Chapter 244 No Resonance

The prototype of the Fruit of Money Desire is Qian Laishan, who turned into a woman as beautiful as Zhou Qi after becoming a spirit.

At the foot of the mountain, she met a scholar who was hiding from the rain.

The scholar failed the imperial examination and was feeling frustrated. Qian Laishan fell in love with him at first sight, and the two of them lived like husband and wife in the mountains, and three years passed in a flash.

Those three years were very happy for Qian Laishan. Qian Laishan's washed stones could be made into fragrant soap, which was scarce in that era. She picked fresh flowers to make fragrant soap, and he carried them down the mountain to sell.

There were several times when he forgot the way back to the mountain, and she had to go down the mountain to find him.

But his memory was getting worse and worse, and he got lost more and more often. Qian Laishan simply stopped working as a perfumer and let him live in the mountains peacefully. She would use magic to make anything he needed.

The scholar often missed home, so Qian Laishan used his magic power to interfere with his memory and make him forget about things at home.

The scholar's memory was getting worse and worse. One day he said he was going out to pick flowers for her, but he never came back.

Qian Laishan searched the whole mountain but couldn't find him, so he left the mountain and looked for him.

After searching for several years, they finally found the scholar in his hometown.

He lost his memory of what happened in the mountains and got married and had children in his hometown.

"I tried every way to restore his memory, but until he died, he never remembered the memories between us.
I went to the underworld for him, hoping to ask Meng Po to show mercy and let him think about our memories in the next life, but he was captured by the underworld and I can never find him again."

Then, she was transformed into the fruit of money desire.

That unforgettable memory was also imprinted in her heart and became an obsession.

Therefore, the stone washing that was derived from the fruit of the desire for money is dedicated to collecting all kinds of different memories.

Trying to find traces of my former lover in the memories.

After Qian Laishan finished his sad recollections, he looked up at Yu Ning and his wife, trying to find resonance.

Lin Zheng was yawning, showing that he had little interest in the story. If Qian Laishan continued talking for a while longer, it seemed that Lin Zheng would fall asleep.

Yu Ning frowned slightly, as if he was thinking.

"If you hadn't ruined my good deeds, I would have had a more perfect body to find him. It's all your fault!

I can't recover to my best condition. I am a sub-god-level Wuzang Mountain Treasure Fruit, but I can't even exert one-fifth of my power. Tell me, should you die?!"

"Not only should you not die, you should even thank us," Yu Ning said.

"what?!"

"Have you ever thought that your lover didn't lose his memory? Could he be pretending?"

"How is this possible! If he hadn't lost his memory, how could he not come back to find me?" Qian Laishan was irritated by Yu Ning's words.

"Ha, if I was held captive in the mountains by an old witch and I finally escaped, I wouldn't want to go back." Lin Zheng curled his lips.

Although Qian Laishan's words were heartfelt, if you look at it from the scholar's perspective, what is the difference between this and the poor woman who was abducted by human traffickers to the mountains to give birth to a son for an old bachelor?
"You're talking nonsense! He obviously loves me!" Qian Laishan was deeply hurt by Lin Zheng's assumption.

"If he loves you, why did he get 'lost' so many times? He wanted to leave you countless times, but you caught him back every time. You even interfered with his memory, but how can magic interfere with a person's most precious memory?"

The scholar had his memory wiped out so many times by Qian Laishan, but he was still able to return to his hometown. While Lin Zheng sympathized with this guy, he also admired his spirit of resistance.

If we look at it from the perspective of a scholar, isn't this an inspirational story about never bowing to power? "You use coercive means to create unequal status, which can gain fear and flattery, but not love."

"Why?! I gave him everything he wanted!"

"How can you still be so naive at such an old age?" Lin Zheng snorted. "Although my third child is a little silly and has made some stupid mistakes, he is only a little old. How old are you? How can you not understand such a thing?"

"Equality and respect." Lin Hai said blankly. He finally woke up.

Qian Laishan's story may not have had much impact on his brother and sister-in-law, but it made Lin Hai repent.

How was his former self-righteousness different from Qian Laishan's?

Using money to create unequal classes will never bring equal souls. He was wrong, he was really wrong.

"Brat, I'll give you one last chance before I eat you. Do you have anything to say to her?" Qian Laishan asked Lin Hai.

"Qiqi, if there is another life, if we have another chance to start over, I will never treat you the same way as before—"

Lin Hai paused, met Qian Laishan's angry eyes, and tried to find Zhou Qi's shadow through her soul.

He didn't know whether Zhou Qi could hear these words, but he thought that he owed her an apology.

"I don't know if I love you, because love is still a relatively unfamiliar emotion to me, but I know that you are different from others. If I have the chance to do it again, I hope to get to know you again in an equal way."

As for whether they dated, got married, or grew old together after they met, he was not sure.

But what is certain is that he hopes to create an equal opportunity for two souls who are always missing each other to have an equal chance to get along with each other.

The rest is left to time to ferment.

But time has become an unattainable luxury for the two of them at this time.

To Lin Hai, these were his most sincere words, but this did not satisfy Qian Laishan. She hoped to hear vows of eternal love and unwavering commitment, rather than such seemingly bland words.

"All unfaithful men deserve to die!" Qian Laishan opened his mouth and tried to suck Lin Hai down, but he looked at the hand that pierced his heart in disbelief.

It's her own hand
"Qiqi!" Lin Hai was heartbroken. He knew it was Qiqi.

Blood was oozing from the corner of Qian Laishan's mouth, his eyes were full of surprise, and his hands were still in the shape of a heart pierced.

Yu Ning took out a sealing talisman and came to Qian Laishan. As long as she slapped the talisman down, she could seal the fruit.

But she did not do so immediately, because if the talisman was used, Zhou Qi would also die.

Qian Laishan tried to pull his hand out, but Zhou Qi's consciousness locked her tightly, and Qian Laishan could not move.

"Why, why!!! He won't even say love to you, why do you crush my soul and trap me?"

"Because... I have already got what I wanted. Master Yu! Confer her a seal!" Zhou Qi shouted at Yu Ning with his last bit of strength.

Yu Ning's eyes were red and her eye sockets were sore.

She was not moved by Qian Laishan's story, but she was moved by Zhou Qi's pure feelings.

Tears fell, and the talisman fell too.

"No!" Lin Hai roared.