"Master, you’re not hallucinating. I am in the necklace you’re clutching. Only you can hear me speak now."
Li Suisui listened carefully; the voice was indeed coming from the necklace she was holding.
"Master, I need to tell you something. The bad people are going to bury you alive; you must find a way to escape."
The voice from the necklace sounded a little anxious.
"I...I can’t run."
Li Suisui tried to get up from the ground, but her Grandma had hit her so hard she couldn’t move.
"Master, you could find someone else to rescue you!"
Who would save her?
"I don’t even have the strength to call for help."
Despair filled Li Suisui’s eyes.
"I won’t be able to see my Grandma one last time before I die," Li Suisui muttered to herself. "I wonder if I’ll be able to visit her dreams after I die?"
"Dreams! Yes! Master, you could seek help in the Dream Realm!"
"How can I go into a dream?"
"I can help. Master, if you want to enter the dreams of your blood relatives or loved ones, you only need something they’ve used before. If they aren’t a blood relative, I’ll need their hair or blood."
Facing death, even a four-and-a-half-year-old child did not want to die.
"The person who has been kindest to me is Grandma. The pendant I’m holding was a gift from her."
"Alright, Master, prepare what you want to say. When you see the person, speak quickly. Any delay, and it might be too late."
「The Ji family in Ling Village.」
Grandma Ji was doing needlework with her eldest daughter-in-law, Wang Dongxue, and her third daughter-in-law, Zhu Xiuxiu.
Suddenly, she yawned, then laid her head on the table and dozed off.
Faintly, a cry reached her ears.
"Grandma...save me... I’m about to be buried alive..."
Grandma Ji opened her eyes in a daze. Before her was a dense fog, and out of it emerged a small, blood-stained face.
"...Suisui, what happened? Why is your face covered in so much blood?"
"Grandma beat me. They’re going to bury me alive. Grandma, come quickly to Luanzang Ridge to save me!"
Seeing her granddaughter in this state, Grandma Ji’s heart ached. She reached out a trembling hand to touch her face, but just as her hand extended, the small figure before her suddenly vanished.
"Suisui..."
Grandma Ji suddenly woke up, touching her forehead. It was drenched in cold sweat!
"Mom! What’s wrong? Why are you calling Suisui’s name?" her eldest daughter-in-law, Wang Dongxue, asked, puzzled.
"I just dreamed about Suisui. She was covered in blood, saying she was going to die and asked me to save her!"
"It’s just a dream. How could it be so coincidental? Everyone in Shangling Village says Suisui is a jinx; she’s tough!" said Zhu Xiuxiu, Grandma Ji’s third daughter-in-law, quite unconcerned.
"My Suisui is not a jinx! She’s a little blessing. When she was born, auspicious omens appeared from the heavens; her destiny is truly good!"
Grandma Ji glared fiercely at her third daughter-in-law and stormed out of the house.
"Mom! Where are you going?"
"Suisui told me in her dream that the Li family is going to take her to Luanzang Ridge and bury her alive. Just in case, I have to go to Luanzang Ridge right now!"
"Bury her alive?" Zhu Xiuxiu and Wang Dongxue’s faces changed. "The Li family wouldn’t be so utterly heartless, would they?"
「At Luanzang Ridge.」
Granny Li was bossily instructing Zhao Chunxiang, who was digging a pit.
"Dig the pit deeper, so we can press this jinx’s bad luck deep underground."
"Remember, when you bury her, make sure she’s face down, just as the Daoist Master said. That way, even if she becomes a ghost, she’ll never be able to turn her fate around!"
"I know, Mother. You’re so far-sighted; you even thought of such a brilliant method. Once we bury this jinx today, she won’t be able to affect Yanyan’s good fortune. I’m sure Fourth Uncle will achieve scholarly honors and return successful this time."
"That’s right, that’s what the Daoist Master said. Our Li family is fortunate to have Yanyan, this Blessed Bag. Otherwise, Li Suisui, that solitary star of misfortune, would have caused my death by now."