Indeed, after I poured the entire bowl of turtle soup into his mouth, 

Young Master

 Song started to howl in pain. In the next second, he began to dissolve as if he was being eroded from the inside out. 

At this

 moment, Wang Jie suddenly rushed in. Seeing 

Young Master

 Song’s pathetic 

appearance

, he knew the circumstances didn’t favor him anymore

.

 He wanted to run away. 

Before I could react, 

Young Master

 Song hurled himself forward and bumped into Wang Jie. Wang Jie’s body went stiff, and his move

ments

became

 rigid. 

It seemed Young Master

 Song had taken control of his body. 

In

 Wang Jie

’s body

, 

Young Master

 Song furiously turned to attack me. His fast speed made me smack my tongue in awe. Fe

eling f

lustered, I sprinkled the refined salt on him, but it didn’t work. I decided to use the Yin and Yang Umbrella. However, he was so fast that I 

didn’t

 have enough time to open

 it

. 

In just 

the 

blink of an eye, 

Young Master

 Song had scratched me several times. While dodging him, I looked around to see if I could use anything to confront him. If he continued his frantic attacks like this, my body would soon be scratched into a sieve! 

At this

 moment, I 

suddenly saw 

a lighter on Lin Qiusheng’s desk. I took the chance and grabbed it.

I immediately threw the lighter hard to the ground. With a loud crackle, the lighter was broken and the blast of flame was enough to burn the calendar on the desk. 

Ghosts were afraid of explosive noises. I had just wanted to make some noise to scare him and seize the chance to open the Yin and Yang Umbrella. Unexpectedly, I 

had horrible

 luck

, and 

I 

had created

 a small fire! 

Young Master

 Song halted. I immediately threw the open Yin and Yang Umbrella towards him. 

He immediately turned

 around

 to run as he knew the Yin and Yang Umbrella was powerful. 

Unfortunately for him

, Wang Jie was just an ordinary human. After a period of furious attack

s,

 his body didn’t listen to the ghost’s 

commands

 anymore. 

At this

 moment, 

Young Master

 Song’s moves looked very uncoordinated.  

I read the spell faster and faster. The Yin and Yang Umbrella spun and imprisoned 

Young Master

 Song. 

I was cheered up

 by this. I

 wanted to destroy him

, but

a

ll of a sudden, my body couldn’t endure it anymore

;

 I landed on my butt

. T

he Yin and Yang Umbrella also dropped on 

Young Master

 Song’s body. 

As the Yin

 and Yang Umbrella’s halo 

had 

dimmed out, 

Young Master

 Song licked his lips.

He wants to eat me!

I bit the tip of my tongue and crawled towards the Yin and Yang Umbrella

. Then, I spat 

my blood on it. With my essence blood, the Yin and Yang Umbrella’s radiance was much stronger. 

Young Master

 Song screamed for a while 

before

 disappear

ing 

into thin air. 

Wang Jie fell

. H

e struggled hard on the ground for a long time

, but i

n the end, he couldn’t get up on his feet. I finally heaved a sigh of relief. I relaxed and la

id

 on the ground. 

Soon, Lin Qiusheng entered the room. He was worried when he saw me and Wang Jie lying on the ground. “Master Zhang, did you 

deal with

Young Master

 Song?” 

I pointed at Wang Jie. “I’m sure he 

is still

 keep

ing

the

 phalanx. 

Young Master

 Song ha

s

 tortured me for days. I want that phalanx 

as my

 interest.” 

Lin Qiusheng smiled. He loomed over Wang Jie and searched his body to find the phalanx. “According to your rule, it’s the commission. However, I still have to give you some more for your labor.” 

I chuckled and didn’t deny him. In the next second, my eyes rolled to the back of my head

. I fainted…  

When I woke up, it was around noon. I was so hungry that I grabbed chopsticks and started to dig in the food. Lin Qiusheng laughed. “Look at you, I guess the phalanx also affects you.” 

As I had rice in my mouth, I didn’t 

reply to

 him. I gorged 

down the food

 until I couldn’t eat 

anymore. Then, I 

placed the bowl back 

on the

 table. “How did you 

deal with

 Wang Jie?” 

Lin Qiusheng took in a deep breath. “I let him go.” 

I was surprised. I hadn’t expected that Lin Qiusheng would be that generous. Wasn’t he afraid that Wang Jie would take revenge again? 

“

Sigh

! I don’t know 

the reason

, but Wang Jie eventually 

realized

 he was wrong. He wept and apologized to me. 

H

e didn’t look pretentious at all,” said Lin Qiusheng. 

After l

istening to him, I understood the situation. 

Earlier, w

hen 

Young Master

 Song possessed him

, Wang Jie was scared out of his wits

.

Anyway, it was good that Wang Jie admitted that the incident was his fault. I wasn’t sure that they could 

rekindle their friendship

. But at least, Lin Qiusheng would have one enemy less from now on. 

After filling my stomach and receiving the generous payment from Lin Qiusheng, I bid him farewell. Lin Qiusheng asked Xiao Zhao to take me home. Before I got into the car, I remembered something. “Mr. Lin, has your sense of taste recovered?” 

Lin Qiusheng shook his head. “It’s all right! I’ve

 earned

 enough money. 

For more money, 

I almost paid for it with my lif

e.

 I understand 

what’s important

 now.” 

I smiled as I understood him. He finally got it. 

M

any people 

had

turned

 themselves 

into

 ridiculous clowns in public just to earn money. For the sake of money, they didn’t care about their dignity or even their bodies. 

It’s not that having money isn’t good. 

But

 some people will never feel that they have enough, no matter how big the sum they have earned. And this is despite their primal wish that they could earn enough to make ends meet. If the basic living condition, which is to have a safe life, isn’t achieved, what good is it to possess a lot of money? 

Wang Jie had wanted Lin Qiusheng’s life because of a small show. 

Everything 

was because of greed. Anyway, he was lucky that he had met Lin Qiusheng, who was a good man. 

However, there 

were

 many people like Wang Jie in this 

world

. And how many people like Lin Qiusheng 

would

 one meet when they made mistakes? They could only sink deeper and deeper into the dark vortex and let the darkness swallow them whole! 

I indulged in my emotions while 

sitting

 in the car. All of a sudden, Xiao Zhao asked from behind the wheel

, 

“Mr. Zhang, could you help me with something?” 

I nodded. “As long as I can do it, I will help you.” 

She smiled and found a place to park the car

. Then, she gestured at 

me to get out of the car.

We went to a 

cafe

 by the street. 

“Master Zhang, I think something foul has been pestering me these days,” said Xiao Zhao. 

After l

istening to her, I felt awkward. 

This woman and her boss have something in common! They both encountered foul things almost at the same time!

However, I still 

made

 a serious face

 and asked 

her to 

tell

 me more details. 

Xiao Zhao took off a 

blood-red

 jade pendant 

from

 her neck

 and gave 

it to me. “This jade pendant was originally yellow. I 

don’t

 know 

when, but 

a red wisp appeared inside. But these days, it has turned completely blood

-

red. Sometimes, it will heat up!” 

I received the jade and took a close look 

at it from

 different angles. I found no problems 

with it

. “If the jade releases faint heat, it 

could

 be 

a

 typical warm jade. If you 

keep

 it with you for a long time, it’

ll be

 good for your health. Although the 

blood-red

 hue looks scary, I

’ve

 found no Yin energy 

from

 it

,

” I told her simply. 

When I said that, Xiao Zhao’s eyes reddened. She didn’t mind that we were in a public area

 and

 pulled down the collar of her high-neck sweater

 to show me her neck.  

Feeling e

mbarrassed, I looked around. Fortunately, we were 

seated

 in a relatively remote corner. There 

were

 no other people around. Xiao Zhao’s sudden movement

 didn’t attract anyone’s attention

. 

When

 I saw her neck, I had to take in a breath of cold air. There were so many kiss marks on her neck. Some were red,

 while

others

 looked like day-old bruises. Moreover, judging from the colors of the bruises, it looked somewhat sadistic to me. 

Xiao Zhao felt embarrassed as I 

had stared 

at her neck for a long time. She adjusted her clothes then started to weep. “These days, at night time, I always 

feel

 that 

someone is kissing

 me. But when I open my eyes, I d

o

n’t see anyone. At first, I thought I was dreaming. But in the morning, when I washed my face and saw these bruises in the mirror, I was shocked. 

Since that day,

 the jade 

looks

 redder. I thought that a pervert visited my house at night time, so I set up the camera 

on

 my phone to record 

myself 

sleeping. 

However,

 I only saw myself rolling and struggling on the bed as though I was pushing something away from me.” 

Then, she showed me the video on her phone. It was 

as

 she said. It looked like something was looming over there. At the same time, more and more kiss marks appeared on her neck. It seemed something foul had been pestering her. 

I lifted my head to take a glance 

at Xiao

 Zhao. She was beautiful, indeed. If she 

went into

 showbiz, she would become a goddess. 

Was

 that the reason 

a

 perverted ghost 

was

 pestering her?  

However, the darker the bruises on her neck, the deeper the color of the jade. It spoke 

to

 the fact that the jade pendant was related to this case. 

“Xiao Zhao, how long have you been wearing this jade?” 

“Ever since I 

can

 remember. I

’ve

 heard that it’s a family heirloom that 

was

 imparted to the male descendants. However, until my generation, my family only has me. That’s why I got it.” 

The older the jade item, the more likely 

for it to

 have a spirit. 

T

he body of a female virgin was the best to nurture jades. As she had worn the jade pendant for more than twenty years

and it was a family heirloom, it shouldn’t be a problem for her to 

achieve

 this much. 

Anyway, I 

had heard from

 somewhere that jade would 

develop

 affection 

for

 its wearer after a long time. If she could nurture a jade spirit, that jade spirit would love her. 

I guessed Xiao Zhao’s jade had a jade spirit. With that thought, I asked Xiao Zhao, “I hope you don’t mind

,

 but I guess you are in love these days, right?” 

She was amazed. “How did you know that?” 

I smiled

 when I knew 

that my assumption was correct. The jade spirit was jealous. To confirm my thought, I had to be thick-face

d and asked

, “Have you 

been intimate 

with your boyfriend?” 

Xiao Zhao didn’t look at 

ease, b

ut she wasn’t foolish. She understood it immediately. “Because of that?” 

I nodded and explained more to her. “Everything in the world can have a spirit after existing for a long time. Once the spirit has intelligence, it will likely fall in love with the owner that has nurtured and helped create it. I guess your jade has a spirit and it’s jealous 

of

 your boyfriend. That’s why it has come

out 

and is troubling

 you.” 

“What?” Xiao Zhao’s eyes opened wide in shock. “What should I do? I can’t just stay single for the rest of my life because of this jade

.

” 

I held the jade in my hand

 and

 gently 

stroked

 it twice 

before

 returning it to Xiao Zhao. 

It wasn’t a hard matter to solve. She would just need to put the jade into a bucket of water and change the water every three days. After the 

blood-red

 color of the jade 

completely f

aded, the jade spirit would be melted. As long as she stopped wearing the jade, there would be no more trouble. 

Xiao Zhao couldn’t thank me enough, but I didn’t feel happy. 

Once

 the jade spirit was dissolved into water, the jade wouldn’t be ‘alive’ anymore. It felt like I had just killed a person. 

Anyway, from the color of the jade, I knew

 that

 if she continued to keep it, the jade spirit 

could

 become an evil spirit. I decided to solve it 

now

 and help its owner feel rest assured forever. 

I didn’t let Xiao Zhao take me home. I slowl

y 

walked back to the shop. These days, I 

was feeling 

weary after solving 

Young Master

 Song

’s case

. And, I didn’t feel comfortable as I had indirectly destroyed a jade spirit. 

People had started

 to learn how to create tool spirits from the 

I

nternet, but when bad things 

happened

, 

they would destroy

 that spirit. 

Some tool spirits 

would be forced to become

 evil just to satisfy a human’s endless desire. Those spirits would be eliminated in the end, which was somewhat sad to me. 

H

uman

s

had

always been selfish, and o

therworldly merchants couldn’t always help them. The only thing we could do was 

to try our

 best

. 

It was like when the giant Kuafu 

chased

 the sun

. H

e knew that he would never succeed, but he pursued his ideal without second thoughts! 

It was our responsibility, and also our fate!