"She, she..."
The woman pointed at her daughter on the bed in terror, her fingers trembling.
The man's pupils constricted, his face full of disbelief.
Under the blanket, a teenage girl was lying with her eyes closed, holding a rotten chicken head in her hands, munching on it with a crunching sound.
It was definitely not the sound of grinding teeth!
"Xiaomai! Wake up, wake up quickly!"
Gathering their courage, the couple moved closer. The man yanked away the rotten chicken head and threw it aside.
The mother pushed her daughter forcefully.
However.
No matter how they called out, the daughter did not open her eyes.
There was rotting chicken residue at the corner of her mouth, and her lips were curled up, looking very happy, as if she were in the middle of a beautiful dream.
"What's wrong with Xiaomai? Honey, do something quickly!"
Seeing her daughter in such a strange state, the woman was extremely anxious.
The man felt the same way, but he didn't know what to do either. In his anxiety, he noticed a peculiar box in the house that was leaking a golden light.
"Could it be related to those people from earlier today..."
"I'm going to find them and settle this!"
The man rushed out in anger.
He opened the door, only to find those people standing outside, waiting.
"You! Is it you..."
"Sir, don't be anxious. Let me explain slowly."
Zhang Molin gave him a friendly smile and then recounted the whole incident in detail.
The man was stunned for a long while, feeling as if he were listening to a fairy tale.
"My family has gold and silver treasures, and the thief died... our family is cursed..."
"That's right! It was wrong of my little one to steal. So, I apologize on his behalf, and we will return all the gold and silver treasures to you."
After Zhang Molin finished speaking, Lao Pao immediately handed over the suitcase containing the jewelry to the man.
"I told you before, these things are not ours!" the man said anxiously.
At this point, there was no need for him to deny it; it seemed he really had no idea about what happened.
"I'm afraid it has something to do with your daughter." Lu Fei said, "The jewelry was found under your daughter's bed. We need to wake her up to know the reason. She is currently unconscious and in a state of being possessed. Shouting won't wake her, but we can help."
"Can you save her?" The man asked, half-believing, half-doubting.
"Of course!"
Lu Fei smiled and took out a piece of jewelry from the suitcase, lightly tapping it with a lightning-struck jujube wood stick.
The golden and glittering jewelry instantly turned into shattered bones.
"How did it change?" Old Pao's face changed dramatically.
"These are not real jewels at all, but an illusion created by evil spirits. Your little girl may have encountered some sort of malevolent entity. If not dealt with promptly, there might be a danger to her life."
"Please save her!" The man immediately panicked and hurriedly led Lu Fei and the others inside.
Old Pao broke out in a cold sweat on his back.
He had originally been reluctant to part with the box of jewelry, but now he was only filled with fear and regret.
Everyone followed the man to his daughter's house.
The little girl was still in a strange state of slumber.
Lu Fei and Zhang Molin walked up, observed for a moment, then prepared to take action.
The little girl was surrounded by a thick, dark aura, clearly the one most deeply afflicted in the family.
Zhang Molin took out a yellow talisman and was about to act.
"Molin, wait," Lu Fei seemed to have discovered something. He noticed that at the position of the girl's marriage palace, the dark aura was the thickest, forming the shape of a peach blossom.
A blooming peach blossom in the marriage palace is an indication of an impending marriage.
But how could a teenage girl who hasn't even come of age be about to get married?
"Alright." Lu Fei narrowed his eyes and signaled Zhang Molin to proceed.
Zhang Molin formed a hand seal, recited an incantation silently, and placed the yellow talisman on the girl's forehead.
The yellow talisman ignited without a flame and immediately turned to ashes.
The black aura around the girl gradually dissipated, her eyelashes fluttered, and she slowly opened her eyes.
"Xiaomai, Xiaomai?"
The woman hurriedly rushed to her daughter's side, anxiously calling out to her.
"Mom?"
The little girl was still confused about what had happened, her eyes filled with bewilderment, and she felt unusually heavy.
"Xiaomai, you scared me to death!" Seeing that her daughter had returned to normal, the woman hugged her and burst into tears.
The man finally felt his tense heart ease.
"I'm sorry, I misunderstood you before! Thank you for saving my daughter." He walked over and apologized to Lu Fei and the others, completely trusting them now.
"Don't mention it, anyone would be cautious in such a situation," Zhang Molin waved his hand dismissively, with a warm and sincere smile.
The man was very grateful and made a simple self-introduction.
His name was Sun Wei, and his daughter was named Sun Xiaomai.
They had spent all their savings to renovate the old house, but they were just an ordinary family, unable to understand why such a terrible thing would happen to them.
"Xiaomai, tell me honestly, where did these jewels come from? How did they end up under your bed?" Sun Wei frowned, looking at his daughter with deep concern.
"I, I don't know." Xiaomai shrank into her mother's arms, her face full of fear and confusion.
"Right under your bed, how could you not know? Did you steal them from somewhere?" Sun Wei's face turned stern, showing his anxiety.
"I didn't! I didn't steal anything..." Xiaomai was scared to tears and became even more unwilling to speak.
"Brother Sun, don't scare the child," Lu Fei waved his hand, "May I take a look under the child's pillow?"
"Of course." The man moved his daughter's pillow aside and found a small golden lock underneath, "What is this?"
Lu Fei picked it up for a closer look.
This small lock is different from those lifeless objects; it is made of real gold, strung on a red cord as a necklace. It is hollow inside, seemingly holding something.
The craftsmanship is exquisite, but it exudes an aura of yin energy.
The word 'yin' is engraved on the lock head.
"A Yin-Yang Eternal Bond Lock!" Lu Fei's expression immediately turned serious. "Little girl, who gave you this gold lock?"
The little girl, frightened, hid behind her mother and refused to speak.
Zhang Molin rarely saw Lu Fei with such a serious expression, and his heart sank: "Lu Fei, what's wrong with this lock?"
"This is a kind of evil object used for forming ghost marriages! It comes in two parts, the yin lock and the yang lock. The yin lock is worn by the woman, and the yang lock by the man." Lu Fei frowned slightly, "I was wondering how an underage girl could show signs of an impending marriage in her marital palace! It turns out she's been bound in a ghost marriage!"
Sun Wei swallowed hard and asked carefully, "Little brother, what do you mean by a ghost marriage?"
"Simply put, your daughter has been chosen by an evil spirit and is to be married to it. It could be a ghost or some sort of monster," Lu Fei said in a low voice.
"Married to a monster?!"
Sun Wei and his wife immediately changed their expressions.
"Xiaomai, you quickly tell your mom, where did these things come from?" Sun Wei's wife asked her daughter in a trembling voice, on the verge of tears.
Hearing that she would be married to a monster, Xiaomai was also scared, no longer daring to hide it, and finally stuttered out the truth.
"It was, it was a grandmother in a red dress."
"That time when we went to the market, you and Dad went shopping, and I wandered around by myself."
"As I was wandering, I saw a grandmother in a red dress waving at me..."