Chapter 17: He Is Now His Caged Bird
Jiang Ye spoke: “Little Brother Qingzhou is right. Client, you have been set up. The fetus in your belly is indeed a Yin fetus.”
As soon as these words came out, the livestream room boiled over again.
[Brother Jiang hit the nail on the head!]
[Master Bai has completely lost face this time!]
[Little Brother Qingzhou is so young, yet his skill is actually so much higher than Master Bai’s!]
Jiang Ye continued, “That small night light in the Xun position directly facing the main door, and the Chinese knot with the large copper coin hanging at the head of the bed in the bedroomâwho arranged these?”
The woman was already scared silly.
She stammered, “Th-this house was rented to us by a colleague. The layout and decorations inside are all… all from before…”
With a trembling voice, the woman recounted the history of the house.
She and her husband had only recently come to this city from their hometown.
There was a nice colleague at the womanâs workplace named Sister Fang.
Sister Fang was very enthusiastic. Upon learning that the couple had just arrived and hadn’t found a suitable place to live, she proactively offered to rent them a vacant apartment of hers at a low price.
Because the rent was low and the apartment was very close to where the woman worked, the couple happily rented Sister Fang’s place.
Sister Fang only had one request: the layout and decorations in the room must not be moved.
The woman and her husband thought this request was normal, and they were happy to move in without having to clean or decorate.
Not long after moving in, the woman discovered she was pregnant.
This was the situation.
Jiang Ye nodded slightly. “The Soul-Guiding Lamp in the Xun position, the Soul-Crossing Talisman at the head of the bedâthese are essential items for welcoming a ghost fetus.”
Panic filled the womanâs slightly swollen face. “Master, what lamp? What soul talisman?”
Jiang Ye: “Take apart that Chinese knot at the head of the bed and look. There must be a talisman hidden inside.”
Trembling, the woman walked into the bedroom and took down the Chinese knot strung with a large copper coin.
After hesitating for a moment, she used scissors to cut open the finely woven Chinese knot.
When she undid the knot, she was shocked to find a small rolled-up paper hidden inside.
She carefully picked up the paper roll and slowly unfolded it.
Yellow talisman paper, covered in blood-red runes.
The woman screamed in fright and threw the talisman away.
The livestream room was in an uproar.
At this time, several other metaphysics streamer accounts entered the room, expressing their opinions one after another.
[This is a deliberate setup by the original owner. The female client must have offended the original owner.]
[Sister Fang wants to use her body to help a small resentful spirit reincarnate. But harming an innocent person destroys one’s yin virtue too much!]
[Which city is the client in? If it’s not too far, I can go over and help you break the setup!]
At this moment, the number of people in Master Baiâs livestream room was gradually decreasing.
Netizens ran to Jiang Ye’s livestream room to send tips.
In the camera, Lin Yuan also gave a thumbs up to Jiang Ye. “Brother Jiang Ye is really amazing!”
Jiang Ye smiled at Lin Yuan. “It’s nothing. Your divination was also very good!”
He said to the woman again, “It’s not too late. Quickly find a master nearby to resolve this. As for that Sister Fang, her intentions are suspicious; you must be on guard.”
The woman pressed her palms together and bowed deeply to Jiang Ye and Lin Yuan respectively.
“Thank you! Master Jiang, Little Master Qingzhou! Thank you both!”
She glanced at Master Bai again, her look indescribable. “Master Bai, look, how should we calculate the divination fee?”
Master Baiâs face turned green then white.
He hadn’t expected that the big fish already on the hook would be scared away by a few words from that damned kid and Jiang Ye.
How could he have the face to ask for a divination fee!
“Well, let’s waive the divination fee!” he said through gritted teeth.
The woman added, “Master Jiang, Little Master Qingzhou, I will transfer the divination fee to you via private message later!”
Lin Yuan didn’t refuse, because matters of divination are entangled with karma. If he didn’t charge, it would actually be detrimental to the client.
Jiang Ye also nodded.
Many fans in Master Baiâs livestream unfollowed him.
A few were even clamoring to report Master Bai for deceiving netizens and to have the platform ban him.
Master Bai was left in disgrace. He made up a random excuse and hurriedly ended the broadcast, looking crestfallen.
A moment later, Lin Yuan saw a transfer of two thousand yuan arrive in his video account backend.
He accepted the money. Just as he was about to exit, another message popped up.
It was a friend request from Jiang Ye.
Lin Yuan felt that Jiang Ye was a nice person, so he accepted the request.
Jiang Ye seemed very happy and immediately sent a greeting message.
Through chatting, Lin Yuan learned that Jiang Ye was in the neighboring Haicheng (Sea City).
The two chatted for a bit. Jiang Ye mentioned he was going to the Imperial City to pick up medicine in a few days and asked if he could meet him to compare notes on divination.
Lin Yuan happily agreed.
But just after the message was sent, he regretted it.
He was currently Shen Yanzhou’s caged bird.
Without his permission, he couldn’t even step out of the villa’s main gate.
How could he freely associate with friends!
He retracted that message.
“I’m a bit busy lately, might not have time.” He re-edited a sentence, his eyes dimming.
Jiang Ye didn’t force it.
They chatted a while longer before ending the conversation.
Shen Yanzhou drove toward the Old Masterâs nursing home while dialing his Young Uncle, Shen Jun.
“Young Uncle, regarding Fourth Cousin’s matter, Grandfather called me over. I’m on my way.” His voice was flat, betraying no emotion.
Shen Jun was in his office.
His personal assistant had just told him that in the early morning, shortly after Shen Yanhui was released by Shen Yanzhou, he encountered a car accident and died on the spot.
Shen Jun frowned slightly.
Naturally, he knew this car accident wasn’t as simple as a coincidence.
He was also almost certain that Shen Yanzhou did it.
But he was a bit puzzled.
Reasonably speaking, Shen Yanzhou shouldn’t have moved against Shen Yanhui at this time.
Because he hadn’t admitted to being the mastermind behind the ghost refining incident, Shen Yanzhou should have kept Shen Yanhui to continue confronting him, to make him bite him out.
Why silence Shen Yanhui so hastily?
Just as he was pondering, Shen Yanzhouâs call came in.
Shen Jun narrowed his sharp, eagle-like eyes slightly.
“Mn, Grandfather knows Yanhui did something foolish and probably wants to ask you about the situation.”
Shen Junâs tone was also calm, as if he really had nothing to do with the matter.
Shen Yanzhouâs lips hooked slightly, and he continued, “So I wanted to hear Young Uncle’s opinion first on what I should tell Grandfather.”
The hand holding Shen Junâs cigarette paused slightly.
“Yanzhou, there’s no need to ask me. Yanhui wanted to take revenge on you and used dark arts; just tell the Old Master the truth.”
Shen Yanzhou let out a muffled hum.
“If Young Uncle wants me to tell the truth, then I will hand over Fourth Cousin’s confession and the recording of his call with you to Grandfather.”
Shen Jun frowned. “Shen Yanzhou, what do you mean? Yanhui was biting indiscriminately; what significance does his confession have? I talked to him on the phone; what does that prove?”
“Legally, it indeed doesn’t prove anything. But with Grandfather, that’s not necessarily true.” Shen Yanzhouâs voice was steady, light as the wind.
“I just heard that Fourth Cousin got into a car accident early this morning. Grandfather isn’t stupid; he definitely understands who benefits from Fourth Cousin’s death. What do you think, Young Uncle?”
Hearing this, Shen Junâs jaw muscles jumped violently.
So Shen Yanzhou killed Shen Yanhui to frame him?
Truly vicious!
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