"Besides the difference in appearance, my mom also doesn't seem like she comes from an exorcist family; she's just an ordinary woman."
I cast my eyes down and whispered softly, "It must be that Old Master Lin made a mistake, mistaking me for his granddaughter."
After we finished the late-night snack, Yu Longting and I walked back.
It was still early, just after eight.
The restaurant wasn't open, the main door firmly shut.
Yu Longting and I went through the side door and saw Chen Decheng balancing the accounts in the lobby.
The keys of the calculator clattered under his fingers.
I asked Chen Decheng, "Boss, why are we not open tonight?"
"With each of you gone and your Madam feeling unwell, I couldn't manage alone, so I simply closed up early," Chen Decheng wasn't upset, and he even asked if I was feeling better.
I honestly replied to Chen Decheng, "Much better, is Xiao Li also not around?"
"That girl seems to have fallen for a boy."
Chen Decheng joked with a tone of tough love, "Not even confirmed yet, and when that guy fell ill, she rushed to take care of him."
I glanced at Yu Longting.
Had Xiao Li been called by Immortal Liu to accompany Beichen?
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After exchanging a few courtesies with Chen Decheng—
Yu Longting and I again went out through the back door, "Xiao Li has gone to take care of Beichen."
"Beichen is lucky to have found a girl who's truly devoted to him," Yu Longting said.
I looked up at Yu Longting, "But I'm not very reassured, the curse on Beichen is so severe, Xiao Li might not be able to handle it if she saw."
"Let's go then, and have a look together," Yu Longting led me to Immortal Liu's place.
The Snake Servant there was very loyal.
He only took orders from Immortal Liu and Yun Hao, and was very respectful and polite when he saw me.
I asked to see Xiao Li and Beichen, and the Snake Servant immediately took me to a guest room.
The room was filled with quiet sobbing sounds, and Xiao Li's crying made my heart twinge slightly.
She was truly distressed.
What had happened inside?
Then I heard Beichen's voice come out, "Don't worry, I'm fine."
I looked at Yu Longting in surprise.
Yu Longting's dark eyes were deep, his expression somewhat gloomy.
"You've vomited so much blood, how can you be okay, what exactly is your illness?" Xiao Li asked with a sobbing voice.
Beichen sighed, "I've been cursed with a blood-based curse...cough, cough..."
He coughed a few times and then spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
His eyes were dull, utterly devoid of life.
Seeing me and Yu Longting, his body slightly shuddered, "Snake Lord, Lady of the Snake Lord..."
Xiao Li turned around belatedly.
Upon seeing us, she hurriedly wiped away her tears, "Yuanyuan, Yu Longting, have you come to see him?"
"Yes," I responded, and asked Beichen, "Beichen, what exactly happened when you were cursed?"
"I... I'll go get a new blanket, the bed is all dirty," Xiao Li stood up intending to leave.
Beichen weakly said, "Xiao Li, even if you change it, it'll quickly get dirty again."
"Oh." Xiao Li's eyes were full of terror, but she still sat back down.
Beichen spoke somberly, "I saw Su Xiaomin on the street, I was afraid he would harm the Lady of the Snake Lord, so I followed him..."
According to Beichen, he wanted to find an opportunity to act, to capture Su Xiaomin and disable his Spirit Root to eliminate future threats.
Once Su Xiaomin lost his Spirit Root and Spiritual Power, he wouldn't be able to communicate with Xuanjing or let Xuanjing possess him.
Yet he ended up losing sight of Su Xiaomin!
Then, beneath an apartment building, he saw a girl being manipulated by a fox demon, being pushed down.
Beichen's first reaction was to save her, so he recited sorcery to drive away the evil.
Unbeknownst to him, the fox demon carried the Mirror of Zhou King as a Magic Artifact, which not only killed the girl but also used the mirror to envelop a curse rebounded from the sorcery Beichen cast.
The curse, reinforced by Beichen's own power, became extremely potent.
Beichen's defensive sorcery couldn't withstand it, and he was hit and fell unconscious.
"Su Xiaomin? It was Su Xiaomin who cast the curse, not Lin Gang!" I was greatly alarmed, "Xuanjing... has meddled in this matter!"