Chapter 564 Aftermath
Lai Changming abruptly opened the black pottery jar.
Inside the jar were two蛊 (gǔ) worms, one black and one white, emitting an eerie aura. He thrust the clump of dog hair in his hand into the jar. In the blink of an eye, the dog hair was completely devoured by the two worms.
Rustle, rustle…
The next moment, a wail pierced the quiet night!
Shi Menglu instinctively turned towards the sound. The stray dog that had wandered into the villa, its once black fur now snow white, seemed to have its life force drained away. Its muscles began to wither. Finally, the dog, which had been hopping around moments before, was reduced to a gaunt skeletal frame, staggering as it walked.
Shi Menglu stared, dumbfounded. "This..."
Su Peizhen said smugly, "Lulu, that's the Yin-Yang Life-Devouring Gu. It feeds on life! The Gu worms use things like hair, skin flakes, and nails as mediums. They will drain the life force of the owner of these items, eventually turning them into something like this stray dog."
As she spoke, Su Peizhen's gaze fell upon the stray dog. The old dog took two or three steps before collapsing to the ground with a thud, its strength failing it.
Seeing this, Shi Menglu shivered, then her face lit up with excitement.
If Chen Xuan's hair were fed to this Yin-Yang Life-Devouring Gu, wouldn't Chen Xuan end up as miserable as this stray dog?
...
"Aunt, Uncle is truly amazing!"
Watching Lai Changming's methods, Shi Menglu excitedly applauded and cheered.
Su Peizhen smiled with pride.
Hearing Shi Menglu's praise, Lai Changming on the altar puffed out his chest, his expression arrogant as he basked in Shi Menglu's admiring gaze.
He loved nothing more than being looked up to by others from below the stage.
This feeling of superiority was exhilarating!
"Uncle, please punish that despicable son-in-law!"
Mentioning Chen Xuan, a venomous glint flashed in Shi Menglu's eyes.
Su Peizhen gritted her teeth. "Husband, that guy was incredibly disrespectful to me. You must get revenge for me."
Lai Changming's gaze sharpened, and his indifferent voice drifted down from the altar, "Someone with such low character and no respect for hierarchy is a waste of social resources. I'll send him to hell!"
Though it was clearly an act of revenge, Lai Changming spoke as if he were upholding justice and eradicating evil.
"Yes, send him to hell!"
Shi Menglu and Su Peizhen said in unison.
Lai Changming nodded slightly and took out a strand of hair from his pocket. This was the hair his men had retrieved from Chen Xuan earlier that day.
With this strand of hair, he could make the Yin-Yang Life-Devouring Gu consume Chen Xuan's life force.
His movements were swift, a mirror of the previous actions. Lai Changming quickly tossed the strand of hair into the black pottery jar.
However, no one noticed that this strand of hair was quite long and was dyed the same color as Shi Menglu's hair…
Seeing the Gu worms slowly devour the hair, Lai Changming sneered and looked at Shi Menglu and Su Peizhen, who were filled with anticipation. "Everything is done!"
Shi Menglu and Su Peizhen cheered joyfully, looking at Lai Changming as if he were a deity.
"I'll call Su Yunxi to ask!"
Shi Menglu had a sudden idea and excitedly took out her phone.
She wanted to see if that son-in-law Chen Xuan was still happy.
"Yes, hurry up and call. I also want to see their family's expressions," Su Peizhen said with a cold smile.
She was very displeased that the Su family had disrespected her.
Shi Menglu didn't have Chen Xuan's phone number, but she had Su Yunxi's.
Before she could even dial the last digit, her hand suddenly trembled, as if it had a mind of its own. The phone fell to the ground with a crack, its screen shattering.
She instinctively bent down to pick up her phone, but then she saw her once fair forearm was covered in wrinkles, like the arm of an eighty-year-old woman.
"This..."
Shi Menglu forgot about her phone and focused her gaze on her arm in horror.
Su Peizhen also looked over. Upon seeing Shi Menglu's appearance, she let out a bloodcurdling scream, recoiling two steps and covering her mouth. "Lulu... what happened to you?"
Shi Menglu hurried to the edge of the swimming pool. The reflection in the water showed the face of an old woman in her seventies, with white hair and a large bald patch on her head!
She looked like an octogenarian bald old woman!
The next moment, she let out a hysterical scream.
"Holy crap!"
Lai Changming, seeing Shi Menglu's expression, couldn't remain calm either.
A stunning beauty had turned into a bald old hag…
"Husband, what's going on?" Su Peizhen asked Lai Changming abruptly.
"Uncle, you said you were going to put a Gu on Chen Xuan?" Shi Menglu asked, her voice trembling as she squeezed the words out.
"Don't worry."
Lai Changming took a deep breath, controlled his emotions, and immediately began to count on his fingers. His pupils contracted. "Damn it, that hair wasn't from the Su family's son-in-law. It was Shi Menglu's hair..."
"How could this be?"
Shi Menglu felt as if she had been struck by lightning.
She never imagined that the hair she was supposed to get from Chen Xuan would turn out to be her own.
Su Peizhen immediately found the subordinate who had retrieved the hair from Chen Xuan that day and questioned him. The subordinate truthfully recounted the events, but Su Peizhen refused to believe him and slapped him across the face repeatedly, nearly disfiguring him.
"Useless! You can't even handle such a simple task!"
The subordinate was beaten half to death.
Suddenly, Lai Changming waved his hand. "Wife, it's alright. This wasn't his mistake."
Hearing this, Su Peizhen reluctantly let go of the subordinate and turned to Lai Changming. "Then where did it go wrong?"
"Perhaps this strand of hair on Shi Menglu was deliberately given to us by Chen Xuan."
Lai Changming's face darkened as he gazed at the sky.
The Su family’s location in the provincial capital was in that direction.
If the hair did not belong to Chen Xuan, he should have sensed it through some unseen connection before casting the spell. However, he had no premonition whatsoever. There was only one possibility: someone had obscured the heavenly secrets. Could Chen Xuan also be a Feng Shui master?
Or perhaps the Su family had a Feng Shui master protecting them?
Lai Changming leaned towards the latter.
"Uncle, I don't want revenge anymore. I just want to restore my vitality quickly," Shi Menglu cried out.
She hated Chen Xuan, but in her current state, she couldn't bother with him.
Looking like this, if she married into the Su family in the capital, they would think she, Shi Menglu, was Su Ning's grandmother.
Su Peizhen quickly said, "Husband, hurry and help Lulu."
Lai Changming frowned, coughed twice, and said calmly, "Don't worry, with my abilities, I can naturally do it, but..."
"But what? Don't dither," Su Peizhen urged, rushing onto the altar.
Lai Changming said, "It might leave some after-effects."
"Is it serious?" Shi Menglu looked at him suspiciously.
Lai Changming pondered for a moment, then smiled. "It's not too severe. As long as you take good care of yourself, it won't affect your marriage into the Su family in the future."
"That's good then!" Shi Menglu breathed a sigh of relief. "Uncle, please restore my vitality quickly."
Lai Changming then quickly worked to restore Shi Menglu's vitality.
Soon, Shi Menglu felt full of energy, her face regained its glow, and her hair turned black again.
However, Shi Menglu's skin was much worse than before; it was dry and had many wrinkles. Still, compared to her previous state, Shi Menglu could accept it. After all, with cosmetics, or even plastic surgery, she could recover.
At this moment, Su Peizhen stepped forward, forcing an awkward smile, and comforted her, "Lulu, it's okay. You'll definitely get better."
Lai Changming also said awkwardly, "Yes, Lulu, technology is so advanced now, you'll surely be alright."
Looking at their comforting eyes and smiles, Shi Menglu looked confused and blurted out, "I'm fine, I'm actually quite good."
Suddenly, a cold wind blew.
She felt a chill on her head and subconsciously touched it, her beautiful face changing drastically!
Holy crap!
Bald!
In the Su family, Chen Xuan was sleeping soundly in bed, smacking his lips and mumbling in his sleep, "He who harms others will be harmed by others..."