221: Chapter 217: Inquiry 221: Chapter 217: Inquiry Previously, Chen Hai thought Buck Teeth Zhu was truly loyal and loving.
His girlfriend had already become such a mess, yet he still stayed by her side.
Now, it seemed that wasn’t the case at all.
This guy probably changed girlfriends faster than he changed clothes.
His main reason for seeking medical help with Miaomiao everywhere was probably not to cure Miaomiao’s illness, but to solve his own problems.
After all, with someone like him, if every woman he found suddenly developed severe sores,
and then died within a short week, no one could stand such things.
“Get up, Brother Zhu.
A grown man kneeling before me, what kind of sight is this!”
With a light smile, Chen Hai glanced at Brother Zhu, who was still kneeling, and spoke irritably.
Although he was somewhat dissatisfied with Buck Teeth Zhu, the man had lowered his attitude to such an extent that he was kneeling before him.
Besides, with Hou Donggui’s face at stake, Chen Hai naturally couldn’t just ignore Buck Teeth Zhu’s matter.
“Young Master Chen, are you willing to lend a hand and treat Miaomiao?”
Buck Teeth Zhu, who had hesitated before, relaxed after Chen Hai pulled him up and cautiously asked for confirmation.
“In the past, I only dealt with Gu Technique from Xiangxi.”
“The pus and sores on your girlfriend Miaomiao’s body, I can only confirm, are absolutely not caused by Gu Technique.
As for what exactly they are, I’m still unclear.”
“Not even understanding the cause of the problem, it’s impossible to start addressing the issues on her.”
“The situation on your girlfriend Miaomiao’s body, I can only promise to do my best.”
“As for whether it can be cured, no one can guarantee it; we can only leave it to fate!”
He sighed, his face full of helplessness, as he spoke.
Before developing the sores, Chen Hai definitely wasn’t sure what Miaomiao looked like.
However, for someone like Buck Teeth Zhu, who had money, power, and connections in Hao River’s area, the women he was interested in couldn’t be too bad, at least they should meet the minimal standards.
Such a beautiful woman had turned into this disgusting state because of those sores and pus.
It had to be said, even Chen Hai felt this woman was quite pitiable.
Compassion is found in everyone.
Although Chen Hai was not a saint, and he generally disliked meddling in affairs that had nothing to do with him,
since they came seeking help, and Buck Teeth Zhu, a godfather figure in the underworld, was already kneeling in front of him, naturally, he did not want to see Miaomiao perish right before his eyes if he could help it.
“Young Master Chen, as long as you’re willing to help, whether it is successful or not, I won’t let you suffer in terms of compensation!”
Hearing Chen Hai say this, Buck Teeth Zhu quickly nodded his head and promised.
“Brother Zhu, as per what you have just described, the cause of the issue must definitely not lie with Miaomiao but with you.”
“I have just checked your physical condition, and you’re robust and healthy.”
“However, I faintly sense an obscure and strange aura entwined around your body.”
“This kind of aura, I have never encountered before.
I suspect it might be some kind of curse or witchcraft.”
“I am not clear about its origins, nor do I understand what this obscure aura truly represents.”
“I want to ask you some questions, and don’t hold back anything, just answer honestly.
Any problem with that?”
His gaze fixatedly fell on Buck Teeth Zhu, Chen Hai asked for confirmation.
“Yes!” Buck Teeth Zhu nodded emphatically, assured, “Young Master Chen, whatever you want to know, just ask me directly!”
“I know the gravity of the situation, the questions you raise relate to my lifelong happiness.
Even if you don’t mention it, I definitely won’t dare to hide anything.”
“That’s good!” Chen Hai furrowed his eyebrows, and paced back and forth in the bedroom.
After thinking for a while, he spoke up and asked, “The girlfriends you’ve had all developed severe sores.
This situation couldn’t have always been there.”
“Can you specifically tell me when this started happening?”
In asking Buck Teeth Zhu this question, Chen Hai was also seeking to understand the root of the issue.
The last time he came to Haizhu City, he helped Zhu Fang’s son, Yu, solve his persistent problem of being unable to walk.
At first, without understanding the cause, everything he did was in vain.
Later, once he identified the culprit causing Yu’s inability to walk, solving his problem became effortless.
It didn’t even require Chen Hai’s personal intervention; Zhu Fang only needed to take two people to Yangshuo to fulfill a promise to the tree spirit, and Yu’s issue was completely resolved.
Having faced such an abnormal event before.
This time, when assessing Miaomiao’s situation, Chen Hai just took a few looks and observed for a while.
He didn’t rashly try to see if he could expel the faint demon qi from her body.
Because, as he saw it, without knowing where the problem truly lay, any effort he made was merely in vain.
Only by thoroughly understanding the causes and consequences of the matter could he take targeted measures to completely solve the root of the problem.
“I clearly remember among my many women, the first one to develop malignant sores was a woman named Lan,” he said.
No sooner had Chen Hai finished speaking than Buck Teeth Zhu nodded and replied, “That was about four or five years ago.”
“I’m actually quite faithful, you know.
That Lan, she was with me for a year or two.”
“Suddenly, those malignant sores and pus-filled blisters appeared on her body, and I was startled at the time.”
“I even thought that during the time I fled and wasn’t in Hao River, she might have hooked up with someone else and caught some filthy disease.”
“People who know me are aware that I can be quite impulsive when I’m angry and act without much consideration.”
“When I confronted Lan, she repeatedly claimed that no other man had touched her apart from me.”
“I definitely didn’t believe her, considering that before she was with me, Lan had worked as a nightclub hostess.”
“Seeing her dishonesty and that she was hiding something from me, I lost my temper and kicked her a few times, slapped her face.”
“The next day, I received the news that she had jumped to her death wearing a red dress.”
“Young Master Chen, could the problem be with this Lan?
Is she cursing me?”
…
As soon as they discussed this matter, even Buck Teeth Zhu himself quickly thought of some unclean things.
“Brother Zhu, how should I even begin to describe you?” Chen Hai said, rolling his eyes in annoyance.
“You mentioned this Lan; she wore the red dress deliberately before jumping because she held a grudge in her heart!”
“However, even if she was full of resentful energy and wanted to become a spirit, it all depends on chance, on the right time, and on the location.”
“Because a spirit formed from resentment doesn’t normally work this way.”
“You can rest easy on this point, I can assure you that the sudden appearance of malignant sores on your women has nothing to do with Lan.”
“Think hard, during that time, did you offend any enemies?”
After explaining a few points, Chen Hai reminded Buck Teeth Zhu.
The faint demon qi on Miaomiao’s body could already prove that the mastermind who caused her current state was undoubtedly a supernatural force.
Sorcerers from Southeast Asia, the Onmyoji from Japan…
Although Chen Hai had never seen those people himself nor knew exactly how skilled these people were,
He believed that among them, there were indeed some who truly possessed genuine abilities and held some eerie, unknown methods.
Perhaps, due to some matter, Buck Teeth Zhu inadvertently made enemies with such people, leading to this kind of retribution?
When asked about his enemies, this question from Chen Hai made Buck Teeth Zhu quite confused!
“Four or five years ago, just before I gained my notoriety, I spent those days either smashing up places or slashing people.”
“To speak of enemies, there were undoubtedly countless people who wanted to slash me dead in the streets during that period.”
“If talking about whom I offended the most, it would have to be the Inagawa Gang from Japan!”
“They wanted to capture Hao River’s turf, and the three groups they sent were all chased away by me; even the Godfather’s second son had his leg crippled by me.”
“Because of this incident, I had to flee to Black State, a godforsaken place, where I stayed for almost half a year.”
“Young Master Chen, do you think it’s possible that the Inagawa Gang is behind what’s happening to me?”
Buck Teeth Zhu tentatively asked Chen Hai.
The Inagawa Gang, headquartered in Tokyo, commands approximately 350 groups under its banner.
With both formal and provisional members totaling over ten thousand,
This organization, alongside the Yamaguchi-gumi and Sumiyoshi-kai, is one of the largest violent groups in Japan.
If the Onmyoji in Japan truly exist and their traditions have not been severed, using the power of the Inagawa Gang to order an Onmyoji to act against Buck Teeth Zhu is certainly possible.
However, upon hearing Buck Teeth Zhu’s words, Chen Hai was somewhat puzzled.
Given the Inagawa Gang’s mode of operation, if they had indeed called on an Onmyoji to act against Buck Teeth Zhu, wouldn’t they rather destroy him completely?
Merely causing the women associated with Buck Teeth Zhu to develop malignant sores and die from misfortunes,
Yet Buck Teeth Zhu himself remains as lively as a dragon, utterly unaffected.
Are the Onmyoji from Japan that trivial?
If indeed they took action, what exactly were they trying to achieve?
To make Buck Teeth Zhu suffer unbearably?
Thinking it over, Chen Hai felt that attributing this situation to the Inagawa Gang didn’t quite make sense logically.
“Brother Zhu, think again, do you have any other powerful enemies?”
Frowning and pondering for a moment, Chen Hai once again spoke, asking Buck Teeth Zhu.