Suddenly, a white light darted into the plump rat that Wen Yan had thrown in.
The fat rat jumped up onto the bed, landing on Xu Hanlin's corpse.
Luo Qinglian and Luo Nianchu, mother and daughter, were both startled.
On the other bed, the expression of pain on Si Yubai's face gradually eased.
He closed his eyes, panting heavily.
Luo Qinglian ignored Wen Yan and the others, her eyes fixed tightly on the Master. "Did it work?"
The Master nodded with a complex expression.
It worked.
But there was a slight mishap; one of the souls had entered the body of that rat.
Hearing this, Luo Qinglian and Luo Nianchu breathed a sigh of relief in unison.
Luo Nianchu quickly walked to Si Yubai's side and tightly held his hand. "Brother Hanlin, are you okay now?"
At the door, Old Master Si frowned deeply. He lowered his voice and asked Wen Yan, "Eldest granddaughter-in-law, did their body-snatching succeed?"
Was Xiao Bai's body now inhabited by the soul of another man?
Wen Yan's lips curled up, and she made a shushing gesture to Old Master Si.
Si Yubai slowly opened his eyes, which seemed bloodshot and crimson.
His previously weak and limp body was slowly recovering.
Looking at the nervous and caring woman in front of him, he felt as if he had plunged into an ice house.
All she cared about was Xu Hanlin.
Si Yubai glared at the woman with hatred, raised his hand, and slapped her delicate, harmless face hard.
A crisp 'smack' rang out.
Luo Nianchu's face was slapped sideways.
She widened her eyes, looking at Si Yubai in disbelief. "You... you are Baibai?"
Si Yubai's gaze toward Luo Nianchu was filled with anger, hatred, and bone-chilling coldness. If he hadn't personally experienced this ordeal, he would never have believed that this woman could be so ruthless!
"Don't call me Baibai again. You really disgust me!"
Since they started dating, Si Yubai had never said a harsh word to Luo Nianchu.
Hearing him say this suddenly, a sharp pain spread in Luo Nianchu's heart.
So, she wasn't completely without feelings for him.
Unknowingly, her heart had fluttered for him too.
Otherwise, her heart wouldn't ache so much.
"Baibai, I know I'm wicked, but when I was almost bullied by hooligans, Brother Hanlin stepped forward to save me. If I hadn't met him first, I definitely would have fallen for you—"
Si Yubai didn't want to hear Luo Nianchu say these things at all. Even if she approached him not for his life, after learning that she was Luo Qinglian's daughter, he would never be with her again.
"I don't need your love!"
Luo Nianchu opened her mouth, wanting to say something else, but Luo Qinglian interrupted her. "Nianchu, we failed. Now we need to think about how to remedy this!"
Luo Qinglian glanced at the Si family members, completely unconcerned that they could make waves in Dayao Village.
After all, Dayao Village had over a hundred households, all very united. If outsiders wanted to cause trouble, they wouldn't leave alive!
"It's all because the Si family suddenly barged in. Nianchu, quickly blow the whistle and get the villagers to come support us."
Just as Luo Nianchu was about to pick up the whistle hanging around her neck, Wen Yan's voice, laced with a cold sneer, came over. "Luo Nianchu, you really obey your mother's every word, don't you? You do whatever she tells you to. Are you a marionette?"
Luo Nianchu looked at Wen Yan. She had heard Si Yubai mention that his older brother brought home a trophy wife. Could this be the woman?
"My mother raised me through hardships. Everything she does is for my own good. Of course, I have to listen to her!"
Wen Yan raised an eyebrow. "Is that so? Then do you know that your Brother Hanlin was once your mother's lover?"
As soon as Wen Yan spoke, there was a few seconds of eerie silence in the room.
Luo Qinglian glared at Wen Yan furiously. "What nonsense are you sprouting?"
Wen Yan twitched the corners of her lips. "Ms. Luo Qinglian, after you came out of prison, you hooked up with Xu Hanlin. Until Xu Hanlin was diagnosed with lung cancer, to swap souls and prolong his life, you found this Master who has been helping your Dayao Village commit evil deeds."
"The Master told you to find a scapegoat whose destiny and birth chart matched Xu Hanlin's, but such a special birth chart is hard to find, so you thought of Si Yubai."
"You've been in prison and already held a grudge against the Si family. If Xu Hanlin's body-snatching succeeded this time, not only could you get a portion of the Si family's wealth, but you could also sleep with a younger man, successfully taking revenge on the Si family."
"Although well-maintained, you are in your forties after all. How could Si Yubai willingly follow you back to Dayao Village? So you thought of your daughter, Luo Nianchu. You found some hooligans to harass and bully her on her way home from work, and at the critical moment, you had Xu Hanlin step forward and play the hero saving the damsel in distress."
"Then the suspension bridge effect occurred. Luo Nianchu mistakenly believed Xu Hanlin was a hero sent from heaven to save her. Plus, Xu Hanlin learned all of Luo Nianchu's preferences from you. Over time, Luo Nianchu fell deeply into the tender trap."
"While Luo Nianchu was deeply in love, her lover was suddenly diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. How could she bear it? That's when you brought up your plan."
"Luo Nianchu wanted to save her beloved man so much that she would gladly use another man. But little did she know that from beginning to end, she was also being used by a crazy woman like you?"
Luo Qinglian's eyes were bloodshot, and she roared emotionally, "Bullshit! You're so good at making things up, why don't you become a screenwriter?"
To prevent Luo Nianchu from discovering that she and Xu Hanlin had been together, Luo Qinglian had already destroyed all the evidence.
Now that Xu Hanlin's soul swap had failed, dead men tell no tales.
Luo Nianchu also didn't believe Wen Yan's words.
Her father died early; her mother wouldn't treat her like that!
"Don't try to drive a wedge between my mother and me!"
Wen Yan slightly raised her eyebrows and suddenly pointed a slender white finger at the fat rat on Xu Hanlin's corpse.
"Xu Hanlin's soul is in that fat rat's body. If you don't believe me, it can testify."
Wen Yan narrowed her eyes and muttered a spell.
The fat rat suddenly convulsed all over and darted around frantically.
Wen Yan stopped chanting, and the fat rat felt a bit better. Its two black, beady eyes stared at Wen Yan with terror and unease.
Wen Yan glanced at the fat rat. "Tsk, I just love the way you hate me but can't get rid of me. If you don't want to suffer anymore, answer my questions truthfully. If I'm right, squeak twice."
"Have you and Luo Qinglian been together for a long time?"
"Squeak, squeak."
"Did you and Luo Qinglian use Luo Nianchu?"
"Squeak, squeak."
"Did you never have feelings for Luo Nianchu?"
"Squeak, squeak."
Luo Nianchu's blood instantly turned freezing cold. Her chest heaved violently, and she suddenly felt a suffocating sensation as if someone were strangling her.
So, she had deliberately deceived Si Yubai, only to end up as a pawn in someone else's hands?
