Chapter 96 Daughter or Son (ETL) Part 1
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Chapter 96: Save the daughter or the son?
The other party finally couldn’t bear the torture anymore and contacted Gu Ye. Regarding the matter to save the son or the daughter, Gu Ye didn’t want to care about this kind of thing. But Zou Nian’s little life was dangling in front of him. It was fate that they crossed paths so he should lend a hand regardless it was against the will of heaven or not.
Gu Ye asked the mother: [Can you send me your home address?]
The other party quickly replied with her address. Gu Ye replied: [ I’ll come over at 9.00 am tomorrow. Your son must be there with you.]
After a brief communication, Gu Ye learned that Zou Nian’s mother was Wang Ping, who was 40 years old this year. From reading her face, Gu Ye could see that she got married at a young age and had her first child very early. She should have had a daughter at the age of 25, but unfortunately, the daughter died early.
Zou Nian is less than 5 years old this year. It can be seen that Wang Ping is a sentimental person. She has been thinking about her daughter all the time. This explains why she only wanted a second child after waiting such a long time. Talking to a mother about whether to save her daughter or her son, one can imagine that this problem is not easy to solve.
The next morning before leaving the house, Gu Ye offered a stick of incense to the King of Hell and told him seriously, “You must protect me well and don’t make me feel troubled/cruel, otherwise you won’t have any tribute for the next month.”
Hearing that, the non-humans in the family were busy offering tribute to the King of Hell. Qingyi wanted to slap Gu Ye. He had been worshipping the gods in such an improper way before. The non-humans once suspected that Gu Ye died so early in his previous life because the King of Hell was angry and deliberately tormented him.
Following Gu Ye out, Qingyi said coldly, “If you don’t want to worship sincerely, don’t worship.”
Gu Ye said willfully, “No, I want to worship, I am pious!1”
The response made Qingyi helpless. But Qingyi can see that Gu Ye was much softer than in his previous life and have so many people cared about him. He was no longer so arrogant and thorny, but his willfulness could not be changed.
Gu Ye arrived at the community as agreed. It was another high-end community with low density. Wang Ping had already informed the security guard in advance and told him Gu Ye’s license plate number so the security guard registered Gu Ye before letting him in.
After Gu Ye came in, he smiled and asked the security guard, “I want to ask this big brother if there is a large park nearby?”
The security guard was also very good-tempered and told Gu Ye, “There is one on the east side of the community.”
Gu Ye asked again, “Is there an artificial lake inside? The kind where you can row a boat?”
“Yes, many children nearby go there to play. It seems to cost 60 yuan an hour.”
“Thank you, big brother.” Gu Ye said before driving in. He was not concerned about the price of renting a boat. It’s just that he observed the stars last night and read that he will have a ‘water’ luck today. It means that it’s auspicious to be near water, so he had to find a place with water and a large area.
Knowing that Gu Ye was reaching soon, Wang Ping had already waited downstairs with her child. When Gu Ye got out of the car, she led the child over and said politely, “I’m sorry to trouble Master Gu to make this trip.”
Gu Ye looked at the child first, it seemed that Zou Nian was in good spirits. He smiled and said, “It’s only natural to make an effort for a paid job.”
Zou Nian recognized Gu Ye at this time, “You are the uncle of the twins in Class 1.”
Gu Ye smiled and praised the child, “You have a good memory.”
Following Wang Ping to their home, Gu Ye saw a layer of ghost aura floating on the ceiling when he entered the door, which meant that the little girl often came out. At this moment, the place with the strongest ghost aura was on Zou Nian’s body.
It’s hot now, and the children are wearing less. It can be seen that Zou Nian has a necklace with a red rope hanging around his neck. Gu Ye picked up the pendant, a brown thing that looked like amber, with a thick ghost aura on it.
Gu Ye remarked helplessly, “You still can’t let go of your daughter.”
Wang Ping said bitterly, “How can I let go?”
“This is what his sister left behind, right?” Gu Ye asked, “Can you take it off and show it to me?”
Zou Nian said anxiously, “No!”
Seeing the child’s reaction, Gu Ye curled the corners of his mouth and coaxed, “I won’t hurt your sister.”
Zou Nian looked at his mother, and when he saw his mother nod, he took it off to show Gu Ye.
Gu Ye asked gently, “Can you come out and talk? I know you can come out.”
Wang Ping asked suspiciously, “Who is Master Gu talking to?”
Gu Ye said with complicated eyes, “I’m talking to the person in this amber, of course. Your daughter has been living in this amber. Your son is often possessed because your daughter’s soul wants to rob his body. Didn’t you ask me to come over to solve this matter?”
Looking into Wang Ping’s eyes, Gu Ye told her seriously, “The dead cannot be resurrected. What I am going to say next may be cruel to you, but you must face the reality. If you don’t send your daughter away, you may not be able to keep your son as well.”
“No! I want both of them. Even if she is a ghost, I want to keep her by my side.” Wang Ping said, her eyes red, crying and saying with guilt, “I’m sorry for her. If I was by her side, she wouldn’t die.”
Gu Ye said helplessly, “So, you still keep the things she used before, and you can’t forget about her. You even named your son Nian Nian2.”
“Yes, my daughter likes to dance, and she dances very well. I kept her clothes and the things she used before. I can’t bear to throw them away, and I can’t bear to forget them.” Wang Ping couldn’t stop crying. Speaking of her daughter, it was hard to breathe. “But I hid those things in the deepest part of the cabinet. I dare not take them out. I’m afraid I can’t bear it after seeing them. I miss her every day and imagine that she can come back to me. If she is still alive, she is 15 years old now.”
As Wang Ping spoke, the ghost aura on the amber flickered. Gu Ye felt that the person hidden in the amber was emotionally unstable, and gently stroked it, “Can you take those things out for me to see?”
Wang Ping stabilized her emotions, “Okay, Master Gu, wait a moment.”
Just when Wang Ping went to get the clothes, Gu Ye said to the amber, “Did you hear that? Your mother has never forgotten you, she just doesn’t dare to think about you. Your soul is already 15 years old, you should be able to understand what I mean. Her obsession has bound you to the human world and you can’t reincarnate. You gradually became obsessed and wanted to be with them. Unfortunately, you now have a younger brother. Your mother is also very good to your younger brother. You began to resent her and felt that she forgot you, right?”
The ghost aura on the amber flashed as if responding. Gu Ye said slowly, “I have blessed you with a talisman. You can come out now and others can’t see you.”
Gu Ye had already seen that this child had turned evil. She was jealous of her younger brother and hated him. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have fought with him for his body. The reason was obvious: jealousy.
The dark ghost energy flashed, and a little girl of 4 or 5 years old, wearing a little red skirt and little red shoes, floated out of the amber and stood in front of Gu Ye. At such a young age, she should have a pair of clear eyes, but her eyes were strangely covered with a layer of light pink, coupled with the sneer at the corners of her mouth, which did not make people feel cute, but added a bit of danger.
Gu Ye smiled at the ghost, indicating that he did not want to hurt her. He walked straight to the table and looked at the family photo. In addition to their family of three, there was also an old man. Judging from the background, they should have been in a mountain village when it was taken.
At this moment, Gu Ye immediately felt that the ghost energy behind him suddenly became manic. When he turned around, he found that the little girl was glaring at the old man in the photo with resentment in her eyes, and the murderous aura on her body could not be controlled by herself. Gu Ye drew a talisman in the air, tapped it on the little girl’s forehead, and whispered, “Calm down. If you lose control, the first person to be hurt is your brother. Don’t you really have any feelings for him?”
“No!” The little girl said bitterly, “After he was born, my mother no longer thought of me. This position was originally mine!” The little girl pointed at the position of her younger brother in the photo while saying that. As she resented, the blood in her eyes became more and more obvious.
Gu Ye chuckled, “No, maybe you don’t hate your brother as much as you think. If you want to take action for real, the person living in that body now would be you.”
The little girl sneered, “I don’t like him. He is the one I hate the most. He is stupid and foolish!”
Gu Ye asked tentatively, “Okay, then why do you hate this old man so much? He is your grandfather, right?”
Just as the little girl was about to speak, Wang Ping came out of the bedroom holding a box and leading her son. Seeing that Gu Ye was interested in the photo, Wang Ping explained, “That’s my father-in-law. He’s old now. We want to bring him back to live with us, but he refuses to come. We have no choice but to hire a nanny for him, for fear that something might happen to him and we won’t know about it. This photo was taken when we visited him last time.”
Gu Ye narrowed his eyes, “Your hometown shouldn’t be in the countryside, right?”
“No, we are all from the capital city,” Wang Ping’s eyes darkened when she said this, “Because of the matter with my daughter’s death, my father-in-law was hit hard. 10 years ago, he took the child out to play, and he didn’t keep an eye on her, so the child slipped and fell into the water. After that, he returned to the capital and handed over the company’s affairs to my husband. Then, he moved to a quiet place to live in retirement.”
Gu Ye picked up the photo album. Reading the old man’s face, he smiled and said, “The old man should be someone who favors boys over girls. You must have had many conflicts before.”
Hearing that, Wang Ping was a little embarrassed but she replied, “Yes, before my daughter was born, he always wanted a grandchildren, but we were busy with work, so we didn’t have one. Later, after my daughter passed away, he kept urging us to have another child, fearing that we would be alone in our old age. But at that time, who would have the heart to have another child? It wasn’t until when we were 35 years old, we felt that life was too empty, so we had Nian Nian.”
Speaking of this, Wang Ping sighed and said with a complicated expression, “It is impossible to say that I don’t blame my father-in-law at all. He should also know that there is a knot in our hearts, so he doesn’t live with us. But let’s not talk about this. Master Gu, these are the things my daughter left before she died, and they are all her favorites. I still hope to keep her. If possible, I can share my life with her so that she can accompany me during my lifetime, even at the cost of my life.”
After Wang Ping said that, Gu Ye glanced at the little girl, who was already stunned. She probably never thought that her mother loved her so much that she was willing to give up her life.
Gu Ye curved his lips and picked up a piece of clothing that only a teenager could wear. “Is this for your daughter?”
Wang Ping nodded and couldn’t help but redden her eyes again. “I fell in love with it at the mall one day. I felt that if my daughter was still alive, she would like it. So I bought it secretly and hid it.”
Gu Ye looked through the things inside the box. There were many small hairpins, small mirrors, and other things that young girls liked. They were all new, and some were still in their packaging. “You bought this for your daughter secretly, right?”
Wiping her tears, Wang Ping replied with a choked-up tone, “I have a feeling that she will like it.”
“You did all this, but your husband doesn’t know it.”
“I didn’t dare tell him. He was always afraid that the items would remind me of my daughter and that I couldn’t stand it, so he hid away many of her things.”
Looking at the little girl again, her eyes were not so red. She looked at her mother with a bitter sad face, and her expression was uglier than a crying face.
At this moment, Zou Nian tiptoed and saw those toys in the box so he curiously touched them. Gu Ye immediately felt a chill, and the little girl looked at her younger brother with a gradually cold gaze. Gu Ye’s heart skipped a beat, thinking that it was over. Could it be that this girl had resolved her misunderstanding of her mother and instead determined to seize her brother’s body to stay with her family?
Swiftly, Gu Ye took out a cinnabar pen from his pocket. He drew a talisman and sealed the girl’s soul in amber. “Sister Wang3, I still say that the dead cannot be resurrected. If you force her to stay, it is against the will of heaven and something terrible will definitely happen.”
Wang Ping shook her head and grabbed Gu Ye’s wrist. She agitatedly pleaded, “No, I want both! Can I exchange my life for it? Master Gu, take my life and let my daughter stay, I beg you!”[1]
Gu Ye felt the pain from his hand being grabbed and helplessly said, “Sister Wang, this is fate. Anything can be changed, but life cannot be changed.”
“No! I can’t let her go!” Wang Ping’s face was pale and her spirit almost collapsed. “I won’t let anyone go, I can’t let go! They are all born from my body, how can you ask me to let go?!”
Gu Ye looked at Wang Ping’s face. Her health should have been poor for quite some time. When slightly stimulated, she might even faint. Gu Ye frowned, and an idea flashed in his mind.
“How about this? Later in the evening, we’ll go to that park at the east of the community and see if God will give us a ray of hope.”
Wang Ping asked agitatedly, “What do you mean?”
Gu Ye advised, “No matter what it means, the problem must be solved.”
Again, Wang Ping continued asking in an agitated tone, “How to solve it? Send my daughter away?”
“I want to eliminate her resentment, otherwise she will lose control and kill people sooner or later. It’s up to you to decide whether to send her away or not.” Seeing that Wang Ping was obviously relieved, Gu Ye still reminded her, “After eliminating her resentment, she won’t be able to stay in the living world for long, so be mentally prepared.”
“Then, can we not eliminate her resentment?” Wang Ping said anxiously, “I want both children!”
And so, the topic regarding which child to save came back. No matter what, Wang Ping wanted both her daughter and son. Gu Ye had no choice but to say, “If you don’t eliminate her resentment, she will kill people the moment she loses control. And it is very likely to be your son. If you eliminate her resentment, she cannot stay here. Because if she doesn’t leave, her soul will disappear. I don’t have a good solution at the moment. And…”
Turning to the family photo, Gu Ye glanced at the grandfather’s face. When he thought of the little girl’s reaction, his expression became darker and darker. Some things happened so long ago that there might not be any evidence left. He couldn’t say anything about uncertain things.
“Later at 7.30 pm, I’ll wait for you by the lake in the park for half an hour. You can make your own decision.” Gu Ye looked down at Zou Nian, who looked confused. “Don’t forget that your son is innocent. Don’t wait until both children also cannot be saved in the end.”
Wang Ping glanced at her son and let go of Gu Ye’s hand dejectedly. Her body swayed and she leaned against the table, squatting down powerlessly. Looking at her son’s young face, she covered her face in despair, her body trembling constantly, unable to even cry out a sound.
Sighing, Gu Ye put the amber on the table and whispered, “Without your younger brother, your mother will also collapse. You should think about it carefully in there.”
When Gu Ye went out, he closed the door for Wang Ping. This kind of thing can make people feel frustrated until they go bald.
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[1] Banana: Ngl, I’m not a mother so I can’t relate with WP’s persistence but speaking from the POV of the law of Heaven, the dead cannot be resurrected and also cannot stay in the living world for too long. Forcefully wanting the dead to stay is selfish. To exchange your life to resurrect the death is also selfish – like why would the dead daughter be happy to come alive when her dear mother is dead?
Also, the mother probably don’t care too much for the son imo, else she won’t readily give up her life and leave her son motherless.
In case anyone wants to know why I’m annoyed, it’s because I have to read the whole thing at least 3 times every time I translate a chapter – 1st read, 2nd translation, 3rd proofread/grammar check :v