As An Antique Shop Owner, It's Only Reasonable That I Know A Bit Of Magic - Chapter 92

Elise was deeply impressed, but Su Fan was feeling somewhat frustrated.

What’s wrong with these evil spirits? Don’t they want to return to the human world?
He had originally planned to kill another wave of spirits to further weaken the Otherworld.

But now these things had gotten smarter and refused to show themselves.

What a shame, Su Fan thought to himself.

But on second thought, there was no need to rush.

Since he could enter this place once, he could enter it a second time.

He could just pop in with his Yin Spirit form occasionally for a visit.

Kill some evil spirits, grind some proficiency, and incidentally weaken the Otherworld.

Killing multiple birds with one stone.

As he pondered this, Su Fan led Elise and Quinn’s partial soul onto the elevator within the Otherworld.

They returned to room 414 on the fourth floor.

Shortly after, Su Fan, who had been sitting cross-legged on the sofa, opened his eyes.

After him, Elise and Quinn also awoke one after another.

Sean, seeing his daughter awake and restored to normal, wept with joy, holding Quinn and pouring out his emotions.

However, he didn’t forget the ones responsible for saving his daughter and immediately stood up to thank them.

“Your thanks are more than I deserve. Bringing your daughter back was primarily Su’s doing. You should thank him.”

Elise stepped aside slightly, explaining the situation while waving her hand.

Sean turned to look at Su Fan, only to find the mysterious young Asian man already preparing to leave.

“Wait a moment!”

Sean hurriedly called out to Su Fan, then quickly ran up to him.

“Master Fan Su, I haven’t thanked you yet.”

“I never agreed to save your daughter. I went to the Otherworld to kill ghosts.”

Su Fan turned his head to reply.

“I know, but Quinn’s soul still returned. Even if it wasn’t intentional, it happened thanks to you.”

Sean rummaged around and finally pulled a savings card from his pocket.

“This is a small token of my gratitude. The PIN is 114514. Please accept it.”

As an adult, Sean understood that no amount of verbal thanks could match the sincerity of a tangible offering.

He didn’t understand exorcism, but he knew how to show respect to an exorcist.

Seeing the other man’s determined ‘won’t let you leave until you accept it’ attitude, Su Fan reached out and took the savings card.

During the confrontation with the evil spirit, facing Quinn’s partial soul, he genuinely hadn’t planned on holding back.

Now, Sean’s actions here were making him feel almost… embarrassed.

He glanced sideways, then spoke to Quinn, who was standing to the side.

“Actually, you don’t need to search for your mother anymore. She has always been by your side.”

Upon hearing this, Quinn was somewhat incredulous, but he didn’t excitedly ask where his mother was.

“Is she real?”

A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. Having learned her lesson from the oxygen-mask spirit, she had gained a measure of rationality and caution.

“She’s real.”

Su Fan nodded.

Sean also seemed lost in thought.

“Is that so… Lili…”

Not far away, a woman who bore a seventy percent resemblance to Quinn stood by the doorway.

Her eyes were filled with love, reflecting the young girl’s figure.

Noticing Su Fan’s gaze, the woman gave a slight bow, then left the place.

After the matter at Quinn’s house was concluded, Jamie invited Su Fan to his new home for a sit-down and a cup of tea, to do his part as a host.

“The situation was resolved perfectly… that’s great.”

Jamie sat down after bringing the tea to Su Fan.

“Can’t you tell just how dangerous it was in the middle of it all?”

Su Fan shot Jamie a sidelong glance.

Sensing the displeasure in Su Fan’s tone, Jamie scratched his head awkwardly.

“Sorry for the trouble, Su. I didn’t expect things to turn out like this either.”

“Being too attached to the past will blind you to the present.”

Su Fan sat in his seat, his eyes seeming to see right through Jamie.
“This whole chain of events, when you get down to it, was all stirred up by the obsessions in your hearts.”

“Elise couldn’t bear the loneliness of losing her husband and tried to summon back his soul, but ended up attracting the black-clothed evil spirit that nearly killed her.”

“Quinn missed her mother too much. Despite repeated warnings from others, she wanted to communicate with her mother, and as a result, was also targeted by an evil spirit, her soul almost left to struggle forever in the darkness.”

“As for you…”

Su Fan paused.

“You’ve been haunted by Lisa’s death all this time; that incident has become a burden on your mind.”

“That’s why you wanted to save Quinn, who was also targeted by an evil spirit.”

“Even though she brought it upon herself.”

“If you refuse to wake up, it will be the death of you sooner or later.”

“Think it over carefully.”

Having said that, Su Fan said no more and stood up to leave.

A little advice was enough. Psychological issues ultimately needed to be resolved by oneself.

Sitting on the sofa, Jamie’s expression was somewhat gloomy.

Su was right.

It was precisely because of his deceased wife that he had been so proactive in helping Quinn.

It was as if saving this girl could somehow mend the wound in his own heart.

But in the end, it was just self-deception, and it had even dragged in Su, who originally had no intention of getting involved.

Su could save him once or twice, but if this continued, there would eventually come a time when Su couldn’t reach him in time.

In the future, if someone actively sought his help, he would pass the message along. But if they didn’t ask, he would definitely not actively involve himself like he did this time.
——

Although the purpose of this trip was to save Jamie’s life, Su Fan had also gained an unexpected harvest.

The Otherworld.

This bizarre space.

He was somewhat interested in its origins.

A place with no concept of time, containing not just evil spirits, but even demons.

It was a great place for cultivation.

Thinking this, Su Fan went to a nearby bank to check the balance on the savings card Sean had given him.

One hundred thousand dollars.

Most people in the US don’t have much of a savings mentality and keep very little in their accounts.

For a single father responsible for the living expenses of two children to have this much was quite something.

After leaving the bank, Su Fan returned to the antique shop.

The tax forms were too cumbersome; he could hire a professional accountant to fill them out later.

Compared to the money saved, a fee of a few hundred dollars wasn’t too expensive.

The interior and exterior of the antique shop could both use some minor repairs.

Installing a few more surveillance cameras, things like that…

He needed to make arrangements for these in advance.

Labor here in the US was both expensive and slow. Getting cable TV installed could take a week, let alone these kinds of tasks.

Su Fan took out pen and paper and began making notes as he planned.

Just because he had been operating the place in a laid-back manner didn’t mean he had no feelings for the shop. Now that he had some money, he could try to do things he couldn’t before.

Su Fan believed that under his genius management skills, the antique shop was destined for greatness.

Thinking of this, Su Fan suddenly remembered that the appraisal show he had been on was supposed to air tonight.

Su Fan turned on the TV and switched to the channel airing the program.

He wasn’t the only one tuned in at that moment; others were also paying attention to the show.

“Rachel! Has the show started yet?”

“Not yet… Can you please just focus on getting your makeup done?”

Rachel had lost count of how many times she had answered this.

Ever since Annie found out Su Fan was going to be on TV, she had been waiting for the day the episode aired.

Even while preparing her makeup for the evening’s shoot, she kept asking Rachel for the time.

…

In her apartment, Scarlett was drying her hair with a towel.

She had moved out of her family home since the last incident.

Now she was living alone in the city center, enjoying a peaceful life.

Scarlett hurried over to the sofa, picked up the remote, turned on the TV, and waited for Su Fan’s familiar face to appear on the screen.