After being reborn, she went on a killing spree in both the Yin and Yang realms.

Ling Yue opened the talisman, following her usual routine. She first checked her merits and admired her remaining merits. As expected, it was definitely 14 merits.

But she saw 32.8 merits? How come there are 18.8 extra merits?

Ling Yue thought for a moment, then slapped her forehead. It was true, how could she have forgotten about Zhang Lei's matter? The matter wasn't even finished yet, and the merit had already been credited to her account. How shameful!

After we take the mother and son in, we need to hurry to Zhang Lei's house to fulfill our promise.

Then I started searching for "Exorcising Vengeful Ghosts - Level 6", and as expected, I could get 68.8 merits.

Ling Yue has gradually figured out the pattern: the more difficult ghosts to deal with are those whose value of merit is determined by their level.

But when she finished accepting the quest from the vengeful ghost and searched for the ghost baby again, she was absolutely shocked!

Why is this ghost baby so valuable? The task of performing a ritual to release a ghost baby earns a full 101 merits!

"Qingqing, why is this ghost baby so valuable? More valuable than saving a life?"

"Haven't you already witnessed how powerful that ghost baby is? He's young and has almost no emotions. Moreover, he's extremely violent and very difficult to exorcise. If you want to take on this mission, be prepared. I need to remind you that if you fail the mission, you'll be penalized proportionally."

Therefore, there are risks involved in doing anything; of course, the greater the risk, the greater the reward.

Ling Yue decisively accepted the ghost baby task. It wasn't that she was impulsive, but rather that she had weighed the options in her mind. If she completed the task of being the ghost baby's mother, she would gain 68.8 merit points, which, combined with her previous balance, would be enough to cover any losses if the task failed. That was one reason.

Secondly, based on her interactions with the mother and child, Ling Yue felt that the ghost baby was a good child who listened to his mother, and there was still a chance of successfully exorcising him.

"The mission has been accepted. When do we depart?"

"What are you waiting for? Since they've been following you, and the characteristic of vengeful ghosts is their persistence, otherwise they wouldn't have become vengeful ghosts, just go straight to your doorstep and wait there. They'll come back to you."

Lu Boqing spoke so casually, but it turns out he wanted to go out and be the bait himself. In this cold weather, was he supposed to stand outside and wait the whole time?

She recalled the question the vengeful ghost asked her in the ride-hailing car: "Why did you help that beast?"

That vengeful ghost probably just wanted this answer, right?

Ling Yue went to her bedroom and changed into her thickest winter clothes. The coat was a pure white down jacket that reached her ankles. When Liang Lina bought it for her, she complained that with global warming, there was no chance of ever wearing it.

This is exactly what came in handy!

Fully armed, Ling Yue tried to keep her footsteps as quiet as possible as she walked from her bedroom on the second floor to the front door. She didn't dare turn on the lights the whole way, using only the flashlight that came with her phone. It was so late, and she was afraid of waking her parents up, and if they asked her what she was doing, it would be even harder to explain.

Fortunately, the journey was smooth. Ling Yue exited the courtyard gate and closed it. Luckily, there were beautifully designed streetlights on the courtyard wall, so standing there alone wouldn't feel too scary.

Ling Yue recently read a novel with a strong female protagonist, which was really good. Since she had nothing else to do while standing here, she opened her phone and continued reading.

Five minutes, ten minutes, almost half an hour has passed, why haven't we seen the mother and child yet?

Ling Yue's nose was red from the cold. She was just about to ask Lu Boqing why they hadn't appeared yet, and if something was wrong.

Suddenly, Lu Boqing's voice came from beside her: "Don't stay under the lights. Go somewhere else where there is no light."

The analysis made sense, so Ling Yue found a dark place and waited for the mother and child.

The method worked, and within a minute, the mother and child appeared in front of Ling Yue.

The vengeful female ghost spoke again, asking, "Why did you help that beast?"

She's really persistent. I reckon she'll keep asking if I don't answer her question.

"Yes, in matters of the heart, he is indeed a beast. If the law allowed it, he would have been dead countless times over!"

Ling Yue looked closely at the gruesome sight of the female ghost before her death, yet felt no fear or disgust. She was a foolish and pitiful woman.

Thinking back to my past life, wasn't I the same?

Deceived by the sweet talk of a scumbag, she ended up losing both her money and her life.

"Just like I was before, you blindly believed that it was love, and were once blinded by so-called love, even wanting to have children with the one you loved... Little did you know that love is a matter between two people. How can it be called love if only one of us is making sacrifices?"

Ling Yue couldn't help but recall her past life and her memories with Li Chunyang. What you think of as love is just your own fantasy, blinding you to the other person's true nature.

When dreams shatter, not everyone can bear it...

"Aren't you stupid? When he gave you ten million, you should have just taken the money and left that scumbag. You could have found a beautiful place to have the baby. So many people would have wanted to leave their father and keep their child. Sigh, you had to risk your life to see the true colors of this scumbag?"

"What do you know? You've obviously grown up in luxury, a woman who has never lacked love. And me? I grew up in an orphanage, I don't even know who my parents are, let alone any love..."

"I finally met Wang Nanzhi. He was so accommodating and doting on me. He gave me more than just love; sometimes it felt like fatherly love. It was a love that I could only dream of!"

"So I willingly had his children, but I never imagined that one day he would break up with me! I can't even imagine how I would live without him..."

"How could he break up with me so easily? I gave him everything, and I'm even pregnant with his child! It was all because of his wife!"

The female ghost seemed to have thought of something, and filled with boundless hatred, she began to become agitated again.

The face was a bloody mess, and no expression could be seen, but the terrifying roar was deafening!

This was completely different from Ling Yue's expectations.

She started to feel scared. What if she tore herself apart in her excitement?

The female ghost didn't make any further moves, but the ghost baby did.

"Sister, why did you make my mom cry? People who mess with my mom never have a good ending."

Then Ling Yue felt the ghost infant land on her head and attack her heart without warning, followed by a piercing pain!

In just over ten seconds, Ling Yue saw the ghost baby holding a bloody, pulsating object and showing it off to her: "Hahaha, I finally caught you."

Is that my heart?

The pain then spread throughout my body, so intense that I couldn't breathe, and my vision began to blur...