Chapter 629 Guilty Panic

Ye Wanxi was speechless for a moment, then stared at Cui Yingwen for a while and found that he was not tainted with too much yin energy.

This is somewhat surprising, because such "possession" is not only dangerous, especially with the host's consent, but also, in theory, should leave a lot of yin energy on the person when the spirit leaves.

According to Cui Yingwen, after all this turmoil, he should at least be sick for a while, but now...

Wen Jue was the first to react, grabbing Cui Yingwen's head and giving him a good rub: "You brat, you're too bold! How dare you... Aren't you afraid he won't pay you back?"

Cui Yingwen chuckled, looking embarrassed, and said, "I just heard Miss Ye say he's not a bad person, so..."

Upon hearing this, not only Wen Jue, but also Li Weiming couldn't help but roll his eyes at him with exasperation: "I think he's not brave, he's just a bit dim-witted!"

He believes whatever others say. Although what Miss Ye said is mostly true, who can guarantee that nothing will go wrong?

No one stays the same forever, let alone a ghost who has already lost his life. If the other party had even the slightest attachment to this world, Cui Yingwen would have suffered today.

Cui Yingwen could tell that the two were worried about him, but he didn't take their accusations to heart. He just kept laughing, which made the two of them lose their temper.

Since it has already happened, there's no point in saying more.

Ye Wanxi coughed lightly, drawing everyone's attention back: "You were indeed too reckless in this matter. Fortunately, nothing serious happened. However, it's best not to do this kind of thing again. After all, humans and ghosts are different. You are people of the mortal world. Getting too close to him will cause you to be affected by his yin energy and feel unwell or sick, let alone letting him possess you directly."

Cui Yingwen nodded, responding obediently like a primary school student who had been called upon, "I understand, I promise I won't do it again."

"Well, tell me about what you've gained this time. You took him to find that survivor, and then what?"

Cui Yingwen's eyes brightened slightly, and he hurriedly shared with his friends what had happened not long ago: "That girl, no, I should say that woman..."

That incident happened seven or eight years ago. The two girls were about the same age as Cui Yingwen and the others, or even a little older.

Now that seven or eight years have passed, Cui Yingwen really doesn't feel comfortable calling people girls anymore.

"Not long after that incident, that woman moved to H City with her family. She then settled down there, but unfortunately married a gambling and abusive man. When I visited, she was surprised, and after learning why I was there, she panicked."

"Panic?" Li Weiming and the others frowned upon hearing this. "Are you sure you're panicking?"

“Yes, she was very flustered. She kept asking me why I was investigating this. She also said she didn’t know anything and told me not to contact her. Just…” Cui Yingwen paused for a moment before expressing his feelings, “It felt like she was very guilty when she mentioned that matter.”

"And then? Didn't you ask any further questions? Did she not say anything more?"

Cui Yingwen's expression immediately became subtle.

"Um?"

"I wanted to ask more questions, but something unexpected happened."

"What minor accident?"

"Her abusive husband came back. When he saw me in their house, he..."

Cui Yingwen's face turned bright red, and the others looked at him with even more confusion.

"He just treats me like his wife's lover."

Everyone: “???”

"Pfft..." Someone in the crowd couldn't help but laugh first.

That laugh was so contagious that it made everyone else laugh too.

"Hahaha, what was her husband thinking? Just because there's a man in the house, he assumes he's his wife's lover. Does he have to have such a wild imagination?"

Only a few girls didn't laugh: "Who knows what kind of thought process that man has? Didn't Ying Wengang say that he's a gambling and abusive man? He's probably a coward at home, but a coward outside. He takes his anger out on his wife at home. He probably knows what kind of person he is, so he's worried that any man he sees is his wife's lover, afraid that he'll run off with someone else as a punching bag."

This reminder made everyone realize the man's dangerous nature, and they immediately stopped laughing, asking worriedly, "He didn't hit you, did he?"

"He tried to hit me, but he couldn't. His wife hugged him, and Mr. Lu... saved me."

Although Cui Yingwen's life at home was not easy, he mostly suffered from emotional abuse. He had never seen such an unreasonable and violent person as a domestic abuser before.

When the other party swung his fist, Cui Yingwen was completely stunned and stood frozen in place, unable to move.

At the critical moment, Lu Zheyan possessed his body and helped him escape a disaster.

At this moment, the woman also realized what was happening and hurriedly hugged her husband's waist, urging him to leave quickly.

Cui Yingwen was so frightened that his heart almost jumped out of his chest, but he still didn't leave and insisted that she explain what exactly happened back then.

Unexpectedly, after hearing his explanation, the woman's husband not only failed to calm down, but instead turned his attention to questioning the woman about whether she was having an affair with Lu Zheyan.

He also cursed and said a lot of filthy things.

Li Weiming and his colleagues usually deal with people who like to use sophisticated rhetoric, who can twist a simple sentence into several different meanings.

Simply put, it means insulting someone without using foul language.

Listening to Cui Yingwen's description, they were all dumbfounded, increasingly unable to understand the strange man's thought process.

Ye Wanxi felt slightly unwell after hearing this, but she didn't forget the important question: "How did he regain his memory?"

Cui Yingwen paused for a moment, then quickly sped up: "The woman was repeatedly questioned by her husband, and she kept denying it. Then... then she brought up what happened back then, saying that she and Mr. Lu were innocent and that they didn't know each other at all beforehand. It was Mr. Lu who took the initiative to chat up her friend, and she got into an argument with him to help her friend, and the three of them accidentally fell into the water together."

“At first, Mr. Lu didn’t react much. Even after seeing the person in question, he seemed to have forgotten about her. But when she said those words, Mr. Lu seemed to be suddenly provoked. He possessed me and wanted to rush over and hit me.”

This development took everyone present by surprise.

"He wanted to hit someone? He remembered and got angry? Was he angry because the other person revealed his shameful secrets, or because the other person wronged him?"

Cui Yingwen turned his head and glanced at Lu Zheyan, who was standing not far away with his back to them, and said cautiously, "Mr. Lu is very emotional. He said... he said that woman was lying. They really didn't know each other, but when he arrived that night, the two of them had already fallen into the water. He went into the water to save them. He just didn't expect to save two ungrateful wretches."

"Hiss—" Li Weiming and the others gasped, their eyes falling on Lu Zheyan, unsure whether to believe him.

(End of this chapter)