Chapter 619 Hidden Dangers
The moment the black mist surged out, the little rabbit in Ye Wanxi's arms seemed to sense something, its ears immediately perked up, staring at the tea pet's location with restless intent.
Ye Wanxi quickly noticed its little movements, reached out and petted it to signal it to calm down.
"No need to soak it."
Mr. Li had just finished brewing the first batch of tea and was about to brew the second when he heard Ye Wanxi's words.
His hand suddenly stopped moving, and he looked at Ye Wanxi with a stiff expression, seemingly uneasy about Ye Wanxi's sudden rejection.
"The item has been found."
"Things? What things?"
Before Li Weiming and the others could ask any questions, Ye Wanxi reached out and picked up the tea pet that had been restored to its original state and showed no signs of abnormality.
Tea pets are objects that can be held and played with in one's hands; they are miniature and exquisite, and this tea pet of the Li family is no exception.
As soon as Ye Wanxi took the little thing in her hand, she felt a slight coolness, which was the temperature of the jade itself.
The beautiful jade carving is shaped like a golden toad, with rounded edges. It's small, cute, and very comfortable to hold and play with.
If it weren't for Mr. Li's pouring water earlier, which revealed the rottenness hidden inside the gold and jade, who would have thought that such a small thing could harbor such a deadly intent?
"Where did this thing come from?" Ye Wanxi asked, and then felt the little guy in her arms struggling to get away more and more, and its little short hands kept reaching forward, wanting to touch the little thing that made it drool.
Seeing this, Ye Wanxi patted its head reassuringly and whispered, "Wait, you can't eat it now. Don't worry, you can eat it after we've finished. We won't let it run away."
The Li family members were still pondering the meaning of Ye Wanxi's previous words when they heard this last sentence, and suddenly felt a chill run down their spines.
What to eat? What can it eat? What's in this house that it can eat?!
Ye Wanxi successfully calmed the little rabbit, then looked at the group again and asked, "Where did this thing come from?"
Mr. Li suddenly realized: "This tea pet was a gift from an old friend of mine."
Mr. Li has been in the tea business for many years, and naturally most of his acquaintances are tea lovers.
The person who gave him the tea pet was one of them.
"Miss Ye... is there something wrong with this tea pet?"
“There is indeed a problem.” Ye Wanxi paused, then looked up to seek the opinions of the other owners. “Can I move this thing?”
"move?"
It means that it might not be able to be saved.
Before the men could react, Madam Li patted her husband's hand, exasperated, and said, "We're about to lose both children, how can you care about material possessions? Why don't you give us a word?"
Mr. Li then realized that it wasn't that he was reluctant to part with her, but Ye Wanxi's question was so abrupt that he was taken aback.
"Sure, sure, of course." As long as the family is safe and sound, I'd give her all their valuable ornaments, let alone this tea pet.
Ye Wanxi breathed a slight sigh of relief and then tightened her grip.
Everyone heard a cracking sound, and the hard jade stone shattered into two pieces.
Everyone: "..." Is this the legendary act of breaking a boulder with bare hands? That's outrageous!
Once the jade broke, the filth inside fell out immediately—a pool of silvery dust.
Mr. Li and the others were stunned for a moment, staring at the extra item with confusion.
Logically speaking, jade is translucent, so if it contains impurities, they should be immediately noticeable.
In particular, this is a tea pet with a hollow interior; if there were anything hidden inside, it would be immediately visible after pouring tea over it.
But the truth is that none of them had ever discovered that there was such a puddle hidden inside before!
"Miss Ye, what exactly is going on..."
Before Mr. Li could finish speaking, Ye Wanxi felt the sealed evil energy rise from the dust and rush straight towards Mr. Li.
Ye Wanxi's eyes narrowed slightly, and she pulled it back with a single hand.
Seeing this, the little rabbit eagerly climbed onto Ye Wanxi's arm and swallowed the thing that dared to swagger in front of it with a gulp.
The Li family members were not skilled enough to see this strange change.
However, precisely because they couldn't see it, when Ye Wanxi suddenly stood up and reached out to grab at the air, the little rabbit in her arms lunged forward like a cannonball.
Immediately afterwards, a terrifying scream, almost piercing, rang out from inside the room.
Everyone froze, instinctively turning to look at their families, wanting to confirm whether the sudden sound was just their imagination.
But when they looked at the expressions of the others, they knew that it wasn't a hallucination; there really was something they couldn't see making noise just now!
This realization nearly made them collapse on the spot. Fortunately, Mr. Li remained relatively calm and called out tremblingly, "Miss Ye..."
Helpless, Ye Wanxi gently pressed the little rabbit, who had just finished eating and drinking and let out a burp, back into her arms and explained, "This ash is talisman paper."
"Talisman paper?"
"To be precise, it's the ash left after the talisman was burned. Someone put a curse on this tea pet and sealed it inside the tea pet with this ash. So, from the outside, there's nothing wrong with this thing, and it's usually very well-behaved. Only when it's used to make tea will the curse inside be activated, revealing something."
Upon hearing Ye Wanxi's words, Mr. Li's face turned pale.
He brought this tea pet back several months ago.
It just so happens that in the past few months, he has spent most of his time traveling with his wife, rarely returning home, and even less often receiving guests in this house.
Therefore, this thing is used very rarely.
What truly made him feel fortunate was that his eldest son, Li Juexing, who had gradually grown into a pillar of the company during this period, was busy with cooperation and shipping, working overtime at the company nine out of ten days a week and rarely going home or entering this study.
Otherwise, according to Ye Wanxi, with such a terrifying thing here, the father and son would probably have already...
"At first, I was just guessing. Just now, Mr. Li wanted to make tea to entertain me. The moment the tea was poured onto this tea pet, the spell inside the tea pet was activated, and the yin energy inside rushed out and wrapped around Mr. Li's wrist."
Ye Wanxi glanced at the hand that Mr. Li had used to brew the tea: "Mr. Li, you must have felt it when you were brewing the tea, right?"
Mr. Li was slightly taken aback. He had indeed felt his wrists were icy cold for a moment, and he thought it was because of the recent changeable weather and his joint problems had flared up again.
He was still in a daze, but Mrs. Li and the two children were terrified: "Old Li, do you feel unwell anywhere? Miss Ye, is Old Li alright?"
(End of this chapter)
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