Shen Weixun observed Yu Qiu's facial features and found that those inauspicious omens wouldn't come true in the short term. Then she was relieved and left the scene with Xiaotuanzi and the two teenagers.
Let them sort out the rest of the mess on their own.
It was such a chaotic scene that the banquet was probably ruined for the day.
Coincidentally, Xiaotuanzi hadn't had a proper meal yet. Although the kid had eaten quite a few pastries, those were just snacks. A proper meal was still necessary.
Shen Weixun chose the same restaurant they'd been to last time. The environment was nice, the dishes were good, and privacy was guaranteed. It was the perfect place to discuss such matters.
After the four of them were seated and the dishes were served, they finally got down to business.
"Now can you tell me what you were talking about just now?" Yu Sheng asked impatiently. He was so curious that he was fidgeting. He simply couldn't sit still until he got the answer.
"Xu Nuannuan has two tattoos on her body. One is of Qiongqi and the other is of Taotie. Both tattoos were done with the blood of a fox spirit."
"We were wrong from the start. We thought the demonic aura emanating from her was because she'd made an agreement with a demon or that she was enshrining or raising one. But actually, all the demonic aura comes from those two tattoos."
"Previously, Xu Nuannuan's dressing style was mostly conservative. She covered herself up tightly. The tattoos were in such private places that there was no way we could see them. We have to admit that Wu Siqi did a good thing today."
Shen Weixun was extremely grateful that they'd chosen to keep a close eye on Yu Qiu and Xu Nuannuan.
The direction they'd guessed at first was completely wrong.
If they'd used conventional methods, they might not even have known how Yu Qiu died in the end.
Xu Nuannuan's dressing style used to be very ordinary.
She'd wear formal clothes at work and ordinary T - shirts or dresses after work.
No matter what she wore, her waist would never be exposed.
This made it very difficult for others to notice the tattoos and their strangeness.
Today, Xu Nuannuan was wearing a dress made of light and breathable fabric. The multiple layers prevented any accidental exposure and made her look ethereal and beautiful. But once the dress got wet and clung to her body, it was easy to see what was underneath.
That was why the two tattoos were exposed to them.
"Is there really a fox spirit in this world? Isn't it said that animals aren't allowed to become spirits after the founding of the People's Republic?"
Yu Sheng's focus was clearly off. His mind automatically conjured up an image of a beautiful and noble fox - spirit big sister.
But then he thought about it.
If he could accept that there were ghosts in the world, it wasn't that hard to accept that there were one or two demons.
"Any animal that has awakened its spiritual intelligence can be considered to have become a spirit. The blood used for the tattoos probably came from a young fox cub that hadn't even reached adulthood. Otherwise, she'd have been a walking disaster, with charm comparable to that of Baosi or Daji."
"So it's because of that tattoo that my elder brother has become so blindly infatuated with her? Is it really that powerful?" Yu Sheng was shocked.
Just a tattoo could bewitch his elder brother. That was terrifying.
"No. As I said before, your elder brother was already interested in her, so that's why he became like this. The tattoo only has an enhancing effect, but it doesn't control people's minds."
"Do you know what Qiongqi and Taotie symbolize?"
Shen Weixun shook her head slightly. If a single tattoo could control everyone, Xu Nuannuan wouldn't have just two suitors by now.
None of the men present would have been able to escape.
"Don't know. I only know they're ferocious beasts. Oh, and I know that Taotie is extremely gluttonous."
Yu Sheng shook his head. He never paid attention to such things. After all, he'd always hated things related to metaphysics before.
He also never paid attention to those mythological stories.
He only knew about these two ferocious beasts because they were so well - known.
"You should read more in the future. Qiongqi is characterized by fighting and ferocity. Taotie represents greed and desire. The fox spirit has the ability to bewitch people's hearts. When these things come together, it's like stacking buffs. It will magnify the greed, ambition, desire, and obsession in people's hearts. And since all these things appear on Xu Nuannuan, she's a walking disaster. Whoever gets close to her will be dominated by desire and become a person who will stop at nothing to achieve their goals."
No matter how much time passed or whether Yu Sheng changed, Liu Chuchen's dislike for him would never change.
It was a very simple explanation, but he had to mock Yu Sheng at the beginning.
Yu Sheng: ...
Oh, it was his fault for not reading enough.
"At first, I was wondering why the fortune - telling for Yu Qiu every year indicated that he would have a prison disaster instead of a bloody disaster. If Xu Nuannuan was targeting him, she should have hurt Yu Qiu in the end. Then this prison disaster seemed rather inexplicable. But now everything can be explained."
Once they discovered the problem with Xu Nuannuan, all the previous doubts were easily resolved.
It was obvious that Yu Qiu liked Xu Nuannuan from the start.
After he developed a crush on her, with the enhancement of the tattoo, this crush would be magnified countless times as time passed and he interacted with her.
Even the person involved couldn't tell whether it was pity, sympathy, like, or love.
But most people would classify this feeling as love.
Just like Yu Qiu now.
This was the effect of the Taotie tattoo.
From the information they'd found before, Wu Siqi was actually quite amiable to others most of the time.
Only when it came to Xu Nuannuan did she become particularly picky and arrogant.
Although she hadn't had a boyfriend since graduation, she hadn't been pestering Yu Qiu either.
If she really loved Yu Qiu to the point of madness, she wouldn't have been so cold before they met.
So her abnormally excited mood today was probably due to the Qiongqi tattoo.
After all, Qiongqi represents fighting.
The two tattoos would magnify her dissatisfaction with Xu Nuannuan, as well as her possessiveness and love for Yu Qiu.
It wasn't just the two of them. All those who got close to Xu Nuannuan would be affected to some extent. They just cared more about her, so they were affected the most.
The onlookers around were enough to prove this.
They were all classmates and in the same circle. They might need each other someday, so even if they were dissatisfied, they wouldn't openly discuss Wu Siqi.
After all, she was the only heir of the Wu family and controlled so much wealth. Who would be so stupid as to offend her for the sake of Xu Nuannuan?
So the onlookers' discussions today were extremely abnormal.
Yet, as the parties involved, they all thought it was perfectly normal.