"Son, please don't do this!!"
Officer Xue's wife never expected that her well - behaved son at home would suddenly turn into a bad kid who would deliberately trip his classmates and put glue in the teacher's teacup.
However, no matter what the child becomes, he is still the apple of his mother's eye.
Even though her neck was cut by the glass in her son's hand, Officer Xue's wife still wanted to turn around and hug him.
On Xue Shuo's innocent little face, a hint of cruelty appeared. He grabbed the glass shard with both hands and stabbed it hard at the carotid artery in his mother's neck!!
"You little brute!"
Suddenly, a furious shout came from the inner room. Du Wenzhong dashed out like the wind from beside me and Si Jiangchen. He kicked Xue Shuo's arm, sending the skinny little body flying. The boy hit the wall and then fell down.
"How dare you raise your hand against your own mother! I'll beat some sense into you, you unfilial wretch!"
Du Wenzhong had just put the dishes into the cabinet. When he lifted the curtain, he saw Xue Shuo looking ferocious and about to attack his mother. Kicking the boy away wasn't enough to vent his anger. He rushed over in two steps, grabbed Xue Shuo by the collar, and slapped him hard twice.
Xue Shuo was young and underdeveloped. His cheeks immediately swelled up with red marks, and a stream of nosebleed trickled out.
"Ah... ah..."
Xue Shuo rolled his eyes upwards and obviously fainted from the beating. Seeing her son lying limp on the ground like a puddle of mud, Officer Xue's wife immediately cried out and rushed over. She hugged her son and burst into tears.
She wasn't ungrateful. If it weren't for Du Wenzhong's kick, she might have had her throat pierced by the razor - sharp glass shard!!
"Shuoshuo, wake up. Don't scare mom!"
Thinking of her husband lying unconscious in the hospital bed and her son in this state now, she finally couldn't help but wail loudly.
"...Mom, don't cry..."
In response to his mother's continuous cries, Xue Shuo's rolled - up eyes finally returned to normal. Seeing his tear - streaked mother, he hurriedly reached out to wipe the tears on her face. "I'm okay. I'm all better!"
"Shuo?! You... you're back?!"
Officer Xue's wife noticed that the cruel look on her son's face had completely disappeared. It was as if he had returned to his former well - behaved self.
"Mom, I... I'm back. I drove the elder brother away!"
There were several cuts on Xue Shuo's hands. The blood smeared on Officer Xue's wife's face, making a red patch that looked a bit terrifying and eerie under the light. "He wanted to hurt you. I wouldn't allow it!"
"Good boy! Good Shuoshuo."
Officer Xue's wife hugged her son and was on the verge of crying uncontrollably. Xue Shuo patted his mother's back while saying in a soft voice, "But... I can't guarantee when he will push me out again. Mom, help me think of a way. I originally thought the elder brother was pitiful and wanted him to enjoy some of your care too. I didn't expect him to be so bad... What should we do if he comes out again?"
"Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid!!"
Officer Xue's wife didn't even care about the wound on her neck. She hugged Xue Shuo and rushed in front of me, pleading, "Miss Du, please save us! My son and husband's lives are in your hands!"
I squinted at Xue Shuo in her arms. I always felt that there was no innocence of a child in this little boy's eyes.
"...Sister Du, please save me."
Xue Shuo felt uneasy under my gaze. He timidly reached out his hand to me. "I... I don't want mom to be hurt!"
How bold!
A cold smile played on my lips. I grabbed his thin wrist. "Sure! Come with sister then. Sister will help you exorcise evil spirits and strengthen your soul!"
"Thank you, sister!"
The panic on Xue Shuo's face turned into a venomous smile the moment I dragged him to my side. He sneered in a voice that only the two of us could hear, "I'm using my younger brother's body! They only have this one child. If you mess things up, heh heh..."
Just as I expected, the parasitic ghost that had occupied the nest wouldn't be easily suppressed. He was just pretending to be Xue Shuo's well - behaved self to deceive everyone.
"Miss Du?!"
Officer Xue's wife noticed that I was still being tough on her son. Her face showed a mixture of anger and uneasiness. "Shuoshuo has been weak since childhood. Please don't torment him!"
But how could I listen to her? My hand had already grabbed Xue Shuo's pulse point, which was also one of the thirteen ghost gates where the soul entered and exited the physical body. By pinching this point, the evil soul that had invaded Xue Shuo's body wouldn't be able to hide in other parts of the body.
I dragged Xue Shuo straight towards the altar in the inner room.
Although the so - called magic tools in the shop looked dazzling, they could only "physically" exorcise ghosts. Only the altar I set up in the dining room in the back was the place where I could truly perform divination and magic.
"You're not allowed to go in."
Si Jiangchen smiled calmly but immediately raised his hand to stop Fu Ning and Officer Xue's wife from following in.
"On what grounds?!" Officer Xue's wife saw the curtain fluttering and blocking her view. She immediately panicked and shouted, "I want to watch over Shuoshuo. He can't be hurt anymore!"
Who was Si Jiangchen? He wouldn't waste any more words on them. He just stood at the door and refused to let Officer Xue's wife in. Fu Ning stepped forward to persuade her, saying that she should trust Miss Du's ability and that she would definitely keep Shuoshuo safe.
By now, it was completely dark outside. The only orange - red twilight outside the small window had disappeared below the horizon.
The inner room of my shop wasn't lit. There was only a hazy darkness.
"Tell me, do you want to leave on your own or do I have to capture you!"
Holding Xue Shuo's wrist, I could see his two eyeballs glinting eerily in the darkness.
Xue Shuo's elder brother didn't have a name. Now that he had finally occupied his younger brother's physical body, how could he give it up easily? He still grinned and said softly, "I'm not leaving. What can you do to me? My younger brother has already said that he'll give this body to me. He's even given up his own life. Why are you meddling in other people's business!"
I didn't know how this cunning brat had managed to persuade his younger brother, Xue Shuo, with his glib tongue!
But seeing him talking so shamelessly now, I just wanted to grab him quickly and return the body to the original good - hearted boy.
"By the order of the Purple Star, the marshals are here. Those who dare to disobey shall be crushed into dust."
I dragged Xue Shuo by the arm and escorted him in front of the altar. I picked up the soul - capturing bell on the offering table and rang it once above Xue Shuo's head with a "ding".
My Yin - world guiding talisman was very effective. Since the soul of the little boy Xue Shuo had agreed to swap with his elder brother, his soul must have already been taken to the underworld... If I rashly drove out the brat that had occupied Xue Shuo's body now, I was afraid that this physical body, like an empty city, would immediately become a hot - potato for the wandering ghosts to fight over!