Xuexue tightly hugged the Insect Person in her arms, looking at the Old Shopkeeper with a guarded expression, blurting out, "What do you want to do?"
The Old Shopkeeper’s face was grave, "This Little Kid is infected with Gu Insect eggs, it’s very serious, quickly put her down."
"You... what do you want to do? We... we won’t see him!"
Xuexue continued to hold the Insect Person without putting him down, still watching the Old Shopkeeper warily. If this old man was really in league with Zhao Yin, wouldn’t it be very dangerous to put the Little Kid down?
"Hey! What’s wrong with this girl? Clearly, you said to bring your sister in for this old man to take a look, to see if there’s any way to save her, why are you unwilling now?"
Xuexue protectively held the Insect Person in her arms and said, "Then was then, now is now, now I don’t want to anymore."
The Shopkeeper sat down helplessly and said, "Alright then, this Little Kid is full of insect eggs in her belly, her life won’t last much longer. Take her back and prepare for her funeral."
Long Rui pulled Xuexue aside and whispered, "Darling, just let him take a look, we’re all here watching, he can’t pull any tricks."
"What if he’s in league with Zhao Yin?"
"No worries, your husband is watching from the side!"
"Alright then."
With Long Rui’s persuasion, Xuexue finally placed the Insect Person back on the table for the Old Shopkeeper to examine.
The two of them were whispering at the side, who knows what they were talking about. Suddenly, Xuexue agreed to let him take a look at the Little Kid. The Old Shopkeeper didn’t give it much thought, bending down to carefully observe the Little Kid...
The Little Kid looked about two or three years old, her mouth was as wide open as ever, densely packed insects swarming inside, her face was very thin. She blinked her large eyes pitifully at the Old Shopkeeper, as if saying: Save , save .
Despite the Insect Person’s thin appearance, her belly was unusually large. On close observation, the belly seed to be moving, as if many creatures were battling inside.
Most people would have a tingling scalp and turn around to flee at this sight, but this Shopkeeper wasn’t afraid. He even reached out to pat the Insect Person’s large belly.
The Old Shopkeeper murmured, "Damn Zhao Yin, such a sinister Gu technique, he really managed to develop it."
Long Rui pretended not to understand and asked, "Old Shopkeeper, could it be that you know the person who cast the Gu?"
The Old Shopkeeper looked furious, "A scoundrel, don’t ntion him."
Long Rui, "Old Shopkeeper, you shouldn’t say that. If you know the person who cast the Gu, maybe there’s a chance to save our little sister."
After speaking, he secretly tugged on Xuexue’s sleeve.
Xuexue imdiately grasped the situation and said, "Right! Shopkeeper, didn’t you just say that as long as we find the person who cast the Gu, it can be solved? Look at how pitiful my little sister is! So young, yet she has to suffer like this."
The Shopkeeper looked down at the Little Kid, her mouth full of insects, a trace of sympathy flashed in his eyes as he started to narrate, "This kind of Gu casting technique looks like my junior brother’s. I don’t know where he is now. A long ti ago, he was expelled from our master’s school and disappeared."
So that’s how it was, Xuexue sighed in relief in her heart, as long as they weren’t accomplices, that was good.
Xuexue, "Old man, what’s your junior brother’s na?"
The Shopkeeper, "Zhao Yin."
Even though she already had an answer in her heart, hearing this person’s na still surprised Xuexue.
Xuexue, "Old man, do you know where this person is now?"
The Shopkeeper shook his head and said, "I don’t know, haven’t been in contact for many years. Such a scoundrel, this old man doesn’t want to see him."
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