“Oh no, come quick! The old man upstairs has gone mad too!”
Chu Miaoyi rushed into the room, opened the window, and shouted down to the police officers below.
Xiong Ying took this opportunity to exchange a meaningful glance with Shui Miao.
Shui Miao loosened his grip on his grandfather’s hand and suddenly felt a stirring of spiritual energy within his body. Surprised, he quickly turned and ran downstairs.
A group of police officers rushed upstairs. Wang Yong followed closely behind and anxiously asked Shui Miao, “Is your grandfather okay? Is he alright?”
Still concerned about my grandfather? Shui Miao expressionlessly shook his head and said he was fine, then pulled Wang Yong aside and asked, “Godfather, how are you feeling?”
“I’m fine now, really good. In fact, I feel…” Wang Yong excitedly began to talk about the spiritual energy gathering in his dantian, but Shui Miao interrupted, saying, “Godfather, if you don’t want to die, don’t say you absorbed spiritual energy from the jade. Just say you practice internal martial arts and accidentally messed up your qi. Don’t you find it suspicious that the police arrived so quickly?”
“Ahh!”
Reminded by Shui Miao, Wang Yong’s eyes darted around as he quickly regained his senses.
“Why don’t you go upstairs and handle things?” Shui Miao felt deeply depressed. He hadn’t expected his grandfather to be so sinister in his pursuit of spiritual energy. He wondered what kind of person his grandfather would become after his cultivation became even more powerful.
“Oh, by the way Shui Miao, I forgot to tell you my birthday last time. My birthday is…”
Wang Yong revealed his birthday, which was also the password to the savings book he had given Shui Miao previously.
Shui Miao nodded and headed toward the courtyard where Lin Xue was resting, exhausted. Shui Miao believed that the cunning Wang Yong could easily handle this group of police officers while in a clear state of mind.
“Shui Miao, I have to admit I’m impressed,” Lin Xue gasped for breath as she gave Shui Miao a thumbs-up. “You’re truly a master of dreams! You even know about cultivation.”
Shui Miao sat beside Lin Xue and softly said, “Sister Lin, could you please keep the things I told you about my dreams to yourselves? I’m afraid it will bring me a lot of trouble. I just want to live a quiet life. The only reason I told you these things is because I consider you my best friends. However, if this gets out, I won’t be able to live peacefully anymore. I still need to go to Zhonghai City to find my mother…”
“Shui Miao, I understand. Don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone. I’ll go find Miaoyi now and tell her not to say anything either.”
Being a sincere person, Lin Xue immediately got up and went upstairs to find Chu Miaoyi.
The grandfather had changed.
Godfather Wang Yong was fine too.
He had already spoken to Chu Miaoyi.
There was no point in staying any longer. Shui Miao turned and left Wang Yong’s house, heading to the roadside and getting into a car.
Chen Bing was already waiting inside the car…
Without saying a word, Shui Miao drove away.
At the bank, Shui Miao withdrew all 100,000 yuan and directly gave 50,000 to Chen Bing, asking him to buy a mobile phone and use the remaining money to rent a shop and start a small business in Zhonghai City. However, to Shui Miao’s surprise, after receiving the 50,000 yuan, Chen Bing gave up his plan to go to Zhonghai City. He decided to rent a shop in Huanghai City to run a small business, as it would be more convenient to take care of his parents.
Shui Miao was very pleased with Chen Bing’s decision.
Immediately, Shui Miao and Chen Bing began looking for a suitable shop.
Everything went smoothly. Right at the entrance of the Sunshine Community in the eastern part of the city, there happened to be a shop available for rent at an annual rent of 20,000 yuan—neither too much nor too little. Shui Miao decisively took out the remaining 50,000 yuan and paid three years’ rent for Chen Bing, also giving him the remaining 40,000 yuan. He entrusted Chen Bing to take care of Chenxiang whenever possible.
Deeply moved, Chen Bing swore he would definitely take good care of Chenxiang.
This shop was in a good location and would be suitable for opening a fruit and snack shop.
Following Shui Miao’s suggestion, Chen Bing first hired a car to bring his parents from the countryside and then busied himself preparing to open the shop.
Shui Miao came to the bank alone again.
The money from the savings book given by Wang Yong had been spent, leaving only the 200,000 yuan from Yao Kang. Shui Miao withdrew another 100,000 yuan. He remembered the parents of Shen Hui, the female ghost from Sun Jijun’s house—they were very pitiful. Originally, Shui Miao had planned to give them 50,000 yuan, but since Chen Bing had changed his mind at the last minute, he had to withdraw another 100,000 yuan and hurriedly headed to Shen Hui’s house.
On the way, Shui Miao received a phone call from Lin Xue.
“Shui Miao, I’ve already reminded Miaoyi. Your grandfather is okay too. Godfather Wang gave the jade to my father so he could report back. There’s nothing else major going on. Where are you? I need to find you for something.” After discussing with Chu Miaoyi, Lin Xue had secretly formulated a plan with her. Then Lin Xue went home to change clothes, wearing long pants and a white shirt, dressing like a white-collar worker, completely transforming her appearance.
Lin Xue had neither negative feelings nor excessive affection toward Shui Miao.
Like Chu Miaoyi, she was more curious about Shui Miao, wanting to get closer to him and learn more secrets.
Women’s curiosity was particularly strong, and Lin Xue and Chu Miaoyi were no exceptions.
“I’m going to the fourth group of Jiuzao Village, Shen Weimin’s house.” Did Lin Xue want to investigate me secretly? Shui Miao paused, “Here’s the thing. In my previous dream, I saw Sun Jijun’s house and met a female ghost named Shen Hui. I helped her in my dream. Now I want to go to the fourth group of Jiuzao Village to check. If her family’s situation is the same as what I saw in my dream, I will give part of the money I earned from Yao Kang to help her family. If… If you’re interested, Lin Xue, you can come and see for yourself.”
“Really? Then I’m coming right away.”
Of course, Lin Xue was interested, and she was actually worried about not having an excuse to get closer to Shui Miao.
Half an hour later, Shui Miao arrived at his destination.
Lin Xue also hurriedly arrived in a red car.
However, the Shen family’s door was tightly shut.
After asking neighbors, they learned that the elderly couple, Shen Weimin, had died a month ago. Upon hearing the news of their daughter’s death, the elderly couple, who were already ill, drank their own pesticide. By the time neighbors discovered them, their bodies had already rotted and stank.
Such is life’s unpredictability; so much had happened in over a month.
Shui Miao thanked the neighbor, got into his car, and drove silently, thinking that he should return to Zhonghai City as soon as possible—preferably immediately.
But at this moment, Lin Xue received a call from Chu Miaoyi.
“What? You found Old Huang?”
“No way! Are they also looking for Shui Miao?”
“Okay, okay, I’ll tell him right away.”
After hanging up the phone, Lin Xue quickly stuck her head out of the car window and shouted loudly at Shui Miao’s car ahead, “Stop the car! Shui Miao, quickly stop the car! There’s an emergency!”
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