Chapter 4

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Today was the seventh day since Wen Rou’s drowning. On the seventh night after a person’s death, it was commonly known as the “Soul Returning Night.” After a person died, they would return to the place they loved the most when they were alive. Usually, it was home.

“Tick-tock, tick-tock.” The sound was very abrupt in the middle of the night and echoed in the bedroom.

Yu Yanhui had been suffering from insomnia to begin with. Now that she kept hearing this sound, it was even more impossible for her to fall asleep. She could only get up and prepare to find the source of the sound. It sounded like it came from the toilet. Could it be that the tap was not closed tightly?

She reached out and fumbled for the switch for the toilet light on the wall. It clicked on, but the toilet light did not light up as expected. Instead, it emitted a sizzling electric current, which was even more terrifying in the silent night.

After Yu Yanhui cursed under her breath, she decided to ask the butler to change the toilet lights at dawn. She took out her cell phone and turned on the flashlight function. She shone it on the ground. Under the dim light, there were puddles of water on the black floor that extended inwards. She followed the water trail and realized that the tap was really not turned off. It was still dripping water.

Yu Yanhui tightened the tap with all her might, but the water coming out of the tap was getting bigger and bigger. From the original “drip, drip, drip”, it turned into “splash, splash”. She vaguely felt that something was wrong because the water was a little sticky, different from ordinary tap water. She opened her palm to take a look and realized that bright red blood was gushing out of the tap, and there was a faint smell of blood.

Her expression changed and she immediately turned around. She was about to leave the toilet when she realized that there was someone standing behind her. That person’s face was pale.

“Ah!” A sharp cry broke through the roof of the room. Strangely, no one in the villa heard Yu Yanhui’s scream.

At noon the next day.

“Madam, Madam.” The knocking on the door was very urgent because this matter was very tricky. The butler did not dare to deal with it at all and did not dare to delay any longer. Wen Rou’s corpse had changed, and her father, Wen Wen, had yet to rush back. The butler could only ask Yu Yanhui how to deal with it.

The rapid knocking did not wake her. Helpless, the butler tried to open the door. Unexpectedly, she did not lock the door. The next scene stunned the butler and he did not dare to move.

Yu Yanhui was actually wearing a bright red princess dress and lying on the ground. The princess dress did not fit her and looked very comical on her. Moreover, because it was forcefully put on, the threads had burst in some places. In the Wen family, the one who liked to wear the red princess dress the most was Wen Rou who had just died. Other than the princess dress, she was wearing a bright red hair clip and bracelet on her head. On her feet was a pair of wet shoes that did not fit her. Her mouth was smeared with a bright red color that was like blood. Her eyes were closed and her face was pale. She looked very much like the Wen Rou who had been fished out of the lake that day.

The butler took a look and realized that what Yu Yanhui was wearing were all the things that she had asked him to burn a few days ago. He stumbled and fell to the ground.

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Wen Rou’s father, Wen Wen, rushed back after leaving the business negotiations in another city. However, other than the bad news of Wen Rou’s death, there were two more troublesome things waiting for him. Firstly, his wife, Yu Yanhui, had fainted in a red princess dress last night and had yet to wake up. Secondly, his daughter Wen Rou’s corpse had changed.

Only when he saw the corpse did he realize the seriousness of the matter.

Wen Rou’s body was originally placed in the coffin, but now, it was sitting upright, as if it wanted to crawl out of the coffin. Its eyes were open, looking straight ahead. What was even more surprising was that the clothing that had been changed was constantly dripping with water, just like when Wen Rou had just been fished out of the artificial lake in the courtyard. Water dripped down from the hair on Wen Rou’s forehead, making her look like she was crying.

“This…” Wen Wen could not help but take a few steps back. He did not expect such a change to happen to Wen Rou’s corpse. He turned his gaze to the butler, wanting to get an answer from him.

Ever since Wen Wen stepped into the back hall, the butler felt that the temperature in the back hall had dropped a few degrees. The wind blew into the back hall like a faint cry, but Wen Wen’s attention was on Wen Rou and he did not notice anything. He crossed his arms and was a little afraid. However, when he saw Wen Wen’s gaze, he could only say in a low voice, “Master, why don’t you invite a spiritual master to take a look?”

“Nonsense. If the Wen family invites a master to visit, then the news of the strange things happening in the Wen family will spread all over Zun City in half an hour.” At this moment, Wen Wen’s mind was still thinking about the Wen family’s reputation. He could not let anything happen to the Wen family’s reputation, not even his daughter.

The butler did not expect that the Wen family’s reputation was the most important thing in Wen Wen’s heart. He could only continue to persuade him, “Master, Madam has actually encountered strange things for the past few days. There were items that did not belong to her beside her pillow for no reason. Those items were clearly already burned thereafter, but Madam actually put them on last night and can’t take them off now. In addition, First Miss has been unwilling to close her eyes for a long time. I’m afraid the Wen family has provoked evil spirits.”

With his hands behind his back, Wen Wen paced back and forth in the back hall. The cold wind in the back hall made him shiver. “Go, quickly invite a master.” He raised his head and saw the gentle and aggrieved gaze. When he thought of the strange things that had happened to Yu Yanhui for the past few days, the Wen family could not have any more news to write about.

“Master, this is Master Feng.” The butler followed Wen Wen’s instructions and found a master.

When a girl who looked to be about 20 appeared in front of Wen Wen, he happened to be drinking tea. He choked on the tea and coughed violently.

The girl was wearing a white tracksuit. Her black hair was tied into a ponytail, making her look capable. She was Feng Nian, the girl who had guarded the door during the reporter’s interview that day.

However, Wen Wen could not care less about coughing. He covered his mouth and gestured for the butler to come to his side. He reprimanded the butler for bringing a master back casually. Seeing that this master was so young and different from the sage-like master they had imagined, the distrust on his face rose spontaneously.

Seeing that Wen Wen did not trust Feng Nian, the butler immediately retorted, “Master, although Master Feng is young, she really has some skills.”

Previously, the butler’s family was plagued with bad luck. His old mother fell ill and could not get up. His wife rolled down the stairs for no reason, causing her left leg to fracture. His son was also hit by a ball. The butler’s family had been kept busy. When he was almost hit by a car on the way, Feng Nian pulled him and even gave him pointers. Only then did the butler’s family start to have more order.

Just as Wen Wen was talking to the butler, Feng Nian silently looked at the Wen family villa. This was a villa beside a mountain and a river. Although it was at the foot of the mountain, it was at the entrance of the spiritual energy. According to the records of the “Otaku Sutra”, the head of the Yang residence was in Hai, and the tail was in Si. The Wen residence was in the direction of Si, which was the dragon tail.

The people who lived here could rely on the blessings of this spiritual energy. When she looked carefully, she realized that there was a faint black aura in the villa. It seemed that the Inner Residence was not peaceful. If the problem of the Inner Residence was not dealt with, no matter how much spiritual energy there was, they would not be able to absorb it. It seemed that this family was about to be defeated.