The Hellborn Heiress​ - chapter 45

“If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn’t believe my own child could commit such a heartless evil…” Mother Chi broke down emotionally and said, “Master Jiang, please help me call the police…”

Jiang Ci was about to say something when hurried footsteps suddenly sounded behind her.

A young man in a suit, whose features somewhat resembled Chi Che’s and who wore gold-rimmed glasses, walked over. His face looked haggard and anxious. “Excuse me, have you seen my younger brother Chi Che? The bodyguard said he came here with you.”

“Wretched child!” Mother Chi saw Chi Ming, her eyes reddened with anger, and strands of Resentment were forced out from her body.

“He went to get something,” Jiang Ci sized up Chi Ming’s face.

Unlike Chi Che’s clear and naïve look, Chi Ming’s features belonged to someone deeply scheming and calculating-a ruthless hypocrite.

Chi Ming politely asked her, “My brother has never brought a girl home before. May I ask what your relationship with him is?”

Jiang Ci replied, “Doctor-patient relationship.”

“I see.” Chi Ming’s deep gaze swept over the scar on her face, and he smiled with an unreadable meaning. “My brother is always kinder to outsiders than to his own family.”

“Brother?” Chi Che came over holding a stack of yellow paper, calling out excitedly, “Let me tell you, Mom is-”

Jiang Ci interrupted him lazily, “Doctor Chi, do you have anything to eat? I’m hungry.”

“Of course! I’ll take you over. Brother, you come too! I have something huge to tell you!” Chi Che grabbed Chi Ming and was about to leave.

Mother Chi stomped her foot in anxiety. “That foolish boy!”

Jiang Ci pulled Chi Che to her side, smiling coldly, “I still want to discuss some private matters with Doctor Chi.”

Chi Ming seemed to understand, “A Che, since you’re back, I’m relieved. I was just worried you’d run away again. Tonight, let’s have a good talk, just the two of us. I won’t disturb you entertaining your guest.”

Watching his older brother leave tactfully, Chi Che looked puzzled. “Why can’t I tell my brother? Mom’s been gone for so many years, I’m sure he misses her too.”

Jiang Ci asked him in return, “How’s your relationship with your brother?”

“It’s good, why? Master Jiang, why do you ask?”

“Let’s go to your room first. Too many people and prying eyes here.”

Chi Che took her to his room.

Jiang Ci took the yellow paper. “This paper isn’t specialized for Talismans, but it’ll do.”

Chi Che had only brought yellow paper, without a brush or Cinnabar.

She simply bit her fingertip and drew a Ghost-Seeing Talisman with her blood.

Chi Che gripped the Ghost-Seeing Talisman tightly, and a familiar figure gradually appeared, half-transparent, before his eyes.

“Mom!” Chi Che rushed over, overwhelmed with excitement.

Mother Chi’s eyes filled with tears, her face full of relief. “A Che, I’ve been gone for so many years, I can’t believe you’ve grown so much.”

Moved, Chi Che caught the key point: “Mom, weren’t you always by our side?”

“No, after my accident, the Ghost messenger led me to the Underworld. I’ve been living on Yellow Spring Road all these years,” Mother Chi answered truthfully.

Jiang Ci frowned slightly. “Yin Min who live on Yellow Spring Road shouldn’t be able to return to the Mortal Realm. Which of the Ten Courts of Yama permitted you?”

Generally, after passing through the Gate of Ghosts, a soul stays in the Underworld awaiting reincarnation.

Very few souls can escape back to the Mortal Realm.

Unless permitted by the Ten Courts of Yama.

Mother Chi was surprised that Jiang Ci knew about such matters and answered honestly, “I really can’t return to the Mortal Realm anymore, but because my husband practiced medicine for many years and, according to a certain lord, accumulated a lot of Hidden Virtue, I was specially allowed to return to the Mortal Realm to save my husband.”
“Master?”

“Yes, that Master said my husband would face a life-and-death calamity, with a high chance of dying. Only because of his heavy Hidden Virtue did he allow me to return.” Mother Chi sobbed, “But I was too weak, I still couldn’t hold onto my husband… I watched helplessly as he fell off the cliff.”

“I couldn’t see that Master’s face clearly. He only said that as long as I came back, a benefactor would help me.”

Jiang Ci instantly understood.

That Master must be the King of the Underworld.

The King of the Underworld deliberately sent Mother Chi to her side, because if she saved the Chi Family, the Merit she would gain would be very substantial.

“Benefactor…” Mother Chi looked powerless. “I don’t know where the benefactor is.”

Chi Che exclaimed in surprise, “The benefactor must be Master Jiang!”

“Mom, you don’t know, there was a Female Ghost sitting on my shoulder all the time. It was Master Jiang who dealt with her-”

Chi Che excitedly wanted to share his previous experiences with his mother.

But Mother Chi’s expression suddenly changed, “Master Jiang… That’s right, your surname is Jiang?”

She remembered, she had heard a legend while on Yellow Spring Road.

Legend has it that thousands of years ago, an Evil Ghost came to the Underworld. This Evil Ghost was so sinful that she was cast into Avici Hell, never to be reincarnated.

Strangely, Avici Hell couldn’t suppress this Evil Ghost.

The Evil Ghost roamed Hell freely, from the King of the Underworld to the Little Ghosts, all feared her.

It was said that the Evil Ghost was called Jiang Ci, and under the orders of the King of the Underworld, Jiang Ci had already returned to the living world.

Mother Chi’s face turned pale, trembling in fear.

“Mom, are you cold?” Chi Che quickly said, “I’ll burn two thick cotton coats for you!”

Jiang Ci looked at Mother Chi calmly.

Judging by Mother Chi’s reaction, she probably recognized who she was.

“Greetings, Lady Jiang!” Mother Chi hurriedly tried to kneel before her, overwhelmed with fear.

Jiang Ci swiftly grabbed her arm, smiling lightly, “Madam Chi, there’s no need to be so formal. Meeting is fate; I will help you.”

“Thank you, thank you, Lady Jiang!” Mother Chi said gratefully.

With Lady Jiang’s help, that unfilial son would surely be punished by the law!

Chi Che was dumbfounded.

Why was his mother suddenly so respectful to Master Jiang?

“Mom, Master Jiang, did you two know each other before? Or are you hiding something from me?”

Jiang Ci looked at him steadily, “Doctor Chi, the secret I’m about to tell you may shake your worldview. Prepare yourself.”

Chi Che laughed, “I’ve even seen Female Ghosts. There’s nothing in this world that can scare me now!”

“Your father’s accident while climbing the mountain was not an accident,” Jiang Ci said. “It was Chi Ming who pushed your father off the cliff.”

Chi Che was still joking around, but his smile froze instantly when he heard this, thinking he must have misheard.

“What?”

“A Che, I know this is hard to believe, but I saw it with my own eyes. If I hadn’t tried my best to grab your father and slow his fall, he would have died from such a high cliff.”

Mother Chi said painfully, “I will never forget your brother’s twisted face!”

Chi Che was completely stunned, standing there in a daze, as if drenched in icy water from head to toe.

“Why? My brother has always been outstanding in both character and academics. He was supposed to inherit the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital. Why would he want to kill Dad?”