It's the weekend, so none of the Ji brothers have to go to school.
Seeing their younger sister run to the back garden, they all followed curiously.
When the Ji brothers arrived at the back garden, they saw Qiqi bending over with her little bottom sticking out, digging something diligently by the flower bed.
"What is the little girl doing?" Ji Yunhan asked curiously, standing on tiptoe.
Ji Jingchi glanced at his second brother beside him and smiled faintly: "My sister is probably digging for insects."
"Digging for bugs?" Ji Yunhan frowned in confusion, but Ji Jinyou immediately realized, "Third brother, did you tell your sister that second brother is afraid of bugs?"
"Hmm." Ji Jingchi nodded, glancing at Ji Jinnian with amusement. "Because my little sister seems to be terrified of her second brother, almost to the point of death, I told her about my weakness. Second brother, you won't blame me, will you?"
The Ji brothers all watched Ji Jinnian with expectant eyes, while the latter calmly pushed up his glasses.
"No way." Ji Jinnian smiled. "I think the chances of my sister digging up a snake in the garden are much higher than finding an insect!"
Ji Jingchi's face turned green instantly.
As everyone knows, his greatest fear is snakes.
This is the season when snakes are most active, and with so many flowers and plants in the garden, it's possible that one or two might be hiding there.
However, the garden is regularly cleaned by gardeners, and Madam Ji would also come to prune the flowers and water them when she had free time, so the possibility of snakes is unlikely.
Ji Jingchi calmed himself down: "It doesn't matter if there are snakes. I'm not like my second brother. My little sister isn't afraid of me and won't use snakes to scare me just to protect herself."
Ji Jinnian tilted her head to look, the light reflecting off her glasses flashing across Ji Jingchi's face: "Oh, I see. I forgot to tell you, after I turned seven, I stopped being afraid of bugs!"
Ji Jinnian threw down those words and walked towards Qiqi.
He left behind a group of people who were dumbfounded.
"Wow, I found it!"
As Ji Jinnian approached, he heard the little girl cheer.
He craned his neck to look down at her; the little girl's originally fair and chubby hands were covered in black mud, and some was also on her face.
He was holding a dark box with strange patterns carved on it.
Ji Jinnian glanced at it once and inexplicably felt uneasy, as if something heavy was pressing on her chest.
He frowned: "What is this?"
"Wow..." The sudden sound startled Qiqi, and the box in her hand fell to the ground with a thud.
The box lid was opened, revealing the contents inside.
Ji Jinnian glanced at it, and his brows furrowed immediately.
"Ah..." Ji Yunhan and Ji Jinyou, who followed behind, were startled.
Even Ji Zeqian, who usually doesn't react much to the outside world, turned pale.
Huo Yusen immediately stepped forward and blindfolded Qiqi.
Ji Zhixu had already taken out her phone, ready to call the housekeeper to handle the situation.
Qiqi peeked out from behind Huo Yusen's hand and said, "Big brother, don't make the call."
Ji Zhixu paused in his dialing motion, turned to look at her, and slowly typed a question mark with his expression.
"These are the evil things that the evil cultivator had buried in our yard. There are six of them. I need to dig them all out and then perform a ritual to remove the evil spirits from them."
Qiqi originally came to the garden to dig up bugs to scare her second brother, but as she was digging, she suddenly remembered that the Seven Killings Formation artifacts had not yet been dug out and destroyed. They were still buried in the yard, which would have a bad influence on the family. She had to deal with them as soon as possible.
Practice? Evil spirit?
Ji Jinnian pushed up his glasses; it seemed his little sister had many more surprises in store for him.
Noticing that her second brother was looking at her with a terrifying gaze, Qiqi's dirty, kitten-like face turned pale.
He turned around, covered his head, and ran away, saying, "I'm going to dig up other things!"
My second brother's eyes are terrifying; it feels like he's about to turn her into pieces at any moment.
Seeing this, the others quickly followed to help.
Half an hour later, seven neatly arranged boxes were placed on the ground.
Some were wrapped in red cloth, some were covered with yellow talismans, and some were tied with hair; in any case, they all exuded a strange smell.
The six Ji brothers, including Huo Yusen, stood not far away with grim expressions. Qiqi squatted alone in front of the boxes, pasting the talismans she had drawn onto them one by one.
After she finished pasting them, she solemnly made hand gestures and applied them to the seven boxes.
Then she looked up at Ji Zhixu with her little face and said, "Big brother, could you please have someone move these to my room?"
"Okay." Ji Zhixu reached out and patted her head, then turned to instruct people to move it.
Qiqi turned her head and met Ji Jinnian's probing gaze. Her chubby little hands twisted together, and her eyes darted around.
"Second brother, I..."
"Qi Bao, come and see who's here!" Madam Ji was leading Ji Jinsu by the hand.
"Brother Jin Su".
Relieved that her words had been interrupted, Qiqi smiled brightly and headed towards them.
"Sister Qiqi." Ji Jinsu couldn't help but smile when he heard the little girl's cheerful tone, and reached out his hand towards the direction of the little girl's running footsteps.
Qiqi naturally took his hand and gently held it steady: "Brother Jinsu, did you come to see me for eye treatment?"
"Yes." Ji Jinsu said impatiently, "Sister Qiqi, my eyes really didn't hurt last night, just like you said."
His tone was excited, but Qiqi remained calm, waving her hand dismissively like a boss: "Brother Jinsu, I told you, I really can cure your eyes. With me here, you'll be able to see again soon!"
Upon hearing this, Ji Jinsu felt an overwhelming sense of anticipation.
"Really? Really?" Qiqi had said before that he could recover his vision in just one week.
"Of course it's true!" Qiqi patted her little chest and said, "Don't worry, Brother Jinsu, with me here, there won't be any accidents!"
Ji Jinsu nodded: "Okay, I'll listen to my sister."
The worst outcome would be nothing more than a false alarm, with the status quo remaining unchanged.
It's worth a try.
Seeing his resolute expression, Qiqi grinned and said, "Brother Jinsu, don't be afraid. Qiqi is really amazing. But now, let's go play with the brothers!"
"good."
Qiqi led Ji Jinsu toward Ji Jinnian and the others. Ji Zhixu had already arranged for people to move the boxes to Qiqi's room. When she saw Ji Jinsu, she greeted him gently.
"Xiao Su is here."
"Hello, Brother Zhixu." Ji Jinsu greeted all the Ji brothers before saying, "I will be staying here for the next week, and I hope my brothers won't find me a bother."
"How could that be? We're all family." Ji Zhixu patted his shoulder.
Ji Jinsu had already heard from his parents that he was there to have Qiqi treat his eyes.
Jin Su is a very good child, but he has suffered a lot of injustice because of his eye problem.
If it can really be cured, that would be wonderful.
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