Quick Transmigration: Underdog Turns out to be Untouchable

This Miss Chen has an incredibly calm demeanor. Shuangshuang observed her with the Mystic Light Mirror for three days. The other party remained very calm, spending every day either reading books in her room or strolling in the garden, with nothing abnormal.

Shuangshuang and Li Yu were indeed very patient, waiting for the day when the fox would reveal its tail, no matter how she pretended. Patience was key.

After all, this calmness itself was a flaw. Miss Chen had been so panic-stricken at that time, yet suddenly could live so calmly, not even having a nightmare—wasn’t that the biggest oddity?

Shuangshuang and Li Yu were steadfast, while Feng Lin, for whom this was the first time handling a case with Shuangshuang, was somewhat impatient due to his own restless nature. He couldn’t help but rush out to find traces of the Corpse Ghost.

Shuangshuang had armed Feng Lin to the teeth, so she wasn’t worried about him encountering danger. Considering his natural aversion to confinement, she let him roam freely.

Two days passed in this manner before Miss Chen finally took action. She took two maids and headed out to the market.

When leaving, Miss Chen took a carriage with her maids. However, the carriage stopped a long distance from the market, and then Miss Chen and her maids got off and walked to the market.

Li Yu, watching Miss Chen in the Mystic Light Mirror with arms crossed, yawned lazily and said, ”There’s definitely something wrong. This market is quite spacious; even a carriage wouldn’t cause much congestion.

Normally, a lady of her status should ride the carriage in, so why get off and walk such a long distance into the market?

It’s simply because that sitting in a carriage makes it impossible to interact with people; only by walking could she encounter a potential target.

This Miss Chen is quite attractive. If she uses her beauty to seduce men who have never seen a beauty, she’s sure to capture them effortlessly.”

Shuangshuang nodded in agreement. ”No wonder all the victims are male. If that Corpse Ghost is indeed using Miss Chen’s beauty to lure targeted people, naturally those attracted would all be men.”

In the Mystic Light Mirror, Miss Chen strolled casually in the market with her maids, and soon, her gaze landed on a peddler carrying baskets.

The peddler’s physique was robust, as he briskly carried two large baskets filled with goods: clearly brimming with energy.

What unfolded before Shuangshuang and Li Yu was a very familiar scene.

Miss Chen walked a few steps towards the peddler, and as she approached him, she twisted her ankle, her body swaying before falling towards him.

Her headscarf fell off, and the silk handkerchief in her hand floated towards the peddler’s face, the motion mirroring exactly how Miss Chen had fallen towards Li Yu before.

In front of the Mystic Light Mirror, Shuangshuang couldn’t help but glance teasingly at Li Yu, who responded with an unceremonious roll of the eyes.

This peddler was not like Li Yu; upon seeing the beauty beneath Miss Chen’s veil, he stared, utterly captivated.

When the beauty fell into his arms, the peddler eagerly reached out to support Miss Chen, unobtrusively tucking the handkerchief that had landed on his chest into his own bosom.

Watching the peddler be unable to take his eyes off Miss Chen’s mesmerizing smile and walk away flustered under her deliberate banter, Li Yu snorted disdainfully, ”Truly reckless.

Not considering his background or looks, having neither the wealth to attract a beauty nor the looks to enchant a lady, yet daring to fall for such a sudden romantic encounter—isn’t he just courting death?”

Shuangshuang shook her head. The love of beauty is a universal trait, and it’s only natural for the peddler to admire Miss Chen’s beauty without any sense of right or wrong.

Sadly, one can appreciate beauty, but must remain self-aware. A maid accompanied Miss of such noble status, yet an ordinary peddler believed she would regard him differently.

Without talent, looks, or money to attract people, yet favored by such an extraordinary beauty; if he were somewhat rational, he’d realize something was amiss.

Alas, men intoxicated by beauty—it’s the very definition of beauty blinding reason. It’s akin to offering one’s head for the taking.

In the Mystic Light Mirror, Miss Chen had already parted ways with the peddler. Her graceful figure, accompanied by her maids, drifted further away, leaving the peddler rooted to the spot, mesmerized by her departing back.

Shuangshuang observed keenly; earlier, Miss Chen had left a mark on the peddler, and that mark was on the handkerchief. As long as the peddler carried it, he could be traced wherever he went.

”He’s been marked,” Shuangshuang pointed at the peddler in the Mystic Light Mirror, and said to Li Yu, ”We need to keep an eye on this peddler for the next couple of days.

The Corpse Ghost has already been alerted by us. Although the peddler has been marked by Miss Chen, this may be her own action, not the Corpse Ghost’s intent.

The Corpse Ghost was recently disturbed and had just drained the life force from two maids, so it might not attack the peddler any time soon.

However, the Corpse Ghost’s greed is growing; it won’t wait long and will act in time.”

Li Yu nodded, ”The peddler carries my mark; I’ll keep a close watch these days, and unless the Corpse Ghost refrains from making a move, it won’t escape if it does.”

Shuangshuang’s intuition was right. Over the next three days, Miss Chen made no further moves to contact the peddler.

Instead, the peddler was preoccupied with thoughts of their previous encounter, lingering daily where he had met Miss Chen, hoping to encounter her again.

Finally, today, Miss Chen’s actions varied; instead of staying home reading or wandering the garden, she went to visit her full-blooded brother in the front courtyard.

Having surveilled Miss Chen for so many days, Shuangshuang had gained a basic understanding of the Chen Family too.

The Chen Family had risen through the textile business, and Miss Chen and her brother were children of Mr. Chen’s first wife.

Later, Mr. Chen’s first wife passed away from illness, and Mr. Chen remarried. However, his second wife remained childless, so Chen and her brother’s lives were not too difficult.

The reason their lives weren’t too difficult was because Miss Chen’s brother was frail, dependent on medicine all his life, the type of sickly child Mr. Chen wouldn’t trust with the family business.

With that in mind, Mr. Chen not only remarried but also took over a dozen concubines, proclaiming that any who bore him a healthy son would be rewarded with ten thousand ounces of Silver.

However, despite the high reward and many wives, he was still left with only one son.