Chapter 19 Ominous Reflections

　　Sensing Jiang Cheng's unease, Fatty blinked, immediately casting a wary glance around, but finding nothing amiss. He lowered his voice, "What's wrong?"

　　Fatty's first thought was that they were being followed. Such a thing could be minor or major. If it was someone sent by the Wu family, that would be alright, but if it were Yuan Shanyuan and Bai Yu, it would mean they had already decided to kill them.

　　But soon Jiang Cheng returned to normal, casting a reassuring look at Fatty. "It's nothing. I just suddenly thought of something, unrelated to this mission. Don't worry."

　　Although Fatty suspected that the doctor was just comforting him, seeing that the doctor was alright, he gradually relaxed.

　　By now it was late, and Jiang Cheng and Fatty prepared to head home. They walked along the old street filled with the aroma of wine and food, their feet treading on large flagstones. For a moment, a gentle breeze carried the fragrance to their noses, and Fatty couldn't help but take a deep breath, thinking how wonderful it would be if they weren't on a mission.

　　But as soon as he caught sight of the Wu family mansion in the distance, Fatty felt a weight in his heart, and the good mood he had just mustered dissipated. He reached out and scratched his shoulder. Recently, his left arm had been tingling, as if he had been lying on it while sleeping.

　　Jiang Cheng stood behind Fatty, watching Fatty's scratching motion. The hesitation in his eyes deepened. Just now, in front of that general store, through the reflection in the bronze mirror, he had seen an extremely horrifying scene.

　　A dark head hung on Fatty's left shoulder. The head was very small, about the size of one and a half adult fists. And embedded in the dark face were two white eyeballs.

　　Only the whites of the eyes were visible, with no pupils, and they contrasted sharply with the dark skin. Even through the mirror, one could sense the deep resentment hidden in those two white eyeballs.

　　A yuan ying (vengeful infant)!

　　Fatty had actually been haunted by a yuan ying!

　　Fatty had been with him all this time. If he was being haunted by a yuan ying, then it must have been the work of Luo Tianhe, Yuan Shanyuan, and the others. He was right, those two old fellows had tricked Fatty into revealing the location where the infant corpses were buried, thus "deciphering" the key point of the Wu mansion's feng shui formation. As expected, they had suffered a backlash, but he hadn't expected the consequences to be so severe. Before nightfall, Fatty was already haunted by a yuan ying.

　　From the previous information, it was known that yuan ying were extremely yin and evil. Normal people had three yang flames protecting them. Unless all three yang flames were extinguished, the yuan ying could not harm them.

　　But judging from Fatty's situation, the yang flame on his left shoulder had already been extinguished.

　　Two people were standing behind the gate of the Wu mansion. Seeing Jiang Cheng and Fatty hurrying over, Li Bai's complexion was unusually poor. Yao Shunyu followed closely beside her. "You're back. Yao Shunyu and I were just thinking about going out to find you."

　　Seeing that the two looked uneasy, Jiang Cheng asked, "What happened?"

　　"That old fellow Luo Tianhe is going to stir up trouble. He just informed the Wu family that he would perform a ritual tonight to exorcise the evil spirits from the Wu family. The specific measure is to change the feng shui of the main gate, so that the Wu family members should not approach it after nightfall."

　　Yao Shunyu continued Li Bai's words, adding, "Luo Tianhe didn't discuss this matter with us at all. We only just found out."

　　Just as the yuan ying had latched onto Fatty, the old fellow Luo Tianhe wanted to dig up the corpses of the yuan ying. This was clearly a plan to divert the disaster, using Fatty as his shield.

　　Sure enough, whether it was this Luo Tianhe, or Yuan Shanyuan and Bai Yu, none of them could be trusted.

　　"That old fellow Luo Tianhe, this matter must have been colluded with Yuan Shanyuan. The two old things are now hiding and refuse to see anyone, and their cell phones are turned off. We can't even find them," Yao Shunyu said fiercely.

　　Li Bai looked at Jiang Cheng with hesitation for a moment, but finally opened her mouth. "Mr. Jiang, there is something that Yao Shunyu and I haven't told you yet. While keeping watch over the eldest young master, we were both hit. Although our lives are temporarily not in danger, we have each had one yang flame extinguished. Yao Shunyu is on the left shoulder, and I am on the right."

　　Hearing this, Yao Shunyu exaggeratedly shrugged his left shoulder, pointing to it and saying, "At first, I didn't feel anything, just a little itchy and numb, but now the situation is getting more and more serious. Whenever I stop moving, I can always feel a chill, as if someone is blowing on my left shoulder."

　　As soon as these words came out, Fatty immediately looked at his left shoulder. Then, as if suddenly realizing something, he looked sharply at Jiang Cheng, who, seeing that he could no longer hide it, told him the truth.

　　But in order to protect Fatty's psychological endurance, Jiang Cheng didn't describe the appearance of the yuan ying in too much detail.

　　"Brother Wang has also had a yang flame extinguished by the yuan ying. This is really too heartbreaking."

　　Fatty looked at Yao Shunyu with dissatisfaction. The latter's face and performance clearly didn't look like he was heartbroken for him, but rather a kind of gloating that everyone was now in the same boat.

　　"Tonight, we are going to dig up the remains of the infant buried under the threshold. We all have to go. Once something changes, those of us who have had a yang flame extinguished will definitely be the yuan ying's first target." Li Bai's tone was full of helplessness and worry. She also had some research on feng shui and geomancy, so naturally she knew the dangers involved.

　　"Is there any way to deal with these yuan ying, even if it's just to suppress them temporarily?"

　　Regarding Jiang Cheng's question, Li Bai pursed her lips, her expression unwilling. "It's not that there aren't ways to suppress them, but since I know them, Luo Tianhe must know even more and more deeply. As long as he is watching, these little tricks of mine won't escape his eyes. If he interferes, we might make things worse." Li Bai's considerations were very thorough.

　　Fatty simply went all out. "Then we won't go. We won't go no matter what. Let's see what they can do to us. It's not like the mission requires us to go."

　　"It's useless. The three of us are now haunted by yuan ying. As long as there is a problem with the feng shui key point, those yuan ying will come to us as soon as possible, whether we are on the scene or not."

　　Hearing that they couldn't go, and they couldn't not go, everyone's mood became agitated. This feeling of powerlessness was like a dull knife cutting everyone's flesh, leading to a slow death.

　　Not long after, a figure passed by behind everyone. It was Lai Fu, but strangely, Lai Fu was lowering his head, looking dejected. His first reaction when he found Jiang Cheng and the others was to hide.

　　"Wait, don't run. Why are you hiding from us?" Fatty felt strange.

　　When Lai Fu raised his head, everyone saw that Lai Fu's face was imprinted with several palm prints, and all five fingers were clearly visible. One could imagine how much force had been used. Fatty opened his eyes in surprise. "Who hit you?"

　　"It... it was the Third Young Master." Lai Fu was embarrassed to look at everyone, and lowered his head slightly.

　　"Was it because of the previous incident?"

　　"No, this time it was... it was because the Third Young Master used the money from the treasury to buy things from Shanghu City privately. I wanted him to discuss it with the Second Young Master, and as a result..."

　　Hearing that the Third Young Master was buying things at this critical juncture, everyone couldn't help but be curious. "What did he buy?"

　　"It's nothing, just a large mirror. It looks quite rare."