Qin Xiuran had finally managed to reduce the control of the little paper figures over him and was investigating the mastermind when the people around suddenly smelled a foul odor.
The smell was strong and the source was obvious. The people below muttered and gestured to each other, soon drawing his attention.
"What are you all whispering about?"
Seeing his displeased expression, no one spoke.
One generally can't smell oneself, and he was completely unaware until the meeting was paused and he stepped out to meet his cousin, the girl who had hit someone with her car.
The girl covered her nose, her face filled with disgust. "Cousin, did you fall into a latrine? Why do you stink so much?"
Qin Xiuran's face turned as red as a beet. "What nonsense are you spouting?"
"Smell yourself! It's stinking, get away from me!"
Qin Xiuran was so angry he almost hit her. A woman walked in from the courtyard gate, and the girl happily ran over. "Auntie!"
"Tingting." The woman smiled and greeted her affectionately. After a while, she noticed her son. "Xiuran, did you come out to welcome Tingting? Oh my, have you made up your mind? I told you Tingting is the most suitable for you. You don't know how Tingting..."
Qin Xiuran's head was instantly swimming. Su Dan Novel Network.
Although the Qin family was a highly respected Xuanmen family in the martial world, to put it bluntly, they were a family of con artists. It was only after a daughter from the Mu family married into the family that the Qin family's standing improved, and they gained the attention of high society.
Now, the daughter of the Mu family, who was the mistress of the Qin family, wanted to play the same trick, marrying her niece to her son to maintain the Qin family's status.
Qin Xiuran was extremely disgusted by this.
"Oh, Auntie!" Mu Tingting was also unhappy. "Why do you keep bringing this up?"
"Shy? Marriage is a normal thing, isn't it? And you used to like Xiuran so much, but now..."
The two young people fell silent.
The woman felt the atmosphere was stiff. As she stepped forward to speak to her son, she smelled the stench, identical to that of a public restroom.
She covered her nose, her tone filled with disgust and anger. "What's that smell? Did someone spill night soil?"
Mu Tingting took two steps back and pointed at Qin Xiuran. "It's on Cousin."
Qin Xiuran: "..."
The woman leaned closer, then quickly retreated, choked by the smell. "It really is on you, Xiuran. What happened to you? Did you fall into a latrine!"
Qin Xiuran: "...No, I'm going back. Mom, goodbye!"
He was about to explode!
"Yes, yes, hurry back and wash up, you stink! Honestly, what's going on, this smell..."
Qin Xiuran walked too quickly and almost tripped himself. He practically ran back to his room, scrubbed meticulously for an hour, changed into clean clothes, and even managed to make the maid who served him run away with the smell.
It took him a long time to realize that the previous incident was not yet over.
So, he had to bear the stench of latrine waste and, under the disgusted gazes of a group of family elders, ask for their help to lift the curse.
The group toiled for another half a day before finally getting rid of the thing he had personally released. The smell on his body gradually dissipated.
During this time, he guessed that Zhu Zhan was playing a trick on him.
Once he finally stopped smelling, he was furious and ordered someone to investigate Jiang Chongyan's background, wanting to attack him from another angle.
Jiang Chongyan's parents had been killed by the Qin family. The investigation was very quick. When the files of their family of three were placed before him, Qin Xiuran was completely dismissive.
"Such a waste, and he dares to fight me! Go and capture those two ghosts, I want to feed them to my pets!"
This was to vent his anger!
He wanted to see how much pain that waste would feel when he saw his parents die for the second time before his eyes!
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Jiang Chongyan discovered he had grown taller.
He had grown two centimeters, from 175 cm to a little over 178 cm. When he looked in the mirror, the baby fat on his face had thinned, and the lines of an adult were faintly visible.
Before, he was just a lonely ghost, with no one offering incense or worship, not consuming earthly food. Driven by his resentment, he had cultivated for three years but remained timid and cowardly, only daring to scare people occasionally, and would be hurt by the protective talismans worn by others.
However, since having Zhu Zhan, he had been absorbing her spiritual energy at close range, cultivating at an astonishing pace. When he went out at night, even formidable lone ghosts would avoid him.
He looked at the person in the living room and smiled, feeling very lucky.
[Mission target's blackening value -5, current blackening value 70.]
Zhu Zhan raised an eyebrow slightly.
The system couldn't help but sigh. [It finally decreased. The mission target in this world is really difficult to deal with.]
"Such a plot... you should be glad he's the mission target."
The system was confused. [What do you mean?]
Zhu Zhan sneered. "What do you think?"
If it were her, she would definitely slaughter the Mu and Qin families without leaving a single soul behind!
The system instantly understood and trembled with fear.
[Host, you, calm down!]
"Tch!"