Ex-Wife is a Big Villainess
Chapter 87 - 83: The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind! (Two - s combined)

Chapter 87: Chapter 83: The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind! (Two Chapters combined)

Before Jiang Shouzhong could find the so-called "Coagulation Paste," Zhang Yunwu, who had been raging like a wild beast, suddenly stopped struggling, and the terrifying crimson hue of his eyes gradually cleared.

"Master..."

The man murmured softly, with tears rolling down the corners of his eyes.

Despite her confusion, Li Nanshuang was relieved to sense that the ferocity in the other’s presence had faded away.

Could this guy have gone into demonic frenzy?

That shouldn’t be the case.

A Second Grade Martial Artist hasn’t reached that level yet.

Li Nanshuang, muddled with doubts, suddenly realized that Jiang Shouzhong’s hand was still fumbling around inside her clothing, and the young girl realized how inappropriate her earlier command had been in her urgency.

Even through the undergarment, she could clearly feel the warmth of Jiang Shouzhong’s hand.

A cloth apart, quite intimate.

A blush, like brushed rouge, crept into the girl’s neck beneath her collar. Li Nanshuang coughed softly, trying to appear calm as she said, "Stop searching, Erniu is already fine."

He’s fine?

Jiang Shouzhong was taken aback, then looked towards Old Zhang, who indeed had regained his senses.

Jiang Shouzhong’s suspended heart finally settled.

"Stop searching!"

Seeing the man still dully unaware that he should remove his hand, Li Nanshuang’s annoyed expression carried a rare hint of bashfulness for the usually hearty young lady, adding to her charm.

Jiang Shouzhong snapped back to reality, quickly withdrawing his hand as if electrocuted.

The two said nothing.

A strange atmosphere pervaded the air.

"About that..." Jiang Shouzhong’s face awash with embarrassment, he awkwardly touched his nose. The scent of skin mixed with a sweet fragrance entered his nostrils, stirring his soul. He quickly collected himself and asked, "Are you sure Old Zhang is alright?"

Li Nanshuang glared at him, too annoyed to entertain him. After triple checking that Zhang Yunwu was unharmed, she put away the grave knife and snapped, "What exactly is going on with you, Erniu? Killing without asking questions, you’ve never been this impulsive before!"

Killing?

Zhang Yunwu’s bewildered expression slowly returned to the present.

Recalling the events that had unfolded, his face turned pale and he hurriedly got up and rushed toward We Zhaodi lying in a pool of blood.

"Rest assured, that was a paper puppet talisman from Zhenxuan Mountain. Your wife is fine."

Li Nanshuang caught her breath, then angrily glared at Jiang Shouzhong, speaking with a rare anger, "Jiang Mo, what exactly are you doing? You could have stopped this earlier; why let things get to this point!"

Jiang Shouzhong remained silent, holding a half-burned red candle as he walked over to We Zhaodi’s body and lit it.

The body burned quickly, turning to ashes.

"The blood on the ground is from a chicken."

Jiang Shouzhong patted Old Zhang on the shoulder, "The moment you swung the axe, the person had already been switched."

Old Zhang stood there still as wood, utterly confused.

Li Nanshuang carried the unconscious We Zhaodi into the house and handed her to Zhang Yunwu, "I’ve purged the drug from her body. Don’t worry, I’ve been watching the whole time. That bastard Jiang Qing didn’t lay a finger on her."

Gazing at his wife’s haggard and pale face, Zhang Yunwu’s lips trembled with immense guilt.

Jiang Shouzhong went over the recent events in his mind, confirming they matched the scenes from the Water Moon Dream Mirror, thinking to himself, "I wonder if this switcheroo trick can really pass the test of the Water Moon Dream Mirror."

But there was still a crisis to be resolved.

"The reason I didn’t save him earlier is that I was waiting for the real mastermind to show themselves."

Jiang Shouzhong spoke indifferently.

"The real mastermind?" Li Nanshuang was completely puzzled.

"It all seems to be Jiang Qing’s doing, but in truth, he’s just a pawn being used. The true perpetrator of this tragedy is someone else! No, it should be said to be another demon!"

Li Nanshuang was even more confused.

Jiang Shouzhong slowly walked toward Ms. Zhang’s sickbed.

"Let me explain slowly, and you’ll realize that all recent events have been manipulated by a hidden hand.

On the first day of the lunar month, I went drinking with Old Zhang and the three of us. On our way back, Lu Renjia noticed a woman had fallen into the lake, so we went to rescue her, only to find that the woman was being pursued by a demon.

Old Zhang killed the rabbit demon, but no one knew the demon had secretly placed a vial of demon energy on him, which Old Zhang inadvertently brought home.

We Zhaodi, knowing her husband planned to secretly buy demon energy to treat her mother-in-law’s illness, thought he had taken it and didn’t speak out, administering the demon energy to her in secret.

Meanwhile, a flower thief had come to the Capital—that was Jiang Qing.

He had an affair with Zhao Wancang’s wife, who was discovered by Zhao Wancang. In a rage, Zhao Wancang killed his wife and dumped her body in the outskirts at Cloud Lake. Coincidentally, the surviving spirit of the rabbit demon possessed her corpse.

Then there was the case where Ge Dasheng threatened We Zhaodi but ended up getting killed by her instead.

The most puzzling point of this case was that, after We Zhaodi killed Ge Dasheng, a demon immediately appeared and removed Ge Dasheng’s heart to nourish the demon spirit.

Where did this demon come from?

Either it had been hiding in Wufeng Temple all along, or it was a chance encounter, or... it had been secretly following We Zhaodi.

I’ve investigated Wufeng Temple multiple times and confirmed that the demon had not been there before. If it was a chance encounter, I would have found traces around, but there were none. Therefore, the demon must have followed We Zhaodi all the way.

It knew her whereabouts like the back of its hand.

From this, we can infer that the demon is highly likely to be inside Old Zhang’s house! But this conclusion alone isn’t enough."

Jiang Shouzhong came to the sickbed and looked at Ms. Zhang, skinny as bone, and said emotionlessly:

"And then there’s the vial of demon energy. After the rabbit demon revived, it didn’t flee but instead came to Zhao Wancang’s house to monitor Old Zhang’s family, trying to retrieve that vial of demon energy.

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