Chapter 158: You’re Also A Soft Persimmon
“What the heck?” The old woman exploded, pointing at Nan Yuanman rudely and saying: “You’re letting a doll who hasn’t even been weaned off milk exorcise evil for my grandson? Master Zhang! What kind of joke is this!”
This little girl looks like she’s only five years old! What could she possibly know!
It’s simply absurd!
The old woman didn’t dare vent her anger on Zhang Shimian, so she turned her head and started yelling at the woman who was wiping water droplets off her body with paper: “You spendthrift thing! I said before that young people can’t be relied on! And you insisted he’s from Sanqing Temple, reliable! And now?”
“Just relocating a grave caused my grandson so much suffering! And you casually brought in a child to help like it’s a game! My son marrying you was eight lifetimes of bad luck!”
The woman kept her head down handling the water stains on her body without speaking, while the boy hiding behind her looked at Nan Yuanman vigilantly, not daring to make a sound.
Zhang Shimian heard her cursing more and more offensively, his face instantly darkened, and he couldn’t help but speak up: “Aunt Luo, let’s be reasonable. When we relocated the grave, I specifically warned you that Mr. Luo is born in the Year of the Ox and can’t have people born in the Year of the Sheep, Dog, Horse, or Tiger and Monkey present. It was you who didn’t listen and secretly brought Luo Yang to the site to watch the excitement.”
“Him being like this now is your fault too. What does it have to do with Miss Li? Besides, if you really don’t want me to help remove the ghost from Luo Yang’s body, then I’m out. Go find someone else!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Shimian angrily pulled Nan Yuanman to turn around and leave. Li Meilin hurriedly spoke up: “Mom, say less! Master Zhang, please stay! My mom, she has no ill intentions.”
“She just said that because she’s overly worried about Yangyang, and…”
She looked at Nan Yuanman, pursed her lips: “This… friend of yours, she really doesn’t seem credible.”
“Believe it or not, but if you keep dragging this on, this little brother’s lost soul will be gone for good.”
Nan Yuanman crunched on the lollipop, tilted her head, pointed at the boy hiding behind the woman, and spoke.
Finally, she looked at Zhang Shimian: “Brother Shi Mian, you got it wrong. The one possessing his body isn’t a child, it’s an adult’s soul, and this adult has been dead for almost fifty years.”
Zhang Shimian: “?”
He abruptly looked at Luo Yang, incredulous: “I got it wrong? But last time I opened my eyes to look, I clearly saw a child’s ghost possessing his body!”
How could it be an adult?
Li Meilin’s pupils shrank slightly, she abruptly turned to look at Luo Yang hiding behind her, and the old woman also looked shocked: “What?! Not a child?!”
“Perhaps Brother Shi Mian has heard of dwarfism?” Nan Yuanman said: “Grandpa and I once dealt with a customer who had dwarfism. After his death, his soul wouldn’t revert to adult form; it stayed in the childlike appearance he had in life.”
“Plus, a ghost’s energy is much purer than a human’s, so many in the trade have trouble distinguishing it from a child’s ghost.”
So it was understandable that Zhang Shimian made the mistake.
Li Meilin’s face turned pale, she couldn’t help but distance herself a bit from ‘Luo Yang’, her body trembling slightly. No wonder these past two days, every time she woke up, she found Luo Yang lying beside her, even touching her chest…
She had thought the child possessing Luo Yang’s body had died too young and still depended on his mother, and since it was her child’s body, she was afraid resisting would anger the ghost and harm Luo Yang’s body, so she had indulged it more.
Who knew the one possessing Luo Yang wasn’t a child! It was an adult!
‘Luo Yang’s’ expression shifted, his originally pure eyes gradually became lifeless, his face darkened, he stared intently at Nan Yuanman, and let out a strange laugh from his mouth.
A hoarse middle-aged male voice slowly rang out: “Your cultivation is indeed higher than that young man’s.”
Zhang Shimian’s face flushed red, Nan Yuanman nodded generously: “Thanks for the compliment.”
“So uncle, what will it take for you to leave his body?”
“Kid, why should I leave? Before I died, I went hungry and cold, now I can eat my fill, dress warmly, have endless money to spend, and women to touch. What’s in it for me to leave?”
‘Luo Yang’ dropped the pretense, spread his hands, and said arrogantly: “Not to mention, this is what the Luo Family owes me!”
“Kid, this is karma between me and the Luo Family. I advise you not to meddle!”
“You’re right, the karma between you and the Luo Family isn’t for me to interfere in.” Nan Yuanman nodded, agreeing with his words.
Li Meilin panicked: “Little Immortal Aunt…”
Before she could finish, Nan Yuanman continued: “What does the Luo Family owing you have to do with this little brother? If you’ve got the guts, go straight to the debtor!”
“You’re just scared to go find him and specifically pick on soft targets.”
“Me, I like picking on soft targets too.” As Nan Yuanman spoke, she pulled a talisman from her small shoulder bag, clipped it between her fingers, her big eyes staring eerily at Luo Yang: “So you’d better get out of this little brother’s body while I’m still talking nicely to you, or else…”
“Don’t blame me for pinching you!”
When Nan Yuanman took out the talisman, ‘Luo Yang’ sensed the threat from it, but he wasn’t willing to leave just like that.
The human world now was so wonderful, with so much good food and fun things, he hadn’t had enough yet, how could he bear to leave.
‘Luo Yang’ rolled his eyes, turned and walked toward the old woman, his aged middle-aged voice reverting to the crisp boyish tone, even with a sobbing quality: “Grandma, save me!”
The old woman had been a bit scared hearing Nan Yuanman say that, but upon hearing her own little grandson’s cry, she instantly felt heartbroken, stepped forward to shield him behind her: “I’m standing right here! I dare you to hurt my grandson!”
“Master Zhang! We agreed before, even if you drive the ghost out of my grandson, you can’t harm his body! If you dare hurt his body, I-I’ll fight you to the death!”
‘Luo Yang’ hid behind the old woman, flashing a provocative smile at Nan Yuanman and Zhang Shimian.
Zhang Shimian’s anger flared up instantly, he pointed at the old woman and opened his mouth, nearly cursing.
Nan Yuanman glanced at her, nodded, turned to leave, her little mouth chattering: “Oh, then you just keep loving this ghost then. Anyway, it’ll be you who ends up causing your little grandson’s death, not me.”
“The one bringing unrest to the Luo Family home isn’t me either. Anyway, you’ll bear all the karmic debt, it has nothing to do with me.”
Li Meilin panicked: “Mom! Stop making trouble! Masters, Little Immortal Aunt, don’t be angry! Ignore her, go ahead and deal with him! I absolutely won’t stop you! Even if Yangyang gets hurt, I won’t blame you!”
As she spoke, she moved to pull the old woman away, but ‘Luo Yang’ hiding behind the old woman suddenly attacked, pulling a fruit knife from his pocket and holding it to her neck.
The old woman screamed in fright: “Yangyang!”
‘Luo Yang’ stared lifelessly at Nan Yuanman and Zhang Shimian: “Nobody come closer! Or else, I’ll…”
“Or else what, Xiao Cao! Get him!”
Nan Yuanman was done haggling with him, pulled out Xiao Cao and flung it at him.
‘Luo Yang’s’ pupils shrank, he decisively stabbed the fruit knife toward the old woman’s neck, but at the critical moment, Zhang Shimian flung a talisman at his hand.
The talisman touched his skin, billowing layers of black ghost energy, ‘Luo Yang’ cried out in pain, his hand holding the fruit knife quickly loosening.
At the same time, Xiao Cao landed on his head, tore off the talisman Nan Yuanman had stuck on its back, and slapped it onto ‘Luo Yang’s’ forehead.
Luo Yang rolled his eyes, his body went limp and fell down.
A mass of indistinct shadowy black gas burst out from his body, the light in the room suddenly dimmed, ghost energy surging.
The shadow roared angrily, charging straight at Nan Yuanman: “Nosy brat! Ruining my good deeds! I’ll kill you!”
