The talisman paper showed a reaction, indicating that it had sensed the aura of an evil spirit. And there was only one evil spirit that could appear in the Zhuang family, which was Zhuang Ming's mother.
So it seemed that Zhuang Ming's mother had come back?!
Zhaozhao couldn't hide her excitement. She rolled over on the bed, sat up, jumped out of bed, put on her shoes in a hurry and rushed out of the door, shouting as she ran, "Junior Brother Wu, Junior Brother Wu!"
"What's going on? Don't run. Slow down and walk properly." Cheng Sang was busy in the kitchen. He wanted to make something for his junior sister to replenish her strength. Hearing his junior sister's urgent cry, he turned around and saw her jumping around. Remembering how weak she had looked just now, Cheng Sang was really scared. He put down what he was doing and quickly went to meet her.
"I'm fine, Junior Brother Wu. Hurry up. Let's go to the Zhuang family right now!"
She grabbed Cheng Sang and was about to go out. Cheng Sang looked down at her untied shoes. Afraid that she might trip and fall, he quickly grabbed her and said, "No matter how urgent it is, put your shoes on properly first." Then he was about to squat down to help her tie her shoes.
Zhaozhao looked at him, took a step back shyly, and then kicked her shoes on.
"Okay, okay. Let's go quickly now. I'm afraid it will be too late if we're any slower."
Taotie was lying in the crack of his room door, watching Zhaozhao pull her senior brother out of the door in a hurry. The whole beast was extremely depressed.
Suddenly learning that his stupid master, whom he had always thought was dull and silly, was actually the domineering goddess who had beaten him so badly that he couldn't even crawl hundreds of years ago, his mood was really complicated. He still hadn't figured out how to face Zhaozhao.
His heart was like being roasted on a fire. He paced anxiously in the room for a few circles, biting his own tail, not knowing what to do.
After struggling for a long time, Taotie finally decided to go out and talk to someone. After all, it wasn't an option to keep holding it in like this. If he continued like this, he, Taotie, would become the first beast in history to suffocate himself to death.
That would be too embarrassing.
Having made up his mind, Taotie turned around and went out of the door. He went to find his fourth brother, Chu Ming.
...
When Zhaozhao and Cheng Sang rushed all the way to the Zhuang family villa, they saw Zhuang Ming in front of the iron gate of the villa. Zhuang Ming was holding the little cat, Caitou, and staring blankly in the direction of the second floor of the villa. His eyes were full of longing and nostalgia.
"Zhuang Ming? Why are you here?"
"Sister Zhaozhao." When Zhuang Ming saw Zhaozhao, he first called her obediently. Then he turned to look in the direction of the second floor again. His voice was a bit aggrieved as he said, "My mother is back."
Sure enough, Zhuang Ming's mother had come back. Even Zhuang Ming had noticed it.
Looking at the cat in Zhuang Ming's arms, Zhaozhao thought of the little ghost fetus. Zhuang Ming really liked his younger sister and should not have left her behind. Zhaozhao bent down, put her hands on Zhuang Ming's shoulders, and looked down at him, asking curiously, "Zhuang Ming, where's your sister?"
"Sister..." Zhuang Ming reached out and stroked the little cat in his arms, smoothing its fur. He said in a low voice, "I don't know. I don't know where my sister has gone. Maybe mother secretly took her away."
As if he couldn't quite understand, he raised his clear eyes and looked at Zhaozhao. "Sister, mother took my sister away. Why didn't she take me with her? Am I not obedient enough? Did I do something wrong?"
Without waiting for Zhaozhao to answer, he nodded to himself and said very definitely, "It must be that I'm not obedient enough. Dad always says so. That's why he let me move out. But sister, what exactly does it mean to be obedient?" He couldn't understand why his mother had taken his sister away and why his father had abandoned him. He was just a child. Such complicated things made him sad, but he was helpless.
Zhaozhao felt her throat go dry. She stroked Zhuang Ming's head, wanting to say something to comfort him. However, before she could say a word, a sharp scream suddenly came from inside the Zhuang family villa.
"Help! Help..."
The scream was shrill and miserable, instantly bringing Zhaozhao back to her senses. This was not the time to comfort Zhuang Ming. She had more important things to do.
"Zhuang Ming, you go back to the greenhouse obediently and stay there. Don't come out. No matter what happens, don't come out. Sister has something urgent to deal with now. Wait for sister to come and pick you up later, okay?"
"Okay." Zhuang Ming nodded obediently. Holding his cat, he walked slowly in the direction of the small greenhouse where he lived. Occasionally, he would turn back and look in the direction of the second floor of the Zhuang family villa, with deep reluctance in his eyes.
Not daring to delay any longer, Zhaozhao easily pushed open the iron gate with one hand and quickly rushed into the villa.
"Ah! Don't come near me. Don't come near me! Please! I'll give you anything. Spare me, wuwuwu... It wasn't me who harmed you..."
The elegant Mrs. Zhuang, who had seemed so dignified at first sight, now had messy hair, a pale face, and disheveled clothes. She rolled down the stairs of the villa, crying and begging for mercy.
"It wasn't me..."
Zhaozhao didn't even look at her. She just stepped over her and walked towards the second floor of the villa. But contrary to her expectations, Zhaozhao didn't find any trace of Zhuang Ming's mother on the second floor. There was no trace of a ghost's aura here. Instead, there was a very obvious pool of blood on the ground.
This was strange. The talisman paper she had pasted should not be wrong. Where had Zhuang Ming's mother gone?
"Junior Brother Wu, let's search separately."
Cheng Sang nodded and started searching room by room.
However, the two of them had almost turned the whole villa upside down, but they still didn't see the slightest trace of Zhuang Ming's mother, nor could they detect a single bit of a ghost's aura. Similarly, they also couldn't find Zhuang Ming's father, Zhuang Tingzheng.
The clue seemed to be broken again. Zhaozhao couldn't help but feel a little impatient.
She rushed downstairs in a few steps, grabbed Mrs. Zhuang's shoulders, and shouted angrily, "Tell me what happened. Where's Zhuang Tingzheng?"
Mrs. Zhuang was in a daze. Zhaozhao shouted at her several times in a row before she finally came to her senses. Her eyes fell vacantly on Zhaozhao and she stared blankly.
"Don't kill me..." The woman stared at Zhaozhao blankly, only repeating this sentence over and over again.
"Look at me. Look into my eyes and tell me what happened!" Zhaozhao was a little anxious. Looking at her current state, she didn't know if she could get any useful information from her.
The woman seemed not to hear what Zhaozhao was saying. She sobbed, looked down at her own hands, curled herself into a ball, hugged her body tightly, and kept trembling. She pleaded, "Save me. Save me..."
"I can save you. Tell me what happened. I can save you. Do you hear me?!" Helplessly, Zhaozhao could only use this method, hoping to bring back a bit of the woman's sanity.
The effect was obvious. As soon as Mrs. Zhuang heard that someone could save her, she stopped shaking. Her dead-fish-like eyes widened and rolled around. She suddenly grabbed Zhaozhao's hand and roared, "Take me away. Take me away from here. She's going to kill us. She'll kill me! She's come for revenge, wuwuwu..."