Qi Sichen moved aside.
He was now completely convinced of Lin Wanyue's abilities.
"Wanwan, are you alright?" Qi Yuan asked Lin Wanyue with concern.
"I'm fine, don't worry." Lin Wanyue gave a sweet smile.
Lin Wanyue pressed her fingers against his neck, feeling the pulse of the veins beneath her hand; it indeed carried an ominous, malevolent aura.
"It seems like he's been cursed," Lin Wanyue said, somewhat uncertainly.
After all, she hadn't had much contact with this kind of thing in her previous life, and if it weren't for Bai Wuchang's reminder, she really wouldn't have thought of getting hooked on this thing.
"A curse?" Qi Sichen frowned, finding the word completely unfamiliar.
I don't understand if this thing can really have such a big impact on Qi Yuan.
Lin Wanyue nodded, asked Qi Sichen's name, and then called out to him, "Qi Sichen."
"..." Qi Sichen, having been in a high position for so long, was rarely addressed by his full name so formally. His hand trembled subconsciously, and he was cut by the longsword in his hand.
"Why did you suddenly call me?" Qi Sichen tore off a strip of cloth and bandaged his injured hand.
"Could this be a curse? Does that mean anyone who knows the name can cast a curse?" Qi Yuan, standing to the side, had already realized what was going on.
Although Lin Wanyue is young, she is not the kind of person who does things without any logic.
Lin Wanyue gave him an approving look; she hadn't realized this guy was so smart.
“Yes, a name can also be called a curse.” Lin Wanyue’s legs were getting numb from squatting, so she sat cross-legged in front of them: “Have you heard the story of the beautiful snake?”
"?" The two handsome men, one tall and one short, both shook their heads: "No."
"When walking at night, if you hear someone calling your name, don't turn around. If you do, you might see a beautiful snake flicking its tongue at you," Lin Wanyue said with a smile.
But Qi Yuan and Qi Sichen had just witnessed such a large group of ghosts today, and now, hearing Lin Wanyue's story, they felt extremely uneasy.
Seeing that the two of them looked nervous, Lin Wanyue continued, "That beautiful snake used a spell, but unfortunately its magic was weak. If the person refused to turn back, it had no other way. And this was just the simplest spell. If it had used other methods, it could have harmed people from a great distance."
Qi Sichen frowned upon hearing Lin Wanyue's words: "So you mean someone cursed him? That's why my young master is so sickly... Can you find out who did it? I'll make sure they're torn to pieces!"
"Uncle!" Qi Yuan called out to Qi Sichen.
Qi Sichen then snapped out of his anger and looked at Lin Wanyue again.
"It's very cold here, and it's already night. Why don't you talk about it tomorrow?" Liu Junlan walked over and hugged Lin Wanyue, touching her face. He felt it was a little cold and wanted to carry her back to rest first.
Seeing that Liu Junlan was an elderly woman, Qi Sichen bowed to her and said, "Grandma, I'm so sorry, I have to take my young master home tomorrow and don't have much time. Could you please ask Wanwan to help me find out who is trying to harm my young master?"
“But it’s too cold now. I’ll wake Wanwan up early tomorrow morning. It won’t interfere with your business.” Liu Junlan was still somewhat hesitant.
When you feel that your child is growing, you should go to bed early and get up early, and put off until tomorrow if there is anything else. Don't let it interfere with your sleep.
However, Lin Wanyue herself was also eager to study the curse on Qi Yuan's body, so she hugged her grandmother and said coquettishly, "Grandma, you once told me that saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. I am saving his life. If I don't help him, he will be so pitiful."
"Little girl, what do you know about being pitiful?" Liu Junlan gave her a sweet kiss on the cheek, not feeling that Qi Yuan was anything to be pitied. The children of such wealthy families were pampered and spoiled, and their lives were much better than her Wanwan's.
But Lin Wanyue was no ordinary child, so Liu Junlan didn't want to stop her too much and nodded in agreement: "But it's cold here, so you should go inside to talk first. Let's go to the eldest son's room, it's very clean there."
Qi Sichen was also worried about Qi Yuan's health, which had only recently recovered. After hearing Liu Junlan's words, he did not refuse too much: "Thank you very much, Madam. I will have someone send a thank-you gift when I return tomorrow."
"It's just a small matter, nothing to worry about. You two go ahead and do your work. I don't know anything about this anyway. I'll go to the kitchen and cook you something to eat." Liu Junlan carried Lin Wanyue to Lin Zhongyuan's room.
Lin Zhongyuan's room was the cleanest among the children. Apart from some books piled on his desk, the rest of the room was indeed clean and tidy, and it would be perfectly suitable for entertaining guests.
"Little brother." After Liu Junlan left, Lin Wanyue said to Qi Yuan, "Take off your clothes."
"Take off...take off your clothes?!" Qi Yuan grabbed his collar, staring at her in shock.
A door can keep people out, but it can't keep ghosts out.
Lai Fu, Master Cui, and the others were already perched on the roof beam, peering down below, and exclaimed excitedly, "Our Wanwan actually got together so quickly..."
Master Cui covered his mouth: "Don't corrupt the children."
"Ugh ugh ugh..." Lai Fu struggled, but was pricked by a silver needle from Hu Jiuyuan next to him, and finally fell silent. Only his big eyes were still staring down below.
Qi Sichen frowned as well: "Why do you need to take off your clothes?"
Lin Wanyue said, "Of course we need to check what the curse on him is, otherwise we will have no way to find out."
Qi Sichen thought there was some truth to it.
If Lin Wanyue hadn't explained, he wouldn't even know what a curse was, let alone how many people in the palace and the mansion harbored resentment towards Qi Yuan—the number was probably countless.
Then he wouldn't even be able to guess who the suspect is.
"Uncle, um..." Qi Yuan blushed and glanced shyly at the spot on the roof beam.
Lin Wanyue called out to the outside, "Little Pink Butterfly Sister, please help me."
Soon, a scent of rouge wafted over, and Little Pink Butterfly, dressed in an excessively beautiful way that was unlike a human, grabbed a ghost in each hand and dragged a Laifu who was already unable to move, outside.
"Alright, there's no one here now." Lin Wanyue looked brightly at Qi Yuan, who was now almost as red as a steam engine, and gestured for him not to waste time and to quickly take off his clothes so she could check him out.
The matter was of great importance, and Qi Yuan could not refuse. He could only keep his head down and slowly unbutton his clothes.
He was thin and frail, clearly an eight or nine-year-old child, but his skin was fair and delicate, with flesh clinging tightly to his bones, and his shoulders and back had faintly protruding skeletal structure.
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