Contrary to expectations of warmth, a chilly wind blew in their faces, and the damp air foreshadowed an impending downpour. Everyone stood at the Wang family's gate; the geomancer had instructed that no one should remain in the Wang family's old house before the funeral procession.
“I just informed my second sister, and she has already bought her train ticket and boarded the train.” Li Fengying’s eyes were slightly red as she said to Lu Rui, “As for your eldest uncle… have your uncle inform him.”
Lu Rui nodded. Li Fengying's gaze fell on Gu Liyan and the other person at the door. She asked curiously, "Son, Mom is asking you, what's going on with those two?"
Lu Rui pursed her lips and said in a low voice, "Mom, you know my eyes are special. They... came to see Grandma off."
Li Fengying suddenly realized and hurriedly said, "Then, then you should take good care of the guests."
"Okay." Lu Rui nodded.
Hearing people talking about him, Gu Liyan walked over to Lu Rui and said, "Madam, may I go into the old man's room to take a look?"
Before Lu Rui could say anything, Li Fengxia, upon hearing Gu Liyan's words, hurriedly turned around and scolded, "Who do you think you are?! Don't you know what the geomancer said? What qualifications do you have to enter my Wang family!"
Gu Liyan looked at Li Fengxia coldly and said, "Your surname is Li, not Wang, and it was your own mother who died!"
Li Fengxia was stunned for a moment, then burst into tears, "My mother is dead and you still talk about her? What do you mean? You bastard, you scoundrel, you heartless wretch! Shameless..."
Gu Liyan smiled instead of getting angry. "Don't think that just because she's dead, her spirit is still in that room. By the way, since you're so filial, how about you meet her? And ask her what she wants to say to you?"
Li Fengxia froze, seeing that Gu Liyan had stopped crying, and took a few steps back in fear. Instead, she pointed at Lu Rui and said:
"Look at what kind of friends you've made!"
Lu Rui frowned slightly, but before he could retort, Lu Yunshan couldn't stand it any longer and immediately snapped, "Watch your mouth! Whose son are you referring to!"
Hearing Lu Yunshan's words, Li Fengxia quickly shut up. Glaring at Li Fengxia, Lu Yunshan approached Gu Liyan and said, "Young man, the air inside isn't very good. I think we should skip it..."
“It’s alright, my friends and I will go in, you can wait at the door,” Gu Liyan said.
Lu Rui's eyes darted around and he quickly said, "My friend is half Yin-Yang Master and half Feng Shui Master. It would be good to have him take a look at the Feng Shui."
Upon hearing the word "feng shui," Wang Dongchuan, who was in the corner, had his eyes light up. "Hello, young man, I am Wang Dongchuan. Can you take a look and tell me if there's anything about my house's feng shui that needs to be changed?"
Gu Liyan glanced at Wang Dongchuan, noting his small eyes, small mouth, pointed cheeks, and dark skin, and immediately said, "Sure, are you going in?"
Wang Dongchuan's expression changed slightly as he thought of the unpleasant smell in the room. He immediately shook his head and said, "I won't, no need."
Gu Liyan nodded, then turned to An Qianbai and said, "Follow me."
An Qianbai nodded obediently and followed closely behind Gu Liyan.
The room in the red-lacquered house was filled with a horrific odor. Gu Liyan frowned as she entered the old man's room. Although the body had been sent to the crematorium, the smell still lingered.
The curtains blocked out the sunlight, making the room cold and damp. Gu Liyan looked around and felt the death energy emanating from his body resonate with the death energy permeating the room. The death energy that lingered for a long time seemed to be spreading.
Gu Liyan frowned as he looked at the dense aura of death on the bed, and spoke softly, as if discussing with An Qianbai: "Based on my understanding of the aura of death, even if the aura of death has a source, it still needs a certain medium to spread..."
An Qianbai nodded in agreement with his view. She had been carrying the seed of death energy, and it was through her own body that she was able to spread the death energy.
“But the source of the death energy here is gone, so why is there still a medium?” Gu Liyan frowned, somewhat puzzled. At this point, An Qianbai nodded in realization.
Gu Liyan paced back and forth, examining all the old objects in the room. An Qianbai followed behind Gu Liyan, also looking at the old objects around her. Suddenly, she looked up and saw an old-fashioned wall clock facing the bed, which was ticking away.
Looking at the somewhat dirty old-fashioned wall clock, An Qianbai tugged at Gu Liyan's sleeve. Gu Liyan looked at her in confusion, followed the direction of her finger, and noticed the wall clock.
Gu Liyan was slightly taken aback, then suddenly noticed that the wall clock had gained an aura of death. "This, this is!"
The space around Gu Liyan trembled as he raised his hand, causing the clock to fall to the ground. The death energy emanating from the old-fashioned clock resonated with the death energy within his body.
An Qianbai, standing behind him, also sensed the familiar presence emanating from the clock and looked at Gu Liyan with a tense expression.
Gu Liyan frowned slightly. "Judging from the source, this is it."
An Qianbai nodded.
Let's go.
After Gu Liyan and An Qianbai stepped out of the room, the deathly aura within gradually dissipated...
Seeing Gu Liyan and the other person come out, Wang Dongchuan hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "How are you, young man?"
Gu Liyan dragged the wall clock, saying, "This thing is bad for feng shui, so I took it down."
When Wang Dongchuan saw the old-fashioned wall clock, his heart skipped a beat, and he involuntarily took a few steps back in fear.
"Mr. Wang, do you recognize this item?" Gu Liyan noticed his expression and asked.
When Li Fengying saw the wall clock in Gu Liyan's hand, she hurriedly said, "This is a token of love between my mother and my father when they were young. Hasn't it always been in your shop, brother-in-law?"
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