After Waking Up, I Inherited a Bookstore 107

Chapter 107: Forming the Contract

On the other side, Liu Chuxia had brought Xu Fanzhen to the talisman-drawing room.

Liu Chuxia first drew a Contract of Fate Talisman, took a strand of Xu Fanzhen’s hair, then made a small cut on her index finger with a small knife and dripped the blood onto the Contract of Fate Talisman.

Finally, she self-ignited the talisman, and two balls of light appeared, one gold and one blood-red.

The golden one entered Liu Chuxia’s body, and the blood-red one naturally entered Xu Fanzhen’s.

Xu Fanzhen didn’t feel much, at most she felt a thread connecting her to Liu Chuxia, but this feeling was so faint it was almost negligible.

But there was one thing she felt very clearly, and that was that her strength had increased by a large margin. Xu Fanzhen felt that she could now kill everyone in a shopping mall, and in an instant.

“Magical. My strength has actually increased so much. I feel like I can kill everyone in a shopping mall in an instant now.”

“Killing people is wrong,” Liu Chuxia reminded her.

“I know. It’s just a metaphor.”

“Mhm, go and find Xiao Xu. You’ll know who she is when you find Xiaobao. She’ll arrange a room for you.”

“Okay, thank you,” she said and happily left the back room. Then, sensing where Zhenbao was, she flashed up directly.

Liu Chuxia looked at the two red runes on her index finger. They circled around it completely, and if you looked at them for a long time, you could see the runes slowly rotating.

This was something Xiao Xu had specially modified. The original cage had been changed to this kind of red rune, and it only took up a small part of her finger. Liu Chuxia thought this change was very good.

“A Xia, let’s go and eat,” Li Hanyan said, taking her hand.

“Okay.”

Then the two of them went out to eat.

After finishing their meal, Xiao Nian happened to come down to look for Liu Chuxia.

Then the two of them went into the talisman-drawing room.

They stayed there for the whole afternoon. When they came out, Xiao Nian was being supported by Liu Chuxia. Jiang Jiajia quickly went over to take her.

“How did A Nian’s practice go?”

Liu Chuxia frowned and shook her head. “She can’t concentrate her spiritual power. I suspect it’s her mental block acting up. My suggestion is to take her to see a psychologist first. At least we need to know what’s affecting her.”

Jiang Jiajia’s brow also furrowed. “She didn’t tell me anything. I always thought she just wasn’t talented, so it was hard for her to draw talismans. So it’s also related to a psychological illness. Thank you. I’ll take her up to rest now.”

“Remember to talk to her properly. Don’t let her act recklessly. She almost hurt herself by forcing it in there just now. If not for me discovering it in time, we’d probably be on our way to the hospital now,” Liu Chuxia said seriously, looking at Jiang Jiajia.

Jiang Jiajia nodded, her brow furrowing even deeper.

Liu Chuxia looked at Jiang Jiajia’s departing back as she carried Xiao Nian and sighed. “Xiao Nian almost used up all her spiritual power in there just now. I don’t dare to tell Jiajia any of this.”

“Isn’t she just acting recklessly? Spiritual power is such an important thing. Who knows how long it will take to recover after using it all up. This person is still so reckless, not thinking about how sad Jiajia will be because of her,” Li Hanyan’s eyes were clearly filled with gentle anger.

“She really needs to change this habit. But the most important thing now is to have her see a psychologist. A mental illness, if not treated for a day, will accumulate for a day. I don’t know how she’s been holding on,” Liu Chuxia said, patting Li Hanyan’s back and stroking her.

“When she wakes up, I must scold her.”

“Alright. Don’t you cause any trouble. How could Xiao Nian not know that what she’s doing is wrong? But she still chose to do it, which means this is the result of her psychological struggle. Scolding her is useless. You have to talk to her properly,” Liu Chuxia said in a gentle voice, taking the person’s hand and going up in the elevator.

On the fourth floor, Li Hanyan said, “Let’s go and find Xiao Xu. See if she’s found that report.”

Liu Chuxia nodded in agreement.

She called Xiao Xu and found out that they were in the entertainment room.

When the two arrived at the door, they saw Little Dumpling and Xiaobao sleeping on the small bed on the right.

As for Xu Fanzhen, Xiao Xu, and Ke Yan, they were chatting.

Seeing them arrive, Xiao Xu ran over and asked, “What do you need me for?”

“I wanted to ask if you’ve found that report,” Li Hanyan said.

“We have, but there are at least twenty of them. We were thinking of screening them down to single digits before giving them to you.”

“We have nothing to do right now. Let’s screen them together.”

“Okay,” Xiao Xu said and flashed away to get the things. She came back immediately, taking no more than 10 seconds.

Liu Chuxia and Li Hanyan sat down on their left and looked at the newspapers one by one.

“What are you looking for?” Xu Fanzhen asked, looking at them with curiosity.

“We’re looking for someone a starving ghost is attached to,” Xiao Xu said, briefly explaining the matter.

“There’s actually such a mother? She doesn’t deserve to be a mother at all!” Xu Fanzhen said angrily.

“It’s no use saying these things now. Let’s look together,” Liu Chuxia said, looking at the newspaper.

“Okay.”

The two humans and three ghosts searched for the whole afternoon but found nothing. There were many discrepancies in the reports. They couldn’t help it; they only knew one name, and that Xiaoling’s age was not very reliable.

Other than finding the report of Xiaoling’s murder, there was no other way.

Li Hanyan rubbed her brows, stretched, and glanced at the time. “It’s already past 4 PM. I’ll take A Xia out to eat. You guys don’t need to buy for us. She and I are going to find Zhang Yan and see what he’s found. It’s a good opportunity to introduce A Xia to him.”

Xiao Xu and Ke Yan nodded. “Then you two be careful.”

“Mhm.” The two of them nodded and went out.

They hailed a car and went to the Information Group’s building.

When they arrived, Li Hanyan led the person in. Originally, the person at the door wanted to take them up in the VIP elevator.

But Li Hanyan refused. “We’ll go up ourselves.”

With that, she took Liu Chuxia’s hand and went up.

On the top floor, Li Hanyan walked to the front desk with familiarity.

She lightly knocked on the desk. “Xiaoli, call Zhang Yan out.”

The moment the woman heard this voice, her whole body tensed up. She looked up with some confusion and asked, “Sister Yan? Why are you here at this time? And you didn’t even say a word. Come with me to the lounge and sit for a bit. CEO Zhang is probably taking a shower in the lounge right now.”

Li Hanyan’s face was cold and she didn’t move. “This is the current heir of the Liu family, Liu Chuxia. Take a good look. Didn’t the group chat send a photo?”

Cold sweat had already broken out on the woman named Xiaoli’s forehead. “I’m sorry, Young Lord Liu. I overlooked you. Please come with me to the lounge. CEO Zhang is not available right now.”

Liu Chuxia looked at Li Hanyan, shook her head with a smile, and said to Xiaoli in a gentle voice, “It’s fine. I’m not some big shot. It’s okay to be overlooked. Don’t be scared by her.”

Xiaoli nodded, feeling that this heir was much easier to get along with than Li Hanyan.

After leading them to the lounge, she made them some tea, brought some pastries over, and then closed the door, not wanting to disturb them.

Liu Chuxia pinched Li Hanyan’s cheek and said with a smile, “Why are you so fierce outside?”

“If I’m not, those people will think I’m easy to get along with and will dare to mention anything in front of me in the future,” Li Hanyan said, holding her hand in her palm.