Chapter 7: Where the Soul Returns, Hard to Find the Beauty

"What do you mean? Was Sasha really killed by you? Fu Xinyu, you're truly despicable. Sasha was so good to you, how could you do this?" Aunt Ouyang said mournfully. She genuinely grieved for the only niece in her family, such a good child, why did she have to meet such a misfortune?

"Since you're about to go meet your beloved niece very soon, I might as well be kind and tell you outright, so that your family can die with your eyes open! To tell you the truth, Ouyang Xiasha's death was not solely my doing. I personally drove the car and hit her, and even the death of Ouyang Xiasha's parents was my own plan. It's just that I didn't expect Ouyang Xiasha to have such a strong will to live back then, so this time I took matters into my own hands! As for Xinyu, he initially just wanted to climb up our Mu Family's hierarchy. Now he's here because he learned about my plan and wanted to stop it, but unfortunately, he was too late and had to watch me hit Ouyang Xiasha!" Mu Qingchi mocked as he spoke.

"Is it all just because of jealousy?" Aunt Ouyang asked, puzzled. If that was the case, the children of today were truly terrifying!

"No, no, no! Jealousy is just one part of it. There's another reason! It's because of this!" Mu Qingchi said, laughing mockingly as he walked over to Ouyang Xiasha's body, which was covered with a white cloth. He lifted Ouyang Xiasha's wrist, trying to remove the bracelet, but couldn't get it off. Then Mu Qingchi shouted into the empty hospital corridor, "Isn't it time for you to do your job yet?"

Suddenly, many black-clad people who seemed to be holding back appeared from all directions, taking out a large knife while respectfully saying, "Second Miss!"

Mu Qingchi deftly received the large knife and, without hesitation, chopped at Ouyang Xiasha's wrist. Then he laughed at Ouyang Xiasha's corpse, "Haha! Ouyang Xiasha, thank you for your Wrist Crystal! Now I can replace my elder sister and become the Young Master of the Mu Family! To show my gratitude, I'll send your family to reunite with you soon—don't thank me too much!" Then, dropping the smile, he turned to the black-clad people beside him and commanded, "Do it!"

"Yes!" the black-clad people replied respectfully and then drew their large knives, swinging them towards the members of the Ouyang Family...

"Uncle Ouyang, Aunt, Little Aunt, Uncle, Young Dad, you all need to run! I failed Sasha; the least I can do is buy you some time. Go quickly, and if you manage to escape, try to find the Xiahou Family of the Yin Clan. They will help you! They are sworn enemies of the Mu Family and will fight them to the death!" Fu Xinyu drew his concealed soft sword, fending off the black-clad people while he instructed Ouyang Xiasha's family.

"Thank you! I think Sasha will forgive you," Ouyang Xiasha's family sighed as they spoke, and then they ran towards the outside of the hospital, determined to escape, for if they did not, they would never rest in peace even in death!

"Fu Xinyu, do you not care about your family anymore? As the Young Master of the Fu Family, is this what you're supposed to do? You don't care about the life and death of the Fu Family?" Mu Qingchi said angrily.

"I've made too many sacrifices for the family. This time, what happened to Sasha, I truly regret it, so now I must be selfish for once!" Fu Xinyu said with certainty.

"Good, very good! All of you, show no mercy! Since Fu Xinyu is stubborn and refuses to see reason, there's no need for you to show any mercy. Fu Xinyu is equivalent to betraying the Mu Family, and you know what must be done! As for the surviving remnants of the Ouyang Family, I shall deal with them personally!" Mu Qingchi said furiously. Very good, very good! She had never imagined that she, the second daughter of the Yin Clan's Mu Family, the future Young Master, would actually be defeated by a dead man! If she can't have him, then she'll just destroy him!

"Yes, Miss!" said the man in black respectfully.

Then, floating in the sky above, Ouyang Xiasha saw a group of men in black encircling and attacking Fu Xinyu alone. No matter how skilled Fu Xinyu was, he could not fight off multiple attackers, and in the end, he couldn't escape being hacked to death. In his final moments, after the men in black retreated, Ouyang Xiasha saw the dying Fu Xinyu lying beside her corpse, repeatedly saying with guilt, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" until his last moment of life…

To say she wasn't moved would be impossible. Touching her own cheek, Ouyang Xiasha understood that even ghosts could cry. After all, even if she had appeared calm at the time as if nothing mattered, she couldn't deny that he was her first love, the man she had always relied on. His sudden betrayal, honestly speaking, it was impossible for her not to harbor resentment!

But looking at Fu Xinyu lying dead on the ground, Ouyang Xiasha felt somewhat relieved. The past resentments suddenly vanished, replaced by gratitude and emotion. Then, she said with a choked voice, "Xinyu, thank you for your final protection of my family. Even though I don't know what is special about your family, or what relations it has with the Yin Clan, and just how powerful the Yin Clan really is, I believe you had your own difficulties. Regardless, in this lifetime, you owe me nothing; I forgive you! If there is an afterlife, if we meet again in the next life, I hope we can get to know each other anew!"

After one last look at Fu Xinyu, Ouyang Xiasha followed Mu Qingchi and floated away. Yet, even though she had floated away, as a mere soul, Ouyang Xiasha was powerless to do anything but watch as Mu Qingchi mercilessly slaughtered her relatives, one after another. She could only watch as a bystander, feverishly wanting to kill Mu Qingchi, swinging her fists at her, but they were nothing more than passes through Mu Qingchi's body, utterly in vain!

Watching Mu Qingchi ruthlessly kill one innocent person after another, seeing her own relatives fall into pools of blood without exception, Ouyang Xiasha felt not only sorrow but also helplessness, grief, and the frustration of having an unavenged grudge. She realized just how powerful the Mu Family was and that she had never truly understood this classmate of hers. There were many things and entities she had never encountered, such as the Yin Clan. She realized how weak she was; the pride she wanted to bring her parents was so narrow-minded. In front of the powerful Mu Qingchi, she was completely powerless, unable to protect any of her possessions or her family. If there was an afterlife, she would make sure to grow so strong that no one, whether the Yin Clan or the government, would dare to harm her family...

As Ouyang Xiasha was thinking this, she was sucked into the bracelet that Mu Qingchi was holding with a powerful force, leaving only a barely perceptible disturbance in the air! Accompanied by Mu Qingchi's frantic shouts, "Where has the Wrist Crystal gone?"

Where does the soul return to? The beloved is hard to find!

(End of this volume)