Chapter 1026: Chapter 1026: All Those Years, Only to Find Humans and Ghosts Walk Different Paths

Bai Zhi’er pursed her lips.

She looked at the young man helping to chop wood in the yard.

This should be the child Hong Yue gave birth to in the year the Ghost Prisoner entered prison.

"When your husband left, did he know you were pregnant?"

Hong Yue gave a shy smile: "Not yet, I was just one month pregnant at the time."

"He said he was transferred to the Xing Sect as a prison guard, and as long as he performed well this time, Lord Inspector of the Xing Sect would promote him."

"I planned to wait until he returned to tell him the good news, but when I was five months pregnant, the Capital was surrounded by war."

"The location of the Xing Sect is hidden, and I don’t know where he went."

"But I heard that Lord Inspector, responsible for managing the Xing Sect, escaped by ship with a group of prison guards."

"I think he was among them, it must have been urgent, he didn’t have time to inform me."

Bai Zhi’er gently sighed upon hearing this.

Hong Yue seemed to sense something.

Her smile gradually faded, and she couldn’t help but ask, "Can you noble people tell me where Xian Yong is now?"

Bai Zhi’er couldn’t bear to say.

Feng Fuce spoke on her behalf.

"Fourteen years ago, he died."

Hong Yue trembled.

She looked at Feng Fuce incredulously: "What did you say? How is this possible?"

"Lord Inspector of the Xing Sect escaped, he was just a prison guard, not important, and not needed to go to war, what did he die for?"

Bai Zhi’er had to tell Hong Yue the full story of the Ghost Prisoner steadfastly guarding the prison.

She took out the already discolored wallet from her sleeve.

"He asked me to bring this to you. He said, as long as you see this wallet, you’ll know he always thought of you, he never wanted to leave you behind and go first."

"After his death, his obsession was still to hold on to his duty, to get promoted eventually, and let you have a better life."

Hong Yue’s fingers trembled as she took the wallet, repeatedly confirming it. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

She burst into tears: "This is what I gave him at our wedding back then."

For over a decade, this object had accompanied her husband’s remains.

The embroidered mandarin ducks on it had long since discolored and come undone, unrecognizable.

Yet, when Bai Zhi’er found this wallet, it was still tightly tied to the belt of that skeleton.

Hong Yue wept and asked: "But if he’s already dead, how are you able to find him and talk to him?"

Bai Zhi’er’s explanation was rather vague.

"By chance, this gentleman by my side has the ability to communicate with ghosts, that’s why we can speak to him."

Hong Yue hastily said: "I want to see him too, can I?"

But Bai Zhi’er could only shake her head.

"He has left, wandering the mortal world for too many years, and if he delays any longer, he will be scattered to the wind. Besides, humans and ghosts are meant to be separated, his visit would only affect your life."

Upon hearing this, Hong Yue’s heart sank completely into an icy abyss, she wept bitterly.

Her son heard this in the yard, hurriedly dropped the axe and rushed into the house.

"Mother! What’s wrong!"

"Fourteen years, a full fourteen years!" Hong Yue leaned against her son’s embrace, sobbing: "I waited for so long, only to receive the four words ’humans and ghosts are separated.’"

"Xiang’er, your father is already dead, he died long ago!"

Bai Zhi’er saw the mother and son both somewhat losing control of their emotions, so she had to go wait in the yard with Feng Fuce for a while.

Listening to the sound of the two weeping inside, Bai Zhi’er felt uneasy.

She gazed blankly at the azure sky.

"Brother Fu Ce, do you think, if I let the Ghost Prisoner come back once, would they be less heartbroken?"

At least, they could see each other one last time.