bookcurios Chapter 201 A chill on the back
Chapter 201 A chill on the back
Zeng Yichen looked somewhat angry: "I really can't believe my brother would do such a thing!"
Zeng Nian realized that he had almost forgotten about this matter. "Don't worry about it too much. Dad will teach him a lesson."
Zeng Yichen clenched his fist, his nails digging into his palm.
If I hadn't witnessed it with my own eyes today, I would have thought he was just disciplining his son like a normal father.
"Okay," Zeng Yichen replied. "Then when should we have Ji Baobei come over for dinner?"
Zeng Nian smiled and said, "How about this weekend?"
“Okay, I’ll tell her.” Zeng Yichen nodded, then said, “I’ll go rest now… Dad.”
"Go ahead," Zeng Nian said, having achieved his goal, and didn't dwell on it any further.
Zeng Yichen didn't hesitate for a second and immediately turned around to go back to his room.
As he turned around, he still kept a watchful eye on Zeng Nian's ring.
To their surprise, they found that his thumb was covered with a bandage, and they couldn't see any trace of the ring.
Without lingering any longer, he immediately returned to his room.
He took out his phone, skillfully typed in the number, and sent the time Zeng Nian had set. He also mentioned that Zeng Nian had apparently taken off his ring because of a finger injury.
I received a reply soon after.
'knew'
Looking at those three simple words, Zeng Yichen felt an immense heaviness in his heart.
He didn't know if what he was doing was right or wrong; his brain was neither as good as his brother's nor as good as Ji Ran's.
He is not entirely ignorant of the current situation, but he has only a superficial understanding of it.
He just hoped that he wouldn't at least hold others back.
Thinking about it, he casually deleted the message history.
Downstairs, Zeng Nian received a phone call. He answered it and only said one sentence: "Bring the person into my study."
He then threw the pruning shears back into the straw basket and strode toward the study.
Pushing open the door, the person inside bowed respectfully: "Commander-in-Chief."
Zeng Nian nodded, walked straight to the desk, opened a drawer, took out a mahogany carved box, placed it on the table, and gestured for the other person to pick it up and examine it.
The other party understood the intention and immediately picked up the box, opened it, and began to examine it.
A few seconds later, the man asked with a puzzled expression, "It looks fine, the critical point is still there, how could it be a burn?"
"Are you asking me?" Zeng Nian frowned, his eyes revealing a sinister look.
"I wouldn't dare!" The man exclaimed in fear, immediately lowering his head further.
After a moment, he raised his head somewhat fearfully, "Then... could you describe the scene at that time? I need to know what triggered it."
Zeng Nian narrowed his eyes, then recalled: "At the time, I attended a research presentation by the Department of Biology at Peking University..."
Then, he suddenly remembered the picture of that person that the girl had shown him, even though it was blurred out.
"I saw his photo at the press conference..."
The man was taken aback. "Him?"
Zeng Nian's gaze then shifted to the box in his hand at just the right moment.
The man immediately understood, but found it unbelievable: "Impossible! Logically speaking, everything about him should have disappeared from this world by now..."
After all, the leader had issued such a decree.
"Is it related to this?" Zeng Nian didn't answer, but continued to press for an answer.
The man shook his head. "It's unlikely. Even if you saw a picture, especially one on an electronic screen, it's impossible to imbue it with any spiritual energy or magnetic field... Did you sense anything else unusual at the time?"
Zeng Nian lowered his eyes and recalled carefully.
"When I suddenly saw that picture, besides being a little surprised, I also felt a chill down my spine..." Zeng Nian described, downplaying his great fear as an accident.
The man didn't expose Zeng Nian, but instead seized on an important piece of information: "You said... a chill down your back? Is it the feeling of your back suddenly being surrounded by ice?"
Zeng Nian's eyes flickered, and he admitted, "Yes."
He initially thought he was just too frightened, but now that he thinks about it carefully, the temperature was indeed unusually low, and it seems that he was the only one who felt this abnormality at the time.
The man finally tensed up, "No way..."
Because he knew that such an anomaly would only occur when a ghost approached a person, but the ring Zeng Nian wore was originally part of a feng shui formation he had set up, the main purpose of which was to prevent that person's soul from getting close.
However, not only did the feng shui formation begin to fail, it even produced a backlash effect such as 'burning'.
Thinking about it, the man hurriedly took the red-glowing bone ring out of the box, held it in his palm, and closed his eyes.
A few seconds later, he opened his eyes, his confusion deepening.
"This is impossible..."
Upon hearing this, Zeng Nian's eyes showed a hint of impatience. "What exactly is the problem?"
The man trembled slightly and replied, "The critical point is indeed still there, but the amount of malevolent energy sealed inside has decreased."
"The malevolent energy has decreased? What does that mean? Does it mean he won't come to harm me?" Zeng Nian asked.
The man shook his head and replied, "It can probably be understood that his original karmic obstacles have been cleared, and he is now gradually moving away from the hell realm."
Zeng Nian didn't fully understand, but he roughly grasped that it wasn't a good thing for him, and his inner fear deepened.
"What should we do then?"
The man frowned again.
When that person died, he had clearly become a vengeful ghost. Logically speaking, it was almost impossible for him to be reborn and harm the human world. With the added blessing of the ring's feng shui formation, it was even less likely that he would get within 1 kilometer of Zeng Nian.
But now, his remains have actually purified themselves, and even with the feng shui array in place, they can get close to Zeng Nian.
The situation has now exceeded his expectations for some unknown reason, and things have indeed become tricky.
"Wait a minute," the man suddenly realized that he seemed to have missed a very important clue: "You said you saw his picture at the press conference? Who showed that picture?"
Zeng Nian was taken aback: "Naturally, it's the professor in charge of that project..."
At this point, Zeng Nian suddenly tensed up: "You mean, all of this has something to do with that professor?"
The man didn't nod, because he couldn't be sure either, "That's also possible."
Although he didn't think that an insignificant biology professor could possibly purify a vengeful ghost, since it was the professor who showed him the pictures, she must know something.
Thinking of this, he added, "I'll go investigate what the professor's connection is to this matter. You can rest assured for now; the ring's critical point is still active, and you won't be in any danger."
Zeng Nian scrutinized the other person's face with some suspicion, then said, "You don't need to investigate, lest you cause unnecessary trouble."