In a desperate situation, Shui Miao had no choice but to say that he had already moved out of the house and lent the refund money, plus some extra, to Xiao Rong so she could use it to pay off her debts.
Upon hearing this, Chen Bing immediately offered to repay the money himself.
Everyone exchanged glances, smiled, and then turned their teasing attention toward Chen Bing.
Unexpectedly, Chen Bing was completely unfazed and even declared that he was willing to work like an ox or a horse for the rest of his life for love.
After a brief moment of relaxation, everyone went their separate ways.
Back at the rented apartment, Shui Miao found that Liu Hongmei still hadn’t returned. Looking at the broken door next door, he decided to have it repaired and rent it out later to earn some extra money.
He found two workers from a nearby storefront that specialized in doors and windows, who replaced the door panel. In less than ten minutes, the door was fixed and five hundred yuan was gone.
Shortly after, Shui Miao wrote a rental notice and pasted it on the outer wall of the main gate.
Then, he returned to his room to tidy up. In the middle of this, Sister Xiao Tang called, saying her lips were still swollen and she couldn’t come over tonight. However, she reminded Shui Miao insistently that since they were together, they should split the five thousand they had spent and later get reimbursed at the hotel. Shui Miao was speechless and hadn’t even had time to say much before Sister Xiao Tang hung up the phone in a domineering manner.
It felt like after kissing her, she had become a queen!
Shui Miao also felt that he suddenly lost his status and the right to speak.
This was a problem. He must never touch Sister Xiao Tang again! Shui Miao began to feel a bit fearful of her. After just one kiss, she was already forcing him to be her boyfriend. His human rights weren’t even guaranteed anymore. If things progressed further, she would definitely drag him to register their marriage!
Shui Miao hadn’t seriously considered marriage yet and obviously wouldn’t agree to it easily.
After putting down the phone, Shui Miao decided to shut out the outside world and focus on meditating and cultivating his spiritual energy to replenish his lost powers.
Thus, he closed the door to his room, opened the window, sat cross-legged, concentrated his mind, and silently recited incantations. Soon, he entered a meditative state.
Initially, Shui Miao felt his spiritual energy was weak and intermittent.
After two hours of continuous cultivation, he felt that his spiritual energy had recovered somewhat, but the momentum of its flow was clearly not as strong as before. After another hour of persistence, he felt that his spiritual energy had not increased even slightly, and he began to feel anxious. Compared to before, he had lost at least thirty percent of his spiritual energy.
He stopped cultivating, opened his eyes, and sighed repeatedly in regret. If he had known beforehand that intimate matters would drain his spiritual energy so much, he would have exercised restraint and definitely avoided such behavior.
But now, it was too late to regret.
Finding a good place with abundant spiritual energy to cultivate had become the top priority.
This room was spiritually barren; even sitting in meditation for a hundred years here wouldn’t lead to any success.
There was actually a park nearby. However, during the day, it was crowded with people—young and old, men and women—making it impossible to practice in peace. At night, when everything was quiet, many couples would sneak into the bushes for intimacy. Going there at such times could easily lead to spiritual imbalance. In the late hours of the night, the yin energy was too strong, and he couldn’t be sure his body could handle it. Moreover, spiritual cultivation had many requirements. The best place would ideally have abundant spiritual energy and all five elemental energies. However, in this big city, it was extremely difficult to find such an ideal location.
“Right! Talismans! Those five talismans that enhance spiritual energy could come in handy!”
A sudden inspiration struck Shui Miao. He thought of the five talismans he had previously flushed down the toilet. He could definitely use their power to enhance the spiritual energy and create a suitable place for cultivation.
Even if the talismans were gone, he could simply draw new ones. This wouldn’t be a problem for Shui Miao.
The key was to find a good location with abundant spiritual energy—that was the most important thing.
Shui Miao wanted to go out and checked the time, only to find it was already past ten at night.
No problem. Using his yin-yang eyes at night would allow him to see the spiritual energy flow more clearly!
When someone is determined to do something, obstacles won’t stop them.
Shui Miao didn’t mind the late hour at all. He grabbed his backpack and went straight out. Seeing that Liu Hongmei’s room was dark and the door was half-open, he felt something was off. What had happened to her? She had gone to the hospital for what seemed like a routine check and still hadn’t returned at this hour. Maybe he should call her to check in? Yes, better to ask. It was good to build rapport; maybe she’d be moved and tell him the secret of her background.
While walking downstairs, Shui Miao dialed Liu Hongmei.
The phone rang five times before it was answered.
“Shui Miao, you’re still up so late?”
Liu Hongmei was lying in her hospital bed, her voice very weak.
Shui Miao frowned and spoke while walking, “I was just about to go out. What’s wrong with you? Why did you suddenly fall ill?”
“I don’t know either. I just felt severe stomach pains, but after coming to the hospital, they couldn’t find anything wrong. I checked myself in. Don’t worry about me, I’m fine. Don’t come over, it’s too late. Oh, and I made you some soup—you should drink more of it…”
Even when she was in such a critical condition herself, Liu Hongmei still cared about Shui Miao.
She had never cared about any of her previous boyfriends. Even she herself didn’t know why she was so concerned about Shui Miao.
Sometimes Liu Hongmei would wonder why she treated Shui Miao so well—could it be that she owed him something in a past life?
In fact, it was something she owed him in this life.
Sometimes, things in this world are hard to explain. Somehow, people seem to have an inexplicable connection, indescribable and indistinguishable. Strangers might meet and feel like they’ve met somewhere before, familiar and close.
Liu Hongmei was deeply troubled by this feeling.
Hearing how much she cared about him, Shui Miao felt a conflict within himself. He silently listened to her words and, after a long silence, finally spoke into the phone again, “Which hospital are you at? Maybe I can cure you.”
“Don’t be silly. You’re not a doctor. Anyway, I need to sleep now. You should rest early too.”
Liu Hongmei hung up the phone, lying in bed with Shui Miao’s face filling her mind. As she thought, a sudden thought flashed through her mind: Shui Miao looked familiar. His smile, his appearance, his demeanor—they all seemed like someone she had seen before… But where?
“Oh! I remember!!!”
Liu Hongmei suddenly cried out, startling the two other patients in the same ward to turn and look at her.
“Sorry, sorry, I didn’t mean to…”
Liu Hongmei quickly apologized. Strangely, as her spirits lifted, the pain in her stomach miraculously disappeared as well.
Liu Hongmei immediately packed her belongings and checked out to go home.
As she walked, Liu Hongmei excitedly dialed her best friend and confidante, Mrs. Pan.
Mrs. Pan had just finished showering and was about to go to bed to be intimate with her husband. Seeing that it was Liu Hongmei calling, she couldn’t very well ignore it: “Oh girl, you sure know how to pick your timing! What’s up at this hour?”
“Something terrible has happened! Do you know who Shui Miao looks like?” Liu Hongmei looked around nervously, afraid that Shui Miao might suddenly appear.
Mrs. Pan was unimpressed: “Don’t tell me he looks like Andy Lau?”
“Oh come on! Stop fooling around. I’m telling you, he looks exactly like your old flame, Ah Long!” Liu Hongmei swallowed hard. “Do you remember how you asked me to switch their child years ago? That child would be about twenty now, just like Shui Miao.”
“This… this can’t be possible!!”
Mrs. Pan immediately became anxious. “Quickly tell me where you are. I’ll come find you right away.”
“Come on, come on. I just left the hospital. I’m about three hundred meters east of the south gate of Heji Hospital. Also, you know what? This kid is different from others. He seems to have deliberately approached me. Come quickly and discuss with me. Tomorrow, you can also find someone to investigate him and find out exactly who he is.” The more Liu Hongmei thought about it, the more frightened she became. She spotted a nearby bench and hurriedly sat down.
Strangely, shortly after she sat, a gust of cool wind blew by, and her lower abdomen suddenly started aching again…
She felt a cold current rushing through her body, from her lower body all the way up to her head. When this chill reached her head, the pain mysteriously disappeared.
“It’s him! It must be him who cast a curse on me!” Liu Hongmei suddenly recalled the last time she was with Shui Miao the previous night. When he ejaculated, she had felt a cold current enter her body. The sensation of that chill was exactly the same as just now.
“Ahh!”
Liu Hongmei inadvertently raised her head and saw a terrifying white-clad female ghost hovering right in front of her, staring at her with bloodshot eyes…
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