Not only Qu Jing was stunned, even Qin Huai was taken aback.
Qin Huai never thought that Luo Jun’s private detective could actually find Qu Jing’s parents from her previous life. Although the spirits were right before his eyes, and each indeed had past and present lives, with Qin Huai even having a system, the past life seemed like a distant and vague concept to him.
Qu Jing’s expression was both simple and complex, filled with disbelief. She stood there frozen as if her mind had crashed, and after a long pause, she blankly asked, "Found... found them?"
To Luo Jun, this question was undoubtedly a foolish one, as he had just confidently stated that he had found them.
Luo Jun nodded very patiently, "Yes, and according to identity verification, they are indeed your parents from your past life."
Suddenly, Qu Jing felt a bit scared. She wanted to ask many questions but didn’t dare to voice them. Qin Huai and Chen Huihong both kept silent at the right time.
"Are they... okay?" Qu Jing asked.
"Okay, at least according to the information available, they are living quite well and relatively healthy," Luo Jun replied. "After you committed suicide, they adopted a child from a distant relative’s family, a child named Chen Tingting."
Hasn’t the name Chen Tingting appeared before? Why do you two look is an important task, and he has no recollection at all.
Qin Huai tried hard to recall who Chen Tingting was.
The video call fell into silence again.
"Sorry to interrupt you guys, but can someone explain who Chen Tingting is?" Chen Huihong couldn’t help but ask.
Qu Jing quickly adjusted her expression, still tinged with shock, "She was my middle school language teacher."
"Mr. Chen was the one who discovered my self-harm. She thought I was being abused at the orphanage and called the police. Even after I transferred schools, Mr. Chen often visited the orphanage to see me. We haven’t kept in touch over the years, but Mr. Chen is a good person."
Luo Jun continued, "Since this is accepted, let me continue."
"Qu Jing, besides doing volunteer work regularly at the orphanage, do you also volunteer monthly at an elderly care home?"
"Your hospital has a medical cooperation with the Zhaoxi Elderly Care Home, where you volunteer the most, right?"
Qu Jing continued to nod.
"The director of Zhaoxi Elderly Care Home is surnamed Chen."
Qu Jing’s nodding slowed.
"You probably didn’t pay attention to his name. It’s Chen Dexing. According to the generational hierarchy, he ranks third. His elder brother is Chen Dehui, and second brother is Chen Dezhou."
"He is your third uncle."
"In your past life, you were named Chen Shen’ai, named after Wang Xizhi’s granddaughter Wang Shen’ai by your parents. You were an only child, top student, a textbook example of a model child until you went mad from being trapped in past life memories leading to your suicide. Your parents always blamed themselves, thinking they didn’t give you a name that was auspicious."
"Historically, Wang Shen’ai lived to be 29, succumbing to worry and forgetfulness, but you didn’t even live that long. Later, when they adopted a daughter, they gave her a very simple name, hoping she could grow up safely and healthily."
"And my parents..." Qu Jing couldn’t wait to ask.
"You’ve actually met them," Luo Jun said. "You saw them on February 17 last year, March 19 the year before last, May 18 and July 24, and on May 12, June 27, September 30, and November 11 of the year before that."
"They, like you, volunteered at the elderly care home. The reason you chose to study medicine is that both your parents are doctors. You’ve checked the health of the elderly with them in the care home."
"You might have even seen them when you were a child in the orphanage. There was a batch of children’s books in the orphanage d by your mother."
"Do you remember?" Luo Jun looked directly at Qu Jing.
Qu Jing stood frozen as if her mind had exploded, unable to respond for a long time, as if she was lost in memories.
"It’s normal if you don’t recognize them. At that time, you hadn’t regained your memories, and even after regaining them, they might have been just passerby in your life to you."
"When you woke up and told us about your first life’s experience, I thought how difficult your trial was. You are not even a Luan bird, just a Yujiao, yet the difficulty was like breaking major rules."
"My failure in trials is my own fault, Chen Huihong’s failure is due to her dullness, but your failure seems so unjust."
"Before Qin Huai saw your memories, I couldn’t think of how you could succeed in this last trial. You said Qin Huai was your lifeline, but I didn’t think so back then, and I’m even more sure now."
"Your lifeline has always been by your side."
"Arrogance demands a price, selfishness can be dissolved with passion, hatred can be melted by love, but how do we solve love itself?"
"The answer is with more love."
"Compared to most spirits undergoing trials, the amount of love you have had in each life is ridiculously abundant."
"Even your lifeline has been openly hanging around you all these years, waiting for you to reach out."
"I’ve already found out, Mr. Chen likes oil peaches, his daughter likes cherries, your father likes navel oranges, your mother loves apples, your third uncle only likes dried persimmons, and your second uncle prefers honeydew melons."
"Don’t forget to come to my house to get the fruit gift box when you come back for the holiday. I’m sure Mr. Chen will be happy to see the student who transferred due to psychological issues and self-harm back then, reborn, healthy, with a stable job, a bright future, bringing a fruit gift box that pleases her whole family to visit her at New Year."
Luo Jun finished his performance.
After listening quietly, Qu Jing smiled and simply said, "Thank you, Mr. Luo, I’ll apply for leave and go back early."
Then she exited the video call to calm herself down.
After Qu Jing exited the video call, Chen Huihong resumed eating her seeds, looking a bit worried, "Luo Jun, was it okay to spill all the beans at once? What if Jingjing, who had just barely succeeded in the trial, meets her past life’s parents and gains a Heart Demon, failing the trial again? Qin Huai can’t pull new memories out of his hat to save her."
Luo Jun said irritably, "Chen Huihong, can’t you use your brain a bit? Didn’t I just say, her past life’s parents are her real lifeline. Have you seen any spirit fail the trial because of their lifeline?"
"A sly trial strategy is never advisable, unless Qu Jing dies tomorrow, otherwise if she still has obsessions, she might fail again someday."
"You’re right," Chen Huihong agreed wholeheartedly, "Staying in the human world is risky, it’s better to just die directly."
Luo Jun’s eyes filled with speechlessness, "You’re still talking? Are you not living well now?"
"My situation is different. I definitely have to watch my Huihui grow up and leave her a hefty inheritance, so I can’t die," Chen Huihong remarked.
You spirits who have successfully completed the trial always casually talk about dying, it’s really impressive.
Having experience from a few past reincarnations, you’re all quite adept at dying, right?
"So... spirits aren’t named the same in every life," Qin Huai concluded, "I thought Qu Jing was Qu Jing in every life."
"Of course not, usually only the first and last life’s names are the same. This is a small hint from the heavens, allowing spirits to resolve obsessions with the same name," Chen Huihong explained. "I didn’t even have a name in my second life, and in the life I died suddenly, I was called Wang Eryuan, my sister was Wang Dayuan."
"But speaking of names, Luo Jun, your name isn’t bad at all. Before my trial, a senior in our clan named himself Li Gousheng in his first life, and completed it with that name in his last life. After succeeding, the senior kept emphasizing that we must choose names carefully, in case of failure, at least the last life could end with dignity."
Luo Jun: "... Can’t you Plant Spirits teach something useful instead of this kind of nonsense?"
"Don’t your seniors remind you of this?" Chen Huihong countered.
"See, I told you, names are important, even in death one must die with dignity."
Luo Jun was speechless and exited the video call.
Seeing only two people left in the once lively video call, Chen Huihong sighed, "Jingjing’s lifeline has been found, what on earth is mine?"
"You can’t be my lifeline, Xiao Qin."
Qin Huai also fell silent.
"Perhaps... Sister Hong, for you Plant Spirits, succeeding or failing the trial is just , muddling through success, muddling through failure, the lifeline isn’t important."
After Qin Huai finished speaking, he too exited the video call.