Changfei finished reading Feng Shuangrou’s experience, feeling an intense loathing toward that [Love-Broken Spirit]. Xu Yiqing had almost been ruined by this entity, nearly losing her virginity because of it.
If given two years, that [Love-Broken Spirit] might have succeeded in possessing someone.
But now, Changfei had to stay vigilant and couldn’t help but ask the Yuelao Handbook, “Since Leng Yiqing is already dead, has that [Love-Broken Spirit] died as well? Will it come back to cause trouble?”
“[Love-Broken Spirit] is bound to endless mortal attachments, and even the underworld cannot contain her. If you want to completely eradicate her existence, you must use the Yuelao Universal Scissors in tandem with the Thread-tying Person. Only through their cooperation can you succeed.” The Yuelao Handbook recited mechanically, as if reading a pre-written script.
Changfei rolled his eyes. “Can’t I just use the Universal Scissors to cut her off directly?”
“If emotions could be severed simply by cutting a thread, what use would Yuelao be?” The Yuelao Handbook responded swiftly and fluently, its tone suddenly different from its previous emotionless, flat replies.
How many Yuelaos must have asked this exact question for the Handbook to reply so smoothly?
Still, the Handbook’s words reminded Changfei of something.
He instinctively rubbed his chin, then suddenly asked with a strange expression, “So, even if the red thread is cut, it won’t affect the feelings from before?”
“Please note, the red thread typically breaks only when both parties harbor doubts, when feelings are damaged, when a third party intervenes, or when hatred deepens. The thread may break, but the feelings do not. The seeds remain. The red thread seen by Yuelao is the manifestation of fate, not of emotion. If you have feelings, you may have no fate; if you lack feelings, you may have fate but no bond. Yuelao can decide marriages and matchings, but cannot alter human thoughts or change their hearts. Do not forget: to violate the Rules of Yuelao is to invite a needless death.”
The tone and voice of the Yuelao Handbook’s final warning resembled those of the previous Yuelao before departure, sending a shiver down Changfei’s spine.
He recalled the notes marked in the Handbook about Yuelao’s cautions.
It mentioned that the Mandarin Duck Registry was not something Yuelao could manipulate carelessly; choosing wrongly, or causing the target to fall in love with someone other than the intended one, would bring Punishment—or even death—to Changfei.
At the time, Changfei thought it was just the Yuelao Handbook’s way of annoying him.
But now, thinking carefully, if it wasn’t the target who fell for someone outside the predetermined match, but Yuelao itself messing with the Mandarin Duck Registry, forcibly making someone fall for an unapproved person—that would explain the severe Punishments from before!
With this warning and explanation from the Handbook, Changfei’s mind grew sharper, and he patiently reconsidered the past events.
He searched through Xu Yiqing’s information again.
As he expected, even though he had initially cut the red thread between himself and Xu Yiqing, the name “Lezheng Fei” still appeared among Xu Yiqing’s love interests.
However, a blood-red question mark followed Lezheng Fei’s name, and no progress bar appeared.
This was precisely what made Changfei feel uneasy.
If his name were completely removed from Xu Yiqing’s love interests, would that mean he… was truly dead?
Yet, this didn’t quite add up.
If Leng Xingliang was originally the destined love for Leng Yiqing’s body, and Xu Shaxue’s romantic interest was Lezheng Chu, then where did Changfei come from? At the beginning, the title of Lezheng Family’s Heir Apparent never appeared with him.
Why, then, was the name listed as Lezheng Fei instead of Changfei—the name he’d used for fourteen years?
The moment Changfei saw “Lezheng Fei,” he instinctively treated it as his own name.
But what if it wasn’t?
He had already turned into a woman when he first met Xu Yiqing, and the name Changfei should have been recorded accordingly.
Just like when he clicked on Lezheng Chu’s name and saw Lezheng Chu’s information, clicking on Lezheng Fei’s name brought up data that fluctuated constantly—height, gender, romantic history, and partners all shifting unpredictably.
At first, he thought this was because he kept switching genders.
But now, paying close attention, he noticed the height fluctuated wildly.
Currently, he was 1.55 meters tall; whether male or female, his height only varied slightly between 1.55 and 1.60 meters.
But the information here jumped between 1.70 and 1.60 meters.
He recalled that only Lezheng Chu, his peer, was above 1.70 meters—definitely not himself.
These erratic shifts made Changfei’s expression darken.
He couldn’t help but suspect: was he really the Lezheng Family’s Heir Apparent abandoned by a scumbag father?
Or was someone deceiving him from the start?
Maybe he wasn’t a Lezheng at all.
Perhaps the real Heir Apparent was someone else in the family.
And the fluctuating information about Lezheng Fei in the Yuelao Handbook existed because he mistakenly thought he was Lezheng Chu, which caused the confusion…?
But wasn’t the red thread originally tied between his and Xu Yiqing’s little fingers?
Changfei started feeling confused.
He sensed that this matter must involve Lezheng Chu, himself, and the person behind the changing information for Lezheng Fei.
If I don’t write this chapter now, more readers’ fragile hearts will shatter… I really can’t hold back anymore and must clarify some things.
This chapter is meant to deepen the unburied pits from before—adding another layer to the mystery…
Also, I wasn’t able to revise Step Twelve successfully today.
After going home, cooking, and taking a shower, there wasn’t much time left.
I’ll have to wait for another free moment.
Sigh, Shāng Zhī Jūn must be either exhausted or driven crazy by her own lack of progress…