to continue his family line, and so did the young master of the Lu family. In that era, these matters were considered too progressive, and both families naturally wanted to prevent it.

The young master of the Lu family’s father vehemently opposed it and kept him confined at home. Hua Zhen’s parents even went so far as to threaten their lives to force them apart.

Under the pressure of reality, the two were forced to separate. However, for the benefit of the Lu family, the Hua family still allowed Hua Zhen to marry the young lady from the Lu family to fulfill the alliance between the two families.

Similarly, the young master of the Lu family also had an engagement, and he got married even earlier than Hua Zhen. He was forced into marriage by his father.

Hua Zhen, who had been locked away by the Hua family, went insane upon hearing the news of the young master of the Lu family’s impending marriage.

On the day of the Lu family’s young master’s wedding, Hua Zhen chose to hang himself in the Lu family’s ancestral hall. By the time the Lu family’s young master, who hadn’t yet wed, learned of this, Hua Zhen had already passed away.

However, the true cause of Hua Zhen’s death was different. At that time, the Hua family was embroiled in a fierce dispute over the family’s inheritance due to the sudden death of Hua Zhen’s grandfather. Hua Zhen’s second uncle, in an attempt to prevent Hua Zhen from forming an alliance with the Lu family, conspired with the powerful force behind him. He orchestrated a sinister plan to harm Hua Zhen and shifted the blame onto the Lu family.

After experts examined the bodies and the remains of poison were found on one of them, while the other body remained intact, Lu Ming’s family uncle also recounted some peculiar stories related to the Lu family. After Hua Zhen’s death, he returned as a fierce ghost and sought revenge on both the Hua family and those in the Lu family who had hindered their union. The Lu family’s young master, in an attempt to appease Hua Zhen’s resentment, chose to go with him. Their families buried them together, and a Taoist priest from the Lu family was called upon to suppress them beneath the Lu family’s ancestral hall because Hua Zhen died there and had strong grudges, unwilling to leave.

After this incident, the Lu family members moved away from the house. Later, due to the war, they left the town altogether. When the war ended, the older generation had passed away, and the younger generation returned to their hometown. However, they were unaware of the events from that time and were misled by some rumors. They mistook the portrait of the young master of the Lu family used for honoring Hua Zhen as a benefactor.

This elder from the Lu family was located by Lu Ming through their family connections. Their family had also moved away from the town during the war and had never returned. Lu Ming only remembered this after he brought up the past.

After listening to Hua Zhen and the Lu family’s young master’s story, Chu Ruochun recalled the formation he had observed earlier. He smiled suddenly, “I understand now.”

Recalling the formation he had seen before, he couldn’t have been mistaken. It was a transfer formation, but it wasn’t meant for Hua Zhen; it was for the Lu family’s young master. Where did that transfer lead to? It probably wasn’t to the Lu family.

The Lu family was troubled by the fierce ghost, and they were willing to move away overnight, even abandoning their ancestral home. It seemed highly unlikely that they would be transferring the fierce ghost’s luck. It appeared that someone had set up a scheme.

If the young master of the Lu family had died alongside Hua Zhen back then, Hua Zhen’s obsession should have ceased to exist. It was highly improbable that he would still be a fierce ghost.

It was likely that someone manipulated Hua Zhen’s transformation into a fierce ghost. The person who stole the luck of the Lu family’s young master was probably not a member of the Lu family but someone else entirely.

Hua Zhen’s desire for a ghost infant might not have been related to Lu Qing. Similarly, he might have been manipulated. His appearance indirectly facilitated the liberation of both Hua Zhen and the Lu family’s young master, which is why he thanked himself in the end.

So, was the same person responsible for taking the Hua family’s spirit beast sword?

Lu Ming hesitated and asked Chu Ruochun, “Mr. Chu, there’s one more thing I don’t understand. Why did Hua Zhen seek out Lu Qing? Could Lu Qing be the reincarnation of the young master?”

Chu Ruochun advised him, “Some things are best left unanswered.”

Lu Ming couldn’t press for more information. “Thank you, I understand.”

Truly a master, one sentence awakened him from his confusion.

At this point, whether it was or wasn’t didn’t really matter anymore. It was a century-old grudge, and Lu Qing had merely been inadvertently drawn into it.

Subsequently, the Lu family sealed the old house and found an auspicious burial site for the two elders. They consulted Chu Ruochun to determine an auspicious date for their joint burial.

It could be said that the star-crossed lovers had finally found each other.

As for Lu Qing, after the ordeal, he chose to exit the entertainment industry and ceased to be active in front of the cameras.

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Following the Lu family incident, the once-poor Chu Ruochun became incredibly wealthy overnight. His bank balance went from five figures to seven figures.

However, the increase in wealth didn’t change his lifestyle and routine. He still went to bed and woke up early, and every morning, he made a habit of posting on Weibo and engaging with his fans.

The second episode of “Coincidentally, I Like You Too” aired. Among internet users, opinions about Chu Ruochun were divided. Some thought he was impressive, while others believed he was pretending. Some observant netizens even dug up that the director was Jiang Yu’an’s, the owner of Qingju Company, high school classmate.

Jiang Yu’an hastily posted on Weibo to clarify, stating that he had just discovered that he and the director were high school classmates as well.

After resting for two days, Chu Ruochun was back to recording “Nothing Is Impossible.”

The previous recording location was very close to Jingzhou, but this time, they changed to a different city.

It happened to be a weekend when Chu Ruochun’s younger brother, Chu Ruolin, had time off from school. When Chu Ruochun asked if he wanted to come along for work, Chu Ruolin immediately nodded in agreement.

Fang Ming had some reservations about Chu Ruochun bringing his younger brother onto the show, but in the end, he didn’t say anything. Now, the entertainment industry was well aware that he had a younger brother who was ten years his junior.

The hotel they stayed at was arranged by the production team, and Chu Ruochun checked in with Chu Ruolin.

After their arrival at the hotel, Chu Ruochun took Chu Ruolin to the restaurant for a meal, where they also met the director and others.

While other celebrities chose to dine in their rooms, Chu Ruochun paid no attention to this. The two of them ordered a table full of dishes, and Chu Ruolin enjoyed the meal immensely.

Director Pang had just finished scolding someone on the phone, saying, “Can’t you find another child to replace the missing one? Pay extra if you have to! We start filming early tomorrow morning, and if we can’t find all the cast, how are we going to shoot? Don’t give me excuses; just go find someone!”

The theme for this episode of “Nothing Is Impossible” was “Children’s Day” because the next episode would air on June 1st, which happened to be Children’s Day.

After hanging up the phone, Director Pang saw Chu Ruochun and the child next to him!

He looked as if he had found a savior. “Ruochun, it’s so great to see you here!”

Chu Ruochun asked, “Director Pang, have you eaten?”

“I’ve eaten,” Director Pang replied straightforwardly, looking directly at Chu Ruolin. “Is this your little brother?”

Chu Ruochun turned to look at Chu Ruolin. “Yes, Ruolin, say hello to Uncle.”

Chu Ruolin greeted, “Hello, Uncle.”

“Hello, hello,” Director Pang said, growing fond of Chu Ruolin’s charming appearance.

Chu Ruolin had gained some weight during the time he spent with Chu Ruochun. His face had gradually matured, and he had been learning breathing exercises with Chu Ruochun every day, improving his complexion. He had a rosy and cute appearance.

Director Pang asked Chu Ruochun, “Ruochun, the program invited a child whose parents had a disagreement, and he can’t make it tomorrow. Can your little brother play a small role in the show tomorrow? We’ll pay you both extra for the extra role.”

Chu Ruochun turned to Chu Ruolin and asked, “Do you want to work with your big brother tomorrow?”

Without hesitation, Chu Ruolin nodded. “I want to.” Working with his big brother would surely be a lot of fun.

Chu Ruochun warned him, “It might be a little bit scary.”

Director Pang quickly reassured, “Not scary at all, it’s for the Children’s Day theme.”

Chu Ruolin, deeply trusting his brother’s words, said, “Uncle, if my brother says it’s scary, then it must be scary.”

Director Pang: “…”

Did they have a misunderstanding about what Children’s Day entails?

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