Why Did You Provoke Her? She Can Tell Fortunes!-Chapter 280 - 253: I’m Just Jiang Ci

Jiang Ci listened to his account with not a ripple of emotion in his heart. Only when he heard the name Chen Shen did he feel any stirrings. Perhaps it was because of the psychological hints planted by Mu Yunchu’s words.

"I suppose you can also guess the outcome." Xue Xing sneered, as if mocking how feudal the people of that era were, "Whatever the family said, they wouldn’t agree."

"However, Chen Shen was always someone with his own ideas. Since he was determined to pursue Nan Zhi, he felt responsible to his arranged marriage partner, so he proposed breaking off the engagement. But even without doing so, it actually didn’t hinder his actions."

For a long period afterward, Chen Shen, who never liked entertainment activities, frequently appeared at the theater.

So rumors spread around town that he had fallen for an actress and was pursuing her vehemently.

Nan Zhi said Jiang Ci looked almost identical to Chen Shen back then, so one could conclude how spirited the latter was at the time.

It was precisely the moment when feelings of love were budding, and Nan Zhi couldn’t resist such courtship.

"Gradually, the two fell in love."

The notebook was filled with Chen Shen’s deeds from that time. Xue Xing asked himself if it were him, he too would be moved.

"The couple’s unabashed behavior soon reached the ears of the elders."

The parents of the arranged marriage partner couldn’t bear the disgrace, having their family’s precious daughter tossed aside for an actress, so they dragged their daughter to break off the engagement.

Chen Shen’s parents knew their family was at fault first. Initially, they wanted to fight for it, but after failing and feeling embarrassed, they could only offer some compensation, yet they were well aware that the relationship between the two families could never be repaired.

"That day, they used family law and beat Chen Shen half to death. But Chen Shen still refused to break up with Nan Zhi, so there was nothing they could do but turn a blind eye."

"They thought they finally got their family’s tacit approval and enjoyed a sweet period," Xue Xing’s voice dropped significantly, and everyone guessed that usually at this point, something bad was about to happen.

Indeed, Xue Xing’s words took a turn.

"Soon chaos broke out, and the responsibilities on Chen Shen’s shoulders destined him not to just stay in town and enjoy romantic affairs."

So he had to leave to lead soldiers into battle.

Under such circumstances, naturally, he couldn’t take Nan Zhi with him.

So he could only entrust his parents to take care of her.

Upon hearing this, Qu Siya, who had already memorized the script, suddenly felt something was off.

"Isn’t it, just like what your sent script said."

The man went to war and never returned, and the woman waited for him her whole life.

"Why did you say she didn’t live past twenty?"

"Because someone sent her a letter." Xue Xing looked up at Nan Zhi.

"A letter?" Qu Siya quickly thought of their task in the script, to go back in time as students from the modern era to change her tragic fate by delivering her a letter.

Perhaps it was a woman’s natural sixth sense, but upon hearing this, Qu Siya realized something, and her scalp went numb, eyes widening, "Are you saying that in the real story, someone actually delivered that letter to her back then?"

Xue Xing nodded.

"After Chen Shen left, his parents personally went to deliver the breakup letter to Nan Zhi."

"Nan Zhi couldn’t handle such a blow and leaped from the high building wearing the qipao from their first date."

Xue Xing didn’t know the remaining events.

Because this journal was written from Nan Zhi’s perspective.

After her death, the story inside did not continue.

But one could guess what happened later.

As the heir to this family, it’s certain that Chen Shen returned, married, and had children.

However, his mother’s generation had only one child, and she married into another family, so he wasn’t surnamed Chen.

But matters of bloodline don’t change.

Though it’s his ancestor, after knowing these stories, he couldn’t put himself in Chen Shen’s shoes at all.

Especially after developing a deep affection for Nan Zhi, he despised their actions even more.

Even though Chen Shen, who lost his beloved, was also a victim, he felt no sympathy.

And at this moment, Jiang Ci also remembered the events from the first evening’s recording.

As well as why the female ghost vanished in an instant after he handed over the letter.

It turned out to be Xue Xing’s deliberate design.

"So, did you arrange for me to deliver her the letter on purpose?"

Jiang Ci looked at Xue Xing in confusion.

For the original Nan Zhi, the letter was delivered by Chen Shen’s family.

But for the current Nan Zhi, it was delivered by someone with Chen Shen’s identical face.

Moreover, under the constraints of Xue Xing’s script, personally handed her the breakup letter. Such a blow is not something anyone could easily endure.

He couldn’t understand why Xue Xing would do such a thing.

Because Xue Xing seemed very concerned about her.

Xue Xing laughed a bit bitterly, his gaze even more complicated as he looked at Jiang Ci: "Of course, it was to resolve her obsession, and let her give up on you."

Perhaps Xue Xing’s love was a bit incomprehensible to ordinary people.

But he couldn’t bear to see Nan Zhi tortured by longing and obsession, trapped here forever.

Jiang Ci’s resemblance to Chen Shen was something he discovered by chance.

Upon learning that Nan Zhi was still trapped in the town, he tried various ways to make her appear.

"But all my efforts were in vain, and yet with your face, you obtained everything."

When he saw Jiang Ci, he orchestrated the entire plan.

Putting Jiang Ci in the coffin to lure Nan Zhi out, then having him personally deliver the breakup letter to make her completely give up.

But he didn’t expect Nan Zhi’s obsession to be this profound.

Even with all he said, Nan Zhi’s gaze never lingered on him.

Her eyes stayed focused on Jiang Ci’s face, unwilling to look away.

"I don’t care about anything else, I just want Ah Shen alone."

"As long as you leave him with me, I’ll let you all go."

After the recent battle, Nan Zhi was already clear about their abilities. Dealing with them was not difficult.

But in her view, those people were unimportant, and she didn’t want to add more killings to her hands.

So she gave them one last choice.

Feng Chen clutched his chest, hesitating as he glanced at Jiang Ci.

The latter, feeling confident, refused quicker than anyone else.

"I won’t stay here with you!"

"I am not Chen Shen, I am just Jiang Ci, not anyone’s substitute, nor can I be with a ghost."

The first part of the sentence was fine, but when he shouted that he wasn’t Chen Shen, an unprecedented anger appeared on Nan Zhi’s face.