After leaving the police station, Du Peilin went with Zhou Wei's in - laws to handle the aftermath of his death.
But Zhao Zifeng wouldn't let go of my hand. She said it was so boring in Beijing and wanted to go around with me.
I'm not a native of Beijing either. Even after living here for so long, I've never visited those famous tourist attractions. Besides, I'm not like her, a care - free girl traveling around with her boyfriend.
I'm burdened with several lives...
Zhao Zifeng was like sweet chewing gum, sticking firmly to me and following me back to the hospital.
Si Jiangchen had already left the hospital. Only Du Wenzhong was sitting on the hospital bed in a daze.
I don't know what they talked about. Moreover, in my memory, I was used to calling him grandpa, so as soon as I opened my mouth, I said, "Grandpa, I'm back!"
"… Xiao, Xiaohe."
Du Wenzhong slowly turned his head. I saw that his eye sockets were extremely red. He must have been crying. "Do you still... still recognize me as your grandpa?"
"What are you talking about!"
I walked over and tugged at his beard like I used to. "You're the lucky charm of the shop. How can I make money without you?!"
Du Wenzhong grinned and finally smiled.
"If you don't want to live in the Si family's place, we'll go back to our old place. But before that, you have to cure your cerebral infarction. Don't expect a beautiful young girl like me to take care of an old guy who can only wave his left hand and draw circles with his right hand in the future!"
As I was talking, I imitated the hemiplegic after - effects that often occurred in cerebral infarction patients, which made everyone in the ward burst into laughter.
"Even if your grandpa really becomes paralyzed, would Xiaohe abandon him?"
"Exactly! Hahaha!!"
"So you guys should also exercise more. Don't make us take care of you..."
...
The atmosphere in the ward became lively.
In the past two days, everyone had seen the accuracy of my grandpa and Du Peilin's divination. They were even more convinced of their reputation as "masters".
"Xiaohe, your grandpa is really amazing. Just this morning, he helped a patient who couldn't come to the ward diagnose his evil affliction!"
The uncle in Bed 2 near the door gave us a thumbs - up.
"Evil affliction?"
I couldn't help but turn to look at Du Wenzhong.
"Alas... it's just..."
Du Wenzhong pulled my arm and whispered in my ear, "It's the Yang family. That Yang Fan was haunted by a ghost. Du Peilin asked them to come down. We wrapped some ashes of talismans for their old man to help Yang Fan calm his nerves and purify his qi. Maybe he'll wake up."
... Yang Fan!
The man who was possessed by the One - Eyed Buddha Mother and used the whole hospital to gather strength for it. Now that the One - Eyed Buddha Mother had been devoured by me, Yang Fan's soul had been oppressed by the Buddha Mother for so long. I didn't know if he could regain his consciousness.
But since Du Peilin was willing to "sell" the talisman ashes to them, he must be quite confident that Yang Fan would wake up!
Just as I was chatting idly with Du Wenzhong, the door of the ward rang. I saw Aunt Yang come in with a basket of fresh fruits. When she saw me, there was a glimmer of surprise in her tired eyes. "Young Master Du... you're back!"
"Aunt Yang."
I quickly stood up from the chair beside Du Wenzhong's bed and offered it to her.
But Aunt Yang refused to sit. She just put the fruit basket on our table and looked at me. "Young Master Du, Yang Fan just woke up and said he had something to tell you."
"Oh?!"
I knew that Yang Fan was involved in a murder case. Even in the hospital, he was under the control of the police. It was Si Jiangchen who helped Uncle Yang and his family hire a lawyer so that they could visit him. What surprised me was why he wanted to talk to me as soon as he woke up?
Aunt Yang sighed. I could feel the pain in her heart.
Her youngest son had died prematurely because of a bad guy. Now, even if her eldest son woke up, he would still have to go to court for trial in the future.
"Yang Fan said that all the bad things he did were not out of his own will. He was controlled," Aunt Yang said to me in a low voice. "He said they were involved in a project before, something like a music festival. After he dealt with the boss of Taoran Media, things started to go wrong!"
"Taoran?! Ma Su?!"
I immediately thought of Ma Su who had just left the Future Water World.
This woman was so insidious. In order to help her beloved Sheng Shixun take a step closer to becoming a god, she had been laying mines everywhere. No wonder she didn't seem too worried when the live - streaming event failed and her celestial bead was destroyed.
She actually had so many backup plans to harm the world!!
"Yes, it's a woman surnamed Ma..."
Aunt Yang wiped her eyes and sighed again. "Whether what Yang Fan said is an excuse or not, I'll never forgive him!! He killed his colleague for money... If there was no greed in his heart, how could he have been bewitched by the evil ghost?!"
Although Aunt Yang was just an ordinary rural woman, she understood the principle of "one is invincible if he has no desires".
Yang Fan ended up like this all because of greed...
This was also what the One - Eyed Buddha Mother pursued among the five desires!!
Du Wenzhong stayed in the hospital for another half - month, and his body recovered its functions.
During this period, Du Peilin had helped Zhou Wei's in - laws sort out Zhou Wei's inheritance. There was still more than 3.2 million yuan in cash in Zhou Wei's bank account. The house he lived in with his wife was still jointly owned by them. Although the real - estate market had slumped, the house was still worth millions.
Du Peilin was ruthless. He even retrieved Wu Mingyu's bank account. Without the password, he wasn't worried. He directly summoned Wu Mingyu's soul, who was already suffering the punishment of the fire - saw in the underworld, and got the password from her.
Wu Mingyu, who was tortured by the underworld punishment and in a daze, as soon as she heard that Du Peilin would buy merits for her in the mortal world, told him the password without thinking. She really couldn't stand the torture of the blazing steel saw sawing off pieces of her flesh all the time. The stench of burning was even more torturous to her soul than the pain!!
There wasn't much money in Wu Mingyu's account. This woman liked to squander. Du Peilin didn't lie to her. After setting aside 5,000 yuan to buy tools for salvation, he pocketed the remaining three or four hundred thousand yuan, calling it the "service fee for handling Zhou Wei's family's aftermath".
I was really speechless. This old miser still charged according to the 10% standard...
Du Wenzhong was finally discharged from the hospital. He didn't want to live in the Lin family's mansion. Instead, he went back to the shop rented from Landlady Xu in the alley.
Landlady Xu was, of course, very happy. During the time we were away from the courtyard, even the business of her grocery store had declined a lot!!
Si Jiangchen didn't care where I lived. Anyway, no matter where I was, he would come to find me after he finished his work...