Courtyard House: The Frog Boy Brings Back a Genetic Potion at the Start

Hao Jianguo gave her a reassuring look, then turned to Uncle San, Yan Bugui, and said, "Uncle San, I don't trust the old lady's character."

I'm afraid that if she loses, she'll throw a tantrum, pretend to be sick, or act like a spoiled child, and in the end, I won't be able to do anything about it.

"You're very knowledgeable; do you have any methods to prevent this from happening?"

Upon hearing this, Yan Bugui felt much more at ease.

The fact that Hao Jianguo was willing to consult him at this juncture clearly shows that he regards him as a person of importance.

He twirled a non-existent beard and said slowly, "That's easy."

Let's draw up a written agreement, clearly written in black and white, with both parties signing and affixing their fingerprints, and then ask everyone present to be our witnesses.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, I think even the most thick-skinned person wouldn't have the nerve to deny it.

These words made sense, and many people around nodded in agreement.

The onlookers didn't care who won or lost in the end.

They only need to enjoy this spectacle where everyone's fortune is staked—a spectacle of this scale is not easily seen, and some people may never encounter it in their entire lives.

Under Yan Bugui's arrangement, the agreement was prepared, and the deaf old lady signed it without hesitation.

At this moment, she was still filled with smugness: Hao Jianguo was bound to lose.

Her "grandson"

How could she have mental problems? If there really is something wrong, surely her old eyes can see it?

Hao Jianguo looked at the document in his hand, a faint smile appearing on his lips.

Since the old lady was determined to take her own life, he granted her this small wish.

"Wait, wait...can you treat my wound first? My head is still bleeding, and it hurts terribly!"

Suddenly, Sha Zhu let out a pitiful cry.

Then everyone awkwardly realized that they had been so focused on watching Hao Jianguo and the deaf old lady fight that they had completely forgotten about the injured Sha Zhu.

Yi Zhonghai quickly helped Sha Zhu up from the ground, took him back into the house, and then hurriedly went to fetch the most famous doctor in the vicinity.

He secretly worried: what if Sha Zhu was originally fine, but got hurt by Jia Zhangshi's blows? That would mean a complete defeat.

The deaf old woman stood guard by Sha Zhu's bedside, resolutely refusing to let Hao Jianguo get any closer, as if Hao Jianguo really possessed some kind of sorcery that could drive people mad if they got too close.

She clearly remembered that the last time Bang Geng acted erratically, it was after Hao Jianguo approached.

Having learned from past mistakes, the old lady was extra cautious this time.

Hao Jianguo didn't care and just stayed quietly in the courtyard.

The onlookers didn't leave either—they all wanted to see how Hao Jianguo would prove that Sha Zhu had a problem with his brain.

"Zhu Zi, don't worry, this time we will definitely be able to drive that scourge out of the compound."

The deaf old woman lowered her voice and glared fiercely at the door.

Sha Zhu nodded hurriedly, but the movement aggravated his wound, causing him to grimace in pain and curse Jia Zhangshi.

"That old hag was incredibly cruel!"

Under the old lady's persistent questioning, Sha Zhu stammered out the reason for being beaten.

He thought he would be scolded, but the old lady didn't take it to heart at all—to her, as long as Sha Zhu was mentally sound, nothing else mattered.

Soon after, Yi Zhonghai returned with his old friend, the doctor.

If it weren't for this relationship, probably no one would be willing to make house calls in the middle of the night.

After the doctor bandaged Sha Zhu's wound, Sha Zhu felt dizzy and had a sharp pain in his head.

"Doctor, I'm feeling really dizzy and have intermittent headaches... Could there really be something wrong?"

Sha Zhu couldn't help but ask.

After all, you only have one head, and if it breaks, there's nowhere to replace it.

The doctor shook his head with great certainty: "Don't worry, at most it's a mild concussion, it won't have any lasting effects."

"A good night's sleep will do the trick. When you wake up tomorrow, you'll be back to being the same lively and energetic Silly Zhu."

He said this jokingly, which made Yi Zhonghai and the others breathe a sigh of relief.

The group chatted amongst themselves, telling the doctor about the bet they had just made.

Upon hearing this, the doctor couldn't help but burst into laughter and shook his head helplessly.

"You guys just don't know enough about medical common sense. Don't believe everything you hear."

Patients with genuine mental health issues wouldn't be as lucid as Sha Zhu. When that kind of uncontrolled episode occurs, they might pull out a knife and hurt someone.

"I encountered a case years ago..."

Since he had nothing else to do, the doctor casually started talking about a few cases he had encountered in the past.

The doctor's expression was so vivid as he recounted the story that He Yushui screamed in fright just listening to his descriptions; she was clearly terrified.

Seeing her like this, the doctor couldn't help but laugh and gently patted He Yushui's shoulder, "Don't panic, little girl, your brother is perfectly fine right now, nothing will happen to him."

He Yushui finally breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, and then, as if remembering something, quickly nodded in agreement: "That makes sense. My silly brother is straightforward and wouldn't go that far."

The people around her shook their heads and chuckled when they heard her teasing Sha Zhu like that, thinking to themselves: Is this really something a real sister would say?

After all that commotion, the atmosphere inside the house became much more relaxed.

Even the deaf old lady and Yi Zhonghai began to secretly plot how to get a share of the pie from Hao Jianguo.

In their eyes now, Hao Jianguo has become a piece of easy prey. Yi Zhonghai even feels that "if Hao Jianguo stumbles, the whole hospital will benefit."

Not too much.

The doctor chatted with Yi Zhonghai and the others for a few more minutes before getting up to take his leave. It was late at night.

The neighbors who had been crowding in the courtyard to watch the commotion were now yawning incessantly. Seeing that they couldn't tell whether Sha Zhu was crazy or not tonight, they dispersed in twos and threes.

"Alright, silly Zhu, you get some rest. I'll come see you again tomorrow."

As Yi Zhonghai spoke, he stood up to help the deaf old lady leave.

The old lady was already quite old and couldn't stay up late. She was so sleepy that she could barely keep her eyes open. When she heard what Yi Zhonghai said, she stood up as well.

Sha Zhu lay on the bed with his back to everyone, ignoring Yi Zhonghai's words and remaining motionless as if he were fast asleep.

Yi Zhonghai smiled helplessly, said nothing more, and turned to leave.

Just then, a strange, low laugh suddenly rang out.

The laughter was eerie, sending chills down one's spine as it entered the ears; Yi Zhonghai and his companions immediately broke out in goosebumps.

"Silly...Silly Pillar? What's wrong with you?"

Yi Zhonghai's voice trembled as he turned to look at the bed.

Suddenly, Sha Zhu sat up in bed, his head drooping, while he continued to utter that chilling sneer.

Those who don't know the truth might really think he's been possessed by an evil spirit.

"Grandma, grandpa, my silly brother...could he be possessed by an evil spirit?"

He Yushui gripped the deaf old woman's clothes tightly and asked in a trembling voice.

This time she was truly frightened; she had never seen Sha Zhu like this before.

All the stories the doctor had just told flooded into her mind at once, and He Yushui's face turned ashen, her lips trembling.

The deaf old lady's face also turned ashen, and she was at a loss for what to do. She hurriedly looked at Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai was also feeling uneasy, but he still mustered his courage and walked up to Sha Zhu, calling out in a low voice several times, "Sha Zhu? Sha Zhu? What are you doing? Don't scare me."

No matter how he called out, Sha Zhu didn't respond.

He still had his eyelids drooping, as if he were fast asleep.

Seeing this, Yi Zhonghai felt a little relieved.

"It's probably a lingering problem from the blow to the head. Who knows, she might end up like Jia Zhangshi before, sleepwalking."

Can someone with a concussion sleepwalk? The group instinctively looked towards the doctor.

But the doctor himself was also taken aback by the scene, and could no longer give a coherent explanation.

However, in He Yushui's and her group's view, it seems that all they are doing right now is "sleepwalking".

That makes sense.

He Yushui and the deaf old lady exchanged a glance and both breathed a sigh of relief.

"I told you long ago, Zhuzi will be fine. The doctor diagnosed him with a mild concussion. What serious problem could he have?"

The deaf old lady seemed to be reassuring herself, but Zhu Zi's smiling face was really creepy, and even she felt a chill down her spine just looking at it.

Yi Zhonghai nodded in agreement. To be honest, he didn't want to stay in the room any longer. He then said, "Alright, let's go."

I've watched Zhu Zi since he was a child; he's an perfectly normal person. What could possibly go wrong with him?

Before he could finish speaking, Sha Zhu on the bed suddenly looked up, his eyes wide open.

This sudden action startled He Yushui, who trembled all over and cried out.

"Brother... what... what is this...?"

He Yushui instinctively wanted to ask, but saw Sha Zhu staring straight at the deaf old lady, his lips moving as he muttered something.

At first, the sound was so soft that no one in the room could hear it clearly.

But gradually, the muttering grew louder and louder, and Yi Zhonghai and the others finally heard every word clearly.

"Girl, don't go!"

"Come here...come up to me!"

As Sha Zhu muttered to himself, he let out a few low laughs, the laughter eerie and sending chills down one's spine.

Even more shockingly, he staggered off the bed and walked briskly towards the deaf old lady.

The old lady had never seen Sha Zhu like this before. Especially his eyes, which were cloudy and filled with an inexplicable greed, staring straight at her, which frightened her so much that her hand went limp and she almost dropped her cane.

He Yushui and Yi Zhonghai were completely stunned and unable to move for a moment.

At this moment, Sha Zhu seemed like a completely different person. He pounced on the deaf old lady without any regard for anything else, like a hungry wolf pouncing on its prey, which startled the others and made them retreat one after another.

The room erupted into chaos—Sha Zhu chased, they hid, but he had blocked the exit completely, and no one could get out.

"Doctor, what's wrong with my brother?"

He Yushui looked at the doctor beside her, completely bewildered.

The doctor himself was bewildered; he opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything coherent.

Little did he know that Sha Zhu's unusual behavior was entirely due to the effect of a [Female Ghost Talisman].

In Sha Zhu's eyes, there was clearly a beautiful female ghost floating in the room, and under the allure of that phantom, he had already lost his mind.

"Is...is this really sleepwalking?"

The deaf old woman's voice trembled as she mumbled to herself.

The scene before them was truly bizarre, and Sha Zhu's expression was even more chilling.

What they had no idea was that, in Sha Zhu's hallucination, the female ghost had already possessed the deaf old woman.

In his eyes, the old lady had become a stunningly beautiful woman.

Silly Pillar: "Hehe"

With a smile, he suddenly darted to the deaf old lady.

The old lady tried to dodge, but he grabbed her wrist.

"Don't go, son... let's have a good talk."

"You're so handsome, you're not engaged yet, are you? I, Sha Zhu, am also unmarried, why don't you come with me? What do you say?"

As he spoke, he increased the pressure on his hands.

The old lady was frail and weak; how could she possibly resist his strength? With a tug, she stumbled and was pulled firmly into Sha Zhu's arms.

"ah--!"

The deaf old woman screamed in shock.

Having lived to this age, to have been taken advantage of by this scoundrel, she felt utterly humiliated.

"Help! Someone, please help!"

She struggled a couple of times, but Sha Zhu suddenly tightened his arms around her, picked her up horizontally, grinned mischievously, and turned to walk towards the bed.

"Hehe, don't shout... tonight is just the two of us on our wedding night."

Is Sha Zhu going to have a wedding night with the deaf old lady?

The scene before them left He Yushui and the others dumbfounded; it was utterly absurd and inhumane!

The doctor suddenly screamed and, taking advantage of the moment when Sha Zhu stopped blocking the door, rushed out without looking back, still screaming in terror:

"He's gone mad! Sha Zhu has really gone mad! This person... this person is a complete lunatic, hiding it so well, I didn't even realize it!"

He shouted as he staggered away.

The courtyard was originally crowded with onlookers, but as time dragged on, people gradually dispersed.

Startled by the shouts of the doctor and the deaf old woman, the people who had just left ran back with great enthusiasm.

"Gone mad? Is Sha Zhu really mad?"

Xu Damao was the first to shout out excitedly.

Yan Jiecheng rushed out of the house, throwing on his coat, and asked, "What happened? What did we miss?"

"I shouldn't have left! I should have watched this spectacle to the end!"

Those who hadn't gone far in the courtyard all turned back, but when they saw the scene inside the house, they all gasped in shock—they were all stunned by Sha Zhu's actions.

A wedding night? Sha Zhu actually wants to have a wedding night with the old lady? This completely overturns everyone's understanding.

Xu Damao rubbed his eyes hard. They say seeing is believing, but the sight before him made him unable to believe his eyes.