Mingzhuo asked with a smile, "Why do you say that?"

Ruan's mother: "I just said it offhand."

Seeing that her youngest daughter seemed very interested, she said, "People used to believe that cameras could steal a person's soul. But that's just because people didn't know much about it back then."

“Not necessarily,” Mingzhuo thought for a moment and said, “I heard a story about a highly accomplished monk who said to a young monk, ‘My house is old, can I live in your house?’ The young monk was very kind and agreed. When he woke up the next day, he found that his body had aged overnight, and the monk had disappeared.”

"This is a kind of evil magic. Agreeing to the other party's request is equivalent to entering into a contract, which requires you to unconditionally transfer your body, lifespan, or soul."

Ruan Mingxuan suddenly remembered what the young man had said last night, and a chill ran down her spine.

Mingzhuo smiled. "It's just a story."

"But you really can't agree to things easily. For example, someone just invited me to audition and said they could make me a big star. Young girls usually lower their guard when they hear about becoming a star and working for a big company. Who knows if they'll be tricked into signing some kind of contract?"

Ruan Mingying: "Zhuozhuo is so great! I didn't know you could see things so deeply!"

Mingzhao: "..."

What's so praiseworthy about that?

However, her words dispelled the eerie atmosphere, and the family chatted and laughed again, talking about other things.

Mingzhuo looked at the river and inexplicably thought of the person he had met that day.

Those with a purely Yin constitution in their Four Pillars of Destiny are easily susceptible to attracting evil spirits.

I hope I'm just overthinking it.

——

In the quiet night, a car drove into Luowu Residence.

The driver noticed a light on in one of the rooms upstairs and chuckled, "That must be Young Master Yao returning."

He knew the owner wasn't used to outsiders entering the villa, and since he had nothing else to do today, he smiled, said goodbye, and drove away.

Gu Xu entered the villa and immediately frowned.

The sofa in the living room was cluttered with miscellaneous items, and there were shoe prints all over the floor, stretching all the way to the stairs.

This is the first time He Wangyao has remained unmoved since he entered the room, and has not taken the initiative to come downstairs.

Gu Xu wondered what had triggered the other person's erratic behavior, whether they had even forgotten the ironclad rule of not dirtying or messing up the villa.

He stood in the living room and made a call to a housekeeping company, requesting that they send someone to do a thorough cleaning of the villa first thing tomorrow morning.

Then, after glancing at the dirty and messy staircase, I decided to stay at a hotel in the city center for the night.

I don't know what the other person did, but a strange smell filled the room.

The smell was very faint, yet it was unbearably foul; just one more whiff of it made his stomach churn.

Just as he turned to leave, a loud bang came from upstairs.

The lights in the hall went out without warning, plunging the room into complete darkness.

He noticed when he entered that the curtains on the floor-to-ceiling windows in the lobby were drawn, as if to protect privacy or to block out light.

After adjusting to the darkness, Gu Xu was still unable to see, but relying on his familiarity with the villa, he quickly located the stairs.

He wanted to go up and see what the other party was up to.

If he could see, he would find the staircase strangely twisted, as if it led not to the second floor of the villa, but to some unknown space.

——

In the quiet night, several more cars drove by.

When Ruan's mother saw the villa's gate, she was about to turn around and wake her second daughter when she discovered that her youngest daughter, who had just been sleeping soundly in her arms, had opened her eyes.

"Zhuozhuo, you're awake," Mother Ruan said with a smile. "Are you tired? You played too late today, you can go ahead for a bit..."

Before she could finish speaking, Mingzhuo shouted, "Stop the car!"

Ah Hu immediately slammed on the brakes. "Third Miss, what's wrong?"

The security guard at the gate saw the car and had already opened the large iron gate, waiting for the car to enter the yard.

What's the rush that requires us to stop and let people out right now?

Mingzhuo opened the car door and hurriedly ran to the neighboring Luowuju restaurant, with Ruan's mother following him out of the car.

"Zhuozhuo, what's wrong?"

Mingzhuo thought for a moment, then stopped and asked with a serious expression, "Has the neighbor next door returned yet?"

The security guard at the gate saw the car pass by earlier. "Yes, it came back about twenty minutes ago."

Mingzhuo: "That's right, I'm going to their door now to demand an explanation! Why are they letting their friends harass my sister? We can't just let this go!"

Ruan Mingying and Ruan Mingxuan, who had just gotten off the bus and were still looking bewildered, were speechless.

Didn't you say before that you shouldn't do it too much, that it's not safe at night?

Madam Ruan turned to Ah Hu and instructed, "Take a few people with us, let's go with the Third Miss to her door and demand an explanation."

As she spoke, she took the lead and followed Mingzhuo over.

Ah Hu watched her retreating figure. The old lady still spoke so kindly and softly, like a middle-aged or elderly housewife who relied on others for everything and had no opinions of her own.

But for some reason, he felt that the other person had a very strong aura for a moment, like a sharp aura that came from years of experience in the business world.

"It's probably just my imagination," Ah Hu thought.

Xu Shanglou, who got out of the car right after Ruan Mingying, urged, "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and take your men to follow them."

It wouldn't be convenient for him to just show up at their door, but arriving with a large group in the middle of the night would inevitably lead to misunderstandings and escalate the conflict.

Not only could he not go, but he also stopped Ruan Mingying, and the couple stayed outside to provide backup.

At most, it's just that the child couldn't stand seeing her sister being bullied, and her true feelings led her to lose her composure, which is understandable.

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