Du Peiyun didn't know that Si Jiangchen was a zombie. But he knew my background. He and Wei Wenzhao had probably colluded long ago. Since we arrived in Lu Village, they had been laying out a plan for Si Jiangchen.
They wanted to use the Desire Ghost Gu to make me harm Si Jiangchen. If he could mutate or just die, the business empire of the Lengshan Group would surely collapse. Then Wei Wenzhao's Ruiyin Bank could take the opportunity to annex the territory left vacant by Lengshan's decline.
Unexpectedly, the Gu worms that Du Peiyun had painstakingly cultivated seemed to disappear without a trace. Si Jiangchen and I were like nothing had happened. He went to work at the Lengshan headquarters every day, while I continued my old business, dealing with all kinds of strange events.
This not only confused Du Peiyun but also made Wei Wenzhao doubt his ability.
Du Peiyun was the clan chief of a family. How could such a proud person accept being questioned by a "petty merchant" full of the stench of money?
Si Jiangchen was just like Wei Wenzhao, a vulgar merchant rolling in the mundane world. How could he escape the schemes of the Du family from northern Henan, a family that had been around for a hundred years?!
Since Du Peiyun knew my whereabouts, he was no longer in a hurry. He planned to help Wei Wenzhao pull Si Jiangchen down from his high peak first, and then deal with me, a worthless street rat.
Without Si Jiangchen's protection, Du Peiyun thought it would be as easy as flipping his palm to take me down.
So, Wei Wenzhao took advantage of Lin Shuya's feelings for Si Jiangchen and encouraged her to hold a banquet to celebrate Si Tong's recovery.
Si Jiangchen would surely attend this banquet, and Si Tong liked me very much.
On such an occasion, she would definitely come to pick me up and go together.
Lin Shuya's disgust for me would surely make her speak ill of me.
And with my temper, I would surely find a way to punish her.
No matter how I reacted, Du Peiyun would point the final target at Si Jiangchen. Because he had found the police officer who had been on duty at the time of the fall case and basically confirmed the fact that I had made an appointment with a young star.
This kind of scandal was neither big nor small. I was a Yin - Yang master who could control ghosts. Why did Si Jiangchen, a business tycoon rich enough to rival a country, choose me as his girlfriend and even pick a young star for me to meet in the middle of the night...
All of this was so strange and bound to arouse people's imagination.
"Officer Xiao Fu, since you knew early on that it was me who pushed Song Yixuan downstairs, why didn't you take me in for investigation right away?"
After figuring everything out, I felt calm. I stared intently at Officer Xiao Fu and asked, "Isn't this dereliction of duty on your part?"
"I..." Officer Xiao Fu didn't expect me to be calm and even dare to question him. He subconsciously avoided my gaze. "I only suspected at that time. You were the only one in the room. If you didn't push him down, was Song Yixuan crazy? Did he fall downstairs backwards by himself?"
His words immediately drew laughter from the crowd.
Song Yixuan's acting career was on the rise. Unless he had gone mad, he wouldn't have jumped off the building and committed suicide.
"Do you have evidence now to prove that I pushed him downstairs?"
I continued to press, "Where's Officer Xue who was with you? Does he know that you're helping others fabricate evidence?"
I emphasized the words "fabricated evidence" very strongly.
Officer Xiao Fu immediately trembled, as if he had caught a chill.
"Officer Xue, my master..." Mentioning that experienced old policeman, Officer Xiao Fu's face showed a look of pain mixed with apology. "He was seriously injured and is in a coma!"
"So, someone came to you and asked you to identify me as the murderer who pushed Song Yixuan downstairs. Then, they said they could help Officer Xue wake up, right?"
Sure enough, everything was as I had thought. Originally, I had seen some inauspicious aura on Officer Xue, so I gave them yellow talismans to protect their lives.
However, if Officer Xue and the others were destined to have a ghostly disaster and someone was secretly causing trouble, talismans alone couldn't defend against a malicious person with ulterior motives.
"Or, they might have said that if you didn't do as they said, not only would Officer Xue not wake up, but you would also end up like him?"
As soon as I said this, I clearly saw Officer Xiao Fu's fingers hanging by his side tremble even more violently. I knew I had guessed right!
"Fool! Do you think you can still live after framing the president of Lengshan Capital? Don't you think about whether they'll kill you to silence you?"
I continued to put pressure on him. "A fabricated fact can't withstand scrutiny!"
"I..." Officer Xiao Fu immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
"Moreover, I think they should have approached Officer Xue first before asking you to fabricate evidence!"
I sneered and glanced at Du Peiyun, then turned back to Officer Xiao Fu. "You were his partner. Do you want to recall the situation when he had the accident?!"
Officer Xiao Fu was so scared by my words that he took several steps back and lost his balance. Suddenly, someone grabbed his collar, which helped him regain his balance.
"Xiao He is getting more and more capable now."
I looked up and saw Si Jiangchen putting out the cigarette butt in his hand and striding into the crowd. "Not only is she a powerful 'master', but her ability to infer right and wrong is also so remarkable."
"Jiangchen, you're finally back!"
Wei Wenzhao on the side showed a look of extreme anxiety again. "Miss Du, I don't know what method she used, but she has seriously injured your sister. Look, her face is injured. She looks like a completely different person!!"
Si Jiangchen took long steps and walked to my side. He reached out and "snap" pulled off a small golden pendant from Lin Shuya's neck. He casually crushed it into powder and threw it on the ground, revealing the red powder inside. It turned out to be a cinnabar talisman wrapped in gilded clay, a powerful tool for suppressing ghosts.
In an instant, Wang Yingxiu popped out of Lin Shuya's body and quickly got back into my soul bottle. Without Wang Yingxiu's support, Lin Shuya fell backwards with a "thud". Wei Wenzhao was right beside her, but he quickly dodged to the side, as if avoiding a monster.
It was Si Jiangchen who reached out and grabbed Lin Shuya's arm, pulling her into his arms.
"Wow..."
Lin Shuya opened her mouth and spat out a stream of black water. Then she came to her senses. Seeing Si Jiangchen right in front of her, she couldn't help but hug his arm and cry loudly!
"What's wrong with me?"
She only felt that her face was swollen and painful, and her mouth was full of the taste of blood. Her memory only stopped at the moment when she and those socialites had been criticizing my clothing and style.
"Elder sister, you're injured. Let someone take you to treat the wound and have a rest first."
Si Jiangchen raised his hand, and immediately a female waiter came over to help Lin Shuya.
"Achen, I'm not leaving. I want you to accompany me." Lin Shuya cried loudly regardless of everyone's looks. "You promised Fang Yu that you would take good care of me..."
Lin Fangyu, Lin Shuya's younger brother, Si Jiangchen's good friend, and the biological father of Si Tong.
He and his wife had died in a very tragic car accident!