Chapter 6 Helplessly Spectating as the Soul Leaves the Body

Ouyang Xiasha suddenly opened her eyes and looked around, bewildered and confused. Hadn't she just been hit by a car? Why didn't she feel any pain at all! Still in shock, Ouyang Xiasha suddenly heard the sound of a car starting. She looked down and saw herself floating in the air. It was only then that she realized why she felt no pain—she was dead!

So this must be what they call the soul! Otherwise, who is lying in that pool of blood down there? And on that red Porsche that caused the accident, it was impossible to distinguish which parts bore the color of the car, and which were splattered with the glaring blood!

Ouyang Xiasha clearly saw that the person driving was Mu Qingchi, and she clearly saw her strange smile, the arrogant way she stepped out of the car, looking down at Ouyang Xiasha's body with contempt, mocking, "Ouyang Xiasha, this isn't over yet! Consider it this Young Miss's kindness—I will help you and your family reunite!"

Laughing loudly, she got back into the Porsche covered in blood and drove away arrogantly. No one stopped her—it was as if she hadn't hit a person at all!

Wasn't Ouyang Xiasha furious? How could she not be? But what could she do? What could a mere soul do? She gave a self-mocking laugh at the sky, wondering if this is what they meant by 'The good die young, while disasters last for a thousand years.'?

Looking down at her body on the ground, she noticed that her blood seemed to be diminishing rapidly. Upon closer inspection, she realized that it was all being absorbed by the jade bracelet on her wrist, which was still greedily sucking the blood from her body. She remembered the bracelet—it had been a gift from her grandmother on her fifth birthday, meant for her, the only granddaughter. She had worn it ever since, never having taken it off. In fact, she couldn't if she wanted to. Turns out it was a vampire all along!

As she watched the complexion of her own body turn paler and paler, all Ouyang Xiasha could do was stand there, dumbstruck, watching helplessly. After all, what could you expect from a soul?

Suddenly she heard a cry: "No! Sasha, don't joke like this! I know I was wrong, but don't punish me like this! I really do love you, truly! It's just that I didn't understand myself before! I placed too much importance on the family interests!"

Actually, Fu Xinyu had been very confused these past few days. It wasn't until a moment ago, seeing Ouyang Xiasha fall down in front of him, seeing the blood all over her, that he felt an unbearable pain in his heart, so profound it almost stopped beating. Only after being heartbroken did he realize that he couldn't live without Ouyang Xiasha, that he had always loved Ouyang Xiasha. Thinking back on his actions and his words, he had yet to apologize to his Sasha. No, Sasha must not be in trouble!

Watching Fu Xinyu, who was holding her now utterly lifeless body, rush into the hospital she had just walked out of, Ouyang Xiasha smiled. If she had known it would come to this, why did it ever start? Who are you acting for now? Whether it was fate or not, in the end, we met, we loved! In the river of life, some people, some things—once missed, are missed forever, leaving only sadness, regret, and remorse. And what of it? The deceased is gone. Who is there to see this? Who cares?

The greatest distance in this world is but that between life and death. No matter the guilt, the regrets, the sadness—they are all in vain! Irretrievable!

Watching herself, just discharged from the hospital, being pushed back into the operating room, witnessing those doctors watch Mu Qingchi leave with wide-open eyes, at the end, they still maintained a shred of conscience and quickly carried her into the operating room. They helplessly apologized to her, saying, "Young girl, the Mu Family's background is too powerful, not something we ordinary folks can compare with. Don't blame us for watching her leave. In your next life, choose a good family and live in peace!"

Then, reluctantly, they covered her with a white sheet. She watched Fu Xinyu's heart shatter into pieces, saw her own family rush in crying in grief, and also watched Mu Qingchi switch to another car and enter the hospital again, bursting into maniacal laughter! She could only be a spectator, for what else could she do!

What was she to do now? Was she to just watch her enemies rejoice and her loved ones cry?

In a daze, Ouyang Xiasha suddenly remembered the words Mu Qingchi had spoken when getting out of the car and approaching her body, "It's not over yet," and something about reuniting her family. Could it be? Could it mean she was intending to harm her own relatives? No, that couldn't be allowed to happen!

Ouyang Xiasha desperately yelled in front of her Uncle Ouyang, Great Aunt Ouyang, and others, "Great Aunt, Aunts, Uncle, Uncle, Little Father, you guys need to leave quickly! Mu Qingchi has no good intentions!" But no matter how loudly Ouyang Xiasha yelled, her family just couldn't hear her voice, nor feel her urgency. They were only outraged about the injustice their niece had suffered!

"What are you doing here? I believe that whether it was when Sasha was alive or now after her death, she wouldn't want to see you two, who have betrayed and abandoned her!" Great Aunt Ouyang angrily pointed at the madly laughing Mu Qingchi and the ashen-faced Fu Xinyu and roared.

"You needn't worry, I think you will be reunited very soon!" Mu Qingchi said mockingly.

"What do you mean? And how did you know about Sasha's accident? Or should I say, is her accident related to you?" Uncle Ouyang was still somewhat rational. The more he thought about it, the more wrong it seemed. The hospital notifying them of Sasha's mishap made sense, but Mu Qingchi and Fu Xinyu had already fallen out with Sasha. How could they appear here so promptly unless the accident was their doing, or unless they harbored ill will toward Sasha and were tracking her? Aside from these possibilities, there seemed to be no third option!

"It seems not everyone in the Ouyang Family is as foolish as Ouyang Xiasha!" Seeing the Ouyang Family members, Mu Qingchi laughed madly. If the Ouyang Family had been observant, they would have noticed why Mu Qingchi was able to disturb the hospital's peace without anyone coming out to stop her, and they would have sensed the unrest at this moment!

"Enough! Mu Qingchi, stop it! It's enough!" Fu Xinyu said with some regret. It was true; one often didn't appreciate what they had until it was lost!

"Stop? How could I? If you don't remove the roots, the grass will grow back with the spring breeze. I won't leave the Ouyang Family as an unchecked threat! If our enemies from the Mu Family find out what I've done, it could ruin the entire Mu Family! Moreover, don't you, Fu Xinyu, share some of the credit? Now that Ouyang Xiasha is dead, are you trying to show remorse and play the lover? Xinyu, even if I still love you, if you become an enemy of the Mu Family, not even I can protect you! Ouyang Xiasha is dead, and I am the real one that exists! Wake up and face reality!" Mu Qingchi said earnestly as she looked at Fu Xinyu. The plan had originally included seducing Fu Xinyu as part of their scheme, but Mu Qingchi hadn't expected to truly fall for him, body and soul, to truly love this man. And if that was the case, then Fu Xinyu was destined to be her man.