Chapter 148: The Mirror Has Manifested a Divine Miracle

Could she be missing that woman so much that she was hallucinating?

This hypothesis did not hold water at all, and Shen Qingli shuddered at the thought.

In the shadows.

Rong Qiaoyi materialized her body, and realizing that Shen Qingli truly had not noticed her presence, the corners of her lips curved upward slightly.

"It seems she really cannot perceive the demonic aura of the same attribute as hers. Since that is the case, I can make good use of this in the future."

At this moment, she was holding a remarkably lifelike puppet in her hand. The doll looked identical to Shen Qingli, yet upon closer inspection, numerous details still felt distinct.

For instance, the gaze and the demeanor—Shen Qingli currently possessed a rather cold disposition, whereas the puppet in Rong Qiaoyi's hand appeared much gentler.

Clearly, they had two completely different personalities.

Lowering her gaze to look at the puppet in her hands, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly. "Just a little more. Once it absorbs a bit more aura, it will achieve the effect of passing off the fake as genuine."

"Shen Qingli, I wonder what kind of expression you will have when the time comes?"

A flash of sinister malice crossed Rong Qiaoyi's eyes as she turned and left the company.

She had no intention of relying on Chairman Chu's assistance any longer. Compared to him, Rong Qiaoyi found his daughter to be far more shrewd.

Thus, she headed straight to the hospital.

At that moment, Chu Li had just finished paying the bills and returned to her hospital room. Although she was not actually ill, she needed to put on an appearance of sickness in order to exert pressure through the media.

"Shen Qingli, Xie Jinchuan, you two bastards actually framed my father!"

"I will definitely destroy you!"

The words had barely left her lips when the entire hospital room suddenly plunged into pitch darkness, as if descending into the dead of night. Aside from the hospital bed and herself, everything else had vanished!

"What... what is going on!"

"What kind of monster is this, get out here! Am I dreaming? Why does it hurt so much..."

Trembling with fear, Chu Li clutched her pillow and roared into the surrounding void.

Suddenly, a figure appeared before her, and she watched with terrified eyes, clutching her pillow tightly.

As the figure slowly turned around, Chu Li's eyes widened in shock.

"Rong Qiaoyi! How could it be you? Where have you been all these days? Do you have any idea how much I—uh!"

Before her accusation could be finished, she felt her neck seized by an unseen grip, and her feet were lifted entirely off the ground into midair.

Seeing that the woman was standing so far away from her yet still managed to inflict this upon her, she was too astonished to speak, and was even scared to the point of wetting herself!

"Do you know my abilities now?"

Rong Qiaoyi sneered, waving her hand, and the memories of the previous transaction with her father flooded directly into Chu Li's mind.

Immediately afterward, Chu Li was dropped heavily to the floor.

"How... how can this be? You actually... you are not human!"

Looking at Rong Qiaoyi in disbelief, Chu Li nevertheless accepted the reality with surprising swiftness.

"I can make you a superstar, making everyone obsessed with you. Therefore, you must cooperate with me. Are you willing?"

Rong Qiaoyi walked up to Chu Li and pinched her chin, asking the question.

One final step remained for the completion of the puppet: human popularity.

If Chu Li became a top-tier celebrity, participating in various public speaking events or holding concerts, whichever it might be, it would be entirely beneficial and harmless to the puppet.

Naturally, she intended to make full use of the last remaining value this father and daughter pair possessed.

As for items similar to Guanyin wood, she would simply have to enlist others to help search for them.

Gritting her teeth and thinking of the Chu family, which was on the verge of bankruptcy, Chu Li finally nodded with resolute determination.

"I agree to cooperate with you, but you must make me a star as soon as possible! I want to crush Shen Qingli's company!"

Hearing that they shared the exact same goal, Rong Qiaoyi smiled. "Rest assured, I will give you my full support, because we share the same objective."

After briefly discussing their plan, Rong Qiaoyi departed.

Without wasting any further time, Chu Li headed straight to the police station to visit her father.

Moreover, in order to inherit all of her father's assets and accelerate her path to becoming a top star, she directly exposed everything her father had done.

In doing so, she earned herself a sterling reputation for righteousness by sacrificing her own family.

Meanwhile, just as Chu Li was holding her press conference, Shen Qingli was browsing Weibo and happened to click on the livestream of the event.

Watching the young girl's tearful performance, there was not a trace of the person who had wept pathetically before her eyes just days ago.

"This girl changes her face truly fast, though I didn't expect her to drag her own father down with her."

"She betrays others far too quickly..."

Frowning in contemplation, Shen Qingli wondered if someone was guiding Chu Li from behind the scenes, given her sudden and uncharacteristic turnaround.

"Dong Yang, go investigate who is secretly backing this press conference. If it is Rong Qiaoyi, let me know immediately."

After sending out the message, Shen Qingli closely watched the rest of the broadcast.

At that moment, Chu Li looked directly into the camera and boldly made a grandiose declaration.

"Just wait, Shen Qingli, I will crush your company. Although my father committed many wrongs, haven't you and Xie Jinchuan ever done anything shady yourselves? Don't let me catch you slipping!"

This remark instantly propelled her to the top of the trending searches, with everyone commenting that Chu Li was openly declaring war on Shen Qingli.

Finding it rather childish, Shen Qingli simply posted a brief response on Weibo.

"I'll wait for you to grow up and then try to defeat me."

Yet many people remained puzzled, believing that the trouble involving Chu Li's father was entirely of his own making and had nothing to do with Shen Qingli.

However, this public sentiment was quickly suppressed.

As the press conference concluded, Dong Yang also tracked down the information: the backer was Rong Qiaoyi's former manager.

With Rong Qiaoyi currently missing and her whereabouts unknown, the manager was naturally pushing Chu Li to the top as the company's sole remaining artist.

While somewhat surprised by the outcome, Shen Qingli ultimately regarded it as logical and gave it no further thought.

After getting off work on her way home, Shen Qingli kept having the eerie feeling that someone was trailing her in secret.

She turned around, frowning as she inspected her surroundings carefully, but after looking back and forth several times, she found nothing.

Just as she turned away in confusion, she was nearly scared out of her wits by a face pressed right up against hers!

"What is that!"

A man in a black robe suddenly appeared before her, and as he slowly turned around, Shen Qingli felt a wave of bizarre and sinister energy.

The moment the man completely turned his face toward her, the ancient mirror stored at her waist suddenly emitted a brilliant glow, enveloping the man directly within its radiance!

"Begone!"

A crisp, clear female voice echoed from within the ancient mirror.

Following that, Shen Qingli watched in astonishment as the man before her was scared completely out of his wits, his spirit literally scattering into nothingness!

Staring in amazement at the ancient mirror, she discovered that her own face was reflected on its surface!

Only, the reflection looked very young, likely from her toddler years.

"What on earth are you?"

"You're the one who's 'what on earth'! I am the spirit of the mirror, you can call me Ah Li."

The mirror spirit?!

"So you were the one who helped me drive that monster away just now?"

"You've got something unclean clinging to you, which is why you keep attracting these things. Check yourself thoroughly once you get home!"