Chapter 102 The Metaphysics Master's Fiancée 19

Jiang Shangwei and Li Tingfang were decorating the living room for Jiang Yiqing's birthday, which happened to fall on Christmas Day...

Jiang Shangwei and Li Tingfang were decorating the living room for Jiang Yiqing's birthday. Jiang Yiqing's birthday was just before Christmas, so they also placed a Christmas tree in the living room, decorated with cute Christmas accessories. The green Nobel pine tree, which was the same height as Jiang Yiqing, was topped with a star and decorated with a little angel.

A Christmas tree decorated with colorful lights takes on a unique beauty when the lights are turned off.

At the foot of the Christmas tree, gifts were piled higher than their knees. The two carefully studied how to arrange the gifts, trying to present the most aesthetically pleasing effect.

Jiang Shangwei was most satisfied with the little angel she made herself, saying, "Yiqing will be twenty-three years old soon, but no matter how old she is, she will always be our little angel. In my heart, she is still like when she was six or seven years old, running around my knees to play with me. That look is so sacred!"

"Yes, those adorable little kids have grown up so much in the blink of an eye," Li Tingfang sighed.

Neither of the two had experience as mothers when they were raising Jiang Yiqing, but the child was so easy to take care of. More than raising her, she brought them joy. Yiqing was like an angel sent to them by heaven, illuminating a brand new landscape in their lives.

Jiang Shangwei recalled the time when Jiang Yiqing was just a baby between her and Li Tingfang, and how Li Tingfang clumsily fed her with a bottle. It felt like it had just happened yesterday, and her eyes welled up with tears.

Li Tingfang wiped away her tears and said, "You're just like a child. I'll be there for you from now on. Young people, let them live their own lives."

Jiang Shangwei nodded. Seeing the two of them walking down the stairs, looking so well-matched, she turned slightly to the side to conceal her emotions.

Li Tingfang said, "Yiqing, Shuyu, although we are supposed to stay up all night for Yiqing, you can rest for a while now. I will call you when it is midnight."

The two women's somber expressions made Li Tingfang realize something. She had just seen Aunt Qin go upstairs, and she should have been back by now. She had said she would decorate the Christmas tree with them, so why hadn't she returned yet?

"Where's Sister Qin?" Li Tingfang asked. "Have you seen her?"

Jiang Shangwei was also stunned for a moment, her face turning pale: "Oh my god, she can't be back yet, what's going on?"

Jiang Yiqing found it difficult to speak, so she looked at Luo Shuyu, who was still holding her hand, trying to give her strength. Then she said to the two of them, "Auntie, really, it was my oversight. Aunt Qin should be at the Lu residence next door right now."

Why did she go there?

Li Tingfang realized what was happening and said, "They came for Yi Qing? They took Sister Qin away, didn't they?"

"I'm not sure if it's aimed at Yi Qing, since I've seen that Sister Wang hasn't made any moves for so long. But her resentment might have bred a more powerful ghost in the Lu residence, and that ghost definitely wants to harm the people in this family."

For vengeful spirits, resentment can generate power, but if there is a family living happily nearby, laughing and joking every day, it is more painful for them than anything else, so they will do anything to destroy it.

"Mom, what do we do now?" Jiang Yiqing said, "Something big is bound to happen on my birthday, that's for sure. I'm just too insecure. If we all went in pairs, Aunt Qin might not have been left alone."

Li Tingfang also felt guilty, saying, "We neglected Sister Qin, and she had to go through this. But it's no use talking about it now. Let's think of a way to save her. Shuyu, do you have any ideas?"

“I asked the house ghosts in this courtyard to lead the way and let them find the vengeful ghost. However, they also said that they would not fight against it and might run away at any time.” Luo Shuyu said, “That’s not a problem. The main thing is that I’m worried that if I go, the vengeful ghost will have a backup plan, and Yiqing will suffer instead.”

Jiang Shangwei's heart skipped a beat. She said, "Yi Qing's birthday calamity is absolutely not to be taken lightly. It is the most important thing above all else. Even if we adults suffer, we cannot let Yi Qing be harmed in the slightest."

"Mom, don't say that." Jiang Yiqing walked over, hugged her, and said, "We will all be fine, and so will Aunt Qin. If anything happens to Aunt Qin, I will never forgive myself."

"You silly child," Li Tingfang said, forcing herself to stay alert. "Don't scare yourself like this. We need to think of a solution. Time is precious. Sister Qin doesn't know what's going on at a time like this. We should act immediately without delay."

That being said, when facing vengeful spirits, even calling the police becomes difficult, and one cannot rely on the power of the real world to deal with the supernatural.

Li Tingfang walked to the opposite side of the living room and opened a door with her fingerprint. The three of them followed and discovered that the door-like thing in the living room was not just decoration, but could actually be opened.

Li Tingfang turned on the light, and the three of them looked inside and saw some modern exorcism tools that ordinary people could use, all of which Li Tingfang had prepared over the years.

Upon learning of the calamity that would befall her birthday, Li Tingfang consulted with metaphysicians and researchers for solutions. They specially commissioned some props, which were tested and updated annually, and are still usable today.

For example, infrared thermal imaging sunglasses, although you can't see ghosts, you can lock onto Aunt Qin's location by wearing these sunglasses. Moreover, equipped with intelligent spectrum analysis, it can predict the possible location of ghosts with an accuracy rate of over 80%.

Offensive weapons, such as the electromagnetic pulse version of the exorcising sword, were developed by researchers after analyzing strange changes in sound waves and electrical signals in many videos of vengeful ghosts. These weapons are capable of interfering with magnetic fields, and experiments have shown that they can indeed interfere with the actions of ghosts.

Wanqing and Ruoying were also nearby. Wanqing said, "I was wondering why it was so strange. Staying in this auspicious place for so many years, I would get headaches from time to time, and sometimes I would feel like I was being watched in secret."

Ruoying asked, "Are you saying that Sister Li has been using us as experiments?"

"That's exactly what I think!" Wanqing was furious. "We felt guilty for taking her deck of cards, and it turns out that she kept a ghost in the house just to use it!"

"...That's terrifying." Ruoying looked at Jiang Shangwei with a pitiful expression, probably unaware of how terrifying the woman beside her was.

The three were quite impressed with Li Tingfang's thorough preparations. Each of them carried a ghost-repelling sword and had an automatic talisman-casting device at their waist. However, the most impressive item was the plasma generator in Li Tingfang's hand. This device could irradiate a fixed point with high temperatures, reaching a maximum of 3000 degrees Celsius, which even ghosts couldn't withstand. At the same time, it could cool down instantly, posing no safety hazard to those around it.

In ancient times, it was impossible to reach such high temperatures, so it was not discovered that while demons would not die at extremely high temperatures, they would decompose, and their strength would be greatly reduced.

Luo Shuyu was speechless and asked, "Auntie, are you making such thorough preparations because you want everyone to go and rescue people together?"

Li Tingfang said, "That's exactly right."

"Let's go quickly." After saying that, Jiang Shangwei asked Jiang Yiqing, "Yiqing, you look very pale. Are you alright?"

Jiang Yiqing bought pills from the mall that could suppress the radiation of resentment for a short time. She took them and felt much better. She said, "It's okay, let's go together."

After making the decision, Luo Shuyu didn't hesitate. She reached out and a door in its original shape appeared on the wall. She said, "This is a temporarily effective teleportation channel. Go through it and you'll arrive at the Lu family."

Li Tingfang went in first, followed closely by Jiang Shangwei. Jiang Yiqing pulled Luo Shuyu forward, but she gestured for her to go first. Then, seeing the two ghosts, Wanqing had no choice but to pull Ruoying in as well, with Luo Shuyu bringing up the rear.

Jiang Yiqing heard the sound of bubbles mixed with water, but it quickly turned into silence, and the Lu family's living room appeared in front of them.

The scene before me was astonishing.

Everything in the living room looked strangely weathered, and the walls were painted with bizarre patterns in blood-red paint.

“I came here six months ago,” Jiang Shangwei said. “It wasn’t like this then. I can’t believe anyone lives here. I spoke with Ms. Lu last month. She sounded perfectly normal. Doesn’t she know her own family situation?”

“Wraiths are not to be trifled with. They will devour people, and even if you manage to save them, they can no longer be called human. Alas, what a tragedy.” Wanqing said, “Ruoying, you stay here, I’ll go scout ahead.”

"No!" Ruoying grabbed her and said, "I'm worried about you going alone, ghost. What if that vengeful spirit becomes hostile towards us?"

"I, Wanqing, am not a weak ghost either." Wanqing's figure was exceptionally clear. Jiang Yiqing looked at her and did not think she was a ghost at all. She seemed like a real living person. She said, "Let Master Luo get rid of it. Otherwise, this stalemate is not a solution. We all need to be aware of this."

Luo Shuyu also heard this. She looked up at the top of the stairs, where a strong ghostly aura emanated. If she wasn't mistaken, the ghost was upstairs. She said, "Wanqing, I'll go with you."

"Yiqing, you stay with your aunt. If anything happens, I'll come back here immediately," Luo Shuyu said to Jiang Yiqing.

Luo Shuyu could sense Jiang Yiqing's emotional fluctuations through the red thread in her hand. Although the red thread disappeared when they were far apart, it would still form an intersection at her fingertips, allowing them to communicate from a distance.

Jiang Yiqing desperately wanted to help her, but she also knew that although she had always lived with ghosts, she had never truly fought against them. Following Luo Shuyu would only be a burden to her. She bit her lip and said, "I understand. Don't forget the answer I promised you on your birthday."

Upon hearing this, Luo Shuyu's smile was as bright as a winter plum blossom, a smile that stunned everyone else.

After all, no one had ever seen Luo Shuyu laugh so freely.