tkworld Chapter 1673: Better Donated Than Burned
Chapter 1673: Better Donated Than Burned
After narrowing down the suspects, Little Taotie wanted to get involved, but Lou Lan didn’t agree.
"The Second Team has already gone, just watch me dissect this."
Little Taotie: "..."
Lou Lan: "Sit properly, be good."
Little Taotie stood upright: "No dissection, he’s not an Evil Spirit."
Lou Lan sighed: "We need more evidence to accuse."
"But..."
Lou Lan interrupted: "You could ask him if he’s willing to be dissected, it would solidify the evidence."
Before Little Taotie could ask, the Ghost pitifully replied: "I don’t want to be dissected."
Nobody wants to watch their own body be torn apart, gutted, or even have their skull opened from above.
Little Taotie shook his head decisively: "He’s not willing."
Lou Lan hesitated: "Not dissecting is possible, but the case will progress much slower."
The Ghost hurriedly said: "Slow is fine, right now I just want to know where the lottery is."
More than solving the case or knowing who the suspect is, he wants to know where his lottery ticket went; he hopes the ticket becomes part of his burial possessions.
Little Taotie twitched his mouth: "Do you want to cremate the lottery ticket?"
The Ghost: "If possible, please burn it for me."
Little Taotie: "Even if you have it, you can’t cash it in."
The Ghost: "It’s okay if it can’t be cashed."
Lou Lan just smiled upon hearing this thought: "It seems that you don’t want anyone else to benefit from it either."
"Why not leave it to your Old Granny?" Little Taotie asked.
The Ghost shook his head frantically: "That’s not a good thing. Old Granny wouldn’t be able to keep the lottery safe. She might experience the same fate as me. When one’s strength doesn’t match their wealth, financial ruin is minor; encountering a disaster like mine is a big deal!"
Little Taotie thought it made perfect sense: "That’s true. If there’s too much money, you can’t hold onto it; misfortune will definitely come. Actually, if you choose to burn it, it’d be better to donate it in both your and your Old Granny’s name to help those in need. Both you and your Old Granny will gain merit, and in your next life, you won’t be so unlucky—you’ll surely be born with a silver spoon."
The Ghost listened in amazement: "It can be done like this."
"Of course it can. My master always said that everything a person does is treated fairly by the world. When a bad person does bad things, it’s not that retribution hasn’t come; it’s because they’ve yet to use up the merit from their previous life, or have ancestors of great merit shielding them, so for now, nothing has happened. Once the bad deeds exceed their merit, retribution arrives. This explains why many bad people are arrogant in youth but terribly unlucky in old age. It’s not that retribution doesn’t arrive; it’s just calculating the balance point."
"Doesn’t that mean those who haven’t received retribution have a lot of merit canceling it out? Isn’t that somewhat unfair?"
"It’s not unfair. In their next life, without enough merit, who knows what hardships await them or what kind of person they’ll be reincarnated as." Little Taotie tilted his head, eyes blinking, "So, are you going to burn it for burial, or donate for merit?"
"Whether it’s true or not, as long as it benefits Old Granny, I’ll choose to donate it. I hope she is healthy and happy, even though I can no longer be by her side to fulfill filial duties."
Not long after, the Second Team Captain arrived and gently placed a lottery ticket beside the teacher.
Second Team Captain: "The person has been caught; this is the lottery ticket. They haven’t had the chance to redeem it yet."