This black aura is invisible to ordinary people.
And the source of this black mist...
Lin Xi walked closer to the desk and picked up the bamboo-carved pen holder.
The outer rim of the bamboo tube is carved with common floral patterns, and perhaps to make the pen holder look more beautiful and precious, a layer of gold powder was sprinkled on the flowers and plants carved on the pen holder.
The black aura emanating from that layer of gold dust was what was causing the blackness.
Lin Xi rubbed the layer of gold powder between her fingers, and it came off very easily.
However, the gold powder is very fine, and the engraved items have dents.
So even though the gold powder is relatively easy to rub off, a lot of it still clings firmly to the dents.
"There's something wrong with this gold powder."
Lin Xi said succinctly.
"Someone must have put a curse on the gold powder. This curse is the culprit that caused your nose problem."
This gold powder contains not only the spell that caused Xu Jiaoyue's nose to malfunction, but also some other spells, making it quite complex.
The opponent certainly put in a lot of effort to combine these techniques and then add them to the gold powder.
Upon hearing Lin Xi's words, Xu Jiaoyue's face turned pale instantly.
As she looked at the bamboo pen holder, the last shred of hope in her heart shattered.
She never imagined that it was actually this pen holder that was causing her trouble...
"Why, why did Chen Yu do this to me...?"
Xu Jiaoyue was both sad and confused. She gritted her teeth, her eyes red, and took out her phone.
"I'll call her right now and find out what happened!"
Wang Ya, who was standing nearby, was also very angry, but upon hearing this, she quickly reached out to stop her daughter.
"Jiaoyue, wait a minute. You can't ask her like that. What if your roommate doesn't know, or something else happens? If you ask her so rashly, wouldn't you be exposing your secret?"
Wang Ya is more mature than her daughter Xu Jiaoyue, and has seen more people and things.
Although the pen holder was indeed sent to her by her daughter's roommate.
But as her daughter said, she couldn't figure out why her roommate would want to harm her.
So it's possible that there's some misunderstanding or hidden story behind this.
To be on the safe side, you can first ask your roommate about the situation.
After her mother's analysis, Xu Jiaoyue gradually calmed down.
Because she has carried a "secret" since childhood, she has always lived a rather cautious life. She unconsciously keeps some room for maneuver in her interactions with others and subconsciously observes the people around her.
These habits also enabled her to discern what kind of people were around her.
As for her roommate Chen Yu, after living together for nearly two years, she was 80% certain that Chen Yu was not a person with bad intentions.
So maybe she really didn't know that there was something wrong with the gold powder in the bamboo tube?
After the mother and daughter finished discussing, they looked at Lin Xi, wanting to ask her what she thought.
Lin Xi didn't interfere much because she thought Wang Ya's thinking was quite thoughtful.
You can try asking indirectly first. If you really can't get any information, she has a way to solve the problem once and for all: use magic to make the caster suffer a backlash.
When the time comes, someone will naturally come to find Xu Jiaoyue.
After Xu Jiaoyue composed herself, she picked up her phone and dialed Chen Yu's number.
On the other end of the phone, Chen Yu answered quickly and then asked with a smile why Xu Jiaoyue was calling her.
Chen Yu's voice was tinged with laughter, and her tone was light and cheerful.
If she knew there was something wrong with the gold powder on the bamboo tube, how could she still talk to Xu Jiaoyue in this manner?
Xu Jiaoyue was speechless and even suggested that she could go and act in TV dramas.
Xu Jiaoyue put aside her chaotic thoughts and asked Chen Yu.
"Chen Yu, where did you buy the pen holder you gave me? Did you just pack it up and send it to me after you bought it? Did anyone else touch it before it was packaged?"
Chen Yu was taken aback by Xu Jiaoyue's words and asked instinctively.
Is the pen holder broken?
Then I got a little anxious.
"I forgot to write 'fragile' on the package when I sent it, but I packed it very carefully. I didn't expect it to still get damaged during transit...."
Xu Jiaoyue neither admitted nor denied it, only vaguely saying that there was a problem with the pen holder, and then asked again.
"Actually, what I wanted to ask you was whether you personally handled and oversaw the entire process of purchasing, packaging, and shipping this pen holder, from the moment you bought it to the moment it was packaged and sent out by courier. Before the shipment, did anyone other than the courier station staff touch this pen holder?"
Hearing Xu Jiaoyue ask so many questions in one breath, and hearing her serious tone, Chen Yu became even more certain that there was something wrong with the pen holder.
So she quickly and carefully recalled the whole process from buying the pen holder for Xu Jiaoyue to sending it by express delivery.
She did see that bamboo pen holder while strolling around town.
It was made by an old craftsman in their town.
That craftsman is quite famous in their area, and people from other places often come here to buy his products.
Chen Yu didn't have the time or money to buy these things before, but this semester she earned a lot of money from this part-time job, and in addition, Xu Jiaoyue is also a good friend of hers at school.
Because she was busy with part-time jobs before, although her relationship with her roommates was okay, it was only "okay".
Aside from some simple chats in the dormitory and some exchanges about their studies, they didn't really have anything else to talk about, let alone share their innermost thoughts with each other.
That day, Xu Jiaoyue took the initiative to inquire about her situation, which actually made Chen Yu feel flattered.
It might sound ridiculous to others, but that conversation between Xu Jiaoyue and Chen Yu was the first time Chen Yu had ever had a heart-to-heart talk with someone since starting university.
Chen Yu saw this differently; it even seemed as if Xu Jiaoyue was extending a hand of friendship to her.
So in her heart, she had already considered Xu Jiaoyue as a friend.
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