The spiral black mist coiled on the ceiling of the corridor, looking down at the panicked crowd below like a pair of ghostly eyes gloating.
Mrs. Sun had pried open Sun Wenwen's mouth.
Strangely enough, the water that was hot enough to blister the skin didn't cause any harm to Sun Wenwen's mouth. Instead, her mouth was icy cold, and the breath she exhaled carried a putrid stench.
I mingled with the crowd and stared intently at Sun Wenwen. I pinched a ghost - searching hand gesture.
"Roaming souls, where do you abide? Three souls descend quickly, and seven souls come forth..."
I made a soul - peeping hand gesture with one hand and gently swiped it across my eyes. With the blessing of this spell, soul bodies that usually tried to avoid being seen by yin - yang eyes were now exposed!
Through the "eye" formed by my fingers, I saw a completely different scene.
Each of the teachers controlled by the black mist had a huge single eye growing at the back of their heads. Through their covered hair, they greedily stared at the noisy crowd, as if looking at countless delicious lambs.
There was a faint red shadow writhing in Sun Wenwen's open mouth.
"A Xiu, come back quickly!"
I murmured in my heart. Had this girl really been blinded by evil thoughts? Although Sun Wenwen was malicious, she didn't deserve to be scalded with boiling water!
The red shadow hesitated for a moment but still remained inside Sun Wenwen's body.
At this time, Mrs. Sun also noticed that her daughter showed no signs of being scalded. But she still grabbed the teacher stubbornly. "You are responsible! Everyone saw it. My Wenwen drank the boiling water here. You must take us to the hospital!"
"Ma'am, please don't worry."
From behind the on - looking crowd, a tall and fair - skinned young man walked out. With a gentle smile on his face, he bowed slightly and said to the furious Mrs. Sun, "Our Taoran Company is a big one. We will definitely take full responsibility for the little princess. Please go to the office to rest and be observed first."
Mrs. Sun was dazed for a moment when she saw the young man who looked like a peacock. Then she nodded. "Well, that's fine! It's so chaotic here. You can't give us a proper explanation! Hurry up and lead the way. Let's go to the office and talk about the compensation properly!"
"Sure! Please follow me."
The young man still had an unchanging smile on his face when facing the domineering Mrs. Sun. As he spoke, he took Sun Wenwen from Mrs. Sun's arms and walked towards the office at the end of the corridor.
"Wow! Look who that is?"
"It's Song Yixuan!! Didn't it say that he was disabled?"
"Yeah! The news said that he was half - paralyzed because of practicing dancing too hard..."
"He's so rich. He must have been cured!"
"They said his spine was broken. How could he be cured?"
"They were just exaggerating for attention and traffic..."
The surrounding parents who were watching the commotion were chattering away. But my face turned deathly pale. Those people didn't know Song Yixuan's situation, but I was very clear about his injury. He fell from the window of Wang Yingxiu's apartment, and his entire coccyx was shattered. It had only been such a short time. How could he be teaching normally at Taoran Media like a normal person?
My eyes followed Song Yixuan closely.
Suddenly, a huge blood - red mouth split open between the black hair on the back of his head. It let out a sinister laugh that only I could hear. "Du Xinghe, I've been waiting for you for a long time! Why did you come so late?!"
In an instant, all the single eyes in the black mist on the ceiling stared at me. Their upturned pupils were completely blood - red!
"Ugh!!"
My scalp went numb, and I couldn't help taking a step back.
A warm and big hand immediately supported my waist. "Why are you afraid of him?"
Si Jiangchen lowered his head and whispered in my ear. "He's just a puppet."
"Th - There's the One - Eyed Buddha Mother!!"
I knew that Si Jiangchen couldn't see the black mist in the air, and Si Tong was gradually becoming a normal child. I didn't want them to get involved.
Wang Yingxiu was my karma, and I should handle it myself.
"You take Si Tong out. It's not safe here."
I gently broke free from Si Jiangchen's arm and followed Song Yixuan towards the end of the corridor.
"Sister Xiaohe, I also want to help you persuade Aunt Xiu!"
Si Tong had grabbed my hand. "How could Dad and I let you face those bad guys alone?"
"Si Tong is right!"
Si Jiangchen was behind me, like a solid mountain. "I'd like to see what the One - Eyed Buddha Mother can do after having her primordial spirit swallowed!"
As soon as he said that, all the single eyes formed by the black mist above our heads suddenly opened wide and rushed towards Si Jiangchen viciously.
I didn't know if Si Jiangchen felt this boundless evil intention. He just took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it casually. The curling white smoke rose from his fingertips. He drew a talisman casually with the hand holding the cigarette. As the white smoke rose, those black mists that looked like single eyes or mouths immediately let out shrill screams and disappeared like ice and snow in the sun.
"… You're so amazing."
I looked at the ceiling that had returned to silver - white and sincerely murmured in admiration.
Si Jiangchen just curved his lips slightly and motioned for me to follow Song Yixuan, who was walking normally.
We pushed aside the parents who were blocking the door and watching the show. We found that Song Yixuan had taken Mrs. Sun and Sun Wenwen into an office. The acrylic sign on the office door read "Taoran Dream Star Factory".
This office also had a half - glass wall.
Just as I led Si Tong's hand and walked to the side of the office, I saw Sun Wenwen break free from Song Yixuan's arms and rush to the water dispenser to press the switch for the boiling water for making tea.
"A Xiu, don't do this!"
Although Sun Wenwen had bullied Si Tong, how could she survive if she was scalded by boiling water again and again?
I shouted and knocked on the door to stop her. "Don't get involved in their karma!!"
The door was originally ajar, and I rushed in immediately. Sun Wenwen suddenly turned her head to look at me. Her pupils rolled up, and her eyes became a white blur. She grinned sinisterly and asked me, "Who's A Xiu?"
The voice was hoarse and sounded like an old woman's!
"Who are you?!"
I didn't realize that it wasn't A Xiu who had occupied Sun Wenwen's body! It was a strange old woman!
At this time, on the ceiling and inside the walls of Song Yixuan's office, there seemed to be countless human faces wriggling, trying to break free from their restraints and come into the world. A large pool of red mist vomited out of Sun Wenwen's throat. After it fell to the ground, it "popped" like a water bag and burst. Scalding hot water splashed all over the floor...