Eighties Sweetheart Wife
Chapter 416: Possessed by Evil

Chapter 416: Chapter 416: Possessed by Evil

Song Yunuan didn’t bother with him and instead took two steps back.

She clicked her tongue and said, "How long has it been since you last ate meat? These little bugs love meat because it helps them grow quickly. They also like to breed, birthing a whole bunch at once. In a few days, you might be covered in them..."

Slumped on the ground, Xia Zhi’s face was as white as paper, clutching his head on the verge of a breakdown.

He felt like he wanted to die.

"You... don’t scare me. I’m going crazy, Little Nuan... do you... do you have any solution?"

Song Yunuan raised her eyebrows slightly, her voice cold, "If medical equipment can’t detect it, what solution could there be? Just wait for it to die of old age."

Xia Zhi’s mouth hung open, "Die of old age? How long can it live?"

After pondering for a moment, Song Yunuan said, "As far as I know, probably around eighty or ninety years."

Xia Zhi felt it might be better just to die.

Suddenly he felt utterly hopeless, drained of all strength.

He said, dejected, "I understand. Let it be then. About that... Shangguan Wan seems to have some hostility toward you. She’s often inquiring about Zhong Shaoqing’s affairs. Second Aunt Zhang used to be from Beidu, she has some real ability. The first time she did a reading for me, it was eerily accurate. But later she said that I was meant to die. If that’s really the case, I’m still alive now, so I guess I’ve made a gain..."

Song Yunuan raised her eyebrows in surprise.

Could this be considered a change of heart?

She watched as he struggled up from the floor, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

He said with a bitter face, "I’m leaving, you should take care yourself too."

Honesty is the best policy, otherwise it could be really dangerous.

Song Yunuan stopped him, "What’s the rush?"

Then, smilingly she said, "I was just joking with you just now. Where did these bugs come from? Even if they did exist, they couldn’t parasitize like that. Ignorance is truly terrifying..."

Xia Zhi: ...

What does she mean, can she not see it either?

Song Yunuan: "Second Aunt Zhang was right; she created an illusion for you, and that’s quite remarkable."

Xia Zhi’s head buzzed, "Really, it’s an illusion?"

Song Yunuan nodded. She hadn’t seen anything dramatic, but she just knew, "If the illusion isn’t broken, in a month you’ll truly go insane."

Xia Zhi: ...

Why is his luck so rotten?

That damned Shangguan Wan, the backstabbing thing.

"So, are you going to take me to see Second Aunt Zhang?"

Xia Zhi, looking at the eager Song Yunuan, instinctively shook his head, "No, no, no, I wouldn’t do that."

Song Yunuan: "Then the illusion will become stronger, and maybe in less than a month, you’ll be tormented into madness."

Suddenly, Xia Zhi said, "What if I admitted myself into a psychiatric hospital in advance, what do you think?"

Song Yunuan laughed out loud.

Checking oneself into a psychiatric hospital in advance, now that’s something.

Song Yunuan did not delay further, as the illusion seemed to be paired with some kind of spice.

Could it be the handiwork of the second lady who was making incense, the one Gu Huai’an had mentioned? Didn’t she also visit Shangguan Yunqi on New Year’s Eve, before seeing Shangguan Wan?

Song Yunuan said, "Do you want me to save you?"

Stunned, Xia Zhi then realized what she meant and nodded furiously, "Yes, yes... Little Nuan, can you?"

Song Yunuan: "Of course, there’s no problem. Just wait a moment."

Song Yunuan went to the bedroom to get a pill, an antidote developed by Second Grandpa. It had been used on Zhong Shaoqing before, with decent results.

She dissolved the pill and then went to the bathroom to fill half a basin with cold water.

Throughout the process, Xia Zhi watched Song Yunuan eagerly.

Song Yunuan approached Xia Zhi with the half-basin of water.

She said, "Close your eyes. This might be a bit cold, and there might be some pain. Can you endure it?"

"Can do, guaranteed."

Watching the earnest Song Yunuan, Xia Zhi had a moment where he truly thought he had gone mad.

He was actually letting a young girl save him.

But then, a dead horse might as well be a doctor for a live one.

He closed his eyes.

Song Yunuan tightened her grip, it had been a long time since she’d used the force of energy within her body.

She scooped up a handful of water, imbued the energy into the cold water, and flung it at Xia Zhi’s face.

Xia Zhi let out a pained howl.

The ice-cold water felt like a bone-scraping steel knife as it hit his face.

He collapsed on the ground once again.

Song Yunuan continuously threw half a basin of water on him.

Xia Zhi looked like a drenched chicken.

But under the cold stimulation, he could also smell medicine.

What was eerie, though, was that his somewhat muddled brain suddenly cleared up a lot.

He lifted his wrist. The bug that had just been on the back of his hand was there just a moment ago, but now there was nothing.

It was at this moment that Di walked in and was startled by the scene.

Song Yunuan hurriedly explained, "...It seemed like he was cursed, so I tried to cure him."

Di said, "...You’re quite something, curing people now."

Song Yunuan, with a smile, said, "Just giving it a try."

Clearly, the experiment had succeeded.

Xia Zhi knew now, there were no bugs; it had truly been a hallucination, he had been neurologically poisoned.

That terrifying and hair-raising feeling was gone.

He was taken by Uncle Di to clean up, and by the time he came out, Song Yunuan was already dressed neatly, ready to go to Shangguan Wan’s house with him.

Di wouldn’t let her go, and Xia Zhi disagreed as well.

Song Yunuan said, "It was obviously aimed at me, I have to see what exactly they want to do. Don’t worry, I won’t be in danger."

Old Mr. Ji, who had just returned, said, "Huai’an has already sent someone to watch."

Song Yunuan: "Then there’s even less to worry about."

In the end, Xia Zhi still took Song Yunuan to the Shangguan Wan’s house.

However, when they were almost there, Song Yunuan stopped by the nearby neighborhood committee.

There were several aunties there; Song Yunuan didn’t know any of them, but she seriously told them that her cousin had gotten mixed up with someone pretending to drive out evil spirits.

Her cousin’s family was from Xiangjiang and had not been in Beidu for long, was naive and easily deceived, which might not reflect well on them.

Therefore, the indignant aunties promised to cooperate with her to catch the charlatan.

So, Song Yunuan went to Shangguan Wan’s house.

When the door to Shangguan Wan’s house opened, she saw two men in the courtyard.

Obviously there to protect Shangguan Wan.

Song Yunuan also wondered how many people Shangguan Heng had at his disposal.

It wasn’t like having personal bodyguards was common at the time.

The two men did not stop Song Yunuan and the looking-around Xia Zhi.

And Second Aunt Zhang, who was waiting for Song Yunuan, closed the door behind her as she entered and calmly said, "You are Song Yunuan, right? Don’t be scared, don’t be scared, I just want to ask you a few things."

Song Yunuan looked around the room; it was an ordinary house without much decoration, supposed to be purchased, and Song Yunuan felt that the house needed to be dealt with.

The Shangguan family didn’t deserve to own a house in Beidu.

Song Yunuan stated with a puckered mouth, "I’m not afraid. I know you’re trying to do good deeds to earn merit, and then to ascend to immortality, but ascending to immortality is kind of difficult and unrealistic. You might just want to repair your next life, or even make this life longer.

Have you figured out the meaning of the universe? Have you considered that in another space-time, you have already ascended to a higher-dimensional world? Is the you here really you? Isn’t it just a divine consciousness you sent down after becoming an immortal? It’s just for the tribulation, what more merit do you want?"