Chapter 5: He must be possessed!

The next day, Chu Ran got up early to work as usual. Guo Maoxue stood in the corridor, stretched his body, looked at Chu Ran who was working diligently in the yard, and made a mocking sound.

You were quite arrogant yesterday, and today you just do whatever you have to do.

He knew that even if Chu Qinglin had ten times the courage, he would not dare to turn against him.

This is indeed the case.

Guo Maoxue put on his clothes and hat, put his hands behind his back, and went out humming a song. Before leaving, he did not forget to tell Chu Ran, "Do a good job! I'll come back to check it out this afternoon."

Seeing Guo Maoxue leaving the yard, Chu Ran immediately dropped what he was holding and went out.

It was afternoon when Guo Maoxue came back and found Chu Ran still sitting in the same place as in the morning, working hard. Then he moved the recliner out of the house and a small stool for the teapot. Guo Maoxue sat on the recliner and picked up the teapot of hot tea as usual and took a sip from the pot.

Chu Ran silently raised his head and glanced at Guo Maoxue. Guo Maoxue noticed the look Chu Ran was giving him and said, "What are you looking at? Get to work! If you don't finish, you won't have dinner tonight!"

Chu Ran lowered his head and muttered a few words to himself.

Look how awesome you are. Soon you’ll know how to call me daddy.

late at night.

The yard was dark and deserted, with only a crescent moon hanging in the dark sky, providing lonely illumination. Suddenly, the closed door of one of the rooms creaked, and Chu Ran, with his back hunched, sneaked out of the room. He walked to the door of the next room, picked up a lock that he had prepared long ago, put it on the bolt, and locked it tightly. After locking it, Chu Ran tiptoed back to his room.

After returning home, Chu Ran lay on the bed, closing his eyes, but couldn't fall asleep.

The first time I did something bad, I was really nervous.

It's been so long, and I don't know when there will be any movement.

Could it be that the medicine was not enough?

Or maybe he poisoned someone too much and accidentally killed him?

Just when Chu Ran was about to start having wild thoughts, there was finally movement next door.

First there was the dull thud of something heavy hitting something, and soon there was a slam on the door, followed by a vague, mumbling, but extremely terrified scream from the room.

Chu Ran pricked up his ears and listened carefully, but because of the room between them, he couldn't hear clearly. He vaguely heard words like "I'm not trying to harm you...", "Don't come over...", "...it's all your fault...", "Get out...get out..."

Chu Ran frowned. What is this mumbling about?

After spending most of the night in the neighbor's house, Chu Ran was so worried at first that he couldn't sleep, fearing that he would make too much noise and someone would suddenly come over. But events proved that he was worrying too much.

The courtyard where they lived was the most remote place in the entire palace. There were not many people living nearby and no one would come here at all.

Fortunately, Chu Ran was broad-minded. In the second half of the night, his eyelids kept fighting each other. Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore and fell into a deep sleep. When he woke up, it was already daybreak.

Chu Ran opened his eyes and saw that it was dawn outside. He quickly got up from the bed and went to unlock the door.

After unlocking the door and secretly putting it into his sleeve, Chu Ran tentatively opened the door that had been locked all night.

Although he knew that Guo Maoxue had been making a fuss all night last night, the mess in the room when he woke up in the morning still surprised Chu Ran.

Almost all the tables, chairs and benches in the room were lying on the ground in a disorderly manner. The teapot that Guo Maoxue usually used to drink tea was also thrown to the ground, and the remaining tea leaves in it spilled out, making a large area of ​​the floor wet. Even the flower pots on the flower stand were broken into pieces, and the edges of the broken porcelain pieces were stained with blood, which had completely solidified after a night.

Guo Maoxue sat paralyzed on the ground with his back against the bed and his hair disheveled. His left hand hung limply on his thigh, and a large pool of blood flowed from the tip of his index finger, staining the white underwear on his legs bright red.

"Eunuch Guo? Eunuch Guo, what happened to you? Are you okay?"

Chu Ran carefully put his hand on Guo Maoxue's shoulder. Suddenly, Guo Maoxue's shoulder shook, which scared Chu Ran and he suddenly pulled his hand back.

Guo Maoxue raised his head and looked at Chu Ran fiercely.

Chu Ran stared at Guo Maoxue for a while. Although his eyes still seemed to be covered by a layer of hazy veil, they were gradually becoming clearer.

Guo Maoxue's body suddenly shrank back, his eyes widened as wide as they could, with a terrified and weird expression, as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight.

“Don’t… don’t come over here…!”

Chu Ran said in a fake tone: "Eunuch Guo, it's me, Qinglin."

Guo Maoxue stared at Chu Ran with a dull look for a while before finally coming to his senses.

He paused for a moment and said to Chu Ran, "You go out first."

Chu Ran didn't ask too much, just said: "Then I'll go out and work first."

The moment he turned around, Chu Ran couldn't help but smile.

In fact, Chu Ran didn't do anything. He just accidentally discovered that there was a place in the palace where datura flowers grew, so he picked one and dripped a few drops of flower juice into the teapot that Guo Maoxue usually used to drink tea. He had read on the Internet that datura flowers are poisonous and may cause hallucinations if eaten accidentally, so he wanted to give it a try, but he didn't expect it to be so effective.

This was the solution Chu Ran came up with after wasting a lot of brain cells all night. He put in a small amount, and Guo Maoxue could drink several pots of tea a whole day, so the poison in the teapot had long been diluted. Even if he had some doubts, he could not find any clues.

As for going to see the imperial physician, Chu Ran felt that Guo Maoxue might not have the courage to do so.

It was also Guo Maoxue's fault that he did so many bad things in his daily life that the hallucinations he had after taking the mandrake were that someone was looking for revenge on him. This was what Guo Maoxue kept shouting all night long until his voice was almost hoarse. Chu Ran then made this judgment.

When Guo Maoxue came out of the house, Chu Ran was working diligently and conscientiously.

"Did you lock the door last night?"

Chu Ran paused. It seemed that Guo Maoxue was not completely stupid. At least he knew that he locked the door last night.

"yes."

Chu Ran raised his head, his immature brows knitted tightly, his expression stiff, as if he was frightened, "Eunuch Guo, you were so scary last night, shouting and throwing things around, I was so scared at the time, and I was also worried that the eunuch would run out and disturb some noble in the palace, and then he would be punished, so I had to take the initiative and lock the door. Eunuch Guo, you, you are not... possessed by evil spirits, are you?"

"You, you're talking nonsense!" Guo Maoxue's chest rose and fell rapidly, "I'm, I'm having a seizure!"

"Really?" Chu Ran pretended to be innocent and asked, "Grandpa, what's wrong with you? Why do you look so scary?"

Guo Maoxue frowned and said, "Just do your job well and don't worry about the rest!"

He hurried down the stairs, and when he was about to reach the front door, he turned his head again, his expression sinister and with a hint of panic that he could not conceal. He warned Chu Ran, "Just pretend that what happened last night never happened. Just swallow it down! If you dare to tell anyone, be careful of us..."

Chu Ran immediately shrank his neck and said fearfully, "Don't worry, father-in-law, I won't tell."

Only then did Guo Maoxue walk out with quick steps.

Guo Maoxue didn't come back the whole day. It was not until Chu Ran was about to lie down on the bed to rest at night that he heard the sound of Guo Maoxue coming back.

A fire was lit in the next room, but it only lasted for a moment. The candlelight in the room went out and Guo Maoxue lay down to rest.

In the middle of the night, Guo Maoxue felt thirsty, so he got up and drank some tea. Not long after, the effect of the medicine took effect and Guo Maoxue started to go crazy in the room again.

The next morning, after Chu Ran opened the lock on the door, Guo Maoxue lowered his head and walked out in a depressed mood.

After experiencing hallucinations for several nights in a row, the crazy Guo Maoxue finally began to believe that he might have been possessed by a ghost.

He was afraid to sleep, for he was afraid that if he fell asleep, the evil spirit would possess him and he would go crazy.

Although it was Chu Ran who poisoned Guo Maoxue, Chu Ran had not slept well in the past few nights because Guo Maoxue had been making more and more noise recently. In order to make up for the sleep, and also because he was afraid that if he poisoned Guo Maoxue for several days in a row, he would really poison him to death, so Chu Ran did not tamper with Guo Maoxue's tea that night.

Guo Maoxue, who was not "possessed", naturally believed that the evil spirit would only possess him when he was asleep, and if he did not sleep all night, he would not be possessed.

So, from that day on, Guo Maoxue no longer dared to sleep at night.

However, Chu Ran's sleep quality has improved significantly in the past few days.

Guo Maoxue's entire mind and attention were now focused on the fact that he was "possessed by evil spirits". In addition, he did not dare to sleep at night, so he was always in a trance during the day, as if he had lost his soul.

Without anyone watching Chu Ran working, Chu Ran naturally felt much more relaxed and free.

It's actually not bad if he can keep doing this.

But this is not a long-term solution after all.

Chu Ran started to plan his next step.

No matter whether Guo Maoxue sleeps or not tonight, he plans to poison him again.

Guo Maoxue went out.

After making sure that Guo Maoxue would not come back for a while, Chu Ran, holding the datura flower in his arms, pushed open Guo Maoxue's door and slipped in stealthily, just like the previous times.

The teapot was placed on the table. Chu Ran opened the lid of the pot, pinched the flowers in the palm of his hand, squeezed a few drops of flower juice into it, and then quickly closed the lid.

After finishing his evil deed, Chu Ran turned around, and with a dull bang, his back hit the table behind him. However, before he could feel the pain in his waist, Chu Ran's mind suddenly went blank as if it had been formatted.

Finished.

Chu Ran thought.