Lou Yangzi rushed home the moment he received the news.
Before he even entered the Lou family's main gate, he saw a stubborn figure standing at the entrance of the main courtyard.
Repeatedly shouting, "Lou Fengming, come out here!"
"Lou Fengming! Come out here!"
A household servant hurried out from the main courtyard, attempting to pull her away.
"Little Miss, please return to the side courtyard."
"I won't leave! Make Lou Fengming come out!"
Lou Xiaoxiao dodged the outstretched hand and ran to the side.
Her exclusive little ghost, sensing her thoughts, pounced and bit the servant.
"Ouch!"
The household servant cried out in pain and slapped the little ghost off his leg.
His expression turned grim, and he said sternly,
"Little Miss! Young Master Fengming is your brother, but your statuses are different now."
"If you go back obediently, the young master might still be able to support you."
Lou Xiaoxiao glared at him and said word for word, "Do I look like I care?!"
"Where is his face? Did he lose it in his mother's womb and not bring it out?!"
He stole her things and still had the audacity to offer them to her as charity?
Seeing that she was unmoved by either persuasion or threat, the servant made up his mind.
"Little Miss, I must offend you!"
With that, he lunged forward, grabbed her, and ran towards the side courtyard. Da Feng Novel
No matter how Lou Xiaoxiao struggled and kicked, he remained unmoved.
Lou Xiaoxiao's exclusive little ghost pounced, biting the servant's head and covering his eyes with its hands.
"!!!"
The servant's head throbbed with pain, and Lou Xiaoxiao seized the opportunity to kick with all her might.
Injured in the groin, the servant could no longer care about anything else.
Clutching his lower body, he cried out in agony.
Seeing Lou Xiaoxiao about to escape, he instinctively reached out to grab her flying hair.
Suddenly, a strong gust of wind swept past.
The servant was lifted into the air.
A tall ghostly figure loomed over him, sending chills down his spine.
—That was Lou Yangzi's contracted ghost.
The chaotic scene suddenly fell silent.
Lou Yangzi arrived shortly after, not sparing the servant a single glance.
He directly took Lou Xiaoxiao's hand and walked towards the main courtyard, "Come, I'll take you in."
"What's yours, no one can take away!"
Lou Xiaoxiao was stunned.
She looked at the tall figure beside her, her gaze slowly falling to the hand holding hers.
Slender, clean, with a slight calloused texture.
It was always this hand that carried the food box to the side courtyard, opening the exquisite box…
Lou Xiaoxiao's heart gradually settled.
Beside her,
Lou Yangzi's expression was serious, determined to help her reclaim what was rightfully hers.
He had already planned how to proceed.
But unexpectedly, he found the little girl had stopped.
"I'm not going anymore," Lou Xiaoxiao said.
Lou Yangzi looked down at her, his head full of questions, "What are you doing now?"
Lou Xiaoxiao glanced at him sideways, her expression haughty, "It's just a small formation. If he wants it, let him have it."
"It's just a trial product. I can make a better one."
Now that it had happened,
Instead of wasting effort proving it was hers, it was better to make a better one.
That would be truly satisfying.
At that time, even without her saying anything, someone would proactively hand Lou Fengming's face to her.
"What's mine, no one can take away!"
Lou Yangzi suppressed the anger in his heart, "So confident?"
Lou Xiaoxiao's eyebrows shot up, and she looked back at him with a haughty expression.
—If she said she could, she definitely would!
Lou Yangzi watched for a moment and relented.
"Alright, I'll provide you with the materials, and you can research them."
"I'll help you submit them then."
The figures of the tall and the small walked out.
A gentle breeze swept through the vast residence, carrying a hint of warm freshness.
Birds perched on the attic flapped their wings and soared with the wind.
...
The scene shifted—
In a spacious hall, a spiritual platform was set up.
Intricate patterns were drawn on the spiritual platform, making it appear even more mysterious under the rows of candlelight.
Lying in the center of the spiritual platform was the pale-faced Lou Yangzi.
A middle-aged woman stood before the spiritual platform, her expression serene as she arranged candles in a circle around its edge.
At this moment, noisy sounds echoed from outside the door.
A slender girl, whose figure was just beginning to develop, burst in.
The girl's face was delicate, her eyes naturally carrying a hint of arrogance.
She wore a light blue long dress and exuded a cool aura.
At this moment, her eyes were filled with anger.
She first glanced at Lou Yangzi on the spiritual platform, then looked at the middle-aged woman.
"Why didn't you save him?!"
The middle-aged woman was beautiful, exuding a mature charm.
Her features bore some resemblance to Lou Yangzi.
Hearing the girl's question, Mother Lou continued with her candle-lighting and said slowly,
"When he was sent back, he had already stopped breathing."
Lou Xiaoxiao refused to believe this explanation, "With the Lou family's resources, there's no way there aren't other methods!"
The candlelight flickered, illuminating Mother Lou's beautiful, solemn profile:
"There are, of course. Within six hours, a sliver of life can be snatched back."
"Why didn't you save him?!" Lou Xiaoxiao asked again.
Mother Lou's voice was unhurried, "Because the price to pay is too great, and the Lou family does not deem it necessary to save him."
"His aptitude is poor. Even with your method, the height he can reach is very limited."
"The most he can do is manage the family business. There's no difference between being a person or a ghost."
In Baidi City, everyone could see ghosts, and everyone could become one.
The Lou family also had a reliable method for transforming into ghosts.
Even if Lou Yangzi's physical body was gone, he could still become a ghost.
Even a legitimate son, for a vast family like the Lou family, if he had no value… he could be discarded at any time.
Moreover, he wasn't dead, was he?
"How is it the same?!"
Mother Lou's indifference further agitated Lou Xiaoxiao.
She clenched her fists, trembling with anger.
"It's not the same! It's completely different whether one is a person or a ghost!"
Mother Lou looked at her with surprise, "To hear these words from you."
For the past few years, Lou Xiaoxiao had been engrossed in the development of various formations and contracts.
Both people and ghosts had been sent into that room.
Those guarding outside the room often heard various screams.
"It's not the same…"
Lou Xiaoxiao murmured, lost in her own world.
"He's different from me."
Lou Yangzi was different from her.
Although his aptitude was poor, he had never complained about himself.
Although he could only manage the family business, he always appeared content and at ease.
What she wanted was more resources, to become stronger, to enter the Lou family's upper echelons, and to make no one able to ignore her.
But he was different.
He wanted very simple things.
To bask in the sun on a spring day, to savor food at a street corner, to make a few good friends…
To live his life like that.
"Becoming a ghost… he wouldn't be able to feel the warmth of the sun."
This was not what he wanted.
Lou Xiaoxiao murmured, then suddenly thought of something.
She looked up at Mother Lou, her eyes sharp.
"Why did you let him do such dangerous work?!"
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