"Here, this is my home. I will wait for him to return here," Wei Wanru's voice was ethereal.
Lin Yan understood that she had long forgotten time, having completely sealed herself in her own world.
She was still the new bride waiting to see the man she loved. Although she had brief moments of lucidity over the years, no one had ever seen her.
She wanted to ask these people where her husband was, and why they were in her home. No one could answer her, and the commotion she caused frightened those people.
Over time, no one dared to live in this mansion anymore.
Time flew by, owners changed one after another, and she had been in this mansion for over a century.
Lin Yan before her was the first person who could communicate with her.
"But no one has lived here for a long time, everything inside is broken. You haven't waited for him? Do you want to go out and look for him?"
Lin Yan looked at Wei Wanru, her eyes full of frankness. Ghosts were very sensitive to human emotions, so she had no intention of hiding her thoughts.
Lin Yan did not necessarily want to contract this ghost. She had great faith in her own abilities, and even without contracting this ghost, she could become the most outstanding person of her generation in the Xuanmen sect.
She genuinely hoped that Wei Wanru could leave this mansion, realize that times had changed, that her lover had been reincarnated, and that she no longer needed to wait.
"Has it been a long time?" Wei Wanru spoke softly. Before her was a child, so her emotions remained calm so far.
"It should be a long time. We don't wear these kinds of wedding dresses when we get married now," Lin Yan spoke to Wei Wanru in a child's tone.
"What are wedding dresses like now?" She slowly floated down, so Lin Yan didn't have to look up too much to see her.
"They are white, with many layers of gauze, very beautiful. Sister, do you want to get a set too? You can wear it then. It's so boring to wear the same dress all the time.
Oh, right, sister, don't get too close to me. I have a protective charm on me, it's not good for you." Lin Yan moved slightly, trying to increase the distance between herself and Wei Wanru.
"Is that so? Wedding dresses have become like this now? Then what is the outside world like? It's a pity I can't leave this mansion, otherwise, I could go out and see."
She didn't care about the protective charm on Lin Yan. She had already felt the power of the charm. Although it was uncomfortable, it was very weak, and she could still endure it.
"There are very tall buildings outside, and many cars. But I haven't been out much either. Before I was seven, my family rarely let me go out.
It's better now, I can go to school. I can go to school every day. Sister, do you know what school is?"
"You can go to school too?" Wei Wanru was a little surprised, as in her memory, only boys could attend school.
Even though her parents doted on her, they had never thought of sending her to school.
"Everyone can go. As long as they are of age, they can go. It's free." Lin Yan then began to tell Wei Wanru about her yearning for school and what she had heard about school from her older siblings.
Wei Wanru just listened quietly as the child before her chattered on, and her heart began to long for the life the child described.
"That's great! It's a pity I can't leave this mansion." She had died here, and her obsession was too deep. Maintaining her consciousness and not harming the innocent had already taken all her strength, let alone anything else.
Over the years, due to the commotion she caused, this mansion had been suppressed, preventing her from leaving.
"Sister, do you want to go out? My great-grandfather will surely have a way to let you out." Lin Yan boasted, puffing out her chest high, seemingly proud of her family.
"Forget it, I don't want to trouble others." She could trust the little sprout before her, but she couldn't trust her family.
Although she hadn't harmed Lin Yan, her family might still blame her for scaring their child.
Although she had no contact with outsiders, she had read some strange tales. People who catch ghosts were naturally opposed to her.
Lin Yan's eyes rolled around. "No need for great-grandfather, I can take sister out too."
Lin Yan saw Wei Wanru's deep longing for the outside world, and the excitement in her voice when she heard she could go to school.
No matter how many years of cultivation this female ghost had, in her life, she was merely a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl.
Originally, Lin Yan hadn't intended to contract her, but now she wanted to. This would allow her to walk and see the modern world, to feel the free atmosphere of modern society.
Even if she couldn't find her husband's reincarnation, she should be able to resolve her obsession.
In the original owner's memory, Wei Wanru had helped her a lot, and Lin Yan did not want her to be trapped in this uninhabited mansion forever.
"How will you take me?"
"Sister just needs to sign a contract with me. After sister signs a contract with a member of the Lin family, you can come and go freely. Not only that, but if sister encounters other families or sects of the Xuanmen sect in the future, they won't attack you."
Lin Yan did not want to restrict her. After contracting with her, she would grant Wei Wanru true freedom. Moreover, the Lin family's equal contract was not a restriction, but a pass that allowed her to go anywhere.
"Is it that amazing?" Wei Wanru looked at the girl who spoke like a little adult and thought of her niece.
That was her eldest brother's daughter, ten years younger than her. She had always taken her little niece out to play when she was young. She had always dreamed of seeing her get married, and she had also dreamed of having such a sensible and lovely daughter.
"Of course, this is the Lin family's contract!"
"Then I will sign a contract with you," Wei Wanru agreed to Lin Yan directly.
"Sister, you definitely won't regret it. When you can go out, I'll take you to see our Lin family's grand formation, and then you can come into contact with real things.
There are so many delicious things and fun things outside, we'll go together then."
Lin Yan's excited expression when she thought of those things made Wei Wanru find it very amusing.
However, the outside world? If it was as good as she said, she could really go and see if life now was as she said, where both men and women could go to school when they reached a certain age.
"But do you know how to sign a contract?" Wei Wanru asked suspiciously, looking at Lin Yan's defiant expression, which reminded her of the feeling of teasing her little niece.
She was so alike. She hadn't thought of her family for a long, long time.