Chapter 123

Chapter 123: Hard to Kill

Madam Jiang was furious. The others had no doubt that, if she could, she would get on a plane right then, fly to City J, and give Miss Li two loud slaps.

Jiang Wen Tao tried his best to calm her down and proved over and over that the two kids really hadn’t suffered much in the end. Only then did Madam Jiang barely let it go.

Once she cooled down, she couldn’t help feeling ashamed of how she had doubted Du An Rao before, and at the same time very glad that Mother Du had found her daughter in time, giving her son a chance to live.

Even so, Jiang Chang Bin and his older son had already warned Madam Jiang and Jiang You Nian very clearly ahead of time that Du An Rao was not completely sure she could fix the problem on Jiang You Nian. If things didn’t reach what they hoped for, they were not allowed to blame her.

Madam Jiang was not someone unreasonable. Hearing her husband and son talk like that, she rolled her eyes at them.

“That child is already doing us a huge favor just by being willing to help. That’s a blessing our family got from burning incense and praying. If we don’t even feel grateful, and we still blame her, do you think your mom is the kind of person who bites the hand that feeds her?”

Jiang Chang Bin: “…” Great, now it sounded like he was the petty one.

Because of all this, even before she met Du An Rao, Madam Jiang’s filter for her was already maxed out. On the day they met, she almost recognized this brand new niece at a glance. She walked up, hooked her arm through Du An Rao’s small hand, and warmly led her inside.

“You must be An An. Your uncle told me all about you. Good child, you must have suffered a lot outside all these years, right? It doesn’t matter. You’re back now, that’s what counts. In the future, if you’re wronged by anyone, tell your parents or your uncle and aunt. We’ll stand up for you. We won’t let anyone bully you!”

It wasn’t even a weekend, but everyone in the Du family was worried about Jiang You Nian’s condition and also afraid Du An Rao might be in danger, so they all came along.

Seeing this scene, the Du family members all turned their heads to look at the Jiang men with questioning eyes.

Jiang Chang Bin could only spread his hands helplessly, looking like he had no way to explain either.

Du An Rao thought Aunt was trying to please her because of her second cousin’s problem. She sighed in her heart.

[Parents really are the same everywhere.]

She quickly patted her chest and said: “Aunt, don’t worry. I definitely won’t let Second Cousin be in danger. Even if I’m not skilled enough to fix it myself, I can ask my Master to come. My Master is amazing!”

Madam Jiang’s eyes turned red with emotion: “Good, good, what a good child.”

Du An Rao: “???” She felt like something was a little off.

Still, this really wasn’t something that needed her unreliable old Master to show up.

As soon as she walked into the ward, Du An Rao felt a strange energy. She covered her nose and stepped back half a step without thinking.

Everyone had already been watching her closely. At once, they all looked over: “An An, what’s wrong?”

“It feels like there’s a sharp, strong smell in there. You don’t smell it?”

“A sharp smell?” Du Yi Han took a few heavy sniffs. “You mean the disinfectant?”

“I guess it’s… blood.” Du An Rao loosened her hand a little and took a careful sniff.

“Blood?” Mother Du was shocked. “You Nian, are you hurt?”

Jiang You Nian looked completely lost: “No.”

Even the other members of the Jiang family changed expressions. They secretly wondered if the reason Jiang You Nian had been weak for no clear reason was that he was bleeding somewhere they hadn’t noticed.

But that didn’t make sense. They had done a whole pile of tests these days. If he were bleeding inside, they should have found it.

Du An Rao stared at Jiang You Nian for a while, then suddenly turned her gaze to the bedside cabinet next to his bed.

“What’s inside there?”

All eyes instantly shifted to the cabinet. Jiang Chang Bin reacted first. He walked over, pulled the drawer open, and the thing inside came into view.

Everyone looked in without thinking. They saw a piece of red-and-white ancient jade. It looked ordinary and not very special.

But Du An Rao saw black mist and blood energy rolling over it like thick smoke. She quietly stepped back another half step.

That move already showed how she felt about it. Jiang Chang Bin pulled his hand back at once and nervously asked: “Is there something wrong with this peace pendant?”

“There’s a big problem.” Du An Rao spoke through the hand covering her nose, so her voice sounded muffled. “If I’m not wrong, this should be… a burial item.”

“A burial item?!” The Jiang family members in the ward almost all turned into screaming chickens.

The Du family members also widened their eyes: “Why would there be a burial item in You Nian’s ward?”

After the first shock passed, everyone in the Jiang family turned to look at Jiang Wen Tao.

“Big Brother, what is going on? This thing…”

“This was something a friend I’ve known for many years gave me. He said jade can nourish people, and a peace pendant means safety and peace.” Jiang Wen Tao’s face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. Clearly he hadn’t expected his good buddy of many years to stab him in the back like this.

“Jade can really nourish people, but not this one.” Du An Rao took the handkerchief her second brother handed over, covered her mouth and nose, and finally dared to move closer to see the jade’s true face.

“This piece of blood jade was buried with the host of the tomb as a burial item. From its color and pattern, most likely someone put it in the host’s mouth. It soaked up the host’s resentment and blood after death and turned into what it is now.”

Everyone in the ward felt their skin crawl. What normal person stuffs things into a dead person’s mouth?

As the biggest victim, Jiang You Nian had goosebumps all over. His dad had barely brought the jade home before he saw it and took it to wear.

All this time, it had been lying on his chest, eating, sleeping, and living with him. He only took it off after he was admitted to the hospital, and even then he put it somewhere closest to him.

Just knowing it was a burial item already made him feel creepy all over.

Now that he knew it had been taken from a dead person’s mouth, he almost wanted to run out and jump into a river right away, scrubbing himself a hundred times to get clean.

“Anything taken out of a tomb is already full of heavy yin energy. The longer it sits, the heavier it gets. Judging from this jade’s color, it’s an old piece. And look at the killing aura on it… the host of this tomb probably died a violent death.”

“Is that… different somehow?” someone asked.

“People who die violently have the strongest resentment. They have a lot of things they can’t let go of. To put it simply, this jade is full of negative energy. Anyone who wears it will be soaked in that resentment and in the qi of the Yin Fiend Star. Their mood will swing for no reason, and their body will grow weaker and weaker. Uncle, when did you get this thing?”

“Just over a month ago. I don’t like wearing jade, so after I brought it home, I left it in the study. Later, your second cousin saw it and liked it, so he took it to wear.”

“How long did Second Cousin wear it before this happened?”

“About half a month. He took it off after he fainted and went into the hospital.”

Du An Rao gave Jiang You Nian a quiet look, her eyes full of sympathy.

[His fate is really hard to break. He wore it for half a month and only fainted. Looks like Second Cousin is still a virgin. His Primordial Yang is untouched, his yang energy is strong, so it held things down for a bit. Otherwise…]

Everyone in the room: “!!!”

Jiang You Nian: “…”