Grudge Breaker

Chapter 189: The Trickster's Suspicion (Part )
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"Hate Yun'er?"

Song Weichen suddenly realized something was wrong.

"Wait, grandma, which Yun'er are you talking about? I remember that big brother Huang Hu did react strongly when he mentioned Huang Zhenyun from Danxia Town. Could it be...?"

The old man wiped his eyes and sighed deeply.

"Yes, I am Huang Zhenyun."

"I have used the Soul Locking Formation to keep him here for more than seventy years. The hatred in this formation is long-lasting and will become more and more resentful as time goes by. It is natural for him to hate me."

"But...I really can't bear to leave him."

"Child, I really envy you for being able to see and talk to him... I don't know what went wrong when I set up the formation. For so many years, I couldn't see, hear, or touch him. The only thing I can rely on is knowing that he is really here. As long as he is still here, I can still hold on and try to live."
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really!

The mysterious master of the Seven Caves is none other than Huang Zhenyun!
Huang Zhenyun, who appeared mysteriously in Danxia Town, quickly established various connections, and then used a straw man to report Huang Hu's birth date and time into the register!

But looking at Grandma Huang's expression, she clearly knew that Huang Hu loved someone else, 'Yun', so why did she use such a cruel method to keep his remaining soul?
"Grandma, what is the relationship between that Huang Hu brother and you?"

"Silly child, didn't I tell you that he is my husband? On summer evenings after collecting the fishing nets, we would sit together in the yard and watch the stars accompanied by fireflies."

Song Weichen was even more confused. Wasn't it Huang Meiyun in Wanghai Town who was fishing and watching the stars?
But Granny Huang is clearly Huang Zhenyun... Could it be... that she is imagining that she is the cherished Yun'er?"

Alas, how deep is this love? Sunset in the deep mountains and rain in late autumn.

"Grandma, I'm confused. I've been to Danxia Town. There's no lake there, so it's impossible to fish. Did you remember it wrongly?" Although Song Weichen didn't want to expose Grandma Huang's sweet dream from the bottom of her heart, since it was related to the case, she had to ask for clarification.

"That was the happiest day of my life. How could I remember it wrong?"

The old man's eyes were bright. "It was indeed not in Danxia Town, but in Wanghai Town. Huzi and I were childhood sweethearts. There is an acacia tree in the yard that we planted when we were young. We also buried some precious things under the tree together. When we got married, the tree had grown quite tall, and its flowers were so fragrant..."

"Grandma, you're making me more and more confused. The Yun'er in Wanghai Town is called Huang Meiyun, right? Not Huang Zhenyun..."

"Yes, I am Huang Meiyun."
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Clam? !

It's over, it's over, Song Weichen couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. It seemed that Grandma Huang had been talking to death today. The old lady was completely confused, talking about Zhenyun and Meiyun at the same time, like a tongue twister, and she couldn't figure it out.

She sighed resignedly and looked around, trying to figure out how to get back to reality from the "ghost market in the mirror" that Grandma Huang mentioned.

Seeing that she looked like she didn't believe she was Huang Meiyun, the old man became serious and pulled Song Weichen's hand and held it with a serious look on his face.

"Little girl, you don't believe it?"

"I was called Huang Meiyun in Wanghai Town, and Huang Zhenyun in Danxia Town. They are actually the same person, both my old wives."

Grandma Huang's expression was very serious. She didn't seem to be joking or confused at all. Song Weichen became alert. She seemed to have discovered important information.

The little girl rolled her eyes and pouted, "Tsk, grandma is teasing me again, I don't believe it! How can you prove it?"

The old man gently placed the jade pendant in his hand in front of Song Weichen.

"Here's the proof. This is the token of love Hu Zi gave me. I gave him half of it when I went to war."

Grandma Huang looked a little sad. "Can't you see him? Next time we meet, please ask him if he still has his other half with him."

Although, Song Weichen doesn't want to see that chaotic soul again, okay...
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"Grandma, if you are really Meiyun, how can he hate her when he doesn't even have time to love her? Why don't you take her home to fulfill her wish and let Brother Huzi rest in peace?"

"Home? The home was destroyed by a fire. The baby in my belly was also gone. Everything was gone."

Granny Huang stared at the jade pendant and recalled the sad things that happened in the past.

After the wildfire in Huangjia Village, the entire village was reduced to ashes. Huang Meiyun was busy packing up her valuables to escape and save her fellow villagers that night before she realized she was pregnant. She was so stupid that she didn't know until she had a miscarriage that she was already more than two months pregnant.

Counting the dates, it seems that Huang Hu got pregnant two days before he set out.

Later, she stayed in the town's clinic for nearly a month. Although her body gradually recovered, the miscarriage was not handled properly and damaged her uterus, and she lost the qualification to be a mother forever.

And the worst thing is that she lost contact with Huang Hu.

At that time, the war in the southern border was already tense. The last letter he received said that he had been transferred to the infantry battalion for training. Later, he sent another letter saying that there was no need to worry because several victories had been won. After that, there was no news from him at all - not only him, but also all the conscripts from the same village whose relatives Huang Zhenyun could contact, all of them had no news.

"Sometimes I feel that God plays tricks on us. Yingyun's husband didn't go to the southern border. My head of the family went there instead of him, but in the end her husband didn't survive. That night, while trying to save his paralyzed mother, they were both crushed by the burnt beams of the house. Yingyun didn't know where she went. It's all fate...it's all fate."

Grandma Huang sighed endlessly. Her frustrated and empty eyes were more like she was staring at her past self than at the half jade pendant on the table.
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She watched her past self staggering, and walked to the small lake in the town under the cover of night, intending to jump in and end it all.

And she did jump.

When she woke up again, she was in a dilapidated medicine house. A tall man who always wore a mask and spoke in a shrill voice saved her. Not only did he save her, he also taught her a higher level of skills in identifying materials and medicines, and taught her how to find her husband.

"It was that benefactor who gave me the idea to change my name to Huang Zhenyun. He said that if I didn't do so, once the soul-locking formation formed by resentment was implemented, my husband would hate me more and more. The name 'Huang Zhenyun' would be like the 'straw man' with his birthday written on it and sent to the South Border. It was a substitute. He would hate the non-existent Huang Zhenyun, but would always remember the Huang Meiyun he loved."

"At that time, I only wanted to see my husband, no matter if he was a human or a ghost, so I changed my name according to the method my benefactor taught me and went to Danxia Town to establish a new life for my husband."

"In fact, I already knew at that time that being able to 'establish life' again meant that Hu Zi was no longer in this world, but I could still retain a trace of his soul in this way. I just had to wait 180 days until the soul fetus was formed. At this time, I would go to the ghost market again and set up a soul-locking formation in the seven caves according to the method taught by my benefactor. I would become a part of the formation, and I would definitely be able to stay with him for the rest of my life."

Grandma Huang burst into tears.

"But I haven't been able to see him or talk to him in all these years. The only thing I can feel is the hatred that is growing stronger and stronger. In recent months, as my health has deteriorated, my control over him has become weaker and weaker. Especially on days like today, I have no idea where he is."

"If I could go back to the past, I hope my benefactor didn't save me so I could sleep at the bottom of the lake and reunite with my husband at Sanzu River."

Grandma Huang’s story was over, or it seemed to be over, leaving only a long silence.

I never expected that Huang Zhenyun is Huang Meiyun.

She also never expected that the old woman would always talk about her husband, and the blushing and love on her cheeks were actually maintained by endless hatred.

Song Weichen felt deeply sorry for Grandma Huang. Living together like this for a lifetime was the longest and most lonely torture in the world.

This is more cruel than "living apart with the same heart, and living in sorrow forever".

The most painful distance in the world is that I stay by your side all day long, but you don’t know that the me who accompanies you every day, the me you hate so much, is the one you are thinking about all the time.
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"Grandma, have you ever asked that benefactor why he saved you? And why he taught you these things?"

Song Weichen forced herself to be more rational. Now was not the time for her to indulge in sadness. The reason she asked this question was that she felt that this "benefactor" was not a good person. Why would he teach such a strange formation to a stranger when they just met by chance? There must be something wrong when things are abnormal.

"I did ask him. He said that saving people is an opportunity, and the reason he taught me these things is that he also has his own obsessions that he can't let go of, and he just puts himself in my shoes."

"Did you see that benefactor again?"

The old man shook his head and held Song Weichen's hand tightly.

"Child, you were able to escape from Thirteen and have the courage to come back. You were able to see Hu Zi and come in here. I know you are not an ordinary person. Can you help Grandma?"

As the old woman spoke, she stood up tremblingly and was about to perform the ceremony of bowing deeply. Song Weichen was so frightened that he quickly supported her.

"I have never asked anyone for help since I came to the ghost market, but this time I beg you, please help me!"

"Grandma, please don't be like this. If you have anything to say, just say it. I will never be vague about what I can do!"

Song Weichen was afraid that the old man would perform another big ceremony that would shorten her life, so he tried to persuade the old man to sit down.

"Grandma Huang, to be honest, I went to Danxia Town to inquire about you. I can't tell you the specific reason, but I went there as your great-granddaughter. If you don't mind, just treat me as your great-granddaughter. Just tell me if you have anything to say."

"By the way, do you still remember the little girl who lived in the house next to yours in Danxia Town? The one who often followed you up the mountain to collect herbs? She is now a very kind old lady. She said she misses you very much and hopes you can go back to see her when you are free."

Song Weichen's eyes were sore. She hated herself for not having a starter. It was such a late hour and she still wanted to cry. She kept saying useless things.
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The old man patted Song Weichen's hand lovingly.

"Great, that's great. I never thought that I would have such a great-granddaughter before I die. Great!"

As the old man spoke, he stuffed the half jade pendant into Song Weichen's hand.

"Child, grandma won't live long. Originally, he should disappear with me when I die, but now it seems impossible, he is out of control. Although I never leave the ghost market, I can hear the rumors outside - the 'ghost husband' that people talk about is him, right? When I die, he will only become more crazy and violent, and will eventually be killed by the Si Chen Mansion, but how can I bear it?"

"If that's true, he will never be able to reincarnate and meet me again, and no matter how many future lives I have, I will never be able to meet him. How can I bear to do that?"

The old man took out a small Bagua mirror from his arms.

"So Grandma wants you to enter the illusion of the heart before I die. I will lead him here. Please help me communicate with him to fulfill his wish and give him freedom."

"Please...give us a chance to meet again in the next life."

I have to go to the hospital to see a doctor. I will not update for 2 days tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. I love you guys~ Everyone please take care of yourselves.