Chapter 71: Seventy-first day after quitting the circle, he fell into the small pond next to him...
Huo Wenbin waited for Liu Anzhi in the ward for a whole hour but didn't see him.
He frowned, puzzled by the fact that Liu Anzhi had spent an hour just to check on Huo Gan. It was a shame that his lower body was in such severe pain, and his phone had rotted away at the accident scene, leaving him with no way of contacting anyone.
The clock on the wall ticked away, its beats hammering against his heart, causing him to suddenly feel an inexplicable anxiety. He tried to calm his nerves by closing his eyes, but it was no use. Just as he was about to call the nurse for help, there was another knock on the ward door.
Huo Wenbin quickly shouted "Come in".
But the person who came in was not Liu Anzhi, but Shen Yucheng, his former buddy from their days of debauchery.
Chen Yucheng's family owned a hotel chain, and their financial resources and status were only slightly inferior to those of the Pingxi Group. As the youngest child, Chen Yucheng had no control over the company, leaving him with nothing to do.
Shen Yucheng usually likes to play with cars, so he is naturally familiar with Huo Wenbin.
As he stepped into the ward, he saw Huo Wenbin lying on the bed like a zombie, his face twitching from pain. His eyes subconsciously moved to between Huo Wenbin's legs and he whispered, "Is it really broken?"
Huo Wenbin: “…”
He gritted his teeth: "No."
Chen Yucheng sighed twice, with an expression that said, "I've seen through you." "I'm still hiding this from my good brother. Your Pingxi Group even posted on their official Weibo account that you do have some issues and are actively receiving treatment."
Huo Wenbin didn't react immediately after hearing this. His lips moved as he subconsciously asked, "What did you say?!"
Chen Yucheng was a simpleton, not noticing that Huo Wenbin's expression was becoming increasingly grim. He dug into his pocket for his phone, opened Weibo, and found the topic that had quickly become the top trending topic. He then leaned over to Huo Wenbin and pointed it out to him, "Here, it's from your company's official Weibo account."
Huo Wenbin's gaze was fixed on it.
The title of the topic is: Huo Wenbin confirmed to be infertile.
Clicking on the topic again, the top post was the verified account of Pingxi Group: Thank you all for your concern for our group's second son Huo Wenbin. His condition is indeed not optimistic, but he is actively receiving treatment from the doctor. I believe he will get better. / fist
...does not allow for objective and positive treatment.
Huo Wenbin's eyes were already bloodshot from these words, and then he saw the sarcastic words "it will definitely get better" that followed, and he was so angry that he grabbed the sheets tightly with both hands and roared, "Who the hell told him to post it! Who told him to post it! I'm fine!"
His sudden outburst of rage startled Shen Yucheng, and the sharp roar nearly shattered his eardrums. Shen Yucheng rubbed his ears and ran away, his head buzzing. It took him a while to come to his senses. He frowned and said, "Your voice is too loud!"
Huo Wenbin now only wanted to attack everyone equally, and he sneered: “If you were talked nonsense like this, wouldn’t you speak louder?”
Shen Yucheng: "...Well, but some netizens exposed your medical examination report."
So maybe it’s not nonsense.
Shen Yucheng's simple words were like a thunderbolt to Huo Wenbin, shocking him so much that he almost forgot to breathe.
"What do you mean someone online leaked my medical report?!"
"Ah, don't you understand what I'm saying?" Shen Yucheng scratched his head, then found the photo on Weibo and showed it to him, "Is this yours? I saw their analysis and comparison, and this report doesn't seem to be fake."
It’s definitely not fake.
But who has the ability to take a photo of this report and post it online!
Listening to Huo Wenbin's wheezing, Shen Yucheng shrank his neck. Although he had known Huo Wenbin for a while, this was the first time Shen Yucheng had seen him so angry that he looked like a twisted donkey. It seemed that the blow was indeed very big.
Chen Yucheng didn't say anything else, trying to wait for Huo Wenbin to calm down. But within two seconds, Huo Wenbin said, "Lend me your phone."
Chen Yucheng looked at him suspiciously. "You're not going to smash it for me, are you? Let me tell you, my brother has been very strict with me lately. All my credit cards have been frozen, and now I can't even afford to buy a phone."
"No." Huo Wenbin explained impatiently, "I just want to make a phone call."
That's fine.
Shen Yucheng handed him the phone, and Huo Wenbin immediately dialed Liu Anzhi's number. But the phone rang and rang, the busy tone repeating back and forth, with no sign of the other party's voice replacing it. Huo Wenbin hung up and called again, repeating this action dozens of times. Realizing that the other party would definitely not answer, he suddenly threw the phone away.
Shen Yucheng: “!”
The sudden movement startled Shen Yucheng so much that goosebumps appeared all over his body. He wailed and rushed over in a panic, finally grabbing the phone in the chaos. He fell to the ground, his shoulder hurting, but when he saw the phone held to his chest, he breathed a sigh of relief.
As expected, I shouldn't trust a man who is so useless!
Chen Yucheng thought about his nearly broken phone and started getting angry. He put the fruit he had brought from home on the table and said with a pout, "Then I'll be leaving first. My brother will probably have to come and call me later."
Huo Wenbin grasped the key point and asked with a frown, "Is your brother here too?"
Shen Yucheng: "Yes, your brother is awake, my brother is here to see him."
"Huo Chengji is awake?!"
Really awake?!
Huo Wenbin's face suddenly darkened, and he suddenly realized why Liu Anzhi refused to answer his call.
He gritted his teeth, ignoring the pain in his upper and lower body, and struggled to sit up from the bed. The simple action made him sweat profusely in an instant, and Shen Yucheng was stunned. He wanted to go forward to help him, but he was waved away by the other party. Just as he was about to complain, the other party said, "Help me find a wheelchair."
"Wheelchair? Oh, there's one right outside the door."
Shen Yucheng moved the wheelchair in and helped Huo Wenbin move him onto it. Seeing his face pale with pain and his whole body twitching, he couldn't help but whisper, "Your brother is such a fool. Why didn't he call anyone to take care of you after he woke up?"
Huo Wenbin frowned and said nothing.
He summoned the most endurance he'd ever possessed, pushing his wheelchair to the information desk and asking about Huo Gan's situation. Hearing the name 'Huo Gan', Shen Yucheng frowned, thinking to himself, this Huo Wenbin is a bit strange. Shouldn't he go find his brother? But he didn't have the heart to dwell on it. The phone he had freed from Huo Wenbin's grasp lit up, revealing a message from his brother.
After casually explaining to Huo Wenbin, Shen Yucheng turned and ran away.
At the same time, Huo Wenbin slowly pushed his wheelchair towards Huo Gan's ward. The nurse at the service desk said that Huo Gan had finished the operation 20 minutes ago and was sent to Ward 1208.
Arriving at the ward, he pushed open the door and saw a middle-aged man lying on the bed.
Although Huo Gan was already in his fifties, he was well-maintained in the Huo family, and with his good looks, he had deceived many young girls. But now, he was no longer able to do so. After several unfortunate events and an operation, his face was pale, and the old age that had been hidden before was now fully revealed, and he looked very old.
The doctor who was checking the patient's condition after the operation saw him and, after learning his identity, said, "The patient will probably wake up in twenty minutes."
Huo Wenbin said yes.
For the past twenty minutes, he sat in the ward in silence. During this time, he exchanged his watch with a passerby for a phone, and saw the Pingxi Group official Weibo and the medical report that Chen Yucheng had mentioned to him. If it were just these two trending searches, he could still comfort himself that he was just overthinking it, but after seeing the clip of the Pingxi Group official Weibo and the passerby netizens asking and answering questions, he completely understood -
Huo Chengji knew, Huo Chengji knew everything!
Netizens asked: So can Huo Er still succeed in usurping the throne?
Pingxi Group’s official blog replied: It has never been successful.
The netizen asked again: Didn’t the two brothers have a good relationship before?
Pingxi Group’s official Weibo account replied: You’ll have to ask Mr. Huo Wenbin.
Huo Wenbin stared at the two conversations for a long time until a very weak voice rang in his ears: "Second brother."
He suddenly raised his head and saw the middle-aged man on the hospital bed. His fingers drooped on the sheets, his eyelids fluttered, and he mumbled something. Without hesitation, he immediately rushed over and asked with a stern face, "Where's the contact information for your Taoist priest?"
Taoist priest?
Huo Gan realized belatedly what information his second son wanted to know, but he kept his mouth shut.
Seeing him evasive, Huo Wenbin couldn't help but laugh. "To be honest, Huo Chengji has already woken up, and if nothing unexpected happens, he probably knows about what happened back then. And look at you, you're so unlucky that you even got into a car accident on the way to the hospital by ambulance. Don't you feel it? Both of your legs are gone."
A clear voice fell into Huo Gan's ears, and the body monitor beside him began to beep and sound an alarm.
But Huo Wenbin turned a deaf ear to him. He simply stared into Huo Gan's eyes and said word by word, "Huo Chengji's legs can be saved, but you can't. Your condition is much more serious than his... If you're smart, tell me the Taoist priest's situation and contact information immediately, and I'll go find him for help."
Having said this, Huo Gan's lips finally moved again.
Huo Wenbin leaned over and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.
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At two o'clock in the afternoon, Huo Wenbin, having taken painkillers, ignored his doctor's advice and called his driver to take him to the famous villa area in northern Beijing. He arrived safely at the Taoist priest's villa. As he was wheelchair-bound and heading toward the door, he noticed strange dolls hanging from the villa's columns. The dolls were small, about the size of a man's fist, but their bodies were split into two sections, with round heads and round bodies. When the wind blew their heads around, they revealed faces with varying expressions.
Some were crying, some were laughing, but without exception, their mouths were bright red.
...It's so creepy.
Huo Wenbin quickly withdrew his gaze and walked towards the door without looking away.
Beep, beep, he knocked on the door.
There was no response from inside, but the doorknob clicked down. Then the door opened a crack, and Huo Wenbin could vaguely see the gloomy living room through the gap. He frowned, feeling strange, but remembering that this was the address Huo Gan had given him, he gritted his teeth and walked forward.
The door creaked open, and the midday sun streamed in, barely illuminating the gloomy living room. Huo Wenbin also saw who had opened the door for him.
It turned out to be a paper man!
The paper figure was small and was skipping on the ground. If Huo Wenbin hadn't been sharp-eyed, the wheelchair's wheels would have almost rolled over the other person!
The little paper man turned his head to look at him, then skipped away again.
Huo Wenbin followed hesitantly. When he reached the stairs, he still couldn't see the so-called Taoist priest. Just as he was about to ask, a low voice suddenly rang out from inside the house: "Who is coming?"
Huo Wenbin quickly said, "I'm Huo Gan's son. He had an accident and is now in the hospital. He asked me to come and see you."
Huo Gan.
The Taoist priest was obviously familiar with the name, and was also surprised by the four words "accident" that Huo Wenbin said.
The door of a room on the second floor opened, and a young man in a bright yellow Taoist robe walked out. He stood on the stairs and stared down at Huo Wenbin. Huo Wenbin raised his eyes, then suddenly lowered his eyelids, feeling a little shocked.
This Taoist priest... is so young?
She looks to be around twenty years old!
"Huo Gan has the amulet I gave him. It's impossible for him to have an accident."
amulet?
Why didn't Huo Gan ever mention this?
When Huo Wenbin was puzzled, the young Taoist priest spoke again: "It is a jade pendant with a fish tail hanging around the neck."
"Jade pendant?" Huo Wenbin recalled Huo Gan's appearance over the past two days and shook his head decisively. "Master, I didn't see the jade pendant around Huo Gan's neck... Maybe he didn't wear it?"
After a pause, he continued, "Also, my father said that you cast a curse on Huo Chengji, but Huo Chengji seems to have woken up from his coma."
After hearing two incredible facts in succession, the Taoist's expression became a little strange.
He raised his chin towards Huo Wenbin and asked, "So what do you want to do this time?"
Huo Wenbin saw that the words hit the point, and immediately said impatiently: "Please cast a curse on Huo Chengji, preferably one that kills him directly! Then you can help me and my father, is that okay with you?"
It's not a difficult task.
The Taoist nodded in agreement and immediately threw two identical jade pendants with fish tails in between them towards Huo Wenbin: "Tell Huo Gan not to forget the fee."
Huo Wenbin nodded repeatedly: "Of course, of course."
After Huo Wenbin left, the young Taoist priest returned to a room on the second floor. He rummaged through a collection of hanging figurines and soon found one bearing Huo Chengji's birth date. The figurine's expression was odd, a half-smile. The Taoist priest pulled the figurine down and examined it carefully twice, muttering to himself, "He actually woke up... Strange! This curse must have been very successful. Even my master praised me."
He exhaled, sat cross-legged on the mat again, and placed the little doll in front of him.
Several sheets of talisman paper, each painted with exceptionally bright cinnabar, stood in the air before him, a corner rustling in the windless air. The Taoist priest closed his eyes, his mouth opening and closing as he muttered for a long moment. After a long pause, he suddenly opened his eyes, bit his finger, and as blood flowed out, he waved his finger, and the blood formed a straight line, connecting the sheets of talisman paper together.
He fixed his eyes and shouted, "Curse!"
boom!
A thick black gas emerged from several pieces of talisman paper, like black bridges connecting to various parts of the little doll's body. The thick black fog flowed into the little doll's body little by little, and the little doll, which already looked bulging, instantly grew a size bigger.
When the young Taoist saw this, he knew that the curse had been cast. He nodded with satisfaction, thinking that Huo Chengji would probably never wake up this time... If nothing unexpected happened, he might even see a death notice of Huo Chengji on Weibo tomorrow.
He smiled and turned to leave, but the moment he turned his back to the doll, a cold sweat suddenly broke out on his back, and his body froze completely. This terrifying sixth sense struck him, and he turned abruptly, wanting to investigate. But at that moment, the doll, which had been half-smiling, stared at him intently. Its bulging body twitched, and then suddenly erupted into a terrifying black mist, rushing straight towards his face.
What? !
boom!
There was another loud noise, and the unsuspecting young Taoist priest was actually knocked over by the black fog!
The body suddenly hit the door wall, and the young Taoist curled up in pain. He covered his shoulder and hissed softly twice. Before the pain could subside, two streams of blood flowed out of his nose.
But the thick black fog spreading from the little doll did not dissipate. Instead, it stared at the young Taoist priest like a poisonous snake, as if trying to attack again.
When the young Taoist saw this scene, he was shocked and understood.
It seems that the reason why Huo Chengji woke up was not because there was a problem with his spell, but because there was someone helping him!
Furthermore...if nothing unexpected happens, the reason for Huo Gan and Huo Wenbin's misfortune is also because of that person.
As he pondered, the restless black mist slammed toward the young Taoist priest once again, enveloping him in the blink of an eye. The Taoist wailed twice, his entire body bound as if by some terrifying force. He could only move his fingers with difficulty, squeezing a little blood from the digits he'd bitten from the curse. Glancing at the talisman paper nearby, he gritted his teeth, crawled forward, and with a sudden force, pressed a drop of blood onto the paper.
The talisman paper began to tremble wildly, and with a strange attraction, it rolled all the black fog spreading in the house to the same place on the ground, and then swallowed it into the talisman paper.
It was only at this time that the young Taoist priest had time to catch his breath.
He lay on the ground, staring at the ceiling and gasping for breath. When he finished, he tried to stand up, but he felt a terrible pain in his body, as if his internal organs were being churned, and the pain made him want to vomit.
How can it be so serious?
The young Taoist priest's face was grim, and his fingers trembled as he pulled out a piece of talisman paper with an even more intricate talisman from his pocket. The blood drop on his finger pressed it down again. Immediately, the talisman paper transformed into a small paper bird, which flapped its wings and flew out of the window.
Seeing this scene, Sang Qiqi suddenly stopped her urge to show up.
Something is not right.
This guy... is asking for help?
Sang Qiqi rubbed her chin and thought for a while, then decisively dialed a number. When the call was connected, the man on the other end whispered, "What's wrong?"
Sang Qiqi sat on a tree in the villa yard, covering her phone with her hand and whispering, "What are you doing now? Can you come over when you have time? I need your help with something."
Duan Sui glanced at the customer who was selecting paper figurines in the shop and answered truthfully, "I'm watching the shop, but Zhang Lin is here too, so I can come over now."
Upon hearing this, Sang Qiqi immediately shared the address with Duan Sui.
Duan Sui arrived even faster than the young Taoist priest's request, appearing before Sang Qiqi in under a minute. His hasty arrival left his shirt slightly disheveled. Under Sang Qiqi's intense gaze, he straightened his loose collar, covering a large expanse of his fair collarbone. He then sat down on a tree trunk beside the girl, as if worried about startling the young Taoist priest inside, who looked nearly dead. He tilted his handsome face towards Sang Qiqi's cheek and whispered, "What's going on?"
The soft, slightly cool breath fell on Sang Qiqi's face, causing her to scratch it uncomfortably. She blinked and feigned calmness as she repeated what she had seen. "I suspect he's looking for help. Keep an eye on him while I go grab the two amulets from Huo Wenbin."
That thing is pretty good.
It would be a waste to put it on Huo Wenbin.
"Okay, leave it to me." Duan Sui nodded.
After getting the consent, Sang Qiqi immediately jumped down from the tree and followed Huo Wenbin's figure.
The villa complex was vast, and Huo Wenbin, in a wheelchair, struggled for quite some time before only making it halfway. The painkillers wore off, and a vague ache began to wash over him. Huo Wenbin wiped the sweat from his forehead. When he raised his hand, he saw the jade pendant depicting a fish biting its tail, and his irritability subsided.
Once we get through this journey and return to the hospital, everything will be fine.
Huo Wenbin comforted himself in his heart and continued to walk towards the door. However, within two seconds, he suddenly heard a clear and loud voice from behind him: "Huo Wenbin!"
A strange voice called his name.
Huo Wenbin manipulated the wheelchair to turn around strangely, but his pupils constricted the next second.
"you--"
Sang Qiqi who appeared in front of him turned into a shadow, with her feet not touching the ground, looking like a ghost floating in the air.
Before Huo Wenbin could react, the ghost floating in the air had already floated to his side again and greeted him with a smile: "We have officially met, Second Young Master Huo..."
Her eyes slowly fell on the amulet tightly clenched in his hand. Sang Qiqi's smile grew wider, but she reached down without hesitation: "I will gladly accept this amulet."
Coming to steal the amulet? !
Huo Wenbin subconsciously wanted to hide the amulet behind him, but he realized that his body seemed to be controlled. His limbs and shoulders seemed to be pressed down by a mountain, and he couldn't even move.
He could only stare wide-eyed as Sang Qiqi snatched the amulet from his hand.
"Asshole! Bitch! Give it back to me! This is my amulet! Give it back to me!"
"It's mine now." Sang Qiqi winked, gestured a thank you, and turned away. She was still thinking about the young Taoist priest, so she didn't want to waste time with Huo Wenbin.
But when Huo Wenbin saw her leaving, he was not willing to let her go easily. In a fit of rage, he pressed the switch of the electric wheelchair and rushed towards Sang Qiqi's back.
A few seconds later.
Without even turning her head, Sang Qiqi heard a clanging sound and a painful wail from behind her.
When he turned around, he happened to see Huo Wenbin hit his head against a tree trunk, then bounced out in a parabola and fell into the small pond next to him.
Sang Qiqi: “…”
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