Lin Qingtong entered the living room, wanting to ask for more details.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she entered the living room, Lin Yan was already asleep on the sofa.

She stepped forward and nudged Lin Yan's shoulder. "What do you know?"

Lin Yan weakly opened his eyes and uttered only two words.

"Huo Cheng...he..."

Before he could finish speaking, he coughed up blood and fainted.

Lin Qingtong was immediately alarmed and called an ambulance to rush him to the hospital.

The ambulance took Lin Yan away, and Lin Qingtong accompanied him to the hospital, where it was discovered that he had been poisoned.

However, because he has been poisoned for too long, Lingyan is in a coma and will most likely remain in a vegetative state for the rest of his life.

Lin Qingtong felt that something was wrong; all of this was too coincidental.

I only found out the truth last night. Today, Shen Xue disappeared and Lin Yan fell into a coma due to poisoning. It's as if a giant hand is secretly controlling everything.

Lin Qingtong went to the stairwell and thought for a moment before dialing her mother Su Wanjun's number.

The call went smoothly, and Su Wanjun's slightly cheerful voice came through, accompanied by some cheerful laughter in the background.

"What's wrong, daughter? Is there something you need?"

Lin Qingtong was about to say something when Su Wanjun spoke first.

"By the way, I had a lot of fun at this beach. I swam, went diving, ate seafood, and there was even a chrysanthemum banquet being held here."

All of this seemed normal, but Lin Qingtong quickly realized that her mother never ate seafood.

"Mom, have you encountered any danger?"

Before the other party could answer, Su Wanjun hung up the phone.

Hearing the dial tone, Lin Qingtong was still worried and dialed again, but this time no one answered.

Instead, a message came through.

"The signal isn't very good here, don't worry. But what were you trying to say?"

After hearing this, Lin Qingtong swallowed back the words she was about to say.

"It's okay, have fun outside."

Lin Qingtong was still worried, so she had someone investigate and found out that Su Wanjun and Huo Cheng had already separated from the tour group.

The tour group tried to contact the two individuals, but were unable to reach them.

Lin Qingtong's heart tightened. She didn't have Huo Cheng's contact information at all; she only knew that he was Huo Xinlan's uncle.

But what exactly was her situation? Nobody knew.

After much consideration, Lin Qingtong still went to the Huo family to find Huo Xinlan.

Sitting in the warm afternoon garden, Huo Xinlan poured tea and snacks for Lin Qingtong and asked her with a smile.

"I wonder what brings Miss Lin here today?"

Lin Qingtong put down her teacup and directly stated her purpose for coming.

"I wonder if Miss Huo can get in touch with your uncle, because I can't reach my mother."

Upon hearing this, Huo Xinlan's expression immediately changed, and she anxiously asked, "What?"

"How could this happen? Let me try to contact your uncle for you."

So Huo Xinlan tried to call Huo Cheng, but as expected, the call didn't go through.

Huo Xinlan looked at Lin Qingtong awkwardly while holding her phone.

"How about I give you their number and you try to contact them? Maybe they're out sightseeing right now. Don't be too nervous."

In front of the Huo family, Lin Qingtong couldn't voice her suspicions. She simply took a sip of tea, but the tea tasted bitter.

Finally, Lin Qingtong got up to leave the Huo family, but she ran into Huo Xingyu at the corner of the corridor.

Huo Xingyu stood there with one hand in his pocket, looking dashing as he raised an eyebrow at Lin Qingtong.

"Perhaps I know something."

As soon as he said this, Lin Qingtong's gaze immediately fell on him.

Do you know anything about the situation in Huocheng?

Huo Xingyu straightened up, let out a long sigh, and spoke in a serious tone.

"Actually, I learned a few days ago that my uncle hadn't been a monk all these years."

"And we lost a foreign church called the Dark Cult."

Lin Qingtong's heart tightened immediately, and she hurriedly asked more questions.

How do you know about the Dark Cult?

As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Qingtong remembered hearing someone mention that the Dark Cult was a large church abroad.

Moreover, this church is very popular abroad, especially among celebrities and nobles.

Huo Xingyu took something out of his pocket and handed it to Lin Qingtong.

"Look, what is this?"

Lin Qingtong saw a three-eyed symbol on his palm, radiating a cold and terrifying aura.

She took the sign and immediately felt a chill run through her body.

"Is this the symbol of the Dark Cult?"

Huo Xingyu nodded, staring intently at Lin Qingtong, a hint of longing in his eyes.

"Yes, this is the symbol of the Dark Cult. I found it in my uncle's room. Maybe it can help you."

After Lin Qingtong left the Huo family with the badge, she looked back and saw Huo Xingyu standing on the balcony, smiling and waving at her.

When she returned to Wutong Manor, Shen Tinghe and Sheng Rushuang were both looking at Lin Qingtong with concern.

"How's it going? How's the investigation progressing?"

After Lin Qingtong sat down on the sofa, she took out the symbol of the Dark Cult and handed it to the two of them to examine.

"This was given to me by the Huo family. They said they found it in the room."

More importantly, he claimed to have been a monk in a temple a few years ago, but that wasn't actually the case.

In fact, Lin Qingtong had more to say than that.

She was worried that her mother would be taken away by Huo Cheng, and even more worried that he would do something cruel to her mother.

When Sheng Rushuang saw the symbol of the Dark Cult, her pupils trembled violently, and she sighed.

"How did it get associated with the Dark Cult? I've heard of it abroad; many celebrities and wealthy people in this church are proud of it."

"But I refused them all because the church was too evil. I heard they recruited many young women every year, but very few of them came out safely."

Lin Qingtong's heart tightened, and she hurriedly pressed Sheng Rushuang for answers.

"Auntie, could you please ask if there are any dark cults in China? My mother was definitely taken there by Huo Cheng, and I'm afraid something bad might happen."

Upon hearing this, Sheng Rushuang agreed and said nothing more.

Shen Tinghe's gaze remained fixed on Lin Qingtong, filled with worry.

After Sheng Rushuang left, Shen Tinghe stepped forward to approach her.

As soon as he approached, Lin Qingtong threw herself into his arms, looking aggrieved.

Perhaps it was only when she was alone with Shen Tinghe that Lin Qingtong showed fear and timidity.

Shen Tinghe gently patted her shoulder to comfort her.

"Don't worry, Mom will be fine."

Lin Qingtong could only nod, trying to comfort herself in her heart.

Shen Tinghe went to the kitchen to make a late-night snack for Lin Qingtong, while he returned to his room to take a shower.

When she came out in her pajamas, she suddenly saw Sheng Rushuang sitting in the room.

The room was dark, with only the bright moonlight illuminating the surroundings.

Sheng Rushuang slowly raised her head and looked in Lin Qingtong's direction, her face serious.

"Would you mind if we chat?"