San Hu, take Master Yu back. Yang Guofu instructed.
San Hu nodded and led Yu Daohen towards the parking spot.
Chen Ruolian, who had been looking down, suddenly spoke, "I'll see Master off."
Yu Daohen and Yang Guofu both frowned slightly. Although it was Chen Ruolian's body, the soul within was Lu Wenxia.
Yu Daohen nodded, "Then I'll trouble Miss Ruolian."
On the way back to the van, Chen Ruolian kept her head down. Just as they were about to reach the van, Chen Ruolian suddenly spoke, "I'd like to speak with Master alone."
Chen Ruolian looked at Yu Daohen, but the words were clearly directed at San Hu.
San Hu understood the implication, "I'll go start the car."
He then walked towards the van.
After San Hu left, Yu Daohen spoke, "Madam Lu has discovered it, hasn't she?"
Chen Ruolian nodded, "Although I don't know how, I can feel that controlling this body is very strenuous."
Yu Daohen nodded. Chen Ruolian's body was not meant to be in this world. It was, in essence, an evil corpse, or more directly, a piece of flesh that had fallen from Chen Qingshui. It was completely unsuitable as a vessel to contain a soul.
It was one thing for Chen Qingshui himself to use it, but for another soul, this corpse would not last long.
"You should know this body won't last much longer. By then, you'll be a true wandering spirit."
Yu Daohen couldn't understand why Lu Wenxia would give up her own body and agree to a swap with Chen Qingshui.
Once the swap happened, it meant everything Lu Wenxia possessed would no longer be hers, and she would die in the near future.
Chen Ruolian paused, a hint of helplessness in her tone, "I'll tell Master a different version of the story."
Eighteen years ago, a young man came to work at the Lu Group. He was ambitious, diligent, and worked without complaint. By chance, he met the Lu Group's heiress.
The young man treated the heiress very well, and the two quickly fell in love. When the heiress's family learned of the situation, they investigated the young man's background.
People in love often become foolish.
Even after learning that the young man was already married, the heiress still pleaded with her family to marry her to him.
After they married, the young man severed ties with his former wife.
The heiress's parents trusted the young man immensely. Not only did they promote him to General Manager, but they also entrusted him with the entire company. In the following days, the heiress and the young man lived a very sweet life.
However, soon the heiress discovered that the young man was still secretly in contact with his ex-wife. This situation didn't last long before news broke that the young man's ex-wife had contracted a terminal illness.
The heiress thought that once the young man's ex-wife passed away, she and the young man could finally be together forever.
Soon, the heiress received news of the young man's ex-wife's death. Just as the heiress had predicted, after his ex-wife's death, the young man devoted himself to the heiress, only occasionally returning to the old family residence.
The heiress didn't mind; after all, the person was dead, and it was normal for the young man to visit the elders.
But soon the heiress noticed something was wrong. The young man's visits to the old family residence changed from once a month to once a week, and finally to once every day or two.
On one occasion, the heiress secretly visited the young man's hometown and discovered that the old residence was decorated strangely, with white lanterns and white candles filling the rooms.
When the heiress went to the company to check the account books, she discovered that the young man had been embezzling from the company.
But by then, it was too late.
Upon hearing this, Yu Daohen instantly understood why Liu Zhonghe had asked him to introduce someone to help carry the coffin.
Chen Qingshui's lifespan had ended.
A normal person whose lifespan had ended must go to the underworld to be reincarnated and could not linger in the human world. If someone died before their lifespan ended, they could only go to the underworld for reincarnation when their lifespan naturally concluded.
Therefore, Liu Zhonghe used the "Kui Mu" coffin to keep Chen Qingshui's soul within the Chen family's old residence. However, this method had a drawback: corpse transformation. This was also why Liu Zhonghe had asked for his help.
But none of this concerned him. Whether it was Lu Wenxia or Liu Zhonghe, he was merely here to carry the coffin.
"I cannot interfere with your affairs or Liu Zhonghe's. Thank you, Madam Lu, for seeing me off."
With that, Yu Daohen walked towards the van.
"Master, please wait. I'd like to ask Master to buy this body a little more time," Chen Ruolian called out to Yu Daohen.
Yu Daohen turned to look at Chen Ruolian.
Chen Ruolian continued, "Regaining control of the company is not something that can be done overnight."
"Come to the shop to discuss it then. I have my rules."
After speaking, Yu Daohen walked to the side of the van and opened the passenger door, getting in.
San Hu, who was driving, didn't ask any questions. As the saying goes, misfortune comes from the mouth. Those in this line of work are most wary of asking too many questions; they might not even know how they lost their lives one day.
The car started and drove out of the village. Yu Daohen gazed at the pitch-black scenery outside the window, feeling a sense of melancholy.
Elder Tai was willing to sacrifice his life for the villagers, while some people would do anything to survive.
Was he the former or the latter?
Time is tight today. I will thank all my lovely readers for their gifts tomorrow.