Adopting A Stray Cat Chapter 278 Choosing Not to Be Kind1

Chapter 278: Chapter 278 Choosing Not to Be Kind_1

With her body finally free, Zhou Zing suddenly straightened up, ran to Chen Lan on her knees, crying bitterly, "Teacher Chen, please help . I don’t want everyone to think that I’m a thief. Can you help , please? I beg you."

Chen Lan’s face showed reluctance as he helplessly said, "It’s been so long since it happened. How can I help you? Even if soone did set you up, there’s no evidence. No one will admit to it."

Zhou Zing had a look of desperation on her face. She was not a thief, but who could prove her innocence? Who could absolve her?

Since she was a child, she had been cherished by those around her due to her good looks and excellent grades. Never did she think that she would leave this world in such a disgraceful manner and forever carry an infamous label.

"I’ll help you."

A gentle and faint voice rang next to Zhou Zing.

Zhou Zing jolted in surprise and looked up. It was the mage Chen Lan had invited.

Zhou Zing hadn’t expected there to be such a young and graceful young woman among the mages, with a slender body, graceful posture, pursed lips and a calm deanor. Her long, ink-black hair draped down her back, and her eyes glowed brightly like the stunning stars in the night sky.

Looking at her, Zhou Zing felt a hint of hope in her heart. "Can you really help ?"

Qin Sisi nodded, speaking unhurriedly, "I can help you, but I have a condition."

Zhou Zing imdiately responded, "Okay, go ahead."

Qin Sisi looked at Zhou Zing and said clearly, "I want you to give

your soul power."

Uncertainty flashed across Zhou Zing’s face as she murmured, "But, wouldn’t I disperse and disappear if I did that?"

Qin Sisi glanced at Ye You, it seed like they had no choice but to use the Spirit Gathering Pill this ti.

So, Qin Sisi continued, "I will give you a Spirit Gathering Pill to take in advance. After a hundred years, your soul will reform, and you can be reincarnated."

"A hundred years?" Zhou Zing asked again, seeming to be a bit torn.

Seeing her hesitation, Qin Sisi remained patient, saying indifferently, "No pressure. Take so ti to think it over. Tell

when you’ve made your decision."

After speaking, Qin Sisi walked out of Chen Lan’s bedroom and sat down on the sofa in the living room.

Seeing this, Chen Lan, who was still sowhat afraid of being alone with a ghost, offered Zhou Zing a few comforting words and then joined Qin Sisi in the living room.

Zhou Zing sat alone on the cold floor, pondering over Qin Sisi’s proposition.

The painful emotions that had occurred on that evening when the sky was full of sunset resurfaced in her mind: the humiliation of being falsely accused, the powerlessness of her situation, and the despair of no one believing in her...

The gazes of the people around her, filled with skepticism, disdain, derision, and disappointnt...

Finally, Zhou Zing gritted her teeth, swiftly stood up from the floor and walked to the room’s door.

In the living room, Chen Lan said to Qin Sisi with a complicated heart, "Sisi, Zhou Zing is really pitiful. Can’t you help her?"

Qin Sisi glanced at Chen Lan and said indifferently, "Didn’t I say that I would?"

Chen Lan paused and said, "What I an is..."

Stopping halfway through his sentence, he seed unable to continue.

Qin Sisi actually helped him finish: "You an, let

help her without anything in return, right?"

Chen Lan looked awkward and hesitated, but nodded.

Qin Sisi gave a light smile and said sothing aningful, "In fact, every wild ghost in this world has its pathetic aspects. If I help every one of them without expecting any return, how am I supposed to survive?"

Chen Lan pursed his lips and said in a low voice, "I can help her pay you."

Qin Sisi shook her head and said, "Chen Lan, you are very kind, but money is not important to ."

"But, she’s just a child." Chen Lan said sadly, feeling sowhat guilty as he couldn’t help Zhou Zing.

Qin Sisi gently stroked Ye You’s back, saying softly, "A child of fifteen or sixteen should already understand that achieving one’s goals always cos at a price. It’s the sa for both humans and ghosts."

"I understand." Before Chen Lan could say anything else, Zhou Zing’s voice sounded from behind them.

Chen Lan turned around and smiled at Zhou Zing.

Qin Sisi didn’t turn her head. Since Chen Lan felt she wasn’t kind enough, she’d better keep her sympathy and sadness aside and handle this matter impartially. Perhaps it was even more straightforward this way.

When it ca to being pitiful, which of the ghosts she had encountered along the way weren’t pitiful?

In comparison, it was Zhou Zing, who chose to end her life, who was the least pitiable.

What’s more, there was Ye You.

Every ti she thought of the charming and elegant figure in the mirror on a full moon night, Qin Sisi felt a sense of lant.

Such a wonderful person, cursed to transform into a cat, forced to leave his holand, and his magic power restricted.

Wasn’t Ye You pitiful too?

Helping a ghost fulfill its wish in exchange for soul power, this was a fair transaction each party agreed to willingly.

People often use phrases such as "live in regret" and "die with eyes wide open" to describe the regret and frustration felt when a dying person’s wish is not fulfilled.

If this wish was truly important, paying a price for it was worth it, right?

Zhou Zing walked up to Qin Sisi and said word by word, "Mage, I’ve thought it over. I’m willing to give you my soul power. As long as you can help

prove my innocence and punish the one who frad ."

Qin Sisi raised her head to look at her and warned, "Let

remind you, the promise you’ve made to

must be fulfilled. Otherwise, I’ll make sure you never get reincarnated."

Ye You’s ears twitched. He had already sensed the bit of displeasure hidden beneath Qin Sisi’s cold tone.

Zhou Zing looked into Qin Sisi’s radiant eyes and felt an inexplicable chill. She nodded vigorously and said, "I understand, I will definitely keep my promise."

Qin Sisi softened her tone a bit, telling Zhou Zing, "Alright, let’s analyze it first. Who do you think is most likely to have frad you? We can’t possibly investigate dozens of your classmates."

Zhou Zing furrowed her brows and thought hard for a while, then responded, "I feel that it’s most likely that Fang Yiyi frad ."

Qin Sisi mused, "You an she might’ve deliberately set the tir on her phone to turn on, put it into your bookbag, and when school ended, she set up a whole performance?"

Zhou Zing nodded, saying, "It was too much of a coincidence, it must’ve been preditated."

Qin Sisi thought for a mont and asked, "Do you have other evidence to suspect Fang Yiyi? Have you had any disputes with her?"

Zhou Zing’s eyes flickered, and she didn’t say a word.