I shook my head. “The biggest problem is that we don’t know where the 

spirit

came

 from. Moreover, we don’t know if it will kill more people.” 

That thing had killed a man 

in

the

 blink of an eye

 and 

left the murder scene in the next second.

There was no time to react. 

I had stood still for quite a long time, but I couldn’t figure out any solutions. 

Feeling h

elpless, I had to ask Jiang Teng to take me to his house to see if there were any clues. 

The bodyguard drove fast. After around ten minutes, the car stopped in front of a lavish villa. Immediately, a servant came to open the car door and respectfully invited me out. 

When I got out of the car, I felt a little uncomfortable. I couldn’t adapt to this etiquette. Jiang Teng was used to it. He didn’t even 

glance at

 the servant

 and

 directly 

walked

 into the villa. 

The interior of the villa was decorated even more lavishly than the outside. The floor had Italian tiles, too. I didn’t know that Jiang Teng was this rich. 

I looked around the house and noticed that the entrance corridor of this house was arranged 

according to the geomancy set up

 of receiving wind and storing energy. I was certain that they had consulted a master. 

Thus, the

 geomancy

 of this villa could attract wealth and expel evils. Jiang Guanguan 

shouldn't

 have 

attracted

 something foul 

as he lived in such an auspicious place

. I thought there should be something

 else, too

.

I turned to Jiang Teng

 and asked

, “Before your son died, did he do 

anything

 strange?” 

Jiang Teng 

thought, then

 shook his head. 

I wasn’t pleased with that answer

 and asked 

further

,

 “

Has

 he ever offended anybody?” 

Jiang Teng’s face turned strange. After a long time, he answered embarrassedly

, 

“My son was a little rebellious during his adolescence. He didn’t like to talk about his personal 

life

 with 

the

 family.” 

I wanted to ask more, but a bodyguard pushed the door open and interrupted me. He sounded hurried. “Mr. Chairman, that person 

has come

 again…” 

Jiang Teng’s face changed again. He darkly shouted, “

A

re you 

guards trash

 or what?” 

Before the bodyguard could explain, Jiang Teng interrupted him

 and said 

annoyedly

, 

“All right, I’

ll 

see for myself.” 

The bodyguard looked hesitant 

as

 he turned to me. 

It seemed

 he didn’t want me to follow his boss. I arched one brow. “I want to check the

 geomancy

 of the rooms here. I’m not going downstairs with you.” 

Both of them heaved sighs of relief. Then, they hurriedly l

eft

. 

Anyway, Jiang Guanguan’s bedroom window faced the entrance of the villa. I could just hide behind the curtain to observe the situation down there. 

At this time, s

everal guards were surrounding a gray-haired old man. The old man was kneeling on the grass

; a

 brazier was in front of him. While crying, he was putting something into the fire. I squinted and recognized that he was burning paper money!

It was really unfortunate to burn paper money in front of the house. 

It was n

o wonder Jiang Teng wore such a bad face. 

The beefy bodyguards all had their electric batons ready, which were vibrating dangerously. However, no one took action. This group of people looked strange, indeed.

Then, one of the bodyguards moved aside

, which gave 

me room to see that 

the

 old man 

had 

a knife placed at his throat. He looked as though he would kill himself if someone made a move. 

Soon, Jiang Teng appeared within my sight. Unexpectedly, 

t

he first thing he did 

was turn

 to see the room where I was standing. I was startled

 and hid behind 

the curtain. Subconsciously, I thought he was watching me. 

If he 

was

 afraid that I would know something about this old man, then this old man must have something to do with Jiang Guanguan. 

Soon, t

he 

people began to quarrel. I vaguely heard Jiang Teng insult the old man and the old man whining. 

A few minutes later, the villa’s quietness resumed. I heard footsteps from the corridor. Thinking that it could be Jiang Teng 

heading

 to this room, I pulled myself together and watched the groun

d. I pretended 

to be checking something. 

“Mr. Zhang…” The bodyguard called me

. It sounded 

like he was questioning something. 

“What?” I lifted my head abruptly

.

The bodyguard changed his countenance

 and smiled 

at me. “It’s getting late. 

Do

 you want to rest earl

y

?” 

I got up and rubbed my numb legs. After 

g

iving him a nod, I asked him to settle me in the room 

opposite Jiang

 Guanguan’s. 

I had waited for the whole night but found no clues. I was skeptical if the 

spirit

 would come back here one more time. 

When the bodyguard came to call me downstairs for breakfast the next morni

ng

, he was surprised 

to see

 me haggard with dark circles under my eyes. I wasn’t thick-faced enough to tell him that I had stayed up the whole night for nothing. 

After breakfast, I asked the bodyguard to get me some red paper. Jiang Teng didn’t get it. “Forgive me for taking the liberty to ask, but why do you want red paper?” 

I looked at him

 and said 

indifferently

,

 “You’ll know tonight.” 

I didn’t know why, but after seeing the white-haired old man last night, I felt somewhat hostile toward Jiang Teng. I’d seen enough rich people doing bad things. Although Jiang Teng had purposely hidden things from me, I thought I could 

somewhat guess it. 

Jiang Teng didn’t pester me as he ha

d 

recognized that I didn’t want to explain. While the bodyguard was out buying the red paper, I rested on the sofa. 

When the bodyguard came back, he had company. 

The

 man with him looked arrogant. When he talked to people, his eyes haughtily turned upward. I felt irritated. 

After the man 

went

 to the study room with Jiang Teng, I turned to ask the bodyguard, “

Is

 that man one of Jiang Teng’s business friends?”

The bodyguard nodded. Since 

that person had nothing to do with Jiang Guanguan, I didn’t need to care about him. 

I asked the bodyguard to 

bring

 the red paper to the room with me. We then used a pair of scissors and Jiang Guanguan’s picture to cut up a paper doll. I used cinnabar ink to write Jiang Guanguan’s birthday on the back of the doll.

After 

a

dding a few 

drops

 of Jiang Teng’s blood on it, I put the paper doll on Jiang Guanguan’s bed. 

After everything was done, the bodyguard asked me curiously

,

 “What are you doing?” 

“Making a stand-in.”

While wiping my hands with a towel, I explained to him, “I wrote Young Master Jiang’s birthday on the doll and added his father’s blood. I want to make the 

spirit

 think that Jiang Guanguan’s still alive.”

Jiang Teng and Jiang Guanguan had a blood bond that the 

spirit

 couldn’t distinguish. I was certain it would come again. 

The bodyguard took in a deep breath

 and asked incredulously, 

“You mean, you want to entice it to come here?” 

I shot him a strange look. If I couldn’t lure the 

spirit

 out, how could I solve it? 

The bodyguard recognized that he had asked a dumb question. “I’m sorry. I was so scared yesterday. I 

couldn’t

keep calm

 when you said the 

spirit

 would come here.” 

I nodded as I understood. I gave him a spirit talisman to protect himself. The bodyguard anxiously put it into his shirt pocket and thanked me repeatedly. 

I waved my hand. “Not at all. Anyway, I need to take a nap. You stay here 

and

 watch. Do not let anybody approach the paper stand-in.” 

The bodyguard grimaced

 and asked, 

“

Can

 I ask someone else?” 

Looking at his fearful face, I laughed inwardly. Pointing at the sun held high in the sky outside, I said, “

Spirit

s won’t come out during the day. Don’t worry. Wake me up when the sun sets.” 

He exhaled and patted his chest. “I promise I will watch the doll well.” 

I gave him a satisfied nod and left. 

At around twilight, the bodyguard woke me up. I got up and ate something before going to Jiang Guanguan’s bedroom. I hid into the wall closet that faced the window. 

To observe the room, I pushed the doors of the closet open 

just a little

. As the night 

came

, the light in the room was swallowed little by little. Soon, it was completely dark.

I smeared some garlic water 

over

 my body to conceal my Yang energy. Then, I closed my eyes to resume my composure. 

As time ticked by, I 

started to feel

 worried. At midnight, I heard the wind howling

. It was b

lowing into the room through the window. 

I thought to myself,

 Here i

t comes!