Li Moyan also looked up in the direction the pointer indicated, wearing a confused expression.
"Could it be that? But I didn't see this thing in the illusion! This is a desk lamp, I remember clearly, they didn't have a desk lamp in their room?"
Ye Huohuo slowly walked in front of the desk lamp, examining it carefully for a long time. Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she reached out to remove the lampshade.
She then began to pry open the outer casing of the desk lamp. Her hands trembled slightly with excitement, but her movements were quick and her fingers strong. In just a few strokes, she peeled away the gilded casing without even using pliers.
"Good heavens, sister-in-law, you truly amaze me. This morning, a single peanut could knock out your eighth brother, and now you can bend a desk lamp with your bare hands! You're amazing! Why don't you come work for our company? I'll make you the next generation's idol Kung Fu star, what do you say?"
Li Moyan, as always, was focused on his own business.
Ye Huohuo ignored him. Her expression grew even more grim as she saw what was wrapped inside the metal skin.
"What's wrong?" a deep, reassuring voice sounded from above her.
Sometime earlier, Li Mohan had appeared behind her.
"It's... this? So it was attached to this!" Li Moyan also saw the object. "So someone just decorated its exterior, that's why it was unrecognizable."
Ye Huohuo held the bronze ornament, now restored to its original appearance, and her gaze fell upon the words below.
Qingshan Orphanage
Her hand trembled visibly.
A warm hand clasped her trembling one. "Didn't you say you have a heavy malevolent aura? Don't let it hurt you again, give it to me!"
"Big brother, don't touch that thing! That's the very thing that smashed and killed that woman named Lihua! Her soul must be attached to it, and perhaps anyone who touches it will be targeted!"
Li Moyan quickly called out a reminder.
Li Mohan remained silent, and simply took the bronze ornament from Ye Huohuo's hand.
Ye Huohuo looked up at him, her eyes filled with a hint of confusion. "He's right, this item is ominous. You'd best not touch it." As she spoke, she tried to take it back.
"Didn't you say you were very powerful? That you could solve anything I encountered? Why the lack of confidence now?" Li Mohan subtly shifted the bronze ornament behind his back, preventing her from touching it.
Ever since Ye Huohuo saw the words "Qingshan Orphanage," she had been restless. Logically, she had no connection with this woman named Lihua.
When Ye Huohuo was at the orphanage, Lihua had not yet arrived, so they shouldn't have known each other.
Yet, she felt a sense of unspoken connection between them.
She even wanted to calculate it, but knowing nothing about Lihua, she had no starting point. As for herself, practitioners of Xuanmen could foresee all aspects of life, but not a single bit of their own destiny.
Seeing that Li Mohan wouldn't return the ornament, she understood that he was protecting her.
A warmth bloomed in her heart, and she lowered her head with a soft smile.
"Alright, if you want to hold onto it, then do so. You are currently riding high on luck, she won't be able to harm you. However, I must wrap it with a talisman, otherwise, I fear she might emerge and harm others."
Saying this, Ye Huohuo took out a talisman from her backpack, several sizes larger than a regular one, and wrapped the bronze ornament securely.
Just then, her phone rang.
Li Mohan subconsciously glanced at the caller ID name – "Chatterbox."
Ye Huohuo frowned and hung up the call.
But immediately, it rang again, still from "Chatterbox." Ye Huohuo hung up once more.
Finally, after the persistent, life-threatening calls reached the tenth one, Ye Huohuo reluctantly answered. Before she could speak, a torrent of words erupted from the other end.
"Ye Huohuo, your courage has grown! You dare not answer my calls? What is the situation over there? If you don't explain, I'll be there immediately! Don't think that just because Master isn't here, no one can control you!"
The voice was so loud that even Li Mohan, who wasn't close, could hear it clearly.
"Master"?
They had the same Master, could it be another of her senior brothers?
Indeed, Ye Huohuo immediately covered the receiver and gave an embarrassed smile to Li Mohan and Li Moyan.
"My apologies for the display! I need to take this call!"
With that, she took her phone and walked towards a corner of the room.
As she walked, she spoke into the phone.
"Second Senior Brother, can you be a little more composed? The sky hasn't fallen, calm down, okay?" Ye Huohuo sounded less like a junior sister and more like an elder sister.
"Calm down? How can I calm down? Tell me, what exactly happened over there? Why did you forcibly break the seal? Do you know what could happen if the backlash is too severe?" Second Senior Brother Qin Chu's shouting had stopped, but his voice was heavier than before.
"I understand my own situation better than you do. If the backlash is too strong, it can take my life at any moment!" Ye Huohuo replied softly, her head bowed.
"Then you still..." Qin Chu sighed, as if calming himself. "Quickly send me your location, and I'll immediately come over to reinforce your seal! Although it won't be as good as Master's, it can at least hold for a while. We can get Master to do a new seal when he returns."
"No need, I... Huh?" Before Ye Huohuo could finish her sentence, she let out a scream. It was so sudden that it startled both Li Mohan and Li Moyan.
Anyone unaware would think this young girl was prone to overreacting.
"Second Senior Brother, you've gone too far!" Ye Huohuo was starting to get angry, and forgot to lower her voice as she spoke.
"I've gone too far? Master knew you wouldn't obey me obediently, so he gave me this method to control you. Send me the address now, or should I do it again?..." Qin Chu's threat was evident.
"No!" Ye Huohuo's voice rose several octaves in fear. "I'll send it, I'll send it right now, just don't shock me again!"
As Ye Huohuo typed, sending Li Mohan's company address to Qin Chu, she muttered under her breath, cursing both her second senior brother and her master.
"Old man, it's not enough to control me yourself; even when he went traveling, he gave the lightning spell to Second Senior Brother so he could electrocute me whenever he pleased! Really, if these two ever fall into my hands... I'll definitely let them taste what it's like to be shocked!"
"Ow!" Ye Huohuo shivered again from an electric shock. "Alright, stop shocking me, I've already written it for you. Typing takes time!"
"This is my punishment for you scolding me. Don't think I don't know, you're definitely cursing me while you type!" Qin Chu on the other end knew his junior sister like the back of his hand. "Let me tell you, don't try any tricks with me. The moment you twitch your tail, I know what you're up to!"
"Damn you, Qin Chu, when I have the chance..."
Li Mohan watched Ye Huohuo muttering to herself, her little face puffed up in anger, and suddenly felt that this young girl was truly adorable. He really wanted to pinch her little cheeks.
However, who was that man on the phone? Seeing how familiar they were, he felt a vague sense of discomfort.
"Let's go. Take this with you. I'll clean up the rest of the place later, and it'll be all clear. You can start your work anytime."
Ye Huohuo nudged Li Mohan and Li Moyan out, one with each hand, and remained in the room, tinkering for a while longer.
As a golden light flashed within the room, the previously eerie and chilling atmosphere instantly disappeared.
"I'll have Moyan escort you home. Both of you should rest!" Li Mohan said.
"No, to your company. The moment I left your company, I noticed that your company had been set up with a formation!"