Zhao Jin's steps were unsteady; if Liu Changfeng hadn't been supporting her, she probably wouldn't have been able to stand up at all.

Lu Qing stepped forward to help, assisting Zhao Jin to sit on the sofa.

Liu Changfeng then poured her a glass of warm water:

"Honey, drink some water and calm down."

Zhao Jin's hands trembled, and she only calmed down after taking a few sips of water.

"Master's wife, it's alright! We're home now, no one will hurt you!" Lu Qing's gentle voice brought comfort to Zhao Jin.

Tears welled up in Zhao Jin's eyes instantly, and she grasped Lu Qing's hand, repeatedly expressing her gratitude:

"Thank you... thank you!"

"Just now... if it weren't for your talisman, I would have..."

Thinking back to the terrifying moment, Zhao Jin couldn't help but tremble.

Before Liu Changfeng could even ask about the details, now that things were settled, he quickly inquired:

"Honey, what exactly happened just now?"

Zhao Jin wiped away her tears and choked out:

"I just finished shopping with Miao Yu and was waiting for a car on the roadside when we came out of the store."

She said she was going to the restroom and asked me to wait for her by the roadside. Not long after she left, a car went out of control and crashed directly into me.

I was so scared that I couldn't move. Then I felt something burn me in my pocket. I snapped out of it and took two steps to the side.

The car grazed past me. When I fell to the ground, I felt something catch me, but it didn't hurt at all; I was just scared.

Lu Qing: "Where's the talisman?"

Zhao Jin hurriedly reached into his pocket, but instead of finding a talisman, he only found a clump of ashes.

"How...how could this happen?"

"This talisman saved you from a calamity, it's useless now."

Lu Qing took the ashes and threw them into the trash can.

Zhao Jin suddenly asked, "Could Miao Yu have done what happened today?"

Lu Qingwei was taken aback; she thought Zhao Jin wouldn't find out.

"Master's wife, why do you ask that? Have you discovered something?"

Zhao Jin lowered her head, a trace of grief and indignation flashing in her red-rimmed eyes:

"I don't know if I was seeing things, but after I fell, I glanced to the side and it seemed like I saw Miao Yu hiding in the corner watching me."

"I called Lao Liu right after the car hit me, and it's been so long since then, Miao Yu hasn't called or even sent a message. This isn't normal."

Lu Qing silently thought to himself: Not too stupid.

"If I said it was Miao Yu, would you believe me?" Lu Qing asked.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhao Jin nodded emphatically: "I believe you."

"Honey, let's call the police!"

"Okay." Liu Changfeng was about to take out his phone when Lu Qing stopped him:

"Teacher Liu, don't rush to call the police. Without evidence, it's useless for the police to come."

"What should we do then?" Zhao Jin looked at Lu Qing with teary eyes.

Lu Qing felt a slight headache coming on; she couldn't stand people looking at her pitifully.

"Teacher's wife, don't worry. Just because Teacher Liu led us in the competition, I'll definitely help you sort this out."

"Teacher Liu, you stay with your wife, I'm going to the scene of the accident."

"Yes, yes!" Liu Changfeng nodded repeatedly:

"Lu Qing, be careful too. If there's anything I need you to do, just call me!"

Lu Qing thought for a moment:

"Nothing else matters, just order me a dessert. I'll come back to eat it later."

Dessert? ?

Liu Changfeng was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses.

Seeing how relaxed Lu Qing was, his tension lessened a bit.

Lu Qing went downstairs, grabbed a bicycle, and rode to the scene of the accident.

The car crashed into a shop. Although no one died, the accident was serious, and traffic police and police officers arrived to maintain order.

The area was cordoned off, and Lu Qing was only allowed to enter after showing his identification.

The vehicle was severely damaged, and the shop's glass window was shattered, leaving broken glass scattered all over the floor.

The shop assistant happened to be in the fitting room helping a customer try on clothes at the time, which is how she escaped the disaster.

Lu Qing approached the car and suddenly smelled an unusual odor from the driver's seat.

That's evil energy!

A familiar, sinister aura!

It looks a lot like... the kind that Jian Yunxing has!

Lu Qing's gaze darkened slightly. Could it be that evil cultivators were involved in this matter again?

The driver had just finished being questioned when Lu Qing walked over and glanced at him.

He was slightly injured, his face looked terrible, and he had a hint of evil about him, but he wasn't an evil cultivator.

However, his car was controlled by the evil cultivator and crashed into Zhao Jin.

The target of this matter is Zhao Jin, but the source is Miao Yu. We still need to find Miao Yu.

Lu Qing retrieved all the surveillance footage from nearby shops and roads, copied it to a USB drive, and quickly found Miao Yu's whereabouts when Zhao Jin had the accident.

Zhao Jin was not mistaken; Miao Yu was indeed watching from the shadows.

Although the surveillance footage was blurry, Miao Yu's resentment and anger could be felt through the screen.

Lu Qing took the video back to show Zhao Jin and Liu Changfeng.

After reading it, Zhao Jin was filled with grief and indignation, and couldn't help but burst into tears:

"Why? Why did Miao Yu do this to me?"

"I've known her since high school and we've been friends for so many years. What did I do wrong that she would do this to me?"

Liu Changfeng suppressed his anger and comforted him:

"Wife, you did nothing wrong, she's the one who's wrong!"

"Lu Qing, this video shouldn't prove that Miao Yu wanted to harm my wife, right?" Liu Changfeng asked.

Lu Qing answered while eating cake:

"That's right! I showed it to you just to warn you not to have any expectations of Miao Yu anymore."

Zhao Jin gritted her teeth and nodded with tears in her eyes:

"Don't worry! I'm not stupid. She wants to harm me and my child. We can't be friends anymore."

"The biggest problem now is not whether we can remain friends, but that if she fails this time, she will try to get back at you."

Lu Qing sighed silently as he looked at the lingering bloodshot look on Zhao Jin's face.

Zhao Jin's heart tightened: "She...she'll still attack me?"

"How could she be so bold? Doesn't she know this is illegal?" Liu Changfeng gritted his teeth fiercely, his eyes red with anger.

"What if she has someone to help her, and they guarantee she won't be implicated?"

"No! To be precise, the one who helped her might not even be considered human anymore!"

Lu Qing's voice was cold and eerie, inexplicably sending chills down one's spine.

The atmosphere suddenly fell silent.

Lu Qing seemed lost in thought, frowning as she silently chewed her cake.

Liu Changfeng and Zhao Jin didn't know what Lu Qing meant by "not even human," but the fear rising in their hearts was no less intense.

"Lu...Lu Qing, you can...deal with her, right?"

Lu Qing snapped out of her daze and realized that her words had frightened the two men, noticing the fear on their faces.

"I'm sorry! I'm used to talking to my friends like this, I didn't consider your feelings!"

Lu Qing chuckled awkwardly.

She had completely forgotten that her friends were seasoned veterans and fearless, but Liu Changfeng and Zhao Jin were just ordinary people.

"Don't worry, with me here, I won't let her hurt you again!"

“But if we want to catch her, I’ll need your cooperation, Master’s wife,” Lu Qing said with a smile.