Love from The Koi Goddess - Chapter 5: Withdrawal of Investment

Yet, An Rou did not understand any of this.

She immediately began her vows. “I swear that I never had any vile intentions towards Bai Jinli, nor did I drug her wine last night. Should I be lying…”

Suddenly, she halted. Anxiety and uncertainty had hit her out of nowhere.

“What should happen if you’re lying?” Jinli asked, staring straight at her.

Taking a deep gulp, An Rou pressed on, “Should I be lying, may I never receive another job invitation. Let my acting become worse and worse. Let the netizens slander me, causing me to lose my ability to be an entertainer. Let me be poor forever!”

Jinli broke into uncontrollable laughter. She saw it clearly. At the end of An Rou’s vow, her fate had changed. The halo above her morphed in that instant, from pale pink to pitch black.

That halo indicated human fate.

Being the proprietor of fate, Jinli could see every individual’s halo. Originally, An Rou had had a slightly superior fate. Now with the vow in effect, it was just as stated. From then on, she would be bonded to misfortune eternally.

All of this was unbeknownst to An Rou. She could only feel the chills and the burden on her body. However, she was unconcerned, for she believed it was due to her damp clothing.

I must be cursed. There is no reason to be scared of this Bai Jinli.

Her hair was dripping wet, and she was stricken with utter annoyance. Now she was feeling peak levels of discomfort. Giving a half-hearted goodbye, An Rou turned and left.

This time, Jinli did not stop her.

……

Jinli resigned into her own room. Upon closing the door, she leaned on it.

Bewilderment cracked through her composed face. Something was really wrong.

She shut her eyes tight, scanning every inch of her body. The same as before, the body was as empty as a shell, completely clean of celestial powers. She had also tried pouring all her powers into freeing her celestial soul, but to no avail.

What in the world is happening?

It would be baffling for her to be constrained to this powerless peasant’s body forever. Concentrating deeply, she analysed her surroundings. Unfortunately, the human world was entirely cut off from the Heavens. Now, she was stuck in a commoner’s body and had no access to her celestial powers. Making it worse, her Soul Energy had been completely suppressed to the point that it was completely negligible. Not to mention, she was unable to perform any God-exclusive Celestial Arts. Right now, any human that was slightly stronger than her would easily pummel her.

A lone thought surfaced distinctively in Jinli’s mind.

I must find a way to recover my Celestial Energy. Only after recovering my Celestial Energy can I tear apart the Human space, and return to the Heavens.

Alas, she could not sense a single flux of Spiritual Energy from this world. Without Spiritual Energy, even if she was a Goddess, she would be comparable to a human. How was she going to recover her powers? It was truly a hard nut to crack.

Suddenly, the sound of her phone ringing pierced her deep thoughts. The deep-in-thought Jinli was rudely jolted back to reality. Reaching into her pockets, she fished out her still-vibrating phone. “Sister Qing” flashed on the screen. Sister Qing was Bai Jinli’s manager. She was a stern-looking lady, and somehow her personality was even nastier and stricter than her looks.

Jinli received the call.

“Bai Jinli, where in the world are you? The company just called. They said that President Wang is withdrawing his investments. What do you have to say for yourself? We have already told you, again and again that you have to satisfy the investors. Pamper them, please them! Even if he instructs you to call him Daddy, you have to jolly well smile and do it! My god, you will be the death of me!”