Hearing the commotion, several maids who were sweeping the courtyard ran in to see what had happened.

When they saw their young lady's appearance and the things on the wall, they were so frightened that they trembled all over. Two of the younger ones had their legs go weak, their eyes rolled back, and they fainted.

The three maids who were originally serving Guan Qinqin in her washing up stopped caring about Guan Qinqin hiding under the table and shakily crawled out of Guan Qinqin's room.

"Ah! That's scary!"

"Heaven is angry! Heaven is angry! Miss is going to be punished for the bad things she has done!" A maid muttered as she crawled out.

"Run! Run! We can't stay at the Guan residence any longer, or we'll be next!"

"Hmph, Miss's actions have finally been punished by heaven." A slightly older maid sneered. She stood at the door, looking at Guan Qinqin who was cowering under the table with a cold expression.

The maid lifted her sleeve and looked at the burns on her arm. The burns were round or oval red scars mixed with brown.

Old wounds are layered upon heartbreaks, and the scars look shocking.

Whenever Guan Qinqin was unhappy, she would burn people's arms with candle flames to vent her emotions.

"I never thought you'd end up like this!"

"Miss's room is too eerie. There are some strange things on the walls. They're so filthy. If they were to entangle someone, it would be terrible!"

"Yes, hurry up, hurry up."

A moment later, there was hardly anyone left in Guan Qinqin's yard. Brooms and buckets were left lying around, and no one cleaned up the broken dishes and spilled porridge.

Several older house slaves gathered together, preparing to call for help.

"Miss, have you offended something you shouldn't have?!"

"I think so. Look, isn't it written on the wall? It's divine wrath!"

"Stop talking and let's go. Let's find a few people with strong birth charts to take a look."

"It seems we can't live in this south courtyard," the maids whispered among themselves.

"Let's get out of here quickly, this is not a safe place to stay!"

Inside the room, the maid Ling'er was still sitting on the floor, pointing at Guan Qinqin's face.

Guan Qinqin only saw the head of a demon with its gaping maw on the wall, unaware of what her face and head had become.

She hid under the table, and after the initial shock, she calmed herself down.

"The things on the wall must have been drawn by someone."

"Ling'er, hurry up and go out to call someone to clean up the things on the wall!" Guan Qinqin ordered coldly, clenching her fists and trying her best to calm herself down.

Ling'er kept her mouth open the whole time, without saying a word.

"Ling'er, what's wrong with you today?" She usually entrusted many things to her head maid, Ling'er, but today, Ling'er disappointed her greatly.

He was completely still, like a piece of wood.

"You're utterly hopeless, a hopeless case! You're destined to be nothing more than a lowly servant. All my efforts to cultivate you into my confidant have been in vain!" Guan Qinqin pointed at Ling'er's head and cursed.

Guan Qinqin calmed herself down, sighed helplessly, and thought, "Oh well, all the maids had bad luck this morning, I'll just wash my face myself."

She frowned impatiently and slowly stood up, picked up the copper basin from the ground, and just as she bent down to approach the basin, her eyes widened in shock and horror as she looked at her reflection in the basin.

Where is her hair?! Where did her hair go?!

There was still some water left in the copper basin, reflecting her bald head and the dense specks on it.

She stared in disbelief at the face and head in the copper basin, so ugly and grotesque, was this really her?

She raised her hand to touch her head, and the touch made her scalp tingle, followed by a sharp pain.

She grimaced in pain, and the reflection of her in the copper basin also grimaced.

"Ah!" She forcefully flung the copper basin away and fell to the ground.

"Someone come here!"

"Bring me a bronze mirror!"

Guan Qinqin kept shaking her head. It must be the problem with the copper basin. How could her thick, black hair have suddenly disappeared?

What exactly happened last night?!

"ah!"

Her screams were pitiful and desolate, mixed with anger. Everyone in the Guan residence stopped what they were doing and looked in the direction of the sound.

Guan Wude, the Guan family, and a group of old women quickly walked over following the sound.

The Guan family had many servants, and those serving Guan Qinqin and Guan Guan were mostly young maids. As a result, they were inexperienced, timid, and prone to panic and indecisiveness when faced with problems.

However, the servants who served in Guan Wude and Su's courtyard were all old women who had experienced a lot, had seen all kinds of things, and knew how to handle them.

However, anyone who came today, even the most weathered old women, would be utterly astonished by what they saw.

When Guan Wude saw that his daughter had no hair left and her head was covered with red spots, he was surprised and stunned for a moment. He then hurriedly went into the room, closed the door, and said, "Quickly go and fetch a doctor! Also, no one is to let this news leak out!"

After Guan Wude finished speaking, he leaned closer to look at Guan Qinqin. He could hardly believe his eyes. Was he getting old and his eyesight failing? How could his beautiful and dignified daughter have turned into this?!

"What happened?" Guan Wude felt sorry for Guan Qinqin and wanted to pat her head, but Guan Qinqin dodged away.

"It hurts, don't touch it!"

"Father, I don't know either. Please look at the wall!"

Guan Wude's attention was focused on Guan Qinqin's face. When he looked up and saw the demon on the wall grinning and staring at him fiercely, Guan Wude felt a rush of heat to his head. He lost his footing and swayed.

The steward of the Guan residence quickly helped Guan Wude up.

Has this incurred the wrath of the heavens?

The wicked things Guan Wude had done over the years flashed through his mind like a movie playing in reverse.

He sat on the bed, leaning against the wall, and said, "Go quickly and find someone to clean this place up."

"Qinqin, my daughter!" A shrill female voice came from the doorway, and Su Shi walked in, supported by a maid.

She had already heard some things on her way there, and she hurriedly walked to Guan Qinqin's bedside.

"How did it get like this?" Madam Su looked at her with heartache. She had been thinking that the New Year's Eve banquet was just a few days away, and she would use the banquet to find a good marriage for her daughter.

But looking at the current situation, if I go to the New Year's Eve banquet, I'll only be ridiculed and looked down upon, and I'm afraid I won't be able to leave the house for a while.

"Father, please go and ask the guards at the gate if they saw anyone suspicious last night." Guan Qinqin's eyes were filled with anger, as if she wanted to tear the perpetrator to pieces.

"This matter will naturally be investigated."