False evidence

Chapter 94 Vase
Grandma San came to bring lunch to the monkeys.

When I heard her say the last sentence to the preserved egg, I couldn't help but feel a chill run down my spine.

Three days later, that would be the 16th, right?
After following the eerie bride and groom into the second-floor bedroom, I realized that they weren't some kind of ghost or evil spirit.

The handwriting left by Yang Wudao is limited and can be described as extremely concise. Those things that he considered less important must have been very vague.

In the message he left me, he said that when physiognomy reaches a certain level, one can intuitively see what is about to happen to a person just by looking at them.

This is undoubtedly the most attractive point for me.

If you can predict what will happen in the future, isn't that foresight?

However, it wasn't until I entered that bedroom that I began to understand what he meant by 'intuition'.

During that time, I never actually left the basement. What I saw in that daze was just like when I first saw Lin Dan and Gao He get into a car accident.

However, car accidents are static images that appear in a daze; this time, it felt like experiencing it firsthand.

The date on the digital clock is November 16.

This means that through the divination, I foresaw what Yan Fengwei and Meng Zhen would experience three days later.

"Shh~ Shh!" Yan Fengwei suddenly winked at me.

Before I could understand what he meant, he hurriedly said to the third old woman who was walking behind, "Grandma, you seem to know a thing or two. I haven't been having much luck lately, could you take a look at my fortune?"

Without turning her head, the third old woman walked away, muttering to herself:
"I'm too old to meddle in other people's business. These days, not many young people know how to use incense to ward off evil spirits and summon back souls. But doing so means making enemies with those soul-stealing creatures. Sigh, this is something you shouldn't get involved in if you're not part of the inner circle. But since I've already started, I have to see it through to the end, or I'll be punished."

Meng Zhen was shrewd enough to sense the hidden meaning in her words, and quickly said, "Grandma, please take a look at my husband, just a look..."

As he was saying this, he tried to grab the Third Granny, but the monkey blocked his way.

“My grandma is old, please don’t bother her.”

He was being blunt; no matter how thick-skinned Meng Zhen and Yan Fengwei were, they couldn't keep chasing after the old lady.

Yan Fengwei sighed and asked me, "Brother, the expert you told me to hire before, is that her?"

"No."

I can tell now that this couple are shrewd people. After going through this whole ordeal, they finally believe that what I said before was the truth, which is why they are in a hurry to find someone else to help them.

However, the two of them were also somewhat desperate and grasping at straws.

I was also clicking my tongue; it seemed like what Third Grandma said at the end was deliberately meant for me. To get to the bottom of it… I'd have to have the ability, wouldn't I?

There's no going back in life. All I can tell Yan Fengwei and Meng Zhen is that the person I mentioned is a lawyer by profession. If needed, I can contact the other party for them, but details, including payment, should be discussed directly between the two parties.

The two of them said it was no problem.

I dialed Bai Jing's number.

As soon as the call connected, Bai Jing asked, "Is it him?"

I knew that "he" referred to Lü Xin, and said, "He has indeed started to take action, but it hasn't reached the point of being out of control yet. I'm looking for you because of something else. At the pet shop where I work now, there are two clients whose new homes are a bit unclean..."

I had barely explained the situation when Bai Jing got anxious: "Just focus on your work, why are you going out of your way to cause trouble? Don't you know you can't just meddle in these kinds of things!"

I held the phone further away: "This can't be explained in a few words. Do you have time to talk about it in person?"

"No! I'm out of town right now and can't go back anytime soon!" Bai Jing's voice was even louder: "Now that you've gotten involved, whatever's causing trouble in that house will definitely not let you off the hook! What can I say about you?!"

"Then don't say anything." I hung up the phone.

I really want to swear, not at Bai Jing, at least not solely at her.

All I wanted was to get a diploma and find a job. I didn't mean to cause trouble, but damn bad luck just keeps coming my way!

I had no room to refuse, and nowhere to escape!

Meng Zhen asked cautiously, "Is this a troublesome matter? Are people afraid to get involved?"

I shook my head: "She went on a business trip out of town and won't be back for a while."

Yan Fengwei said with a long face, "Wife, how about... we sell this house?"

I suddenly remembered something and said, "The problem may not necessarily be with the house."

I asked the two of them, "Do you have a particularly long and slender vase?"

I gestured a couple of times, then glanced at the paper and pen on the table and simply drew it. My drawing skills are only at a kindergarten level; I could only manage to draw a rough shape.

Unexpectedly, Yan Fengwei and his wife only glanced at it before simultaneously letting out a soft "Ah!"

The two looked at each other for a while before Yan Fengwei said to me, "I did receive a similar one at the beginning of the year, but I had it appraised by a specialist, and it turned out to be fake."

Seeing his shifty eyes, I asked in a low voice, "Where is the thing now?"

Yan Fengwei looked up at me and said, "Hey, even though it's a fake, I still bought it for several thousand yuan. I can't just let it go to waste, right? I'll keep it in the shop and sell it around Labor Day."

He turned to Meng Zhenyi and raised his chin: "I remember it very clearly, the buyer was an old foreign devil with white hair. I even argued with your sister-in-law for a long time. I said he was French, but your sister-in-law insisted that he was German..."

I casually tore the painting off, crumpled it up, threw it in the trash can, and said to the monkey:
"Brother Monkey, once the wounds are treated, let them pay the bill and leave."

Meng Zhen asked, "Then what should we do about our situation?"

I smiled and said, "What's the matter? Didn't you just come to see me about the injury? Once it's healed, you can leave, right?"

Meng Zhen wanted to speak again, but Yan Fengwei pulled her behind him and said with a wry smile, "The trick has been exposed, so don't say anything more."

I said coldly, "I've already said, I'm just a veterinarian. You forced me to look after your house. I almost lost my life, and now you're still lying to me? Fine, I won't waste any more words. In my opinion, the problem isn't the house, but that vase. I can't help you with anything. In short, if you want to live, go back and smash that vase, throw it as far away as you can."

"Smashed?" Yan Fengwei was taken aback, glancing at me sideways, clearly probing as he asked, "Really smashed? Even if that thing was a replica, with my house, I could afford at least three of those."

Pidan suddenly interjected, "Hey, Xiaosan, what are you saying to them? I can tell they think you're some kind of thief eyeing their treasure!"

I didn't say anything more, sat down behind the table, picked up my chopsticks, and started eating dumplings.

While washing his hands, the monkey said to Yan Fengwei and Meng Zhen, "It's stitched up. For the other minor injuries, I'll prescribe some gentian violet for you to apply when you get home. Do you want to get the burn ointment from me or buy it at the pharmacy? It'll be ninety-two in total if you want it, eighty if you don't. Hey, why are you taking your anger out on my dumplings? Leave me a few!"

Yan Fengwei stood up, pulled Meng Zhen along, and limped over to me, saying with a mournful face:

"Brother, don't blame me for being suspicious. Just think back, from the time you called my wife this morning to the time you went to my house... I didn't see the red footprints you mentioned, but you found the basement where I hide my belongings. And now you're talking about this bottle... How can I not be suspicious? How am I supposed to know that when I got this bottle, you saw it and then cheated me out of your money?"

I stuffed the last dumpling into my mouth, looked up and mumbled, "I don't care about anything else, I only have one plan: go back and smash that vase."

Yan Fengwei asked doubtfully, "You really aren't after that bottle?"

Seeing my face darken, he quickly said, "Don't get angry, don't get angry! I mean... that bottle is really worth a lot of money. How about... how about I find someone else to sell it to?"

I said, "It's your stuff, you can do whatever you want with it. Here's one last piece of advice: three days, you only have three days at most. I can't say what will happen to you and your husband if the bottle is still there."

Yan Fengwei gritted his teeth: "If I smash the bottle, will we be fine?"

I was stunned.

The method of measuring yellow rice was taught by Lü Xin; the blood-red footprints on the rice made me believe in the existence of some other things.

Through divination, I saw a vase.

It has now been confirmed that Yan Fengwei did indeed own such a vase.

But can the evil spirit that's causing trouble really just vanish into thin air and stop bothering the couple in front of them because the vase was broken?

Also, it seems that Granny San reminded me that I've already made an enemy of that evil spirit. Will it let me go?

Yan Fengwei sighed: "You're not entirely sure yourself, are you?"

I could only nod and say, "Wait a minute, let me ask a professional."

I took out my phone, dialed a string of numbers, deleted them one by one, and then put the phone to my ear: "Hello!"

"Hello!" Lu Xin's voice came through the receiver quickly. "Why did you suddenly hang up earlier?"

"No signal," I said casually. "It's the same house. I followed the footprints on the millet and found the secret room. When I got down there, something suddenly happened to the family..."

I recounted in detail what happened after the call was disconnected over the phone.

A moment later, Lü Xin said, "Sanqi, right? So you don't know anything about this at all. According to you, the master of the family didn't suffer from sleepwalking; he was bewitched in the dark room."

The three souls and seven spirits each have their own function. A person who has lost their main soul is like a walking corpse, capable of doing unimaginable things. Luckily, you knew to use incense to summon the Kitchen God; otherwise, if things had dragged on any longer, the family member might have perished right then and there.

"How can we be sure if the problem is with the vase?"

I didn't mention to him what I saw through divination; I only said that I suspected an evil spirit was attached to a vase.

Lu Xin suddenly laughed: "Ha, you should ask the person who asked you that question. I can only tell you that if there really is something wrong with the vase, breaking it will not only be useless, but will make things worse. Antiques and funerary objects are indeed very easy for unclean things to accumulate. But you have to understand, for people, they are just objects; for ghosts, they are their home. If you smash someone else's house, won't they come after you?"

(End of this chapter)