My Evil Wife Is a Nine-Tailed Fox

Howls of pain could be heard inside the room. The light continued to flicker a few more times before darkness remained to accompany them. Miss Xia turned her head, trying to figure out what was happening around her. Was it her daughter? 

Did Ranran hate them that much for her to make this terrifying sound? Was it too late for them to save her from being a malevolent ghost? 

The spirit of Bai Xinran slowly appeared inside the circle that Li Fei'er made earlier, effectively trapping it inside. Bai Xinran was slightly confused, finding herself inside her room with people she had never seen before. Even her mother was there, but she was blindfolded. 

"Mom?" She called out, but her mother couldn't hear her. 

Her mother was here but couldn't she hear her daughter? Who were these people anyway? What had they done to her mother? 

"She can't hear you," Jiang Chen informed Bai Xinran, "Are you even aware that ghosts like you can't be seen or heard by most humans?"

"I…" Bai Xinran hesitated first before answering: "Yes. I'm dead, right? It was because of Sisi that I am like this!" 

Her calm expression morphed into one filled with rage. How could she forget that the one responsible for her death was none other than her childhood friend, Liang Sisi, whom she had treated like her own sister for years! 

"Liang Sisi! How could you?! How could you do this to me?!"

She was her best friend, the one person she trusted the most.

All she wanted right now was to find that traitor and let her experience the same pain she suffered from. She wasn't supposed to die like this—never like this. She had thought that her illness would be the one taking her life. Never in a million years would she think that it would be her best friend instead. 

"Do you know what will happen to you if you continue to cultivate and hold onto your grudge?" Jiang Chen asked her, "Not only will your chance to get reborn be forfeited, but you will turn into a malevolent ghost that will only exist mindlessly. Do you really want to see your mother grieve for you for the rest of her life?"

"Mom…" Bai Xinran's rage faltered when she was reminded of her mother's presence. 

As she turned her head to look at her mother, Jiang Chen and Li Fei'er could see the black veins starting to spread on the left side of Bai Xinran's face, which only meant that she was on the verge of turning into a malevolent ghost already. 

If they came a little too late, they might not be able to save Bai Xinran in time, leaving Li Fei'er no choice but to exorcise Bai Xinran's spirit for good.

"She knows?" Bai Xinran asked in disbelief. "Does she know that I am here?"

"She even knows what truly happened to you, and she has begged us to help set you free." This time, it was Li Fei'er who answered Bai Xinran. 

Bai Xinran looked at her mother who was visibly trembling on her spot. She knew her mother was scared, but not of her. 

"Mom…"

"When she heard of the possibility of you turning into a restless spirit if you didn't let go of your grudge, she asked us to help you." Jiang Chen eyed Li Fei'er, reminding her to not let her guard down. 

"Schoolmate Bai, I know what Liang Sisi did to you was despicable, but if you chose to continue holding a grudge against her, you and your mother would pay the price for it," Li Fei'er said. 

"We're not asking you to forgive her… because it's clear that she hasn't regretted what she has done yet. Even if she has escaped the laws of men, there will be a day she would have to face the consequences of her sins," Jiang Chen added. 

It was imperative that they convince Bai Xinran to let go of her grudge, for her to be able to cross realms. As for Liang Sisi, as long as she was alive, she could either atone for her sin or wait until it was her turn to face death and retribution. 

Bai Xinran didn't say anything in response and only stared at her mother pitifully. Aside from the grudge she strongly held towards Liang Sisi, the regret she felt towards her mother was overwhelming. 

She hadn't been a good daughter to her mother. Growing up as a child, Bai Xinran was really close to her mother. However, their relationship took a turn for the worse when she discovered that her parents were in a fake marriage, effectively ruining the perfect family image in Bai Xinran's mind. 

Because of it, she despised both of her parents for deceiving her and constantly pushed away her crying mother who kept on apologizing to her. When her mother remarried, this time for real; it made Bai Xinran feel like she was abandoned by everyone. 

She didn't care about Liang Sisi anymore. Seeing her mother shed tears for her, even though the mother was blindfolded, broke Bai Xinran's heart. There were so many things she wanted to tell her mother, so many things she regretted not saying when she was still alive and human enough to have the chance to say it herself. 

Now, she could only watch as her mother cried for her, not being able to see her or talk to her. She was the cause of all the tears streaming down her mother's face. 

If she were to become a restless spirit like Jiang Chen and Li Fei'er said she would be, wouldn't that mean that her mother would also bear the grief of losing her and the regret for not being able to help her for the rest of her life? 

Bai Xinran then knew she would do anything to see her mother happy again.. If letting go of her hatred and grievances would make her mother happy once more, she was willing to do it.