“This way.”
Cen Baihe stood outside the ward, looking at the head sticking out from the corner of the corridor, and a hand waving at him. The gratefulness in his heart felt like a warm embrace. Taking the phone away from his ear, he smiled at Qi Yan.
Qi Yan walked up to Cen Baihe, panting and wiping the sweat off his forehead, “I needed a card to get to your floor. So I walked around for a long time before taking the emergency staircase, and was almost caught by the cleaners.” Seeing Cen Baihe’s relaxed expression, he guessed that everything was fine, “How is your brother?”
“He is ok, just some minor concussion. The police who saw the footage said it was a miracle.” Cen Baihe didn’t know if it was or not, only that someone had helped him, “Thank you Qian Qian.”
Qi Yan furrowed his eyebrows, “That doesn’t seem right. If he had the amulet with him, he shouldn’t have gotten into a car accident.” He looked at Cen Baihe and said, “Did he open the pouch and take out the amulet before?”
He put the amulet into a pouch to protect it. If ordinary people were to take it out, some of the aura would be lost, and the effect of the amulet would be halved.
Cen Baihe didn’t think about this. He didn’t even know that there was a particular way of handling it. He felt that the reason why his brother survived the accident with only some scratches was all because of the amulet.
“But it’s alright. Sometimes there might be a second disaster waiting when the first one is evaded. Now that he is slightly injured, the bad luck should be ok,” Qi Yan put his phone back into his trouser pocket, “Since everything is fine, I’ll go now.”
“How come you’re here?” Looking at the breathless Qi Yan, Cen Baihe felt bad that he didn’t clarify things in the beginning.
“Lin Yu is awake. I came here with Aunty Wang,” Qi Yan thought that perhaps Cen Baihe didn’t know who Lin Yu was, so he added, “It’s the lady who fainted two days ago.”
“Do you know her well?” Cen Baihe looked at Qi Yan’s lips and immediately averted his gaze, “How is she?”
“Not really, we live in the same building, so I’ll help whenever I can,” Qi Yan took a deep breath and continued, “I plan to help her solve her problem today.”
If he wasn’t worried that Lin Yu might think he had bad intentions, he wouldn’t have hesitated for two days and allowed the situation to escalate.
So he couldn’t wait anymore, it had to be solved.
“I’ll send you down,” Cen Baihe pointed at the elevator, “Then you don’t have to take the stairs again.”
Qi Yan did not refuse and followed behind Cen Baihe. When the bodyguard who was standing in front of the elevator saw Cen Baihe, he bowed courteously and pressed the elevator door button for him.
When Qi Yan saw Cen Baihe nodded and thanked the bodyguard, he smiled.
The general ward was very different from the premium ward. There were many people in the corridor. As there was not enough space, there were many extra beds on the side. From time to time, one could hear the patients yelling and quarreling with each other. The nurses here also seemed to be very busy. Even when a handsome guy like Cen Baihe appeared, they didn’t have the time to take a look.
Qi Yan noticed that Cen Baihe was not used to this atmosphere but he didn’t show any resentment, so he smiled, “Lin Yu’s situation is special, so they let her stay in a private ward. It’s quieter there.”
“Mm.” Cen Baihe followed behind Qi Yan. After turning a corner, it was indeed quieter, but it was an uncomfortable silence.
Lin Yu and Deng Linlin were still chatting when they heard Qi Yan knock on the door. Deng Linlin stood up excitedly and said, “Savior, you’re back?”
She had just finished speaking when she saw an extremely handsome man walking behind him. This was the first time she saw someone who looked so good in a plain T-shirt, so she couldn’t help but stared.
“This is my friend, Mr. Cen.” Qi Yan introduced him and said, “Baihe, this is Ms. Lin’s editor, Ms. Deng.”
“Hello.” Cen Baihe and Deng Linlin greeted each other briefly, and Deng Linlin’s heart instantly calmed down. Although Mr. Cen had an outstanding appearance, elegant manner, and even the slight smile on his face was impeccable, her intuition told her that this was a very cold man. He looked at her with no emotion, as if he was looking at an inanimate object.
“The doctor came just now. He didn’t say anything else except let her rest well,” Deng Linlin saw from the doctor’s expression that they still couldn’t figure out Lin Yu’s condition, so she had to stay in the hospital temporarily for observation. As a writer, she was open-minded. For example, at this moment, she suspected that Lin Yu was not sick, but was affected by something supernatural. “Savior, could you tell if Lin Yu was targeted by some malicious entity?”
Qi Yan smiled and shook his head, “Don’t scare yourself.” He turned around and signaled Cen Baihe to close the door. Then he said to Lin Yu, “Lin Yu, how many people know about your birth date and time?”
Lin Yu paused for a moment and said, “No one else except my parents.” She was still skeptical about metaphysics, but she was respectful. She never simply revealed her birth details as she was afraid that someone would do something with it.
“Ok, I understand,” Qi Yan poured a glass of water and walked to Lin Yu, “I want to check where the bad energy on your body comes from. Please give me three strands of hair and a few drops of blood.”
Qi Yan thought that Lin Yu would hesitate for a while, but she was strong. She didn’t even frown when she pricked her finger.
Qi Yan wrapped her hair around the glass and placed it in the east of the room. When the other three saw this situation, they all held their breaths for fear of disturbing the master’s practice.
“Hold on.” Qi Yan turned to look at the cupboard and took out an unopened bottle of water. He opened it and took a sip. When he turned around, he saw that the three were looking at him nervously. He shook the bottle and said, “I’m just thirsty.”
“…”
“I invite the gods from all directions, and reveal the evil,” Qi Yan put down the bottle, and began to make some hand gestures. “Reveal yourselves in all directions!”
The plastic bags that were in the ward began to move without wind, and even the pack of IV drip was shaking. When he put his hands on the ground, they stopped shaking abruptly, and the whole room was dead silent.
Deng Linlin opened her mouth slightly and almost forgot to breathe. She watched the reddish water curling up like a snake and moved out from the glass. She covered her mouth, trying not to let herself cry out.
Why is the water out from the glass, and how does it move?!
For the first time, Deng Linlin felt that she was so ignorant. The moment the water came out from the glass, she wanted to kneel in front of Qi Yan. On the contrary, Lin Yu seemed to be calm, but she was actually frozen in shock…
“Thank you all the gods for lending me the eyes of a thousand miles.” Qi Yan found two talisman papers from his trouser pocket, patted them on his forehead, turned his hand around and held them between his fingertips. The two talisman papers ignited spontaneously and the ashes fell into the water with blood.
The water made a sizzling sound and some smoke appeared and headed towards Qi Yan.
However, this thick smoke did not pose any threat to Qi Yan at all. He waved his hand, and it disappeared in an instant, and there seemed to be a woman’s mourning voice.
Deng Linlin and Lin Yu had already huddled together in fright, but because they were worried about distracting Qi Yan, they didn’t make a sound at all.
“Burying the deceased with the birthdate of a living person is evil!” Qi Yan’s eyes were sharp, his index finger was stained with the mixture of blood and ashes, and he quickly drew a talisman on the ground, “The law of heaven is clear, and the bad people are in the way of heaven, they should be punished!”
The talisman emitted a dark red light, and finally became a ray of light and went through the window, heading towards the southwest direction.
As the light was bright, the others witnessed this scene clearly even though they were just ordinary people.
Qi Yan patted his hands and took out a tissue paper to wipe them. When he saw everyone looking at him, dumbfounded, he asked with a smile, “What’s wrong?”
“Wh-what was that?” Deng Linlin stuttered.
“Similar to the doubling of damage in a game?” Qi Yan felt that they wouldn’t be able to understand it if he told them about the spell. So he simply put it another way, “Someone regards Lin Yu as a deceased person and uses her birth date to perform a wedding ceremony for the deceased.”
“Wedding ceremony for the deceased?!” Deng Linlin looked at Qi Yan in disbelief, “How could someone do that, it’s too cruel!”
Qi Yan looked at Lin Yu who didn’t say anything. She lowered her head and her expression was ugly.
“The evil spirit and bad luck around you are gone. In the future…” Qi Yan sighed, “You may have offended someone some time ago. Try to recall if someone gave you something recently, or borrowed something you often use. You just need to get rid of that.”
Lin Yu was silent for a while. Then she asked, “Including laptops and phones?”
Qi Yan figured that she had remembered something and nodded, “Even spells need to evolve according to the times.”
“I understand,” Lin Yu rarely went out, but recently, a friend of hers who was also an author came to visit and stayed with her for one night.
The friend had borrowed her computer and she agreed without giving it too much thought.
“Actually, if these two things didn’t happen at the same time, you would just be unlucky for a while but your life would not be in danger,” Qi Yan comforted Lin Yu when he saw that Lin Yu looked depressed, “They didn’t expect you to be in such danger, but they also didn’t expect that there are so many people around you who are giving you their blessings.”
Lin Yu forced a smile as she knew that Qi Yan was comforting her. However, knowing that this was caused by her own friends and family, she couldn’t feel relieved.
Money and jealousy could awaken the evil in some people, diverting them from their nature. Even if they did things that hurt others, they would not stop.
Whatever Lin Yu thought, it was not something Qi Yan should intervene in. After he received the money transferred to him by Lin Yu, he got up and said goodbye to Lin Yu.
“Thank you.” Lin Yu solemnly thanked Qi Yan. Qi Yan waved goodbye and left with Cen Baihe.
After Deng Linlin left, Lin Yu hugged her blanket and broke down in tears.
After crying for some time, she took out her phone and opened Weibo. There were thousands of comments by authors and readers who wished her well.
One of the most popular comments read “Thank you for igniting my teenage dream. I hope you recover soon.”
After seeing the comment, Lin Yu smiled tearfully, and then cried. But the sadness in her heart had dissipated a little.
She wiped away her tears and made a post.
Lin Yu: [ Thank you all for your well wishes. I woke up today. Thank you for being there for me.]
She put down the phone and felt that her mood had lifted. She hugged the blanket and fell asleep.
“What happened just now?” Cen Baihe looked at Qi Yan in confusion, “Ms. Lin doesn’t seem ok.”
“Who would be happy after being sold by their parents to a deceased man?” Qi Yan suspected that the evil spirit around Lin Yu was related to her parents, but as a stranger, he felt that it’s not appropriate to talk about other people’s parents.
Most of the parents he knew treated their children as treasures. Even if the family conditions were not good, they would not do such a thing. However, the world is so big and strange things happen, so it was not that surprising.
Cen Baihe was silent for a long time, “Then what will happen to her parents after this?”
“I don’t know,” Qi Yan shook his head and looked at the number on the screen in the elevator that was increasing, “It depends on how much Lin Yu still cares about her family. I can’t decide for her.”
He had chosen to use Lin Yu’s blood and hair to cast the spell for this reason.
“Ding.” The elevator stopped and Qi Yan said, “I should go home.”
Cen Baihe’s lips moved slightly. He wanted to invite Qi Yan to go with him, but decided that it might not be appropriate, so he nodded, “Sure, but you take this and I’ll wait for another elevator.”
“Sure.” Qi Yan did not refuse. Only when he was with Cen Baihe could he ride the elevator so smoothly, which was also the case in the hospital. After he walked into the elevator and waved goodbye, the door closed.
The elevator reached the first floor and it quickly came back up again. When he stepped into the elevator, the image of Qi Yan smiling at Lin Yu appeared in his mind.
He frowned subconsciously. Noticing that he had arrived at the floor, his face became neutral again as he walked into his brother’s ward.
He had just walked in when he noticed everyone was looking at him. He ignored them and walked to his brother, “Third brother, did you open the pouch that I gave you?”
Third Master Cen nodded in confusion, “Yes, why?”
Cen Baihe pursed his lips, looked at the pouch in his brother’s hands that had become a little dirty and remembered Qi Yan’s focused look when he drew the talisman. He reached out and took it from his brother. The pouch was covered with a layer of dust. He shook it gently, and carefully fastened it. “This is useless now, I will take it.”
Third Master Cen stared blankly at his younger brother’s words and actions, but was speechless for a while.
“Bai He, what’s this?” Cao Jingyan and Cen Baihe were as close as brothers and sisters, so they spoke casually, “Your third brother mentioned that you gave this to him before he went out?”
“A friend gave this to me. I saw that third brother was going out, so I gave it to him.” Cen Baihe wiped the stain away gently, “This amulet had helped him avert a disaster, it’s useless now.”
“Which friend of yours?” First Brother Cen was more curious than Cao Jingyan. His little brother had been a cold person since young. As a child, he hardly played with other children. So he was shocked to know that he suddenly had a friend who knew how to draw talismans.
As there was a big age gap between them, First Master Cen almost was like a father to Cen Baihe. He understood his little brother very well. He never had an interest in fortune-telling, let alone believe them. However, he now had a friend who could draw talismans?
Moreover, he gifted the amulet to his third brother and saved him from a disaster.
His brother was so lucky to have a friend who’s so capable?
At this moment, First Master Cen was not the only one who was curious. All the Cen siblings wanted to know who this magical person had caught their brother’s eye.
Cen Baihe put the pouch into his suit pocket and said calmly, “It’s Master Qi who came to our ancestral house the other day.”
“Oh it’s him.” First Master Cen had a good impression of Master Qi. After hearing that, he understood why they were friends. Master Qi was really pleasant. If he was younger by a decade or two, he would like to be his friend too.
Cao Jingyan saw her brother and sister’s look of understanding and she couldn’t help but ask, “Who is Master Qi?”
Second Miss Cen then explained it to her. She emphasized on how cute Master Qi looked as she didn’t know anything else about him.
At this moment, Qi Yan, who was being referred to as the cute boy, was squatting under a big tree and waiting for a taxi. However, it’s difficult to hail a taxi at noon. Even the drivers on an e-hailing app refused to pick passengers up.
At this moment, he missed Cen Baihe’s luck. If he stood there with him, he would definitely be able to get a car within three minutes.
However, the famous Fifth Master Cen would not need to take a taxi.
He wiped the sweat from his face and thought that the shaded area under this tree was too small, so he walked to another tree next to him. As soon as he walked under the tree, he heard a loud noise behind him. Looking back, he saw that a sports car had crashed into the tree that he was just standing under. Inside the car, a man and a woman seemed to have passed out.
