After Waking Up, I Inherited a Bookstore 26

Chapter 26: Xiao Nian Goes Berserk

Li Hanyan looked at her and said, “Place the Blood Jade in your left hand, then follow me with your right.”

At first, Liu Chuxia was very clumsy. After about half an hour of practice, Li Hanyan felt it was about time and told her to try.

Liu Chuxia first raised her left hand and placed the Blood Jade in front of her. Then she made a hand seal with her right hand, chanting under her breath, and closed her eyes to feel the tranquility in her heart.

The four malevolent ghosts lined up in a row slowly became ethereal, finally turning into wisps of white smoke and gradually dissipating.

Liu Chuxia suddenly felt something flowing in her body. This thing made her feel very comfortable. Although it was summer, it was very warm and comfortable. This feeling disappeared after a short while. She slowly opened her eyes and looked at Li Hanyan. “Hanyan, I felt like I was in a warm, spring-like place just now. It was so comfortable. What’s going on?”

“Your Daoist arts are improving. It’s equivalent to experience points in a game,” Li Hanyan explained, helping her put on the Blood Jade.

“Is this the only way to improve my Daoist arts?” Liu Chuxia felt that this would be too slow.

“No. Just like when you were fighting the malevolent ghost and self-igniting yellow talismans, you were also improving imperceptibly. It’s just that you can feel this one.”

Liu Chuxia nodded, indicating that she understood. Seeing that the matter here was resolved, Jiang Jiajia made a phone call to have the client come up and pay. It was one thousand for each malevolent ghost, for a total of four thousand. After collecting the money and giving the client a bowl of talisman water, the three of them left.

Jiang Jiajia wanted to give one thousand of it to Liu Chuxia, but she refused. Liu Chuxia said to consider it a training fee. Jiang Jiajia wanted to force it on her. After all, even close brothers settle accounts clearly, and the two of them were not familiar with each other. But Liu Chuxia took Li Hanyan and ran ahead.

Liu Chuxia shouted from ahead, “Jiajia, you can keep it. I really don’t want it.”

“You! You don’t even want money when it’s offered!” Jiang Jiajia was so angry she almost laughed.

Liu Chuxia and Li Hanyan slowed down. When they saw Jiang Jiajia catch up, she said, “I was just here for practical training. Without us, this money would have been yours anyway. And because of me, we wasted so much time. I feel bad about it.”

Li Hanyan also chimed in, “Just take it. We’re not short of this little bit of money.”

Jiang Jiajia looked at the two of them helplessly. “Alright, I’ll take it this time. But you can’t do this next time. It should be what it should be.”

Liu Chuxia and Li Hanyan both nodded perfunctorily.

When the three of them returned to the bookstore, they saw Xiao Xu being pinned down and beaten by Xiao Nian at the front counter. Ke Yan was lying directly on the floor. The customers reading in the main hall were all gathered around, watching.

Li Hanyan and Liu Chuxia hurriedly ran over to rescue Xiao Xu. Because there were customers present, they didn’t dare to openly put Ke Yan away and could only let her lie there for a while longer.

Jiang Jiajia was completely dumbfounded when she saw this. She ran over and questioned Xiao Nian, “Do you know what you’re doing? Why are you hitting Xiao Xu?”

Xiao Nian’s face was cold and she said nothing. No matter how Jiang Jiajia scolded her, she remained unmoved. Her eyes were red, and her body was still trembling, as if she were enduring something.

Li Hanyan first walked up to the customers and said, “Everyone, something has happened at the bookstore, so we will be closing for the day. Please line up in an orderly fashion to leave. Someone at the door will give you a coupon and an iced drink. Thank you for your understanding.”

Liu Chuxia organized the staff to evacuate the customers. After she was done, she saw Li Hanyan fighting with Xiao Nian. Liu Chuxia was completely bewildered. She wanted to intervene, but she couldn’t win and was afraid of being a hindrance to Li Hanyan.

Jiang Jiajia was shouting at Xiao Nian from the side, telling her to stop. But the current Xiao Nian was like a mad killer, attacking Li Hanyan with no rhyme or reason.

In the end, Li Hanyan had the upper hand and tied Xiao Nian up.

Liu Chuxia quickly ran over to check Li Hanyan’s injuries. Xiao Nian had fought crazily and ruthlessly. Every wound was very deep, but Xiao Nian’s own injuries were not much better.

“You sit down first. I’ll go get the first-aid kit.” Liu Chuxia ran upstairs, got the first-aid kit, and came back down.

She simply bandaged Li Hanyan’s wounds. “Let’s go to the hospital, shall we? These wounds still look very serious.” Liu Chuxia’s eyes were red, but she held back the stinging sensation in her nose and looked at Li Hanyan with worry.

“I’m fine. These are just minor injuries. I’ll be fine after I apply some medicine later. Don’t cry. If you cry, I’ll cry too.” Li Hanyan looked at Liu Chuxia with equally red eyes. She really couldn’t bear to see A Xia cry for her now.

Jiang Jiajia simply bandaged Xiao Nian’s wounds and then ignored her. She walked over to them and looked at Li Hanyan. “Should we call Dr. Han?”

Li Hanyan shook her head. “What’s wrong with her? She looks like she’s gone into a qi deviation.”

Jiang Jiajia sighed and said, “She might have been provoked. We’ll have to ask Xiao Xu what she said to her. It’s an old illness from her childhood in the Xiao family. Dr. Han said it’s a mental block, and she has to overcome it herself. Just taking medicine to suppress it won’t work.”

Liu Chuxia and Li Hanyan both sighed at the same time, looking at the half-dead Xiao Xu and the motionless Ke Yan on the floor.

“Let’s move them to the sofa first,” Liu Chuxia suggested.

Jiang Jiajia nodded and, together with Liu Chuxia, moved Xiao Xu and Ke Yan to the sofa.

Xiao Xu was covered in injuries. Liu Chuxia didn’t know how to treat her. It wasn’t until Jiang Jiajia used several healing talismans and spiritual energy talismans that she realized she should go get some talismans from Li Hanyan.

She hurried back and saw that Xiao Xu had opened her eyes, but she still looked very weak. Liu Chuxia directly burned a talisman for Xiao Xu, and her complexion improved significantly. She could even sit up on her own.

Jiang Jiajia couldn’t help but marvel at Liu Chuxia’s talent once again.

“Big Sister Chuxia, quick, check on Ke Yan! She took a heavy blow from Big Sister Xiao Nian to save me. She can’t die!” Xiao Xu was so anxious she wanted to kowtow to Liu Chuxia.

“Okay, I’ll go and see. Are you okay?” Liu Chuxia asked, looking at her.

“I’m fine, I’m fine. Quick, go!” Xiao Xu felt like she was about to cry from anxiety.

Although Liu Chuxia was not at ease, she still went to check on Ke Yan. Even with several of Jiang Jiajia’s healing talismans, Ke Yan still showed no signs of waking up.

“Let me try.”

Jiang Jiajia nodded and made way.

Liu Chuxia pinched two healing talismans and self-ignited them, then threw them onto Ke Yan.

After about ten seconds, Ke Yan woke up, but she was still very weak. Liu Chuxia burned another one for her, and then a spiritual energy talisman. Ke Yan’s complexion instantly improved, and the green light in her eyes became brighter.

Xiao Xu, having recovered, ran over directly, pulling Ke Yan and checking her all over. Seeing that she was fine, she lightly hit her and pretended to be angry, “Who told you to stand in front of me? What if you had died? Is this how you like me? Why didn’t you think about me at all? How can you like me if you’re dead? You won’t even have a chance to be reincarnated!”

Ke Yan’s appearance had actually changed a bit now. Her face was still a little pale, but the green in her eyes was like pupils, just glowing slightly. Her teeth had also turned white. She was more than twice as beautiful as before.

As Liu Chuxia listened, she felt that something was not right. When did these two ghosts start talking about love? But now was not the time to worry about that.