AMRWFA -Chapter 423 Tools

No one knew what Ben Xue’er was thinking—she didn’t even turn back.

Hong Pengyi sat on the ground for a long while before finally managing to stand up again.

The night air was cold, but both his body and his heart felt even colder.

“Are you alright?”

Jiang Yangran looked at him with concern.

Ruan Yaoyao sighed inwardly.

【Sigh…】

【You’ve finally given up now, haven’t you?】

【I told you already—you’d end up getting killed by your father because of your mother. Now do you believe it?】

Hong Pengyi said, “You already knew, didn’t you?”

Jiang Yangran looked a little awkward.

Ruan Yaoyao, however, felt no embarrassment at all. She said directly, “Yes. We already tried to warn you, but you didn’t listen. Now you’ve hit a wall. Have you given up yet? Come with us quickly. If your mother brings people here later, we won’t be able to explain anything.”

“Where to?”

……

Although Hong Pengyi looked calm, he was just a twelve- or thirteen-year-old boy. Because he had been undernourished for years, he looked smaller than others his age.

He was born in the slums, raised in the slums, and had never left that area before.

Suddenly being taken by Ruan Yaoyao to the wealthy district—and even into a five-star hotel presidential suite—left him somewhat flustered.

Seeing that Jiang Yangran, that foolish woman, was even calmer than him, and that the other unknown person nearby could hear “thoughts,” he forced himself to calm down.

Ruan Yaoyao had someone bring several sets of clothes suitable for his age and also called a male attendant to take him to shower.

Not long after, the male attendant was sent out, the reason being that Hong Pengyi was not used to being watched while bathing.

Ruan Yaoyao didn’t mind, as long as he washed himself clean.

Meanwhile, Jiang Yangran quietly discussed with Ruan Yaoyao, asking what they should do with Hong Pengyi in the future. They had “secretly” taken him away like this—would his parents cause them trouble?

At first, they had planned to “buy” him, but now it looked more like they had “abducted” a child.

Ruan Yaoyao said, “I think Hong Pengyi has his own ideas. Let’s ask for his opinion later.”

After Hong Pengyi finished bathing and came out, he gave them his opinion—since he had supposedly “broken his leg,” they should throw his clothes into the slum drainage ditch and pretend he had fallen into the river and drowned.

“Anyway, people often go missing in our area. If they see my clothes fished out of the river, they’ll know how I died.”

Ruan Yaoyao deliberately showed a surprised expression.

“Really? That works?”

Then she thought inwardly:

【Sigh, as expected of a child from hardship—he’s already thinking about escape plans at such a young age.】

【Is he saying this because he’s afraid I’ll find it troublesome and stop helping him halfway?】

Jiang Yangran pretended not to hear Ruan Yaoyao’s thoughts and nodded. “That works. People in our area often go missing—we’re used to it. Or should we include me too? I’ll also ‘disappear’ into the river?”

“No bodies are fine?” Ruan Yaoyao wasn’t entirely sure.

After all, she had only come to this world two days ago.

Jiang Yangran waved her hand. “No body is normal. If someone can’t be found, they’re either missing or dead—what’s the difference? You’re not from the slums, you wouldn’t understand. People disappear all the time there. We’re used to it.”

Again that phrase—“we’re used to it.”

Ruan Yaoyao realized that the bottom of this world might be far darker than she had imagined.

Yes—if it wasn’t dark, how could it give birth to “vengeful spirits”?

She had already eliminated two “spirits,” but she still wasn’t sure if she had succeeded in her task.

What exactly was her “spirit mission”?

Was it really just to survive in this world for seven days?

And if so… what about her daughter?

Would her daughter also be turned into a “spirit”?

Ruan Yaoyao summoned Mo Zhaodi and had it send back the old clothes of Jiang Yangran and Hong Pengyi, while also observing the reactions of those people.

As expected, when Hong Xiang, Ben Xue’er, and Jing Lecheng saw the clothes by the river, they truly believed the two had drowned.

No one even bothered to ask why there was no body.

One of them cursed loudly, complaining about the wasted time and effort on a woman who was now gone. Another cursed that raising a son for so many years had been for nothing.

As expected, Ben Xue’er was beaten again after returning.

Because Hong Xiang was furious, blaming her for not finding Hong Pengyi the night before—if she had, he might not have drowned.

Ruan Yaoyao: ????

Wait—hold on.

Wasn’t Hong Pengyi supposed to have broken his leg?

Oh… Ben Xue’er never even told Hong Xiang about it?

Was it because she was afraid of being beaten?

Hong Pengyi sneered. “What’s so strange about that? If she didn’t say it, then in his mind I didn’t break my leg. Then he wouldn’t hit her. Maybe he’ll even feel relieved that I died—so she can find another woman to bear him a son.”

He looked toward Jiang Yangran.

“Maybe even you, sister, are dead now. I wonder who she’ll target next.”

Jiang Yangran thought for a moment and realized there were quite a few young women nearby.

The daughter of the grocery store, a young woman upstairs who had just given birth, the girl upstairs who had a girlfriend…

She counted on her fingers for a while.

But surprisingly, Ben Xue’er didn’t target any of them.

Instead, she targeted her own younger sister.

Her sister was married and had two sons and a daughter.

Her brother-in-law, although also abusive, was not as violent as Hong Xiang.

Ben Xue’er had always been jealous of her sister’s “good life.” Now that Hong Pengyi was “dead,” she tricked her sister into coming over, got her drunk, and sent her to Hong Xiang’s bed—then threatened her that if she dared speak up, she would tell her brother-in-law.

When Ruan Yaoyao, who was busy searching for her daughter, heard this from Mo Zhaodi, she was stunned.

【What the hell?!】

【They’re even harming their own family now?!】

Could it be the influence of the storyline?

This “plot force” really could twist a person into something like this—too cruel.

With Mo Zhaodi leading the way, Ruan Yaoyao quickly encountered several “supernatural entities” and without hesitation, sealed them all into the Suppression Banner.

One by one, she captured them as she encountered them.

Within just a few days, most of the ghosts in the slum had been cleared out.

This attracted the attention of the Suppression Bureau.

For the first time in this mirror world, Ruan Yaoyao encountered “descenders.”

Looking at the labels above their heads, her expression turned cold.

Because the person she encountered was an old acquaintance—though he had changed his face and identity.

She still recognized him at a glance: Hua Bo, one of the “descenders” from the mental hospital.

She had once worried that these “descenders” could keep changing skins and would be impossible to track.

Now she understood—no matter how they changed appearance, their aura never changed.

As long as she remembered their aura, she could recognize them no matter what form they took.

As for when she had remembered it, she couldn’t say for sure—perhaps it was when they met in the real world.

It was a pity there was only Hua Bo.

If Feng Yue had been here too, she could have dealt with them together.