She thought that at this time, Bai Ronglan's body would be lying alone on the hospital bed. After all, the only person who knew where that body was, little sister Ranran, was working dutifully at this moment. Never in her wildest dreams did she expect that when she got there, she saw the ghost of Bai Ronglan sitting on the bay window of the ward.
Both the fox and the ghost were extremely shocked.
Ronglan knew there were bodyguards guarding the door. If they talked like this, it was easy to attract the bodyguards in. So first, she made a shushing gesture with her paw towards the ghost of Bai Ronglan, and then set up a formation.
The ghost of Bai Ronglan almost burst out laughing at the cute sight of the little fox seriously putting its paw in front of its mouth and shushing.
After setting up the formation and ensuring that no matter how much they made noise inside, the sound wouldn't leak out of the ward, Ronglan finally spoke, "Did you come here to guard your body?"
She didn't suspect that the ghost of Bai Ronglan had any ill intentions towards this body. She was just purely curious.
After all, if the ghost of Bai Ronglan wanted to return to this body, she could have done so long ago. Since she wasn't in it now, it would be a piece of cake for the ghost to go back.
"Not really." The ghost of Bai Ronglan shook her head honestly. "To be honest, I was forced to appear here. This body that I used to inhabit has an inexplicable attraction to me. I was afraid of being sucked in for no reason, so I even asked your friend to make a soul - protecting amulet for me."
However, the soul - protecting amulet couldn't overcome the gravitational pull of the body on her. It could only protect her from being sucked into the body.
She had been forced to stay in this ward for several days, and even the moonlight - basking was no longer a happy thing.
"Little fox, when can you go back? If you can go back, I should be free too."
This question stumped Ronglan because she also didn't know when she could go back.
She sighed and squatted on the ground. "I don't know what's wrong either. I can't go back now."
"Can't go back..." The ghost of Bai Ronglan turned her head and looked at the sky. "God won't play tricks on me like this, right..." Basking in the moonlight every day was a bit boring, but it was still quite relaxing. She really didn't want to go back.
"By the way, there's a question. Little fox, how far have you gotten with the three wishes I asked you for?" The ghost of Bai Ronglan suddenly remembered an important thing.
Ronglan: "..." Should she just come clean with her benefactor now and say that she couldn't fulfill one of the wishes?
After struggling in her heart for more than half a minute, she finally spoke, "I've managed to marry Chu Hengyuan; and I'll soon get the investigation results about the truth of the exchange of the two families' children back then... But I have to say that I can't make the Bai family lose their reputation and status."
The ghost of Bai Ronglan didn't say a word.
Ronglan didn't dare to continue either. She just hung her fox head guiltily.
Silence spread between the ghost and the fox.
Inside the ward, the ticking sound of the medical instruments was especially clear at this moment.
Ronglan stared blankly at her fox paws. After an unknown amount of time, she heard a sigh.
It was just a sigh, but it made people feel an indescribable discomfort, as if a heavy stone was pressing on their hearts.
"The first time I was attracted here by my original body, I saw Bai Rongran." The ghost of Bai Ronglan looked at the body lying on the hospital bed. "At that time, I was very scared. Even though I knew I didn't want to have any connection with the body, I instinctively feared that Bai Rongran would harm my original body."
"I followed Bai Rongran every step of the way, thinking that if she wanted to do something bad, I could at least stop her. However, I didn't see Bai Rongran harming my body. All I saw was her bustling around to handle the hospitalization procedures, talking to the doctor to understand the situation, and arranging bodyguards to guard the ward. After she had done everything she could, she could have left, but she didn't. Instead, she stayed in the ward to read study materials..."
At that time, she thought it was strange and even suspected that Bai Rongran had been possessed. After all, the Bai Rongran in her memory had never been so kind to her. But upon closer inspection, Bai Rongran was indeed the same Bai Rongran, just that her personality was different from the Bai Rongran in her past life.
"In the following days, Bai Rongran would come to the ward every night. Now I understand why she did this. It turns out that you and Bai Rongran get along so well..." The ghost of Bai Ronglan sighed. "Little fox, the reason you said you couldn't fulfill my wish is because you can't bear to do anything to the Bai family, right?"
Ronglan's ears drooped. "Yes... It's not just Bai Rongran. I actually get along well with other members of the Bai family too. So..." So she really couldn't bring herself to do it.
"Or you can change your wish? Change it to one that I can fulfill, and I'll definitely help you achieve it!" The little fox said with determination.
However, the ghost of Bai Ronglan slowly shook her head. "I don't have any other wishes..."
"I see..." Ronglan buried her little head dejectedly.
She now had a wild guess that the reason she couldn't return to that body was that her thoughts were going against Bai Ronglan's. But... she finally had a younger sister who got along well with her...
She really wanted a younger sister.
"Although I don't have any other wishes, I can revoke the wish I made with you at the beginning." The ghost of Bai Ronglan's tone was very soft, so soft that Ronglan almost thought she was having auditory hallucinations due to her deep obsession.
"Revoke the wish?" The little fox's eyes suddenly lit up, and she looked up at the ghost of Bai Ronglan in surprise.
Seeing the little fox's expectant eyes, the ghost of Bai Ronglan nodded. "Yes, but I need to take a closer look and see if it's worth my while to revoke that wish."
Ronglan happily perked up her fox ears, with a smile in her eyes. "Then take your time to look." She didn't tell the ghost of Bai Ronglan her opinion because her opinion was always influenced by her personal emotions. The ghost of Bai Ronglan had to see and judge for herself whether it was worth it, so that the decision she made wouldn't make her regret.
"Little fox, how did you manage to get along so well with the Bai family?" The ghost of Bai Ronglan asked, with a somewhat complicated tone.
The little fox Ronglan raised her paw and touched her fox ears. "Maybe it's because I made different decisions from what you did back then."
"I didn't invite my blood - related relatives to my wedding with Chu Hengyuan; when Bai Rongran got into trouble alone abroad and called me for help, I went abroad." Looking back now, she still thought these two decisions were very important turning points.
The ghost of Bai Ronglan frowned, and her tone suddenly became sharp and sarcastic. "So in the end, you gave up your other relatives in order to maintain a good relationship with the Bai family, right?"