When He Qing remembered this matter, she couldn't help but interject and ask, "Stock trading? Ling Ze is our senior, and he's really good at it. It's said that in his sophomore year, his first time trading stocks, he made tens of thousands."
Just as He Qing finished speaking, seeing Zheng Mingcui's expression made her heart sink: Trouble!
Indeed, as soon as the words fell, Zheng Mingcui's face and limbs began swelling uncontrollably, and her emotions became instantly unstable. The dormitory's windows clattered fiercely under the yin wind, and leveraging her superior night vision, He Qing saw several roommates tighten their blankets.
After all, the heavy presence of yin energy inevitably made the temperature drop significantly.
She quickly shouted, "Stop this!"
Thanks to the soundproof barrier, her voice was loud and clear. For Zheng Mingcui, it was as though thunder had struck overhead! A vague pain surged through her head, and her fragile soul seemed to disperse with these words...
Her body shuddered, and she immediately came to her senses!
Zheng Mingcui looked at He Qing fearfully, not understanding how this young girl could be so formidable.
"That year, Ling Ze took all my savings to trade stocks, but in less than a month, he told me it was all lost! So that's how it was..."
Seeing that next semester's tuition and living expenses were now uncertain, Zheng Mingcui started to panic.
Living in Imperial Capital was not easy. Daily expenses were also high, and to save more money, she took on several part-time jobs at once. She was diligent and honest, so it was relatively easy to find work. Yet, being busy earning money inevitably left her no time to take care of herself, forcing her to even cut and sell her hair. Sometimes, on her days off, she helped out with odd jobs on construction sites, which finally allowed her to scrape together enough money by the start of the new term.
He Qing couldn't help but ask, "How much money did you manage to save?"
Zheng Mingcui replied, "Twenty thousand yuan for tuition, but I haven't saved up the rest for living expenses yet."
Damn! He Qing couldn't help but curse aloud.
Ming University is one of the top universities in the country, supported by countless sponsors each year. The tuition certainly isn't that high—it's only about eight thousand yuan a year. Plus, it's well known that Ling Ze receives a scholarship every year, also around eight thousand yuan. Why would his girlfriend need to work herself to death to support his studies?
Looking at Zheng Mingcui's haggard face in front of her, He Qing felt frustratedly disappointed and exclaimed, "Fool!"
"The night I gathered the tuition, Ling Ze came to the house I rented to collect the money. We were too happy that night, he drank a bit too much, and then, then we were together... During that time, Ling Ze treated me especially well, always calling and texting to check on me. But two months later, I was pregnant."
The female ghost sat on the bed, her gaze tenderly on her stomach, cradling it as if her child were still there.
"I had no family, so I was especially thrilled about it and quickly told him. He soon came over, and at that time, I thought he was also thrilled, so he rushed over in the evening. But the first thing he said was telling me not to keep the child, saying we couldn't afford it."
"I disagreed. He was already a junior, and in another year, he would be able to intern, and I also had a job. Although it might be tough, we were completely capable of raising him."
"Ling Ze didn't say anything more; he never argued with me. I thought I had convinced him. That night he stayed with me of his own accord, and before going to sleep, he even made me take several vitamin pills, claiming they were good for the baby since pregnant women take them."
"But, but..." Zheng Mingcui said, as two streams of blood tears slowly flowed from her hollow, lifeless eyes, and her voice suddenly turned piercing, "I had no idea, no idea... that he could be so merciless! He's not human at all! Those weren't vitamins; they were sleeping pills!!! After I fell asleep, he dissolved more of the sleeping pills in water and force-fed me an entire bottle!"
"Taking sleeping pills is too painful! My entire body hurt, yet I couldn't move. My stomach churned, but I couldn't vomit... I felt like I was locked in a pitch-dark room, unable to see any future... so desperate..."
"My child, just like that, faded away bit by bit..."
He Qing couldn't help but sigh: The child was too young, an Innate Spirit Embryo lost before it could fully develop, probably unaware of even the resentful energy...
"Soon, I realized I had already died. Ling Ze, this heartless, brutish man, still wouldn't let me go even then! My baby... my baby... because it was too small, its soul vanished before it even appeared..."
Zheng Mingcui said, her expression becoming delirious, "But, maybe it's for the best, so it wouldn't have to suffer consciously... I just watched from the side, perhaps because I had just died, I couldn't move at all, only watching Ling Ze use the large cleaver I used for chopping bones for soup in the kitchen, chop off my limbs one by one, leaving me dismembered and torn apart like a butchered pig. Then, he packed my body into that black suitcase. ...I never imagined such a meticulously minded person could be so terrifying!"
"He took the blood-stained bed sheet, sprinkled it with laundry detergent, and wiped the floors and walls clean. He even managed to take a bath in the apartment, put on clean clothes he had there, and then erased all traces of the crime, casually walking out the door with the suitcase... Even, even on his way out, he didn't forget to take my newly saved salary!"
Hearing this, He Qing shivered uncontrollably.
Indeed, many people commit murder in a moment of passion, but to kill someone and then calmly manage the aftermath is not something ordinary people can do. If Ling Ze had not been so petty, only deceiving women, he might have been destined to achieve great things.
However, from a certain perspective, committing murder and dismembering a body is a significant undertaking...
"I followed him the whole way, wishing desperately I could bite a chunk of flesh from his body! But I couldn't do it; it seemed I couldn't touch him at all, only able to watch helplessly as he pushed the suitcase into the lake in the park—I'm not content! I'm not content, I'm not content!!!"
Zheng Mingcui's expression turned frenzied, "I never did anything bad in my life, why should my child and I suffer this! And the murderer, I followed him, and he still appeared so bright and shiny, even quickly starting a new relationship with another wealthy girl within two weeks... How could he? How dare he?!!! That beautiful, rich girl was just his stepping stone! I want to kill him! Kill him!!!"
Zheng Mingcui's demeanor turned wildly chaotic, and Fang Yuanyuan's recent stern shout could no longer suppress her, her body instantly becoming fragmented and bloated, covered with murky blood!
He Qing couldn't stand it any longer, quickly pushing her away: "Get off! Don't on my bed—"
However, since Zheng Mingcui's limbs had all been chopped off, split in two, He Qing's push merely dislodged half an arm!
"Ah!!!"
She went berserk!
Taking deep breaths to calm herself down, she clasped her hands in the Returning Form Technique: "Vengeful Ghost Disperse Body, Imperial Decree Formation! Three Yangs are hard to gather, Six Yin Souls!!!"
As she gestured with her hands, coordinating with the gathering yin incantation, six swirls of murky yin energy suddenly spiraled in from the crack of the window, enveloping Zheng Mingcui...