After returning from my cultivation journey, I built a farm through fortune telling.

Chapter 126

Unexpectedly, the cat demon shouted, "Yes! If you kill me, that brat won't survive either. Our souls are linked; we live and die together!!"

It huddled up, its head held high, its bright green eyes sending a chill down Anlin's spine. She clutched her chest, looking uneasily at the egret—

"Little Egret. What??"

Bai Lu gritted her teeth. The demon was indeed cunning. "Sister-in-law, you can't believe this cat demon. It's just talking nonsense out of fear of death. It has already harmed Honghong. If it's not eliminated, it will harm more people in the future."

“But…” An Lin was a little flustered. She wasn’t afraid of anything else, but she was afraid that what the cat demon said was true: “What if what it said is true? What will happen to Hong Hong?”

"If I die, he will surely die!" the cat demon continued to shout, disturbing An Lin and Qin Xu's minds.

Egret: "."

She was getting annoyed with the cat demon. She even wondered if it had been watching too many brainless TV dramas. Didn't she know whether they were connected by spirit or not?
However, considering An Lin's feelings, he hesitated to attack the cat demon.

The cat demon seemed to have seen through Bai Lu's thoughts and became arrogant. It struggled to get up, its robust body three times larger than that of an ordinary black cat. Its black fur was glossy from being nourished by Qin Hong's essence. It squatted on the ground, leisurely licking its paws.

It has to be said that the egret's attack really hurt it. Once it finds a chance to escape, it will definitely need to find a few more humans to nourish it!
—Indeed, it has tasted the wonders of human essence and no longer wants to cultivate honestly.

Before it could even lick its right paw after finishing its left, Qin Xu stomped on it hard, shoving its right paw into its mouth and cutting its tongue. It angrily meowed, "You dare hurt me? Do you want that brat dead?"

The arrogant cat demon was nowhere to be seen in its previous pleading manner.

"I don't believe you!" Qin Xu hugged An Lin and said softly, "I believe Lu Lu, let Lu Lu handle this matter!"

An Lin bit her lip and looked at Bai Lu. When Bai Lu nodded, she hummed in agreement and buried her head in Qin Xu's arms.

The black cat panicked: "Don't trust her! If she dares to kill me, your son will definitely die!!!"

An Lin's shoulders twitched, but she remained unmoved.

The egret breathed a sigh of relief and was just about to make its move—

Seeing this, the cat demon panicked even more. Knowing it was no match for the egret, it reverted to its pitiful state and pleaded, "Master, I was wrong! I was wrong! I'm willing to accept any punishment, but please give me a chance to repent and spare my life! Heaven has a benevolent heart; I've cultivated for three hundred years to reach this level of power, please don't destroy me! I beg you! Meow—"

"You know that spiritual cultivation is not easy, so you should be even more careful with your words and deeds. There is no reason why you should not be punished for committing murder. I hope you will not repeat the same mistake in the future."

Bai Lu snorted coldly. She knew that the nature of evil was hard to change, so she ruthlessly stretched out her hand, drew a complicated talisman in the air, and then pointed a finger at the cat demon's forehead. The cat demon's body was instantly surrounded by a golden light, and it screamed in pain.

Qin Xu held An Lin tightly, but couldn't help looking back curiously. All he could see was dazzling golden light, and Bai Lu stood to his side like a god, his hands forming a hand seal, pointing vaguely at the cat demon.

At this moment, he truly realized that his little cousin was completely different from them.

While he was still in a daze, the golden light on the cat demon completely dissipated—

The cat demon's body shrank rapidly, becoming the size of an ordinary black cat. Its once emerald-like eyes lost their luster. It let out a soft "meow" in a daze, wandered around the room, and then rubbed against the egret's trouser leg.

"This is?"

Anlin turned around when she heard the sound and saw a kitten, which she found hard to believe.

“Hmm, a cat demon.” Bai Lu explained softly, “I broke its cultivation and erased its intelligence. Now it’s no different from an ordinary cat—well, there are still some differences. It might be dumber than an ordinary cat.”

Upon receiving a definite answer, An Lin and Qin Xu both breathed a sigh of relief. Although they found this supernatural event incredible, seeing that Bai Lu had indeed solved the problem, a huge weight was lifted from their hearts.

An Lin hurried to check on Qin Hong, and seeing that he was still unconscious, she couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Bai Lu smiled slightly: "He will wake up soon, so you don't need to worry."

After saying that, she walked to Qin Hong's bedside and gently stroked his forehead. Qin Hong's complexion gradually regained its rosy hue. After a while, he slowly opened his eyes, saw his parents and Bai Lu, and showed an innocent smile.

"Mom, Dad, I slept for ages!" Qin Hong said, rubbing his eyes. "There was a big cat in my dream, and it tried to bite me! So naughty!"

"It's alright, Aunt Lulu has chased the bad cat away!" An Lin and Qin Xu hugged Qin Hong excitedly, tears welling up in their eyes. They knew that all of this was thanks to Bai Lu, and they looked at her gratefully: "Xiao Lu, thank you, thank you for saving Hong Hong."

Bai Lu smiled and said, "We're all family, no need for formalities. It's good that Honghong is alright."

"Come here, Honghong, Auntie has something fun for you."

Bai Lu took out several amulets strung together with red rope from her storage ring and put them around Qin Hong's neck: "His vital energy is depleted, and he will be weak for a while. Let him rest well at home. There is an array in the room, and this amulet can also protect him from evil spirits. You can each carry one of the rest with you."

As she spoke, she took out some more and handed them to Qin Xu: "These are for my eldest aunt, my eldest aunt, my third aunt, and my youngest uncle. Please pass them on for me."

Bai Lu was overwhelmed by the barrage of questions and had to ask Qin Xu to take over.

"Isn't one missing? Your cousin Feifei's?"

An Lin counted them and asked hesitantly. Logically, she shouldn't have counted them, since Bai Lu is not what it used to be. But she was worried that there wouldn't be enough, and who would get them and who wouldn't? But when she counted, she found that there was indeed one missing.

"My cousin Feifei is pregnant."

The egret touched its nose and chuckled.

"She's pregnant?" Qin Xu raised an eyebrow and said, "She knew about you a long time ago. She kept it a secret very well!"

“I told her not to say it. I saw her once in Kyoto,” Bailu said.

Just as Bai Lu finished speaking, Qin Xu's phone rang. He took it out and saw that it was Qin Fei.

His face darkened: "When there was trouble, we couldn't find her no matter how hard we tried, but now that the matter is resolved, she's calling!"

"Don't be like this!" An Lin patted him. "Answer it. Fei Fei must know about Hong Hong's matter. Don't make her worry!"

"Honghong, what's wrong?" Qin Hong asked innocently when he heard his name being called. Then he saw the black cat crouching by the bed and his eyes lit up: "Mom, this looks like the cat in my dream! But it's so small! The cat in Honghong's dream is so big!"

Qin Hong opened his arms wide, as if he were holding a large ball.

“This cat!” An Lin quickly stopped Qin Hong from getting out of bed to play with the black cat. Meanwhile, Qin Xu had already answered Qin Fei’s call, and her anxious voice came through the phone: “How is Honghong now? I’ve contacted my classmate, and he said he can arrange a bed for him. You should go find him right away! He’s a neurosurgeon; tell him which specialist you need to see!”

"No need," Qin Xu said stiffly.

"Qin Xu! What time is it now? You're still like this! After all these years, you're still the same! I was the victim back then, what are you getting angry about! Hurry up and get Honghong to the Second Hospital. If anything happens to Honghong because of you, I'll kill you!"

You could tell that Qin Fei was genuinely anxious and scared.

She was just filming. With her status, the company certainly wouldn't provide her with an assistant; she'd have to pay an assistant to hire one herself!
So she left her phone aside. When she finished filming, she picked it up and saw so many missed calls, many of which were from her brother and sister-in-law. She felt something was wrong and immediately called her mother back. To her surprise, it turned out that something had happened to Honghong!

She immediately contacted her classmate; if anything really happened to Honghong, she would never be able to live with herself.

"Sister Feifei, Honghong is alright now, don't worry."

Seeing that Qin Xu had no intention of explaining, and An Lin was busy comforting Qin Hong, Bai Lu had no choice but to take the phone away.

Qin Fei hummed in response, "Lulu? What are you doing here?"

"Honghong was possessed by a cat demon, I came to deal with it, and it's all over now," Bailu said casually.

Qin Fei paused, then said "Oh—" and added, "You're really alright now, right?"

"It's really okay."

"Let Honghong say something to me."

Bai Lu handed the phone to Qin Hong: "Honghong, Aunt Feifei is looking for you—"

"Aunt Feifei!" Qin Hong called out, her little mouth as sweet as honey, "I miss you so much! When are you coming to play with me?"

"Auntie misses you too!" Hearing Qin Hong's voice, Qin Fei's eyes welled up with tears, feeling a lingering fear of surviving a disaster: "How about Auntie comes to play with you after she's rested?"

"it is good!"

Qin Fei talked with Qin Hong for a while, then asked him to hand the phone to Bai Lu: "Since Honghong is alright, I'll hang up now. Call me if you need anything else."

The egret nodded: "Okay."

"Give."

Bai Lu handed the phone back to Qin Xu, hesitated for a moment, but finally couldn't suppress her curiosity: "Cousin, what's going on between you and my cousin?"

Bai Lu was a full twelve years younger than Qin Xu and Qin Fei. In their eyes, she was just a child. Adults wouldn't talk to children about their own affairs, but today, Qin Xu dared not treat her like a child anymore.

He sighed and slowly began, "This happened many years ago. Back then, your sister Feifei was about your age, and she had a boyfriend. They were even at the point of discussing marriage, but I discovered..."

Qin Xu paused for a moment, and Bai Lu's gossip instincts flared up: "He cheated on me?"

"Cheating is one thing, we can just break up, but he's gay and wants to find a wife for a gay man. He's been extremely attentive to your sister Feifei, and she won't listen to anything I say. She insists on marrying him! Of course, I disagree, and I can't just watch her jump into a fire pit. To lull him into a false sense of security, I agreed to let them get married, but we had to have a wedding ceremony before we could get a marriage certificate. But I've been secretly investigating evidence, and he's very cautious. The wedding was the next day, and I was still thinking about how to sabotage the wedding when he slipped up. I took Feifei and caught him and his boyfriend in bed together."

"From then on, your sister Feifei..." Qin Xu sighed again.

Ling Fei's decision not to marry had such a hidden reason, which Bai Lu was unaware of. At the time, Bai Lu was still young, and naturally, her elders would not tell her these things.

It's just that this matter is hard to judge.

From Qin Xu's perspective, he definitely felt he hadn't done anything wrong. He had saved his sister from dire straits; it was already a favor that her mother didn't give him a banner of commendation! How could he have done anything wrong!

But in Qin Fei's eyes, he ruined her happiness—even if it was a fake happiness. She was about to become a happy bride the next day, but was told that she almost became a wife of a gay man.

How can she ever trust men again, believe in love again, or get married and start a family again?

"Forget it, let's not talk about this. She can't get over this on her own, and there's no point in us saying anything more."

Ling Fei was caught off guard by this sudden turn of events and couldn't accept it. Qin Xu understood and tried his best to comfort and console her, but Qin Fei didn't appreciate it at all and even resented him a little!

That's how people are—when they're wrong, or when someone else is wrong, they always choose the other person.

Qin Fei couldn't blame herself, so she could only blame her brother for revealing the truth.

She knew this was unreasonable, but she needed an outlet; otherwise, where could she pour out her bitterness?

"Lulu, are you hungry? Let your brother take you out to eat."

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, An Lin quickly broke the ice: "When we invited you to come before, you and your aunt didn't want to come. Now that you're here, you have to have a good time."

“Okay,” Bailu replied. “You should come too. Although Honghong said he needs to rest, it doesn’t mean he should lie in bed. He’s so small, he can’t handle the heat. Besides, getting some sun is good for him.”

"Okay, whatever you say," An Lin said with a smile.

Qin Xu used to frequently invite Qin Xiu's family to visit Shanghai, covering all expenses, but Qin Xiu was reluctant because a trip would take many days, and the family raised pigs and chickens, each of which Qin Xiu couldn't bear to part with.

Besides, playing costs money. With so many people in his family, how much money would Qin Xu have to spend?

Qin Xiu didn't think that just because Qin Xu could make money, money was worthless.

In her view, money that shouldn't be spent shouldn't be spent; eating, drinking, and having fun are all unnecessary expenses.

Therefore, the Bailu siblings rarely had the opportunity to play from childhood to adulthood, and later, after they started working, they had even less time to play.

—When do cattle and horses have any free time?!
"Let's go out for dinner!" Bai Lu picked up Qin Hong, and little Qin Hong hugged Bai Lu's neck: "Let's eat."

There is a shopping mall not far from Qin Xu's residential area, which only takes five minutes to walk there.

(End of this chapter)