“Roar!”

Even completely restrained, Bai Yingying's struggles never ceased. In fact, the constant resistance slowly stimulated the potential within her.

Sleeping beside Zhou Ze day and night,

even if unintentional, even if Boss Zhou didn't actively do anything,

it might be an exaggeration,

but the subtle changes were very real.

Bai Yingying's constant closeness to Zhou Ze, her fascination with his scent, her obedience to him,

the emotional connection was certainly the primary reason,

but the physiological needs couldn't be completely denied.

And people often unleash their inner strength when they are at their most frenzied.

Unfortunately,

at this moment, she had to face

her own boss.

Bai Yingying’s elbows were propped on the ground, her knees pressing against the tiles, her head still held high.

“Crack… crack… crack…”

Cracking sounds echoed, like spiderwebs spreading first across the tiled floor, then onto the walls and ceiling.

A terrifying force was brewing,

like a volcano about to erupt.

Zhou Ze remained seated,

but

the veins on his hands were bulging, and his lips were tightly pressed together.

His right arm was broken, so trying to restrain her with only one arm was proving difficult.

However,

right now,

this was the only way to control Yingying without hurting her.

Earlier, he had been too careless.

Because of the old Taoist's example, even though the old Taoist was cursed, he didn't show obvious aggression, only appearing somewhat dull and incoherent.

Why

could the old Taoist withstand it?

Why was Yingying so quickly controlled?

Could it be because the old Taoist was an ordinary person while Yingying was a jiangshi (Chinese hopping vampire)?

In terms of pure willpower, Yingying, who had endured two hundred years of lonely torment, couldn't be inferior to a fake, disrespectful Taoist.

The black mist began to deform under Bai Yingying's tearing, gradually becoming unsustainable.

The next moment,

Zhou Ze released his hands and waved them casually;

the black mist dissipated,

Yingying was free again!

"Buzz!"

Bai Yingying pounced directly at Zhou Ze.

Zhou Ze shook his hand, then extended it forward, uttering two words:

"Newspaper."

The black mist controlled by his five fingers instantly condensed, transforming into a black screen that slammed down!

"Whack!!!"

A solid smack,

Yingying, in mid-charge, was slammed onto the ground by Zhou Ze.

This time,

her head, feet, and hands were all on the ground,

pinned there, unable to move at all.

Moreover,

this slap dispersed much of the baleful aura around Yingying, making her struggles less intense than before.

The scene resembled someone rolling up a newspaper and hitting you on the head with it.

Every morning, Boss Zhou would lie on the sofa and say, "Coffee, newspaper."

This method of controlling the black mist was stolen from that person, so he naturally couldn't ask them what the move was called.

Zhou Ze hadn't decided on a name,

anything too chuuni (overly dramatic) would be too cliché.

So,

he was temporarily using "coffee" and "newspaper" as substitutes.

Just then,

there was a sound from outside.

"Boss!"

They had arrived.

Zhou Ze flipped his wrist, the black mist dissipated, and Yingying staggered to her feet, somewhat confused, but still instinctively lunged towards Zhou Ze.

"Bind!"

Three mirrors flew directly in front of Zhou Ze and plunged into the floor. Each mirror had a burning candle inside, and the reflected light shone on Yingying, making her fearful and slowing her steps.

Zhou Ze clutched his chest, feigning serious injury and weakness, but upon seeing this, he immediately shouted:

"Control her, don't hurt her!

Anyone who dares to hurt her, I'll crush their soul-blood!"

Liu Chuyu, who had just pulled out his bamboo pole, stumbled.

What the hell?

Is he serious?

At this moment,

Liu Chuyu had the urge to simply step aside

and let the boss get killed first.

"I'll suppress her, Yueya, acupuncture with silver needles! Lin Ke, help!"

An lawyer's voice came.

A skeletal hand emerged from the air, directly grabbing Bai Yingying's neck and pressing down!

The female jiangshi was forced to bend over; An lawyer's methods were still very tough.

In addition, the baleful aura around her had been forcibly dispersed by Zhou Ze earlier, so she couldn't unleash her full strength.

But Bai Yingying refused to give up. The female jiangshi turned sideways and grabbed back.

An lawyer's eyes narrowed. His skeletal hand clashed with Bai Yingying's claws more than ten times, creating a series of sparks.

Several times,

An lawyer saw openings and could have seriously injured Bai Yingying, but remembering what Zhou Ze had said earlier, he could only suppress the impulse.

The little loli's long tongue shot out, dividing into four in the air, and wrapped around Yingying's arms and feet.

Bai Yingying's body trembled, and her speed immediately slowed down.

During this time, under An lawyer's guidance, the little loli had developed her tongue skills to a deeper level.

"Roar!"

Bai Yingying let out a roar,

her arms stretched out,

still wanting to resist,

showing no signs of fatigue.

An lawyer's skeletal hand directly touched Bai Yingying's forehead.

A cloud of pink mist emanated and instantly entered Bai Yingying's consciousness, causing the female jiangshi to freeze at that moment, forgetting to move.

At this moment, Yueya, seizing the opportunity, finally acted. She thrust out silver needles,

four needles piercing into Bai Yingying's arms and feet,

and one needle piercing into Bai Yingying's neck.

An lawyer released his hand,

and the little loli also retracted her tongue.

Bai Yingying staggered,

and finally,

fell to the ground,

motionless.

However, the female jiangshi's terror and strength still lingered, causing everyone to feel lingering fear.

"Boss, are you okay?"

Zheng Qiang ran over at this time and helped Zhou Ze up. His gaze lingered on Zhou Ze's broken right arm for a moment, and a look of contempt appeared in his eyes.

He had seen Zhou Ze fight Gu He and didn't think that a rampaging female jiangshi could completely overwhelm him.

In the end,

his Captain was definitely showing a woman's kindness.

It was quite a luxury to show a woman's kindness at this time.

"I'm fine. Fortunately, you guys came early, or I wouldn't know what to do."

At this time,

An lawyer took the initiative to walk to Zhou Ze and actually imitated the Qing Dynasty dramas, flicking his cuffs and kneeling on one knee:

"This servant was late in rescuing you, please forgive me, Boss."

"So mischievous?" Zhou Ze asked, looking at An lawyer.

"Hehe."

An lawyer smiled and then pointed to Yueya and the little loli, saying, "You two are responsible for watching her."

Yueya and the little loli nodded. The little loli even gave Zhou Ze a meaningful glance.

"The cursed object is in the toilet tank lid. Is there a way to solve it?" Zhou Ze asked. "Yingying opened the lid and was shone by that thing, and then she lost her mind."

"There's always a way. Now that we've found it, it'll be easier to deal with."

An lawyer walked to the bathroom and observed the tank lid up close.

Earlier,

Yingying had opened the tank lid, but realizing something was wrong, she was worried that it would affect her boss, so she immediately put the lid back on.

"This thing is quite domineering. It can even control a female jiangshi."

An lawyer suddenly frowned,

looking back at the unconscious Bai Yingying,

and in his mind,

the old Taoist he saw in the interrogation room appeared.

That's not right,

why was the female jiangshi directly controlled,

while the old Taoist was just incoherent?

"The old Taoist's talisman paper seemed to have a restraining effect on it," Zhou Ze reminded. "There are traces of talisman paper burning on the tank lid."

"Does that guy have any more talisman paper?" An lawyer asked. "I remember I wanted to ask him for two the last time, but he said he only had one ancestral talisman paper left."

If there were to be a ranking of the bookstore's unsolved mysteries, one would definitely be on the list, and that is:

How many talisman papers are there in the old Taoist's crotch?

"Then take the water tank back, and take the female jiangshi back too. Let's go find the old Taoist's ancestral talisman paper first."

…………

Liu Chuyu and Zheng Qiang carefully carried the toilet tank into the bookstore. They were afraid that the water tank would break or some other accident would happen, causing them to be cursed as well.

The little loli, Yueya, and An lawyer went to the old Taoist's room to rummage through the boxes and cabinets to find the talisman paper.

Zhou Ze sat on the sofa on the first floor. At the moment, no one had time to pay attention to Zhou Ze's injuries.

Compared to Zhou Ze's injuries at the moment, resolving the curse and rescuing the female jiangshi and the old Taoist were the top priorities.

After searching for a long time, they couldn't find where the old Taoist had hidden the talisman paper.

In the end,

it was the little monkey who found an oil paper package in the gap under the bar, containing a thick stack of talisman paper.

"Did he buy these in bulk from the wholesale market?"

An lawyer said, weighing the heavy stack of talisman paper in his hand.

Even someone as knowledgeable as him had never seen this level of talisman paper sold by the pound.

This amount...

Does this mean that the old Taoist's ancestors used their lives to draw talismans except for eating and drinking?

"Try it and see if it can break the curse," Zhou Ze urged.

Watching Bai Yingying lying there, motionless, Zhou Ze felt a little unbearable.

"Okay." An lawyer nodded and walked to the tank lid. He didn't directly paste the talisman paper but signaled Xu Qinglang to come over and paste more talismans around the area just in case.

After the arrangements were made,

An lawyer began to paste the talisman paper on the tank lid,

After a talisman paper was pasted on, it immediately began to turn black and then slowly dissipate.

Then came the second, third, fourth...

An lawyer felt like he was burning paper money in the countryside, throwing the talisman paper in his hand one by one.

In the end,

after pasting dozens of talisman papers,

the water tank suddenly began to tremble,

as if something couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to come out from inside,

but its struggle seemed a bit pale and weak,

after tossing around for a while,

it quieted down.

Zhou Ze got up, walked to the side of the water tank, looked at it, and asked, "How is it?"

An lawyer shook his head, "I don't know, I'm not sure."

"Crack!"

The water tank

suddenly cracked at this moment...