Cheng Shuang rolled up the bed sheet, wrapped the Kayako trapped inside into a ball, and then stuffed it into a clay jar, sealing the opening with a talisman to suppress the ghost.
In order to restrain Kayako, she did not use the "Draw a Circle on the Ground" or "Suppressing Evil Talisman," for fear of alerting her, since Kayako should not be unfamiliar with these two talismans.
So she covered the entire bed sheet with ten talismans for salvation and then isolated it in the jar. If her guess was correct, then during this period of time, Kayako would not be able to absorb resentment to strengthen herself.
Resentment is something that can be created at will. As long as humans exist, Kayako's power will continue, which is why Onmyoji cannot eliminate it.
"It's alright!" Cheng Shuang said softly. Qianli opened his eyes instantly, stood up abruptly, looked around, and asked in confusion, "It's over already?"
She gave a soft "hmm," then, feeling dizzy, slumped back onto the bed.
Upon seeing this, Qianli immediately stepped over Yumi and helped her up. "Are you tired? Go to sleep. I'll keep watch. If there's any problem, I'll shout."
The ten-year-old boy confidently held the talisman in his hand, seemingly ignoring Junxiong beside him. But when he remembered Junxiong's presence, he turned around abruptly and saw the pale-skinned child holding a black cat, obediently squatting in the corner.
"What about him?" Qianli stared warily at Junxiong.
Cheng Shuang was exhausted and sleepy. She glanced subconsciously at the sky, which was gradually clearing up after the rain, and replied, "Take them to school?"
“Yes, skipping classes all the time is bad!” Qianli nodded earnestly. After he finished, he slapped his mouth in annoyance. What nonsense was he talking about? If this kind of person, who was neither human nor monster, really went to school, no one would study anymore. All the talk of science and civilization would be a joke.
Cheng Shuang had no time to answer him and fell into a deep sleep while hugging her pillow. Only then did Qianli notice that his friend looked terrible, even worse than Junxiong. He immediately fell silent. He was determined to keep watch all night, so he sat listlessly against the bed.
But a ten-year-old child doesn't have that much energy. Before long, he fell asleep too, until the next morning when there was a loud knocking on the door.
This time it was the real Akasaka dad. He thought the children might be too excited to stay up late while spending the night together, so he deliberately came later to wake them up.
The first one to wake up was Yumi, who had taken half a milk tablet. She had slept very soundly all night. She yawned and got up from her futon. Hearing a loud knocking on the door, her mind came back to her, and she suddenly remembered the strange events that had happened the night before.
Yumi jumped up in a panic, stepping on Chisato's calf. Chisato let out a howl and scrambled up from the carpet.
"Who's there? What the hell is that?!"
"Qianli, Qianli, what's wrong?"
His shouts overlapped with Akasaka's father's urgent banging on the door. Chisato ignored Yumi's startled reaction and quickly climbed out the window to explain, "Dad, it's nothing. I just got up too fast and tripped."
Akasaka's father: Son, do you think you can just fall from the guest room all the way to Yuko's room?!
Yumi reacted first. When she realized that it was already daylight, her fear of ghosts had lessened considerably. She immediately pulled the restless Qianli back, bared her teeth at him, and gestured towards the still-sleeping Cheng Shuang.
Chisato didn't understand, thinking he was being told to keep his voice down. He immediately leaned out and made a shushing gesture to Akasaka's father, who had already walked into the yard, his mouth opening and closing silently as he explained, "Yuko is still sleeping!"
Akasaka's father: Before Yuko's parents come back, shouldn't I break the brat's legs first? It's better than being beaten to death by someone else.
Yumi clicked her tongue and looked at Chisato in front of her, whose hair was messy and whose face was still covered with saliva and other messy things. She seriously doubted why she had ever thought that getting close to Chisato was a good thing. Distance makes the heart grow fonder!
Perhaps it was because Yumi's expression was too tragic that Chisato finally understood the dangerous look in his father's eyes. His eyes widened, and he pulled Yumi out from behind him. The meaning was clear: they were just friends.
Fortunately, Akasaka's father finally came out of his daze, because he realized that despite all the commotion, Yuko still hadn't appeared.
After being reminded by Akasaka's father, Chisato also remembered something and looked at the bed suspiciously. She saw that Cheng Shuang's face was still pale, which was obviously not a sign of fatigue or lack of sleep.
"Yuko! Yuko!" Chisato called softly for the first time, but when she realized that Cheng Shuang did not respond, she immediately cried out in panic.
Akasaka's father realized something was wrong and, without waiting for Senri to open the door, took a running start from outside the yard and jumped directly into the second floor.
Upon seeing Cheng Shuang's frighteningly pale face and her icy-cold skin, he immediately picked her up, grabbed the blanket from the floor, and wrapped it around the little girl. He then said sternly to Qianli, "Go find your mother and get the car keys. We're taking Youzi to the hospital."
Qianli rushed out, with Yumi following behind him with a pained expression. "What happened? Yuko was fine yesterday, is it...?"
Qianli had no time to answer her questions. She rushed back home, notified her mother, found the car keys, and then quickly ran out to stand by the car, anxiously waiting.
As Akasaka's father started the car, Akasaka's mother quickly tidied up, mainly taking her wallet, and sat in the back seat, gently lifting Cheng Shuang, who was leaning against Yumi, into her lap.
Along the way, Chisato told her parents about what happened last night, while Yumi cried with worry and self-blame.
The Akasaka couple exchanged bewildered glances. If they blamed Yumi for being careless, their son's insistence on breaking into Saeki's haunted house was also the culprit. Of the three children, Yuko was definitely one of those implicated.
She is still unconscious, and they are finding it very difficult to explain this to the Kawakami family.
The hospital wasn't far away, and after the doctor's diagnosis, everyone's hearts were in their throats again.
The doctor's gaze was also very unfriendly, especially towards the other two children, who, although not chubby, were healthy, but this one was unconscious.
"Sleep deprivation, malnutrition, physical weakness, and alarmingly low body temperature—how could you have ruined such a healthy child like this!"
The Akasaka couple were dumbfounded. If it were physical weakness and lack of sleep, they could explain it away by the danger they had faced the previous night. But what was this malnutrition? Did the Kawakami family abuse their youngest daughter behind their backs?
No, no, no, that's impossible. As neighbors and friends for many years, the Akasaka family understands very well how much the Kawakami couple dotes on their youngest daughter.
As a blended family, she was treated with completely different levels of affection compared to her half-sister and half-brother.
Upon hearing the doctor's diagnosis, Akasaka's mother immediately made an overseas call to Yuko's older brother, Kawakami Ryusuke. The person who answered the phone was a calm-voiced, slightly aloof young man.
He simply addressed her politely as "Aunt Akasaka" and then fell silent.
Knowing her son's temperament, Akasaka's mother didn't hesitate and rattled off Cheng Shuang's story.
"Okay, I'll be right there!"
immediately?
Akasaka's mother was a little stunned as she listened to the dial tone. Wasn't Ryusuke abroad?
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