Shui Miao originally intended to use a wrong-number excuse to test the mysterious stranger’s tone and find out where he was.
Unexpectedly, the mysterious middle-aged man let out a scream.
Not long after, Chu Miaoyi called Lin Xue.
Upon learning that a stranger had appeared at her godfather’s house, Shui Miao immediately called Wang Yong to inquire, quickly confirming that this mysterious middle-aged man was exactly the person he was looking for.
When Shui Miao and Lin Xue arrived at Wang Yong’s house, Chu Miaoyi and the others were already there.
The middle-aged man was cornered upstairs. However, when everyone rushed up, they saw him holding a porcelain jar sealed with several yellow talismans. His face was pale, and he was trembling as he tried to open the jar. Due to intense pain surging through his body, the jar slipped from his hands and fell to the floor. Immediately, two police officers pinned him down.
Shui Miao, wearing a plastic bag over his hand, carefully picked up the jar. When he shook it slightly, something inside moved, releasing a foul stench.
Could it be black centipedes again?
Shui Miao’s heart stirred. He quickly sealed the jar inside the plastic bag and, together with Lin Xue, followed the police as they took the middle-aged man to the police station.
During the search, the police found many bizarre and sinister items on the man, but no ID card.
For example, there were insect eggs in small bags—enough to make Captain Lin’s scalp tingle.
There were also many talismans and other strange objects.
Experts would be needed to identify these items, so Lin Xue and Chu Miaoyi invited Shui Miao to examine them. After looking at the repulsive items, Shui Miao suggested that they should burn everything in an incinerator after the interrogation.
However, everyone was curious about what was inside the porcelain jar and wanted to open it.
Shui Miao advised against it, warning that looking inside might ruin their appetites for days. They could wait until after the interrogation.
Therefore, Captain Lin began the interrogation while Shui Miao and the others watched from behind the window.
The middle-aged man either kept complaining about unbearable pain or demanded a lawyer, refusing to answer any questions.
Knowing he was a practitioner of dark arts, the police dared not lay a hand on him and were at a complete loss.
Helplessly, Shui Miao, Wang Yong, and plainclothes officer Lin Xue entered the interrogation room, replacing Captain Lin and his team.
Upon seeing Wang Yong, the middle-aged man suddenly quieted down.
After the three sat down, the man nodded coldly at Wang Yong and said, “You’re ruthless. You actually called the police to arrest me. I only wanted to talk, but you treated me like this. I won’t forget this. I won’t let you off easily.”
“What the hell are you talking about? Do I even know you?” Wang Yong slammed the table. “You evil freak, you even threw a black-qi handkerchief at me. Tell me, what exactly were you trying to do to me?”
“Hmph, who do you think you are? You expect me to just talk?”
The middle-aged man gave Wang Yong a disdainful look and turned his gaze to Shui Miao.
Shui Miao smiled faintly. “I know you’ve gone to great lengths to find me. I am the one you’re looking for. I am Shui Miao.”
“You?”
The middle-aged man frowned and sneered, “Kid, your feathers aren’t even fully grown yet, are they?”
“Hehe…”
Shui Miao couldn’t help but chuckle. “I guess someone must have wronged Yao Jun and paid you to come here to ruin his family’s feng shui, preferably even taking his life. You came here, but you didn’t expect me to ruin your plan, causing your evil arrangements to collapse. Furious, you wanted to find me and take revenge. You successfully tracked me to my godfather Wang Yong’s house, but your luck ran out again, especially since you seem to be ill, making your plan fail once more.”
“You… you’re really that feng shui master?”
The middle-aged man’s expression darkened, his eyes locked intensely on Shui Miao.
Shui Miao felt a chill creep up his spine. “Yes, it’s me. What can you do about it? I’m right here in front of you. If you have the guts, come at me.”
“Hmph!”
The man gritted his teeth. “Today was just your lucky day. If that old bastard hadn’t punched me, I would’ve definitely taken your life.”
“The old bastard?”
Shui Miao’s mind stirred. He activated the faint spiritual energy within him and focused intently on the middle-aged man.
Faint, colorful spiritual energy could be seen faintly emanating from the man’s body.
Shui Miao recognized this energy—it was exactly the same as that contained within the jade pendant at Wang Yong’s house.
Could it have been Grandpa who hit him?
“Don’t waste your breath. I’m not telling you anything. You’re just a little brat who got lucky,” the middle-aged man scoffed, clearly not taking Shui Miao seriously. He then turned to Lin Xue and said, “Female officer, you have no evidence of my crimes. You must release me within twenty hours.”
“Twenty-four hours,” Lin Xue snorted contemptuously. “Buddy, I suggest you stop dreaming. Without an ID card, we can keep you locked up and send you to a reeducation farm. If you don’t cooperate, we can make sure you never leave that farm for the rest of your life.”
“You dare!”
The middle-aged man’s heart sank, a hint of fear creeping in.
“Hehe, judging from your look and accent, you must’ve come from deep in the mountains. What do you think the outside world is like? Watched too much TV, huh? You think you’re the only tough guy around?” Lin Xue scoffed again, stood up, and pointed angrily at the man’s nose. “You’re nothing but a hillbilly. Let me tell you straight, in our world, lawyers won’t help you. If you don’t confess, you won’t be leaving this place alive.”
Lin Xue rolled up her sleeves like a furious woman, not looking like a police officer at all—more like a female version of a mountain bandit leader.
The middle-aged man couldn’t help but twitch nervously.
Shui Miao licked his lips and said calmly, “I figured out your injury. The old man who hurt you must be my grandfather. He’s skilled in martial arts that seal acupoints. Your condition likely involves blocked blood vessels in the heart caused by my grandfather’s energy. If you don’t dispel that energy in time, I’m afraid you won’t survive until tonight. Try exerting yourself if you don’t believe me—I guarantee you’ll suffer excruciating pain.”
Shui Miao focused his senses and detected a buildup of spiritual energy in the man’s chest.
“You little brat! So you’re in cahoots with that old bastard!”
The middle-aged man glared at Shui Miao, his eyes wide like two quail eggs.
“You still have the energy to curse me? Looks like you won’t believe it until you see the coffin!”
Shui Miao concentrated, channeling his minuscule spiritual energy into the middle-aged man’s body.
The man had been feeling slightly better, but suddenly he felt as if a needle had pierced his chest. Then came an intense wave of pain. He screamed twice, his chest churning violently. A metallic taste rose in his throat. He bent over and spat out a large, bloody mass!
“Ahhh! What the hell is that!”
Seeing the bloody mass actually wriggling, Wang Yong was so frightened he jumped to his feet.
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