The driver arrived a few minutes later and was somewhat surprised to see Ruan Mingxuan.

"Hey beautiful, do you get off work there? You're working so late? It's past 2 a.m., that must be so tiring!"

Ruan Mingxuan was in a good mood and didn't mind chatting with people a bit more.

"What's so hard about it? You're driving so late too, aren't you working hard too?"

The driver laughed heartily twice, "I have to make a living, there's no other way."

At this time, there are very few cars outside, and the streets are deserted.

The driver listened to the voice messages in the group while driving.

These night shift drivers would chat with each other about their day's earnings, road conditions, or complain about their passengers.

There aren't many drivers online at this time; many have sent voice messages saying it's too late and they need to call it a day.

Driver: "Oh dear, all my colleagues have finished their shifts. I was thinking of doing a couple more fare runs, but seeing you, beautiful lady, really makes me happy."

He pressed the voice button and shouted in the group, "The passenger I just picked up is a stunning beauty! The kind of stunning beauty that's even prettier than a celebrity!"

Then, beaming with pride, he said, "They must be so envious of me."

Ruan Mingxuan couldn't help but smile. She glanced out the car window and thought she saw a white figure standing by the roadside, flashing by in an instant.

She didn't pay much attention at first, but when she looked back ahead, she suddenly felt something was wrong and her eyes widened in shock!

"Brake! Driver, brake quickly!"

The driver, who had been so energetic just moments before, was now feeling drowsy for some reason. But when Ruan Mingxuan shouted at him, he snapped back to reality and quickly slammed on the brakes.

However, it was too late. The car crashed directly into the roadside guardrail, spun around, and finally veered onto the roadside green belt.

Ruan Mingxuan was hit on the head by the huge impact, and her ears rang instantly.

In her inverted vision, she saw that white figure again.

In that instant, Ruan Mingxuan felt as if she had been struck by lightning. She stared at that figure, and a terrifying, invisible hand gripped her heart.

It was as if something had emerged from the deepest, most profound nightmare.

The thing slowly turned its head, but it had no face.

"finally found you."

As it spoke, the thing stretched out its hand. Even though the other person was still some distance away, the hand seemed to be made of clay, stretching longer and longer until it almost grabbed Ruan Mingxuan's neck.

A beam of light suddenly flashed from Ruan Mingxuan's body, striking the hands. The thing howled and withdrew its hands.

It glared at Ruan Mingxuan with resentment and unwillingness, then disappeared around the street corner a moment later.

Ruan Mingxuan slowly closed her eyes and fainted.

——

The whole family found out about Ruan Mingxuan's car accident the next morning.

Unexpectedly, after bringing Mingzhuo back, the first thing they did was not to go home, but to visit the injured at the hospital.

Ruan Mingxuan was arranged in the best ward on the top floor, a single room, which was very comfortable, and the housekeeper and other staff were already taking care of her.

When Mingzhuo and his group arrived, their personal doctor came over to explain the situation to them.

"...After examination and observation, her injuries are not serious. If she has no discomfort, she can be discharged from the hospital today."

Mother Ruan clutched her chest and breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, that's good!"

When she heard the news, she was terrified, fearing that something might happen to her second daughter.

When the family entered the ward, Ruan Mingxuan was sitting by the window. Hearing the noise, she turned around and asked, "Can we go home now?"

Looking at her sister's cold face, Ruan Mingying felt that something was wrong.

"Xuanxuan, are you alright? Does your head still hurt?" She stepped forward and took Ruan Mingxuan's hand to ask.

Ruan Mingxuan frowned and pulled her hand back: "What could be wrong with me? Didn't the doctor say I'm perfectly fine?"

She stood up, paused for a moment when she saw Mingzhuo, and then nodded to him.

"My sister is back? Welcome. But I have things to do at the lab, so I don't have time to spend with you. I'm sorry."

Ruan Mingying was a little confused: "You want to go straight to the lab? But you're injured, you need to go home and rest for a few days..."

"No need." Ruan Mingxuan had already picked up her clothes; she wanted to change out of her hospital gown as soon as possible. "Alright, housekeeper, please go and process the discharge procedures as soon as possible. I don't want to waste any time."

Ruan Mingying: "..."

Xu Shanglou retreated to the door of the ward and stood in the corridor.

He had never seen his second sister so aloof. Although Ruan Mingxuan was mostly taciturn and gave people the feeling of being an unattainable beauty.

But that coldness was more like someone who wasn't good at expressing themselves, which was subtly different from the strong aura of indifference they exuded now.

He thought for a moment, then asked Mingzhuo, who was standing next to him, "Zhuozhuo, have you noticed anything wrong?"

Mingzhuo knew what he wanted to ask.

Just a wall away, her family was listening to the doctor speak, while Xu Shanglou was listening to the accident report.

Mingzhuo's five senses were more acute than before, so he overheard a few sentences of conversation.

"The driver was distracted for a moment, after all, it was late at night and his attention was not focused."

"But that section of road is a straight road, with no forks or turns, so there's no problem driving at that speed."

"It was the second young lady who suddenly shouted 'Brake!' The driver was startled and started swerving while simultaneously applying the brakes, which caused the accident."

No one knows why Ruan Mingxuan shouted for the brakes, and there is no clue in the surveillance footage.

The driver is still in a daze. He reacted instinctively to Ruan Mingxuan's words and never expected it to cause a car accident.

After listening to the report, Xu Shanglou sent someone to compensate the driver for his losses.

In the past, he would have thought it was nothing, just an unexpected twist of fate.

But ever since the fortune teller incident, he has come to know that some unnatural phenomena exist in the world.

Therefore, his first suspicion was that Ruan Mingxuan had seen something unclean.

Mingzhuo thought for a moment, "Second Sister did see something unclean last night, but she was wearing a talisman, so it couldn't harm her."

The amulet was obtained by Nguyen Minh Anh from a temple, and she required all her family members to wear it. Minh Cho also had a similar one.

However, Mingzhuo secretly tampered with those amulets, putting in amulets he had drawn himself.

The item used last night was of very low quality; even now, the residual Yin energy on Ruan Mingxuan's body is very faint.

“However, I don’t quite understand what’s going on right now,” Mingzhuo continued.

Xu Shanglou was taken aback: "What do you mean?"

Mingzhuo: "Didn't you notice that Second Sister's attitude is a bit off? How can someone's personality suddenly change so drastically, or has she been like this for the past six months?"

Xu Shanglou found this question difficult to answer. For the past six months, Ruan Mingxuan had spent most of her time in the laboratory, and had little contact with him, let alone her mother, Ruan Mingying.

Mingzhuo: "Maybe I'm overthinking it. It's not uncommon for a person's personality to change to some extent as they grow up and are influenced by their environment."