What Luo Nianchu found even more unacceptable was that the person who had used her was her own mother!
Luo Nianchu's nostrils flared, her eyes aching as if they had been burned by something.
Thinking back to her past with Xu Hanlin, she felt like a colossal joke.
She suddenly understood Si Yubai's anger and pain.
She had truly brought this upon herself!
Seeing Luo Nianchu's tear-streaked face and tottering figure, Luo Qinglian frowned deeply. "Nianchu, don't fall for her tricks. She brought that fat rat here; it's not Hanlin at all."
The fat rat jumped to Luo Qinglian's feet, squeaking incessantly, desperate to prove that it was indeed Xu Hanlin.
Luo Qinglian glanced at the master who had been silent for a long time. "Master, is it..."
The master nodded at her.
With a boom in her mind, Luo Qinglian's thoughts went completely blank.
It was bad enough that the possession had failed, but Xu Hanlin had actually turned into an ugly and disgusting fat rat!
Fighting the urge to kick the fat rat away, she asked with trembling lips, "Master, is there any other way?"
Wen Yan narrowed her beautiful eyes. "Luo Qinglian, evil can never prevail over good. You have committed every bad deed imaginable, and today is the day you die."
Luo Qinglian glared angrily at Wen Yan. "Even if I did bad things, I went to prison and got my retribution. But you people trespassed into our Dayao Village, and I will make sure you have a life coming in but no life going out!"
"Nianchu, blow the whistle quickly. If you don't, these people will likely take our lives. Mom is the person who loves you the most in this world. Your father has been gone since you were little, and it was Mom who worked outside to raise you. Don't easily trust the words of outsiders..."
Before Luo Qinglian could finish, Wen Yan interrupted with a cold sneer. "Speaking of Luo Nianchu's father, I actually have a few things to say."
Luo Qinglian looked at Wen Yan with a gaze that wished to slice her into a thousand pieces. "Shut up!"
How could Wen Yan shut up? She pointed to the bed where Xu Hansen's corpse lay. "Luo Nianchu, when your father wasn't completely dead yet, your mother hid him under the bed. He was clutching a stone in his hand at the time, and he used all his remaining strength to carve the words 'Lian' and 'Kill'. If you don't believe me, why don't you pull the bed away and see for yourself?"
Before Luo Qinglian could stop her, Luo Nianchu walked over and pulled the bed away.
Sure enough, on the mottled wall, she saw the characters for "Lian" and "Kill."
Luo Nianchu's eyes widened in disbelief. "Mom, you killed Dad?"
Back then, her mother clearly said that her father had an affair and eloped with another woman, and had died in a mudslide on the way.
For so many years, Luo Nianchu had never thought of her father, because she felt he was an irresponsible and shameful person.
"Of course your mother killed him, because your father was abducted and brought to Dayao Village by your mother when he was young. Your mother forced him to marry her, then slept with him and gave birth to you. But your father was an upright and kind man. When he learned there were abducted girls in Dayao Village, he wanted to take them and escape together."
"In the end, before they could even run out of the mountains, they were caught and brought back by your mother and the villagers. Your father was beaten to death alive by your mother. She has a paranoid personality and cannot stand betrayal."
"After your father died, your mother started to hate you. Whenever she saw your face, she would think of your father. Therefore, she could use and hurt you without any burden!"
"She never treated you as her daughter; she only used you when she needed you."
Luo Nianchu was so shocked that her soul felt like it was tearing apart.
Her ears buzzed, as if countless bees had flown into them.
As for Luo Qinglian, she was equally shocked and panicked.
She didn't understand. How could Wen Yan know a secret she had hidden so deeply?
Just who on earth was she?
"Nianchu, don't believe her!"
Luo Qinglian wanted to soothe Luo Nianchu's emotions, but Luo Nianchu forcefully pushed her away.
"You are not my mother!" At this moment, in Luo Nianchu's eyes, Luo Qinglian seemed like a menacing devil.
Seeing that Luo Nianchu would rather believe an outsider than her, Luo Qinglian was furious. "Master, these people know too many secrets. I say we can't leave a single one alive."
The master, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly took out a gourd hanging at his waist.
He chanted a few spells, and suddenly the air became gloomy and eerie.
Seeing this, Wen Yan furrowed her delicate brows. She quickly took out cinnabar and dotted it on the arms of Old Master Si and Si Jingyi, then handed them an amulet.
"Stand where you are and don't move."
Si Moyan had high yang energy and didn't need an amulet, but Si Yubai was different. Just as Wen Yan was about to walk towards Si Yubai, suddenly—
A bundle of soaking wet long hair wrapped around Si Yubai's neck.
Before Wen Yan could get close, Si Yubai was snatched away by a female ghost with extremely heavy resentment.
"Husband, stay here and take care of Grandpa and Second Brother. I'll go after them."
Si Moyan's sword-like eyebrows furrowed tightly. "I'll go with you. Don't be fooled by Second Brother's timidity; he knows some self-defense too."
At this critical moment, Si Jingyi forced himself to be brave. "Sister-in-law, let Big Brother go with you to save Fifth Brother. We will stay here and keep an eye on Luo Nianchu and Luo Qinglian!"
Wen Yan didn't say anything more. She and Si Moyan quickly chased in the direction where Si Yubai had disappeared.
The two chased them all the way to the mass grave in the village.
On this full moon night, the place was shrouded in a thick, bone-chilling dark energy.
Si Yubai was standing on a solitary grave, his neck strangled by the female ghost's long hair. He was hunched over, his face deathly pale, barely able to breathe.
The master stood not far away, looking at Wen Yan with a ferocious expression. "I have practiced magic for so many years and have never failed. Who exactly are you?"
Wen Yan's eyes were icy. "Your grand-aunt."
The master gritted his teeth. "What an arrogant little brat who doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth. Today, I'll let you know the consequences of offending me, Great Immortal Zhang!"
As soon as Great Immortal Zhang finished speaking, a dart struck him right in the chest.
Wen Yan looked at Si Moyan, who had acted even faster than her, and cast him an approving glance.
"Husband, you're awesome."
As expected of someone from the special forces, his skills were truly impressive.
Great Immortal Zhang had good magic skills, but he didn't know martial arts. His physical abilities weren't even a third of Si Moyan's.
Realizing he was no match for this young couple, Great Immortal Zhang chanted a few spells, making the female ghost emit an even stronger aura of resentment, and took the opportunity to flee.
The female ghost's hair was incredibly tough. The skin on Si Yubai's neck was cut, and fresh blood trickled out.
For the sake of Si Yubai's safety, Wen Yan and Si Moyan did not chase after Great Immortal Zhang.
"Let my brother go, and I will be your hostage!" Si Moyan said, his voice deep and icy.
The female ghost had a livid face, bulging eyes, bleeding corners of her eyes, and a swollen body. She had likely been soaked in water for a long time before she died.
The female ghost opened her mouth wide, continuously absorbing the dark yin energy of the graveyard.
Wen Yan glanced up at the sky.
This was bad. It was almost midnight. If the female ghost absorbed too much yin energy, her power would increase drastically.
Wen Yan immediately took out yellow incense from her bag. "Husband, stick this in the ground and light it."
Si Moyan quickly reached out and took it.
Wen Yan then took out a spool of red thread and an umbrella. She threaded the red string through the umbrella frame and then turned the back of the umbrella towards the north.
Seeing that Si Yubai was about to be strangled to death by the female ghost, Wen Yan took out a peach wood sword, bit her finger until it bled, smeared the blood on the sword, and swiftly thrust it at the ghost.
Struck by the peach wood sword, the hair strangling Si Yubai's neck loosened.
Si Moyan crossed the distance in a few quick strides and stepped forward to catch Si Yubai.
Wen Yan, on the other hand, picked up an umbrella tied with a red string. She raised the talisman paper in her hand and chanted a spell.
Suddenly, the end of the red string resting on the ground began to writhe like a snake.
Si Moyan watched as the female ghost was dragged under the umbrella by the power of the red string.
The ghost slumped under the umbrella, her bulging eyes filled with terror.
The talisman in Wen Yan's hand burned to ashes, and the female ghost's resentment completely dissipated.
Her face returned to how it looked when she was alive, revealing a rather delicate and gentle appearance.
The ghost lay at Wen Yan's feet, crying softly like a wronged child.
No longer possessing her previous sinister hostility, the ghost's aura was now as weak as a thread. She looked incredibly desperate, heartbroken, and aggrieved, while also carrying a hint of pleading.
"My name is Chu Man, and I died a miserable death. As long as I can get my revenge, I am willing to descend to the eighteenth level of hell or be reincarnated into the animal realm for all eternity!"
"Zhou Zhicheng is worse than a beast. If he doesn't get his retribution, I will never rest in peace!"
"Miss, please help me. Don't let my soul scatter and perish!"
Si Moyan, who was stopping Si Yubai's bleeding, furrowed his sword-like eyebrows. "Zhou Zhicheng? Isn't that the coach of Fifth Brother's swim team?"
Hearing Zhou Zhicheng's name, Si Yubai's muddled mind suddenly jolted awake.
"Big Brother, I didn't take any banned substances. It was Zhou Zhicheng and Yang Xu who conspired to frame me."
Si Moyan nodded. "Big Brother knows you were wronged."
Wen Yan checked Zhou Zhicheng and Chu Man's profiles in her system.
[Holy crap! Zhou Zhicheng is actually even more of a scumbag than He Xiuyuan. No, this can't just be considered scummy anymore; it is downright sinister and vicious.]
[Chu Man grew up in a single-parent family. Her mother worked in a massage parlor, and because of her mother's profession, Chu Man suffered a lot of disdain during her childhood. After graduating from high school, Chu Man went to work in a restaurant, where she met Zhou Zhicheng, who was attending college.]
[Zhou Zhicheng was born in a rural village and was masculine and handsome. After interacting with him, Chu Man thought he was a good person, and it wasn't long before the two fell in love. However, Zhou Zhicheng's family was poor, and his mother was sick, so he coaxed Chu Man into giving him her hard-earned money to pay for his tuition.]
[He promised Chu Man a beautiful future, claiming he would marry her upon graduation. To let her boyfriend focus on his studies, Chu Man worked three part-time jobs a day.]
[When Zhou Zhicheng was a junior in college, Chu Man accidentally got pregnant. Zhou Zhicheng took her to his hometown to await delivery. When Chu Man gave birth, she didn't go to a hospital; instead, Mother Zhou delivered the baby herself. But after the birth, the Zhou family told Chu Man that the baby had died prematurely. In reality, the child was sold by Zhou Zhicheng.]
[Chu Man probably didn't know that at the time, Zhou Zhicheng had met a rich and beautiful junior at his university. To pursue her, he packaged himself as a second-generation rich kid, spending money extravagantly. He took out numerous online and predatory loans, and when he finally couldn't pay them back, he thought of using his child to pay off the debt.]
[They say even a vicious tiger won't eat its cubs, but Zhou Zhicheng would do anything for money. Chu Man lost her child and was extremely heartbroken, but Zhou Zhicheng only cared about money. He lied to Chu Man, saying he had hit someone with a car and needed a sum for compensation. Chu Man, who hadn't even finished her postpartum confinement, believed his words and hurriedly returned to the city to work.]
[Zhou Zhicheng pursued the junior for a year. Later, the junior's mother fell ill and needed a kidney transplant, and her blood type coincidentally matched Chu Man's. Zhou Zhicheng then lied to Chu Man, saying it was his own mother who needed a kidney transplant, and asked her to do a matching test. The test results were indeed a match. Chu Man couldn't bear to see Zhou Zhicheng heartbroken over his mother's illness, so she donated a kidney.]
[After the junior's mother was cured, Zhou Zhicheng thought the junior would date him. Instead, the junior exposed his fake rich kid identity in front of the whole school, called him a toad dreaming of swan meat, and had him beaten up. Zhou Zhicheng suffered immense humiliation. From then on, he began to hate women. He never once thought of Chu Man, who had always sacrificed for him. Once he started hating women, he ended up hating Chu Man as well.]
[After he started working, he bought a high-premium life insurance policy for Chu Man. He invited her to a cliffside for a romantic proposal but secretly placed soybeans near the edge. While Chu Man was overwhelmed with joy and excitement, she accidentally stepped on the soybeans, slipped, and fell into the ocean.]
[To ensure that Chu Man died in the ocean, Zhou Zhicheng immediately jumped in after her. It looked like he was trying to save her, but in reality, he just watched as the non-swimming Chu Man struggled in agony before finally sinking to the bottom of the sea.]
[To prove that Chu Man's death was an accident, Zhou Zhicheng had used a tripod to record the proposal. He posted the video online of Chu Man falling into the sea and him recklessly jumping in after her, moving countless netizens. People donated money out of sympathy for this man who had tragically lost his lover. Because of this, Zhou Zhicheng capitalized on her tragedy and obtained a massive sum of money.]
[And that's not even the end of it, he actually even—]
