"Second brother, she asked me for Ultraman, did you hear that?"
Seeing that Li Wanning had left, Li Muhao turned around and excitedly boasted to his second brother, Li Muchen. At this moment, even Li Muchen was starting to believe that Ultraman might really exist in this world.
"I heard that! You're amazing! That's a ghost! Aren't you scared?"
Upon hearing Li Muchen's question, Li Muhao frowned slightly, then gently shook his head, as if recalling something as he spoke:
"I used to be afraid, but I'm not anymore. I've discovered that these ghosts are actually quite similar to people, except they don't have bodies."
As soon as Li Muhao finished speaking, his second brother pointed his thumb at Li Muhao again and patted the empty space on the bed, telling him to get on the bed and lie down quickly.
"Second brother, I feel sorry for the ghosts. They don't even know about Ultraman. I feel it's my duty to tell them about Ultraman's glorious deeds."
For a moment, Li Muchen didn't know how to answer his younger brother. He could only hum in agreement, and then turn off the bedroom light.
The next morning, before dawn, a layer of grayish-white, unique to the early morning, enveloped the entire sky. The servants who were preparing breakfast had just gotten up when they heard someone jogging away from the villa. Soon after, the sound of running could be heard in the yard.
Xiao Yanbao slept very well. Before everyone else woke up, he was already dressed and out of bed. Through the window, he saw Gao Kexin running in the manor. He muttered a few words about how early it was before going to the bathroom to wash up.
"Yanbao?"
"What's wrong, Mom?"
Xiao Yanbao peeked out of the bathroom with a toothbrush in his hand and looked at Zhong Jingyi, who had just woken up. Seeing that Xiao Yanbao had already started washing up, Zhong Jingyi first glanced at Li Mulang, who had finished her nighttime feeding and was still sleeping, and then rubbed her eyes.
"It's okay, Mom thought you were missing."
After saying that, Zhong Jingyi lay down again. Just then, Gao Kexin, who was jogging, answered the phone in a blind spot of the yard's surveillance camera.
Has Old Master Li fallen ill?
The voice on the other end of the phone sounded like an old woman, but her voice was strange. She spoke each word as if she had no emotion at all; it was cold and even a little scary.
Gao Kexin first glanced around discreetly, then clenched her left hand tightly in her pocket to calm her nerves, and whispered:
"Lord Wu, he didn't fall ill last night, but it looks like it will happen soon, within the next day or two."
"hehe!"
On the other end of the phone, the old lady whom Gao Kexin called Master Wu first chuckled contemptuously a few times, and then inquired with great interest about the situation of the Li family's children. It wasn't until Gao Kexin mentioned Xiao Yanbao that Master Wu on the other end of the phone suddenly interrupted Gao Kexin.
"This little girl is interesting. Don't have too much contact with her for the time being. After I finish what I need to do here, I'm going to visit the Li family myself."
Hearing that someone like Lord Wu was actually interested in a three-and-a-half-year-old girl like Xiao Yanbao, and even told her not to have too much contact with her, Gao Kexin felt a surge of anger towards Xiao Yanbao, and at the same time, some dissatisfaction with Lord Wu on the other end of the phone.
"I understand. You should keep your promise now that the Li family patriarch is ill, otherwise the Li family might not grant your wish..."
Although Gao Kexin was also afraid of the shaman who gave her the mission, she knew that the Li family must have something that this strange shaman wanted, so Gao Kexin dared to threaten him in her words.
Lord Wu was taken aback at first, then seemed to have figured something out and chuckled.
"Interesting, as expected... Don't worry, I'll definitely satisfy you."
Although Gao Kexin didn't hear what the other party said, she smiled slightly when she heard that the other party would keep their promise.
After hanging up the phone, Gao Kexin took out her left hand from her pocket, opened it, and saw several black metal pieces that gleamed with a faint light lying quietly in her palm.
In fact, Gao Kexin had been wary when she first met Master Wu, and even when she was making a deal with him, she didn't completely follow his instructions. It wasn't until she just finished making this phone call that Gao Kexin felt she should arrange the metal pieces according to his requirements.
Gao Kexin changed her running route to the vicinity of the old man's villa. In order not to arouse suspicion, Gao Kexin would stop from time to time to stretch her waist in the wisteria corridor full of purple bell flowers.
Soon, several metal pieces were buried in the lawn near the residence of the old man of the Li family. When burying the last metal piece, Gao Kexin even cut her right palm, stained the metal piece with blood, and buried it in the soil.
Just after Gao Kexin buried all the metal pieces into the ground, the old man of the Li family suddenly sat up in bed, panting heavily, which startled the old lady who was still sleeping. She quickly sat up and gently patted her husband's back.
"What's wrong?"
The old man of the Li family swallowed hard, tasting bitter saliva, and then shook his head as he slowly leaned back against the cushion.
"Qi Cheng, Qi Cheng!"
Seeing that the old man couldn't speak, the old lady quickly called out to her son. The maids who heard the commotion rushed over, and less than a minute later, Li Qicheng was also called over by the maids. Xiao Yanbao, who had already gotten up, also ran over.
"Dad, what's wrong with you?"
As soon as Li Qicheng entered the room, he saw his father leaning weakly against the headboard. Seeing that his father was in great pain, Li Qicheng immediately took out his phone to call his friend who was the director of the third ward of the internal medicine department at the Second Hospital. At this moment, the old man of the Li family shook his head and said:
"It's nothing, your mom is just making a fuss. I probably didn't sleep well. I just felt a tightness in my chest and couldn't breathe."
Li Qicheng checked the time; it was indeed a bit early. He walked over to the old man's window and noticed that the old man's complexion had indeed become rosy, which put his mind at ease.
"Dad, how about I take you and Mom to get a physical check-up today? I don't think the check-up they do at home is comprehensive enough. What do you think?"
Before the old man could speak, the old woman patted her chest, looking visibly shaken, and echoed Li Qicheng as she looked at her husband, saying:
"I think so too. Let's get a full medical check-up. I'll make the decision on this. Qi Cheng, you can arrange it!"
Standing beside the old man's bed, Xiao Yanbao nodded repeatedly, reached out and grasped his grandfather's hand, and then said:
"Grandpa, please go ahead. I want you to be healthy and able to see me through school until I graduate!"
Upon hearing Xiao Yanbao speak, the old man of the Li family nodded with a smile.
"Okay! I'll do whatever Yanbao says. Let's have a thorough check-up today."
End of this chapter
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