Chapter Seventy-Five p1
Yu Hong never imagined that the casual words he had spoken, the ones he hadn’t taken seriously, would one day turn into boomerangs, each one hitting him squarely.
He had indeed tacitly agreed that Bo Chi should prioritize healing his subordinates, but the purpose of doing so was to win people’s hearts! Not to make enemies!
As a result of Bo Chi’s actions, Yu Jian, whom he had originally intended to use, had turned against him. Second Elder, whom he had wanted to appease, came to condemn him because of his grandson’s issue. And Bo Chi’s words were reasonable and irrefutable. In the end, the blame fell squarely on him, and he couldn’t shake it off?!
Yu Hong’s mentality was a little broken. Hearing Bo Chi’s innocent and sarcastic words, his blood pressure soared even more. He suppressed the anger in his heart, took a deep breath, and said as if trying to convince himself: “It’s nothing, it’s nothing. You were listening to me and healed them. It’s my fault for not understanding the side effects of your healing ability, and I didn’t have time to stop you, which caused this tricky situation…”
He repeated it several times, and finally calmed down, and said calmly: “In three days, Yu Shang and the others will go to Lingquanzhou to exorcise ghosts. I will arrange for you to go with them. At that time, you follow Yu Shang closely, and use your healing ability on them more, and try to eliminate that serious side effect as soon as possible.”
Bo Chi asked thoughtfully: “Who is Yu Shang? I don’t think I’ve heard Uncle mention him before?“
Yu Hong chuckled: “He’s First Elder’s son, and he admired the previous imposter, the former Young Master Yu Zhao, so he’s very dissatisfied with me. But I’m magnanimous, and naturally won’t argue with him. In order to make their journey safer, I specifically asked you to go with them. By the way, he has been traveling outside these past few years, and is rarely at the Yu family. Now, he probably doesn’t know about the side effects of your ability yet. You hide it well and don’t tell them, otherwise, I’m afraid they’re ignorant, and will give up the opportunity to heal their wounds just because they can’t have sex.”
Based on his few words, Bo Chi found Yu Shang’s past from the massive plot.
As Yu Hong said, Yu Shang admired Yu Zhao very much. After learning that Yu Zhao didn’t have the talent for spirit communication, and forcibly opened her spiritual veins with medicinal baths, fulfilling the elders’ expectations, but leaving herself with the aftereffects of being haunted by a ghost, he respected Yu Zhao very much, and felt that Yu Zhao was a good Young Master who truly cared about the Yu family and could endure what ordinary people couldn’t.
It was a pity that he was in his prime, and needed to spend all his time traveling around to exorcise ghosts. Not only did he not come back in time to stop Yu Zhao’s death when she lost her position, but he was also killed by Yu Zhao, who had lost her humanity, not long after her death.
In summary, Yu Shang = Yu Zhao’s camp = her own people.
Bo Chi understood, and said to the phone with a smile: “Uncle Yu is right, don’t worry, I will definitely do my best to help Yu Shang and the others, and I won’t let them get even a scratch!“
Yu Hong felt much more comfortable hearing this, and told Bo Chi to be careful when going out, to come back safely, and if necessary, she could use those people as shields.
Bo Chi listened with curved lips, and after he hung up the phone, she saved the recording.
—Although Yu Hong was subtly referring to Yu Shang and his group, when these words fell into her hands, it was uncertain who she would let hear them.
Three days passed in a flash. Bo Chi comforted her older sister to relax, and then made Zhong Yan, who was gloating, perform various skills such as dancing, singing, and crosstalk, and by the way, inquired about the news outside, wanting to see if Yu Shang would take Yu Zhao with him.
In the plot, Yu Zhao was about to leave the Yu family and return to the slums as soon as her identity was exposed, not wanting to make things difficult for the Yu family. However, Yu Hong quickly broke her legs, and the other spoiled young masters, who had long disliked her, followed suit and bullied her endlessly. Until that rainy night, these people finally became tired of Yu Zhao’s lifeless reaction, and threw her into the mud in the garden to die.
In the original work, Yu Zhao died that day, and didn’t wait for Yu Shang’s return.
Now that Bo Chi had taken action in time and saved Yu Zhao’s life, given Yu Shang’s personality, he would definitely not bear to see Yu Zhao continue to suffer in the Yu family. Even if he knew that the outside world was a thousand times more dangerous than the Yu family, he would still find a way to save Yu Zhao.
This way, Bo Chi would have more opportunities to take action. Without the Yu family’s attention, she could happily keep Yu Zhao in a golden house and heal her wife properly!
Unfortunately, Bo Chi’s expectations were ultimately dashed. Yu Shang’s schedule was too tight. He came back almost on the day of departure, rested for less than two or three hours, and then set off with the people arranged by Yu Hong, without any time or energy to pay attention to Yu Zhao’s existence and treatment.
It wasn’t until the car had been driving for two hours, and the group got off to buy breakfast, that he looked around as if he had just realized something, and said in surprise: “After Yu Hong took over, didn’t he transfer all of you away from me? Why did he put you all back this time? Could it be… this time’s personnel arrangement was made by Miss Yu Zhao?”
His subordinates, like him, had been exorcising ghosts outside all year round, and were also confused about this, not knowing much.
Bo Chi was listening on the side, and naturally wouldn’t say that Yu Hong was using her to harm them, so she quickly said: “Yu Zhao? Is it the older sister who was beaten up by those Green Hair brothers?”
Yu Shang was stunned, beckoned to Bo Chi, frowned, and said: “Whose child are you? Come over and make it clear.”
Bo Chi stepped forward with a timid look, briefly introduced herself, and then recounted Yu Zhao’s experience with added details.
Yu Shang’s expression turned ugly, and his subordinates were also trembling with anger, and said one after another: “How dare those pampered brats from the main family do this! If it weren’t for the Young Master using medicinal baths to open her veins and becoming a spirit medium in time, representing our Yu family to go to Quanzhen to exorcise ghosts, how could they have such a carefree life today! These people only care about the Young Master’s power and status, completely ignoring everything the Young Master did back then. In my opinion, they should just die! So as not to waste food!”
Yu Shang raised his hand, suppressed their anger, and said coldly: “The ghost in Quanzhen was a B-class evil ghost. The Young Master and the others could only seal it back then, and couldn’t kill it. In order to buy time and not let the family worry, only the elders and we knew about this news. Now, after a few years, the seal is about to break, and the people from other families will definitely gather the young masters again to go to Quanzhen to exorcise ghosts, so as to prevent that B-class evil ghost from causing trouble or breaking through.”
The others were stunned: “But our Young Master’s legs are crippled…”
Yu Shang shook his head, his voice cold: “You’re wrong, our current Young Master is Yu Hong, and this time, it should be him and his men who go. Miss Yu Zhao has shouldered so many burdens and suffered so much for our Yu family, now it’s time for these pampered brats to experience the cruelty and coldness of evil ghosts.”
The others suddenly realized: “Yes, yes, yes! Do they really think being the Young Master is all about enjoying life? I’d like to see if Green Hair and the others still dare to be so unscrupulous and unrestrained when they see a ghost!”
They talked in a flurry, as if wanting to vent the anger in their hearts.
Bo Chi didn’t care about the fate of those people. She just stared at Yu Shang, and pretended to ask innocently: “Uncle, since that Sister Yu Zhao is so pitiful, can you take her with us? I have healing abilities, and I can slowly heal her legs.”
Yu Shang’s eyes softened, he rubbed Bo Chi’s soft hair, and pondered: “You’re a good child, but it’s too late now. We’ve been out for two hours, it seems short, but if we turn back, there’s a risk of encountering evil ghosts at any time. Uncle can’t gamble with the safety of the other brothers, so… I’ll take Miss Yu Zhao with us next time when there’s a chance.”
“…Okay.” Bo Chi suppressed the disappointment in her heart, and instead blamed herself.
—If she was strong enough, she wouldn’t need to place her hope on others, and could take Yu Zhao away from that disgusting Yu family by herself.
It was a pity that she couldn’t pluck the system’s wool, and could only buy one ghost. If she wanted to increase her strength, she had to hunt by herself, and subdue and tame ghosts by herself.
Bo Chi clenched her small fists, and thinking of Yu Zhao, this Cinderella, waiting for her, she suddenly felt infinite courage, and stared at her surroundings with burning eyes, hoping that a blind offensive ghost would come to her door.
She didn’t know if it was because her appearance, which was even scarier than a ghost, deterred other ghosts from showing up, but the car kept driving until night, and they still didn’t encounter anything dirty.
Yu Shang and the others’ faces relaxed, but they didn’t let their guard down. Instead, they gathered them in the hotel lobby, and said seriously: “Everyone should know that ghosts are creatures that appear at night, and it’s rare for them to appear during the day. So everyone, don’t sleep too soundly at night, it’s best to take turns keeping watch, and don’t relax your vigilance at any time, do you understand?”
His subordinates nodded seriously, only Bo Chi was dumbfounded.
Take turns keeping watch? Who would take turns with her?
There was no young lady in this group who could share a room with her!
The weak, pitiful, and helpless Bo Chi, in the end, still had to stay in a room alone. According to Yu Shang, she was a healing type, and could heal both humans and ghosts, so she was popular wherever she went, and didn’t need to be too afraid of ghosts.
That being said…
Bo Chi in the middle of the night was still huddled in the quilt, trembling, not even willing to stick her feet out, afraid of being grabbed by something strange.
The system was silent about this, and couldn’t help but ask: {If I remember correctly, you’ve been a ghost before, right?}
Bo Chi said timidly: {Having been a ghost doesn’t mean I’m not afraid.}
The system was speechless: {Then do you still dare to go out now?}
Bo Chi’s face was full of fear, and she shook her head repeatedly: {Why would I go out in the middle of the night? I don’t even want to leave the quilt. Have you heard that saying? The one that’s common in our ghost world – ghosts can’t attack people hiding under the quilt…}
The system interrupted her rambling simply and crudely: {The ghost in Yu Zhao’s body is showing signs of losing control, do you want to save her?}
Bo Chi, who was chattering non-stop, suddenly became quiet, then kicked off the quilt and jumped out of bed, rolled up her sleeves, and said crisply: {System!}
System: {Here.}
Bo Chi’s voice was firm: {Let’s go!}
The system activated the teleportation without hesitation and took her to Yu Zhao’s side.
As soon as Bo Chi landed, she felt the coldness in the room, the unusually active spirits in the air, and Yu Zhao wasn’t on the bed, but was half-lying on the bathtub in the bathroom.
Her legs were hanging weakly on the ground, her upper body and head completely buried in the bathtub full of water, her wheelchair slid to the side, and there were no traces of other people around. It seemed that when Yu Zhao was washing herself, her body leaned too far forward, causing the wheelchair to suddenly roll back, and she fell into the water before she could react.
Seeing the scratch marks on the smooth wall of the bathtub, Bo Chi felt a pang of heartache. As soon as she steadied herself, she stepped forward and pulled Yu Zhao out of the water.
Yu Zhao’s legs were as heavy as lead, and Bo Chi couldn’t carry her, so she half-knelt on the ground, put Yu Zhao’s head on her shoulder, closed her eyes, quickly communicated with the ghost, her body completely enveloped by a large white robe, and barely managed to save Yu Zhao’s last breath.
When a spirit medium died, the evil ghost in their body had a chance to break free and regain its freedom.
The reason why the evil ghost in Yu Zhao’s body lost control this time was because she accidentally drowned, and was on the verge of death after struggling without success.
Although Bo Chi had locked Yu Zhao’s blood, the restless evil ghost hadn’t been appeased yet, so she could only continue to close her eyes and concentrate on suppressing the evil spirit in Yu Zhao’s body.
She was highly focused, but didn’t notice that Yu Zhao had unknowingly opened her eyes.
Yu Zhao’s vision was a little blurry. When it fell on Bo Chi, she stared blankly for a long time before focusing, and recognized her identity.
…It was the ‘senior’ who saved her before.
Yu Zhao’s heartbeat involuntarily accelerated, her fingers moved, and she instinctively wanted to take off the other party’s hood and see her face.
At the critical moment, she remembered that this was the ‘senior’s’ secret, and immediately came back to her senses, and curled her fingers back.