As soon as Qin Manman finished speaking, Qin Jiang seemed to be possessed. His face contorted in hideousness. He covered his own head with both hands and, with a crisp "click", rotated his head 180 degrees. Then he instantly collapsed to the ground, kneeling face - up with a look of deathbed reluctance, a sight that made one's hair stand on end.
Qin Manman was instantly filled with terror. She staggered backward in fright and leaned against the wall to gain a bit of security.
A faint ache welled up in her cold heart. Shivering and with a trembling cry, she said, "Father! Mother! ... I'm really an unwanted child now!"
"I've always hated being abandoned the most. When I was avenging you, you abandoned me! An unwanted child? Hahaha... It suits me just fine!" the infant spirit laughed eerily.
Hearing the infant spirit's voice getting closer, Qin Manman put aside her grief. Her top priority was to save her own life. Could it be that she was going to die here too?
She quickly picked up a dagger and slit her palm. Drops of her blood fell on the infant's mummified body. Driven by a strong will to survive, she pleaded with sobs, "Please don't kill me. I'm offering my blood to you. Don't kill me. It wasn't me who abandoned you. It wasn't me. It was her... She stole you behind my back. It has nothing to do with me!"
Qin Manman pointed shakily and fearfully at Zhang's body on the ground, trying to defend herself.
The little bit of family affection that was still left became worthless in the face of the need to preserve her own life.
Looking at her parents' bodies on the ground, she suddenly showed a cold expression. Her eyes widened eerily as she said, "Kill well, kill well. Now I have no obstacles. I will continue to serve you..." as if she was possessed.
"Considering that you helped me avenge myself before, I can spare you for now. As long as you serve me well, I will keep my promise!"
Hearing this, Qin Manman squinted her eyes slightly, showing a fierce look. A sly smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. Looking at her parents' bodies lying on the ground, her heart was filled with grief.
At this moment, the infant spirit's eerie laughter echoed in the room like a lingering melody.
Due to the strange deaths in the mansion in the past two days, people dared not go out at night. Taking advantage of the late - night stillness and the absence of people, Qin Manman dragged her parents' bodies to the nearby lotus pond.
"Plop!" "Plop!" She threw the bodies into the lotus pond. There were so many lotuses in the pond that one wouldn't notice the floating bodies if they weren't paying attention.
Then she looked around. Seeing no one, she quickly clapped her hands and sneaked away quietly.
Qin Manman returned to her room and huddled on the bed, still in shock.
"85 Kangzhou Road. That's the person you're looking for!" the strange voice sounded again.
Is it that old woman who harmed me?
On a pitch - black night, at the entrance of 85 Kangzhou Road.
"Knock! Knock! Knock!" A clear knocking sound rang out.
"Who is it?" An old woman asked sleepily in the middle of the night.
"Knock! Knock! Knock!" The knocking sounded again.
Behind the door, the old woman carried a lantern and listened quietly to the movement outside. She asked, "Who is it at this late hour?"
The old woman thought it might be something unclean and didn't dare to open the door. After all, she often dealt with such things and had some taboos.
"It's me. I'm here for a fortune - telling," Qin Manman said coldly.
Hearing a woman's voice, the old woman let down her guard and refused, "Come for fortune - telling tomorrow. It's too late!"
After saying that, the old woman turned around and was about to enter the house when suddenly she heard a "click". The latch on the door behind her opened by itself.
She felt something was wrong. As she turned around, the door "banged" open.
The old woman quickly rushed into the house and closed the door. She nervously lit three incense sticks in front of the shrine, but no matter how hard she tried, they wouldn't catch fire.
She was greatly alarmed. Oh no, the immortal was not here!
At this moment, the door of the room slowly opened with a "creak". The old woman looked in horror, picked up a peach - wood sword and a talisman beside her, and tried to look calm as she stared at the door.
The door opened, and a young girl walked in. Seeing that it was a living person, the old woman felt a bit relieved.
"Miss, what are you doing breaking into my place in the middle of the night?" the old woman asked in a low voice.
Looking at the old woman in front of her, Qin Manman's face showed a fierce look. It was really this old hag. It was all her evil sorcery that had made her a wreck and destroyed her family!
"Old hag, you can't have forgotten me, right? It's all your fault that I'm in this mess. I want you to die a horrible death!" Qin Manman, with her charming appearance, spoke venomous words.
"You, who are you?" The old woman vaguely remembered that it was this brat who had humiliated her on the street that day.
Could it be that she had come to take revenge after suffering retribution?
"Oh, I remember. It's you, this ill - mannered brat who doesn't respect the elderly! How did you find this place? Did you get your retribution so soon?" the old woman taunted.
The old woman was a lonely widow with no children and her husband had passed away early. Being old, she was at a disadvantage when facing Qin Manman, a young person.
Hearing the old woman's taunts, Qin Manman was even more enraged. She stepped forward and started to wrestle with the old woman.
Qin Manman snatched the peach - wood sword from the old woman's hand and threw it aside.
Seeing this, the old woman let go of the talismans in her hand, and they scattered on the ground.
The two fought each other, each move aimed at the other's life. But who would have thought that, as the saying goes, the older the ginger, the spicier it is!
In a short while, Qin Manman was at a disadvantage.
The old woman sat on her and grabbed her neck. Qin Manman's face turned bright red, and she almost suffocated.
Just then, suddenly Qin Manman seemed to be possessed. She pushed the old woman far away with one hand.
The force of the push was so great that the old woman hit the pillar hard. Her bones ached as if they were broken, and blood oozed from the corner of her mouth.
The old woman frowned slightly, her eyes sharp. Suddenly, she seemed to gain supernatural power. There was only one possibility for this situation.
Watching as Qin Manman suddenly stood up and rushed towards her, the old woman was quick - witted. She instantly picked up a talisman from the ground, stood up, and pressed it on Qin Manman's forehead.
With a scream, something in Qin Manman's body seemed to be knocked out, and then she instantly collapsed to the ground.
The old woman knew that there was an evil spirit in the room, so she was even more cautious!
She quickly picked up the peach - wood sword on the ground and stared warily at her surroundings. While enduring the pain in her body, she forced herself to wave the wooden sword.
She didn't notice that Qin Manman, who was lying on the ground before, had now stood up behind her, tightly holding a yellow cloth strip she had torn from the table, and was slowly approaching her.