“Hand him over.”
Wang Song stared at Li Qiao with disdain, his tone arrogant. “Why should I listen to you?”
“Raising evil spirits, worshipping a heretical Buddha. Wang Song, how many lives do you think you have? You should know very well that He Jingnian is someone you can’t touch.”
She threw down her words, one by one.
Every single one hit Wang Song right on the head!
He felt really awful inside. His face darkened. “What wrong did I do? Everything I’ve done is for revenge.”
“Revenge for what?” Xiao Qingbei stared at Wang Song, an oppressive feeling in his eyes. Wang Song let out a cold laugh.
“You’re not worthy to know. Since you’re here, none of you are leaving today.”
He laughed arrogantly and wildly.
Right after came a fierce gust of wind!
Li Qiao warned them, “You two, stay close to me. Wang Song somehow learned some Taoist magic; it would be easy for him to kill you.”
The two quickly huddled closer to Li Qiao.
Bam!
Li Qiao kicked the door open. The three of them saw He Jingnian, his body completely covered in talismans.
His face was deathly pale.
He looked like he had no life left in him.
“Lord Jiu—”
“Look out!”
But it was too late. He Yi was thrown back by the energy emanating from He Jingnian’s body.
“Wh… what’s going on? He hasn’t been sacrificed, has he?” Xiao Qingbei examined He Jingnian.
“No.”
Li Qiao surveyed the layout of the entire room. It was a magic formation. He Jingnian was the very source, the eye of the formation.
Once the formation succeeded, Wang Song could summon all the evil spirits within a thousand miles.
“Qiaoqiao, what do we do? Wang Song isn’t going to succeed, is he?”
Knowing this now, she kind of regretted coming along.
Evil ghosts from a thousand miles away? How terrifying!
Li Qiao disrupted the formation and said, “You two carry He Jingnian and leave. I’ll handle things here.”
“Okay, Qiaoqiao, be careful.”
The moment they left the temple, a roar of thunder came from behind. Xiao Qingbei stared back, shocked.
Thunder crashed continuously in the sky, and the daylight began to fade.
It was the first time he’d ever seen such a scene!
“Is Qiaoqiao really this powerful?”
“Miss Li is an exceptionally powerful Taoist master.”
No sooner had she spoken than—
Boom! The thunder exploded.
The group of Taoist masters who had come down from the mountains earlier had never been able to find the real master. Just when they were losing hope, he appeared again.
The group of Taoist masters immediately rushed out to find this great master.
What a pity!
By the time they got there, the master had vanished.
They had missed him again.
Li Qiao knew nothing about any of this!
They returned to the hotel.
Only then did Li Qiao realize how critical He Jingnian’s condition was.
“Miss Li, why won’t Lord Jiu wake up?”
“His soul is gone.”
“…” Why did it always have to be Lord Jiu who got hurt? Right now, the only one who could save He Jingnian was Li Qiao.
“Let’s go back. Find Daoist Qingxu.”
After Li Qiao shared her plan, their group set off again. Along the way, Li Qiao looked at He Jingnian resting against her. She touched his forehead with her fingertip.
They hurried all the way back.
Yushui Bay.
At the Li family home, an uninvited guest had arrived.
Liu Yulan looked around and said, “Sister, is my brother-in-law not here?”
“Did you come to see him, or to see me?” Liu Yusi’s tone was ambiguous.
“Does it matter who I came to see? We’re still family. Now that Mother has passed away, from now on… you and I are the closest relatives.” Listening to her shameless speech, Liu Yusi had to admire her.
“I’m just afraid someone has ulterior motives.”
Liu Yusi said sarcastically.
Just thinking about all the messy things she had done made Liu Yusi incredibly annoyed.
“Oh my, so my sister is jealous? I really did come to see you, and just thought I’d check on my brother-in-law too.”
“My husband doesn’t need your concern.”
“Sister, don’t misunderstand. I just want to mend our relationship. Or is it… that you’re afraid you can’t compete with me? Afraid that my brother-in-law might fall for me?” Liu Yulan directly spelled out some things.
“Shut up.”
Liu Yusi was furious. She stood up and looked down at Liu Yulan. “I advise you not to try any tricks.”
“Oh my, Sister, I wouldn’t dare!” She deliberately pretended to be scared, but her expression was provoking Liu Yusi.
She was the only one in the Li family right now.
There was no need for certain pretenses!
Liu Yulan said triumphantly, “Liu Yusi, you were the one who stole Li Shanchuan back then. Everything you have should have been mine. Luckily, everything in the Liu family will soon be mine. Hmph, whether it was before or now, you’ll always be the loser to me.”
“My, my, what a big mouth. From far away, I could smell someone’s stinky breath.” Mother Meng’s voice rang out.
“Meng Youruo, who do you think you are?”
Back in the day, Meng Youruo always sided with Liu Yusi against her, which was why Liu Yulan hated Meng Youruo so much.
She swaggered over on her high heels, standing in front of Liu Yulan, her mocking gaze landing on Liu Yulan’s stomach.
“You’re no good yourself. Pregnant with your foster father’s child? So disgusting. Liu Yulan, if I were you, I’d just stay quietly in the Liu family home and never go out. Otherwise… the public scorn would drown you.”
Mocked like that, Liu Yulan was furious!
She raised her hand, ready to slap Meng Youruo!
Meng Youruo dodged with a cold laugh. “What’s wrong, Liu Yulan? Did I hit a nerve? Do you think you’re a cheap woman yourself?”
“You’re asking for it!” Liu Yulan raised her hand and swung it down at Meng Youruo.
Meng Youruo’s face darkened. She reached out and grabbed Liu Yulan’s wrist.
Then, with a skillful twist, Meng Youruo flung Liu Yulan away. She landed hard on the ground.
“Ahh—”
Liu Yulan cried out in pain. “My stomach… my baby…”
“Stop pretending. There are no men here, no one can see your little act. At your age, still playing the innocent victim? It’s nauseating.”
“You…” Liu Yulan clutched her stomach, her face pale.
Finally, under the scornful gazes of the two women, Liu Yulan stood up reluctantly. She pointed at Meng Youruo and said, “You just wait. One day, I’ll make you kneel before me and beg for mercy.”
“Oh.”
“…”
Fuming with hatred, she grabbed her bag and left.
Just as she stepped outside, Liu Yulan almost ran into Li Shanchuan, who was just returning. Immediately, her eyes welled up with fake tears. “Brother-in-law, you’re finally back. I don’t know what I did to upset my sister. She teamed up with an outsider to bully me. Brother-in-law… my sister is really too much.”
Li Shanchuan stared at her silently, not saying a word.
Liu Yulan felt secretly pleased.
Good. This is really too good—
There isn’t a man alive who doesn’t love a fragile woman.
She was an innocent little flower when she was young, and now that she’s older, she’s still a pure lotus.
“Brother-in-law…”
“Shut up. My wife doesn’t have a sister. Don’t ever show up in front of me again. Just looking at your affected, pretentious act makes my stomach churn!”
His face was full of disgust.
“Brother-in-law, how can you be like this?”
“Guards! Throw her out. And spray some disinfectant around the house, just in case she’s carrying some unspeakable disease.”
Li Shanchuan left those words behind and strode towards the living room.
The humiliated Liu Yulan clenched her fists.
Li Qiao and the others, who had just returned, happened to witness this scene.
Her dad’s ability to see through a fake ‘tea’ was pretty strong.
