☆, 92, The boy who appeared out of nowhere
"Please, please save my son." When the little boy's mother saw Yu Jiuyin coming out, she hurried to him.
"Don't worry, tell me what happened first." Yu Jiuyin carefully examined the boy's body. There were no external injuries, and his soul didn't look like it had been taken away by some malicious force. Rather, it looked as if it had been extremely frightened and its soul had disintegrated.
The point is, Yu Jiuyin sensitively noticed that the luck of the mother and son was not right, as if they were swallowed by something and were in a state of great decline.
Generally speaking, a person's luck wouldn't decline suddenly unless they committed a serious misconduct. Thinking back to what Cheng Litian's mother had said in the detention room, Yu Jiuyin and Rong Qing exchanged a glance, concluding that this family had also fallen prey to a trick designed to alter their luck.
The boy's mother's description further confirmed Yu Jiuyin and Rongqing's suspicions. As the saying goes, when someone is sleepy, someone will give them a pillow. Here's the clue.
"In fact, it's not just my son. Even my husband and I feel something is wrong. It seems like we are being targeted by something. Even if we move out of the house and go to a hotel, it won't work. That thing will always follow us."
As if terrified to the extreme, the boy's mother instinctively hugged her shoulders and said, "This all started two weeks ago."
At first, she noticed her makeup suddenly disappearing at a very fast rate. Someone had used her lipstick, and when she was eating, she felt her food disappearing at an unusual rate, as if there were other people eating at the table.
She simply thought she was being careless or that one of the maids was dishonest. But she never expected that a few days later, several of the maids would come to her and accuse the housekeeper, alleging they suspected the housekeeper of stealing and peeping.
"I was very surprised at the time. The housekeeper has watched my husband grow up. Now that he's old, he's taking care of him. Even the bankbook is in my husband's hands. How could such an old man steal things? And steal food and clothes? As for peeping, it's even more impossible. Although my husband and I can't produce any evidence, he is definitely not that kind of person."
"Later, my husband suspected the maids of stealing and considered firing them. He also secretly installed surveillance cameras at home, but the footage was unbelievable. The items simply vanished on their own, as if an invisible black hole had appeared and the items were pulled into it and vanished. We both panicked immediately, but because of the unique circumstances at the time, neither of us said anything. We never imagined that this hesitation would lead to a series of tragedies."
The boy's mother's face was full of self-blame.
"Just a week ago, a maid was groped while changing her clothes. She screamed immediately, and the housekeeper on the first floor heard it and thought it was a burglar, so he rushed upstairs. But as he was running upstairs, he was hit by something rushing down from the second floor and was knocked straight off the stairs!"
"How do you know it was knocked down?" Yu Jiuyin listened carefully.
"Look at this." The boy's mother took out her cell phone and showed Yu Jiuyin a surveillance video.
In the surveillance video, there was a clear mark of a hand on the old butler's clothes. It was as if someone had bumped into him and pushed him down.
"The invisible man..." Yu Jiuyin and Rongqing exchanged glances, feeling that the boy's family's fate was no different from Mu Tian's. However, the family that was clearly trying to exchange their lives for theirs was even more vicious than the Cheng family. The Cheng family was just taking food and shelter, but this family had gone so far as to threaten someone's life.
"And then?"
"Later, we contacted the Metaphysics Association and asked someone to ask Old Master Gu for help. But Old Master Gu was too busy, so he only had someone send us a piece of talisman paper. It only worked on the first day, but then, perhaps because it knew we couldn't do anything, it became even more powerful."
Rong Zhuo realized something was wrong when he heard this, "Wait, you knew there was a problem at home from the beginning?"
"right."
"Then why did you come to me and say that the child has mental problems." Rong Zhuo instinctively felt something subtle.
"Don't get me wrong, you've seen my son's situation. If you hadn't helped him, he would have gone crazy by now. He was shy to begin with, and this thing at home has made him even more sensitive. He cries all day long and doesn't even dare to go to kindergarten. I'm not trying to use you as a stepping stone. If you hadn't told us today, we really wouldn't know about your relationship with Rong Shao and Mr. Yu. As for hiding it, it was because we were afraid that you would think we were crazy. After all, this kind of thing..." The boy's mother couldn't help but shed tears as she spoke.
She is a very elegant woman. Even when she is down and out, she doesn't want to look too embarrassed in front of outsiders.
Rong Zhuo didn't say anything after hearing this. He had originally been asking because he was worried this woman had ulterior motives. Now that he was sure it wasn't, he felt much more at ease.
Rongqing and Yu Jiuyin also understood what he meant. After listening to the boy's mother's explanation, they quickly came up with a solution.
Everything else could be put aside; the most important thing now was to find the child's lost soul. A soul separated from the body for a long time could easily cause damage to the soul. Once the wandering soul disintegrated, the child's life would be over.
"I'll go back with them first, Rongrong, you..."
"I'll stay here and investigate the information. First, find the person who wanted to exchange lives with their family." Rong Qing quickly understood Yu Jiuyin's intention. He wanted to split the forces into two groups. He would go to rescue the people, while Rong Qing would find the culprit who was willing to exchange lives with the boy's family.
Just like that, Rong Qing stayed in the special case team, while Yu Jiuyin got into Rong Zhuo's car with the boy's mother.
In the car, Yu Jiuyin carefully asked about the details of the child's lost soul.
"It's all my husband and I's fault," the woman said, trying hard to hold back tears. "Dr. Rong told us earlier that what the child needs most right now is a sense of security. So his father and I have been guarding him these past few days. But I was out taking a call, and his father fell asleep from exhaustion. In that moment, that invisible creature brought out a huge cockroach and stuffed it directly into the child's mouth. It scared the child unconscious, and he hasn't woken up yet."
"My son, will my son be okay?" The boy's mother was on the verge of collapse, and since there were few people around, she couldn't help but show a hint of vulnerability.
"Don't worry. I'll go to your house and take a look later." Yu Jiuyin comforted her, and the boy's house was not far away.
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It is a standard small villa in the city, and the decoration is also warm and interesting.
"Please come in, my husband is upstairs." The boy's mother was very polite. After Yu Jiuyin and the others entered the house, the boy's father quickly came down from upstairs.
Watching him struggling to come down from upstairs with the help of the boy's mother, Yu Jiuyin finally understood why the mother took the child there alone. It turned out that the boy's father seemed to have a problem with his legs and had been sitting in a wheelchair.
"I'm sorry, I was in a car accident last month and I'm still recovering. Otherwise, I should have come to visit you in person."
"He had a car accident a month ago?" Yu Jiuyin frowned, because he suddenly realized that the boy's father's luck had obviously declined even more severely than that of the boy and his mother. If it weren't for his good fortune, he might have died by now.
"Ah, it was an unexpected disaster. The driver of the opposite bus was driving drunk, and I was implicated." When the boy's father mentioned this incident, he was still frightened.
Yu Jiuyin also carefully asked many details about Xiangguang. However, what surprised Yu Jiuyin the most was the boy's father's background. He was from the countryside.
What is admirable is that although the boy’s family is not so wealthy, his father is a very hard-working and talented person.
He started his own business during college, and by the time he graduated, his small gaming company was already thriving. His mother, the most beautiful girl in the school at the time, was also quite wealthy due to her family's wealth. She showed no disdain for his father, and, like her daughter, admired his ability and commitment. She was very supportive of his marriage and also provided considerable assistance with his work.
"Don't worry if you laugh at me, I'm able to be where I am today thanks to my wife and father-in-law. People I know in the circle also say that I'm lucky. Of course, I am indeed lucky to have such a lover."
"So, there must be quite a few people who are jealous of you?"
"It's definitely a lot," the boy's father said, a rare hint of pride in his eyes. He quietly took the boy's mother's hand and placed both hands on his son's head. Although he was still worried about his child's safety, the family atmosphere was very warm.
Yu Jiuyin didn't interrupt them. Instead, he sorted out what the boy's father had said and sent it to Rongqing, telling him to start by investigating the boy's father's social circles. It would be best if he could find someone with a similar family background who ended up at the bottom of society.
After carefully recalling the details told by the boy's family, Yu Jiuyin added another detail for Rongqing: divorced.
Yu Jiuyin was busy providing clues to Rongqing, while on the other side, the maid in the house was serving tea to the guests.
Just as she approached Yu Jiuyin, he suddenly looked up at her, then knocked the teacup in her hand to the ground.
"Sir..." The maid was startled and instinctively tried to step back. However, Yu Jiuyin held her still and she couldn't move. Then her eyes widened in surprise. Not only him, but also Rong Zhuo and the boy's parents couldn't help but feel a chill down their spines.
There was no tea in the cup, but a bloody rat lying inside!
"I, I don't know!" The maid couldn't help but scream, but then Yu Jiuyin suddenly reached out and grabbed a handful of air.
"What's wrong?" The boy's parents were extremely nervous, and the little maid was almost crying.
They watched as Yu Jiuyin seemed to grab a human-shaped wrist out of thin air, then violently pulled him out of the invisible space and threw him to the ground.
Then he threw a talisman paper with his backhand, and instantly the face of a strange little boy appeared in the air.
His face and hands were grimy, probably because Yu Jiuyin had thrown him so hard that his nose was bleeding. But even so, the look in his eyes as he stared at Yu Jiuyin was still filled with resentment.
But in less than three seconds, the child disappeared out of thin air.
"Is he the one from my family?" The boy's family was very surprised. This child didn't look like the legendary evil spirit or vengeful ghost. Instead, he looked like a normal child, the kind whose parents didn't pay much attention to him, didn't take good care of him, and lived in poverty.
But Yu Jiuyin didn't answer. Instead, he carefully walked around the room. He felt that the situation was far more serious than he had imagined. If the Cheng family's situation back then was still consistent with the process of changing their luck, the boy's family's situation was more like a murder for money.
The point is, Yu Jiuyin did not find the boy's soul in this house.
He took out the spirit-calling bell and gently shook it. The sound was ethereal, and the unconscious boy showed a slight reaction, but it was still not obvious.
"It's strange. The living soul is here, but I can't summon it back." Yu Jiuyin frowned, feeling something was wrong the more he turned. Suddenly, he felt something binding his calf. Then, he sensitively dodged to the right. An invisible knife slashed fiercely along his left arm, piercing the flesh and causing blood to gush out instantly.
"Yu Xiaojiu!" Rong Zhuo was immediately anxious. Rong Qing cared deeply about Yu Jiuyin, and now he was hurt after just a short while. Rong Qing would tear him apart when he got back.
The author has something to say: Rong Zhuo: I feel like I'm going to die 1551
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Updated, forty red envelopes dropped in the comment section. Ahhhh, Monday was really busy, and now I have time to write an update
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