Exorcism

1

Last May, there was a late spring cold snap.

My three-year-old daughter has had a persistent low-grade fever. I’ve tried medication, injections, and even folk remedies, but nothing works.

My mother-in-law found out about this and called to say that the child might have been married to someone who was “shameless”.

I married from outside the country and have no idea what “shameless” means.

My husband told me that what the old people call “being possessed by a shameless person” means being possessed by evil spirits and being haunted by dirty things.

I don’t believe in these things and think my mother-in-law is too superstitious.

But something that happened that day made me believe it.

2

I take care of the children all day long, and only have time to rest after my husband gets off work.

It felt like I fell asleep within a few minutes of lying on the bed.

Logically speaking, I shouldn’t have been dreaming since I was so tired, but I had a very real dream.

In my dream, I was locked in a dark room.

There was nothing in the room except a chair and a rope hanging from the ceiling.

A woman covered in blood stood on a chair with a rope around her neck, staring at me.

But I couldn’t see her face clearly, and I could feel that her eyes were particularly resentful.

I was so scared that I wanted to scream, but I found that I couldn’t make a sound, and I couldn’t even move my body.

Then I saw the woman, along with the chair and the rope, as if they flashed and were approaching me little by little.

It wasn’t until she was about to get close to mine that I could see her face clearly!

It’s clearly an adult’s body, but the face is that of a little girl.

I was horrified and found that the girl looked familiar.

Suddenly I exclaimed, because this girl is my daughter!

3

I woke up from the dream with a scream.

But what caught my eye was still my daughter’s face.

She was sitting right in front of me, her pale face standing out in the darkness.

Moreover, her eyes were particularly resentful.

I could even see clearly that the corner of her mouth was raised in an arc, which was very sinister.

This is not an expression that could appear on the face of a three-year-old.

Besides being afraid, I was naturally worried.

In front of their own children, no matter how scared a mother is, she seems to have the courage to fight.

“Xiao Ai, turn on the light!” I found that my voice was trembling.

Then the lights came on.

My daughter was sitting right in front of me, still looking at me with the same expression.

My husband also woke up: “What’s wrong?”

“Look at Banxia.” I sat up from the bed. I really wanted to hold my daughter in my arms, but I was afraid.

For a moment, I actually thought that she was not my daughter.

When my husband looked at his daughter, his expression changed.

But he was a man after all, so he held my hand and said, “Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid, we’ll go back to mom’s place tomorrow and ask someone to take a look.”

I don’t know if it was because my husband woke up or because of the light.

The resentment in my daughter’s eyes disappeared, and the curve at the corners of her mouth disappeared.

Instead, the girl’s eyes seemed to have lost their luster.

“Give mom a call?”

I know it’s late, but for the sake of the children, this can be ignored.

My husband took out his cell phone and dialed.

After the call was connected, my mother-in-law asked directly, “What happened to Banxia?”

It was as if she had anticipated what was going to happen.

I told my mother-in-law about the situation. She was silent for a while before she said, “Let her father hold her to sleep, and don’t turn off the lights at night. You two can come tomorrow morning.”

4

With my mother-in-law’s advice, I felt inexplicably more at ease.

Many times, when young people are panicking, the decisions made by the elderly are like reassurances.

And that night, my daughter was no longer acting strange and slept soundly.

The next day, I got up and made breakfast. The three of us had a quick bite and went downstairs.

My husband was driving and I was telling our daughter a story in the back seat, but she was always listless and sometimes looked out the window in a daze, which made me even more worried.

About three hours later, we arrived at my mother-in-law’s home, Zhifu Village.

When my mother-in-law saw that her granddaughter had lost weight, she was so distressed that she almost cried, and she blamed us for listening to her and coming to the surgeon earlier.

She didn’t even let us into the house, but took us to a house at the east end of the village.

The family’s surname is Lei, and they are somewhat related to my mother-in-law’s family, so we have to call them uncle.

Lao Lei is already over sixty years old, about 1.85 meters tall, and not hunched at all. His face is ruddy, as if he had just drunk some wine.

When we entered the house, Lao Lei, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped and looked towards the door. He looked quite fierce, and scared my daughter so much that she burst into tears.

In fact, I felt very uncomfortable and thought he was deliberately scaring the child, but I couldn’t say anything since he was asking for help.

“Brother Lei, have you figured out anything?” my mother-in-law asked worriedly, and I stared at him.

Lao Lei smiled and asked me to sit on the kang. He walked around the TV cabinet and picked up a half-pound bottle of Niulanshan Erguotou.

“It’s nothing, no big deal, don’t worry.” Lao Lei smiled with his eyes narrowed, all the time looking at my daughter hiding in my arms.

“Come here and show grandpa your hands.”

He walked up to me, stretched out his big hand and smiled at my daughter.

“Mom is scared, Mom is scared…” My daughter struggled to get into my arms. She was still very strong and not as listless as she was at home.

I coaxed my daughter and said, “Banxia, ​​be good and show grandpa. I’ll buy you some candy later.”

Children are easy to deceive, especially when faced with candy, they have no resistance.

Banxia looked at Lao Lei timidly, then stretched out her two little hands.

“Come, look into grandpa’s eyes.”

Lao Lei held his daughter’s hand and stared into her eyes.

“Grandpa has eye boogers…” the daughter suddenly said in a baby voice.

Everyone was amused, and then my daughter started laughing too. That’s how kids are, they will be infected when they see others laughing.

I suddenly realized something. It seemed that when my daughter arrived at Lao Lei’s house, she became more energetic.

5

“Grandpa, do you want some cake?”

Lao Lei found a bag of egg yolk pies, waved it in front of his daughter, and the packaging bag made a rustling sound.

My daughter’s big eyes immediately became brighter, but she didn’t dare to take it and looked at me instead.

“You have to thank grandpa first before you can eat.” I said with a smile.

The daughter said in a baby voice: “Thank you, Grandpa.”

Then, my daughter broke away from my arms, ate the egg yolk pie and played with it. You couldn’t tell that she was a child who had a low-grade fever for more than a week.

I looked at my husband and thought this was incredible.

For more than a week, my daughter has been listless at home and doesn’t even have the energy to cry.

Not to mention running around the room, her weak body was like noodles and she couldn’t even sit still sometimes.

But when he arrived at Old Lei’s house, the little guy became energetic.

If I hadn’t experienced it myself, but someone else told me about it, I would have found it outrageous.

My husband whispered to me, “My uncle’s surname is good for warding off evil spirits and keeping away dirty things.”

If it were in the past, I would have scoffed at it, but now, although I think this explanation is a bit outrageous, I am willing to believe it.

“Uncle, thank you.” I looked at Lao Lei and said.

“We are all family, there is nothing to thank me for.” Lao Lei unscrewed the bottle and took a sip of wine.

This sip is half a bottle, at least four taels of wine.

But Lao Lei’s expression remained unchanged. He didn’t seem to be drinking alcohol, but rather drinking water.

Lao Lei walked up to my daughter, took her hands and said, “Look up at Grandpa.”

My daughter looked up at him obediently, and then he blew a breath at her.

But I saw that my daughter didn’t react, so I didn’t understand what this meant.

I looked at my husband again, and he smiled mysteriously and said, “Don’t ask about social matters.”

This guy…

I almost laughed. Although I didn’t know what Lao Lei had done, I felt relieved.

“Brother Lei, do we need to write the soul-binding code?” asked my mother-in-law.

Lao Lei nodded and said, “I have to write it. Wait for me.”

Having said that, he went to the inner room.

I looked at my husband again, not understanding what the soul-binding code was.

My husband said, “It’s a talisman. We call it a soul-binding code in our house.”

I was quite curious about the inner room that Lao Lei went into, so I wanted to run over to take a look. My mother-in-law ignored me and it seemed like she had nothing to be shy about.

6

Through the crack in the door, I saw that the room inside was small and dark.

I saw Lao Lei standing in front of a shrine, but there was no statue in the shrine, only a piece of paper.

It was a bit far away and dark, so I couldn’t see clearly what was written on it.

I only saw Lao Lei pull out three long strips of yellow paper from under the incense burner of the shrine, then he walked out, turned around and met my eyes.

I stuck out my tongue a little embarrassedly, then trotted back to sit on the kang.

My husband touched my head and said I was too naughty.

“Uncle, what’s written on the paper?” I couldn’t help but ask out of curiosity.

Lao Lei, who was writing the soul-binding code, smiled at me and said, “It’s the name of the deity in our hall. There’s nothing to be shy about. You can go in and take a look.”

I really wanted to go and see, but was a little afraid, so I looked at my husband.

My husband knows me too well, he pulled me in, and my daughter followed behind us.

As for what I saw, I won’t say it because it is indeed taboo.

After coming out, Lao Lei handed me three soul-binding codes.

I took a look at it and it’s somewhat different from the talismans in movies and TV dramas, but also a bit similar. Anyway, I can’t understand it at all.

Lao Lei said to me, “I burn it every night before going to bed. This is the first one. I burn it with the words on it facing down. This is the second one…”

I kept them all in my heart and kept thanking Lao Lei.

Lao Lei waved his hand and said you’re welcome, then instructed, “You have to give the child medicine when you go back.”

“Do I still need to take medicine?” I thought I wouldn’t have to take medicine after seeing the doctor.

Lao Lei explained: “The medicine didn’t work before, it was because of the medicine barrier. Now it doesn’t have any barrier.”

Although he didn’t explain it in detail, I can guess some of it myself.

Anything that is between the medicine and the dirt is there, so taking medicine is useless.

But after Lao Lei took a look, the dirt was gone and the medicine was naturally no longer blocked.

We talked for a while, and then my mother-in-law said it was almost time for lunch and wanted to ask Lao Lei to come home for dinner.

Lao Lei agreed readily, but said that there was some work at home that needed my husband’s help, so he asked my mother-in-law and I to take the children back first.

7

While cooking, my mother-in-law told me about Lao Lei.

Even though Lao Lei has the ability to treat surgery, he is actually the village accountant and he never charges for his surgical services.

During festivals, he would accept two bottles of wine from you, but he would never accept money.

I said I would buy some good wine for Lao Lei when I got home. My mother-in-law smiled and nodded, then advised me that one should not believe in superstition completely, but one should not not believe in it either.

This is quite contradictory, but I now fully understand it.

What is happening today cannot be explained by science.

Not long after, Lao Lei and her husband came back and the meal was almost ready.

My husband took three days off, and we didn’t plan to go back tonight, so my husband and Lao Lei started drinking.

During the meal, I asked a lot of questions out of curiosity, and Lao Lei did not shy away from answering whatever I asked.

For example, when I asked him if he could tell fortunes, he said straight away that he couldn’t.

He told me that what these disciples who go out to perform rituals can do depends on which immortal is enshrined in the temple.

For example, if something is lost in someone’s home and can’t be found, Old Lei won’t be able to figure it out.

But if someone’s temple enshrines ghosts and fairies, it would be easy to investigate similar matters.

However, there are exceptions, because some things are not impossible to find out, but cannot be found.

I told Lao Lei about my dream last night and asked him what was going on.

“Uncle, come, have another drink.” My husband raised his glass at an inappropriate time. I didn’t want to spoil his fun, so I didn’t ask any more questions.

8

My husband, who never drinks much, got very drunk.

He knew I didn’t like him drinking, so he almost never got drunk after we got married.

But today he was drunk.

He also wouldn’t let my daughter and I out of his sight, and kept muttering, “I want to keep watching you, watching you…”

After all, we were at my mother-in-law’s house, so I felt a little embarrassed, thinking this was too disgusting.

But every time I wanted to leave, he would yell at the top of his lungs.

The mother-in-law had no choice but to say, “Gu Qing, you just stay with him. I’ll take care of it myself.”

Although I don’t have much contact with my mother-in-law, I am not an ignorant person. How could I not wash the dishes after eating at my mother-in-law’s house?

“Be good, or I’ll ignore you if you tell me to again.” I glared at my husband and went to help my mother-in-law wash the dishes. Maybe he saw that I was really angry, so he stopped making a fuss.

When my mother-in-law and I were washing dishes, I found that she seemed to want to say something to me, but in the end she didn’t.

“Mom, do you have something to tell me?” I became even more curious when I saw her like this.

My mother-in-law sighed and said with a smile, “It’s nothing. I just saw that you two have a good relationship and it reminded me of your father. He was very kind to me when he was alive.”

So that’s how it is.

My father-in-law passed away early, and my mother-in-law was a tough woman. It was not easy for her to raise my husband and my elder sister-in-law.

Grandma added, “Qing’er, you and Banxia should stay with me for a few days. I haven’t been feeling well lately.”

“Mom, you’re not feeling well. Do you want to go to the hospital?” I was quite worried.

My mother-in-law said, “There’s nothing wrong with my health, I’m just old, and without a companion, I feel empty inside, like something is missing. It’s good for you to accompany me.”

I felt really bad when my mother-in-law, who has always been strong-willed and never willing to admit defeat, said this, so I nodded and agreed.

“Mom, there’s an empty guest room at home. I’ll go back and clean it up, and you can move in with us.”

I don’t mind living with my mother-in-law. Besides, she’s not the kind of person who likes to give orders. In fact, I’ve wanted her to live with us for a long time.

My mother-in-law was very touched. She said, “I’m afraid it won’t work this year. We’ll have to plant rice soon, and we have so much land to plant. Next year, we’ll rent out the land, and I’ll move in with you.”

Since my mother-in-law said so, I didn’t try to persuade her anymore.

9

After washing the dishes, I hugged my daughter and took a nap.

The little guy’s fever has gone down, he is more energetic, and he sleeps soundly. I can finally sleep well too.

But I had another dream, but the person I dreamed of was my husband. He was covered in blood and he held my daughter and me, asking us not to leave his sight.

I felt like I was having a nightmare again. I couldn’t shout or move.

Later, my daughter woke up and woke me up. She said she wanted some candy.

When I woke up, I looked at my husband. He was frowning while sleeping and holding the quilt tightly, as if he was having a nightmare too.

“Mom, I want to eat some candy. Please keep your word.” The daughter reminded in a baby voice.

I pinched my daughter’s rosy cheeks and said, “Okay, you stay at home with grandma, and mom will buy it for you.”

“Eat the candy, eat the candy!” the daughter cheered.

I walked out of the bedroom and saw my mother-in-law watching TV, so I said, “Mom, I’m going to buy some soft candy for Banxia. Do you have anything to bring?”

“You go ahead, I’ll take care of Banxia.” said the mother-in-law, shaking her head.

I tidied my clothes, tied my hair into a ponytail, and went to the grocery store.

I have been to the village several times, and my husband has taken me to the grocery store, so I naturally remember its location.

It was just that it was already late, and the village was very quiet. As I walked, I suddenly felt uneasy for some reason, as if someone was following me.

I was afraid that someone was really following me, but I didn’t dare look back, so I walked faster and faster, and my heart became more and more panicked.

After finally reaching the grocery store, the proprietress couldn’t find the gummy candies.

“Don’t worry, I’ll look for it for you. I’m sure it’s there.” The proprietress was quite enthusiastic.

I didn’t want to rush him, so I just passed the time looking at the nostalgic snacks on the counter.

“Found it.” The lady boss took out two bags of QQ candy and placed them on the counter. Suddenly, she said mysteriously, “Your Hongming is the most capable in the village. He has a good job, a pretty wife, and his previous girlfriend was also pretty.”

The person you were with before?

But my husband told me that he and I were each other’s first love.

Did he lie to me?

Actually, it’s nothing. I’ve been in love before, so I don’t care about it.

But if he deliberately lied to me, that would be a different matter.

And it was obvious that the proprietress said this on purpose for me to hear, making me feel like there seemed to be some story behind it.

Of course, I wouldn’t ask the boss’s wife anything and give others the opportunity to gossip. If I wanted to know, I would also ask my husband.

And it’s not a big deal.

I took the QQ candy and left, with my husband’s thoughts all on my mind.

My husband always says that I am too curious. Actually, he is right. As long as I am curious about something, I will keep thinking about it.

As I was walking, perhaps because I was too engrossed in my thoughts, I forgot to look at the road and actually walked into someone else’s yard.

When I realized I had taken the wrong path, I suddenly saw an old lady standing in front of me.

In the night, her face was as pale as paper, and the wrinkles on her face were as clear as if the paper was folded. She was staring at me.

Her eyes, staring straight ahead, look dull and empty, but looking at them gives me chills.

“I…I took the wrong way.” I was frightened by her and turned around and walked out.

I trotted back home, thinking of the old lady, whose face was too pale.

As soon as I got home, I saw my mother-in-law coming out, and she seemed quite anxious.

“What’s wrong, Mom?” I asked hurriedly.

Grandma pointed to a house across the street and said, “Just now, Wu Laoliu’s family called and said that his old lady had passed away. They’re neighbors. I have to go over and see if there’s anything I can do to help.”

When I looked in the direction my mother-in-law pointed, all the hairs on my body stood up and my scalp felt numb.

When my mother-in-law saw me like this, she comforted me, “Don’t be afraid. There are many elderly people in the village. This is a common thing.”

“Mom, I…I…I…”

“Qing’er, what’s wrong with you?”

“I was thinking about something when I came back, and accidentally walked into that yard and saw the old lady.” I could hear that I was crying.

10

When my mother-in-law heard what I said, her expression changed.

She pulled me into the house, woke up my husband, asked him to look after our daughter, and then took me away.

I was a little scared: “Mom, where are you taking me?”

“Let’s go to Wu Laoliu’s house.”

“Maybe the person you saw wasn’t his old lady.”

My mother-in-law grabbed my hand and said, “Don’t be afraid even if you see it. Just go back and look for Lao Lei.”

“But if you don’t go, you’ll always be thinking about it.”

“The more you think about it, the more scared you become. You won’t be able to sleep well.”

I think what my mother-in-law said makes sense. I’m still scared, but then I think that even if there are any problems, I can still find Lao Lei, so I feel a little relieved.

My mother-in-law took me to Wu Laoliu’s house, and it was indeed the wrong yard I had just walked into.

There was no one in the yard at this time, but through the window, you could see that there were quite a lot of people in the house.

When my mother-in-law and I entered the house, we heard someone crying. There were a few women gathered on the kang, probably helping the old lady put clothes on.

My mother-in-law pulled me over and let me see it clearly.

Just one glance and my scalp went numb.

The old lady lying on the kang, wearing black shroud and with a pale face, was the one I just saw in the yard.

I couldn’t help but hold my mother-in-law’s hand tightly, shaking with fear.

Although I have believed in these things that I used to think were superstitions, after all, Lao Lei really cured my daughter.

But it’s different when Lao Lei treats his daughter’s surgery and when I see something dirty with my own eyes.

The shock was so great that I began to doubt my life.

And at this moment, I heard a “click” and then the lights in the room went out.

“Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid, mom is here.” said my mother-in-law, holding my hand tightly.

I tried hard not to scream, my whole body was shaking, but my eyes were like possessed, and I couldn’t help but look at the old lady on the kang.

Her face was as pale as paper, and even though her eyes were closed, I felt like she was looking at me…

“The power circuit breaker tripped. It will be fixed soon.” someone shouted outside.

But I didn’t dare stay in the house, at least there was moonlight outside.

Ignoring my mother-in-law pulling me, I turned around and ran out.

“Have you taken the wrong path again?” As soon as I entered the yard, I heard an old voice.

There was no one in front of me originally, but after I heard the voice, I saw the old lady.

My legs suddenly went weak, I no longer had the strength to run, and I fell down.

“You’ll never stop!” At this moment, Lao Lei’s voice suddenly rang in my ears.

When I saw Lao Lei walking in with his hands behind his back, the old lady in front of me disappeared. I didn’t know if it was an illusion, but my consciousness became a little fuzzy and I actually fainted.

11

I don’t know how much time passed before I heard someone talking.

When I opened my eyes, I saw my daughter lying next to me, but my husband was not there.

“Brother Lei, what on earth is going on?”

“Logically speaking, Gu Qing shouldn’t have seen it, right?”

“Do you think it might be affected by that incident?” This was the mother-in-law’s voice, and she sounded quite worried.

That thing?

Which thing?

I felt like they were hiding something from me, so I quietly got off the kang, walked to the door, and looked out through it.

In the living room, I saw my husband sitting on the sofa, smoking and scratching his hair from time to time. He looked very painful.

The mother-in-law looked anxious as she looked at Lao Lei who said nothing.

Lao Lei looked at my husband and said, “Hongming, what’s going on with your partner? If you don’t explain it to me, I can’t help you!”

Object?

Do you really have a partner?

And there is really a story behind this?

I resisted the urge to go out and question my husband and just wanted to hear what they had to say.

The husband took a long puff of his cigarette, put his hands over his head and said, “She committed suicide. She committed suicide when she returned to her hometown…”

Committed suicide?

I was shocked. My husband’s ex-girlfriend committed suicide?

And judging by my husband’s appearance, the suicide had something to do with him.

I finally couldn’t bear it anymore, so I pushed the door and walked out. Seeing that he didn’t say anything, I gave him a chance to speak for himself.

My husband looked at me with an even more painful expression, and tears came out of his eyes even though he was a grown man.

My mother-in-law hurriedly stood up and pulled me over to sit down, explaining, “Qing’er, it’s not that Hongming wanted to hide it from you, it’s me who didn’t let him tell you, after all, it’s not something glorious.”

“Mom, I don’t care whether Hongming has an ex or not, but he can’t lie to me.” No one likes to be deceived.

My husband looked at me deeply and then started talking about him and his ex.

12

My husband and I met after we started working.

Later we got together and he proposed to go back to his hometown. I followed him back despite my family’s opposition.

He and his ex had been together since their freshman year, for four whole years.

He said they had a good relationship and everything had always been fine.

They went to class together, ate together, and went back to the rental house together after class. Even if he went to the Internet cafe all night, she would accompany him. They were inseparable.

But everything changed after he officially started working.

The first thing she did when he got home from get off work was to smell him for perfume and then look for long hair.

Then they would check his cell phone and even search every one of his pockets.

If he came back late, she would call him again and again to urge him, and even set up video surveillance.

In the end, she even went crazy enough to ask his colleagues for confirmation, which annoyed all his colleagues.

He endured it at first, but later he couldn’t stand it anymore and said he would break up with her if she did this again.

As a result, she cried and made a fuss, saying that he didn’t love her anymore, and then she committed suicide by cutting her wrists.

Even after being rescued, she was still the same.

He felt extremely nervous every day and would often wake up in the middle of the night to see her looking through his phone.

In the dark room, the brightness of the mobile phone screen was reflected on her face. She looked paranoid and scary with her eyes wide open.

Finally, he couldn’t stand it anymore and broke up again.

As a result, she attempted suicide again, this time by taking sleeping pills, and was then rescued.

He decided to give her another chance, but she agreed on the surface but followed him secretly.

The most exaggerated thing was that one time when he was cleaning the room, he saw her diary.

She wrote in her diary: I am about to lose him, I don’t want to lose him, I love him, I want to die with him.

This time he did not propose a breakup, but secretly changed all contact information and even changed his job.

Later he met me, and after working for half a year, he started pursuing me, and we were together soon after.

“I insisted on going back home because she found me. I was afraid she would hurt you.”

“Qing’er, you don’t know how crazy she is. I’m really afraid that she might do something bad to you!”

My husband’s eyes were full of fear and his expression was very painful. It was obvious that his ex had left him with psychological trauma.

I felt really bad for him, so I sat over and hugged him and said, “Have you ever cheated on her?”

“No.” My husband shook his head.

In fact, I don’t doubt him on this point, because that’s just the kind of person he is.

He has always been a person with strong self-discipline, and he has principles and bottom lines in his life and work.

“Then it’s not your fault, don’t blame yourself.” I comforted my husband.

My husband shook his head and said, “But I didn’t expect her to commit suicide, and… “

“What’s wrong?” My heart tightened.

13

Having said that, my husband didn’t dare to say anything and looked at Lao Lei.

Lao Lei looked at me and said, “I saw her when you came to my house and chased her away.”

Then I remembered that when we entered the house, Lao Lei suddenly looked at the door fiercely, which scared my daughter to tears.

It turns out that Lao Lei saw it at that time.

I asked him, “So you said you wanted to work?”

“I just wanted to ask him about his girlfriend, but he wouldn’t tell me,” said Lao Lei.

“And the old lady from the Wu family also died in strange circumstances.”

“She was destined to die of old age, but she died suddenly. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have been able to see her.”

Grandma also said, “Even if you were lost in thought while walking, you wouldn’t walk into someone else’s house. Wu Laoliu’s house is across from ours.”

When I heard this, I was extremely scared because I am used to walking on the right side of the road, and Wu Laoliu’s house is on the left side of the road.

“Then what should we do?” What I am most worried about is that my daughter will be implicated.

Lao Lei sighed and said, “That thing is pretty fierce. I don’t have any good solution for now. If it doesn’t work, please come up and ask her what she wants to do.”

14

There were rumors of people being possessed by ghosts everywhere, and they were eventually classified as using feudal superstition to deceive people.

Even though I’ve experienced so much today, it still feels outrageous.

But I had no choice but to trust Lao Lei and the others.

But Lao Lei didn’t let me follow him. He said that the thing would become more ferocious if it saw me.

He asked my mother-in-law to stay at home with me and my daughter, and then he and my husband left.

The waiting time is always very long, especially the waiting filled with worry, which is even more unbearable. I am nervous all the time, and I will hug my daughter tightly when I hear any sound.

Perhaps in order to boost her popularity, the mother-in-law called her elder sister-in-law who had married into a neighboring village.

About twenty minutes later, my sister-in-law came on an electric bike and brought her eight-year-old daughter with her.

“Hello, grandma, hello, aunt.”

Xiuxiu is very beautiful and polite. She likes to play with my daughter and my daughter likes her too. The two little ones will soon be laughing and talking happily when they get together.

My mother-in-law briefly told my eldest sister-in-law about what happened today on the phone, so my eldest sister-in-law didn’t look very happy.

Seeing the two children having fun, she whispered to me, “When Hongming was working, I went to see him and saw that girl.”

“It was fine at the beginning.”

“But you also know that when Hongming and I were young, our father passed away. Mom worked all day to earn money, and I was the only one who took care of Hongming.”

“So Hongming and I are close, and he is also very attached to me.”

“Later, when I was about to leave, Hongming hugged me and cried.”

“Then I saw the girl glaring at me fiercely. Her expression was as if she wanted to kill me.”

Is it because I am too insecure, or is it because my possessiveness and desire for control are too strong?

As a woman, I understand her to a certain extent, but after listening to her past, I also think she is too crazy.

At least when my sister-in-law and my husband are fighting, I won’t be jealous. I will even help my sister-in-law to deal with my husband, and I’m quite happy about it.

I don’t worry when my husband goes out for social events.

“Sister, it hurts…” Suddenly, I heard my daughter burst into tears.

I looked over quickly and saw Xiuxiu pressing my daughter under her body, with her hands tightly strangling her daughter’s neck.

“Xiu Xiu, let your sister go!” My sister-in-law immediately rushed over, and I hurried over to pry Xiu Xiu’s hands away.

But the strength of an eight-year-old child’s hands was so great that I couldn’t even pry it open.

My daughter’s face has turned red and her eyes are starting to roll back.

The mother-in-law rushed over with a sewing needle in her hand and stabbed it directly into Xiuxiu’s palm.

However, Xiuxiu’s hand still did not let go, but at least it loosened a little, and her daughter could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

And I saw that her eyes were wide open and there was a strange smile on the corner of her mouth, which was eerie and scary!

My mother-in-law pulled out the sewing needle, but I didn’t see Xiuxiu bleeding. This was too strange.

“Mom, what should I do?” I was so anxious because Xiuxiu was trying hard again.

The mother-in-law ran out of the living room and came back with a sharp knife in her hand, shouting, “Believe it or not, I will skin you alive!”

In an instant, Xiuxiu collapsed, and blood oozed from the base of her thumb where the needle had pricked it.

“Mom, what’s going on?” I hugged my daughter tightly, and even after making sure she was okay, I couldn’t relax.

It was horrible. God knows what I went through that day.

My mother-in-law sighed, sat down on the sofa and said, “It’s all your father’s fault!”

15

My mother-in-law talked about the past.

The countryside was poor at that time, and my father-in-law’s father was a man who loved his young son.

So when my parents-in-law got married, they could only live in a broken thatched house, and they were not given even an acre of land at home.

My mother-in-law is a tough girl, and my father-in-law is a man who refuses to admit defeat. How can a living person be killed by holding his urine?

In order to make money, my father-in-law did everything. He raised bees in the summer and went up the mountain to catch yellow foxes in the winter. He peeled their skins and sold them. One skin could sell for a lot of money.

Lao Lei tried to persuade his father-in-law at that time, but his father-in-law said that he could barely support his wife, so what retribution should he be afraid of?

As we all know, among the fox, yellow, white, willow and gray, the yellow refers to the yellow-skinned fox, who is also the most cunning and vengeful.

But maybe it was because my father-in-law was too fierce, he had never been retaliated against while he was alive.

However, Lao Lei said that he had a dream one night in which he saw countless yellow foxes lining up from the wilderness all the way to the doorstep of his father-in-law’s house.

Moreover, they were all yellow-skinned creatures without skin, and their bodies were covered in blood.

Later, when my father-in-law was harvesting in autumn, he was run over on the head by a large tire of a tractor and died.

Later, when my eldest sister-in-law got married and had a child, a similar thing happened when she brought her child back to her parents’ home.

The sharp knife in my mother-in-law’s hand was the one my father-in-law used to skin people, so she was afraid of it. Otherwise, Xiuxiu might have strangled my daughter to death.

After hearing that, I didn’t know what to say.

In that era, it was really not easy to survive.

But my father-in-law did commit a great sin of killing.

Who is right and who is wrong? Who can tell clearly?

“Mom, I want to go home.” I was worried that my daughter would have another accident.

My mother-in-law advised me, “It’s okay. I’ll stay with you tonight and leave with you tomorrow morning.”

I was just hesitating when my husband came back, looking relieved. He told me that the problem with Lao Lei had been solved.

Seeing my husband’s expression, I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

16

As soon as that night passed, our family, including my mother-in-law, returned to the city.

Before leaving, I wanted to go see Lao Lei, but my husband said that Lao Lei had gone to a meeting in the township early in the morning. After all, Lao Lei is the village accountant, so he said he would come later.

Back home, everything is back on track.

After I burned three soul-binding codes for my daughter and she took medicine for three days, her illness was completely cured.

My mother-in-law stayed with me in the city for a few days and then returned to the village. After all, it was almost time to plant rice.

My daughter is fine now, but I often have dreams. For some unknown reason, I always dream about my husband’s ex.

She is a very pure girl. I have seen her photo. She wears a white shirt and has two ponytails. She is very quiet.

All dreams are strange, yet so real.

I dreamed that she walked into the hospital with a miserable look on her face and her belly was bulging. When she came out, her face was very pale and her hands were covering her belly which was no longer bulging.

I also dreamed that there were slap marks on her face and her eyes were blue.

I also dreamed that she was curled up in the bathroom crying alone, and in the bedroom outside the bathroom, there was a man and a woman on the bed.

But dreams are just dreams after all. As a woman myself, I feel very sympathetic towards that girl.

So I subconsciously thought that maybe she was so insecure because her husband had let her down.

Otherwise, these dreams cannot be explained.

17

That day, I took my daughter to the CDC to get vaccinated.

The CDC is right behind the hospital where my daughter is being treated. When we left, we had to go through the hospital to leave.

But in the small garden of the hospital, I actually saw Lao Lei sitting in a wheelchair.

He had lost a lot of weight, his face looked dull, and his eyes were lifeless, as if he had lost his soul.

I hurriedly grabbed the nurse who was pushing him and asked, “What’s wrong with him?”

“Do you know this patient?” the nurse asked.

I held my daughter’s hand and squatted down, looking at Lao Lei and asked, “Uncle, what happened to you? Why didn’t you notify me when you were hospitalized?”

Lao Lei seemed not to hear my voice. He looked straight ahead, as if his eyes could see through me and behind me.

“He’s stupid.” The nurse whispered to me, “The old man has been here for more than ten days. He doesn’t have any serious illness. He eats when he’s fed and knows how to go to the toilet, but he just won’t talk.”

this……

Panic arose in my heart, thinking about the days more than ten days ago, weren’t they the days when we returned to the city?

But I didn’t know why I was panicking. I could only walk with Lao Lei for a while, and then took my daughter home.

After returning home, I went to the kitchen to cook and my daughter helped me.

Ever since experiencing a strange and terrifying incident, my daughter has become much more sensible. She helps me when I cook and even adds seasonings for me.

And my husband also said that with the help of my daughter’s cooking skills, the food became more delicious.

Not long after I finished cooking, my husband came home from get off work.

When my daughter heard the door opening, she ran over immediately.

“Hug, hug, hug!” She stretched out her little hands and jumped up and down.

Her husband held her in his arms, and she held his face and kissed him hard several times.

Then she buried her head in her husband’s arms, smelled hard, and looked carefully over her husband’s shoulder.

I was suddenly startled and felt something was wrong.

But my husband kept complaining that he was hungry, so I didn’t say much. After serving the meal, our family sat down to eat.

night.

I woke up from my sleep again and suddenly felt a ray of light.

Looking towards the light, I saw my daughter sitting on the bed, holding a mobile phone in her little hand and swiping with the other hand.

Why is she looking at her husband’s phone?

Suddenly, my daughter turned around, looked at me with resentment in her eyes, and a strange curve appeared at the corner of her mouth.

18

My daughter’s expression was very similar to the woman in my nightmare.

I suddenly remembered how my daughter was in my husband’s arms when he came back.

The daughter seemed to sniff her husband’s body hard and then checked his shoulders.

At this time, the daughter was checking her husband’s WeChat again!

All of this is exactly like what my husband described his ex-girlfriend doing.

I felt my scalp tingling and wanted to reach out to turn on the light, but found that I had no strength at all.

My daughter was looking at her cell phone for a long time right in front of me, and then she went to search my husband’s pockets.

Finally, she seemed to be relieved, then she crawled to my husband, stretched out my husband’s arms, and lay on them.

But she kept looking at me with a faint smile on her lips, as if she was provoking me.

I was so frightened that I fell asleep.

When I woke up again, I found my daughter in my arms, and the little one was sleeping so cutely.

Could it be that it was all a dream?

Everyone has a sense of luck. As long as there is a “point” of luck, they will hold on to it tightly and then constantly comfort themselves.

I just thought it was a nightmare, the aftermath of everything that had happened a while ago.

In the following days, things seemed to return to calm.

Until one day, my husband was on vacation and he took our daughter out to play, and I stayed in bed because I was not feeling well.

Not long after my husband and daughter left, there was a knock on the door.

I opened the door and saw a tall man standing outside.

He is really tall, making me, who is nearly 1.7 meters tall, look a little like a bird in front of him.

He is also very handsome, with a very clean temperament, but he looks a little stiff with his stern face.

“Who are you?”

I met him at the wedding.

My husband and I were both drunk at the time, and he was the one who took us back to our room.

But even though I was drunk, I still remember that my husband and I were crazy that night, craziest we had ever been.

But I don’t know his name.

The man looked at me deeply and said, “My last name is Lei.”

19

The only person with the surname Lei that I know is Lao Lei. He is now lying in the hospital, like a useless person.

“Are you Uncle Lei’s?”

“His son.”

He said with a cold face: “My name is Lei Fuyi.”

I quickly made way for the door, took my slippers and said, “Come in if you have anything to say.”

“Yes, there is something.”

Lei Fu walked in, kicked off his shoes, and stepped into slippers with his white socks on.

I asked him to sit down in the living room first, poured him some water, and then found a box of cigarettes for my husband.

Lei Fuyi seemed to be ignorant of politeness. He drank some water, lit a cigarette, and leaned on the sofa with his legs crossed.

The smoke shrouded his face, making this handsome man look even more mysterious.

My intuition tells me that his appearance must be related to what happened in my family.

He didn’t say anything, but I couldn’t help but ask him what was the matter.

Lei Fuyi took a deep puff of cigarette, exhaled the smoke and said, “Because of your family’s affairs, my father is disabled, but you don’t seem to know the truth yet?”

“The truth?” I frowned.

Lei Fu nodded and said, “This matter is a bit complicated. Let’s start with your father-in-law.”

“When he was young, he killed a lot of yellow-skinned people, you know?”

“I know all that.”

“Did you know that Huang Xian’er is also enshrined in my father’s temple?”

I shook my head, not understanding the connection.

Lei Fuyi said, “Your father-in-law is too tyrannical and has committed too many murders. Even Huang Xian’er is afraid of him.”

“But his son, your husband, is not that lucky.”

“When he was little, he almost died several times, and it was my father who saved him.”

“But Huang Xian’er is worshipped in my father’s hall.”

“Those yellow-skinned people your father-in-law killed are all descendants of Huang Xian’er from my family.”

“So, my dad’s saving your husband was already a betrayal to Huang Xian’er.”

“But my father suppressed it and promised to accumulate more merits for Huang Xian’er, and only then did he stop his revenge on your husband.”

When he said this, a hint of coldness flashed across Lei Fu’s eyes.

I knew I might not be able to bear what was going to happen next, so I clenched my fists nervously.

Lei Fuyi said, “My father and I only found out later that your mother-in-law was worried that something bad might happen to your husband again, so she found another disciple to perform spiritual exercises.”

“Then they got in touch with Huang Xian’er from my family’s hall, and…”

20

“And what?”

I saw him suddenly stop and became more nervous.

Lei Fuyi stared at me and said, “And, make a promise!”

“What agreement?”

It was only then that I realized that my husband and mother-in-law had been hiding something from me.

“It was agreed that after he turned nineteen, a baby boy would be sacrificed every three years!”

Lei Fuyi stared at me and said coldly, “So you should be thankful that you gave birth to a daughter!”

this……

For a moment, I felt as if I was enveloped by ice. My whole body was cold and I couldn’t help shivering.

And I thought of the pretty girl in my dream.

In the dream, when she entered the hospital, her belly was bulging and it looked like she was several months pregnant.

When he came out, the bulge in his belly had disappeared.

Could it be that this was a living sacrifice of the baby boy?

I was so frightened that I couldn’t speak, and a terrifying fear spread throughout my body.

“Are you scared now? Why didn’t you open your eyes when you were choosing a man?”

Lei Fuyi gave me a mocking look and continued, “The ex-girlfriend you know is actually a victim.”

“You lied to me!”

It’s not that I don’t believe it, it’s that I don’t dare to believe it.

Lei Fuyi smiled and said, “I have checked it out, and many people can testify to it.”

He took out his cell phone and showed me a video.

In the picture, there is a very beautiful working woman.

“Hongming is a piece of shit. Xiao Ai liked him so much at first, but he flirts with other girls every day.”

“The most outrageous thing is that he often brings women home and then tells Xiao Ai to hide in the bathroom and not come out.”

“Xiao Ai is too silly. She becomes soft-hearted every time she is coaxed by that scumbag.”

“Later, Xiao Ai finally made up her mind and told us that she would break up this time!”

“But the next day, Xiao Ai seemed to have lost her memory and said that she was very happy with that scumbag. It was as if she was possessed by a ghost.”

Seeing this, I can already fill in the blanks on my own.

Will my husband order something too?

After all, Lei Fuyi said that her husband also had contact with Huang Xianer.

Lei Fuyi paused and said as if he could see through my thoughts: “Your husband is really good at something.”

Then, without waiting for me to ask any questions, he pressed play again.

This time, the person who appeared in the picture was a man, very fat and greasy.

“Hongming, he is a ruthless man.”

“She’s good-looking, good at studying, can play the guitar, and sings well. She’s always popular.”

“If it’s Xiao Ai, then you’re his slave.”

“Really? One time Hongming ran out of money, so he took money from a rich second-generation guy and made Xiao Ai pay for more than a week.”

“But Hongming is really a piece of shit. Later, Xiaoai got pregnant for five months and it was a boy, so he aborted the baby.”

Seeing this, the fear in my heart became even stronger and it made me feel sick!

What kind of man did I marry?

Next, there is a progress bar that lasts more than thirty minutes.

Every time someone shows up, they say something similar.

I felt hopeless and scared.

I was also wondering, my husband and I have been together for several years. Did he sacrifice our baby boy during this period?

If so, then where did he get the baby boy?

twenty one

“These are his classmates or alumni.”

Lei Fuyi said: “If you don’t believe me, I can show you their detailed information.”

I shook my head. If one person says this, I might be skeptical, but if everyone says this, then it must be the truth.

“Be glad you’re not completely stupid yet,” he taunted me.

I glared at him and said, “I’m already like this, is it interesting for you to say this?”

“I’m just stating the facts.” Lei Fu said expressionlessly.

I could tell that he really wasn’t being sarcastic, he was probably a straight guy.

“Can I ask you something?” I remembered the nightmare I had about my daughter that night.

Lei Fu nodded and said, “You ask.”

“Hongming said his ex-girlfriend was very controlling. She would smell him every day to see if he had perfume, check if he had long hair, and even look through his phone.”

“Then, one day my daughter smelled him and looked at his shoulder after he got off work.”

“I didn’t pay much attention to it at the time, but I had a dream at night.”

“I dreamed that she checked his phone, searched his pockets, and looked at me with resentment…”

Lei Fuyi suddenly interrupted me: “Are you sure it was a dream?”

My scalp numbed a little, and I wasn’t sure if it was a dream or not.

All along, I have been comforting myself that it was just a dream.

Lei Fuyi said: “That was also his ex-girlfriend, just like Xiao Ai, both are dead.”

“The difference is that Xiao Ai was killed by him.”

“And this one who was extremely controlling committed suicide while wearing a red shirt.”

“Because Hongming suddenly moved away and cut off all contact, she wanted revenge.”

twenty two

Lei Fuyi’s words plunged me into a deeper fear.

But why did she come to me after so many years?

Lei Fuyi’s eyes seemed to be able to see through my thoughts.

He said, “Another three-year period has passed, but you gave birth to a daughter, and Hongming did not find a boy, so he lost his protection.”

“This gave that woman an opportunity. She targeted your daughter.”

I smiled bitterly and said, “If I was pregnant with a son, would he have been sacrificed long ago?”

“I guess so.”

Lei Fuyi continued, “Later, when you returned to the village to look for my dad, he could tell at once.”

“But he didn’t tell you because he didn’t want to scare you.”

“He wants to help you. After all, the child is innocent.”

“But the hatred between Huang Xian’er and the Hongming family is too deep, and the agreement made cannot be fulfilled.”

“With the help of Huang Xian’er, Hong Ming’s ex will definitely kill your daughter.”

“My father wanted to stop it, but he was punished by Huang Xian’er and became a useless man.”

“And your mother-in-law and husband clearly knew everything, but they kept it secret.”

I was even more frightened and felt guilty towards Lao Lei, but there was nothing I could do and I was left with despair.

“And judging from the current situation, Hongming is safe and sound, but your daughter is possessed.”

“This means that Hongming must have reached some agreement with Huang Xian’er.”

“That means you’re the only one who’s been kept in the dark.”

Shrouded in fear and despair, I don’t even want to cry. Maybe death is the only relief.

But when I thought of my daughter, I told myself not to give up.

I sorted out what happened in my mind.

The starting point of the matter was the sin of murder committed by my father-in-law.

Then, in order to fulfill the agreement, my husband would sacrifice the baby boy every three years.

During this period, one of his predecessors was killed by him.

Another ex, however, was dressed in red and was planning to take revenge on him.

He had been protected by Huang Xian’er earlier and had not been retaliated against.

But later, Hongming did not fulfill the new three-year agreement, and his predecessor took advantage of the opportunity.

Huang Xian’er secretly helped her predecessor and punished Lao Lei who wanted to stop her, causing Lao Lei to become a disabled person.

In the end, Hongming didn’t know what kind of agreement he reached with Huang Xianer, so he is still alive today.

But my daughter has been possessed by her ex.

I dare not think about it.

The more I think about it, the scarier it gets.

twenty three

I just want to save my daughter now.

But I don’t have that ability.

Looking at Lei Fuyi in front of me, I held the armrest of the sofa and knelt in front of him.

“Please, save my daughter.” I kowtowed continuously.

Lei Fuyi’s big hands lifted me up, pressed my shoulders, and let me sit on the sofa.

“I’m here to help you.”

Lei Fuyi asked, “After returning from the village, were you both unconscious when you and Hongming had sex?”

When I heard this, my face turned red, but I nodded.

“He always does it when I’m asleep, so even though I feel it, I can’t remember it clearly.”

Lei Fu nodded slightly and asked again: “Are you becoming weaker and weaker, often feeling weak, and very afraid of the cold?”

I looked at him and had already guessed something.

Lei Fuyi squatted in front of me, took out a copper coin and placed it in my palm.

“Wear it and everything will be over.” Lei Fuyi said.

I looked at the copper coin in my hand: “What is this?”

“Money for merit.”

Lei Fuyi said, “I stole it from the temple. It’s been there for hundreds of years, and the temple has always been very popular.”

“So this coin of merit has been with the temple for hundreds of years.”

He took out a red string, strung the copper coins together, and then helped me put it around my neck.

twenty four

Not long after, Lei Fuyi left.

I cleaned the room, opened the windows for ventilation, and erased all traces of Lei Fuyi’s visit.

Then, just wait quietly.

Around four o’clock in the afternoon, Hongming came back with his daughter.

He held his daughter in his arms, and her little head was hidden in his arms.

“Banxia, ​​come here and give your mom a hug.” I opened my arms.

My daughter turned around, glared at me and said, “No, you are a bad woman who is stealing my daddy from me!”

“It’s just a kid, don’t mind it.” Hongming smiled at me.

I forced a smile and said nothing more.

As usual, eat, watch TV, and sleep.

Lying on the bed, my daughter fell asleep quickly.

And in the darkness, I felt colder and colder.

It felt like the coolness seeped into every pore of my body.

Then I felt my body getting heavier and heavier, as if something was pressing down on me.

Then, consciousness began to blur.

But this time, my consciousness did not completely fade away.

“Gu Qing, are you asleep?” Hongming came over and called me.

I wanted to respond to him, but I found that I couldn’t speak at all.

“She’s already asleep.”

Suddenly, I heard my own voice, but it was eerie.

“Yaoyao, thank you for helping me find the baby boy.” Hongming’s voice rang out.

“You know how to thank me.”

“What I want is not just to be with you secretly, but for this woman to die!”

“When she dies, I will take over her body and stay with you forever.”

It was still my voice, but I knew it wasn’t me who was speaking.

I can guess that the new agreement reached between Hongming and Huang Xianer is to sacrifice the baby boy alive.

And this girl named Yaoyao, who is the extremely controlling ex-girlfriend, can help Hongming get a baby boy.

“Okay, I’ll find a way to make her die!”

Hongming’s words made me feel hopeless.

This man who seems to love me to the core is actually a completely selfish scumbag!

“Come quickly”, this is still my voice.

Then, I felt very clearly that Hongming took possession of my body.

Suddenly, I felt a heat in my chest, and then a golden light flashed.

Hanging on my chest is the merit money left by Lei Fuyi.

It works.

“ah!”

Suddenly, a shrill scream was heard.

I felt my body lighten and the cold feeling disappeared.

Moreover, I regained control of my body.

“Yaoyao?” Hongming’s voice sounded a little frightened.

I looked into his eyes in the dark and asked, “Who is Yaoyao?”

Hongming was stunned, then said: “What Yaoyao, you heard it wrong, let’s continue.”

“No, I’m tired.”

I turned around, feeling a chill in my stomach, trying not to shiver.

25

the next day.

My daughter has recovered and is still as dependent on me as before.

And on the surface, I didn’t show any wrongdoing towards Hongming.

I don’t want to forgive him, but I don’t dare.

He killed Xiao Ai. If I reveal my true colors, I will probably die too.

In fact, after going through so much, I’m not even afraid of death anymore. I’m just afraid that no one will take care of my daughter.

So after Hongming went to work, I called Lei Fuyi and told him what happened yesterday.

Lei Fuyi said he understood and then hung up the phone.

In fact, I was expecting Lei Fuyi to continue helping me, but his attitude was very cold and he obviously didn’t want to help me anymore.

Lao Lei has become a useless person, and I don’t want to contact his son anymore.

But what should we do?

Are you going to live your whole life in fear like this?

In a trance, the doorbell rang.

I opened the door and it was Lei Fuyi standing there.

He held out his hand, with a black USB drive in his palm. He said, “Here is the evidence of Hongming’s infidelity. You can file for divorce.”

“Can……”

“He can’t hurt you anymore.”

He reached out his hand, touched my neck, and took away the merit money.

“This merit coin is still useful. Give it to Huang Xian’er, and you won’t have to be afraid of Hong Ming.”

I stared at him blankly, then bowed and said, “Thank you, thank you so much.”

“Watch out for your neckline, you’re exposing yourself.” Lei Fuyi actually made a joke.

I watched him leave, and the heavy stone in my heart seemed to suddenly fall away.

He is very reassuring.

26

Three days later, Hongming and I walked out of the Civil Affairs Bureau.

The evidence of the infidelity was right in front of him, and he had no choice but to agree.

We divorced and the child is mine.

He still looked at me with affection, as if he wanted to keep me, but he didn’t say it.

I called my parents and told them I was divorced.

My mother said, then let’s go home.

I heard my father crying on the other end of the phone. He had shallow eye sockets and was a crying old man.

Looking back on how I risked my life to marry him, I feel like a fool.

I took my child on the high-speed train and it was time to go home.

Looking at my daughter in my arms, I am worried whether I can take good care of her in the future.

I am more worried that she will feel inferior without a father.

“What a coincidence.”

I looked up and saw a man sitting opposite me.

He was wearing a clean white shirt, had a beautiful face and a clean temperament. It was Lei Fuyi.

I smiled and said, “Yes, what a coincidence.”

“I’m going to pay back the money for my merits, what about you?” Lei Fuyi said.

I smiled wryly and said, “Go home and start over.”

“Banxia is so cute.” He stretched out his slender fingers and touched his daughter’s face.

The girl smiled brightly and was very close to Lei Fuyi. Soon she ran into his arms to play.

Looking at them, I vaguely remembered something, it seemed to be something from the wedding day.

A smile then froze on my face.

– over –