I was also greatly startled by Si Jiangchen's words.
Who could have thought that in a seemingly insignificant department like the Religious Affairs Bureau, there would be people harboring evil intentions, engaging in intrigue and murder?
"Hehe."
Si Jiangchen was never one to like arguing with others.
In response to Sun Liren's panicked retort, he just gave a cold smile and was about to lead us out of the door.
"Dad Si, why did you save that bad Wenwen?"
Si Tong, being carried by Si Jiangchen, kept turning his head to look at the chaos in the dining hall. He pouted angrily and said, "She even scratched Sister Xiaohe's neck."
"Because she's still young and there's a chance for her to turn good."
Before Si Jiangchen could speak, I reached out and pinched Si Tong's cheek. "Dad Si is kind - hearted. He's giving her a chance to become a good kid."
Si Jiangchen had just been stirring the chubby girl's hand in the ice bucket.
Si Jiangchen sensed my teasing. Although his face remained calm, the hand around my waist tightened, almost making me cry out.
"Don't you want that family to turn into biting zombies, do you?"
Si Jiangchen turned his head and looked at Si Tong.
Si Tong quickly shook his head. "No. Then they'll become even worse and hurt more people!"
Then he hugged Si Jiangchen's neck tightly. There was a hint of shyness on his little face. "Besides, if it weren't for them, Dad Si wouldn't have carried me."
Although Si Jiangchen was very good to Si Tong, he rarely showed affection. If it weren't for the commotion caused by Sun Wenwen and her mother, Si Jiangchen wouldn't have publicly acknowledged Si Tong as his son.
"Mr. Si, you can't just leave like this."
Du Peiyun, standing high on the steps, finally spoke up. "Although our Taoist sect advocates freedom of belief, Du Xinghe raising ghosts to harm people has not only violated the rules of our Du family..."
"What, you still haven't given up?"
Si Jiangchen turned around. The slightly raised corner of his lips showed a faint hint of mockery. "Du Peiyun, take care of your own mess first."
Si Jiangchen's words were full of implications.
Du Peiyun probably hadn't completely resolved the matter of threatening the police officer to give false testimony last time. Now he came over again trying to target me. It was really asking for a slap in the face from Si Jiangchen!
"Humph, the witch who raises ghosts to harm people should be on the blacklist of our Religious Affairs Bureau!"
The Taoist priest Su, who had been kicked by Si Jiangchen to the wall just now, had cleaned the glass shards off his head. He still blocked our way and just happened to block the door.
"We happened to catch you doing evil today. You won't be able to escape!"
As he said that, he flipped his palm. The little ghost that had been clinging to Sun Wenwen was firmly controlled in his hand!
It turned out that when Si Jiangchen was helping Sun Wenwen wash her hands, the little ghost had left Sun Wenwen's shoulder and hid high on the ceiling, waiting for a chance to return to me. Unexpectedly, the Taoist priest Su, who had made catching ghosts his lifelong career, had been eyeing the little ghost.
At that time, I was only focused on protecting Si Tong and didn't expect there to be someone waiting in the wings.
"Give him back to me!"
The little ghost was originally one of the evil ghosts raised by the ghost Taoist Li Chengxian to harm people and change their fortune. He had been tortured and killed in his lifetime, and after death, he was roasted by fire and whipped. His soul had to suffer in the Ice Hell every day, full of hatred for this world.
However, by coincidence, he ate a lollipop with me and was comforted by me and Wang Yingxiu. His mind gradually became peaceful.
I was just waiting for a good opportunity to send the four little guys to the Underworld for reincarnation, so that they could find kind - hearted parents in their next lives.
This was the first time I let him out to scare someone, and I actually ran into such a powerful Taoist priest.
Watching the little guy wailing and struggling in the Taoist priest Su's hand, unable to break free, I was filled with regret!
Why did I let him out just for a moment of impulse?
If something happened to this little guy, wouldn't it be my fault?
I was so anxious that I wanted to rush up and snatch the little ghost back. How could the Taoist priest Su let me have my way? Relying on the fact that Si Jiangchen was holding a child and couldn't move freely, he reached out to grab my shoulder.
He already knew the boxing style I used from Qingcheng Mountain and naturally understood how I would move next. As soon as I threw a punch, he calmly grabbed my wrist and flipped me onto the ground.
"Bad guy! Big bad guy!!"
Seeing that I was bullied, Si Tong immediately let go of Si Jiangchen and punched the Taoist priest Su on the head. Although the punches from a child didn't hurt much, it was a blow to his pride. He flipped his palm again and crushed the little ghost, who was looking at me hopefully for rescue, into pieces.
"Sugar..."
These two tiny notes were the only last words this little guy left in this world!
"Ah!!!"
I was being held down by the Taoist priest Su. Although I couldn't see the little ghost, I could sense his disappearance. I was so regretful that I was almost going crazy!
Why! Why did I have to punish the Sun family mother and daughter? If I had ignored them and left with Si Tong, this wouldn't have happened! If I hadn't let him out, he wouldn't have been discovered by the Taoist priest Su! If I had taken him back into the soul bottle earlier, he wouldn't have scattered his soul!
"Give him back to me!! Give him back to me!"
I struggled to get up from the ground like a madman, completely ignoring the fact that the Taoist priest Su had my arm twisted behind my back. There was a loud "crack", and a sharp pain immediately came from my elbow. But I was already blinded by regret and anger and didn't care about the pain. I used my other hand to desperately grab the Taoist priest Su's topknot and smash his head against the ground.
All this happened in an instant. From the moment the little ghost disappeared to the moment the Taoist priest Su was smashed to the ground, many people didn't even see what had happened.
Before the Taoist priest Su could get up after hitting his head on the ground, a foot stepped heavily on his back.
Si Jiangchen used all his strength. There was a series of dull cracking sounds. It seemed that several of the Taoist priest Su's ribs had broken.
Si Tong had broken free and rushed to the place where the little ghost had disappeared. He cried loudly and reached out to grab the faint light that still remained.
"Brother Dongdong, don't leave!! Tongtong still wants to treat you to candy! Lots and lots of candy..."
That poor little guy was the one who had injured people and stolen wealth in the Hyatt City Mall. I still remembered the look on his face when he first tasted candy in my rental house, as if he had never tasted such a delicious thing! For the little bit of happiness I had given him, he had even dared to secretly let me go at the risk of being punished by Li Chengxian...
I remembered what he had said, "This is the sister who gave me candy..."