The end of the matter
Fan Wujiu's great strength worked a miracle. With just a scream, the resentment that controlled Chen Jiaoyue disappeared with one blow.
"Hmm..." Bai Wuchang snorted and commented, "You used the Ghost Crying Stick well. Keep up the good work next time."
"You are." Fan Wujiu sneered and looked at the soul-locking chain he was holding.
In reality, the Soul-Locking Chain was originally Black Impermanence's weapon, while White Impermanence wielded the Ghost Crying Stick. However, after the beginning of the new century, Black and White Impermanence began to roam the mortal world more frequently. Not only did their lifestyles change, but their ideologies also began to evolve. During this evolution, Fan Wujiu, for some reason, became fascinated with being a delinquent. To fully showcase himself, he and White Impermanence exchanged weapons, remodeling his weapon to resemble a baseball bat.
"Where...is this place?" The controlled resentment disappeared, and Chen Jiaoyue regained her sanity. Her eyes were blank for a moment, and the things she had done began to flash through her mind, and her pupils constricted and trembled.
"I, I...it's not me, no, it's impossible..." Chen Jiaoyue covered her head and murmured in disbelief. Her world of consciousness shook violently and cracks began to appear.
"Jiaojiao?" Director Chen looked up, lost in thought for a moment, then suddenly stood up from the ground, his voice trembling, "It's Jiaojiao..."
Xie Qi sighed. The wind lingered around his fingertips, then blew past reluctantly, sending his blessing to Chen Jiaoyue. "Get some sleep. It's all over."
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Xie Qi woke up again and blinked in surprise.
Sheng Zhi waved her five fingers in front of his eyes, and nervously pulled Yan Xizhao over. "Hey, there seems to be something wrong with the boss. He looks stupid. Is our hospital going to change the boss again?"
"Ah?! How could this happen?! Boss! You must not be in any harm!" Wang Xue held Xie Qi's hand, her eyes as if she was looking at a precious toy that she had just obtained but was about to lose.
Feng Qiwu touched his chin and said, "There's no boss. This seems to be a bit troublesome."
Yan Xizhao, however, gave a completely opposite answer, still affirming, "It makes no difference whether you have a boss or not."
The Black and White Impermanence took two steps forward worriedly and stretched out their hands. Although they didn't say anything, their meaning was very clear: If something happens to you, you can, but you have to pay us first!
"Uh..." Xie Qi confirmed that these guys in front of him were real, and he was really back.
But although he came back, Chen Jiaoyue did not wake up, and Director Chen was also trapped in it.
"What's in Chen Jiaoyue's consciousness world? Why is Mr. Chen's face so distorted?" Wang Xue was a little curious.
Xie Qi didn't know what exactly Mr. Chen had experienced, but judging from the situation when he arrived and saw that the other party was pushed down from the second floor, it was definitely not a simple situation.
Yan Xizhao looked at the graph that showed a sharp decline, then a sudden rebound before hitting bottom. "Her consciousness world did collapse for a moment, but now it's becoming active again."
"How could this happen?" When they left, Chen Jiaoyue's consciousness world had clearly collapsed. He should have brought them out.
"There are very few case samples related to the world of consciousness, and this is the first time I have seen such a situation." Yan Xizhao said that he did not know either.
Xie Bian pondered for a moment, "Maybe it's because the resentment has re-condensed."
Fan Wujiu nodded, "My intuition is the same."
Xie Qi thought about when he first entered the world of consciousness. He looked around to find Xu Sheng, the only person who had been to the Chen family villa, to ask, but found that Xu Sheng had disappeared at some point.
"What's going on?" Feng Qiwu also noticed something was wrong.
Michael, who was closest to Xu Sheng, spread his hands and said that he didn't know either.
In this situation, everyone knows that there must be something fishy going on with the Chen family. Xie Qi rubbed his brows and said, "Looks like we have to go to the scene to take a look."
The hospital was still in operation. Besides the Black and White Impermanence, the only person who went to the hospital with Xie Qi was the attending physician Feng Qiwu.
As soon as they entered the Chen family villa, the expressions of the Black and White Impermanence became solemn. One of them was holding a soul-locking chain and the other was holding a ghost-crying stick.
"Such a strong evil spirit." Feng Qiwu pushed his glasses.
Xie Qi's eyes have returned to normal. He didn't know what the evil spirit was, but he also felt that this place had a very uncomfortable feeling, cold and creepy.
The door of the Chen family villa was closed. Several people climbed over the wall nimbly and went straight to the place where the evil spirit was the heaviest. Xie Qi looked up and could see the balcony on the second floor - this place was exactly where Mr. Chen fell from the building in the conscious world.
The soul-locking chain in Xie Bian's hand moved on its own, and it plunged into the soil. In an instant, it split into four chains. The dead man exerted force on each chain, and with the sound of the soul-locking chain struggling, a coffin broke out of the ground.
The coffin was clinging to an evil spirit, so their actions, similar to breaking an array, should have caused a great commotion. However, the evil spirit still permeated the villa, and no corpse rose from the coffin.
"It seems a little strange..." Feng Qiwu walked closer and observed the coffin.
Xie Qi also felt something was amiss. He suddenly asked, "Will the long-term existence of evil spirits affect people?"
"Of course." Fan Wujiu felt that this was a very common sense question.
Xie Bian patiently explained, "Generally, places with heavy evil spirits will have large shopping malls, schools, and other popular places built to suppress and purify the evil spirits."
This was the first time Xie Bian had seen a villa built like this for a family to live in. Without enough popularity to suppress the evil spirits, the people living there would go crazy.
Xie Bian was suddenly stunned, and he and Fan Wujiu looked at each other.
Both of them realized that although they lived in the same environment, Chen Jiaoyue had been controlled by evil spirits and had lost her mind, but why was it that nothing happened to Director Chen?
When Mrs. Chen died, Chen Jiaoyue was still a child. Why would Mrs. Chen have such a strong opinion about a child? Obviously, in the conscious world, Mrs. Chen's malice towards Mr. Chen was more obvious.
"Could you please check the Book of Life and Death?" Xie Qi asked solemnly.
"If you are willing to pay extra." Bai Wuchang smiled.
Xie Qi: "Add."
"Okay, boss." Xie Bian raised his hand, and the Book of Life and Death appeared in his hand. It flipped rapidly and finally stopped at a page. The words on it floated in the air.
[Liu Meilan, born in 197x, fell to her death in 200x. She had no ties to her family and has now been reincarnated.]
Everyone's eyes were fixed on the last sentence: "Now reincarnated."
Regardless of whether Liu Meilan's death was related to Mr. Chen, and whether Mr. Chen wanted to use her as an evil formation to gather wealth, she had no worries after her death and it was impossible for her to gather evil energy.
Xie Bian asked politely, "It only takes another ten thousand yuan to find out her reincarnation."
"Thank you, but that's not necessary." Xie Qi flatly refused.
Xie Bian sighed regretfully and put away the Book of Life and Death.
If there was no evil spirit in the first place, and Chen Jiaoyue was really sick at the beginning, this would explain why nothing happened to Mr. Chen for so many years.
"It seems that someone is deliberately trying to kill for money." Fan Wujiu couldn't stand these things the most. He grabbed the soul-locking chain and swung it violently. The soul-locking chain broke into two parts and extended in all directions.
"Click" - after a moment, the iron chain tightened, and Fan Wujiu pulled it hard, and several bloody dog corpses were pulled out.
In an instant, the evil energy condensed and expanded several times. The dead bodies suddenly came to life, with ferocious faces, bared fangs, and howling as they rushed over to attack.
Xie Qi's heart skipped a beat when he saw these dogs. He thought of the many dog souls at the banquet that day, all of which were dogs that Chen Jiaoyue had abused to death for unknown reasons.
Did Xie San do it? Xie Qi couldn't be sure.
But according to his personality, he was so humiliated by the broken engagement, and if he had the opportunity to take revenge on the Chen family, he would do it.
The problem is that this evil formation is not something that ordinary people can create. The escaped Xu Sheng might be the guy who did this, but who introduced Xu Sheng to Xie San?
Pandora? Xie Qi had a strange feeling that Pandora wasn't someone who would harm others in this way. Pandora always targeted Xie Qi, and every time she did something, it was always directed at Xie Qi, but this time, it seemed more like she was targeting the Chen family.
Of course, there is another possibility. The current situation is not under Pandora's control. He just released a little of his own power, causing the negative emotions in Xie San's heart to expand, and the situation became uncontrollable and turned out like this.
But Xie Qi thought about what he had said to him in his previous life, that "Boss Xie" said that Pandora did not want to harm him.
Xie Qi thought about it in vain, and finally put the matter behind him.
The barking of dogs in the villa was deafening, and it seemed that the dogs controlled by evil spirits were about to rush up and bite people.
"Hmph." Fan Wujiu snorted coldly, and the soul-locking chain moved as he wished.
The baseball bat turned back into a paper stick in Xie Bian's hands. He shook his arms and swung the ghost stick, and suddenly there was a sound of bells ringing and ghosts howling.
In just a moment, the evil spirit was swept away, and all the dog corpses turned into a handful of black ash, which was blown away by the wind, and then several light beams floated in the air.
"Those are the remaining fragments of the soul." Feng Qiwu said.
"The evil formation has been broken, and all the sins will backfire on the person who set up the formation. As for you, your souls will return to the underworld and be reincarnated when your souls are complete in the future." After Xie Bian said this, he closed his eyes and began to chant the mantra for rebirth.
Fan Wujiu took out a handful of paper money from his pocket and threw it into the sky.
A moment later, the soul-calling bell rang, the ghost gate opened, and two ghost messengers with pale faces walked out, stepping on the path of paper money for rescue.
"Soul, come back! Soul, come back!" They repeated these words woodenly, and with the sound of the soul-guiding bell, they led all the remaining souls into the Yellow Springs Road.
The ringing sound faded away, and the negative energy disappeared.
Just as Xie Qi turned around to express his gratitude, the two evildoers, Black and White Impermanence, reached out their hands simultaneously, "Boss, a sincere offer of 100,000. Cash or bank transfer?"
"Uh..." Xie Qi's hand holding the phone trembled slightly.
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Hospital.
Mr. Chen suddenly opened his eyes and sat up from the hospital bed. His face was pale and his eyes were filled with fear, as if he had just escaped from some terrifying enemy.
He stared at his hands in shock, breathing rapidly.
Wang Xue, who had been paying attention to the situation in the ward, came over to check on the situation immediately, confirmed that Mr. Chen was fine, and shone a flashlight in his eyes.
"Hello, can you hear me?" Wang Xue said in a gentle voice.
Director Chen suddenly realized that he had escaped from the world of consciousness that had tortured him. He grabbed Wang Xue's arm and asked in a difficult tone, "Jiaojiao, is my daughter... okay?"
"Uh..." A thin hand pulled open the curtain in the middle, revealing Chen Jiaoyue's face.
Director Chen's pupils constricted, his breathing became disordered for a moment, but he quickly breathed a sigh of relief. "It's good that you're okay, it's good that you're okay."
Chen Jiaoyue opened her mouth and asked, "Why?"
Why did he choose to suppress her body under the villa after her death, and use it as a magic array to gather wealth, but then treat her like this? As if... as if he really loved her.
Obviously, this person only loves money! This is how it should be!
Director Chen was silent for a long time, then a somewhat awkward smile appeared on his face. "Meilan—your mother—before she committed suicide, our relationship was already very bad, reaching a freezing point."
"There were many reasons: work, life, family... We had different philosophies about running the company. The board chose me, but she resigned after a misjudgment caused the company to suffer financial losses. She became anxious and suffered sleepless nights. And I, on the other hand, knew my strategy was wrong. The company was in turmoil due to poor management, but I refused to admit it and gritted my teeth to hold on. Our emotions became sensitive, and we started to argue endlessly. We even resented each other."
"She asked me for a divorce. She wanted freedom. She felt that by my side, she had lost her own value and gradually became my vassal. Everyone used to call her Ms. Liu, but later she became Mrs. Chen. She had lost her sense of self."
"This feeling reached its peak after I had you. But instead of facing the problem, we chose to gloss over it and pretend nothing happened for several years."
Director Chen scratched his hair, trying to calm his voice, and continued, "One day, I discovered that she was hurting you. I didn't dare leave you at home, so I sent you to a boarding school and had a nanny take care of you."
"I thought you didn't want me anymore." Chen Jiaoyue suddenly interrupted, "You often don't come home, and when you do, you leave quickly. You ignore me, and I don't even see you during holidays."
"Yes, it's my fault. This is all my fault. It's also the reason why Meilan's mood is becoming increasingly unstable." Director Chen smiled bitterly. "During the time when you were away from home, our relationship deteriorated further. But I didn't expect her to jump off the building, especially on the day you came home, in front of you."
Director Chen took a deep breath and closed his eyes tightly. "I have no excuse for burying Meilan in the villa. I did have thoughts about it. On the seventh day after Meilan's death, she appeared in my dream... Your mother loves you, Jiaojiao."
Chen Jiaoyue widened her eyes. Although Mr. Chen did not say what Liu Meilan did or said when she appeared in his dream, this sudden remark made her realize something.
Director Chen continued, "I was scared. I stopped using the formation and started spending time with you at home... Maybe at first, I was out of guilt and fear. I was afraid that if something happened to you, I would be harassed and retaliated against... But I guess I got used to it. I... I got used to it."
Mr. Chen originally wanted to say "I love you", but he stopped. He knew that saying the word "love" was very despicable.
He was indeed good to Chen Jiaoyue, but this kindness came from his meanness.
"Uh..." Chen Jiaoyue turned around silently, lay on her side on the hospital bed, pulled the quilt over her head to cover up all her expressions.
"I'm sorry, Jiaojiao." Mr. Chen stepped forward and closed the curtain.
That night, Chen Jiaoyue was discharged from the hospital early. The next day, Xie Qi received a call from Lu Xuedu, saying that Chen Jiaoyue had gone to see him.
"She said she had a sudden dream about things that happened in the past. She felt very sorry for me and apologized for the trouble she had caused me. She even bowed to me, which made me feel very embarrassed." Lu Xuedu touched his neck and asked awkwardly, "I heard that she was treated at your place. Was her illness cured?"
"Maybe." Xie Qi couldn't say for sure.
Lu Xuedu muttered, "What the hell?"
After that, no one saw Chen Jiaoyue again, and no one knew where she went.
And Mr. Chen started to fight with Xie San.
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Xie Qi didn't have the energy to pay attention to them, he was looking for Xu Sheng.
He paid money to buy the contact information of the Xu family from the underworld messenger, but when he called, he learned that Xu Sheng had been kicked out of the family many years ago.
"He has evil intentions and practices evil magic, using it to help people steal money and kill people. He was discovered by the head of the family and expelled. Now he seems to have become a wandering sorcerer." These are the original words of the Xu family.
Xu Sheng's path was blocked, so Xie Qi had no choice but to go directly past him and find Pandora.
However, Pandora's whereabouts have always been mysterious. Although the Oracle Hotel and other properties are his, as far as Xie Qi knows, he rarely appears.
"Do you know where Pandora is?" Xie Qi asked everyone in the hospital.
"If you knew, do you think he could still be alive after plotting against us so many times?" Sheng Zhi asked with a sneer.
Pandora made too many small moves. It would have been fine if she had just targeted the boss, but she had to put her hand in the hospital, which was a big taboo.
Michael, who was passing by, suddenly said, "Pandora, I know him. He owns a milk tea shop, the famous internet-famous milk tea shop. What do you want from him?"
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"Damn angel! Who told you to act on your own?!" Pandora, who was observing the star chart and suddenly found that his star tracks and Xie Qi's star tracks intersected, slapped her wheelchair in annoyance.
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